Get ready for O’Loser to stage another 9/11-style strike on the Homeland to justify another war. This time the designated bogeymen will be wearing sombreros and serapes.

Rahm will provide the Israeli agents to rig the catastrophe.

War Pigs.

Tweety speaks the jive

Thanks for dropping by, Mr. Jones.

Mornin’, BT, pups

Only one comment about last night’s speech:

We’ll see.

That is straight talking from Obama for that one paragraph. I wish he’ll square with the people more realistically, explaining WHY the GWOT has been expanded despite the huge toll, or the banksters bailed for their greed and illegal debt mongering, despite these trillions of unpaid debt. These are *his* decisions.

Left ya one at Attaturk’s.

I wish he would’ve just said this right to the Republicans again and again for an hour.

Agree, but that should have been the main framing of his entire first year — instead of all the bipartisan bullshit. Throughout the year, references to who caused the nation’s problems have been used as occasionally and reluctantly — mostly as an excuse for not getting things done. Not as it should have been used, as a cudgel against the opposition. It now still comes across as a whine, not an aggressive teaching and learning “I told you so” for voters.

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Morning, SD, Raven and BT…! ;-)

Mornin’, CT What time is it in your part of the world?

I really had to reach back for that one.

Most of this was the result of not paying for two wars, two tax cuts, and an expensive prescription drug program.

Nice dig at Bush.

0300…! I’m up on the mtn…! ;-)

Nice line from Mr Buffett yesterday. I’ve heard him claim that song is his favorite of his writings a couple of times

I just posted a new diary at the Seminal…!

“I’ve been to the mountaintop…”

Hey, what was with the FUBAR on your facebook last night?

I mean, it is applicable to so many areas these days.

Would that be Jimmy or Warren? *g*

Somebody just ahead of me said snafu. Raven came up with WETSU and I hadn’t heard that in sooooooooooo long.

An equal opertunity hater I see.

I’ve had it about up to here with sternly worded statements, including the SOTU. Talk’s cheap. The Ralph Kramdanization (“To the moon, Alice! To the moon!”) of progressive politics continues…

A Pirate “LOOKED” at SIXTY!

*heh* I haven’t been out once tonight, except to smoke a cig or two… Space Command called all the Observatories and told us not to lase until they say so…! No say so as of yet…! Interestingly, they usually give some sort of explanation… Nada, zip this time…!

Smoke? CT. . . .

The folks from Beta 3 are lookin’ for a place to land.

I blame the Army…! ;-)

I’m still looking up at it but I hears ya.

I think that song actually cemented my love of his music. And that line you quoted is a large part of that

Talk is cheap. Especially when it comes from the mouth of a politician that has broken numerous campaign pledges. I’ll believe it when I see it.

Lies aside, I was not clapping for some of what Mr. Obama had to say. I was disappointed by some of the things he did not say.

The bottom line is that any political speech, no matter how wonderful, is just words.

If talk were cheap, we wouldn’t have a $1.3 trillion deficit this year. It got there by talk. Even when Congress “acts”, the members talk.

Or are you longing for some Republican and Conservadem members of Congress to have to use their lavish health care insurance on anal-pedal extraction surgery?

and, aside from the framing loses of the last year – how much of last night was using right wing framing, which only validates their f’king lies and their f’king thievery?

oh, yeah, and about all those great ideas … how long will those last, once rahm & co. start selling their DLC snake oil which justifies selling out to the fascists over, and over, and over … so dukakis-clinton-gore-kerry-pelosi-reid h0pey mcchange is gonna really truly deliver …

yawn.

rmm.

If it’s such a yawner what makes you talk about it?

He used to play in Champaign solo and draw just so-so crowds. I always liked “One Particular Harbor” probably because “I know I don’t get there often. . .”

*heh*Scientist: Alien life could already be on Earth

I saw that.

Liked it other than the energy part. Hey, I predicted that he’d need to do this, but he went too far even for my tastes, as I endorse nuclear. Clean coal is more like clean shit, and shouldn’t be endorsed; it should be called on the bullshit that it is. Drilling off-shore? I didn’t like it during the campaign, and I don’t like it now; but hell, I expected him to adopt this position to get a bill back then. I remember saying it when I saw it, and my activist friend went “He’s just taking the wind out of their sails; he knows they won’t do anything no matter what he offers.” I thought he had a point, but I don’t care, you don’t adopt this bs, or brag about it. Where’s the bragging about the clean energy? Kos seemed to like this part of the speech, but it was by far my least favorite part.

Now, I know what the point of it was: it was something to hit Republicans over the head with. “I just listed everything you dolts praise, and you will not vote for it; just look at the House, they passed their bill.” However, I think he could have done the same thing by praising our ideas rather than Republican ones so much. Meh, I suppose his entire tactic was framing the debate this way, so he was consistent.

We’ll see.

it was a speech. it was not an accomplishment.

I’m partial to Volcano myself…! ;-)

The President’s attempt to spin the health care debacle as a “Profile in Courage” was pathetic. If, during the year, he’d stuck to his campaign promises and not engaged in disgraceful backroom deals with Pharma, Nelson and Landrieu, health care reform would have benn darn smart politics. Instead the President spent the better part of the year alienating his supporters and trying to endear himself to his adversaries.

His earlier assertion that he wood rather be a “good one term president” than a “mediocre two term president” is a signal that the president is too arrogant to change his ways in the face of criticism. If he were a good one term president, he could count on getting a second term. Like George W. Bush, Obama is prepared to wait for the elusive “verdict of history” rather than admit mistakes now.

His plan for a spending freeze received the derisive laughter it deserved from the Republicans. John McCain has already seen his spending freeze and raised him with an earmark-reform proposal. The GOP will be beating him over the head on the spending freeze through next November.

Obama is trouble for progressives. He’s going to bring down the Democratic Party this November and again in 2012. Progressives would do well to not be too closely associated with him.

Nice line from Mr Buffett yesterday. I’ve heard him claim that song is his favorite of his writings a couple of times

You’re talking about Warren Buffett, right? /s

Good Morning, Gentlepups.
Got nothing to contribute, but just letting you know I’m lurking. *g*

Oh, lordy, you’re not a Parrothead too, are ya? Jimmy’s prolly the reason I can’t get near tequila any more.

Obama:

And if the Republican leadership is going to insist that sixty votes in the Senate are required to do any business at all in this town, then the responsibility to govern is now yours as well.

Did Obama just give up?

Just like Tweety, my first reaction when the speech ended was to slap myself on forehead and say:

WoW! For the last 70 minutes I must have got unstuck in time. But now the rip in the time-space fabric has closed and the black is back.

Pass the pizza.

I thought at least part of what was missing was his own enthusiasm…he sounded most involved toward the end when he talked about the Rs getting in the way. But not so much elsewhere.

Maybe he is depressed…for good reasons. Maybe even he sees that his
financial team is a mess.

Just your bein’ here is a contribution.

The energy part of the speech was interesting. Obama laid every Republican wet dream before them one by one. And on each one they cheered. Then he slammed the door on them. That bill has passed the House; it needs to be passed in the Senate. Republicans sat on their hands. People watching can figure that out. Give the Republicans what they want and they still don’t vote for it. Said it more graphically than if he had written it into the speech.

12 Volt Man is pretty good too!

One stunning moment for me was how much I enjoyed his show sober!

*Sqawk* You betcha…! I saw him in Boston in the early 90′s…! He plays on Maui and Oahu all the time…!

Does Poi Dog Pondering still play?

You knows how to make the womens smile, sweet thing.

I don’t know that I’ve had that experience. We used to get hammered as a prelude to going to the show. The St Pete Beach crowd stood out. *g*

Huh…?

Me too, got high as the cost of living. Then when I put it down and started going back to music I was stunned. That first Petty show with a clear head was insane. . .and I remembered it!

Yeah, he spends more time on the west coast now that he lives in Nashville. Doesn’t come to FL very often now. Truth be told I’ve seen him so many times and heard his music so much I’m kinda burned out on him.

Yep, I agree. I’m not sure it’s the way to go, but you know what? Even though I hate what he laid out, I love bashing Republicans…so I’ll take it I guess lol.

Poi Dog Pondering I see they moved stateside years ago, my bad.

If I never hear about stepping on a damn poptop again it will be too soon!

I don’t give a rat’s ass about DADT. The outright ban that preceded it kept me from being drafted into Vietnam.

Same Sex Marriage is a lovely idea. BUT IT DOESN’T MEAN SHIT IF WE DON’T HAVE BASIC JOB AND HOUSING PROTECTIONS — AND IN STATE AFTER STATE AFTER STATE WE DON’T!!!!!

WHAT WE NEED IS ENDA!!!!!

And neither Barry nor his congress is all that interested in passing it.

The gray haired pundit with Chris Matthews does not know the difference between the nominative case, I, and the objective case, me. That is so fundamental to our language that he really ought to go back to school before saying another word in public.

So let me start the discussion of government spending by setting the record straight. At the beginning of the last decade, America had a budget surplus of over $200 billion. By the time I took office, we had a one year deficit of over $1 trillion and projected deficits of $8 trillion over the next decade. Most of this was the result of not paying for two wars, two tax cuts, and an expensive prescription drug program. On top of that, the effects of the recession put a $3 trillion hole in our budget. That was before I walked in the door.

Repeat many times.

This is key to pin on the Repugs. In addition to their failure to even care about health care.

Yeah, I go to stuff sober now too. Don’t drink much any more. Lost my taste for it. Plus it’s gotten too expensive. 40 bucks for a jug of single malt.

Best thing the govt did was ban those fuckin’ things. They were hell on a barefooted beach bum.

I first saw him at an acoustic show at WKU in ’73. Then there was the show where he opened for the Eagles at Aloha Stadium (serious nose bleed seats for that one – we looked down OVER the light stanchions at that one. And the acoustic show at the Waikiki Shell with him and Mike McAnally (where Neil Young joined him for the encore in the pouring rain). Concerts on the Common in Boston etc etc etc.

Good morning, Demi! Happy Thursday!

Rapid Rail.China has recently built the worlds fastest train.China has an economy with a foundation on the production of goods that the world use every day.The United States economy built on gambeling and wellfair.Any business that pays less than a liveable wage without Health Care and Retirement plan that business and owners of said business are on wellfair.There the ones that complain when miss-fortune cause The People that has been the producers for business have to go on State Assistance.Maybe business owners should be more productive.

I will very occasionally (last time about three years ago) pick up a bottle of small batch bourbon and sip on that for a few weeks but that’s only the rare occasion anymore.

He, and sometimes a couple guys from the band, would show up at the Oyster Shucker, little beach bar on the causway, on Sunday afternoons and play. The Shucker had a dock and the city boys would get drunk and dive into the pass then cut themselves to ribbons tryin’ to climb back onto the dock. Barnacles. Gotta wait for high tide to swim in the pass, morans.

What did he say? I couldn’t bear to watch when Tweety came on, so I went to bed.

Happy Day to you too. As I didn’t watch the speech ’cause I was working. Catching up on Ten Notable Lines and stuff this am. Caught up on Teddy’s blogging from yesterday.
I think I’ll work in the yard today, as the new pup has torn, chewed and generally made a mess of my garden. I’m thinking gravel and cacti. *g*
Me attitude today is Whatever…

… and the city boys would get drunk and dive into the pass then cut themselves to ribbons tryin’ to climb back onto the dock.

And those would be the same city boys (virtually) who are the great white hunters during deer season in a lot of areas and shoot at anything that moves.

Calling them morans is being rather kind.

Yeppurs. Saw those city boys in OR. They sure could teach a body how to get bit by a rattlesnake.

“Leanin’ on that fallen tree, were ya, when he hit ya?”
“Yeah, how’d you know?”

He should’ve followed suit…!

You know, I was trying to think about who he was tonight. And, um, it’s interesting. He is post-racial by all appearances. You know, I forgot he was black tonight for an hour. You know, he’s gone a long way to become a leader of this country and passed so much history in just a year or two.

Good morning all. Sad news this morning. Howard Zinn died yesterday. I’ve been crying for our loss.

Off to swim in the great capitalist cesspool.

US KIA Irak: 4,374

US KIA Afghanistan: 972

Iraki and Afghan casualties: estimates vary to over 1.5M

US MBS 2010: 3,348

Be good to yourselves, and all other living things.

Namaste

New post up top…

Aloha, SD…!

so far as SOTUs go, it was no different than anything else i’ve heard, and it was nice to hear someone pronounce “nuclear” properly (even if i don’t support nuclear energy).

i didn’t like the shit about the spending freeze, whether it’s a gimmick or not. I DID however like the way he taunted the GOP and the SCOTUS. i wish he’d been stronger on showing the way forward on health care, but at least he said something. he should have tied health reform to jobs. The DADT language could have been stronger, but the shot of Robert Gates applauding wseemed to indicate that the policy is ending. I did NOT like the executive order on the deficit commission, at all.

In short, what i would expect from a centrist democratic American president. Nothing to write home about, nothing to get too excited about (but nothing to make my head explode either).

Health Care hidden deep behind closed doors.As 65% to 75% of The People want the Public Option or Medicare buy into if The People want to.The People want good affordable Health Care between the Doctor and patient.The People do not want there Health in the hands of health insurance for profit.Health Care and Insurance for profit Care is as different as Earth and Mars.Earth you live Mars you die.FDL don’t get complanate on Health Care.These lawmakers will try to slip a bill in for the insurance corporation.There sneaky.

ALERT!!

Leahy right now on the Senate floor (CSPAN 2) taking on the Citizen’s United decision.

Here is an unusual reaction: from the IAM’s Buffenbarger:

“It is hard to reconcile the images of a year ago – millions of Americans watching as one as President Barack Obama took the oath of office – and the faces of 31 million Americans who have been idled in this Grave Recession. Even the pomp and ceremony of this State of the Union address could not dispel the sense that something has gone terribly awry.

“The clarion calls of hope and change have faded like the last notes of Taps. The enveloping darkness, a darkness of deepening disillusionment and even deeper cynicism, is settling across the land.

“When one-fifth of America’s workforce is idled to some degree, the full force of government, business, labor and academia must be marshaled to get them back to work. But no such comprehensive strategy was outlined tonight.

“Tonight, for all those Americans who are unemployed or underemployed, the darkness grew deeper, the cold grew more penetrating, the hunger grew more acute and the fear – yes, the fear – of what tomorrow would bring grew more intense.

“Tomorrow morning, when America’s jobless open their morning newspapers, they will know that their national nightmare will last through 2010. The winter, spring and summer of their discontent now will feel interminable. And their growing anger and frustration will find an outlet, most probably in the 2010 midterm elections.”

My reaction? A big yawn. Just another pretty, empty speech. Rhetoric and saying “all the right things.” But by now I know that what Obama says is not what he really means. For instance, his “jobs program” is a puny endeavor that likely may only create jobs for H1-B foreign workers.

Unfortunately for Americans, Obama is all rhetoric and no courage, like the kid who talks like he’ll fight anyone, anywhere, at any time, but then never shows up because his mother wouldn’t let him.