State of The Union Address, 1/31/06 Options

[Levy2k6]

Bush just addressed the country... or he was talking to someone. haha.

i liked his idea of economy! just.. the E.U. and China are catching up on us, we must stay on top.

yes, less drop the middle eastern oil thing and develop new sources.

yes, let's drop the politics with the military and that good stuff..

yes... i forgot what but i'll edit this in a minute..


anyways.. what y'all think?





p.s... where does this topic go?

<<< texan. lol.

[*mipadi*]

I'll admit that I didn't even watch the Address. Partly that's because I had projects and meeting almost the entire day yesterday; but mostly it's because Bush's State of the Union address, like almost all of his speeches, are absolutely pointless. Bush's poll numbers have sunk so low that he's spending most of his time trying to convince the American people that "liberating" Iraq was the right thing to do, even without evidence of weapons of mass destruction. He's trying to divert attention away from the lies that got us to Iraq, or the investigation into the Valerie Plame incident, or sugar-coating his illegal domestic spying order, that he can't even focus on any important issues.

Free ourselves from Middle Eastern oil? Great idea, Bush. People have been saying that for years. Why don't you take it one step further and free ourselves from oil, period? Oh, right. You're so deep into the pockets of the oil industry that you can't do that. The best you can manage is telling us to ween ourselves off of Middle Eastern oil while kicking back subsidies to the oil industry (note that while the oil industry claims to need tax breaks to keep production up, Exxon recently posted record profits—for any American company, ever—for the second or third year in a row) and opening on ANWR for drilling. Way to pull the wool over our eyes.

In short, the speech is nothing but a long-winded talk in Doublespeak. I've long become convinced that the key to addressing real issues, such as alternative energy or the budget deficit crisis, is not through government. Politicians are incapable of thinking more than 2-6 years down the road, and even then, several of those years are spent on campaigning for re-election. And when you break it down, is there any real difference between the two major parties? In the late 80's, the Republicans accused the Democrats of being "tax-and-spend liberals" and advocated fiscal responsibility; fifteen years later, when the Republicans are in power, the roles have swapped. Twelve years ago, the Republicans pioneered the use of the filibuster, prompting attack by Democrat leaders; now it is an effective tool of the minority party in the Senate. The government is only around to give the illusion that someone is working for the public good. Really, it's only working for the good of a select few.