President Obama Gives Commencement Address at Kalamazoo Central High School

[cosg9531]

Good speech.  However, speeches alone will not help us to improve our nation.

[msundberg20]

that doesn't really look like him

[babejmal]

Obama 2012

[rhodycutplug]

I had no idea there were so much ignorance...memama2, Sellot91, did you people even graduate from high school? Grow up and read a book!



[EmoSweety09]

@rhodycutplug Yea I did, from this high school that he is speaking at, and I was present with all the other graduating alumni, and shook his hand as I received my diploma.

[Standup091]

To the Class of 2010! Get your check book out and show this REGIME your money! You will be paying for this CORRUPTION, and incompentence for the rest of your life! Is this the HOPE and Change you wanted?

[Seasonchange1]

Obama is a great President, thank you sir fo all of your work!

[AnnAAngel1564]

????==+=-= :}

[NJsBiggestAssHole]

He did not miss anything. I would of slept to if i was tired.

[GodChilla1]

Nice speech from the finger-pointer-in-chief. Maybe if he would follow his own advice I could start taking him seriously. What a terrible president we have. Very sad.

[memama2]

@GodChilla1 ..says: ... "the finger pointer in chief" ......LOL! Watch the Newest YouTube video: .....FRAUD IN THE USA: It's The Conspiracy, Stupid!

[memama2]

@GodChilla1 ....followed by June 2010 YouTube video: ... 2008 Chief Elections Clerk in Honolulu Says Obama Not Born In Hawaii, No Long Form Exist - 6/5/10

[rhodycutplug]

It is simply awesome to have such an honorable man as our President. With all the vitriol we hear everyday on our 24 hour news cycle, I am so optimistic that his words will live and inspire to a whole new generation of young adults. Great speech and great message to these future college students.

[GodChilla1]

@rhodycutplug well I guess except for the one sleeping in the back. He'll probably go on to West Point hehehe

[armyveteran101st]

"In the end service binds us to each other, and to our communities and our Country in a way that nothing else can. It's how we become more fully American." That statement encapsulates the reason why I chose to serve in the United States Army, why I look forward to hopefully being able to eventually continue my public service, and why I voted for this brilliant man in November of 2008. The Class of 2010 at Kalamazoo Central High is lucky indeed. Thank you, Mr. President!

[Exultedagain]

Yeah, Mr. Obama has delivered really inspirational speech. This speech really moves me. I will try to follow his pieces of advice.

I'm interested whether he prepared and learnt his speech in advance or he was thinking up on the move?

[look11223]

come on people, this is a speech to encourage minds. Why you have to take away the value of it just because you don't like the President?

[coo300]

This speech was to celebrate the achievement of the Kalamazoo Central graduating class, people, so please stop trying to make it about politics and your own narcissistic opinions.

P.S.: It might help to watch the entire video BEFORE you comment.

[j7a8p]

negroid . worst race and human being (conggo) off all time . .

[dex1391]

Definition of irony: 17:56... LOL

[GOHIP7519]

This must be the "KICK ASS" speach to the naive kids? Good luck finding JOBS in the Private sector! This is the most ANTI-AMerican Regime in history! Beware of your clap and applause to this Progressive Socialistic Regime! To the class of 2010, You will be paying for this moment, for the rest of your working lives!, provided you work!

[trkdvrkevin]

@Emericanshady..... I am grateful to the obama administration .Finally white men get a chance to feel what its like to be treated like a 2nd class citizen. Thank you MR President .your commander in chief and they hav to anwser to you. You dnt hav to anws.to them.

[qpwillie]

@trkdvrkevin

A president of the United States is a hired servant of the people. He has to answer to the people, not the people to him. He is commander in chief of the military, not of the general public.

Even though, the present president doesn't realize it, we have no king in this country. It's supposed to be government of the people by the people and for the people.

[PurgePhantom]

@qpwillie This country has always lacked majesty. There is nothing wrong in looking up to a leader, even if he is a politician.

[qpwillie]

@PurgePhantom

I don't know what you mean by "majesty". If you don't like this country, may I suggest you move to Cuba.

He can look up to anybody he chooses but the limited powers of our elected officials is at the very heart of what America is all about and all Americans should know that.

He thinks Obama's job is to get revenge on whitey. Sadly, Obama thinks the same thing.

[qpwillie]

@memama2

The obammunists are marking your comments as spam. They hate free speech, you know. Yes, I've seen that video and I have several pages of research on that. Al Gore's Cliner Perkins is connected to that mess somehow too.

[memama2]

@qpwillie ..last week; someone posting on a "whitehouse video" had gotten 30+ THUMBS UP ..for their comment against Obamas arrogance and idiocy. The NEXT DAY? All gone. ... this, from the egoic evil Teleprompter-in-chief. The one who has been LYING BY OMMISION since his first Scam-pain! (these kids have not figured out YET that they will have to work till the grave cause the Social Security program is being SUCKED DRY by Obysmal and his eco nazi edicts and pending new economy crushing laws)

[qpwillie]

@memama2

Like all tyrants before him, Obama is working hard to silence all opposition.

As for his governing, it comes straight from his college hero, Richard Cloward who wrote "Hasten the fall of capitalism by overloading the government with a flood of impossible demands thus pushing society into crisis and economic collapse....." - How can anyone look at what he's doing and not see that?

[brozeiy]

guthy gunthy

[Nailorotiris]

Great speech Mr. President

Even I'm not an American but your speech is also important for all the youths in the world.

[Godb4s]

Obama is putting us to sleep...same o...same o...where are our lives going? We need to get back to the basics of what caused this nation to come alive...He needs to do the constitution and produce his birth certificate...this is a Christian nation even when he said it was not, yet he says God bless America at the end of his speech, which god is he talking about? Where is the aclu when the president says it? Shows me there are a lot of hypocrites, snakes, vipers,,,where is the birth certificate?

[runman1271]

Now if obama would practice what he preaches, it would be great.

[Monkmaster1969]

Did anybody else notice the kid in the top row right side, half cut out, passes ouy at 18:12.

Guess it isn't just the adults that the POTUS puts to sleep.

[chaumont20]

If the past year and a half are any indication of where the Democrats - Liberals - Progressives want to take us. A Democrat - Liberal - Progressive should never hold a elected office again. Ever.

[moneymakerisawonderf]

Great President

[joskemom]

The easiest thing is to look around for someone else to blame.

DAMNNNNNNN, Really? Easy to blame the REPs, the car companies, wall street, AIG, rich people, that guy who was in office the past 8 years, BP, the health insurance industry, talk show radio host, FOX news, exectutives with big bonuses, the tea party people, the oil industry, the coal industry, and of course --America.

[lago4]

@joskemom 100% agreed. Yes, there is corruption going on out there, but the best way to change a society is for us to finally start looking within ourselves and see where we need to change. No company executive, politician - president included - activist, social movement is the one and only silver bullet to the world's issues.

[thexfiveunit]

So you think he is going to follow his own words of not playing the blame game? Since he's been in the office for over 17 months all he has done is blame Bush. He is a moron.

[charact1]

@thexfiveunit STFU, he owned responsibility many times even the oil spill

[thexfiveunit]

@charact1 owned the oil spill? was that after or before they (obama and cronies) tried to blame it on Bush! after 40 days he finally went down there for a photo op, retard, please.

[sarahbarah23]

i was there! (: it was INCREDIBLE! i love obama! KCHS is my High School and i'm PROUD! (: 2012!

[OBAMASTINKSLIKEANAPE]

BlakFuk OlympDick, that national nightmare ends on January 18, 2012.

Actually the nightmare ends in November when they chop his horse out from under him and I aint talking about his horse of a wife.

[lovejacob838]

I love this! its so funny although i feel bad for the kid. they started school at 6 so i feel bad for him

[hardin54]

OBAMA 2012 !!!!!!!

[ForceSmart]

SPOILER ALERT!

A kid in the front row falls asleep, but I can't say that I wouldn't either...

[Standup091]

Wake-Up folks, wait until you look for JOBS! This President is destroying our Country! This group pf students, will never pay off the National Debt, that this President has given us!

[pkr903]

@Standup091 More like President Bush has given us

[Standup091]

These kids are being fed a Bull of Goods! " Take responsibility for yourself", what a crock! He should listen to himself! One Student was snoozing during this Propaganda speech! Poor souls! The president should do his job, and protect its citizens! Did he say or do the Pledge of Allegiance? or bash and condem our Country?

[hansrosbach]

Awesome!

[dibblejean1]

What a great thing for these kids and for our town! Thank you President Obama ...what an amazing night for us all !!

[FlopSideOfLife2009]

To sum it up in four words...

Value change for survival.

[FlopSideOfLife2009]

SHUT THE T.V. OFF!!!!!!!!

That takes care of 89% of our problems....  As a great man once wrote, "The mass media is our biggest problem. The question is how do we do this?"

Persevere to shut the TV off... and look around and notice how human we all are.

Enjoy the living... Life is good.

I think this is a speech that should be heard by all.

Peace is finding... that's all it is.

[DrummerDG]

Man, I wish he'd have spoken at my grauation last year! '09! =D

[voyeurdug]

Never mind the trolls.

Every post they make is a testament to the worthlessness they see in their own lives. Each time they bad mouth their betters is their way of shrieking to the world: "I'm NOT irrelevant."

Yes, they are.

[janichaz]

great!!!

[daozenrod]

Thanks for this speech, Mr. President.

[memama2]

@daozenrod ..the LYING BY OMMISION SPEECH! ...hes gonna teach that class! Online. From the TAX FREE Island hes gonna ~flee to so he can poison pen his Lieoirs and keeps all those Obamamonies for Mitchies designer sneakers and clothes! And keep far, far away from these kids and their "comments" when they figure out that this man is the biggest con artist on earth NOW!(and they are real real poor and jobless) .........To see some of the con!? Go to YouTube video: ...Shore Bank Exposure - Part 1/4

[trkdvrkevin]

Memama2 Must hav been abused and negleted as a child. YOU HANNITY BECK lover

[memama2]

@trkdvrkevin ..the kidlets do not even SEE that their entire future is RUINED BY THIS DOUCHE! ...this Dictator egoic lefty lyin liberal REAL EPIC FAIL DOUCHE! ....he is up there; con-ing his evil-eco agenda into Law behind their backs! And the funny thing is no one even knows if he is a kenyan con artist or a crazy eco nazi (which ones worse huh?)= to the OBOTS! ...they could care less and just look to this liars empty McPromises as a way to the promised land? NOPE! Its a way to economic RUIN!

[luvobamas]

How could anyone thumbs down a message that encourages the next generation? That's blind hatred. Thank you Barack Obama for inspiring our children. You are an extraordinary President.

[MEMEBALLIN13]

OMG.!!! i WAS THERE YESTERDAYy Nd i WAS ON T.V.

CENTRAL 2010.!!!!

[sarathj]

When I am down, I just listen to his newest speech. Then I am ready to go.

Then I find, I am the one I have been waiting for.

Thanks President.

[memama2]

sarathj ..try GOD instead of this self christ fraud god mess-sigh-hahaha! His message is one that new age hybrid eco nazis always pander out now! He replaces ACTUAL TRIUNE LIVING GOD with "green" earth as his resource. Sadly you are one of the dolls eyed OBOTS NOW! .......give it another 30-40 years and you will then look back and see that, the destruction of your Social Security and hope and change. Got - succubussed right out from under you when this eco gestapo Maobama land marxist took over~

[selmamyspace]

obama just inspired me and i'm in france

powerful message

[memama2]

@selmamyspace says "im in france" ....please come and take this kenyan back to your country filled with heads of pure popcorn and who all LUV the Odumbo OBOT parade and never ever listen to anything like , May 2010; YouTube video: .... FRAUD IN THE USA (Chapter 1, Part 1) the greatest birth certificate fraud in history

[Sellot91]

@memama2 Idiot

[trkdvrkevin]

Black men been cleaning up mess white people make for hundreds of years. After more than 45 White finally a black man can show people how things need to get done

[Emericanshady]

@trkdvrkevin ...thank us that black folk are even here boy

[KzooRocker]

Whoo! Obama in Kalamazoo!

[JusticeforAllandOne]

How many high school can boast having the President at their graduation let alone it be President Obama!

Very inspiring... makes me want to go and get an A!

[23076]

well know i know what Kalamazoo central high school have done...

[sirblingsalot]

OBAMA 2012!!!!!

[lago4]

@sirblingsalot I sure hope so. Obama could never accomplish what he set out to do in only 1 term. With all the resistance from right wing conservative extremism and the corporate collective, that would be impossible.

[sirblingsalot]

@lago4 i know thats why we have to launch our own counter campaign against people like limough and bill o'reiley and fox. try to utilize the popular influence of celebritys like paris hilton, lady gaga, 50 cent, actors, buisness owners etc..... we gotta fight back

[memama2]

@sirblingsalot ..yer "counter SCAM-pain" aint; gonna work!  .....and yer Chicago-Thug-In-Chief? And his commies and ClimateGate liars are all OUTED on the YouTube video: .... Crime Inc. Obama, Joel Rogers & Van Jones in Collusion, Knowledge of The Lie

[sirblingsalot]

@memama2 your such a duche, see i drive 70 thousand dollar cars and gucci silk suits, you...well you dont, your the guy knowone talks to cuz your a duche, and in school you where a duche and as an adult you are a duche, but obama says be nice so i love you and will try and help you anyway i can.....even if you are a royal duche bag

[memama2]

@lago4 ...see what Obama does not want anyone to know about that his plans for our Nations monies and where they are all heading after his mack daddee legs flee the scene! Watch it all OUTED on YouTube video; ...Shore Bank Exposure - Part 1/4

[memama2]

@lago4 ..first we should get past the lies and little fibs about that LINT COVERED COLB! ...watch the newest June 2010 UPDATE on YouTube video: ......................FRAUD IN THE USA: It's The Conspiracy Stupid!

[negsurbansports1234]

@lago4 thats why we should follow washingtons advice and get rid of political parties...it really will help our politics

[thexfiveunit]

@lago4 resistance from right wing conservitives? the dummycrats have had complete control of everything, the only resistance they had was from each other. Think for your self and get the facts.

[lago4]

@thexfiveunit You don't think there's been huge resistance from the corporations against Obama's policies? Especially the health insurance and the pharmaceutical industry?

[RTruss100]

you are just an hater.  GET OVER IT!

[matt75371]

amazing and inspiring speech - for all those people commenting crap about this - this has nothing to do with politics so how about we just walk away with its messages rather than bashing the person who presented them

[politicalfarce]

Obama created 490,000 jobs in May.

490,000 families that didn't have an income in April, have a way of putting food on the table in May.

That's something inspiring that Obama did.

[OBAMASTINKSLIKEANAPE]

you must be joking, 460,000 of those were census worker jobs that last for one month and end in June. The remaining 30,000 were actual jobs in service areas like hamburger flipping. Construction employment went down as did manufacturing. Go learn something instead of parroting the party line.

[politicalfarce]

Ah ah ah! You're just a racist!

Society looks at you and laughs.

You're a remnant of a different century, but somehow still think you're relevant.

Right now, there are at least one billion people laughing at you. How does it feel?

There was a war: Good Christians vs Racists. And you lost. Go eat a dick, buddy.

[memama2]

@politicalfarce ..yer "dear leader" will NOT be happy with the new June 2010 YouTube video: ... FRAUD IN THE USA: It's the Consipracy, Stupid! ..............(shows the badly faked up COLB and all the lies and denials from Factcheck and Politifact and Hawaii DOH & mean team Obysmal; and OUTS the whole OBOT Mcmess - worth takin a little lookee at)

[memama2]

politicalfarce ..dear delusional OBOT ..."dear leader" did not create 400,000 "jobs" ...LOL! .... there were less than 40,000 jobs created in the Private Sector. Yer PrezCzar "created" part time go-nowhere jobs. A women who was a census taker OUTED yer Liar-In-Chief and said she is laid off every other week and REHIRED to make Obysmals jobs numbers lookee mo better! And she said it SICKENED HER to think that Obama Bin Lyin is gettin away with THAT KINDA LYIN BY OMMISION CRAP! & THATS THE TRUTH

[joskemom]

@politicalfarce hey poly, what are you 12, millions of people have lost their job since this rookie took office and his stim bill was a failure. His policies are going to make us look like Greece. All but 41,000 of those jobs were temp jobs for the census program. Obama did not invent the census program, no matter who was going to be the Prez, those temp positions had to be filled. And those jobs were not created, they were funded with tax payer money-wealth redistribution.

[OBAMASTINKSLIKEANAPE]

Sadly, none of those kid will be handed entrance slots to elite east coast universities, be given the position of editor of the havad law review, given a pass on a bar exam that he and his wife flunked, given a state senate district to run in, have the chicago media chase away his competitors for a senate seat and finally be challenged by Juan McLame as president.

[Deicer]

@OBAMASTINKSLIKEANAPE Ain't got the sense that God gave a goose

[kd5gua]

@OBAMASTINKSLIKEANAPE, you know, neither the President or the First Lady are members of the Bar any longer.

[OBAMASTINKSLIKEANAPE]

@kd5gua, it was hard to tell that they ever were, you know, him being a "civil rights" attorney" I thought it was funny that law schools bent over backwards to enroll and graduate these darkies, get them tutors for the bar exam and they when they graduate, they don't even go back and serve their so called communities.

[AsparagusJam]

Magnificent, inspiring speech! Lucky kids!

[s5keeler]

you know I am from Kalamazoo....and nomatter what your politics, this was a good thing for Kalamazoo and for Michigan. And yes, I voted for McCain.

[memama2]

@s5keeler ..you gotta be pretty desperate in "kalamazoo" to want an illegal eco gestapo godless liar to talk SMACK to those kids? See one of the liars Obama/Soetoro has surrounded himself with TELL THE TRUTH and admit their "carbon pennance agenda"? Is all an outright LIE! & Caught on tape! .......YouTube video: ....Crime Inc. Obama, Joel Rogers & Van Jones in Collusion, Knowledge of The Lie

[Sellot91]

@memama2 People like deserve to be shipped off to Taiwan.

[memama2]

@Sellot91 = better watch the new YouTube video: .... Official States Obama Not Born Here

[BabybooR33]

*WARNING* Brainwashing propaganda...

[Cutchswife]

Well, done Mr President for always trying to find time for the kids :-)

[memama2]

@Cutchswife ...did you finally watch the evil surrounding Obysmal , and what his posse is proposing for their eco nazi green gestapo evil? And a way to steal the rest of this Nations dollar$? FOR THEMSELVES! ....It is all OUTED on YouTube video: ... Glenn Beck - The Puzzle Comes Together - CRIME INC.

[kd5gua]

President of 2010, I want you to pay attention, listen to your own speeches and instead of always pointing the finger at someone else, blaming this person, that person, or even the past President, do as you suggested to the Class of 2010 and resolve to do better and don't make excuses

[kd5gua]

If Obama is excepted as a great orator, I am afraid we have lowered the standard pretty low. He often mistates facts and seems to be busted for acting like he really has a personal relationship with the story he is telling, when he slips and shows he doesn't actually know the story. You can't have a connection and empathy for someone and their situation, that you didn't even know of, until your speech writer shared it with you. Pretty sad.

[mafuletrekkie]

@kd5gua Next go George Bush my cat would be considered a great orator

[kd5gua]

@mafuletrekkie, which George Bush are you referring to? That is an example of a weakness in communication. When we say something we should think if it needs more words to make the point clear. lol j/k

[mafuletrekkie]

@kd5gua LOL, Touche'!

[Theblizzardking]

What horrible quality.

[CMLovejoy]

Wheres the jobs?

[Theblizzardking]

@CMLovejoy Do you honestly think Obama is going to tell you? You're sad.