Jan 25 2012

State of the Union

I’m grouchy about 2 things.  First and foremost I’ll be missing the Phineas and Ferb Time Warped series for about the 3rd time.  Secondly, Barack Obama has broken so many false populist promises that watching him talk is not just unconvincing, it’s physically painful.

The most optimistic estimates are that he’ll play some variation on his Osawatomie, Kansas speach which was frankly feckless and weak.  The usual suspects- Klein, Bernstein, DeLong, Sargent are all making the same tired old excuses for inaction at best and Republican policies as the norm.

It’s noteworthy that there has been less leakage of the prepared text which I suspect is due more to the collapse of his sellout to the Banksters on mortgage fraud and robo-signing than his and Holder’s fanatical prosecution of whistle blowers and journalists instead of war criminals and thieves.  The gang that couldn’t shoot straight screws up again, unless you prefer to call them simply evil which certainly matches the facts.

dday has the best preview I was able to find.  In addition to Warren Buffet’s secretary as a poster child for tax reform, he’ll also have Admiral William McRaven of the Bin Laden kill team, and Steve Jobs’ wife.

Not quite sure what she’s meant to illustrate unless it’s the efficiency of working people to death in overseas sweat shops.

I expect there will also be a full throated denial of science in defense of fracking and global warming from the president who had no problem denying women access to Plan B contraception and supporting the Stupak amendment.

If you don’t have access to a TV CSPAN will be starting its coverage at 8 pm with ceremonial entries.  They’ll also have the Republican response from Mitch Daniels who today attempted to strip Union rights from workers.

They should all be fired and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

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  2. An officially leaked summary.

    In State of the Union, Obama to warn economic unfairness threatens middle class

    By Scott Wilson and David Nakamura, Washington Post

    Tuesday, January 24, 6:06 PM

  3. Also CSPAN begins.

  5. to examine fraud in mortgage securitization.

    • on 01/25/2012 at 02:38
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    won’t be on tonight.

    • on 01/25/2012 at 02:43
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    Ah, I love the smell of politics in the morning.  (Actually, I don’t)

    Scroll down to see the graphics, and mouse over

    http://www.whitehouse.gov/stat…

  8. Well, I’ve seen that.

  9. Live Blog: President Delivers State of the Union Address

    Schneiderman is a co-chair, along with DoJ’s Lanny Breuer, who worked for the law firm that defended MERS. Robert Khuzami, the director of enforcement at the SEC, who has embarrassed themselves with their no-fault settlements, is also a co-chair. This could be good or could amount to nothing, with Schneiderman outvoted.

    My big question is: I thought the Administration already did a comprehensive investigation of the mortgage crisis? That’s what they keep saying.

    • on 01/25/2012 at 02:58
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    “special” investigations.  

    Ohhh, now listening to Elliott Spitzer who will be with Keith all night.  Yea!

    • on 01/25/2012 at 02:59
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  13. Spitzer reading my mind.

  14. http://current.com/specials/el…

    • on 01/25/2012 at 03:09
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    http://www.thertv.eu/93

    Where’s momcat?

    • on 01/25/2012 at 03:10
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    Geez.

  19. Iraq.

    • on 01/25/2012 at 03:13
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    • on 01/25/2012 at 03:14
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    keeps clapping.

    • on 01/25/2012 at 03:16
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    He hasn’t said anything yet, though.

  26. Kind of like him saying no one is above the law.

    • on 01/25/2012 at 03:17
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    same set of rules.”

    Where is that country?  I want to live there.

    • on 01/25/2012 at 03:23
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    You mean like Foxconn?

    The People are the stoopid if they believe that.

    • on 01/25/2012 at 03:25
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    now, I’d want to vote for this person to be the leader of my country based on his flowery words.

  34. They’ve worked so well so far.

    • on 01/25/2012 at 03:27
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    right away.”

    Hey, Mr. Obama, you’re the leader of the Democratic Party. Talk to your members, make it happen.

    • on 01/25/2012 at 03:28
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    • on 01/25/2012 at 03:29
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    Dodd will be so happy.  (“See, I support you, I said so in the SOTU, so send me checks.)

  38. It’s working so well with the Banks.

    • on 01/25/2012 at 03:30
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  40. Because an Associates Degree opens doors.

    • on 01/25/2012 at 03:31
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    directly to a job?”  Perhaps you didn’t get the memo:  People have SKILLS.  They’re still unemployed.

  43. The man is a failure and a liar.

    • on 01/25/2012 at 03:34
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    Where ya been, you and Arnie?

    And where were you when school districts fired all their teachers.  Oh, I know:  You agreed with it.

    • on 01/25/2012 at 03:34
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    was trained to do my union job and work as a non union employee. Then he goes after teacher unions in the next section.

    pfft

  46. that can’t be discharged in bankruptcy.

  47. Bring back Bill Clinton’s school uniform idea. What kind of a 3rd way tringulater are you. Seriously dissappointing.

    • on 01/25/2012 at 03:35
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    need to stop paying for wars and use that money to pay for every student who wants to go to college or a trade school.

  49. Markos will be happy.

  50. We should all be soulless exploitive bastards like Steve Jobs.

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