President's Obamas' address to Congress

I watched most of this speech and I was applaud when I heard Rep. Wilson say "You liar" to the President. I also saw someone on their blackberry. I know that some Republicans hate President Obama, but that does not give you the right to disrespect him. He is our President! This shows the type of immaturity we still have in this world. I do not agree with everything the President says, but I would never disrespect him by texting on the phone while he is giving a speech or yelling out "You liar."

The mass media said Rep. Wilson has apologize to the President about his outburst, but I am concern on how the President reacted to this outburst. Should he have confronted him then and there? Why did the President ignore the outburst? After that outburst everyone's attention was set an what Wilson said. I am pretty sure no one was paying attention to the speech afterwards.

Something none related, but an example of how disrespectful people are is when students text or play with their phones during a lecture. It does not amount to how disrespectful the people were at that address, but people need to go back to grade school and learn how to respect others! Or when students get up during the middle of lecture and go to the bathroom. I know a professor that teaches at Georgia Tech and he has this is also disrespectful. Also the GT professor said wearing your pj's to class is very disrespectful. Most students do all the above.

After the address, the mass media talked more about the outbursts and disrespect people were giving him more than the speech itself. This is why some people are not educated with important issues; they just get the entertainment on that issue. I know the television is there for entertainment purposes, but we do need stable educational networks that broadcast the "real issues."

This address just goes to show how disrespectful people are today in society. I think people take the little things for granted. Regardless of your political ideology, if the President is making an address respect him and just listen! On a more personal note, respect your professors as well.

Justice Sonia Sotomayor

Judge Sonia Sotomayor has been confirmed to serve as the 111th justice on the United States Supreme Court. Justice Sonia Sotomayor is first Latina to sit on the nation's highest court. She graduated from Princeton University in 1976 and received her J.D. from Yale Law School in 1979. She was an editor at the Yale Law Journal. She worked as a assistant district attorney in New York for five years. She taught at New York University School of Law and Columbia Law. In 1991, she was nominated to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York by President George H. W. Bush. In 1997, she was nominated to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit by President Bill Clinton. In May 2009, President Obama appointed Sonia Sotomayor for U.S. Supreme Court Justice. She won by a vote of 68-31.
There is so much controversy about her being the first Hispanic and the third female justice. I would like to know everyone's view points on this.

World's Smallest Political Quiz

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A fun little quiz!

John Stewart on Crossfire

On the first day of class, Dr. DeWitt showed us this clip with John Stewart. I have never seen Crossfire before, so I did not know what it was about. This show made me realize how low the mass media is today. Why are people fighting over whose party is greater than the other? Why can't people educate the public on political parties and their ideas? Television shows today are becoming ridiculous. THEY NEED TO EDUCATE US ON POLITICAL ISSUES, NOT ENTERTAIN US!!!