I did listen to Obama speak, but I also kept in mind that his speach was "written for him" and it was designed to "comfort".

I also knew that the only way I was going to hear "criticisms" was to "ofcourse" turn on Fox news. Now, when you watch Fox News it is important to keep in mind that there is going to be "exaggerated negetivity" because after all, even though they claim to be "fair and balanced" it is obvious they learn very "conservative". And the conservatives are missing some important "needs" too.

I also watched Rubio's reaction to Obama's speach. I do agree with "some" of what he said too. He made it a point to talk about how the Republicans are not all about "protecting the rich" and I know that is what Obama and his party does keep saying. And I do know that the "rich" cannot pay the vig for our countrie's needs, the numbers simply do not add up.

In Obama's speech I did notice him say "broaden the base" and it was interesting because "that is what Romney talked about many times".

At one point Fox discussed the consistant "promises" that were made by Obama that he did "not" follow through with, and that he is still making the "same" promises. And it is important to remember what this administration "has been doing" which is "print more money" in hopes to get the economy going, however that can only do so much and it does create "inflation" and lowers the value of the dollar and power of money/value this country does have "world wide".

It is very easy to listen to Obama and "want to believe". Obama "is" a "motivational" speaker remember. And he "is" an idealist. But, you have to understand "human nature" and realize that "idealism can often fall very short" and though we can "all dream" we do have to see "reality too". I see how Obama has some good intentions and strong desires, but I am leary of how he will truely see his "idealism" come to fruition.

I know a lot of people "dislike Bush" and even blame him. However, Bush was also an "idealist" in his own way. He said alot the same things that Obama talked about, building the Middle Class and getting people into their own homes. But what Bush didn't figure into that scenario was "human nature that tends to "take" and "decieve" and be "greedy". If there is any way "fraud" can take place, it will happen and that is what is behind much of our economic strife. Unfortunately, in human nature, "dishonesty abounds". Idealism is always there, but history has shown, it often gets destroyed because of "dishonesty and greed".

I was talking to someone who works in the health insurance field the other day. This person told me that the big problem with the "insurance" is "fraud" and it takes place constantly, and is practiced regularly by the physicians themselves. They do all kinds of things that take advantage of "insurance" like do procedures on people that do not need to be done, charge alot for these procedures, and they prescribe medications and get kickbacks from pharmacudical companies for disbursing medications. Oh there is a lot of "abuse" that takes place.

Entitlements, hmmm lets think about that, there is alot of "abuse" of that too. While there is a real need for certain people to receive "help", that gets hurt too because there are people who work it so that they "abuse that too".

I still see too much of a gap when I view our current political atmosphere. Too far left, and too far right, and I don't see either really "working" to actually "resolve". Now, yes, I did hear Obama talking about "not having big government", but we have to listen to all the other parts of what he says which means "a bigger government". Alot of what he wants to "impliment" will not happen without a large staff of individuals in government to oversee these goals. It is important to remember that with human beings, it is easy to get them used to being "serviced" and less apt to "take on "self responsibility" and we do see this with Greece.

When I think about "big government" I think about the era of "Big McMansions" and how they were not truely "sustainable" and now many of them are empty and bank owned. Actually they are out of style because their high ceilings and other spaceous qualities were too expensive to heat and keep.

Raise minimum wage?, what a nice idea, but, because the economy is really struggling, business will not be able to afford that and "will" lay off workers and the workers that are left will be like my friend, overloaded with too much work load.

I have yet to hear any politician talk about educating "parents" to better raise children. I have "yet" to hear any politician talk about really making efforts to restore the "family unit". We now really lack that because "both" parents have to work to make ends meet and children are shipped off to day cares and we are now seeing the affects of that kind of economy when we hear 18, 19, 20 year olds severely depressed and lost and even wonder "what is life really for".

But let's get 4 year olds out and into education so they can be "more productive someday?". What happens to the brain when it is constantly "overstimulated"? I talked to an esteemed child psychologist and I asked her why there is such an increase in depressed children and teens. Her reply was, we are overstimulating our children with too much technology. And I believe that. We are not born to be "machines" we are "human beings". Overstimulation can mean, "not knowing how to relax and stop taxing the brain".

I really worry, to be honest, because no one really talks about what human beings truely thrive on, "healthy family" that is actually there and understands what it means to "children".

It is fine to have "ideals" but it is important to remember what works and what falls apart if we try to get too big.

When I think about Obama, I can understand his "distaste for the rich" and even his desire to "spread more fairness". I have seen the greed and "selfishness" that can take place amongst the wealthy that I didn't like either.

As he discussed "gun control" he must also realize that Chicago, where there are the strictest gun laws continues to have "high crime" and a young girl that came to visit him, and had so much "promise" could not survive that high crime environment, inspite of the very strict gun laws. We have to take note of "who" is commiting these attrosities, what makes these kind of people, and to also realize that alot of them are mentally ill and very "angry" or are children growing up in high crime areas that have no real family life to speak of. Children that "lack" nurturing and end up finding a form of connection and power/safety/connection on the streets with gangs and criminals who are practicing "learning how to take".

He talked about what it means to be a "father" and not just be able to "make a child" but to provide for it responsibly. Ok, but where does that begin? How many men are educated and have jobs and own homes yet are "clueless" about what children really need from a parent? All I hear from "politicians" is "build better schools, Obama said it last night, but that is "not" going to solve our big problem of countless parents that do "not" provide for the needs of these children. Schools cannot control the home environments of the countless children that do not thrive because of how poorly they are parented.
And this "lack of knowledge" in parents doesn't have a class to it either. Children can grow up in wealth and not be productive, yet just be "entitled" and the kind of "entitled" that rubs Obama the wrong way, I can't blame him, it rubs me the wrong way too.

The young man that killed all those children in Newtown had a wealthy mother. He was basically locked away and he stewed with his issues until it got so bad that he took so many lives. Yet, we blame so much on a gun, a gun that has no brain of it's own. I am not a fan of guns myself, but I worry because things are so bad that "home invasions" are on the increase and I have been thinking about trying to learn about this thing I don't particularly like because I might have to use it to protect myself.

We want to teach our children about the "technology" we have in our world today. Alot talk about that goal, but no talk about finding ways to also teach "psychology" and "human nature' and "people skills" and respect for others, and why we should not bully in school, on the net and how it creates "losses/problems" that affect all of us. How much money do we have to keep spending because of what is constantly overlooked that is so "fundemantally" important.

Obama talked about women needing to get away from abusive spouces, well, how does that happen?
Where does that abuse begin? Domestic abuse, ok, yes it happens, but why, where does it come from?

Comfort speaches and ideals do not make any difference, unless you have a population that really understands what this means in society overall. Comfort and ideals have to begin in the home, a child has to get it at home in order for the rest of these ideals to truely happen in "society" anywhere where there are human beings.

Sometimes I think about all the costs that result from not taking care of what happens in the home, in the family unit, educating that first and foremost in every way we can "first". How many people end up on some drug program to make up for what they never got and deserved to have as a child? How many people grow up and become "criminals" because of lack of proper nurturing? How many physicians treat illnesses resulting from "suffering due to lack of comfort and nurturing in the home"? I see an endless list of expenses that cost society because we don't take care of the most "important" fundamental.

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