The State of the Union after the State of the Union
Watching the State of the Union, I got the impression if the President said that he needed to use the bathroom, the Republicans would stand and give him a standing ovation, the Democrats would clap politely and the Joint Chefs would sit solemnly. It's scripted ego feeding garbage and inevitably will have little affect on the way the Administration or Congress does business.
Some thoughts on the speech:
"America's economy is the fastest growing of any major industrialized nation."
Yes it is amongst G-7 countries, but with China's economic growth at 9% (more than double the US), I'm not sure we can rely on existing benchmarks for comparison. Economic growth is predicted to decline in 2005.
"In the year 2027, the government will somehow have to come up with an extra $200 billion to keep the (Social Security) system afloat "
I laughed out loud when the President said this. When he is about to ask congress for 200 billion dollars for the war in Iraq that is independent of his budget, how could he openly wonder how the government will find 200 billion in 2027?
"Now we need to focus on giving young people, especially young men in our cities, better options than apathy, or gangs, or jail."
Does anyone have any idea what this means? Are we planning to make church compulsory for young men in our cities? Are there going to be tax breaks for young men in our cities? Are young men in our cities going to get free houses? I'm a young man in a city and this sounds interesting to me.
"America will stand with the allies of freedom to support democratic movements in the Middle East and beyond, with the ultimate goal of ending tyranny in our world."
I can buy the possibility of Bush being able to change the tax code and social security but isn't this objective a bit far fetched? Tyranny is going to exist in one form or another no matter what you do, it's natural for a percentage of us to become tyrannical. Who are these "allies of freedom"? Are they the Shiites in Iraq, the Israelis, the Pakistanis perhaps the Libyans? I'm starting to think "USA" is analogous to "freedom".
Some thoughts on the speech:
"America's economy is the fastest growing of any major industrialized nation."
Yes it is amongst G-7 countries, but with China's economic growth at 9% (more than double the US), I'm not sure we can rely on existing benchmarks for comparison. Economic growth is predicted to decline in 2005.
"In the year 2027, the government will somehow have to come up with an extra $200 billion to keep the (Social Security) system afloat "
I laughed out loud when the President said this. When he is about to ask congress for 200 billion dollars for the war in Iraq that is independent of his budget, how could he openly wonder how the government will find 200 billion in 2027?
"Now we need to focus on giving young people, especially young men in our cities, better options than apathy, or gangs, or jail."
Does anyone have any idea what this means? Are we planning to make church compulsory for young men in our cities? Are there going to be tax breaks for young men in our cities? Are young men in our cities going to get free houses? I'm a young man in a city and this sounds interesting to me.
"America will stand with the allies of freedom to support democratic movements in the Middle East and beyond, with the ultimate goal of ending tyranny in our world."
I can buy the possibility of Bush being able to change the tax code and social security but isn't this objective a bit far fetched? Tyranny is going to exist in one form or another no matter what you do, it's natural for a percentage of us to become tyrannical. Who are these "allies of freedom"? Are they the Shiites in Iraq, the Israelis, the Pakistanis perhaps the Libyans? I'm starting to think "USA" is analogous to "freedom".
posted by mochi at 8:06 AM
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