Tuesday Open Thread: SOTU Edition
by PubliusTonight, President Obama delivers the annual State of the Union address. Providing further evidence that it’s an entirely unserious place, several GOP and Dem members of Congress are planning to sit together in a display of…something or other.
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Here's how I would write his speech.
Things are really screwed up. I've made them worse because I don't know what I am doing. I'm sorry. I resign.
Bye.
The following is a transcript:
I, I, I, Me, Me, Me, I, Me.
Me, I, I, I, I.
I, Me, I, Me.
*Applause Sign Flashes*
Me.
*Standing Ovation Sign Flashes*
I will be glad to not have to see Nancy jumping up and clapping every 2 minutes behind him.
I also do not approve of this bi-partisan "date night" seating arrangement that some have chosen to participate in.
BO's SOTUS( same old trashy useless spiel) will be another repeat of his famous impression of caring about what is going on in the economy. He will heroically read from the teleprompter with no more than a slip or two. He will talk in circles as to what he plans, proposes, imagines to do about the economy, jobs, and spending cuts even though he doesn't have a clue about what any of the words mean. And he will end up promising to be open, transparent, honest, faithful, and bipartisan as he has been over the last two years in his own mind. In short it will just be another typical BO campaign speech that doesn't convey any truthful or helpful message other than more worthless rhetoric which his slobbering lemmings can fawn over.
Mr Tingle will even feel a tinkle down his leg from all the excitement..
More lies couched in flowery rethoric. What we really need is a room full of Joe Wilsons tonight….
I will listen to the reactions, however, I would not be able to watch and listen to this LYING SOCIALIST PSYCHOPATH who is hellbent on destroying our nation.
The fact that some of our Republican CONgressmen are being hornswaggled by this ridiculous frikken
touchy-feely let's sit together and hold hands stunt, only tells me we have a HELL of a lot more RINO's to
eliminate.
We should all be paying attention and taking names tonight. That some of OUR guys buy into the idea
that sitting with a weasel demoCRAPPER will somehow change the tone in DC is ludicrous. They are
under the control of the LSM, if they fall for this PR stunt.
Anyone that susceptible to political pressure has no business representing anyone in CONgress.
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I hope it's not too much to ask him to announce tonight that he's retiring effective immediately.
I'm with the Supreme Court Justice………………………..i'll be sitting this one out.
Hi one,
Perhaps they'll all hold hands and blow kisses to one another when it's over?
Wouldn't a massive demonstration of fisticuffs would be so much more enjoyable?
I'd pay good money for a ringside seat to that one………………………It'd be SRO…………..
LMAO chopper, I too would prefer fisticuffs. You just watch the dems find a way to use the new practice
of cohabitation against the Rep'bs in the 2012 election for o. I guaran-damn-tee it. It's a set-up, and
the dufus R's are stumbling into the trap thinking they are doing something for the good of the country.
It's SICK! An adversarial relationship between political opponents is normal, even desirable. WTF are
they thinking?
Ugh!
I can't stomach watching it either Gary. Perhaps some of the commentary afterward, IF they don't
replay too many clips of o's screed.
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Ducats to that smack-down would be harder to come by than Super Bowl tickets.
Somebody at least throw a shoe or something…………….
Noblamas SOTU
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hi Rick………..
you forgot thrifty, obedient, trustworthy, forthright, steadfast, and obviously full of HIMSELF.
They'll need medics on standby to treat his dislocated shoulder…………………………
……………………………………………… from patting himself on the back.
Providing further evidence that it’s an entirely unserious place, several GOP and Dem members of Congress are planning to sit together in a display of…something or other.
"On second thought, let's not go to Congress. It is a silly place."
Sitting together only proves Congress is only 1 voice, Democrats an Republicans are the same.
An about that filibuster reform, nothing like giving away the only thing that gives the minority a chance to slow down
this communist agenda being shoved down the American peoples throats.
I won't be watching. The Real Housewives of New Jersey is on.
He has lied, and deceived us at every turn, for the past two years…are we to believe that he all of a sudden 'loves' the American people enough to tell us the truth about his socialists, world dominance agenda, …yeah, I didn't think so! I will listen to snippets of the speech, but in no way, could I tolerate that droning voice for another hour of my life…See there, Obama, it's not hard to tell the truth!
Amen!
Ditto
Once again he will intone, " jobs and the economy are my number one priority". Last year I wanted to believe his statement even though I believe gov't cannot create jobs, I longed for a president that would create a business climate that would create jobs. The only way I will watch sotu tonight is if I can find a liberal bastion to share my four letter tirades directed at the treasonous traitor man child. Otherwise why bother to raise my blood pressure over a traitor, drug user and bisexual poser. Yes I use that language while speaking of the "one", after all two of three are from his book! Liberals always ask if I got that info from Beck or Palin, fun to watch their heads explode when I reveal my " source".
As soon as I see his face on TV I quickly change the station, tonight I plan on having a couple beers and listening to Pink Floyd.
Frankly, I don't care what he has to say and I will not be watching.
War is Peace, Hate is Love, Slavery is Freedom. More DoubleSpeak from The Ministry of Truth.
I think I would rather have my gums scraped
It's a mistake to sit mingled together with the socialist fraud democrats because they were wiped out and America needs to see how few are left.
Obama will lie and pretend to be a moderate again when he is still a hardcore marxist who wants to destroy America through regulatory fiat and executive orders. Predict he will lie to feign respect for Christianity, the military, and the Constitution when he really hates all three and can barely contain his contempt for all three.
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Republicans have one job to do: cut spending. So let'm sit with the Dems as an expression of comity…that's fine with me. At the end of the day, they are all in the same boat anyway. Do your job to protect, preserve and defend the Constitution and you can keep your job. Continue down the same old path of raping the American public…you're out in 2012.
What staffers does he have left? He doesn't really need them, as George Soros tells him what to do.
Pray him out with Psalms Ch 109.
Let's spend our time signing petitions.
Time for MORE ABORTIONS…Bi-partisan "date night" and reborn ACORN in NY!
I cannot listen to this man for more than a minute or two.
It's like listening to my worst high school teacher hold forth with half-baked rhetoric.
I'll wait for the text and the relevant video clips.
Obama will spend time tonight telling more lies trying to convince American people he dosn't lie. The last two years have been horrible and anyone thinking the next two will be better, becasue of Obama, needs serious professional help. We are where we are "becasue of Obama".
Besides, Like the Prof, I can't stand to see or listen to him at all.
I Have a Dream……..that Vera Baker will be in the audience along with Soros, Rev Wright, Ayers, Said, Farrhakan and Tony Rezko. And a Special Prosecutor—– sitting next to them.
more
HOAX and CHAINS..
we're on to ya buddy !!!
watch him close..
if his lips are moving
he's LYING..
" several GOP and Dem members of Congress are planning to sit together in a display of…something or other."
it's a display proving that the republicans don't have the backbone to stand up for what's right.
Sycophants All!
Those Repubs and Dems that chose to sit together and hold hands the State of the Union
may have an entirely different meaning for them.
I'll never forget the day he called for a Congressional Joint Session to let that clown from Mexico browbeat the State of Arizona for open borders when all the while their borders are four times as bad as ours, blaming our nation for the drug problem and smuggling in automatic weapons, etc. On top of that he received a standing ovation from those POS Socialist Democrats. What a crock.
I would rather listen to a chalkboard.
Not interested.
Good prayer. Thank you.
From the desk of President B. Hussein Obama:
To: Keith Olbermann
Dear Comrade Olbermann,
I realize you are currently seeking new employment and thought that this might be a good opportunity for you to show Me what you can do for Me in My Struggle. I have prepared a rough outline of my State of the Union Speech, and would like for you to go over it and tell Me what you think. I realize that you are an ivy-league trained journalist with years of broadcast experience, so I would greatly appreciate any input you might have. If you serve Me well in this endeavor, I might be able to hook you up with a speech-writing job in my cabinet
Your Leader in The Struggle,
President for Life B. Hussein Obama
SOTU draft:
Dear Comrades and amerikkkan citizens,
As I begin another new year as President, I am pleased to announce that My job performance continues to be stellar in all areas. I have saved the economy, rebuilt amerikkka's prestige in the world, brought about the Blessing of Universal Health Care, protected amerikkka from terrorists and bridged the civility gap in our culture. Please listen closely as I elaborate.
First of all, My stimulus project has completely re-invigorated the amerikkkan economy. As I stated at the time, without my stimulus bill the unemployment rate would have gone to twenty-eight percent. That it now stands at only nine percent, give or take, is a huge success on My part, since the rising rate was all Bush's fault to begin with. I might add that without My stimulus plan not only would GM have failed, but so would Ford, Saturn, Honda, Kia, and Toyota. After all, if GM had gone under, people would no longer have trusted cars, so they would not have purchased vehicles from anyone. Thus, when I saved GM I saved all those other companies also. Just ask Paul Krugman, he is really good at explaining how that works.
As for amerikkka's prestige, what can I say? After George W. Bush Jr.'s cowboy antics, the respect for this country in the rest of the world was at an all-time low. I want to assure you that the Presidents of China, Saudi Arabia, Russia and France all assure me that they have much more respect for amerikkka now than they did when Bush was stirring up trouble all over the globe. I look forward already to reading the history books explanation of how I brought amerikkka up from the pit it has inhabited so long, to the sunlit vales of world harmony with our brethren in Cuba, Venezuela, Iran and North Korea. Truly I am a glorious peacemaker!
My Great Healthcare Initiative will soon be recognized for the civilizing achievement that it truly is. Once the government can control your healthcare, I can control everything…. Read the rest here… http://beautifulletters-bls.blogspot.com/2011/01/...
Now I'm going to Disney World.
He'll say jobs, opportunity, sustainability and debt reduction so many times he'll sound like Rainman.
I would rather have a root canal.
You can bet that it will be "Union of the States Address". We already know what the State of the Union is and we don't need Obama to explain that to us.
Once again the Republicans allowed themselves to be maneuvered into doing something stupid by the media for the purpose of liberal symbolism in lieu of doing something actually helpful.
IT IS TIME.
YOU GAVE THEM A CHANCE.
THEY DIDN'T GET THE MESSAGE.
Tea Party Patriots need to walk away from the Republican Party and SHUT IT DOWN FOR GOOD!
No Duuuuh we don't need him to explain it to us, and I doubt he even half understands what a wreck
his boss $0r0$ has us in. IMO o is only a puppet, and I can't wait to see him move on.after 2013.
For me, his presidency has been a nightmare.
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You'll know all the members of Soros's 'Shadow Republican Party' as they'll be sitting with a Democrat….
intent, funny word. the thought just came to me. voters intent, rahm intended to return to chicago. but did the voter vote for the guy, or was rahm in chicago? if we can start using intent for other things, imagine? the bears intended to win on sunday, the cubs intended to win a world series at least 100 times. mondale intended to win in 84. we need to strike down this intent thing. if a voter intended to vote for candidate "a", but screwed up, and either didn't vote properly, or for the correct guy, his vote is ruined. if a law states you must live in a district to run for office, you must live there. i hope rahm is thrown off the ballot for good, and people who gave him money file suit to get thier money back.
Hey Publius! You made me ill with that picture. Excuse me while I hurl.
I think I am going to watch Rush on the Haney project since the speech has already been leaked, contains a request for more spending cloaked as "investments" and Obama will say "jobs are my highest priority" just like he did last year.
Obama, the 'New Centrist'? No way.
Sadly, HIS talk isn't cheap. It always winds up costing us trillions.
Pay attention only to what he DOES, and the 'claque' he selects for his 'advisors'.
This man has more in common with Ron Reagan Junior, than he does with President
Ronald Reagan.
I think I'll watch 'Rush' on The Haney Project. At least I'll be entertained, and I might learn some
tips to improve my golf game.
What's the over/under on the number of times he says I? I need to call my bookie.
Perfect reason for him to politely dismiss himself and Billy Jeff take over.
Winston Smth? Is that you?
"It's a set-up, and the dufus R's are stumbling into the trap thinking they are doing something for the good of the country."
And this brings to mind:
"Luke! It's a trap! . . . . It's a trap!"
;-D
Or even more eclectic: "The first step in avoiding a trap is knowing of it's existence."
;-D
As to fisticuffs:
I've been saying that for years. I mean how many times have we watched a Legislature in another country have a full on brawl, only to turn on CSPAN and see our guys being all prissy "I yield to the distinguished gentlemen from . . ."
Screw that!
LET'S GET READY TO RUMBLE!
I absolutely would pay good money I don't have to watch that, even if it was only on PPV.
Courage to Stand
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embed...
"The time is near at hand which must determine whether Americans are to be free men or slaves."
George Washington
I would rather have a colonoscopy.
The only way I can watch this is if I'm can do the drinking game that Rush suggested.
I really can care less what crap comes out of this mu slums mouth as I refuse to listen or watch him
I do care that moochelle is a fricking pig and now they want all of us to also live like slobs.
They just don't make 'em like they used to. Dishwashing detergents, that is. Really.
Thanks to obama environmental protection laws passed in 16 states, dish detergent manufacturers have been forced to remove powerful cleansing agents called phosphates from their formulas nationwide. The result? Detergents that don't clean, reported Tampa Bay Online.
Local appliance repairman Don DiChristopher told the news agency that technicians were out in droves to frustrated customers who had already thrown out several sets of dishes or replaced their machines altogether, unable to get dishes clean.
"Holy cow, we got bombarded, our phone literally rang off the hook with calls," DiChristopher said, noting that his service received hundreds of calls shortly after the switchover to phosphate-free cleansers was completed in July. "We started turning down repair calls."
But never fear: A healthy "black market" of sorts exists for full-strength dishwashing liquids with the chemical. Thanks to a loophole in the eco-rules, the phosphate ban doesn't apply to commercial facilities like restaurants or hotels, so bulk packages of detergent are available at supply companies — who sell their products on eBay, of course. Really.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/01/25/arent-d...
Has to be around 90 for the over/under!
Good ole BJ.
I will watch to identify the traitors but will read the transcript later.
I would rather have simultaneously a root canal and a colonoscopy while Vampira scratches her nails on a chalkboard.
Wow, tell us how you REALLY feel! LOL!
Actually I listened to it.
And it sounded just like a colonoscopy!
BOHICA!
Come on Americans it is time to quit screwing around on blogging and doing something to clean this mess up
Today this was spread all over the internet with no truth and all lies and now smearing Sarah's husband !
SARAH PALIN's husband TODD is caught up in a sleazy sex scandal, The ENQUIRER has learned!
Political bloggers are digging into incredible claims that the "First Dude" – father of the couple's five children – cheated on his wife with a female massage therapist who was busted for prostitution!
The scandal not only has the potential to sabotage Palin's possible 2012 White House bid, but also threatens to destroy her marriage, sources say.
While the story heats up on the internet, The ENQUIRER has uncovered official documents confirming the woman's arrest.
We have also uncovered documents that show the woman – identified by bloggers as Shailey Tripp – contributed free massages to an anonymous person working for Sarah's campaign for governor of Alaska.
While representatives for Todd Palin vehemently deny he cheated on his wife, allegations of his extramarital affair surfaced on Jan. 4 when an anonymous tipster sent out messages to news outlets making the allegation using the e-mail address thepalinmorals@hotmail.com.
"My sources reveal that a massage therapist and computer technologist, SHAILEY TRIPP, had an affair with Todd Palin that lead (sic) to her arrest March of 2010," claimed the anonymous e-mail.
"According to the tenants in the building of her offices, they saw Todd come and go often and heard noises that sounded like someone was having sex. It was the same tenants who called the police on her."
An ENQUIRER investigation has confirmed Tripp, 36, was arrested on March 4, 2010 in Anchorage and charged with maintaining a house of prostitution.
Tripp pleaded no contest on June 13, 2010 with sentencing set for June 15, 2011. She agreed to complete 80 hours of volunteer service, not post advertisements on CraigsList and pay a fine of $500. If she meets with these conditions, Tripp can withdraw her plea at the sentencing hearing and the case will be dismissed, records show.
http://www.nationalenquirer.com/todd_palin_sex_sc...
Now the cops had to release this to show it was all lies
The Anchorage Police Department have issued the following press release:
Shailey Tripp Investigation APD #10-1823
The Anchorage Police Department investigation and arrest of Shailey Tripp has recently been mischaracterized in internet blogs and in a National Enquirer article. Several errors regarding the investigation and arrest were reported in the Enquirer article (printed and internet versions):
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None of the physical evidence examined by police showed any connection to Wasilla resident Todd Palin and his name did not appear in any of the records seized by APD.
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The investigation of the prostitution operation was initiated by Anchorage Police Department’s Vice Unit responding to internet advertisements, not through information developed from any tips or other persons.
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No rolodex was seized and taken into evidence.
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The National Enquirer has not contacted Anchorage Police Department Public Affairs Unit to fact check its story so their reported “call to Anchorage Police Department” could not have been returned.
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“Bloggers” have had no access to the evidence seized so their linking of evidence in police custody to any other person is incorrect.
"Krystyna," eh?
That sounds like the name someone from a former Soviet Bloc country would have.
If there are any people in the world who know how horrible socialism/communism are, they hail from such places as Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, the Baltics, et al.
Keep explaining to the people of this country how awful real socialism is.
Here's something recently from Poland that is being used to teach the latest generation that never lived under the Soviets what it was really like: "The Waiting Game – Communist Monopoly Teaches the Downside of Socialist Life" http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/0,1...
Now I know why you are called "Professor". Very smart of you. My family is from Poland.
My mother's parents met in a Nazi labor camp in Austria during the war. My mother was born there. My uncle was born after the war in Italy. My grandparents had a choice to go back to Poland or emigrate. They made the smart choice and emigrated to England. Except for my mother's immediate family and a couple of distant relatives, the rest all remained in Poland.
Unfortunately, the older generation is not necessarily the best teacher. Many in my mom's generation have started to reminsce about how things may have been better under Communism because Poland is having a hard time with their economy. My mom is shocked because she remembers visiting and trying to buy things for her family and the fresh meat was disgusting and the canned meat you wouldn't give to your dog. And of course that wasn't the worst of it, as we all know.
And my mom was poor in England, living in a refugee camp (army barracks) until she was 12 years old and being undernourished a good part of the time. Yet, she still had it better than her relatives.
I'm glad to see that link. I hope they keep up that teaching. I would hate to see the hard work people like Walesa and Pope John Paul II and Reagan and the Polish people put in to getting rid of communism go to waste.
Why yes, yes it is.
Is it sad that I know the first one's origin and can guess the second?
The Empire Strikes Back and, IIRC, Dune.
Could be worse. The Dems could be Asuka Soryu Langley and the Reps could be Shinji Ikari.
Dziękuję Bardzo!!
Sto Lat!
Patrick!!!!
You are so awesome!!!
If I had a prize, I'd give it to you.
All I can give you right now is KUDOS!
I figured most would figure out the first one (the Luke kind of gives it away).
But the second one! Good for you!
Dang it Patrick. Now I feel sad – I have no idea what that means!
LOL!
Prosze!
Sto Lat!
Unfortunately I don't know much more. My mom speaks fluently and my dad didn't (although his family is also from Poland but they came to America in the early 1900s) and she thought it wouldn't work to teach me. She kicks herself everyday for not teaching me.
I was going to try and take it in college but there were only Intermediate courses and I needed beginning (I took a class at a Polish community center near my home but it was not sufficient).
Many years later, someone told me that I might have been able to meet with the Professor and see if he could give me private lessons for beginning and then I could have finished up.
DOH!
I am planning on getting that Rosetta Stone as soon as I can afford it. I'm absolutely dying to learn.
It's from an anime series called Neon Genesis Evangelion. Actually, you should be glad you don't know about it. It was one of those shows where the writer had a nervous breakdown about midway through the series.
LOL!
There are many shows where the writer(s) have a nervous breakdown halfway through.
LOL!
Patrick IIRC ?……………………."if i recall correctly" ?
or is it "Illinois Interactive Report Card"?………………..and you spelled Douche wrong?
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