Deceit and Misdirection in the State of the Union
| By Ralph T - Jan 26th, 2007 at 6:22 pm EST |
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Categories: Foreign Policy & Security, Smart Energy Policy, Effective & Ethical Government, Electoral Reform, Separation of Powers / Federalism, Budget Priorities
Categories: Foreign Policy & Security, Smart Energy Policy, Effective & Ethical Government, Electoral Reform, Separation of Powers / Federalism, Budget Priorities
All expectations of quality drama and entertainment Tuesday night have now been squashed from all corners. With the world stage at his beck and call the current occupant of the White House (coWH) deserved the Vaudeville "hook."
The sooner we all recognize that the coWH is playing a shell-game using domestic issues to flim-flam the opposition from fully scrutinizing his tricks, the better. Sure, he's opened some new bags with enticing goodies, but it's still a sham.
In stereotypical neo-con fashion he has offered a token taste of attractive domestic initiatives: health care, alternative energy sources and average fuel mileage standards. Polite analysts have described them using the terms "modest" to "timid and irrelevant." Most, point out that innovative states are more likely to produce substantive progress in the next two-years. Colorado should strive to be one of them.
The cheap talk presented by the coWH defies the fact that he has almost whole-heartedly ignored the truly bi-partisan findings and recommended actions of the Baker-Hamilton Commission. This is an indicator that the coWH will conduct business for the next 724-days expecting the same behavior from the Congress, the Courts and the American people as he received the previous six-years.
21,500 soldiers and marines are enroute to Iraq. There's not much that anyone can do to halt the "decider" in this tragic maneuver. That leaves the moral and ethical imperative to stand publicly and on the record against this folly.
The coWH will use his executive powers to ram more young Americans into the heart of the Iraqi Insurgency, and break the budgets of all other areas of the Federal government to see this through. Every budget line that the Congress has not already "fenced" for a more narrow purpose of funds will be logically, or subversively, used to support the "surge."
The nation is on the verge of the coWH proving that he is indeed suffocating under the weight of a ruined presidency. The danger is high and the Democratic leaders in the Congress and the States must stay true to their agenda and the increasing necessity to protect America.
The sooner we all recognize that the coWH is playing a shell-game using domestic issues to flim-flam the opposition from fully scrutinizing his tricks, the better. Sure, he's opened some new bags with enticing goodies, but it's still a sham.
In stereotypical neo-con fashion he has offered a token taste of attractive domestic initiatives: health care, alternative energy sources and average fuel mileage standards. Polite analysts have described them using the terms "modest" to "timid and irrelevant." Most, point out that innovative states are more likely to produce substantive progress in the next two-years. Colorado should strive to be one of them.
The cheap talk presented by the coWH defies the fact that he has almost whole-heartedly ignored the truly bi-partisan findings and recommended actions of the Baker-Hamilton Commission. This is an indicator that the coWH will conduct business for the next 724-days expecting the same behavior from the Congress, the Courts and the American people as he received the previous six-years.
21,500 soldiers and marines are enroute to Iraq. There's not much that anyone can do to halt the "decider" in this tragic maneuver. That leaves the moral and ethical imperative to stand publicly and on the record against this folly.
The coWH will use his executive powers to ram more young Americans into the heart of the Iraqi Insurgency, and break the budgets of all other areas of the Federal government to see this through. Every budget line that the Congress has not already "fenced" for a more narrow purpose of funds will be logically, or subversively, used to support the "surge."
The nation is on the verge of the coWH proving that he is indeed suffocating under the weight of a ruined presidency. The danger is high and the Democratic leaders in the Congress and the States must stay true to their agenda and the increasing necessity to protect America.
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