Hang on to your hats campers, I’m Back !!
This has been a rough time for bloggers. There is just too much to comment on and too much outrage. It is paralyzing and I have a hard time knowing where to begin. This is an election year and with an entrenched corporate media someone needs to get the word out and I am happy to do my part.
State Of The Union: What I saw
I suppose I have been watching State Of The Union speeches with interest since about the mid seventies. In most cases they represented a bit a grand standing, politicking, and certain looseness with the facts. These things are to be expected especially in an election year. What I saw last night was a show wrapped around the strangest excuse for a State of the Union speech I had ever witnessed. Some of the highlights as I saw it were as follows:
1. A bunch of millionaires applauding a tax cut that has saved them a bundle.
2. A bunch of millionaires, whose health care is paid for by the tax payers, applauding, a prescription drug benefit that is designed to benefit their corporate sponsors and may provide some relief to senior citizens.
3. A bunch of millionaires applauding a war that neither they or their families were made to fight and whose corporate sponsors have profited handsomely.
In short, I saw a bunch of millionaires congratulating themselves on a job well done. The rest was a hollow speech intended primarily to scare the American people into giving Cheney and his team four more years to complete their plunder. Let’s hope that in this election year the American people can see through this smoke screen and send this administration packing.
New Bush Alert System Update:
I am proud to say that towards the end of 2003 I was the first to go to condition ORANGE and I did so on data that was more relevant than the chatter from Osama. We made it through the holiday season at condition ORANGE but I am sad to say that the bump from capturing Saddam was very minor and we are back in condition RED. The State Of The Union could provide another bump but I am not holding my breath. At some point the American people are going to tire of a Bush team that pisses down their backs and tells them it’s raining. Are we having fun yet?
New Bush Alert System Rating Chart:
Condition: Bush Approval Rating
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GREEN 70% or higher
YELLOW 60% - 69%
ORANGE 55% - 59%
RED 50% - 54%
NUCLEAR Below 50%
The link for Bush’s poll numbers is http://www.pollingreport.com/BushJob.htm
10:12:24 PM 
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