Learn English with Obamas speech.

[Joao Fonseca]

http://www.manythings.org/listen/obama09031.html
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[Sahid59]

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Hi..Joao Fonseca..

It is an incredible speech therapy Obama is delivering to his citizens to train thorough this economic crisis..more than to get rid of the effects of it..

It is good you have referred this video..for learning English the American way..

Thanks and regards..

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Sahid59

Better tomorrow with better English

[Nick*]

Hi Joao Fonseca,

It’s very interesting. I like it very much. Do you have more for us?

Thanks and regards

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[Jamie (K)]

Here is how Obama normally talks:



Sahid, Obama is not helping us through the economic crisis. It is commonly stated that, "Every time he opens his mouth now, the stock market drops," and it appears to be true. He is letting Congress put us into enormous debt, and he doesn't have any realistic idea how that debt can be paid off. This is making the financial community and most economists very nervous.

[Gray]

A good discussion on Capitalism Beyond the Crisis.
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[Skrej]

Heh, I haven't noticed the stuttering, but I have noticed he generally only speaks in 2-3 word bursts, then has to pause. It's annoying as hell waiting for him to finish a sentence.

I don't know if he thinks it's for dramatic effect, or if he's only capable of thinking 3 words ahead, or if he just runs out of breath or what. It's kind of like he has to pause and reload his tongue after every 2-3 rounds of fire.

I'm reminded of the movies when everyone's gathered around listening to a telegraph come in, as the telegraph operator translates the dots and dashes while reading the words as they come dribbling in.
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[Jamie (K)]

What I find most annoying about his speech is neither the stuttering nor the three-word bursts, but the rhythm he uses. He talks like a white boy who has learned Ebonics as a second language in order to be accepted by blacks. In fact, that's basically what he is. His mother was white, he was raised by whites, and if you hear interviews with him recorded several years ago, he speaks completely standard English. Then, as a politician in Chicago, he picked up those Ebonics elements, probably in order to sound "genuine" to black voters. It strikes me as a sign of personal insecurity.

[Prezbucky]

Four words, Jamie:

Chicken in a pot

I'm enjoying about a $5 per paycheck tax reduction now... but given the budget, he must want to tax the heck out of the rich... and we both know the economic consequences of an increased burden on those who employ us...
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[Sahid59]

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Following today's House of Representatives' vote to impose a tax of 90% on bonuses paid to Wall Street executives with taxpayer money, the President Barack Hussein Obama released the following statement: “Today's vote rightly reflects the outrage that so many feel over the lavish bonuses that AIG provided its employees at the expense of the taxpayers who have kept this failed company afloat.

http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/obamaforamerica/gGx5DT

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[Jamie (K)]