1. Flashback to the first year of his Presidency; Adult Stem Cells are good, pivoting into right to life. I think being opposed to cloning humans is fairly popular.
2. AHHHH! Another Republican dead horse being beaten; judges who “rule by the law”. That’s not what he wants, he wants judges that interpret the law in a conservative way. Just come out and say that!
3. Does anyone my age (30) and younger expect Social Security to be there when we retire? Well, I assume it will be, but I might be alone.
4. I agree with President Bush when he says illegal immigration is very complex and requires a nuanced policy. Its a toughie.
5. Took roughly 27 minutes to get to 1st 9/11 reference.
6. Actually talked about Afghanistan before Iraq. Haven’t heard the name “bin Laden” yet, though.
7. Ah, scratch the “bin Laden” non-appearance. Strong section on Iraq. Of course, Al Qaeda was not in Iraq until we were, but a very strong section stressing recent American gains in that nation. I think President Bush realizes Iraq is where his legacy lies.
8. Setting aside all the political bullshit, a controlled drawdown of troops is the only sensible way to withdraw from Iraq. Pulling out all at once would prove about as messy as when the Soviet engineers yanked all the cooling rods out of the reacter at Chernobyl as a test and got a rather big oopsie on their hands.
9. Bush thinks its time for a democratic Israel and a democratic Palestine to live side-by-side in peace; good luck w/ that!
10. If companies had acted lawfully, and the government lawfully, in snooping on people, they wouldn’t need liability shields.
11. Liability protection gets a loud roar; opposing genocide in Darfur polite applause. Gotta love business 1st Republicanism!
12. Bush wants to end famine: paging Harry Chapin
13. Time to wax poetic about “We the People”
14. And the roughly 50 minute speech ends w/ “God Bless America”
He shall from time to time give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union, and recommend to their Consideration such Measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient;
