Embargoed: State of the Union Text
We’ll start respecting White House embargoes when they start telling the truth.
Embargoed Until Delivery of the State of the Union Address at 9:01 PM EST
January 31, 2006
STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS
As Prepared For Delivery
Mr. Speaker, Vice President Cheney, Members of Congress, Members of the Supreme Court and diplomatic corps, distinguished guests, and fellow citizens:
Today our Nation lost a beloved, graceful, courageous woman who called America to its founding ideals and carried on a noble dream. Tonight we are comforted by the hope of a glad reunion with the husband who was taken from her so long ago, and we are grateful for the good life of Coretta Scott King.
Each time I am invited to this rostrum, I am humbled by the privilege, and mindful of the history we have seen together. We have gathered under this Capitol dome in moments of national mourning and national achievement. We have served America through one of the most consequential periods of our history – and it has been my honor to serve with you.
In a system of two parties, two chambers, and two elected branches, there will always be differences and debate. But even tough debates can be conducted in a civil tone, and our differences cannot be allowed to harden into anger. To confront the great issues before us, we must act in a spirit of good will and respect for one another – and I will do my part. Tonight the state of our Union is strong – and together we will make it stronger.
In this decisive year, you and I will make choices that determine both the future and the character of our country. We will choose to act confidently in pursuing the enemies of freedom – or retreat from our duties in the hope of an easier life. We will choose to build our prosperity by leading the world economy – or shut ourselves off from trade and opportunity. In a complex and challenging time, the road of isolationism and protectionism may seem broad and inviting – yet it ends in danger and decline. The only way to protect our people … the only way to secure the peace … the only way to control our destiny is by our leadership – so the United States of America will continue to lead.
Abroad, our Nation is committed to an historic, long-term goal – we seek the end of tyranny in our world. Some dismiss that goal as misguided idealism. In reality, the future security of America depends on it. On September 11th, 2001, we found that problems originating in a failed and oppressive state seven thousand miles away could bring murder and destruction to our country. Dictatorships shelter terrorists, feed resentment and radicalism, and seek weapons of mass destruction. Democracies replace resentment with hope, respect the rights of their citizens and their neighbors, and join the fight against terror. Every step toward freedom in the world makes our country safer, and so we will act boldly in freedom’s cause.
Far from being a hopeless dream, the advance of freedom is the great story of our time. In 1945, there were about two dozen lonely democracies on Earth. Today, there are 122. And we are writing a new chapter in the story of self-government – with women lining up to vote in Afghanistan … and millions of Iraqis marking their liberty with purple ink … and men and women from Lebanon to Egypt debating the rights of individuals and the necessity of freedom. At the start of 2006, more than half the people of our world live in democratic nations. And we do not forget the other half – in places like Syria, Burma, Zimbabwe, North Korea, and Iran – because the demands of justice, and the peace of this world, require their freedom as well.
No one can deny the success of freedom, but some men rage and fight against it. And one of the main sources of reaction and opposition is radical Islam – the perversion by a few of a noble faith into an ideology of terror and death. Terrorists like bin Laden are serious about mass murder – and all of us must take their declared intentions seriously. They seek to impose a heartless system of totalitarian control throughout the Middle East, and arm themselves with weapons of mass murder. Their aim is to seize power in Iraq, and use it as a safe haven to launch attacks against America and the world. Lacking the military strength to challenge us directly, the terrorists have chosen the weapon of fear. When they murder children at a school in Beslan … or blow up commuters in London … or behead a bound captive … the terrorists hope these horrors will break our will, allowing the violent to inherit the Earth. But they have miscalculated: We love our freedom, and we will fight to keep it.
In a time of testing, we cannot find security by abandoning our commitments and retreating within our borders. If we were to leave these vicious attackers alone, they would not leave us alone. They would simply move the battlefield to our own shores. There is no peace in retreat. And there is no honor in retreat. By allowing radical Islam to work its will – by leaving an assaulted world to fend for itself – we would signal to all that we no longer believe in our own ideals, or even in our own courage. But our enemies and our friends can be certain: The United States will not retreat from the world, and we will never surrender to evil.
America rejects the false comfort of isolationism. We are the Nation that saved liberty in Europe, and liberated death camps, and helped raise up democracies, and faced down an evil empire. Once again, we accept the call of history to deliver the oppressed, and move this world toward peace.
We remain on the offensive against terror networks. We have killed or captured many of their leaders – and for the others, their day will come.
We remain on the offensive in Afghanistan – where a fine president and national assembly are fighting terror while building the institutions of a new democracy.
And we are on the offensive in Iraq, with a clear plan for victory. First, we are helping Iraqis build an inclusive government, so that old resentments will be eased, and the insurgency marginalized. Second, we are continuing reconstruction efforts, and helping the Iraqi government to fight corruption and build a modern economy, so all Iraqis can experience the benefits of freedom. Third, we are striking terrorist targets while we train Iraqi forces that are increasingly capable of defeating the enemy. Iraqis are showing their courage every day, and we are proud to be their allies in the cause of freedom.
Our work in Iraq is difficult, because our enemy is brutal. But that brutality has not stopped the dramatic progress of a new democracy. In less than three years, that nation has gone from dictatorship, to liberation, to sovereignty, to a constitution, to national elections. At the same time, our coalition has been relentless in shutting off terrorist infiltration, clearing out insurgent strongholds, and turning over territory to Iraqi security forces. I am confident in our plan for victory … I am confident in the will of the Iraqi people … I am confident in the skill and spirit of our military. Fellow citizens, we are in this fight to win, and we are winning.
The road of victory is the road that will take our troops home. As we make progress on the ground, and Iraqi forces increasingly take the lead, we should be able to further decrease our troop levels – but those decisions will be made by our military commanders, not by politicians in Washington, D.C.
Our coalition has learned from experience in Iraq. We have adjusted our military tactics and changed our approach to reconstruction. Along the way, we have benefited from responsible criticism and counsel offered by Members of Congress of both parties. In the coming year, I will continue to reach out and seek your good advice.
Yet there is a difference between responsible criticism that aims for success, and defeatism that refuses to acknowledge anything but failure. Hindsight alone is not wisdom. And second-guessing is not a strategy.
With so much in the balance, those of us in public office have a duty to speak with candor. A sudden withdrawal of our forces from Iraq would abandon our Iraqi allies to death and prison … put men like bin Laden and Zarqawi in charge of a strategic country … and show that a pledge from America means little. Members of Congress: however we feel about the decisions and debates of the past, our Nation has only one option: We must keep our word, defeat our enemies, and stand behind the American military in its vital mission.
Our men and women in uniform are making sacrifices – and showing a sense of duty stronger than all fear. They know what it is like to fight house to house in a maze of streets … to wear heavy gear in the desert heat … to see a comrade killed by a roadside bomb. And those who know the costs also know the stakes. Marine Staff Sergeant Dan Clay was killed last month fighting the enemy in Fallujah. He left behind a letter to his family, but his words could just as well be addressed to every American. Here is what Dan wrote: “I know what honor is. It has been an honor to protect and serve all of you. I faced death with the secure knowledge that you would not have to…. Never falter! Don’t hesitate to honor and support those of us who have the honor of protecting that which is worth protecting.â€
Staff Sergeant Dan Clay’s wife, Lisa, and his mom and dad, Sara Jo and Bud, are with us this evening. Our Nation is grateful to the fallen, who live in the memory of our country. We are grateful to all who volunteer to wear our Nation’s uniform – and as we honor our brave troops, let us never forget the sacrifices of America’s military families.
Our offensive against terror involves more than military action. Ultimately, the only way to defeat the terrorists is to defeat their dark vision of hatred and fear by offering the hopeful alternative of political freedom and peaceful change. So the United States of America supports democratic reform across the broader Middle East. Elections are vital – but they are only the beginning. Raising up a democracy requires the rule of law, protection of minorities, and strong, accountable institutions that last longer than a single vote. The great people of Egypt have voted in a multi-party presidential election – and now their government should open paths of peaceful opposition that will reduce the appeal of radicalism. The Palestinian people have voted in elections – now the leaders of Hamas must recognize Israel, disarm, reject terrorism, and work for lasting peace. Saudi Arabia has taken the first steps of reform – now it can offer its people a better future by pressing forward with those efforts. Democracies in the Middle East will not look like our own, because they will reflect the traditions of their own citizens. Yet liberty is the future of every nation in the Middle East, because liberty is the right and hope of all humanity.
The same is true of Iran, a nation now held hostage by a small clerical elite that is isolating and repressing its people. The regime in that country sponsors terrorists in the Palestinian territories and in Lebanon – and that must come to an end. The Iranian government is defying the world with its nuclear ambitions – and the nations of the world must not permit the Iranian regime to gain nuclear weapons. America will continue to rally the world to confront these threats. And tonight, let me speak directly to the citizens of Iran: America respects you, and we respect your country. We respect your right to choose your own future and win your own freedom. And our Nation hopes one day to be the closest of friends with a free and democratic Iran.
To overcome dangers in our world, we must also take the offensive by encouraging economic progress, fighting disease, and spreading hope in hopeless lands. Isolationism would not only tie our hands in fighting enemies, it would keep us from helping our friends in desperate need. We show compassion abroad because Americans believe in the God-given dignity and worth of a villager with HIV/AIDS, or an infant with malaria, or a refugee fleeing genocide, or a young girl sold into slavery. We also show compassion abroad because regions overwhelmed by poverty, corruption, and despair are sources of terrorism, organized crime, human trafficking, and the drug trade.
In recent years, you and I have taken unprecedented action to fight AIDS and malaria, expand the education of girls, and reward developing nations that are moving forward with economic and political reform. For people everywhere, the United States is a partner for a better life. Short-changing these efforts would increase the suffering and chaos of our world, undercut our long-term security, and dull the conscience of our country. I urge Members of Congress to serve the interests of America by showing the compassion of America.
Our country must also remain on the offensive against terrorism here at home. The enemy has not lost the desire or capability to attack us. Fortunately, this Nation has superb professionals in law enforcement, intelligence, the military, and homeland security. These men and women are dedicating their lives to protecting us all, and they deserve our support and our thanks. They also deserve the same tools they already use to fight drug trafficking and organized crime – so I ask you to reauthorize the Patriot Act.
It is said that prior to the attacks of September 11th, our government failed to connect the dots of the conspiracy. We now know that two of the hijackers in the United States placed telephone calls to al-Qaida operatives overseas. But we did not know about their plans until it was too late. So to prevent another attack – based on authority given to me by the Constitution and by statute – I have authorized a terrorist surveillance program to aggressively pursue the international communications of suspected al-Qaida operatives and affiliates to and from America. Previous presidents have used the same constitutional authority I have – and Federal courts have approved the use of that authority. Appropriate Members of Congress have been kept informed. This terrorist surveillance program has helped prevent terrorist attacks. It remains essential to the security of America. If there are people inside our country who are talking with al-Qaida, we want to know about it – because we will not sit back and wait to be hit again.
In all these areas – from the disruption of terror networks, to victory in Iraq, to the spread of freedom and hope in troubled regions – we need the support of friends and allies. To draw that support, we must always be clear in our principles and willing to act. The only alternative to American leadership is a dramatically more dangerous and anxious world. Yet we also choose to lead because it is a privilege to serve the values that gave us birth. American leaders – from Roosevelt to Truman to Kennedy to Reagan – rejected isolation and retreat, because they knew that America is always more secure when freedom is on the march. Our own generation is in a long war against a determined enemy – a war that will be fought by Presidents of both parties, who will need steady bipartisan support from the Congress. And tonight I ask for yours. Together, let us protect our country, support the men and women who defend us, and lead this world toward freedom.
Here at home, America also has a great opportunity: We will build the prosperity of our country by strengthening our economic leadership in the world.
Our economy is healthy, and vigorous, and growing faster than other major industrialized nations. In the last two-and-a-half years, America has created 4.6 million new jobs – more than Japan and the European Union combined. Even in the face of higher energy prices and natural disasters, the American people have turned in an economic performance that is the envy of the world.
The American economy is pre-eminent – but we cannot afford to be complacent. In a dynamic world economy, we are seeing new competitors like China and India. This creates uncertainty, which makes it easier to feed people’s fears. And so we are seeing some old temptations return. Protectionists want to escape competition, pretending that we can keep our high standard of living while walling off our economy. Others say that the government needs to take a larger role in directing the economy, centralizing more power in Washington and increasing taxes. We hear claims that immigrants are somehow bad for the economy – even though this economy could not function without them. All these are forms of economic retreat, and they lead in the same direction – toward a stagnant and second-rate economy.
Tonight I will set out a better path – an agenda for a Nation that competes with confidence – an agenda that will raise standards of living and generate new jobs. Americans should not fear our economic future, because we intend to shape it.
Keeping America competitive begins with keeping our economy growing. And our economy grows when Americans have more of their own money to spend, save, and invest. In the last five years, the tax relief you passed has left 880 billion dollars in the hands of American workers, investors, small businesses, and families – and they have used it to help produce more than four years of uninterrupted economic growth. Yet the tax relief is set to expire in the next few years. If we do nothing, American families will face a massive tax increase they do not expect and will not welcome.
Because America needs more than a temporary expansion, we need more than temporary tax relief. I urge the Congress to act responsibly, and make the tax cuts permanent.
Keeping America competitive requires us to be good stewards of tax dollars. Every year of my presidency, we have reduced the growth of non-security discretionary spending – and last year you passed bills that cut this spending. This year my budget will cut it again, and reduce or eliminate more than 140 programs that are performing poorly or not fulfilling essential priorities. By passing these reforms, we will save the American taxpayer another 14 billion dollars next year – and stay on track to cut the deficit in half by 2009. I am pleased that Members of Congress are working on earmark reform – because the Federal budget has too many special interest projects. And we can tackle this problem together, if you pass the line-item veto.
We must also confront the larger challenge of mandatory spending, or entitlements. This year, the first of about 78 million Baby Boomers turn 60, including two of my Dad’s favorite people – me, and President Bill Clinton. This milestone is more than a personal crisis – it is a national challenge. The retirement of the Baby Boom generation will put unprecedented strains on the Federal government. By 2030, spending for Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid alone will be almost 60 percent of the entire Federal budget. And that will present future Congresses with impossible choices – staggering tax increases, immense deficits, or deep cuts in every category of spending.
Congress did not act last year on my proposal to save Social Security, yet the rising cost of entitlements is a problem that is not going away – and with every year we fail to act, the situation gets worse. So tonight, I ask you to join me in creating a commission to examine the full impact of Baby Boom retirements on Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. This commission should include Members of Congress of both parties, and offer bipartisan answers. We need to put aside partisan politics, work together, and get this problem solved.
Keeping America competitive requires us to open more markets for all that Americans make and grow. One out of every five factory jobs in America is related to global trade, and we want people everywhere to buy American. With open markets and a level playing field, no one can out-produce or out-compete the American worker.
Keeping America competitive requires an immigration system that upholds our laws, reflects our values, and serves the interests of our economy. Our Nation needs orderly and secure borders. To meet this goal, we must have stronger immigration enforcement and border protection. And we must have a rational, humane guest worker program that rejects amnesty … allows temporary jobs for people who seek them legally … and reduces smuggling and crime at the border.
Keeping America competitive requires affordable health care. Our government has a responsibility to help provide health care for the poor and the elderly, and we are meeting that responsibility. For all Americans, we must confront the rising cost of care … strengthen the doctor-patient relationship … and help people afford the insurance coverage they need. We will make wider use of electronic records and other health information technology, to help control costs and reduce dangerous medical errors. We will strengthen Health Savings Accounts – by making sure individuals and small business employees can buy insurance with the same advantages that people working for big businesses now get. We will do more to make this coverage portable, so workers can switch jobs without having to worry about losing their health insurance. And because lawsuits are driving many good doctors out of practice – leaving women in nearly 1,500 American counties without a single OB-GYN – I ask the Congress to pass medical liability reform this year.
Keeping America competitive requires affordable energy. Here we have a serious problem: America is addicted to oil, which is often imported from unstable parts of the world.
The best way to break this addiction is through technology. Since 2001, we have spent nearly 10 billion dollars to develop cleaner, cheaper, more reliable alternative energy sources – and we are on the threshold of incredible advances. So tonight, I announce the Advanced Energy Initiative – a 22-percent increase in clean-energy research at the Department of Energy, to push for breakthroughs in two vital areas. To change how we power our homes and offices, we will invest more in zero-emission coal-fired plants; revolutionary solar and wind technologies; and clean, safe nuclear energy.
We must also change how we power our automobiles. We will increase our research in better batteries for hybrid and electric cars, and in pollution-free cars that run on hydrogen. We will also fund additional research in cutting-edge methods of producing ethanol, not just from corn but from wood chips, stalks, or switch grass. Our goal is to make this new kind of ethanol practical and competitive within six years. Breakthroughs on this and other new technologies will help us reach another great goal: to replace more than 75 percent of our oil imports from the Middle East by 2025. By applying the talent and technology of America, this country can dramatically improve our environment … move beyond a petroleum-based economy … and make our dependence on Middle Eastern oil a thing of the past.
And to keep America competitive, one commitment is necessary above all: We must continue to lead the world in human talent and creativity. Our greatest advantage in the world has always been our educated, hard-working, ambitious people – and we are going to keep that edge. Tonight I announce the American Competitiveness Initiative, to encourage innovation throughout our economy, and to give our Nation’s children a firm grounding in math and science.
First: I propose to double the Federal commitment to the most critical basic research programs in the physical sciences over the next ten years. This funding will support the work of America’s most creative minds as they explore promising areas such as nanotechnology, supercomputing, and alternative energy sources.
Second: I propose to make permanent the research and development tax credit, to encourage bolder private-sector investment in technology. With more research in both the public and private sectors, we will improve our quality of life – and ensure that America will lead the world in opportunity and innovation for decades to come.
Third: We need to encourage children to take more math and science, and make sure those courses are rigorous enough to compete with other nations. We have made a good start in the early grades with the No Child Left Behind Act, which is raising standards and lifting test scores across our country. Tonight I propose to train 70,000 high school teachers, to lead advanced-placement courses in math and science … bring 30,000 math and science professionals to teach in classrooms … and give early help to students who struggle with math, so they have a better chance at good, high-wage jobs. If we ensure that America’s children succeed in life, they will ensure that America succeeds in the world.
Preparing our Nation to compete in the world is a goal that all of us can share. I urge you to support the American Competitiveness Initiative … and together we will show the world what the American people can achieve.
America is a great force for freedom and prosperity. Yet our greatness is not measured in power or luxuries, but by who we are and how we treat one another. So we strive to be a compassionate, decent, hopeful society.
In recent years, America has become a more hopeful Nation. Violent crime rates have fallen to their lowest levels since the 1970s. Welfare cases have dropped by more than half over the past decade. Drug use among youth is down 19 percent since 2001. There are fewer abortions in America than at any point in the last three decades, and the number of children born to teenage mothers has been falling for a dozen years in a row.
These gains are evidence of a quiet transformation – a revolution of conscience, in which a rising generation is finding that a life of personal responsibility is a life of fulfillment. Government has played a role. Wise policies such as welfare reform, drug education, and support for abstinence and adoption have made a difference in the character of our country. And everyone here tonight, Democrat and Republican, has a right to be proud of this record.
Yet many Americans, especially parents, still have deep concerns about the direction of our culture, and the health of our most basic institutions. They are concerned about unethical conduct by public officials, and discouraged by activist courts that try to redefine marriage. And they worry about children in our society who need direction and love … and about fellow citizens still displaced by natural disaster … and about suffering caused by treatable disease.
As we look at these challenges, we must never give in to the belief that America is in decline, or that our culture is doomed to unravel. The American people know better than that. We have proven the pessimists wrong before – and we will do it again.
A hopeful society depends on courts that deliver equal justice under law. The Supreme Court now has two superb new members, Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Sam Alito. I thank the Senate for confirming both of them. And I will continue to nominate men and women who understand that judges must be servants of the law, and not legislate from the bench. Today marks the official retirement of a very special American. For 24 years of faithful service to our Nation, the United States is grateful to Justice Sandra Day O’Connor.
A hopeful society has institutions of science and medicine that do not cut ethical corners, and that recognize the matchless value of every life. Tonight I ask you to pass legislation to prohibit the most egregious abuses of medical research – human cloning in all its forms … creating or implanting embryos for experiments … creating human-animal hybrids … and buying, selling, or patenting human embryos. Human life is a gift from our Creator – and that gift should never be discarded, devalued, or put up for sale.
A hopeful society expects elected officials to uphold the public trust. Honorable people in both parties are working on reforms to strengthen the ethical standards of Washington – and I support your efforts. Each of us has made a pledge to be worthy of public responsibility – and that is a pledge we must never forget, never dismiss, and never betray.
As we renew the promise of our institutions, let us also show the character of America in our compassion and care for one another.
A hopeful society gives special attention to children who lack direction and love. Through the Helping America’s Youth Initiative, we are encouraging caring adults to get involved in the life of a child – and this good work is led by our First Lady, Laura Bush. This year we will add resources to encourage young people to stay in school – so more of America’s youth can raise their sights and achieve their dreams.
A hopeful society comes to the aid of fellow citizens in times of suffering and emergency – and stays at it until they are back on their feet. So far the Federal government has committed 85 billion dollars to the people of the Gulf Coast and New Orleans. We are removing debris, repairing highways, and building stronger levees. We are providing business loans and housing assistance. Yet as we meet these immediate needs, we must also address deeper challenges that existed before the storm arrived. In New Orleans and in other places, many of our fellow citizens have felt excluded from the promise of our country. The answer is not only temporary relief, but schools that teach every child … and job skills that bring upward mobility … and more opportunities to own a home and start a business. As we recover from a disaster, let us also work for the day when all Americans are protected by justice, equal in hope, and rich in opportunity.
A hopeful society acts boldly to fight diseases like HIV/AIDS, which can be prevented, and treated, and defeated. More than a million Americans live with HIV, and half of all AIDS cases occur among African-Americans. I ask Congress to reform and reauthorize the Ryan White Act … and provide new funding to states, so we end the waiting lists for AIDS medicine in America. We will also lead a nationwide effort, working closely with African-American churches and faith-based groups, to deliver rapid HIV tests to millions, end the stigma of AIDS, and come closer to the day when there are no new infections in America.
Fellow citizens, we have been called to leadership in a period of consequence. We have entered a great ideological conflict we did nothing to invite. We see great changes in science and commerce that will influence all our lives. And sometimes it can seem that history is turning in a wide arc, toward an unknown shore.
Yet the destination of history is determined by human action, and every great movement of history comes to a point of choosing. Lincoln could have accepted peace at the cost of disunity and continued slavery. Martin Luther King could have stopped at Birmingham or at Selma, and achieved only half a victory over segregation. The United States could have accepted the permanent division of Europe, and been complicit in the oppression of others. Today, having come far in our own historical journey, we must decide: Will we turn back, or finish well?
Before history is written down in books, it is written in courage. Like Americans before us, we will show that courage and we will finish well. We will lead freedom’s advance. We will compete and excel in the global economy. We will renew the defining moral commitments of this land. And so we move forward – optimistic about our country, faithful to its cause, and confident of victories to come.
Thank you, God bless you, and may God bless America.
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Now that’s what I am talking about.
SLAPPPP!
January 31st, 2006 at 8:07 pmRetributive Justice .. they reap what they sow
January 31st, 2006 at 8:09 pmEmbargo this…
January 31st, 2006 at 8:10 pmSo, there is a 20 time mention of either terror or terrorist.
That’s alot of drinks right there.
January 31st, 2006 at 8:11 pmI heard on the majority report some clips of the practice the president had
does anyone have a link to that?
January 31st, 2006 at 8:13 pm16 mentions of Iraq or Iraqis.
6 mentions of Iran or Iranians.
January 31st, 2006 at 8:15 pm2 mentions of bin Laden and 1 of Zarqawi
January 31st, 2006 at 8:20 pmZERO mentions of Honesty!
January 31st, 2006 at 8:20 pmULTRA HAXORZ
January 31st, 2006 at 8:21 pmthank god I am not watching corporate teevee-hee hee. I can just see them now with their cameras angling here and there but anywhere to avoid the stains on the rearends of Bush and his partisan quackeroos.
January 31st, 2006 at 8:21 pm[…] Why listen to Bush when you can simply read his speechwriters? […]
January 31st, 2006 at 8:22 pmSpudge_Boy
I’m too lazy and dizzy
How many quips of:
TERROR/TERRORISM
WMD
SADAMISTS
HOMELAND/NATIONAL SECURITY
Ya know, the magic words.
January 31st, 2006 at 8:24 pm#5, me - it’s a parody, but it’s hilarious…take a while to download too
http://youtube.com/ w/ State-of-the-Union-2006—-Bush-Impression?v=upTUbqc5Pso
January 31st, 2006 at 8:26 pmnever mind that he lies to us, i mind that he expects us to believe him
January 31st, 2006 at 8:26 pmMax-1
20 Mentions of Terror/Terrorism
Bush is going to steer clear and not say WMD
No mention of Saddam, not even his capture
10 mentions of Security
16 mentions of Iraq or Iraqis.
6 mentions of Iran or Iranians.
2 mentions of bin Laden and 1 of Zarqawi
January 31st, 2006 at 8:28 pmguess I can go to sleep early and won’t miss a thing in this MSM hyped much about nothing.Same ole tired talk and nothing will be done. Education programs have been cut and housing ,food,meds for the poor have been cut,now doctors are being cut from taking care of their patients on Medicaid and Medicare .Thanks mr bush. Hiv/Aids money is going to churches ,accept jesus and you’ll be cured .Don’t have sex teenagers,hmm, never saw a hormone loaded teen who didn’t play around esp after drinking.
War in Iran just for control of oil ain’t that a crock! War in Iraq just for oil! Next comes South America just for Oil. When is America going to be America and Impeach this mafia cabal and shut that Scotty Mac Mouth Up>>>
January 31st, 2006 at 8:32 pm[…] Think Progress has the full text of the SOTU — the bunches of usual bullshit from Bush. I’m not going to spoil Chase’s live-blogging fun, though, by posting anything in particular. Check out the speech here or stay-tuned for Chase’s live-blogging. […]
January 31st, 2006 at 8:32 pmprecisely
when they follow the rules
others will too.
it’s the function of leadership,
isn’t it
to set the example, to follow the rules.
if the leaders don’t follow the rules but we continue to , then we’re suckers.
thanks, think progress
p.s. glad judd’s back. the site was tepid without him.
January 31st, 2006 at 8:34 pmIf I were the head of the DNC (H.Reed) I would get all the Dem’s together and tell them that every time GW spouts something that makes the repug’s rise to ovation but is against Dem’s Ideals, we also rise to our feet, raise our right arm and signal a thumb’s down! And hold it till the repugs stop applauding. Sit back down when they do. It just might start us as a party with a backbone and show America the unity we need to show to be a strong party again. At the very least it would steel the show from him and I’ll bet It would become a tradition or the norm from then on.
January 31st, 2006 at 8:37 pmYou can’t stop watching. It’s like a train wreck.
January 31st, 2006 at 8:38 pmWill y’all be in trouble for breaking the embargo? If so, what happens — referred to the UN? ;)
January 31st, 2006 at 8:43 pmBush starts out by saying:
And then in the same breath goes into attack mode with this:
Clearly he is saying that those who want to end this war are simply retreating. This is an attack.
Interesting that Bush replaced “Iraq” and “Saddam” with “a failed and oppressive state” leaving it open for him to say “I meant Afganistan”.
And I’m only this far in the speech. I guess my comment would be WAY too long if I kept going, so perhaps I’ll stop here.
January 31st, 2006 at 8:45 pmHow he compares the war on terror to the World Wars, Martin Luther King, Jr (civil rights movement), and the civil war (Lincoln) is beyond me…
January 31st, 2006 at 8:47 pmHere’s our little diversion - a new spoof blog:
http://littlegreenfascists.blogspot.com
January 31st, 2006 at 8:47 pmEnemies of freedom? Uh . . . mr. pot — meet mr. kettle.
January 31st, 2006 at 8:47 pmWe are removing debris, repairing highways, and building stronger levees. We are providing business loans and housing assistance. Yet as we meet these immediate needs, we must also address deeper challenges that existed before the storm arrived.
It would be nice if he could get all of the dead collected so they could be properly buried. Over 3,200 still unaccounted for.
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January 31st, 2006 at 8:50 pmAnything about Poland?
January 31st, 2006 at 8:51 pmEarlier news reports this evening indicated that Cindy Sheehan said she will be part of the live audience during the president’s State of the Union speech to congress Tuesday.
Bay Area Congresswoman Lynn Woosley gave anti-war activist a gallery pass late Tuesday, just hours before the planned State of the Union speech. Sheehan was in Washington to protest the president during his national address, but then came word she was invited to see the speech live.
A spokesman for Sheehan says she decided to accept the invitation two hours prior to the speech. The spokesman also said that Sheehan will be respectful and listen to the address because she is a guest of a member of congress.
CNN is now reporting that since she unfolded some banner ???while she was seated in her seat that she broke a House rule…and they say say she was arrested by the Capitol Police in the House Chamber and will be questioned for an hour or so??? Sad.
January 31st, 2006 at 8:52 pmPoland? Nope, he forgot ‘em.
January 31st, 2006 at 8:52 pmI don’t see any 9/11 stuff. I must be asleep.
January 31st, 2006 at 8:54 pmSince 2001, we have spent nearly 10 billion dollars to develop cleaner, cheaper, more reliable alternative energy sources – and we are on the threshold of incredible advances. So tonight, I announce the Advanced Energy Initiative – a 22-percent increase in clean-energy research at the Department of Energy, to push for breakthroughs in two vital areas.
~10 billion/5 years since 2001 = 2 billion dollars a year
2 billion * 22% = 2.44 billion increase in energy research
Throwing around big numbers does not mean big changes…
January 31st, 2006 at 8:54 pmSo? He’s gonna hand out Ethanhol subsidies.
Big deal. More funding for technologies that don’t work.
There is NOTHING earth shattering in this speech.
January 31st, 2006 at 8:56 pmThrowing around big numbers does not mean big changes…
Shh. You’ll burst his bubble.
January 31st, 2006 at 8:57 pmHm, sounds like the same old same old.
I especially like the advice from one of the most divisive presidents ever that we should be united and not let debates
January 31st, 2006 at 8:59 pmdivide us, etc, etc.
He has said pretty much the same things for the past 5 years.
Except now he has to apologize for Katrina. (We’re cleaning it up is as close to an apology as we’re gonna get).
January 31st, 2006 at 8:59 pm“We will choose to act confidently in pursuing the enemies of freedom”
Pursue the enemies of freedom - Messrs Bush and Cheney - to impeachment, removal from office, and jail
January 31st, 2006 at 9:00 pmI am crying now.
Excuse me for a moment.
January 31st, 2006 at 9:00 pmSate of The Onion———peel it back and each layer stinks worst than the last;so bad it will make your eyes water, kind of like rank B.O.
January 31st, 2006 at 9:00 pmi dont see where he tells the american people that we have spent $237 billion in iraq.
that should HAVE to be included…
no one has to die tomorroW.
January 31st, 2006 at 9:01 pmSo? He’s gonna hand out Ethanhol subsidies.
I’m sure our grandchildren’s grandchildren will glady pay for it. Assuming his failed foreign non-policies don’t kill us all.
January 31st, 2006 at 9:01 pmLoL, on NBC they just said Bush was in the small holding room behind the closed french doors.
LOL, I wish he were in a SMALL HOLDING ROOM.
January 31st, 2006 at 9:01 pmHe clearly does not know a healthy debate is a great way to bring people and opposing thoughts together. You may not agree with the other point of view, but you can understand how that person came to feel that way. And that leads to acceptance and genuine tolerance.
January 31st, 2006 at 9:02 pmFor the Conservtive BUsh Trolls that enter here tonite, Heres the propaganda source, YOUR Taxpayer MONEY, Under a Plan of Rumsfelds, Please read it no matter what your party affiliations. Any Media Group associated with this program distributes disinformation. 100 million dollars Worth to support a War thats cost 2000+ American lives, 150,000 Iraqis. Up to 2 trillion dollars for the War, 8 billion missing in Iraq, Which has likely helped to WEAKEN NAtional Security for BUSH sent CASH, Pallets, and Pallets of it. that was Lost, somehow? 194 million has also gone missing to Contractors that never did the work. The Congress passed some legislation that War Profiteers cant be held accountable, All these trillions of losses and Halliburton and Exxon have Record Profits.
Up to $100m campaign enlists balls, bumper stickers in terror fight
The task order for a stealth global propaganda campaign ordered by the U.S. Special Operations Command and carried out by a Washington-based defense contractor with scant experience reveals that the Defense Department has pursued a more aggressive international “information” campaign than previously realized.
The contract awarded to the Lincoln Group — the firm which planted false news stories in the Iraqi media — was obtained through the Freedom of Information Act by activist blogger Michael Petrelis (Petrelis Files) and provided to RAW STORY. While the program has been reported on before, the contract has never been made public before today.
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Perhaps the most striking element of the contract is the emphasis on psychological operations and its open-ended scope. Valued at up to $100 million, the five-year Lincoln Group contract allows the U.S. military to deploy strategic messages — not bound by truth — in any non-combat theater across the globe.
When a Pentagon official was asked about the program late last year, he remarked, “While the product may not carry the label, ‘Made in the USA,’ we will respond truthfully if asked.”
The Lincoln Group deal is one of three made with U.S. firms to assist Special Forces in psychological operations worldwide, according to previous media reports. The Special Forces’ solicitation for proposals outlines the complex calculus required of the contractor to manipulate the opinion of “foreign audiences” to “garner support for US Government (sic) policies and objectives.”
Sophisticated psychological campaign
Sophisticated psychological warfare, or “psyops,” is high on the list. Lincoln was tasked not only with creating messages that blend in with local environments, but also with using advanced corporate techniques — including market research and focus groups — to engender support for American objectives worldwide.
“Based on market research and analysis, develop and/or validate proposed themes, symbols, and messages that will elicit responses from the recipients that achieve stated goals and objectives.”
In other words, citizens of countries worldwide — even those of U.S. allies — could be the unwitting target of a U.S. information campaign. No longer foreigners, targets are simply dubbed “recipients.”
And Lincoln’s Pentagon propaganda isn’t just newspaper articles — as it was in Iraq. Novelty items, including bumper stickers and balls, are a key arsenal in the Pentagon’s information war on terror.
“Contractor must possess or have access to resources and facilities to include but not be limited to recording studios, film studios, voice/actor personalities, language translators, and novelty item (sic) (t-shirts, balls, bumper stickers, etc.) production as required.”
Focus groups are key.
“Prototype products must include pretesting with proposed foreign audiences, or surrogates, to ensure they resonate culturally and convey the themes and messages required to meet stated goals and objectives,” the request for contractors reads.
Contract omits safeguards, transparency
Michael Petrelis, the San Francisco-based blogger who filed the requests, said he felt the contract was notable more for what was left out of the contract than what was in it, noting their were few boundaries for what was acceptable and unacceptable — such as whether psychological operations can plant false information.
Indeed, the contract itself says the contractor should be allowed “maximum flexibility.”
“The management objective is to allow the contract maximum flexibility to facilitate planning, development, coordinating and excuting of media approach, product development and distribution,” the contract notes. “Another objective is to maintain clear government visibility into the program schedule, performance, and risks.”
January 31st, 2006 at 9:03 pmThat being said, it lays out no system for informing the American taxpayer of what campaigns have taken place, or any measure of their effectiveness. The Lincoln Group’s subversive operations in Iraq — which planted newspaper articles favorable to the U.S. occupation — only came out as a result of reporting by the Los Angeles Times and the New York Times.
“Where’s the repository for whatever they created?” Petrelis asks. “Not spelled out in that contract.”
No reporting has identified what activities the Lincoln Group has engaged in in other countries. The company has come under fire for alleged inexperience in such campaigns and ties to the Bush campaign apparatus. A Chicago Tribune article reported that Lincoln’s PR workers in Iraq “included three Republican operatives who helped run the Bush campaign in Illinois and had no apparent experience in Iraq.”
A corollary document released by the National Security Archive last week revealed the Pentagon’s “roadmap” for foreign propaganda campaigns, which raised new concerns that potentially fictive information campaigns have polluted the American press.
In the document, titled “Information Operations Roadmap,” Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld acknowledged that information planted by the Pentagon abroad was increasingly returning to American shores and being “consumed by our domestic audience.”
And while it calls for “boundaries” between psyops and the American news media, it offers no such restrictions between the potentially fictional campaigns and the foreign press.
According to the military definition of psyops, its goals include manipulating emotional and objective reasoning — suggesting that the information campaigns are not limited to objective truth.
Psyops are defined as “planned operations to convey selected information and indicators to foreign audiences to influence the emotions, motives, objective reasoning, and ultimately the behavior of foreign governments, organizations, groups, and individuals.”
Petrelis emphasizes, as he has with previous documents copied to RAW STORY, that filing FOIA requests is the duty of citizens seeking to understand the complexities of the American democracy.
“Let’s not forget how important it is for us to keep asking for documents and filing FOIAs,” Petrelis remarked. His blog, Petrelis Files, is at http://petrelisfiles.com/.
Ugh. I think I’m going to be sick. There he is…….
January 31st, 2006 at 9:03 pmHey, he didn’t mention that female troops are dying in their sleep of dehydration in iraq ’cause they’re afraid to drink any fluids after mid-day for fear of being raped on the way to the facilities in the night. I guess the recruiters will tell the high school girls that stuff, eh?
January 31st, 2006 at 9:04 pmDAMN!
I purposely missed SOTU address, and less than ONE HOUR LATER
it’s over???
Oue nation’s standing was less than ONE HOUR?????
With all the crap we’re in to………..
Hmmmmm….. Guess they didn’t want to give Dubya too much to say at once….. dope that he is. Afraid he’d get diverted like he did last week with the swinging camera…!
CLASSIC!
He is by far the WORST PRESIDENT EVER.
January 31st, 2006 at 9:04 pmHas he started lying yet?
January 31st, 2006 at 9:04 pm-
Man they just love to pat each other on the back.
While Americans are dying they’re in there telling each other what great jobs they’re all doing.
January 31st, 2006 at 9:04 pmCINDY SHEEHAN WAS ARRESTED!
January 31st, 2006 at 9:04 pm[…] A year ago, he had capital to spend. This year, it’s a footnote in his speech: Congress did not act last year on my proposal to save Social Security, yet the rising cost of entitlements is a problem that is not going away – and with every year we fail to act, the situation gets worse. So tonight, I ask you to join me in creating a commission to examine the full impact of Baby Boom retirements on Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. This commission should include Members of Congress of both parties, and offer bipartisan answers. […]
January 31st, 2006 at 9:05 pmI dont even think The trolls will argue that was one useless Plug.
January 31st, 2006 at 9:05 pmfor unfolding a banner,
this is so crazy, she was in the building when the capital police took her out, this is from cnn, so who knows….
January 31st, 2006 at 9:06 pmLet me know if he has any members of Hamas showing their purple fingers!
January 31st, 2006 at 9:06 pmIs this the live thread for the SOTU?
January 31st, 2006 at 9:06 pmUs women will just have to get over the men folk talking control of our uteruses since god won’t step in and do it for them.
January 31st, 2006 at 9:07 pmCindy Sheehan was an invited guest. Now she’s been arrested.
Well Seig freakin Heil.
January 31st, 2006 at 9:07 pmHas he started lying yet?
Started??
January 31st, 2006 at 9:08 pmDo you know if there are still SOTU tickets left on razorgator.com? They seem to have forgotten to send them this year…
January 31st, 2006 at 9:08 pmServe with WHO?
January 31st, 2006 at 9:08 pmThere are more than 2 parties, or not?
January 31st, 2006 at 9:09 pmHas he stopped lying yet?
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January 31st, 2006 at 9:09 pmAw, he wants goodwill between the parties. Ain’t that nice…
January 31st, 2006 at 9:10 pmRespect for one another? jsut like the neocons show anyone with a different view?
January 31st, 2006 at 9:10 pmWhile they’re sitting there in their finery, congratulating themselves on being masters of the universe, people are suffering.
People are dying.
Must be nice to be corrupt. No worries, no guilt.
January 31st, 2006 at 9:10 pm“repressive state”????? HE means Saudi Arabia, right????
January 31st, 2006 at 9:11 pmAct Boldy in freedoms cause?
When can we do that over here?
January 31st, 2006 at 9:11 pmAw, he wants goodwill between the parties. Ain’t that nice…
He resigned?!? Oh, hallelujah! I *will* go to church on Sunday!
January 31st, 2006 at 9:11 pmHey,
January 31st, 2006 at 9:13 pmI know an enemy of freedom - he’s speaking right now! God, listening to W just makes me sick.
I only stuck around to see what you guys had to say. I think I’m going to walk my dog.
January 31st, 2006 at 9:13 pmAllowing the Violent to Inherit the Earth.
He just quoted Jesus again, replacing MEEK with VIOLENT.
January 31st, 2006 at 9:14 pmWhere’s the rest of the Supreme Court??? I have NEVER seen ANY of them NOT show up??? REMARKABLE!!!! THEY HATE FREEDOM!!
January 31st, 2006 at 9:15 pmBrilliant speech so far, and he is just decimating the Democrats.
January 31st, 2006 at 9:15 pmhow many are missing i havent seen them
January 31st, 2006 at 9:15 pm20 Mentions of Terror/Terrorism
Bush is going to steer clear and not say WMD
No mention of Saddam, not even his capture
10 mentions of Security
16 mentions of Iraq or Iraqis.
6 mentions of Iran or Iranians.
2 mentions of bin Laden and 1 of Zarqawi
Comment by Spudge_Boy — January 31, 2006 @ 8:28 pm
When Bush took office, I thouhgt he wanted to restore dignity to the White House. Wouldn’t that require him mentioning how many times someone has/has not had oral sex in the White House? Including him and Rover with other men?
January 31st, 2006 at 9:16 pmoops. Didn’t realize I had to hit the post button. I’m a greenie at this. Any details about Cindy? If he did have her arrested, it shows what a true coward he is — as if we didn’t know that already.
January 31st, 2006 at 9:16 pmLook at those SPINELESS DEMOCRATS clapping and applauding.
Good little lapdogs, too scared to look UnPatriotic.
What we need now is MUSCULAR DEMOCRATS!
January 31st, 2006 at 9:16 pmWe are WINNING?
I wonder what loosing looks like :|
January 31st, 2006 at 9:17 pmblah blah blah
January 31st, 2006 at 9:18 pmThe Democrats are looking like they’re at a funeral.
This is an epic speech which will redefine the debate in this country.
January 31st, 2006 at 9:19 pmSee you good advice???? Another lie.
January 31st, 2006 at 9:20 pmHail to the thief or is that queef?
January 31st, 2006 at 9:20 pmThe road to victory?? Whatever. “We have adjusted our military tactics”, which is why casualty rates are actually going up, I guess. Oops, is that “defeatism”?
January 31st, 2006 at 9:20 pmWow, he really opened up a can of Repug Whup ASS!! He told the Dems to NOT CRITICIZE him cause it ain’t helpful!!
January 31st, 2006 at 9:21 pmNag in Chief!!!!!
He sounds like a mean Nanny!!!
Wait.
I refused to watch SOTU…
was Sheehan there? Did she then get arrested?
What’s going on?
I hate this SOB “Pres”
He’s not MY Pres!
I HATE GEORGE BUSH!!!!!!!
Suck on that, scumface NSA traitors!!!!!!
But I LOVE America! Have my desk flag flying on my comp right now…
January 31st, 2006 at 9:21 pmA couple of quick things I noticed:
In recent years, you and I have taken unprecedented action to fight AIDS…
Instead of “action” I think he meant “non-action”
A hopeful society comes to the aid of fellow citizens in times of suffering and emergency
Instead of “comes to the aid of” I think he meant “ignores”
I only scanned quickly his bullshit speech. It’s too depressing to read in detail. Lies, lies and more lies.
January 31st, 2006 at 9:21 pmYou know what “fighting house to house” means - it means murdering civilians. But W doesn’t care about that. After all, he had 150 people murdered when he was still governor.
January 31st, 2006 at 9:22 pmHi,
I’m new at this. I tried posting something like this a bit abck and then it disappeared.
I just wanted to say that this speech made me feel very sad. I am glad the speech was posted as I currently have no radio, TV or a sound card.
I think Bush is a threat to himself and his country and shoud be put in a psych ward due to a concretized delusional worldview.
January 31st, 2006 at 9:22 pmThank you.
Yet there is a difference between responsible criticism that aims for success, and defeatism that refuses to acknowledge anything but failure. Hindsight alone is not wisdom. And second-guessing is not a strategy.
What about self-reflection that denies any wrongdoing.
January 31st, 2006 at 9:23 pm“Raising up a democracy requires the rule of law” … let’s see, FISA, hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
January 31st, 2006 at 9:26 pmIt’s time to take a walk. Nukluear weapons. Ugh. More war talk. I’m out of here.
January 31st, 2006 at 9:26 pm“a nation now held hostage by a small clerical elite that is isolating and repressing its people”
Takes one to know one, I guess.
January 31st, 2006 at 9:27 pmW has no conscious and no conscience.
January 31st, 2006 at 9:30 pmAnd look where the Democrats are putting themselves when it comes to terrorist monitoring.
January 31st, 2006 at 9:31 pmOk, wait…
We have someone talking about Cindy Sheehan being arrested…
WEe have DopeHead saying Iran is a threat NOW (ummmm,,,, what about North Korea for the past couple of years…?)
Has this entire nation gone to the Twilight Zone?
This is soooo messed up…
January 31st, 2006 at 9:33 pmEternal war. Here we go. His instincts are clearly totalitarian.
January 31st, 2006 at 9:33 pmWhen George says “Immigrants”, he MEANS “ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS”!!!
January 31st, 2006 at 9:34 pmLook at those SPINELESS DEMOCRATS clapping and applauding.
Prolly afraid he’ll toss ‘em in Gitmo.
January 31st, 2006 at 9:34 pmhuh?
January 31st, 2006 at 9:35 pmSo the Dems finally have a strategy!!! Applauding SS not being touched. Does he looked pissed!!!!
January 31st, 2006 at 9:39 pmGee, I thought I stated it succinctly.
January 31st, 2006 at 9:40 pmAll the Democrats stood up for “not acting on my bill”
January 31st, 2006 at 9:40 pmWhat the HELL country is he TALKING ABOUT?????????????
January 31st, 2006 at 9:42 pmWe all know education is a competition…
January 31st, 2006 at 9:48 pmWhat nation?
January 31st, 2006 at 9:48 pmOh, here we go: gays being bashed. Check.
January 31st, 2006 at 9:51 pmThe 1st 15 minutes I didn’t see any Coke Jaw, in fact, hadn’t seen any jaw grinding in speeches in the past week.
Oops, he let one slip after big applause… A few more…Stumbling a bit.
Choreography is tight; look how fast Liebermann jumps up like a lap dog.
wink wink,
hand on heart, bless you Wesus!
Change teleprompter every three seconds, and stop grinding your jaw you coke head.
Double grind just before patriot act.
Token Islamic on Laura’s right and Token Black on the left, they are so inclusive!
January 31st, 2006 at 9:54 pmKathleen Blanco, and Mary Landrieu…….SEETHING!!!!!!!!!!!!
January 31st, 2006 at 9:55 pmOh, I see it now - Desi meant probly. Typing skills are not a factor in this environment. I make a misteak now and then.
January 31st, 2006 at 9:56 pmThis message board is why you liberals/progressives/socialists/whatever keep losing. See you (or maybe not) in November.
January 31st, 2006 at 9:56 pmThis President is such a FRIGGING LIGHTWEIGHT!!
January 31st, 2006 at 9:59 pmHe dared the congress to bow before him. He is not about to concede one scintilla. He is in power, and he is defiant. He is not at all willing to negotiate or bargain with anyone, any party; he will not hear a contrary word. It’s more of the old “my way or the highway.”
January 31st, 2006 at 10:03 pmSo much for a Democratic republic. So much for civil discourse. He is all brute force. The next trhree years are looking more grim than ever.
So let me get this straight:
Terrorists: Bad
Iran: Bad
Hamas: Bad
Violent folks inheriting the Earth: Bad
Fighting and killing folks in Iraq in the name of “freedom”: Good
Fighting and getting killed in Iraq in the name of “freedom”: Good
Attending the speech as an invited guest and mother of a son who died FOR freedom: Bad
Immigrants (aka illegal aliens who come and sponge off our healthcare/welfare systems and provide a slave labor force for cheap-ass corporations: Good
Laura Bush: REALLY Good (and hot in that pink suit)
Nucular weapons: naughty
Nucular power plants: not on my ranch, but in poor minority communities in the South–why not, could be Good!
Can I throw up now? I kept waiting for his head to explode every time he had to say a word with more than two syllables. Hail to the weasel!
January 31st, 2006 at 10:07 pmQueer people should just pay your taxes and keep our mouths shut. How many queer folk pay taxes for education for the “straight” people? I dont mind that your kids learn stuff, but the “radical judges” thing just Pisses me off!!
January 31st, 2006 at 10:10 pmThere inability to really be compasionate is why he is a liar!
[Kane]: “There’s a better way!”
Higher taxes, increased spending, more worthless entitlement programs, and unconditional surrender in Iraq.
January 31st, 2006 at 10:16 pmLook guys and dolls (PC statement) this president cares as muich about you as he cares about unaborted babies. Think about it.
January 31st, 2006 at 10:17 pmvicTORY–you must be so proud of your president’s killing of innocent people in Iraq, the fact that the government will have to BORROW 188 billion dollars to pay its bills during this coming quarter of the fiscal year, and the unfunded “No Child Left Behind” unfunded mandate that requires results without providing the necessary funding for them to be fulfilled. THAT is your president you moron.
January 31st, 2006 at 10:21 pmWAKE UP AMERICA
A prophetic and telling statement. Of course the BushCo is not one of those and G.W. Bush most certainly does not concider himself a public official.
WAKE UP AMERICA
Lets resore the hope, gather up your kindlings of disdains, pettition your Congress to do their jobs and to light the fires that will smoke out the corruptive, immoral and delinquent Executive known as BushCo.
AMERICA WAKE UP
January 31st, 2006 at 10:26 pm#116 Comment by Notstupid
Compassionate Conservative = You’re with me or against me
When will the C.C. and this C.C. pull that God that which they flaunt, out their asses and begin to put into practice what they believe. Jesus would roll over in His grave had He not risen at how they whore Him to the world. Babalon is upon us.
January 31st, 2006 at 10:33 pmNothing to see here. Move along……
The State of the Union address. All the standing up and sitting down is so the clap-happy audience gets a……
January 31st, 2006 at 10:36 pmHow the Republicans plan to keep the education “edge”…
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February 1st, 2006 at 1:31 amHmmmmm I seem to remember him telling the terrorist to bring it on…or someother similiar Rambo type shit…Any have the correct qoute?
February 1st, 2006 at 5:11 amGum-flappin’, lying pile-o-crap!!!!!!! Every day is opposite day in Bush World. Every word out of his pie-hole just another lie! Jayzus!!! I am amazed my head did not explode. I did have to keep my eyes shut… I would have damaged my poor, innocent T.V. If there was a God, he would have been struck dead on the spot. There is no justice. Not anymore. AAAAARRRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!! That’s better, sort of.
February 1st, 2006 at 6:18 amI agree!
Bush is evil but we are good!
He is wrong but we are correct!
He is happy but we are angry!
And we will stay angry!
Anger is good! Happy is bad!
Dario
February 1st, 2006 at 8:26 am[…] In his State of the Union address yesterday, President Bush spent a measly two minutes and 15 seconds on the lack of energy independence of this country. Literally, he spoke of this country’s “addiction” to imported oil, and he pledged to reduce that dependence in the next 15 years. He said this:”Breakthroughs on this and other new technologies will help us reach another great goal: to replace more than 75 percent of our oil imports from the Middle East by 2025.” Literally. Most people assumed that meant he wants to replace more than 75 percent of our oil imports from the Middle East by 2025 with other energy sources. Yet, it turns out his pronouncement has been taken too literally: WASHINGTON - One day after President Bush vowed to reduce America’s dependence on Middle East oil by cutting imports from there 75 percent by 2025, his energy secretary and national economic adviser said Wednesday that the president didn’t mean it literally. […]
February 1st, 2006 at 9:47 pmBush sucks he dosent know what hes talking about
February 7th, 2006 at 11:44 amIam agangsta and what george bush
February 7th, 2006 at 11:45 amHE SUCKS BIG NUTS
February 7th, 2006 at 11:46 ambush you are and big cock sucker
February 7th, 2006 at 11:49 amyour gay cause you are over there saying crap that aint true
February 7th, 2006 at 11:50 amBush is a lier he is always promising stuff and he never does what he says
February 7th, 2006 at 11:55 amBush ur raises cause every time u make a speech or say something u always talk about americans and not about us the mexicans *right people*
February 7th, 2006 at 12:15 pmTurd sniffer
February 7th, 2006 at 12:19 pmYall better stop talking about me
February 7th, 2006 at 12:24 pmwell waz up im mexican and proud
February 7th, 2006 at 12:28 pmi hate your white ass u racist biatch
February 8th, 2006 at 10:07 amU WHITE BITCH U SUCK HAIRRY BALL’S
February 8th, 2006 at 10:11 amU RACIST BITCH VOTE 4 PEDRO
February 8th, 2006 at 10:21 amGeorge bush hate black people.
February 8th, 2006 at 10:24 amFUCK U U WHITE BITCH
February 8th, 2006 at 10:39 amU SUCK ALEX HAIRRY BALL’S
February 8th, 2006 at 10:40 amBUSH HAS A SON BUT HE ITMEET’S IT IN ARIZONA FRED INMEN
February 8th, 2006 at 10:42 amU BITCH
February 8th, 2006 at 10:44 amSUCK A BABY FAT BALL’S BITCH
February 8th, 2006 at 10:45 am