12/17 Obama

For this final assignment I have chosen Obama's inauguration speech. I found the whole speech to be very interesting, educated and precise on the point he wanted to make. My part for discussion is the following: "But we have always understood that when times change, so must we; that fidelity to our founding principles requires new responses to new challenges; that preserving our individual freedoms ultimately requires collective action.  For the American people can no more meet the demands of today's world by acting alone than American soldiers could have met the forces of fascism or communism with muskets and militias.  No single person can train all the math and science teachers we'll need to equip our children for the future, or build the roads and networks and research labs that will bring new jobs and businesses to our shores.  Now, more than ever, we must do these things together, as one nation, and one people.
This generation of Americans has been tested by crises that steeled our resolve and proved our resilience.  A decade of war is now ending.  An economic recovery has begun.  America's possibilities are limitless, for we possess all the qualities that this world without boundaries demands:  youth and drive; diversity and openness; an endless capacity for risk and a gift for reinvention.   My fellow Americans, we are made for this moment, and we will seize it - so long as we seize it together." In his address to the nation President Obama seem to be focus on American union. In bringing together all the nation to create a better future. He refers to the past making sure that everyone understands that we the nation was created with the ideas of the founding fathers, but should adapt to the current necessities. These necessities are the current economic need and poverty. In my opinion, Obama is sending a message to those who have power to let them now that is not time to keep getting rich and allowing the economy sink. He seems to be sending a message of "lets get united" and try to come out of this problem before it is too late.