"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."
I GIVE HIM A PASS ON THIS ONE, HE HAD TO TALK ABOUT IT, either way, he was going to get it but, how would he treat her if the Rev. MLK's struggle was happening today?
"But even tough debates can be conducted in a civil tone, and our differences cannot be allowed to harden into anger". (4th Par., line 3)
AH?
"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." (5th par., line 13)
THIS IS FUNNY.
"Abroad, our nation is committed to an historic, long-term goal -- we seek the end of tyranny in our world." (6th par., line 1)
AND THIS IS SCARY, what with the Unitary Executive and Interpretative Signing Statements?
"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." (7th Par., line 6)
TELLING CHOICE OF COUNTRIES TO NAME, ISN'T?
"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." (8th Par.)
ISN'T THIS CLASSIC REGRESSIVE's PROJECTION OR WHAT?
"They seek to impose a heartless system of totalitarian control throughout the Middle East, and arm themselves with weapons of mass murder." (9th Par., line 2)
MORE REPUGNICAN PROJECTION.
"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." ( 10th Par., line 4)
FOREVER WAR.
"Once again, we accept the call of history to deliver the oppressed, and move this world toward peace." (11th Par., line 3)
To whom and which? These pesky "Mythological Little People" Better watch out. I hope he is not talking about mass rendition or deliver to the Creator. Is he talking about people of color, women, queer folk, poor people in general or all of the above?
"And we are on the offensive in Iraq, with a clear plan for victory". (14th Par., line 1)
Another funny.
"The road of victory is the road that will take our troops home." (16TH Par., line 1)
The troops won't come home any time soon.
"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". (17th Par., line 2)
THIS GUY IS A RIOT!!!
""Hindsight alone is not wisdom. And second-guessing is not a strategy." (18th Par., line 2)
Of course not! They are colloquialisms for postmortem analysis useful prior to remedial intervention toward developing a REAL STRATEGY!
"With so much in the balance, those of us in public office have a duty to speak with candor." (19th Par., line 1)
The cojones of this guy, they are either made of solid brass or foam rubber, neither can be broken.
"we honor our brave troops, let us never forget the sacrifices of America's military families." (21st Par.)
The nerve, when considering how he screws soldiers, veterans, casualties and their families at every turn. Today he praised a dead soldier's wife and arrested a dead soldier's mother in the building where he was. For wearing a verboten type of shirt?
"Our offensive against terror involves more than military action". (22nd Par., line 1)
Uh uh. NSA?
"Raising up a democracy requires the rule of law, protection of minorities, and strong, accountable institutions that last longer than a single vote". (22nd Par., line 5)
Candle in the street and darkness at home? Or, just Newspeak?
"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 -- and that must come to an end." (23rd Par., Line 1)
Projection, and -- Holy shit! We're going to attack Iran.
"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. (23rd Par., line 6)
We'll see.
"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." (24th Par.)
This one is difficult, it goes something like this, lie, lie lie, true, true,lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, BIG LIE! (Wasn't a wealthy nation behind Iran-Contra/crack in LA and it is behind heroine production and distribution in/from Afghanistan?).
He's more difficult to interpret than Cantinflas
who with his incoherent brilliance trumps Bushspeech's and was always funny, generous, brave, compassionate and always spoke truth to power in his movies and in real life. (The former mumbles and fumbles a language and the latter creates and delivers another at an art form level)
"I ask you to reauthorize the Patriot Act." (26th Par. line 6)
You have to acknowledge it, he is stubbornly persistent.
"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 Quad 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 Qaeda 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 Qaeda, we want to know about it -- because we will not sit back and wait to be hit again."
WOW! Let's see, true, true, lie, lie, lie, true, lie, lie, true, lie, BIG LIE, lie, lie, a liesel? (Between a lie and a weasel (Courtesy of Al Franken's Show AAR))
"when freedom is on the march"
Out of the US of A - Uuugh! Uuuugh! Aaaarrgh! Uuugh! Uuuugh! Aaaarrgh! Uuugh! Uuuugh! Aaaarrgh!
Ok, I'm back. Jesus! I hate to throw up a good dinner.
Can I borrow an Icepick? I need a more humane form of torture and I just may use it on me instead of doing...
SOTU interpreted. Ok, deciphered, deconstructed? Maybe debunked? Ahhhhg! What a hell! Something on SOTU - Part II