Speech

Is it me or does the president talk in cliche's? State of Union address was last night and it was long and a bit self-serving. I got nothing out of it other than "America will get better". Again, no specifics but plenty of pom-pom waving and plenty of cliche's. What troubled me the most, well besides not mentioning terrorism until about 45 minutes in and that was only in passing was how the President would take shots, still, at the old adminstration. Barack, you won. It's over. Your not campaiging. Your coming across as a sore winner, as a hypocrite and most of all as an asshole. Some of the "lowlights".

"Not because I'm not mindful of the massive debt we've inherited — I am."
Asshole, asshole, asshole.

"I understand that on any given day, Wall Street may be more comforted by an approach that gives banks bailouts with no strings attached and that holds nobody accountable for their reckless decisions. But such an approach won't solve the problem. "
Attacking Wall Street again. And Sean Penn called him an elegant man?

"I will not spend a single penny for the purpose of rewarding a single Wall Street executive, but I will do whatever it takes to help the small business that can't pay its workers or the family that has saved and still can't get a mortgage."
So were taking jobs away from the fincancial sector and giving them to small business? Got it. Does Obama know that regualr people work at these Wall Street firms? To the tune of about 2 million US jobs? Probably more. Of course not. Because he lacks the experience to know this. Also it's not only Wall Street execs that have job perks like private jets, huge furnished offices, large amounts of cocaine and Cristal fountains. Every American CEO has those perks. Heads of law firms, construction companies, retail stores, franchise owners, SPORTS OWNERS, etc. Not to mention government heads as well.

"It reflects the stark reality of what we've inherited — a trillion dollar deficit, a financial crisis and a costly recession."
Oh look another shot at Bush. What a great guy.

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