I thoroughly enjoyed it. There were a couple of rough transitions and your description of adapters was a little simplistic, but overall great. I loved the cadence and justification. I hated the shots of the audience.
I appreciate your comment. I was trying to discuss the importance of the State of the Union address as an important political address in general. The president should give this speech every year and it's a great rhetorical tradition, and newsworthy. I was in no way elevating Obama's State of the Union specifically as a wonderful speech, but just the idea of the the State of the Union Address.
Dexter, I have to say that while I appreciate the fact that your thoughts on Obama must have lead to an educational video about lying cues, your efforts in this comment would be better spent more directed. Also- the efforts of watching this video would have been better spent not thinking about Obama but giving this speech the attention and critical thinking skills it warrants. But you're right, State of the Union addresses are supposed to be given much more attention than they are. And if you are unhappy with them, direct your efforts towards them, otherwise it's like playing darts in the dark in the middle of a crowded bar on top of a spinning table. The shot might come out of your hand, but when you turn the lights back on, no one's gonna see it. To be most effective- throw with lights on in singular direction without distractions.
2:45 No, Obama should apologize for the misleading nature of his state of the union addresses, calling wasteful government spending "investment" is a bastardization for a positive connotation, saying the rich "don't pay their fair share of taxes" is a blatant falsehood when the top 10% pay about 70%, seven times their pro rata share, while giving the bottom 47% a pass for paying almost zilch? Poltiicians need to apologize to taxpayers for their waste of our money and for their lies.
Not that this will matter to you, since you posted a comment that has no bearing whatsoever on the ideas expressed in the video. What he was expressing is that people are more interested in watching famous people apologize than watching things that actually matter. Whether or not politicians lie or prevaricate is completely unrelated. Everybody lies when it serves their interests or agendas.
OK, thanks. Valid point. But maybe in the future use the TED series as an example of speeches worth listening to. I find Democrat political rhetoric to be false or misleading 80% of the time.
Duh, don't be condescending. Of course, that was his point. But he gave undue wieght to the state of the union address, which opened the door to my comment on how worthless I think Obama's have been. As far as lying goes, if you have seen the show "Breaking Bad," Bryan Cranston plays a chemistry teacher caught up in drugs, and he's lying all the time to serve his interests, which illustrates that point. He still considers himself a decent guy, just trying to help his family.
