{"id":2455,"date":"2011-01-26T08:52:20","date_gmt":"2011-01-26T13:52:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=2455"},"modified":"2011-01-26T14:19:06","modified_gmt":"2011-01-26T19:19:06","slug":"my-2-cents-on-obamas-state-of-the-union-address","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2011\/01\/26\/my-2-cents-on-obamas-state-of-the-union-address\/","title":{"rendered":"My 2 Cents on Obama’s State of the Union Address"},"content":{"rendered":"

The following riff is part of an American Conservative forum<\/strong><\/a> on Obama’s speech.<\/p>\n

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\nThe State of the Union address has long since become \u201chip boot\u201d time. Shortly after the speech finished, the CNN webpage showed a large photo of Obama giving the speech along with a brief outtake: \u201cCNN BREAKING NEWS: \u2018What Comes of This Moment is Up to Us.\u2019\u201d I prefer the motto of the 1960s-era druggies: \u201cWherever you go, there you are.\u201d At least the potheads didn\u2019t think their maxim was profound or breaking news. <\/p>\n

Obama made some reasonable comments about the need to cut spending – at the same time he repeated his hokum about \u201cinvesting in education,\u201d green energy, magical infrastructure spending, etc. He recited the usual laundry list – Iran, North Korea, et. al. – of locations waiting for a pretext for the next American war. I remember when Bill Clinton used a State of the Union address to announce that \u201cthe era of Big Government is over.\u201d The bootlicking TV pundits loved that line – and they also cheered Clinton\u2019s continual championing of new government interventions. <\/p>\n

Obama talked about this as America\u2019s \u201cSputnik moment.\u201d But the real \u201cSputnik moment\u201d country needs is an awakening to the perils of Weasel Central. Watching Obama walk down the aisle last night with so many the members of Congress desperate to be seen on television touching Obama\u2019s sleeve or catching his eyes: what reasonable, sober person would trust such a pathetic bunch of grovelers? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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