Glad all over, part I

Bet you thought you were done with all the SOTU talk--not so fast, bub.... I'm not naive enough (but I am, as always, hopeful) to believe that this SOTU address by one Nicholas Ruiz, a congressional candidate in Florida, will ever get much traction, but still it makes me a tad more optimistic for America's future that there are Liberals out there who are still trying to change the narrative. It may only be words, but when all we're hearing about is the horrors of government spending, it sure is nice to hear someone call it (paraphrasing) "America investing in its citizens." Liberals? Fuckin'-a is what I say.... Peace, emaycee

POTUS on the 2011 State of the Union

Short version: Definitely folksy, channeling Ronald Reagan. Definitely forward looking, channeling JFK. Definitely people empowering, channeling RFK. Flashes of humor. Upbeat. Hopeful. Nothing to really piss off the base, but nothing to make us throw our hats in the air in celebration, either. Left Social Security alone. Seemed apologetic for freezing federal employees wages for the next two years (not good enough, Mr. President). Definitely a Democratic Party leaning speech, just not the Wellstone wing. A triple. Republican response, short version: Really bad haircut (remind self to never get a trim in Wisconsin). Nothing about creating jobs. Nothing about raising the standard of living for the middle class and poor. Deficit reduction, even though we don't want it. Stiffly presented. Lots of fear mongering. Healthcare reform sucks, but still no alternatives. Lots of claims about about job killing policies, no proof to back it up. Lots of claims about regulations hurting the economy, total tone deafness to how much ordinary Americans mistrust corporate America. We hate Obama. Struck out looking. Oh, and everybody is really sorry about Rep. Giffords, though no one seems to want to do a damn thing to make sure it doesn't happen again. And neither one comes close to hitting the nail on the head concerning the state of our union as this "untold" one does.

Peace, 

emaycee

Preview of the 2011 State of the Union

Well apparently President Obama's State of the Union won't be a capitulation to the right, and will focus a lot more on jobs and the economy than Mr. Boehner's agenda. Thanks, Mr. President--I can pretty much shitcan my brilliant (or not) analysis of this piece. Short version: Obama moving to the center sucks. For all of us.

The President is also not likely to discuss cuts to Social Security. No reason to bring up this, I suppose. Short version: a humongous majority of us prefer raising the payroll cap to cuts in benfits or raising the retirement age. Related note: man, not wanting to raise the retirement age really says something about how a vast majority of us view our livelihoods and the companies we work for; mostly it says how much they both suck.

Hmmm. What the.... Well, here's one of the few times I'll ever disagree with Digby (just on the first part)--I'm not really sure I give a shit if anybody shows up for the President's State of the Union, especially John Roberts, Samuel Alito, John Boehner, Mitch McConnell, etc. Why in the fuck would I want face time to be given to people who couldn't care less if me or my family lives or dies? As far as I'm concerned, the President can sit quietly behind his desk and skip all the hoopla.

Peace,
emaycee