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State of the Union
Jan. 23rd, 2007 09:05 pmThe opening: I did thrill at seeing that there's a woman as Speaker of the House. And I'm glad Bush celebrated the accomplishment.
The economy: 7.2 million new jobs so far. Low unemployment. Wages are rising? Was that thanks to the minimum wage? And if more enterprise means that the CEO earns 400 times more than one of their employees for being a cheerleader in a suit, is that really the type of growth we need?
Okay, the President cut the deficit in half three years ahead of schedule.
Earmarks: end them. Hooray. Yes, end the earmarks. Now, if everyone is doing them, why is everyone standing up to approve that they be eliminated. Someone should be hanging their heads in shame.
Senator Kennedy looks ill. Then again, he's looked that way ever since I could remember.
Senator Lieberman looks like he needs more fiber in his diet.
In a fine tribute to the fact that I don't know who the Secretary of Education was, I'm just now giggling over the fact that her name is Margaret Spellings. Do we have to call her Secretary Spellings? Can't we call her Miss Spellings? Or MisSpellings?
Affordable and available health care. Yes, we all want it.
Yes, yes, we need to support small businesses. What exactly can he do about info tech and hospitals?
Hmmm...everyone is loving immigration reform.
Yes, we know we need to move forward on energy reform. Hooray for that. I suppose the downside of SoUs is that you can't give numbers.
Wood chips. The President said "wood chips".
Reduce by 20 in 10. If we can develop hybrids that reduce gas usage by 30-40%, what is hogging the gas? Shouldn't we go for more than that in 10?
Look at that Senator from Iowa. Grassley. Is he greener on the other side. He looks pale from this side. He's happy as heck because Bush wants to invest in Ethanol.
I want to see Cheney and Pelosi mouth dirty jokes at each other. I think that would be fun.
Cheney and Bush synchronized their water drinking.
Hah! Nice jab on filibustering during Supreme Court hearings.
Did anyone notice that the military top brass appeared to be the last to stand when Bush said to win the war on terror, we must take the fight to the enemy? Could it be that in principle they agree that the War on Terror is a tad of a joke. Not that there's no threat, but homey declared a war that can have no clear victory. As certain as there's death and taxes. The streets of foundations of history are built with terror.
So, who was Lurch sitting next to Condie Rice? He looked a little dazed and dim while he clapped. I'm sure he's a brilliant man, but he looked like a mouth-breather in that moment.
So, about the justification for this war. I agree that we can just back out. And I don't think either Republican or Democrat will allow that, but suggesting that not following his plan is not supporting the troops would imply that he hasn't been supporting the troops for the past three years. Oh.
He mentioned Iran about 4 times? Wow, I guess that country is next. Though I don't know if he can engage them in conflict by the end of his term.
I am thinking Iraq will be more than happy to take over their government, Mr. President. Whether they continue to be our close ally may be another thing altogether.
The notion that we will recruit more civilians to work over in Iraq is intriguing. Will they be paid more than our solidiers? Probably.
I don't know if we can ever be spared from danger.
Nancy Pelosi's face continues to shrivel. And she turns the page to read his speech. Either that or she had her assistant print out the emails.
Lurch has a pinky ring! Ew!
I think Pelosi is chewing a hole in her inner lip and cheek.
Every time I've heard about Aids in Africa, it's just been "Aids" ...in Africa. I haven't heard "HIV-Aids".
Just what is Pelosi chewing on? Is she a teeth grinder when she sleeps?
Cheney looks like he's waiting for a kick from the pacemaker.
Laura Bush is having fun sitting next to that tall, handsome black man. Mutumbo is twice as tall as everyone else.
Did Wesley Autrie just do the kiss 'n point to President Bush? Did he say "you the man"? Cheney looks amused.
Tommy Reiman. Nicely done. But I bet it sure feels weird to have all these politicians who avoided military service look up and smile at you. Some of their smiles looked Stepfordesque.
I loved Jim Webb's response, which I heard on NPR instead of watching it.
The economy: 7.2 million new jobs so far. Low unemployment. Wages are rising? Was that thanks to the minimum wage? And if more enterprise means that the CEO earns 400 times more than one of their employees for being a cheerleader in a suit, is that really the type of growth we need?
Okay, the President cut the deficit in half three years ahead of schedule.
Earmarks: end them. Hooray. Yes, end the earmarks. Now, if everyone is doing them, why is everyone standing up to approve that they be eliminated. Someone should be hanging their heads in shame.
Senator Kennedy looks ill. Then again, he's looked that way ever since I could remember.
Senator Lieberman looks like he needs more fiber in his diet.
In a fine tribute to the fact that I don't know who the Secretary of Education was, I'm just now giggling over the fact that her name is Margaret Spellings. Do we have to call her Secretary Spellings? Can't we call her Miss Spellings? Or MisSpellings?
Affordable and available health care. Yes, we all want it.
Yes, yes, we need to support small businesses. What exactly can he do about info tech and hospitals?
Hmmm...everyone is loving immigration reform.
Yes, we know we need to move forward on energy reform. Hooray for that. I suppose the downside of SoUs is that you can't give numbers.
Wood chips. The President said "wood chips".
Reduce by 20 in 10. If we can develop hybrids that reduce gas usage by 30-40%, what is hogging the gas? Shouldn't we go for more than that in 10?
Look at that Senator from Iowa. Grassley. Is he greener on the other side. He looks pale from this side. He's happy as heck because Bush wants to invest in Ethanol.
I want to see Cheney and Pelosi mouth dirty jokes at each other. I think that would be fun.
Cheney and Bush synchronized their water drinking.
Hah! Nice jab on filibustering during Supreme Court hearings.
Did anyone notice that the military top brass appeared to be the last to stand when Bush said to win the war on terror, we must take the fight to the enemy? Could it be that in principle they agree that the War on Terror is a tad of a joke. Not that there's no threat, but homey declared a war that can have no clear victory. As certain as there's death and taxes. The streets of foundations of history are built with terror.
So, who was Lurch sitting next to Condie Rice? He looked a little dazed and dim while he clapped. I'm sure he's a brilliant man, but he looked like a mouth-breather in that moment.
So, about the justification for this war. I agree that we can just back out. And I don't think either Republican or Democrat will allow that, but suggesting that not following his plan is not supporting the troops would imply that he hasn't been supporting the troops for the past three years. Oh.
He mentioned Iran about 4 times? Wow, I guess that country is next. Though I don't know if he can engage them in conflict by the end of his term.
I am thinking Iraq will be more than happy to take over their government, Mr. President. Whether they continue to be our close ally may be another thing altogether.
The notion that we will recruit more civilians to work over in Iraq is intriguing. Will they be paid more than our solidiers? Probably.
I don't know if we can ever be spared from danger.
Nancy Pelosi's face continues to shrivel. And she turns the page to read his speech. Either that or she had her assistant print out the emails.
Lurch has a pinky ring! Ew!
I think Pelosi is chewing a hole in her inner lip and cheek.
Every time I've heard about Aids in Africa, it's just been "Aids" ...in Africa. I haven't heard "HIV-Aids".
Just what is Pelosi chewing on? Is she a teeth grinder when she sleeps?
Cheney looks like he's waiting for a kick from the pacemaker.
Laura Bush is having fun sitting next to that tall, handsome black man. Mutumbo is twice as tall as everyone else.
Did Wesley Autrie just do the kiss 'n point to President Bush? Did he say "you the man"? Cheney looks amused.
Tommy Reiman. Nicely done. But I bet it sure feels weird to have all these politicians who avoided military service look up and smile at you. Some of their smiles looked Stepfordesque.
I loved Jim Webb's response, which I heard on NPR instead of watching it.
