The president will give his State of the Union message Wednesday night.
It is on all the networks.
Two questions. Will this interfere with college basketball broadcasts? and will Joe Wilson be anywhere in sight?
You remember Wilson's outburst the last time the President addressed a joint session of congress. I doubt he will say anything again.
It just underscores what I have been saying about politics in general. The battle between left and right, liberal or conservative, is the problem.
I think it is because neither side has any solid answers and the continual battle is a distraction to keep us from seeing this fact. They both want you to be on one side or the other and that is the battle. Both sides are more interested in having control than they are in actually finding solutions.
Health care is a prime example. It has gone nowhere, and what will likely be passed will be something fairly meaningless. That was a lot of energy and money wasted on nothing more than a shouting match. No one even said anything surprising.
What if they had tried to actually find solutions?
Neither side has it right. Both sides interpret reality based on their ideology.
The dems wanted health care reform, of course the pubs opposed it.
We need more parties.
We need more choices.
If we had other parties, it would force them to work together in spite of their differences.
Im just afraid tomorrow night will just be more meaningless politics as usual. Obama will give his rosy picture, the pubs will bash it, the dems will counter bash, and the pubs will counter the counter base ad nauseum.
That is why I hope it doesn't interfere with any basketball games.
Here is a link to an AP story leading up to the speech.
If you think there is some magical new party that will only care about the people, and won't care about getting re-elected, then you are delusional. The thing any politician cares about the most is saving his or her job. Everything else comes second.
ReplyDeleteAs for Wilson's outburst, he was right.
The thing any politician cares about the most is saving his or her job. Everything else comes second.
ReplyDeleteYou know some of you people really don't understand how Government is supposed to work!
Even those who are elected! (Like A TIF)
It is the Private Sector that produces the goods and services then though income, purchases and property are taxed to provide the revenue for Government to operate!
When it is not possible to tax or revenues fall short of spending there is a deficit!
You want Government to solve the problem by growing Government? How about growing the Private Sector?
But, when it effects you like the School system wanting to sue the State with State Money?
The answer, regardless, will be to take it from the Private Sector through politicians and the legal system! (See a similarity in Healthcare?)
Did it ever occur to you that those politicians are nothing but a reflection of the greed and
discourse about the direction of the local Communities, States and the rest of the Country?
You want them to do what you won't do! Solve your own problems!
What I am advocating is more choices, more competition.
ReplyDeleteWe have been sold on the idea that we only have two choices.
Im just saying maybe we should think outside the box a little, instead of just black and white - left or right. (There is no racial connotation whatsoever in saying B and W.)
Im just afraid tomorrow night will just be more meaningless politics as usual. Obama will give his rosy picture,
ReplyDeletePot calling the kettle black. Your mouth is moving but I can't hear anything.
What I find hilarious as hell, is people griping about Obama spending and now those same people griping about him now listening to the people and wants to put in place a spending freeze. Come on which is it pubs? Ha! Ha! Ha!
ReplyDeleteWell lets see you HA! HA! HA! when inflation sets in and gas goes to $5.00/gal. or higher but your wages don't go up!
ReplyDeletebtw: You don't remember the hyper-inflation of the 70's DO YOU?
The spending freeze Obama is talking up is a tiny percentage of the amount he is planning to spend. It's a smokescreen to win back some of his lost popularity. He thinks we are too dumb to notice.
ReplyDeleteHis spending freeze is pointless since he already bumped up the programs he wanted and now he's going to freeze that percentage in. Some programs he increased spending on as much as 35% instead of the normal 3-5% per year.
ReplyDeleteHis spending freeze is a joke.
kiddies!
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