Big Speech Down Wind?

Thank goodness I didn’t actually see it.

0bama was vacuous, and Jindal uninspiring.

I didn’t watch it. I will never watch a speech by Obama. Ever. I am just counting the seconds until he is voted out of office. And hoping there will be something left to salvage.

“…the source of this our watch, and the chief head
of this posthaste and romage in the land.”
Hamlet, Act 1, Scene 1

I was working and didn’t see it. Did he at least pretend to believe in the economic system that has served us well for more than 230 years?

yes oh yes, yes, yes she said, yes, yes, yes, …

/er, no

Forced lowering of mortgage qualifying criteria and artificially low interest rates contributed to if not caused the ‘housing bubble’ that burst so gloriously.

How long until the same meddling that’s contributing to if not causing the ‘college bubble’ bursts, and how long until pleas for multi-billion dollar bail-outs of ‘big education’ (as if they aren’t already getting enough subsidy)?

[Link: money.cnn.com…]

I have to take a break. I am expended and depressed. I was really hoping that Jindal would do well.

re: #6 _RememberTonyC

I was working and didn’t see it. Did he at least pretend to believe in the economic system that has served us well for more than 230 years?

Has it been that long since Marx wrote Das Kapital?

Negative.

Obama repeated the same promises and provided no details to his proposals which amount to more spending and more regulations.

Jindal was affected and spoke as though speaking to a group of children and used questionable examples from the so called stimulus package. Jindal did not convince anyone from the other side nor did he inspire potential Republican voters if even his base.

Next year, when it’s a real state of the union, I’d like to see Governor Jon Huntsman give the rebuttal.

I missed everything, I was at work. What was this college education thing? Who is it for? Any age group?

re: #12 Sharmuta

Next year, when it’s a real state of the union, I’d like to see Governor Jon Huntsman give the rebuttal.

I’d like to see Christopher Hitchens give the rebuttal. DOes it have to be a politician? I don’t think there is any rules about this.

re: #13 Walter L. Newton

I missed everything, I was at work. What was this college education thing? Who is it for? Any age group?

/ Sorry, I couldn’t hear you over the volcano - say what?

Words, words, words.

Was it everything I hoped it would be? No, but I was hoping he’d promise me a flying unicorn with mounted twin .50 caliber machine guns and a digestive system that converts raw sewage to mint $100 bills.

Sadly, PBO disappoints.

re: #15 Gort

/ Sorry, I couldn’t hear you over the volcano - say what?

SInce I said I didn’t see any of it, then I don’t know what your reference is about.

Here’s the quick version, for those coming in late:

Obama Speaks!

Democrats Clap!

Obama Speaks!

Democrats Clap!

Obama goes home with his ears ringing.

Democrats go home with the Clap.

re: #13 Walter L. Newton

I missed everything, I was at work. What was this college education thing? Who is it for? Any age group?

It was a speech, not a policy seminar. You know how these things go: “We’ll make college more affordable for 80 gazillion Americans.” No actual details.

re: #13 Walter L. Newton

Are you thinking about going back to school, Walter? I did and I don’t regret one minute of it.

And no, Obama is NOT my President.

I didn’t vote for him. I utterly reject his socialist economic policies and his weak, vacillating foreign policy. He is dangerous for this country. How can I possibly call him “my” President, as he leads us merrily down the road to disaster?

re: #13 Walter L. Newton

I missed everything, I was at work. What was this college education thing? Who is it for? Any age group?

Sure you get something….
Carousel.

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re: #14 Walter L. Newton

I’d like to see Christopher Hitchens give the rebuttal. DOes it have to be a politician? I don’t think there is any rules about this.

Actually, I’d like to hear the rebuttal from the lips of Mark Steyn.

Germany is very grateful that Obama gave us the Mercedes Benz

You people voluntarily watched TV in order to purposely view and hear Obama?

Surely, you must all be mad.

I have not heard his voice since October. And if I even momentarily glimpse his visage, I always immediately turn away.

And I’m a much happier person for it.

re: #14 Walter L. Newton

I’d like to see Christopher Hitchens give the rebuttal. DOes it have to be a politician? I don’t think there is any rules about this.

Not Hitchens. He’s an atheist and he’s a social liberal. He often has profound things to say, but the GOP must keep him at arm’s length. His values are not those of our base.

Assuming America is the last best place you would want to live in the world.

And assuming you watched the speech tonight with the sound off.

Watching the expressions of #2 Biden and #3 Pelosi.

Where do you go to escape such idiocy?

Cheerleaders for a team of powerful sycophants.

re: #19 SteveC

Here’s the quick version, for those coming in late:

Obama Speaks!

Democrats Clap!

Obama Speaks!

Democrats Clap!

Obama goes home with his ears ringing.

Democrats go home with the Clap.

You left out: Obama signs autographs for members of Congress for 20 minutes.

My favorite part about tonight was calling pelosi “Speaker Smirky”.

re: #18 Walter L. Newton

SInce I said I didn’t see any of it, then I don’t know what your reference is about.

He used it as an example of wasteful spending. I think it was something to the effect of “something called volcanic monitoring.”

re: #18 Walter L. Newton

SInce I said I didn’t see any of it, then I don’t know what your reference is about.

It was a question that came to mind as Obama was speaking about how much more of my money I should be glad to have taken from me and given away for others’ ‘education’.

I can’t watch Obama because I know he’s lying to me. It freaks me out that others are so believing.

Reminds me of a close friend whose husband was cheating on her. All the signs were there, but she wouldn’t believe it. He lied to her constantly. One day he swore he was not going to a car show in another state. Three days later he came home wearing the official event T-shirt. He denied going, and she believed him.

When she would share the evidence with me, but say she believed him, I was angrier at her than I was at him.

When she finally came to accept the truth, it was over one incident, and then she said it was like scales falling from her eyes, and she could see that everything was a lie. It is a fascinating phenomena.

re: #26 zombie

I cannot stand his visage either, he reminds me of Mussolini.

re: #24 solomonpanting

Actually, I’d like to hear the rebuttal from the lips of Mark Steyn.

I second that motion.

Obama reminded me of Lenin

re: #22 Tigger2005

How can I possibly call him “my” President, as he leads us merrily down the road to disaster?

I’m not going along merrily. I’m shuffling along with my head down, wondering how I got in this handbasket and doesn’t anyone else realize where it is going?

I didn’t watch or listen the speech. I consider it a waste of my time listening to someone who I know is lying to me.

Was tonight’s TV broadcast a little like this?

re: #24 solomonpanting

Actually, I’d like to hear the rebuttal from the lips of Mark Steyn.

NOPE….

we needed this guy tonight:

re: #26 zombie

You people voluntarily watched TV in order to purposely view and hear Obama?

Surely, you must all be mad.

I have not heard his voice since October. And if I even momentarily glimpse his visage, I always immediately turn away.

And I’m a much happier person for it.

Sorry, I can’t allow myself that luxury. I hate hearing the man, but I listen to his major speeches to see where he will be putting his efforts and what language he will use to sell his policies. In that way, I hope to find ways to counter his plans.

re: #21 pink freud

Are you thinking about going back to school, Walter? I did and I don’t regret one minute of it.

Back to school? I never went to school. I learned to be a programmer on my own, back when we had those little frames with those wires and bead things.

But since I have been “aged” out of the programming business, and can’t get a full time programmers job

I’m 56, and so far I have seen nothing in his stimulus bill that would even help me, even though I am now a low waged worker in the arts. So, on the way home from work, I heard something on the radio about offering college.

I was just wondering if I could take advantage of it, I got to get something from this kook.

re: #26 zombie

I needed to understand the effects of waterboarding. That’s why I listened to both speeches.

re: #31 Gus 802

He used it as an example of wasteful spending. I think it was something to the effect of “something called volcanic monitoring.”

Yes, the sarc reference to not being able to hear Walter over the volcano was a reference to Jindal’s exercise in rebuttal. Or attempt. Or something.

[Link: scienceblogs.com…]

re: #27 Dark_Falcon

Not Hitchens. He’s an atheist and he’s a social liberal. He often has profound things to say, but the GOP must keep him at arm’s length. His values are not those of our base.

Er, works for me, or haven’t you noticed?

re: #42 Dark_Falcon

Sorry, I can’t allow myself that luxury. I hate hearing the man, but I listen to his major speeches to see where he will be putting his efforts and what language he will use to sell his policies. In that way, I hope to find ways to counter his plans.

Same here. Plus, as a member of the military, I’d like to get as much notice as possible when he comes up with some lame-brained idea with regard to the war.

re: #43 Walter L. Newton

Back to school? I never went to school. I learned to be a programmer on my own, back when we had those little frames with those wires and bead things.

But since I have been “aged” out of the programming business, and can’t get a full time programmers job

I’m 56, and so far I have seen nothing in his stimulus bill that would even help me, even though I am now a low waged worker in the arts. So, on the way home from work, I heard something on the radio about offering college.

I was just wondering if I could take advantage of it, I got to get something from this kook.

yeah, and predators are willing to part with some candy….but notice the strings.

re: #45 Gort

Yes, the sarc reference to not being able to hear Walter over the volcano was a reference to Jindal’s exercise in rebuttal. Or attempt. Or something.

[Link: scienceblogs.com…]

Thanks for the link. There you go. I already searched Google on this.

re: #47 lobo91

Same here. Plus, as a member of the military, I’d like to get as much notice as possible when he comes up with some lame-brained idea with regard to the war.

Yea, it would be a bitch if you were the last to get the memo.

Mussolini for visage comparison.

Back tomorrow

re: #26 zombie

You people voluntarily watched TV in order to purposely view and hear Obama?

Surely, you must all be mad.

I have not heard his voice since October. And if I even momentarily glimpse his visage, I always immediately turn away.

And I’m a much happier person for it.

Tell it, zombie.

I try to pretend he doesn’t exist. It’s the only way I can stay sane. I’m surprised I’m not drinking more. I’m sure that will come soon.

When I see some stupid celebrity rag at WalMart with his glossy picture on the cover like some freaking movie star, with some dumbass puff piece inside, I have a habit of turning the mag upside down and backwards on the rack.

He talked a lot and didn’t say anything except that its going to cost us a lot more money. That’s my take on it. He started out by saying we will come out of our economic trouble and that’s encouraging, but as to his method, well, who the heck knows, and by the time we find out we may all be broke.

re: #52 Ojoe

Mussolini for visage comparison.

Back tomorrow

Been sayin’ it since the campaign. The uptilt jut of the jaw.

re: #26 zombie

You people voluntarily watched TV in order to purposely view and hear Obama?

Surely, you must all be mad.

I have not heard his voice since October. And if I even momentarily glimpse his visage, I always immediately turn away.

And I’m a much happier person for it.

You ought to listen so you know what the hell he’s up to and what we’re up against.

He talked a lot and didn’t say anything except that its going to cost us a lot more money.

It is bizarre to think we have a system that takes tax money to cause work, it is like a bribe has to be paid.

re: #51 Walter L. Newton

Yea, it would be a bitch if you were the last to get the memo.

Given my unit’s mission of training units prior to deployment, I’d give quite a bit to know what he has in mind.

We don’t even know what country to plan for.

o is a slick reader of the prompter. a bean pole in a nice suit.
a commie s.o.b. who is on a roll because of a perfect storm situation and a msm propaganda machine still working over time for him.
that is all he is.
and a person like that has become potus. wtf
because too many people really are swayed by all the wrong values in our country.

this is a big problem. we are going to have to get sick of this loser and learn our lesson.
we need to scrutinize any charlatan who blows into town w/ big outlandish promises.
especially one who has NO credentials.
and has never had a job.

re: #1 solomonpanting

Big Speech Down Wind?

More like BS wind down.

re: #55 JohnAdams

It creeps me out big time.

Later Lizards.

re: #56 UncleSam

You ought to listen so you know what the hell he’s up to and what we’re up against.

Geez. It’s not like we can’t find out the contents of his speeches without listening to him directly. I’ll let people with stronger stomachs than mine do it.

I would like to see Pat Condell give the response.

Don’t worry, Senator Burris, God has your back!

“Clergy representing a broad-cross section of Illinois voters have met with Sen. Roland Burris regarding his amended testimony to the Illinois Impeachment Committee and the political avalanche caused by its disclosure. We are confident Sen. Burris did nothing wrong and therefore we do not join the screeching voices calling for his resignation.”

I did think it was funny to see Nancy Pelosi jump up and down all the time, and to see all those star struck faces out in the audience hanging (or being hanged) on his every word.

re: #59 nyc redneck

The true misfortune is looking around at the fellow citizenry and realizing they ain’t realizing it.

re: #62 Tigger2005

Geez. It’s not like we can’t find out the contents of his speeches without listening to him directly. I’ll let people with stronger stomachs than mine do it.

True, but you miss some of the nuances if you don’t hear it. Like the fact that the phrase “Deficit we inherited” is now an applause line for the Dems.

re: #60 JeremyR

More like BS wind down.

Since we’re talking BS, the rebuttal should be from Penn and Teller.

I was pleasantly surprised that Obama warned against protectionism. I liked that he paused a second, just in case maybe someone was going to applaud.

re: #66 JohnAdams

The true misfortune is looking around at the fellow citizenry and realizing they ain’t realizing it.

They realize it… the problem is, they think that “it” is the little switch that opens the cash drawer.

re: #63 katemaclaren

Pat Condell is the man !

re: #70 SteveC

They realize it… the problem is, they think that “it” is the little switch that opens the cash drawer.

Exactly. The entitlement drawer is nearly impossible to close until it is empty, and then all hell breaks loose.
The socialist lie.

re: #57 Ojoe
“It is bizarre to think we have a system that takes tax money to cause work, it is like a bribe has to be paid.”
HEY! That’s the Chicago Way! Ya want a job ya gotta join the union. You want to join the union ya gotta bribe someone. You want a job when you’re finally a member of the Union, ya gotta bribe the Union Rep. Then the Union Rep will get you a job.
Same thing here: you want to work; we gotta take all your money in taxes first.
Only difference is that there won’t be a job after you pay all those taxes.

re: #73 realwest

Classic gangsterism is the nightmare from which all of History has only recently awoken.

Go back to sleep.

re: #59 nyc redneck
Hey come on nyc redneck, at least lets be fair here!
“and has never had a job.”
He did too have a job - he was a community organizer!

I’ve had a galloping sinus infection/chest cold since Friday. I went to CVS this evening to get some NyQuil and they had those “collectable” Obama plates at the counter. I looked closely at it and it said around the rim. “This surface not suitable for serving food. Some contents could cause illness.”

You don’t say.

I was hoping that Biden and Pelosi’s mouths would drop open, and their heads start moving slowly side to side. Then GOP’ers could throw ping-pong balls into them like at the fair. Remember that game?

re: #52 Ojoe

Mussolini for visage comparison.

Back tomorrow

I used to think he was Mugabe Lite™. But I’m beginning to believe he’s Mussolini con melanina.

Obama starts out with:
“…not because I believe in bigger government. I don’t.”
…and then he talks about 3 of the biggest government initiatives in history?

Also, how in the hell does he get away with saying that his administration inherieted a deficit, without someone pointing out that the DEMOCRATS have been in charge of congress for the past two years!

Did GWB force a Democratic congress to spend money?

-John

Ron Fournier thought 0bama was dreeeeeeamy. With a big ol’ *sigh*.

//where’s that barf bucket?

re: #13 Walter L. Newton

I missed everything, I was at work. What was this college education thing? Who is it for? Any age group?

College for military or community service for those that can’t afford it. A gift I don’t think he can deliver.

re: #80 kynna

And how they continue to liken him to so many past Presidents, as he does so himself: Lincoln. Now Roosevelt, and in true audacity, not the faux ‘audacity of hope’: Reagan.

They make comparisons because he is indeed a chameleon. A blank projection screen.

I was proud to have kept my supper down during the Speechulus, but now the press starts it’s fawning and moonbattery… I didn’t make it to the bucket… gag…

[Link: news.yahoo.com…]
EDITOR’S NOTE — Ron Fournier is Washington bureau chief for The Associated Assimilated Press.

OH Mr. President, OH, gracious God, thank you so much, thank you so much for taking time out of your day… to fill me with hope, to show me change, to speak directly to me out here in the land of despair!

May these winds of change and hope carry us all to a new place, like the phoenix rising from the ashes of the buring GW Bush, to a land flowing with foodstamps and guvmnet programs for all!

The President gave a speech tonight and I missed it?

Oh darn darn darn.

i was expecting it to be a pile of wind driven horseshit, and although i wasn’t there for the experience, due to intellient design, i see i was not disappointed.

juggy is a tool

jindal is a tool

they deserve each other.

America, on the other hand, deserves better.

re: #67 lobo91

True, but you miss some of the nuances if you don’t hear it. Like the fact that the phrase “Deficit we inherited” is now an applause line for the Dems.

That’s exactly what I was going to say, but you beat me to it ‘cause I went out to go to the store.

Yahoo has a Michelle rocks the fashion world kinda thing. Sleeveless in February! Think maybe Brack needs to crank down the thermostat?

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[Link: thespiritofman.blogspot.com…]

an empty suit socialist who needs his teleprompter to address people… how sad!

“the nation that invented the automobile” - wow, did he mean Germany?

Make college education more affordable, like by capping salaries of professors? or college administrators? or tuition? or book prices? or food and housing prices? Or by inflating loans which will cause tuition and other college prices to rise in tandem washing out any supposed affordability.

The whole speech of Obama was just so dreadful and dishonest I just feel that we have an affirmative action President and everyone is so afraid to say anything negative for fear of being the first to say the Emperor has no clothes.
But, as someone once said, the chickens will come home to roost, but by then so much damage will be done, I don’t know what will be able to be done to right the ship of state.

I could not listen to the droning. He is like a robot with limited vocal memory chips da da pause da da pause. The same droning drivel over and over. When unscripted he never says anything and when scripted is not inspiring or even worth the time it takes to listen. I would rather be drug over cactus with an exhaust pipe in my mouth from a Greyhound bus - courtesy of Ron White.

I feel much better not watching it. I don’t think I would be able to sleep for a week if I had watched. It cretin will spend us into oblivion.

re: #4 Tigger2005

I didn’t watch it. I will never watch a speech by Obama. Ever. I am just counting the seconds until he is voted out of office. And hoping there will be something left to salvage.

I couldn’t agree more. The sound of his voice and his arrogance make my skin crawl. At this point, I don’t have a president. I barely have a country.

re: #53 Tigger2005

I’ve been doing this too, and not slyly. I want people to see me do this. I’m hoping someone says something to me.

re: #59 nyc redneck

His suits are nothing special to boot.

didnt watch it, preferring to watch the LA Lakers. I agree, we do not have a president. God Bless America

Glad I missed it. I was reading comments here and at Newsbusters.

I tried real hard to watch his speech…. really, I did! I couldn’t last for more than 5 minutes before Mrs. Amer-I-Can would tell me to go away and cool off. I recorded it though so that I can watch it by myself and not bother anyone when I am yelling at the television.

Obama is the Elmer Gantry of our time.
He’s a spell-binder who says everything, but means nothing.
His speech was riddled with applause-line platitudes and scant substance.
He is obviously a President-in-training. (sorry Biden)

Mega dittos to all those worried about there even being a country left after all this load of excrement is forced down our throats.

I did watch it because we wanted to know to how much worse were things going to get. We are about to send two yutes off to college, and where they eventually attend college depended a good bit on what the Messiah had to say last night. We worry about them trying to pay back student loans and having to work three jobs just to survive based on what our fearless, robber baron had to say.

Christopher Hitchens could have responded very well to his Majesty’s comments about torture and war against terrorists. I might disagree with him on other issues but somehow I doubt he is thrilled with Obama’s military stance in Iraq. Christopher’s brother however, he would have really given a good response!

I have heard and seen Jindal respond to things much better. His updates from LA during Katrina and on various tv shows since Katrina have been way better. Apparently Iowahawk’s traveling Obama, teleprompter did attack last night and it nuked Jindal! But beyond Jindal’s response, what was most disturbing was the GOP members that were standing up and applauding the Messiah last night! I was on with Newt’s group last night blogging just to see what he and others had to say and even some of Newt’s reactions flew in the face of what we want from those up front in the GOP. To me Newt goes for the green policies in a way that squelches the green industry achieving in a capitalist market and has the government WAY more involved than most of us would like. And if anyone saw Cantor with Hannity, he was not much stronger than Jindal and it seems like the GOP sent a memo out to NOT criticize the One.

Ultimately for us, the most alarming thing out of last night was the GOP response in total. It boils down to the fact that Obama/Lenin/Mao etc. seems to have very little to stand in his way. Other than most of the House members, I see little actions from the GOP the heartens me or makes me feel positive about the survival of our Union. These tea parties all across the nation are great, but if we do not have folks in Congress taking a solid message that resonates out across the fruited plains, then most Americans are going to go with the Dems. People are frustrated and tired of government not listening to what we really want and doing the exact opposite of the will of the people. There must be some clear, concise, strong leadership to emerge ASAP from the RNC, or things really are going to be as apocalyptic as some of us fear.

God help us!

To semi-echo a few others before me, ‘I have not chosen to leave the President, the President has chosen to leave me.’ The same can soon be said of the Republican Party which seems to be controlled by ‘yea-sayers’ in dire need of anyone, please someone within its ranks to grow a pair.

‘Ask not what your country can do for you, rather ask what you can do for your country’ resonates not with the One.