State of Delusion January 23, 2007 ~ 11:14 pm
Posted by Julie in : Politically Incorrect, Rants , trackbackSometimes I wonder what country President Asshat lives in, because it sure ain’t the one I’m in. Tonight he declared that inflation is low and the economy is great. I’m sure that’s true for the wealthy robber barons, but for those of us in the middle? Not so much. Employment rates being high because people are getting jobs at Wal-Mart is not the same as employment rates being high because people are getting good, steady jobs with decent pay. I also had to laugh at Asshat deciding now that we’re going to have a balanced budget. Now, after he’s wasted more money than a kid in a candy store. Did you see the shot of Hillary while he was spewing this bullshit? You could just tell she was thinking “When my husband was President, we had a balanced budget. Hell, we had a surplus! But you took care of that, didn’t you?”
I’m also continually impressed by how fully Asshat believes in the lies he’s told. Putting 20,000 more troops in the field was the course of action chosen because “it has the best chance of success.” Um, no, it was chosen because you can’t admit that you were wrong. By fighting the war in Iraq, we’re making sure terrorists don’t have “new safe havens, new recruits, new resources.” Funny, because I think that’s exactly what they’ve gained out of this whole thing. This is a “generational struggle” that will continue long after we all turn our duties over to others. Yep, it’s just like I thought, you can’t figure a way out so you’re gonna leave it for the next guy. Good job.
There was also a “read between the lines” section of the speech with regards to Iran. Apparently Shi’a and Sunni are bad and funded by Iran. So does this mean we have free reign to attack first Iran, and then the whole Muslim world? Because as far as I know, Shi’as and Sunnis make up all but a very tiny portion of Islam. So if they’re both bad, then we’re attacking everyone, right? Especially if they’re funded by Iran.
Things that disturbed me about the speech tonight, because typical of Asshat, he mentioned it briefly and then went on without really explaining it:
- The new health care plan where we all put money back and don’t have to pay taxes on it. This sounds like same shit, different day. My health insurance is not great. I have friends whose health insurance blows. I have someone very close to me with no health insurance whatsoever. But even with all that, I am not falling for this “put some money back and pay for your own insurance” routine. I want to see the fine print before you fuck me up the ass, thank you very much.
- Increasing the size of the armed forces by 92,000. Where are we getting these people? Is this a coy way of saying “draft”?
- A civillian reserve. Again, where are we getting these people? What’s the difference between a civillian reserve and a military reserve? Something tells me that the difference is the civilians are going to get even less funding than the military. Unless maybe civillian reserve is a code phrase for “Haliburton.”
- Clean coal technology. Is there such a thing? Because it sounds like an oxymoron to me. Coal is dirty when you burn it. That’s why they’re raising such a fuss about the coal plants people want to build in Texas. Let’s see…building coal power plants in Texas, Asshat is from Texas, Asshat mentions “clean coal technology” first among the many alternative types of energy there are…hmmm.
Two final thoughts: Asshat mentioned global climate change. As far as I know, this is the first time he’s ever actually spoken about global warming. Holy shit, it does exist!! Helped into existence by those coal power plants! But he didn’t say that part. Also, speaking of power plants, is the man ever going to learn how to say nuclear properly? Because at this point it’s just ridiculous.
ETA: 28% approval ratings make me laugh. Hard. And probably longer than is necessary, but still.
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Oh… he spoke tonight?
*blink*
We watched Dirty Jobs…..
Scout~Dirty Jobs, State of the Union…same thing, innit?
I picked tonight to go out to eat since “there would be nothing on TV.” The “show” was actually playing on a TV (sound off) just over my head and behind me, and my daughter (sitting across the table ) kept saying, “Why do those people keep giving standing ovations?” It was driving her nuts. I told her, yeah, I just wait for Julie’s response and the SNL treatment.
I was busy at work and planned to catch up on it tomorrow, but like Geewits said, your synopsis was highly more entertaining (and likely I’d agree with).
LOL — I would drop by on a day when you are ranting about a man I adore.
I’ll come back when you’re on to something else.
Hope you’re having a great week!
Totally! But Mike Rowe is much more enjoyable to watch….
NUclure
Wait? Global Warming is true?!?!? No WAY!
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I turned on the TV only to find him spewing and for the seconds I listened I heard 92,000. DRAFT neoned in my brain. Chris was playing piano in his studio and I said, “You better come here and listen a minute.” But the moron-who-thinks-he’s-president never did say where these folks were coming from. Viet-nam, anyone?
Jenny~That’s exactly what I was thinking. I froze when he said 92,000 because I thought the next words were going to be “we will be instituting a draft.” He left that part out, but that’s exactly where I think this is going.
EvilScout~Good point. And when Mike Rowe has dirty hands because he’s been in shit, he tells you that. He doesn’t pretend that his hands are clean. And yeah, who’da thought that global warming could be real and not something paranoid liberal scientists made up???
RE~We’ll just go on with our “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy on politics.
Thanks for stopping by, though!
Michael~It’s hard to be this entertaining. I have to sit in front of the TV and take notes and everything! (and yes, that’s exactly what I did)
Geewits~There were several times when I wanted to throttle people for the standing ovations. I expect it from the Republicans, but the Democrats? Guys, get a clue! And when Cheney’s smirking got to be too much for me, I fired a toy gun at his face. 8 times.
The insurance thing spooks the hell out of me. Besides the fact that if you do get health insurance from work, it might put you in th enext tax bracket as income, it will also be a incentive for companies to drop there insurance because individuals will have no big whoop benefit from them giving it to us.
Grow the military? Good Luck
Balance the Budget?? I can say balance the budget too, doesnt mean its gonna happen, and Asshat and I have the same amout of power to get it done.
At least the subway guy was on.
Lori~The subway guy made me smile with his blowing kisses and pointing. Especially when he hugged the soldier beside him, and the soldier was like “WTF?”
Sparky~The health insurance scheme sounded like last year’s, except worse. When will he learn?
I’m so glad you and Vince took care of this so I didn’t have to be tortured by watching.
That whole Wal-Mart thing is spot on girl. Another factor they never mention is the numbers are also based on the amount of people on unemployment. Benefits do run out, which is part of why the numbers are fewer. Asshat indeed. Nice rant!
Asshat indeed.
Where did they take that poll? I think for him to get over 20% that poll had to be taken in the Fox News breakroom.
What Lois said. Exactly.
This is a supremely amazing rant!
*tips imaginary hat to you*
The more I hear about that health insurance plan, the more it sounds to me like people with health care are getting penalized. And I keep hearing conflicting information. First I hear it’s a tax deduction, then I hear you get taxed on the cost, WTF? Bottom line is I think it stinks. And he had to mention health care accounts, didn’t he. Translated: you don’t have a health plan. Put your own money in the bank and pay your medical bills on your own. But you can “choose” where to spend your health care dollars. RIIIIIIIGHT.
I loved Subway Guy too. In case you missed it, while he was pointing to people, he was saying “You da man!”. Was he pointing at Bush, Cheney, or Pelosi?
Oh Julie you make me laugh grrl.
Lois~I cannot stand this man or his policies. Growing up with a silver spoon in your mouth should not mean you’re exempt from reality, and yet in his case it definitely does. And good point about the benefits running out!
Boski~I think Bill O’Reilly voted more than a few times to get the number up to 28%.
Lisa~Thanks, I was inspired. Unfortunately, I was inspired by Asshat’s assholery.
Vince~I thought he had picked out Chuck and Hillary from the crowd…at least I hope so. And this health care plan doesn’t seem to be an improvement on anything Asshat’s come up with. Why does EVERY IDEA HE HAS involved a flexible spending account that is not flexible?
Scout~Glad I could help.
I didn’t watch it… I can’t stand to watch that man for more than 2 minutes. How is he saying Nuclear? Newkewler? Like homer simpson?