SOTU

You know...State of the Union.  Boring!!!  So tonite we had Obama 6.0.  Predictable.  Blah, blah, blah...we can be great....blah, blah, blah...the rich are greedy bastards and I'm going to protect you from them because we need to be "fair"...blah, blah, blah...and I'm going to give away a lot of stuff for "free"...blah, blah, blah...send me something I don't like and I'll veto it in a heartbeat...blah, blah, blah...we need to strengthen unions...blah, blah, blah...the world is safer and there is no threat especially from the group I won't name (Islamic Jihadists)...blah, blah, blah...we need to lead but in a smart way with coalitions, and from behind, and mindlessly killing with drones...blah, blah, blah...and I've made buddies with the Iranians and don't you dare impose sanctions (or I'll veto them)...blah, blah, blah...climate change is our biggest threat...blah, blah, blah...now can't we all just get along and do the right thing.

A couple things struck me.  He and the Dems just got their asses kicked in the election and you'd think it was still 2008.  No acknowledgement that their policies have been repudiated.  He also seems to be in denial.  I say that because it's difficult to accuse the President of being a bald-faced liar.  There are a ton of economic problems and he just glosses over them.  Instead, he touts all the "free" things he's going to provide.  It is beyond me that we can just continue to provide more and more "free" programs for people.  I mean...someone is paying.  At the Federal level maybe they ought to try leaving us all alone.  Or maybe put programs in place that would result in jobs so people could pull themselves up.  Like a humongous pipeline that will provide thousands of jobs.  But no...that's because the Unions don't want it.  He also bragged on and on about how great he's done even though all that is in spite of him and his policies, not because of them.  But now...he wants to raise taxes.  Beyond belief!  He also is dangerously clueless (and I must assume is staff is just as bad) when it comes to international relations.  It's like he's living in an alternate universe.  The coalitions he spoke of are a fantasy.  The only thing he is doing is mindlessly killing people (and often innocents) with drones.  And at the end he had an impassioned plea for all of them to work together, get along, and get things done.  This is after issuing veto threats and laying out programs and taxes that are DOA at best.  And what is up with all the sycophants crowding around, kissing his butt for an autograph, telling him how great he is?  I mean, these people are members of Congress for God's sake.  They need to act like it.

Bottom line for me is he could have given this speech 6 years ago.  He is good at giving speeches.  He is terrible at almost everything else.

731 days!