If we remember correctly, a year ago, President Bush delivered his speech on Jan 29 2002, in which he called Iran, Iraq and North Korea…‘Axis of Evil’
It’s confirmed, Bush is expected to give his speech to the Congress tomorrow, Jan 28.
As Colin Powell said ‘Time runnin’ out for Saddam’, we might hear final ultimatum from Bush, possibly date of war.
Have your say!
Lot's of senseless rhetoric and too much applauding.
Middle America is now beginning to condemn the war rhetoric emanating from 'Warmonger' Bush... many people are beginning to question Mr.Bush's intelligence, some have compared him to a chimpanzee.. many think he has even less intelligence than that!!
and some subliminibal messages i bet.
"too much applauding"
Absolutely, I typically don't watch them for just that reason.
"subliminibal"
That was, by far, the best of the bushisms. He is truly an embarassment.
-Stu
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many people are beginning to question Mr.Bush's intelligence, some have compared him to a chimpanzee..
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Who wouldnt begin to question his intelligence after all he told Arafat to talk to his people in arabic...
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Lot's of senseless rhetoric and too much applauding.
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Propaganda of the finest art, I would say.
10 of 10 Allegations, not a single proof.
I thought the audience shots were quite revealing,i found myself thinking about the game,simon says but the name was Tom `cause everytime Tom got up on his feet,so did all his party.
Two items i found of interest,one,the $15 billion for aids in Africa is really a welcome sign.I am just waiting for the stories of how this is some evil plan to Americanise Africa and grab all the wealth of the place by the evil Dubya.
The second was hydrogen powered cars within the next generation so there will be less reliance on oil.I can only imagine what they will say about this one,maybe that Bush has cornered the market in hydrogen in his Mums name.
Braveheart:
Are Africa & the Caribbean the only places where HIV/AIDS is a problem? I did find this part of the speech interesting. Interesting in that it left out so much and targeted only the place that most people hear about most often.
As for the Hydrogen Vehicle plan.. another good idea, but he is thinking of cooking the rabbit before he has even caught it. The time when hydrogen powered cars show a significant impact in the environment is far off. This doesn't discredit the plan, but it does discredit his motives. There are many other policies that he could choose to enforce that would have greater and more immediate effects, but those, in general, would cost American businesses much in the short term.
Other points: (I am not going to bother with Iraq since thats already being discussed elsewhere)
Tax Cuts
"This tax relief is for everyone who pays income taxes and it will help our economy immediately. Ninety-two million Americans will keep this year an average of almost $1,100 more of their own money. A family of four with an income of $40,000 would see their federal income taxes fall from $1,178 to *$45 per year*."
The mentioning of an average savings of $1100 is pure manipulative BS. I'm glad they threw in the "Ninety-two million Americans" part to validate it, but the mentioning of it when it is of little overall relevance leads one to believe they are trying to mislead the general public. The same goes for the "$45 per year" part. One interesting point about this though, assuming its true, is that because of the federal tax cuts states will be forced to raise taxes higher than ever and make cuts in essential areas.
OK, I have to run now, but I'll be back to dissect this more later.
OK, nevermind I'm still here.
This time lets analyze the atmosphere of the Address.
True, the Democrats did not stand, and often did not clap, for many of Bush's proposals in the first half. This is because of the old saying of "I stand for ____". One does not stand for things one does not believe in. Yes, the Democrats often took cues of when to stand, but so did the Republicans so that argument can't really be used to prove anything. What was quite interesting were the open glares that the Republicans often gave en masse to their left when the Democrats did not stand. Also, the military Chiefs of Staff all took the cues from Myers. Typically the military does not clap or stand as their loyalty is implied in their service and it is not proper to take political positions. They did well on this. I was disappointed in Myers's (who is Air Force) appearance. He was slouching in a way that creased his uniform to show his gut, not the greatest image. (For an alternative look to the posture of the Marines.)
On an individual basis there was much activity.
Nancy Pelosi (Democrat's Senate leader) was gut laughing when Bush mentioned the dollars that his tax cut plan would save.
Hillary leaned to Lieberman muttering something about paychecks and taxes when Bush said: "Federal spending should not rise any faster than the paychecks of American families."
Cheney snickered a few times at the Democrats, most notably when they began clapping after Bush's saying, "I urge you to pass these measures, for the good of both our environment..." The rest of the sentence read "...and our economy", at which point the Republicans joined them.
There was a lot more to be seen in the audience but the above covers the highlights. I've seen a lot of rabid fools screaming on other message boards that Kennedy was drunk. Even if he was, what does it matter?
Oh, also, figured I’d give a link for the text of the Address for any that need it:
http://www.c-span.org/executive/stateoftheunion.asp
This has all the annual speeches back to Truman’s in 1945.
Hey Spoon,lighten up a bit,i was being flippant with my observation.However if you think that just because there are other countries with aids problems is a good enough reason not to spend 15bil in Africa,then you should try and explain that to the Africans who are drowning in this modern plague,see what they think.