President Barack Obama Inauguration Speech Video

Now the 44th President of the United States of America, we present here courtesy of CNN.com the full video of President Obama's inauguration speech. A fantastic piece of work, the speech highlighted the struggle, the changes in American society over the past 60 years, and the renewed conviction we must have to make changes that will help both America, and it's people and help to change the world.

Enjoy

American Barack Obama?

There are two questions which when asked seem to be very strange ones indeed when they are asked by both Americans and foreigners alike. Whilst the questions in themselves are valid ones ,since they betray the huge curiosity that this man has generated throughout the world, they may at first seem rather bizarre when you take into account, that he was running for the top job in the United States of America.

What are the questions well they are related.

1. What nationality is Barack Obama?
   
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2. Is Barack Obama a natural born citizen [of the United States]

They are as I said valid questions for people who may not be familiar with the constitution of the United States of America. But would seem quite weird to someone who is American who lives in the US, or has studied the US consititution since no foreign citizen naturalised or not can run for the highest office in the land, that of the office of President, whilst they can run for other government posts such as Governor (e.g. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Govenor of California)

To answer rhe questions, you need only read one of Barack Obama's books, listen to his Democratic National Congress (DNC) speech from 2004, or any number of speeches that President-elect Barack Obama has made.

Barack Obama was born in Hawaii which is one of the 50 states in the Union. His mother was from Kansas a white woman. His father was an African born in a small village in Kenya, who was studying in Hawaii when he met Barack's mother.

This means the answer to the first question is Barack Obama's nationality American, the answer to the second question is Yes, he is a natural born citizen since he was born in America and had an American mother.

Barack Obama Speeches

Barack Obama is an excellent orator. His speeches are moving and inspire people to think better about themselves and their country. Barack Obama does not only inspire Americans, he inspires people all over the world.

As the first African American to be elected President, Barack Obama has smashed the racial divide and shown that in this great country, anyone can do anything, they can get the top job if they work hard and hope and strive for their goals.

Another thing that helps President Elect Obama stand out is that he has the audacity to hope. He didn't let people deter him from his dream of serving his country and his people.

When Barack Obama makes a speech, he is greated by crowds in the hundreds of thousands. A quarter of a million people turned up to see him deliver his acceptance speech in Grant Park, Chicargo late on Tuesday night.

You can watch his acceptance speech on YouTube or on any of the other news networks as well as on his own campaign website barackobama.com.

Spelling Barack Obama

President Elect Barack Obama does not have the most common name known in the USA, however now that he has won the election and will be sworn as the 44th president of the United States, I believe that most people around the world will have at least heard his name by the time he actually becomes the president.

It is as well then that we should learn how to spell Barack Obama correctly. We have seen many different spellings of his name including Barrack Obama, a common mistake is to spell Barack Obama with a double "r" in the first name.

Other different ways that people have spelled President-elect Obama's name include

• baraka obama
• barak obama
• brack obama
• barac obama
• barach obama
• borac obama

The Audacity of Hope

Barack Obama's inaugural best selling book, Dreams from My Father, was a persuasive and soul-stirring memoir centering on personal issues of race, identity, and community.

With his second book The Audacity of Hope, President Elect Obama meshes ideas evoked in his keynote speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention, shares individual perspectives on faith and values and offers up a vision of the future that necessitates fixing a "political process that is broken" and mending a government that has lost touch with the people.

You can buy The Audacity of Hope from Amazon. It is well worth a read and we'll write some more about the book based on reviews written by people who have bought the book and who have a good understanding of the contents adn are able to give a good account of how well it is written and how well President-elect Barack Obama puts across his ideas on paper.

• Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: Canongate Books (7 Feb 2008)
• Language English

Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance

President Elect Barack Obama's book "Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance" is an Amazon best seller and is becoming one of the most sought after books in bookstores both on and off the internet.

This highly readable book by the soon to be 44th president of the United States is highly rated by people who have bought and read it, it gets 5 stars on Amazon's ranking and has also reached an Amazon Sales rank of 1.

President Elect Barack Obama is an eloquent and very well spoken man and this memoir is very readable, humble and portrays a man that Americans can feel proud to call their new President.

• Paperback: 464 pages
• Publisher: Canongate Books Ltd (5 Jun 2008)
• Language English