SOTU
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Not watching. Who is giving the rebuttal?
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He says we could need some gasoline for as much as another decade.
He is reciting his list of outrageous accusations against
and the republican crowd is yelling out loud at him, in unison,He just convinced republicans to stop hating old people! Progress!
He says we could need some gasoline for as much as another decade.
He is reciting his list of outrageous accusations against
and the republican crowd is yelling out loud at him, in unison,He just convinced republicans to stop hating old people! Progress!
And, given that he think we will only need it another decade, he wants oil companies to invest huge sums in domestic production.
Also lots of trashing the successful.
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"Any nation that out-educates us will beat us."
Absolutely agree.
And then, it's about public school teachers needing a raise.
D1, a Chicago Public School teacher makes good coin, and she's said, on many occasions that the problem is not the school but...the family, or lack thereof.
"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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Talked about Tyre Nichols. Reinforced the narrative that black people need to worry about getting murdered by cops. As if a white person in Tyre’s situation would have been treated better. Also says we need higher standards for cops. Actually Memphis lowered its standards after Floyd, because they wanted to broaden the diversity of their force, and it’s not easy to find people who want to be cops these days. Two of the cops involved with the Nichols beating were hired after those standards were reduced.
It was nice that he said most cops were decent people. I don’t think that message was coming from the emotionally derelict left in the wake of Floyd.
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Vodkapundit:
"It's just so much nonsense. Biden wants Congress to pass an abortion protect act but says he'll veto any bill banning abortion.
Same Congress?"
"I can't come up with a better assessment of the Biden administration than this: You can get fentanyl anywhere and adderall nowhere."
"Whatever medication McCarthy is on, I want some. "
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"Any nation that out-educates us will beat us."
Absolutely agree.
And then, it's about public school teachers needing a raise.
D1, a Chicago Public School teacher makes good coin, and she's said, on many occasions that the problem is not the school but...the family, or lack thereof.
"Any nation that out-educates us will beat us."
Absolutely agree.
And then, it's about public school teachers needing a raise.
D1, a Chicago Public School teacher makes good coin, and she's said, on many occasions that the problem is not the school but...the family, or lack thereof.
Public school teacher pay is not by any stretch of the imagination a federal issue.
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As I was watching (parts of) the speech, it reminded me of a high school pep rally.
NRO has a similar opinion.
The origin of the practice stems from the executive’s duty under Article II, Section 3 of the Constitution, which obligates him to “give to Congress information of the State of the Union and recommend to their Consideration such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient.”
The language of this clause is not specific, which is why the “Annual Message,” as it was known from 1790 to 1946, was delivered as a written statement by every president from Thomas Jefferson to William Howard Taft. Say what you will about the Sage of Monticello; he knew that the second branch of government should stay in its lane. In 1913, arguable proto-fascist Woodrow Wilson decided to break from this republican tradition, delivering an in-person address, and the speech has never been the same.
Today’s SOTU has lost all pretense of humility and, much like the presidency itself, has completely eclipsed what the framers of the Constitution envisioned. Rather than a detailed report on the problems facing the nation and how Congress can ameliorate them, the speech has become another opportunity for presidents to exercise their bully pulpit. It’s nothing more than a glorified campaign rally.
This desecration of the People’s House should incense everyone who thinks the emergence of an imperial presidency is a negative development and an affront to the Founders’ vision. Perhaps a more civic-minded commander-in-chief can ditch the practice and go back to delivering a written report, but consider me skeptical. Why would any rational political actor cede such a golden opportunity to make a case for his agenda to the American people? But as long as we’re stuck with this ostentatious spectacle, it’s important to remember that this is not who we are.
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They should have Prince Harry come in and read it all dressed up in ermine and shit.
You know you want to.
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SOTU reaction poll:
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23601613-cnn-sotu-reaction-poll72% positive, 28% negative.
