Gee, this wasn't inevitable...

Waxman: "What do you mean our trillion dollar tax boondoggle increases costs.... it was designed to lower costs..."

It was designed to raise taxes, which stiffles economic growth... You people don't understand economics. Buy a book...

"What do you mean your shoes are covered in crap. When Congress collectively crapped on your lawn, it was done in order to fertilize your land and to magically yield you crops... Oh, you mean, that's not how you farm?"

Five observations from last night's speech:

I don't fake outrage. I observe things and then make certain judgments based on what I see. Here's my reaction.

1) I don't care, you are the president, and you are the executive branch. You do not, ever, call out the Supreme Court of the United States in front of the other branch of government.

2) Lecturing Republicans was the wrong way to go, and George Bush is evil, I got it... I heard this in 2008. I'm sort of over it.

3) Nice to hear that he is willing to discuss nuclear energy and domestic drilling, but this is all a ruse... and here is why.They can talk about nuclear and oil, but we know that the EPA can stop development at any time, espeically under the new regulations... and that Sierra Club will block development in court and hold up projects infinitely. This is what made Lindsay Graham look so bad when he reached across the aisle. Republicans need to demand language that prevents useless lawsuits and see if the Democrats block it. If they do, you'll see that this was all talk.

4) You cannot, cannot CANNOT, say that we are going to double exports and then demand economic and energy policies that will make that goal impossible. Cap and trade, EFCA and the healthcare bill will not make this possible. You need to address corporate taxation, lending practices, the need to eliminate subsidies, unionization issues and the water laws of California if you are serious. If you look at what the EPA is doing to the strawberry and olive trade in California, you would know that we are now going to go from an exporter of these goods to an importer because we are so very concerned about a bait fish. The Southern California farm trade is being destroyed by liberal environmentalist policies. Environmental policies that put fish over man do not accomodate expansion of exports. And, I hate to break it to people, but we are never going to be the largest exporter of Windmills.

5) He repeated about 10 campaign promises and demands of things that he himself have broken on a regular basis in the past year... Lobbyists, earmarks, transparency are the three big ones. I don't think that people are fooled anymore, and even the AP came out this morning and showed "Obama's view" and "Reality"

I thought it was a mediocre speech, and that is saying something considering that I respect the presidency and give him a lot of rope. I'm tired of words. I'm tired of promises. I'm tired of blame... But what can you do when the GOP is puttering along like clowns as well.

If the GOP had a great speechwriter and someone who could talk on the fly, they could have really hammered him and showed his empty rhetoric last night. Start with the exports issue first, since this is the easiest one to address.

"The president took a significant step in the right direction tonight, stating that we need to increase manufacturing, but Mister Obama needs to understand that the United States is not able to compete because of antiquated tax laws that are not enabling us in today's globalized economy." Discuss the fact that 40 percent corporate taxes are the highest in the world and make it an unfriendly business environment.

Then talk about how cap and trade, health care and EFCA are all unfriendly to business, especially to manufacturing... will lead to more outsourcing and layoffs and then amke it virtually impossible to reach that ambitious goal.

And then just hammer on jobs and centralized planning. Public sector making so much money vs. Private sector failing. Use history as a guide.

Then... address the hypocrisy... Republicans are catering to special interests? They are being given money by the banks and corporations? What about the Democrat healthcare bill? What about the 14 million that Wall Street gave Mr. Obama during the election? A populist vernacular coming from a corporatist President is a great act, but once again he is failing to live up to the standards that he wishes to impose on everyone else.

Seriously...Where the hell is the GOP and how is this so difficult? This was on my mind the entire speech and I feel like they are afraid to go on the offensive.

The minority is supposed to be on the attack... The minority wants to give ideas and to help the country. For as many times as McDonnell referenced Thomas Jefferson, how does he miss:

"All, too, will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will to be rightful must be reasonable; that the minority possess their equal rights, which equal law must protect, and to violate would be oppression.

The measures are not reasonable now, so the minority should be diligent.

This is why I am not a Republican, because they have no teeth... They just sat there last night and agreed that America is great and puppies and rainbows are things they too can get behind.

Five observations from last night's speech:

I don't fake outrage. I observe things and then make certain judgments based on what I see. Here's my reaction.

1) I don't care, you are the president, and you are the executive branch. You do not, ever, call out the Supreme Court of the United States in front of the other branch of government.

2) Lecturing Republicans was the wrong way to go, and George Bush is evil, I got it... I heard this in 2008. I'm sort of over it.

3) Nice to hear that he is willing to discuss nuclear energy and domestic drilling, but this is all a ruse... and here is why.They can talk about nuclear and oil, but we know that the EPA can stop development at any time, espeically under the new regulations... and that Sierra Club will block development in court and hold up projects infinitely. This is what made Lindsay Graham look so bad when he reached across the aisle. Republicans need to demand language that prevents useless lawsuits and see if the Democrats block it. If they do, you'll see that this was all talk.

4) You cannot, cannot CANNOT, say that we are going to double exports and then demand economic and energy policies that will make that goal impossible. Cap and trade, EFCA and the healthcare bill will not make this possible. You need to address corporate taxation, lending practices, the need to eliminate subsidies, unionization issues and the water laws of California if you are serious. If you look at what the EPA is doing to the strawberry and olive trade in California, you would know that we are now going to go from an exporter of these goods to an importer because we are so very concerned about a bait fish. The Southern California farm trade is being destroyed by liberal environmentalist policies. Environmental policies that put fish over man do not accomodate expansion of exports. And, I hate to break it to people, but we are never going to be the largest exporter of Windmills.

5) He repeated about 10 campaign promises and demands of things that he himself have broken on a regular basis in the past year... Lobbyists, earmarks, transparency are the three big ones. I don't think that people are fooled anymore, and even the AP came out this morning and showed "Obama's view" and "Reality"

I thought it was a mediocre speech, and that is saying something considering that I respect the presidency and give him a lot of rope. I'm tired of words. I'm tired of promises. I'm tired of blame... But what can you do when the GOP is puttering along like clowns as well.

If the GOP had a great speechwriter and someone who could talk on the fly, they could have really hammered him and showed his empty rhetoric last night. Start with the exports issue first, since this is the easiest one to address.

"The president took a significant step in the right direction tonight, stating that we need to increase manufacturing, but Mister Obama needs to understand that the United States is not able to compete because of antiquated tax laws that are not enabling us in today's globalized economy." Discuss the fact that 40 percent corporate taxes are the highest in the world and make it an unfriendly business environment.

Then talk about how cap and trade, health care and EFCA are all unfriendly to business, especially to manufacturing... will lead to more outsourcing and layoffs and then amke it virtually impossible to reach that ambitious goal.

And then just hammer on jobs and centralized planning. Public sector making so much money vs. Private sector failing. Use history as a guide.

Then... address the hypocrisy... Republicans are catering to special interests? They are being given money by the banks and corporations? What about the Democrat healthcare bill? What about the 14 million that Wall Street gave Mr. Obama during the election? A populist vernacular coming from a corporatist President is a great act, but once again he is failing to live up to the standards that he wishes to impose on everyone else.

Seriously...Where the hell is the GOP and how is this so difficult? This was on my mind the entire speech and I feel like they are afraid to go on the offensive.

The minority is supposed to be on the attack... The minority wants to give ideas and to help the country. For as many times as McDonnell referenced Thomas Jefferson, how does he miss:

"All, too, will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will to be rightful must be reasonable; that the minority possess their equal rights, which equal law must protect, and to violate would be oppression.

The measures are not reasonable now, so the minority should be diligent.

This is why I am not a Republican, because they have no teeth... They just sat there last night and agreed that America is great and puppies and rainbows are things they too can get behind.

http://gunsdontvote.wordpress.com/dance-off-count...

This President needs to lose in a dance off.

I challenge this President to a Life Olympics!!!

http://gunsdontvote.wordpress.com/dance-off-count...

So wait, Brown's election would then force the President to go the bipartisan route on all future legislation, just as the President promised a few hundred times during the election, but still has yet to do, but some how Brown is the @sshole? Where am I?

I must say that this is a very ignorant and biased view of economic history, most likely regurgitated from an afternoon with Glenn Beck.

Listen, I'm a staunch economic conservative, but pinning this only on Clinton is certifiably wrong. While Clinton signed the bill, the removal of the Glass-Stegall Act was a bipartisan effort, driven by large scale banks.

You do not seem to recognize that the post-9/11 levels of credit, combined with incredibly low interest rates had a bigger impact on the market. If that level of credit is not available at such low rates, the banks would have never made these loans. Last week, on the Hill, the CEOs said that everyone assumed that home prices would always increase.

Next, you do not seem to realize the fact that Freddie and Fannie did not hold as much of a level of toxic assets as say Lehman or Bear Sterns. You ignore the fact that there was no "direction" from Clinton, and the "Community Reinvestment Act" played a much smaller role than our right-leaning leaders would have you believe.

The 100 year storm on Wall Street was not the direct result of one event. There was a chain of events, and being hyper-partisan will never help us prevent this same thing from happening again.

You are seeing what happens when increased government control takes place. It creates an even wider system of the haves and the have nots.

Expect this same thing to happen when health care is rationed. Those considered priveledged in society will go to the front of the line, while everyone else is bumped back a spot.

Get used to it. You voted for it.

Whoever wrote this should be fired... This makes him seem like he's a victim of the job that he's wanted his entire life. He's got to be President even when he takes his kids to see avatar. Boo, f-ing, hoo. At least he doesn't have to worry about a damn thing like the rest of us... Job security for at least 3 more years.

He wanted it. He's not getting any pity from me.

It's simply amazing to listen to liberals defend Obama's practices by pointing to the things Bush did. You cannot justify terrible behavior of YOUR champion by pointing to similar terrible behavior by a man that you vehemently detested for eight years. Common sense doesn't work like that.

Obama is looking worse for going a step beyond all those things that the media and leftists vilified Bush for.

My Pet Goat? You hated him for reading to children for an extra 45 minutes after the attacks, and this is how you justify Obama not speaking for three days after the botched Christmas attack. He should have held a press conference from the zoo they shut down for his family.

The Patriot Act? You detested Bush for wire taping and civil liberties, but you don't bat an eye when Obama signs an order that gives Interpol the right to supercede the Constitution. If "nothing has changed" by this provision, as Obama's team has said, then why sign the order to begin with? This is more dangerous than the Patriot Act.

Debt... Bush set records for debt spending, and then Obama spends more in one year than all of the previous Presidents combined... But, you justify it by pointing to Bush's budgets... That makes sense....

Unemployment was at 5 percent under Bush, and the media was howling, mainly on behalf of unions. It seems today the only way to get a job in Obama's 10 percent America is to get a spoon, dig a hole, and pay union dues to the SEIU.

Congratulations you idiots. We warned you... we didn't hope he would fail, we knew he would fail.