"Come on Pelosi!"

Disclaimer: If you're looking for something insightful and thought-provoking, read the post below this.

Here are some observations I made while watching the President's address:

What's the deal with our First Lady's wardrobe? Does she not own a business suit? Does she always have to dress like its the evening gown portion of the Miss America Pageant? Doesn't Congress have a dress code? Anyway, she wins the "Most skin shown" award for the night.

Look, a John Kerry sighting: Good to see his face is still trying to run away from his hair. He also seems to have a striking resemblance to skeletor from "Masters of the Universe."

Nancy Pelosi and 3 or 4 people in the audience keep interrupting Barack's speech with forced standing ovations. Applause is great, but let the man speak. This reminds me of a high school graduation when the crowd gets too rowdy and then the PA guy has to say for the fourth time, "Please hold your applause until all the graduates' names have been announced. Thank you."

This applause thing is getting irritating. It has gotten to the point that my roomate and I cry, "C'mon Pelosi!" every time she causes one of these awkward "should I stand?" ovations.

CNN showed John McCain muttering something to his neighbor as Obama begins addressing war. He does not look happy.

I wonder what Sarah Palin is doing right now?

I hope newspapers were listening...

Well, here it is: my first blog post.  And what better night to blog than that of our 44th president's first post-inaugural presidential address. 

Speaking of that address, I thought President Obama presented two major themes that reflect issues with many of America's industries. The first is changing the country's collective mindset from achieving short-term gains to attaining long-term prosperity. America has become even more of a "what have you done for me lately" society in recent times and long-term goals have been pushed nearly, if not entirely out of the picture. This shortsighted view has led, at least in part, to the downfall of many. The second is returning to the populist idea of working for the people. As more people are laid off in order to please Wall Street, it is clear that big business has long forgotten this concept.

Newspaper industry executives, pay attention! Obama just gave you the keys to success. Instead of worrying about keeping your stocks on top of Wall Street, start planning for the future. Stop cutting jobs and start using whatever man power remains to figure out how to prosper in the future. One possible method: refocus on providing the consumer with a quality product. Instead of directing all of your energy towards advertising revenue, put some of that initiative towards creating content, be it digital or print, that people will want to purchase.