Tonight was the President's State of the Union address. I had thought I might miss it by staying away from any place that might have TVs, but I decided to trot out to the living room to see it on the big screen in surround-sound glory.
I was half expecting to hang my head in shame or to at least roll my eyes, but there weren't that many opportunities. I thought it was actually a decent speech, and now that I think of it, it was most likely because he was trying to curry favor with the new power in Washington.
He did speak of some interesting environmental policies that I'll have to read up on over the next few days to see if there's actually any substance to them.
Another point of interest was him saying that he'd create an initiative to take away earmarks (basically pork-barrel giveaways). These are usually added on to bills that have nothing to do with the earmark and aren't actually ever voted on, and they usually cost taxpayers billions. It would be kinda nice for Americans to realize how much money their houses of congress are throwing away, but I digress. Despite my liberal leanings, I guess I've grown up to be rather fiscally conservative.
I also agreed with him on some parts of Iraq. If we left now, it would hugely disastrous to the region and eventually to us. War is evil, and I'm a pacifist, but that doesn't mean I don't think. I get a kick from all the current antiwar folk...where the ef were you four years ago? A huge majority of the people gave him a blank check and didn't listen to all the information that was contrary, but was eventually proven true, to the administration's position. Ech. I digress. Again. Sorry.
So, overall, decent speech. None of the typical Bush gaffes. I always dig trying to figure out who will give a standing ovation...the left? the right? both? I'm sure there could be some good drinking games one can make from these speeches.
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