Comments on: Obama, a model for future leaders, or not?

By: marcisegal

Wed, 26 Jan 2011 21:46:56 +0000

Didn’t take it that way, the contentious bit. Appreciated the point of view. Thanks for that.

Obama said, “…innovation doesn’t just change our lives, it is how we make our living.” Again, if the US is considering taking a lead at defining the flavour of innovations to come my vote would be for the collaborative sort too, one where the planet, and it’s citizens all win.

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By: D. A. Adams

Wed, 26 Jan 2011 21:32:57 +0000

Yes, that would be a wonderful, refreshing new chapter for us, and I’m not trying to be contentious. Personally, I would love to see a more open-minded, cooperative America that embraced innovation.

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By: marcisegal

Wed, 26 Jan 2011 21:11:56 +0000

Good point. Hadn’t thought of that.

On the idealistic side, in this day and age, given where we are all going, and that we are all going there together… wouldn’t it be nice to have a message that the US, amidst all the turmoil, is open to innovating for a grander purpose that will ultimately serve each and every citizen within its borders?

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By: D. A. Adams

Wed, 26 Jan 2011 21:02:20 +0000

I understand the point you are trying to make about collaboration, but in the State of the Union Address in a country as divided and torn as ours, if President Obama had spoken in that manner, Republicans might have eaten him alive right there on the Senate floor. His statement was a bit of pandering to conservatives, who are historically much more in favor of competition than cooperation, and the president was attempting to establish common ground with them by setting up an us vs. them competition in the global economy.

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