Comments on: 2004 State of the Union Wrap-Up

By: McGehee

McGehee — Thu, 03 Feb 2005 16:19:27 +0000

...all that surplus payroll tax you people have been paying since Reagan raised the tax rate in 1984...

Idiot (I mean, Rick), there hasn't been a Social Security "trust fund" since at least the 1960s.

But thanks for reminding us that before there was Bush Derangement Syndrome, there was Reagan Derangement Syndrome -- and that it still afflicts thousands.

By: LJD

LJD — Thu, 03 Feb 2005 12:24:13 +0000

Here we go with the blanket anti-Bush statements from the frothing-at-the-mouth...

I really enjoyed the post-(Iraqi)election pause. The speech seems to have been timed appropriately: following the successful elections, evidence of a disrupted insurgency, and the abduction of childrens toys in Iraq, it's time to realize once again that "the sky is falling!"

This little liar is your duly elected President. Have some respect, if not for him, for your fellow citizens. I see where you stand though. After 80% of CBS news viewers approved of the President's speech, you're still riding the Bush National Guard story. Pathetic.

By: Villainous Company

Villainous Company — Thu, 03 Feb 2005 11:26:55 +0000

LiveBlogging The State Of The Union Address 11:48 pm: [yawn...] Text of the State of the Union address. I haven't had time to check the following against the transcript and I'm going to bed, but thought I'd make it available for the somnabulently-challenged. NBC: He hasn't even...

By: Rick DeMent

Rick DeMent — Thu, 03 Feb 2005 10:15:12 +0000

At least Bush came clean about one thing, the Social Security trust fund is a fiction, all that surplus payroll tax you people have been paying since Reagan raised the tax rate in 1984 is gone we spent it and we donât really see the need to honor that commitment to anyone younger then 55.

By: Peaktalk

Peaktalk — Thu, 03 Feb 2005 07:30:17 +0000

STATE OF THE UNION WRAP-UP
It almost seems as if Bushâs speeches have become better over the past four years. Thatâs not necessarily a matter of content but more the result of his growing confidence and the fact that events have moved his way. Having...

By: anjin-san

anjin-san — Thu, 03 Feb 2005 07:21:57 +0000

Funny how Bush does not seem to be concerned about freedom for in the homeland of his buddies, The Sauds. Or in Egypt. Or China, or.......................

By: Lt Bell

Lt Bell — Thu, 03 Feb 2005 05:52:08 +0000

Jim Baxter?
What planet are you living on??
Untold thousands have died because you and people like you would see thousands die just to support your religion??
When Islam is the dominant religion in this country you will be singing a different tune

By: Lt Bell

Lt Bell — Thu, 03 Feb 2005 05:49:20 +0000

the privilege of serving in elected office???

Is this some kind of a joke???

This little liar has served up billions of taxpayer dollars to the likes of haliburton and cheny/rumsfeld

He has never served anyone but the Bush family fortune or himself.o
Did the United States of America Need Fighter Pilots in Vietnam during that war??????

98% of the pilots trained during Vietnam actually volunteered
and went to Vietnam, they gave actual service to our Country.
where was this liar then and where is he now??????????????????

By: basil's blog

basil's blog — Thu, 03 Feb 2005 04:52:05 +0000

State Of The Onion
While not tyring to jump on the bandwagon, I do think it's appropriate to give my thoughts on the State of the Onion. I first discovered the Onion a few years back. It's always been a little left-leaning in its

By: Ramblings' Journal

Ramblings' Journal — Thu, 03 Feb 2005 04:32:12 +0000

SOTU Follow-up: Did Bush snub McKinney? President Bush knocked it out of the ballpark tonight.Others are doing some major-league live-blogging, so I'll leave the bulk of the commentary to them, but one thing did strike me.President Bush appeared to have completely ignored "aisle-bird" Con...

By: Wizbang

Wizbang — Thu, 03 Feb 2005 04:02:53 +0000

State Of The Union Reaction Roundup All right let's get started... Glenn Reynolds - ...Bush's best speech ever, I think. He seems much more comfortable and relaxed, probably because of the Iraqi elections going so well. I think we're just figuring out just how much the...

By: The MUSC Tiger

The MUSC Tiger — Thu, 03 Feb 2005 03:55:36 +0000

SOTU
The President just heard some serious grumblings from the crowd when he announced that Social Security was in a bind...I believe that's the first time I've ever heard anyone boo/grumble loudly during a SOTU.

I could be wrong....but Cynical Nation ...

By: PoliArt

PoliArt — Thu, 03 Feb 2005 03:48:30 +0000

President' State of the Union Address
Here is a little State of the Union blogging from Wizbang and Outside the Beltway.

State of the Union Address Transcript:

By: Jim Baxter

Jim Baxter — Thu, 03 Feb 2005 03:45:53 +0000

President Bush did well to remind the world that the way to Peace is not directly to Peace: it is a consequence of Freedom. Why? Because the human being is a creature who makes choices (liberty). His natural need is therefore an environment of Freedom where he can fulfill his nature as earth's |Choicemaker. Result: Peace.

Man is earth's Choicemaker. Psalm 25:12 He is by nature
and nature's God a creature of Choice - and of Criteria.
Psalm 119:30,173 His unique and definitive characteristic
is, and of Right ought to be, the natural foundation of
his environments, institutions, and respectful relations
to his fellow-man. Thus, he is oriented to a Freedom
whose roots are in the Order of the universe.

See the complete article at Homesite:
"Human Defined: Earth's Choicemaker"
http://www.choicemaker.net/

By: Truth. Quante-fied.

Truth. Quante-fied. — Thu, 03 Feb 2005 03:44:03 +0000

SOTU Live!
This was a very quick speech, especially considering the ground the President covered, but I thought he presented his foreign policy plans with hope and his domestic agenda with logic. The positive energy throughout the room, I believe, was also felt...