Twenty Pounds of BS in a Ten-Pound Bag
President Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union address, in the House Chamber of the
Capitol Building in Washington, Jan. 20, 2015.
(Doug Mills/The New York Times)
Twenty Pounds of BS in a Ten-Pound Bag
By William Rivers Pitt
Truthout | Op-Ed
Let me be perfectly clear from the jump: It was a fine speech, one of the best of President Obama's political career, which makes it automatically one of the best in the State of the Union's august history. The last fifteen minutes, in particular, were absolutely soaring, not just in rhetoric, but in the delivery as well. The man parked it as deep as it can be parked, like a majestic David Ortiz line drive deep into the bleachers at Fenway, thanks for coming, turn out the lights when you leave. No one does it better that Barack Obama when the bright lights are on.
...and when it was over, my immediate thought was of Steven the Irishman, the self-declared madman from the film Braveheart. Mel Gibson had just given his rousing speech to keep the Scots from fleeing before the battle at Stirling Bridge.
"Fine speech," said Steven. "Now what do we do?"
Indeed.
You see, apparently we've "turned the page" on the economic wasteland created by our Neo-Con/Neo-Liberal brain trust in Washington. The shadow of crisis has passed, and we're on a new foundation.
How many people do you know who actually feel that way?
Just about everyone I know is economically scared to death, and most of them are living paycheck to paycheck...and brothers and sisters, I know a whole hell of a lot of people, in all fifty states and most of the territories. I ain't Pew or Gallup, so take this with as many grains of salt you need to choke it down, but here's the hard truth: No pages have been turned, and the new foundation is just as porous as the old one...because it's the same old God damned foundation. Lather, rinse, repeat.
The President of the United States gave a speech on Tuesday night that would, in parts, have gone over like gangbusters at any Occupy rally in the country, and then he turned on a dime to brag about our massively impressive oil and gas production, i.e. fracking and maybe the Keystone XL pipeline, and then went on further to give an impassioned aria about climate change, at which point my brain crawled out of my ear and slithered into the bathroom, where it wept piteously into the cold porcelain truth of the base of the toilet.
The rest: http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/28649-twenty-pounds-of-bs-in-a-ten-pound-bag
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You Gus Bob are the better man.
and it shouldn't bother you that you haven't writ a boooook and be lordin' over the wrest of us with your perfections of communikations. 
I respect you far more than...
You get any extra clickeys to linky?
for "Manneshöhle"
...because I'm a frikkin juvenile.
Figuratively speaking. When I started teaching, we were told never to use a red pencil, due to acquired negative connotations. I have used a variety of colors, but usually a lovely shade of periwinkle.
Or does he always look comatose?
But it wasn't from President Obama.
As usual.
sad, isn't it?
And by the way, I loved this little bit:
"..at which point my brain crawled out of my ear and slithered into the bathroom, where it wept piteously into the cold porcelain truth of the base of the toilet."
Not many turn a phrase the way you do.
Justice is sometimes served.
I think the jury did some misunderstanding of who said what, which makes it an even Sweeter
So what are you doing?
Earlier when I came up with original “Why I’m voting or Obama” post, I saw this picture. Over the last few days, I’ve thought more about this picture, and what I think it says about him as a person. This is the same week that Sarah Palin’s $150,000 shopping spree came to light (and a week after umm.. anonymous sources said Michelle Obama ordered Caviar and Champagne at a high end NY hotel, which was false), but it’s not really about that. This is about someone with the ability to wear brand new shoes, but doesn’t see the need to spend the money. Right now this is what our country needs.
Ultimately, it came down to the fact I want to remember this picture. If you’ll read the blog, you’ll see one salient theme – it’s about stuff I care to remember.
This photo came from the same photo essay as earlier. You need to hit “show more images” a few times to get all the photos. It’s great work. The original caption was:
Senator Obama was doing press interviews by telephone in a holding room between events. Sometime later as he was getting ready to begin his event, he asked me if I was photographing his shoes. When I said yes, he told me that he had already had them resoled once since he entered the race a year earlier. Providence, R.I., 3/1/2008.
http://cainmanor.com/interesting/why-im-voting-for-obama-part-2/
Sid
And this OP is the only thing between us and the THRID WAY!1! 
Sid
You have the right to your views but imo you are too down on our president. I did not care for it when our President was called a used-car salesman, and I don't care for this.
