State of the Union 2006 aka Why I rarely talk about politics

[kimkali]

Their aim is to seize power in Iraq, and use it as a safe haven to launch attacks against America and the world. Lacking the military strength to challenge us directly, the terrorists have chosen the weapon of fear. When they murder children at a school in Beslan, or blow up commuters in London, or behead a bound captive, the terrorists hope these horrors will break our will, allowing the violent to inherit the Earth. But they have miscalculated: We love our freedom, and we will fight to keep it. (Applause.)
aka as the slogan says, "Fighting for peace is like f@cking for virginity"
. . .
America rejects the false comfort of isolationism. We are the nation that saved liberty in Europe, and liberated death camps, and helped raise up democracies, and faced down an evil empire. Once again, we accept the call of history to deliver the oppressed and move this world toward peace. We remain on the offensive against terror networks. We have killed or captured many of their leaders -- and for the others, their day will come.
aka Pearl Harbour II - The Two Towers
...
The road of victory is the road that will take our troops home. As we make progress on the ground, and Iraqi forces increasingly take the lead, we should be able to further decrease our troop levels -- but those decisions will be made by our military commanders, not by politicians in Washington, D.C. (Applause.)
aka buck passing
...

"allowing the violent to inherit the Earth" actually had me laughing... "saved liberty in Europe" had me gnashing and oh the d@mn hypocrasy!!!!

http://www.whitehouse.gov/stateoftheunion/2006/print/index.html

Comments

[tim-skellington.livejournal.com]

Yeah I began to worry a little at that section too.

And isn't it about time they let 9/11 rest ffs? 4 years of campaigning on it is enough already! Show some respect for the dead!

[kimkali.livejournal.com]

He's got a lovely turn of phrase. Rather, they have very expensive speechwriters who deserve a holiday.
It's a donut speech.
Sugar coated, full of holes, roundabout (repetitive) and ultimately sickening.

[kimkali.livejournal.com]

Agh he brought out the recently bereved... if there is babykissing... gahgaaahahahaaaa

[tim-skellington.livejournal.com]

Agreed. Howevwer, if he sticks to the initiatives outlined for research, that from what it says is actual blue-sky research as opposed to research for profit, then it will be a good thing. Too much emphasis is placed on the "return" on the "investment" of research which is leading to a general lack of new innovations, just renovations of existing ideas.

[kimkali.livejournal.com]

There is also some talk of the looming economic crash and possibly-far-too-late initiative to boost education and attainment.
They are all about value benefit, rather than actually learning and developing it would seem.

[wildrogue.livejournal.com]

As Radio 4 pointed out this morning there is 1 good thing about America right now - it sticks rigidly to the rule that a president can't have more than 2 successive terms. Thank the gods for that.

[kimkali.livejournal.com]

Praise be!

it really is worth reading - it's quite funny, so long as your not eating and don't have anyhting sharp to throw.

(eg 22-percent increase in clean-energy research = 22% of what? 22% more ov very little is still not much).

[gonzo21.livejournal.com]

Ah yes, but what manner of creature will Bush choose to take up the reigns after him? Condoleeza?

[kimkali.livejournal.com]

Democrats?

[gonzo21.livejournal.com]

If the Democratic party nominate Hilary, then they're done. In fact, I think they're done anyway. I don't think they can win the next election.

[kimkali.livejournal.com]

And there will be a wailing and a gnashing of teeth.
You're right though.
It all seems so underhand now... just so much open showmanship... maybe Demolitian Man was a little too accurate ~fear~

[gonzo21.livejournal.com]

I know, it's extraordinary that he can get away with a speech that was so utterly and completely repellant, and yet the majority of his people were fine with it.

[kimkali.livejournal.com]

A few cheerful phrases, a few cursings of evilness, a few scraps throw to the poor, a few "America is great!" yehahs, and lo! A speech!

[mejoff.livejournal.com]

Oh these are all from last night? They're pretty generic, it's nothing he hasn't been saying for years, maybe his speechwriters aren't so expensive after all.

I'd love to watch him tell my (ex SAS, as in the original unit formed during WW2) uncle Vic that it was America who liberated the victims of the camps...

Especially since Bush Snr Snr (ie W's Grampa) contributed funds to the Nazi party and the German war effort!

Rejects the false comfort of isolationism? Is that why the fucking chimp didn't even have a passport until daddy bought him a presidency?

[kimkali.livejournal.com]

~grins~
Good stuff ain't it!
The "hindsight is not the same as wisdom" line is great too - it really is a whiny response to "how could we know!?!?" and The World pointing to the obvious.
I repeat - Pearl Harbour II = 9/11.
So very careful with the statistics...
I just hope the East is strengthened enough to take the weight-shift when it all crashes over there. Global recession would be a Bad Thing.

[malakite.livejournal.com]

Saved liberty? Helped to save yes. Did it all on their lonesome? Fuck no.

[kimkali.livejournal.com]

He's a woofmonkey.

It would be easier to say "thank you" if it wasn't for the arrogance!

[malakite.livejournal.com]

Aren't you being insulting to woofmonkeys there?

*nods* Indeed. Whilst I'm willing to admit that American assistance was a good thing in the latter stages of the war, they bloody well didn't do everything.

[kimkali.livejournal.com]

~coughcough~Peatl Harbour~cough~

Oh no, Bush is Chief WoofMonkey.

[malakite.livejournal.com]

Indeed.

If you insist - I'd have just called him a fundamentalist twat, but woofmonkey works. ;)

[kimkali.livejournal.com]

I doubt he knows what either of those words mean.
The big long F word he usually reduces to "terrorist" or "muslim" and the little T word... bless him, when he does to the thesaursus there's only a mirror.

[sea-cucumber.livejournal.com]

...the terrorists hope these horrors will break our will, allowing the violent to inherit the Earth...

...We have killed or captured many of their leaders -- and for the others, their day will come...

Hmmm.

[kimkali.livejournal.com]

Oh yes. Oh very yes. And such examples are through-out. A few sentences apart... complete hypocrasy.

[mejoff.livejournal.com]

he doesn't have to pretend any more, his cronies have then next few elections sewn up and by that point they will have convinced enough of the people of that benighted country that a one party system is best for democracy.

[kimkali.livejournal.com]

Yes... but by then they won't be the superpower, and other countries will be able to go in and liberate the Americans.