State of the Union

“Medicare, education, taxes, and the war. Bush is the man”

“He's still talking. What did you do, get ahold of the text?”

“Bush is a one term president. This wretched economy is stalking him. And it will run him down.”

“if the dems run hillary he wont be a one term president. jesus, talk about having to choose between the lesser of two evils in that race. btw, ppl, there are third candidates. i voted libertarian in the last election and probably always will from now on”

“If the economy doesn't pick up by the next election, it won't matter who the Democrats put up. The drumbeat will be loud.”

“the economy sucked before Bush came on board from what I remember.”

“Sure thing. But he is president now. That's the way the game is played.”

“i look at it this way, and maybe im wrong, but it really doesnt matter who is president. its always going to be some middle of the road guy, either a left-leaning repub or right-leaning dem, so given the fact that its the same guy every election, the only person that can make a difference in your life is you. my ups and downs in my life have been due to my own hard work and blunders. so forget politics. be your own leader”

“He VERY clearly made a great case for war with Iraq, IMHO. Great speech.”

“I had it on, but didn't listen much - apathy has set in”

“i Agree with you 2scoops. I'm not even registered to vote. I really don't care who wins one way or the other. It's my right to vote or not to vote. So the way I look at it is this: I have enough Freaking things in my life to worry without adding 3 politicians and there staces and views on things. Trying to keep up with who said what and thinks this or that. Bunch of crap if you ask me. Got enough to keep up with already.

Just my 2 cents.”

“Nothing new.”

“Hey bbinkley,
You are correct in having the right to vote and the right to not vote. I had a friend who thought that way and yet he still b!tched about things that he didnt like. I told him that he doesnt get the right to b!tch because he didnt vote... thats the way it is. You dont vote you dont get the right to b!tch.”

“I backed George Wallace. I could trust him. There has not been a good candidate since.”

“artex, i thought so too. what did you other people think about his case against iraq?”

“Good case against Iraq, indeed. Unfortunately the majority of his speech revolved around that topic. He touched very little imo on homeland issues such as Medicare, his environmentalism, etc. but the wordage sure sounded convincing (but isn't it always). And how many billions of $$$ to fund hydrogen-powered vehicles???

Stats say there were 77 clapping ovations during a 1hr 5min speech.”

“NS...wasn't it a muslem extremist that shot him? (serious question, i was born in '64)”

“i think that's cool about the hydrogen car thing. we need it.”

“the idea that you dont vote, you dont have a right to complain is a bunch of crap. im with george carlin when he said its the other way around, you vote, you lose the right to complain. when things go bad,remember, YOURE the idiot who voted him into offfice. i didnt. so now IM going to complain. that said, i do vote. when i was younger i voted my principles. now, i vote mainly to vote AGAINST the two major parties. im sick and tired of a system that is deliberately rigged to favor just two mainstream groups that kowtow to whoever is lining their pockets.”

“politics according to carlin, now that is scary.”

“its true because its funny”

“...and how about when he was speaking about all the terrorists in custody and that we dealt with others in other ways, insinuating as if we've made sure they've been killed. At'a boy!”

“i just get sick of the arrogance of the ppl who vote and think theyve really done something that matters and then look down on the ppl who didnt. you wanna say youve done something to change the world, go volunteer at a homeless shelter, soup kitchen, be a big brother or sister, etc. become a fireman or police officer, run for ofice. then you can look down your noses at the rest of us who dont do snit anyway cuz we know the human race is an ungrateful undeserving parasitic species on the planet, a virus with shoes.”

“so i say do your own thing, vote, dont vote, fluck the world, live by your own rules, drink the sour milk, remove the mattress tag, have sex with the girl one day before she turns 18, dont drink by date on bottom of can, jerk off on your ham sandwich and offer it to your boss, but for gods sake dont expect anyone to save your dyin a$$ because no one really cares. ANARCHY! ANARCHY! ANARCHY!”

“of course thats just my opinion, i could be wrong”

“."May 15, 1972...
While campaigning in Laurel, Md., Wallace is shot by Arthur Bremer in an assassination attempt. He survives, but is partially paralyzed and is unable to walk for the rest of his life."

Arthur Bremer was born in Milwaukee on August 21, 1950, one of four sons of Sylvia and William Bremer, an abusive, alcoholic couple

You are probably thinking of "that Sirhan guy that got [Robert] Kennedy."

1970...
Wallace is elected Governor for the second time. In his inaugural address, he states that "Alabama belongs to us all -- black and white, young and old, rich and poor alike." -- a speech which signals his conscious effort to change his political stance. ”

“ON CSPAN two nights ago, I saw Nixon's last State of the Union speech. Sounded very similar to the ones in present day. Same things were talked about, etc...IMHO, this all has the looks of a bad movie and I'm afraid to watch.....:)”

“We pay taxes and as the last election showed, we still are not represented! Time for another Boston Tea Party!”

“Sounded like alot of tax cuts and alot of extra spending on this n that....where's that $ coming from?

Buddur, I didn't much care for that reference either. It's part of the plan, but I still don't think we all need to cheer about killing people. Maybe I'm just soft.

1.3 billion dollars for hydrogen fuel technology. They'd probably be better off spending a chunk of that $ on actually helping gas stations set up hydrogen fueling. No sense in buying a cool hydrogen car if ya can't fill up anywhere.”

“The fact, although hydrogen sounds real pretty for the land and we wouldn't be arm twisted by the middle east, think how we could harness it in a safe manner. Just think what a head-on would result in! As for the right to b*tch about our elected, I not only am registered and vote, but I also served four years in the Army. You can complain all you want but don't expect anyone to listen if you haven't given of yourself. Remember one thing...Freedom has never been free and never will be. It's just easier to vote than to spend time in a desert. You choose. Long live hiking!”

“I think it was a great speech. He did spend some time on the iraq issue, but i like how he covered the homeland issues first. I agree with his decisions for the most part. The one i don't agree with is the relief aid to africa. I don't want to sound mean, but i think the money could be better spent in america on americans. As for his comments on iraq, I'm glad he finally came out with the proof that Iraq is a threat. I especially like how he worded it, saying indirectly that we were going to kick ass and take names.”

“SOTU speeches are essentially all alike

just different language and another year later”

“It's an awesome idea. It'll take a while, but we'll be seeing a lot more of them in a decade or two. There was also an ad in Outside Magazine this month for one manufactured by Honda. They say they will market them in L.A. for now.”

“They have finally established a link between Al Qaida and Iraq........the letter "Q".

Back to Sesame Street

The speech had a lot of good spin.

And where's the $ going to come from for all that stuff while cutting revenue?

Are there "patriots" lining up at the recruiting stations?

Is there a recruiter in the house?”

“That is a nice link, tango.
A quick search found this article, "DISCOVER Vol. 23 No. 10 (October 2002)
Table of Contents, Future Tech: The Car of Tomorrow," where it said:

With a reported top speed of 93 miles per hour, the car seemed ready for the American highway.

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“so you think he's lieing about iraq/alqueda tom? will you believe powell when he tells us? would you believe it if you saw binladen and hussein in a phone booth?

as he quoted JFK, a rising tide rises all boats. regan doubled revenues in 8 years from tax cuts.

NS, thanks, i was thinkin about kennedy.”

“Good morning, stratdewd

I believe they are wagging the dog.

Powell has sold out.....he likes his job.

I don't take the word of a so shady a politician on something so serious as war.

Who's "regan"?
Ha ha!
Doubled revenue?
That knucklehead spent the U.S. into crazy deficits regardless of revenues.

Who pays the national debt?

We do.....and our children.”

“In the last election, a vote for the 3rd party was a vote for Bush.”

“Must.....stop......responding.....to.......politicallly.........charged.....threads........................................aaaaaaaeeeeeeeee!!!!!”

“I've been hearing about hydrogen engines since Carter was in office. My brother did prototyping on these things in the 80s. 5 years ago volvo and mercedes had working prototypes in Europe. GM's model blew up, again. This is nothing new.

I despised his speech about domestically-produced energy. People out west are going to be screwed if they don't own the mineral rights to their land, and fuel companies come in. ANWR drilling will happen. Oil platforms will come back. Are there any American-owned and opreated oil companies left? Not that it matters.”

“Aren't the oil-producing countries American-owned and operated?”

“Bush is full of crap. The war on Iraq is not about NBC WMD!!! How stupid does he take us for? If we were truly concerned with nukes getting in the hands of terrorists, we'd be occupying Pakistan right now. Musherif's rule is tenuous at best, and he doesn't control the countryside. It wouldn't take much for an Islamofascist revolution to occur, and then the nukes would be in the hands of terrorists. If we were truly interested in protecting America from NBC WMD, then we'd be dealing overwhelming force out on North Korea. If we were truly interested in stopping terrorists from buying NBC WMD, then we'd be occupying Saudi Arabia and cutting the flow of money. Sadam is an a$$hole, but he's impotent to do much - particularly now that the inspectors are in the country and the world is focused on him. That Sadam can develop nukes and distribute NBC WMD to terrorists under current conditions is extremely unlikely!

No, Iraq is about hegemony in the Middle East. It's about control of oil prices. It's about applying pressure on Iran and Saudi Arabia. It's about kicking Chinese and French and Russian influence out of the region. The one thing it is not about is NBC WMD.

Why can't Bush tell the truth?”

“I liked Dick Cheney snickering in the background when Bush was talking about energy conservation!”

“Aero, I was surprised he even used "energy" and "conservation" in the same sentence.”

“I do believe he's found a solution for the sagging economy though . . . a war with Iraq.”

“I think I'm going to take my tax cut and spend it on some Japanese electronics!”

“He is going to stop forest fires, he indicated last night. His solution, from his previous actions, is to allow all the trees to be cut down. Makes a great solution: ?No forests, no forest fires!”

“Nowslimmer, we don't need trees. Once we've logged all of ours, we can just take Canada's.”