Repeal - not only a way to oppose this oppresive set of laws but it would also remove the disturbing idea that we can fix one provision in a monstrosity and call that progress.

I'm tired of putting another set of lawyers in place in Washington that fail to listen to the mandate the people really are wanting.

There is no discussion here, just like when the Democrats were in power. They had no bipartisanship and they didn't want any. Why play a game that we care on the conservative side anymore than they did? I lean towards heading back to whatever budget we can afford (even though I get a DoD paycheck) and doing away with departments that have served no function since their founding.

Quit pretending like we're doing the business of the American people in DC and actually DO IT!

"If you like the efficiency of the Post Office, the competence of FEMA and the compassion of the IRS, you will love the nationalized health care bill." --Rep. Ted Poe (R-TX)

Have you seen the Post Office ads for their "If it fits, it ships" packages? Well I decided to give them a try and ordered a variety pack from their website. Let's see now - I placed the order, to be delivered to my door, on 01/15/2011 and, as of today(01/26/2011), it still has NOT been "delivered to my door."

"UPS and FedEx are doing just fine, right? It's the Post Office that's always having problems." Barack Obama Aug. 11, 2009

I might add it will be health care going down the same road.

Repeal - not only a way to oppose this oppresive set of laws but it would also remove the disturbing idea that we can fix one provision in a monstrosity and call that progress.

I'm tired of putting another set of lawyers in place in Washington that fail to listen to the mandate the people really are wanting.

There is no discussion here, just like when the Democrats were in power. They had no bipartisanship and they didn't want any. Why play a game that we care on the conservative side anymore than they did? I lean towards heading back to whatever budget we can afford (even though I get a DoD paycheck) and doing away with departments that have served no function since their founding.

Quit pretending like we're doing the business of the American people in DC and actually DO IT!

BHO: "So tonight, I am proposing that starting this year, we freeze annual domestic spending for the next five years."

BEWARE: What the narcissist-in-chief meant to say was: "You can't cut my pet projects for five years!"

I watched Obama's speech last night. Never have I heard more political bs."Nuff said.

ABC's Linsey Davis...Will you please clarify the formulae that Global Warming utilizes to create colder weather? I mean, I have an IQ of a tested 147...and where I went to school, when something gets warmer, that means the temperature rises, not drops. This is making my brain hurt, so please clarify the issue.

The magnanmity of the President almost brings tears to my eyes. He says lets wait until the rececession is clearly over or until 2013 to make any serious cuts in the deficit. What he meant to say lets not do squat until you fools throw me out or I am safely in my second term. Mr President your arrogance and belief that we are stupid morons like your constituents overwhelms.

Obama is simply a puppet, a mouthpiece for global neo-fascists who write his speeches, his executive orders, his policies. This fool could not find his butt with a ten-man crew. He is a COMPLETE fraud, and should be in jail, not in charge...

How about cutting foreign aid; and let those billions of dollars go into our roads and bridges; veterans and homeless; and seniors? We are most generous toward people we do not know; and most callous towards those we do know.

What is so sad and non-understandable about this is the fact that so many people will buy into this political garbage, and think our country is well on it's way to great things, all the while, these lies on top of more lies, will just keep destroying our nation, and taking more and more of our freedoms-- folks you better get your head out of it, and see what's happening

Fix our federal deficit/budget?

1. Flat rate income tax, no exemptions, for every income earner (citizen, resident, foreigner, whatever). Reduce tax rate when budget is balanced.

2. $0-based federal budget every year.

3. All federal spending first authorized in Constitution. Eliminate unauthorized spending over 5 years.

4. No exemptions from US laws for congress.

5. No retirement for congress.

6. Senate: two term limit. Reps: thre term limit.

7. Privatize social security.

8. Limt all doles (Unemployment, Healthcare, etc.) and require recipients to pay back x% in cash or public service to continue receiving benefits.

This is a good start.

My fear is after all the cozy cuddly cute stuff during the State Address that the Republicans will begin their backsliding as before. Republican members of Congress need to realize that the honeymoon is over and it is time work hard to undo as much of the damage done by the libs as possible. I do not want to see bipartisanship. What I want is repeal of the nasty stuff the dems put on this country. We must never allow the the Republicans to fail to support the American public as they did when they broke their Contract with America. Those of us who really care must each contact their Republican Representative and let them know that we are watching them very closely this time and we expect results not cuddly cute stuff.

A few thoughts. Liberals bashing Conservatives has been around for more than fifty years and has worked well for them. They destroyed Senator McCarthy, the Birch Society, G W Bush and now we the TEA Party are in the cross hairs. We must learn from this and play their game and play it to win. If we can not play the game then it is lost already. If we can not go for the jugular we are just wasting hot air and WE WILL LOSE !!!!!!! The dust of the WTC had not yet settled and the libs started bashing Bush and now we are suffering from the results ---- OBAMA. It may be more difficult for us because MSM is on their side. But we have the internet and we must use it and any other means at our disposal. Nice guys finish last is most appropriate for our times. The snake has a head. Find it and totally destroy it. Obama said we talk about him as though he were a dog. So toss him another milk bone, buy him a can of Alpo then KICK him out.

The same old lies were given yet again last night. When will it ever end.

SO LET'S SEE -- 2 YEARS AGO MR. O PROMISED TRANSPARENCY, AND LAST NIGHT HE PROMISED TRANSPARENCY. DO YA THINK WE JUST MIGHT GET TRANSPARENCY FROM THIS GOVT.? DUHHHHHHH

Repeal Obamacare -- no "fixes" -- REPEAL IT!!!! And we do not need "Super Rail Cars". DO NOT TAKE BACK THE TAX "CUT" FROM THE RICH.....THEY HAVE EARNED EVERY PENNY THEY GET, UNLIKE MOST OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE SITTING IN OUR CONGRESS AND THE WHITE HOUSE. GET RID OF ALL OF OBAMA'S CZARS (THEY ARE JUST SOCIALISTIC COMMIES ANYWAY!!!!!)

ALSO, MICHELLE O SHOULD CUT HER STAFF BY AT LEAST 95%. SHE DOES NOT NEED 20 PEOPLE TO WRITE A LETTER FOR HER OR TO DO HER HAIR!

this i must say: "The people of America voted Obama in because they wanted a change", because they were sick of "Bush", who has done less damage to America. well, we got the change you all asked for. sorry America we all have lost much. i see "GREED", SELF-INTEREST", and of course "PRIDE" as the main Human downfall of us all to some degree, but it is more prevalent these days?, don't be fooled, it's always been here. Only "God" and i mean this sincerely, can get us out of our mess that we have caused. Happy Days to you all, and to all a good night!

"Of the wealthiest zip codes in the U.S., 19 out of 20 vote Democratic. How much longer can the Dems continue the lie of representing the interests of the common man? What they represent is the interest of those who can take advantage of government in the most selfish manner." --columnist Bruce Bialosky

The voting is not the rich voting for the Democrats. It is all the servants who vote illegally or outnumber the rich 2 to 1. No rich person in their right mind would vote for a confiscation of wealth. I forgot. Most rich people are not in their right minds.

DEAR MARK : : : :mr. b.h.o.talk Was 62 minutes of noise

We need to follow Article One Section Eight of our wonderful consstitution (the JOB DISCRIPTION)

THE JD SPELLS OUT EXACTLY WHAT CONGRES CAN DO

from 1789 to 1913 We did not have The federal Income tax federal reserve act and the States legislatures appointed the U.S Senators and we had the greaetst growth in thehistory of the world

We need to get rid of teh 16th amendment the 17th amendments and get rid of the federal reserve act that gave us INSTNAT INFLATION AFTER 1913

SINCERELY jackgreen_99@yahoo.com Napoleon, OH 43545 N O T E THE ABOVE ISMY ADDRESS

Mr. Obama, your Signature Mistake (AKA Obamacare) is so chock full of unconstitutional or impractical provisions that it would be a waste of time to try to fix it. It would be much simpler to sign the repeal and tell Congress to start over.

You want a simplified tax code? Fine, let's start by eliminating the income tax so we don't have to mess with tax returns. If the federal government can't get along on a sales excise tax under 10% on non-essential goods, it's doing too much. And yes, that will collect proportionately more from the "wealthy" - much more than from others, unless they put their money into undesirable activities like creating jobs or charity work (the much vilified "tax loopholes").

Truthfully, I was unable to watch it. It was full of lies, obfuscations, wishes and impossibilities.

I lasted for about 5 minutes of the Liar In-Chief's pedantic, patronizing speech. Methinks we might be past the time of civil or uncivil dialogue and heading towards a modern day Yugoslavia. The Complicity Theory is happening.

As to the State of the Union address last night, that folks, is called running for re-election.

I hear everyone's favorite whipping boy, the health care law, chalked so full of unconstitutional...Impracticable I can go with, now as for the constitution, don't say it, prove it. Chpt and verse. Use my favorite reading material, the Federalist Papers.

I find the editorial profound. Now to global warming. with an 147 IQ and you can't comprehend? It's global weather change. check out china, check out Australia, the N. E., the N.W. Change is here. Whether we contributed, it's a normal cycle, or both doesn't matter. Did you check out the sea rise? I have. 8 inches.

Let's do the people work, (tea part. I listen to Micheal, the one who says shoot anyone who doesn't vote the way you want, this so called expert on the he constitution. J.Q. Adams working on slavery? This shows her lack of knowledge. the Constitution states a black is worth 3.5ths of a white. the founding fathers and dare I say it, Jefferson, Adams, Washington, all owned slaves.

We don't like health care. that seems to be a sticking point. I made a challenge, read the bill.

the bill is becoming more popular with mainline GOP. that's a fact. Let's have a straw vote? How many of you have health-care, (private) how many of you can afford it?

Spending, it doesn't matter what the GOP or the DNC wants. We dodged a depression under Bush carried over to Oboma. There are no more magical bullets. This time next year, depression or close to it.

I hear; 'nasty stuff the Dems put in place.' the sword of Damocles hangs over our head. It is also GOP, the party of no why is busy trying to put everyone but us in the drivers seat.

Chan and Tom has workable solutions. If you want change, start a grass roots movement and work for those changes. Please no Tea Party for they are not organized, some of them are raciest, others, dangerous. I've noted a few who need to go back to school and actually learn something. You start the movement instead of complaining.

Debt, there is no fix. We have banks who admit they done things illegally, wall street, the same, why aren't they in jail, who is protecting them? Who wants to dismantle any protections to safeguard us against another meltdown?

We have no moral campus and greed is not good.This extends to all sides of the Isle.

All I can say is quit blaming whoever and prepare for a major financial crises.

To quote Hitler for the nice guys finish last, "In order to control or destroy a thing, you must first become that thing.' He was referring religion. I know that isn't going to bode well with any of you, but is this what's happening now to us? to divide and conquer has always worked well, to destroy something, either party, they must self destruct from within. YOU want to find the problem, find who is doing it and why. Who is the wolf is sheep's clothing. Just saying...

Catch you all next week.

The SOTU speech was so full of bull that my TV refused to display it all in the interest of protecting my eyes and ears. I have a hard time believing anything that comes out of the President's mouth. The media was all over President Bush about his actions and policies, where are they now?

I didn't listen/watch the speech. Didn't need to as I already know what he said before he said it:

"Blah, blah, blah, for our children, blah, blah, blah, I will do great things, just wait and see, blah, blah, blah, I love fascism/communism/socialism, but I will act like I don't to save my sorry @$$ and political career for a few more years, blah, blah, blah. The End. There I did it. Can I go home now?"

And I guarantee he was looking around the chamber with that arrogant, nose in the air, holier-than-thou posture. Am I right?

At any rate, I had more important things to do. Had to pick up dog poop in the backyard. I have no need to listen to lies, BS, double-talk and more BS.

Maybe before I shuffle off this mortal coil, my beloved country will have a real President again. It can't happen soon enough.

After listening to the SOTU, I have a very uncomfortable feeling that the new centrist Obama will probably revert to the extreme Far left the minute he should win reelection. His latest problem is that he has lost his credibility with many Americans. We can only ask of all the points he made: Is he starting to get it now? Or he is just offering us a pacifier?

Regarding TSOTU, after all the talk about returning civility to politics, President Obama unleashed a whole bunch of nasty jabs at the GOP. This is the typical "Do as I say, but not as I do" mindset of the Democrat Party in general. Mr. President, you must lead by example. If you are going to talk the talk, you need to walk the walk. I am a Rotarian and the Four Way Test governs how I conduct my life. He and the Democrats would be well to do the same. "Rotary Four Way Test: 1. Is it the truth? 2. Is it fair to all concerned? 3. Will it build goodwill and better friendships? 4. Will it be beneficial to all concerned?" Maybe our President and his party should give this a try.

In response to New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who ranted about taking guns away AGAIN, let's take him at his word and follow through. Lets take all the guns from the NYC policemen assigned to protect Bloomberg for--let's say a month. Since this is real progress, let's also brag about it in the paper just like every gun grabber does when they disarm citizens thinking somehow that this protects us from ourselves. Then let's just watch and see how the mayor likes being as naked and defenseless as he'd love to make the rest of us in both urban and rural Americal who truly understand that calling 911 is nothing more than Government Dial-A-Prayer and "When seconds count, the police are only minutes away" (at best)! Only mentally deficient liberals still believe that when you take the means of protecting themselves away from law abiding citizens, they will be safer from those who prey on us, many of whom love "protection free zones" because it makes their chosen careers safer and more lucrative. Ask the parents of the 30 defenseless students murdered at Virginia Tech. You can't tell me there weren't adults with military service and requisite training who were in those classrooms who could well have been carrying the means to stop the slaughter if they hadn't been following politically correct local laws that place innocents at risk and defend nobody!

I hear a lot of rhetoric. Do everyone a favor, if you're going to have a fit, quote the constitution, quote the law chpt and verse. YOU say I don't like bailout, quote the section you don't like, you don't like health care, quote chpt and verse. Support your rant. The same goes for what you do like.

I hear talking points from FOX and talk radio, I don't hear anyone quoting anything. the owners of this sight is concise and insightful.

An example would be GOP Cantor stated on FOX news today at 12:30 PM, interview with Ms Kelly, Fox news live there would be no change in law for states filing bankruptcy and there will be no state bail out. This you can verify.

Now you can have a discourse as to what precisely it will mean to you.No schools, no health care, no fire fighters, no police, no trash pick up, I can go on. Match Alexanders for he quotes chpt and verse as will I.

I would like to see the tax code over the next 5 years evolve to a flat tax rate like many states current and successfully use.

I would also like to see all Federal employees in the Social Security system. I believe that the double standard that we currently live under is wrong. If Social Security is good enough for 98% of the American people then it should be good enough for our elected and appointed officials. If they want or need to supplement their retirement and medical benefits they can use the same options available to the rest of us.

Doesn't this ring a bell? Liar, liar, liar...

The Achilles Heel of Conservatism is the insistence on bringing social issues to the fore and making them a litmus test for anyone to come to the party. There are many, such as myself who are totally turned off by people insisting that lifestyle is somehow their business to dictate. Social issues are much more befitting Progressives. I don't care what people do with their bodies or behind closed doors as long as it doesn't impact my life, nor do I think it's anyone elses business. That's what Goldwater thought as well. To each his own.

So once again the fancy word smithing comes out to play. Is it possible for the President to offer one solution to anything? He wonders why everyone is so upset with government. No bills with earmarks??? How many are in the healthcare bill?

It is good to see the people of this Great Country wake up. President Obama is correct when he says that yesterdays government won't work. What he fails to understand is He is part of the problem, not part of the solution.

RE The Demo-Gogues: Obama proposes to reduce the deficit by $400 billion over the next decade with selected spending freezes. We all know this is meaningless talk, disconnected from reality, all the relevant facts, and pieces of the budget. We also know that the national debt is growing right now by more than $100 billion per month, so $400 billion in "savings" over ten years is chump change.

Gentlemen, let me point out an editorial error in Wednesday’s Chronicle. The following BHO quotation should have appeared in the “Belly Laugh of the Week” section, or if not that, then at least with the disclaimer, “the following words can cause extreme mental stress and/or severe stomach upset”:

“We shouldn't just give our people a government that's more affordable. We should give them a government that's more competent and efficient. We cannot win the future with a government of the past."

Too bad in encouraging simplification of the tax code and a reduction in the corporate tax rate, the president continued his attack on the 2% of the population whom he thinks should pay more. I thought discrimination against minorities was a big issue for libs and Dems.

To rksprau:

Why bother to support everything chapter and verse? Are you the forum moderator? It is the constant reverse psychology that stops freedom of expression. I don't have to quote you a law someone wrote down to know when my rights are being taken from me.

You state "Now you can have a discourse as to what precisely it will mean to you.No schools, no health care, no fire fighters, no police, no trash pick up, I can go on. Match Alexanders for he quotes chpt and verse as will I." with a tone implying that if we reverse all of the bull crap the government foisted on us at our own expense that none of these functions would exist anymore. How odd that well before the government micro-managed every aspect of everyone drawing breath that these functions got done in society. Not spending trillions of dollars we don't have to begin with will not end civilization as we know it.

On another note, has anyone noted that the democrats have co-opted the (recycled) theory of "say any lie often enough and the people will believe it!" I could've sworn that many conservatives were saying this about all the policies liberals were trying to ram down our throats.

Anyway, if this is a law school forum, then make me quote chapter and verse to support everything I say. I'll just go with my gut (not my feelings so much) and trust I know when I'm being lied to, even by those appointed over me!

On re-reading my previous posting, I realize that it may be an unfair snap judgment, and the words were spoken with sincerity. If so, we will soon have individual czars appointed who will provide for affordable, competent, efficient government, and, of course, a clairvoyant one to cover that future part.

I have to wonder if the next twelve months will be as "transparent" as the first two years.

"And because the American people deserve to know that special interests aren't larding up legislation with pet projects, both parties in Congress should know this: if a bill comes to my desk with earmarks inside, I will veto it."

TWO firsts! Vetoing legislation containing earmarks, and actually having to READ legislation "in order to know what's in it."

Would the "new" House dare to include earmarks considering their campaign promises? That and knowing why what happened to their predecessors happened?

For decades I have been hearing rumors that the government has been 'borrowing' from the Social Security Fund and the Government Employees' retirement fund and leaving worthless Government Bonds that have never been redeemed. If that is true would Social security be in the same shape it's in today?

Of course Obama misses the point, but so did Ryan (a fellow Miami U grad) and Bachman. I remember the inspiring inaguration speech of JFK and the famous line "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country." While my late father thought JFK was a lefty, no one can argue with that line. Yet today, all we hear from our politicians is what the Government (the Country) is going to do for every niche constituency out there. Look, we have to do more, and when I say that, I mean the citizenry has to do more. Business people have to work harder. Union members have to work harder. Students have to work harder. Forget help from the Government. If we want our country to be exceptional again, we all have be exceptional at what our job is. If the politicians continue to think (as Obama thinks and as Ryan and Bachman think to a lesser degree) that the answer lies in Washington, they are simply wrong.

We did not win World War II because of the Government, but because of the people (soldiers, workers, etc.) doing more, better, faster and better than the Germans and Japanese.

We did not win the Cold War because of the Government, but because of the people.

We did not win the race to the moon because of the government, but because of the people.

We knew we HAD to win. Now, not so much. What are we lacking today? Leadership.

AGAIN PROMISING to veto 'earmarks'? (after thousands have sneaked past him somehow!) Is he so desperate that he's recycling campaign speeches? Is he delusional and thinks we don't remember? WHY SHOULD WE BELIEVE HIS 'SOLID PROMISE' THIS TIME?

I am still having a very hard time wrapping my tiny brain around one thing. How is it my fault that we have spent more on what I never wanted in the first place. When you melt down the total defecit to what each citizen owes, it makes absolutely no sense. I understand that Couples with no children must still carry the financial burden for all the other children, but why must I pay for others narcisistic life styles and habits? At the end of the day what was promised is never delivered.

If Obama will veto a few bills, Hurrah! One of W's worst weaknesses was not vetoing many bills which should have been vetoed.

I try to live by the teachings of our founding fathers, and they said not to trust the government, but to watch it like a hawk. The idea that some one trusted the government and are now seeking a reason to trust it again indicates an adication of personal responsibility in my book.

The Prez. speaks of simplifying the indidvidual tax code. Well please take an Economics 101 class and realize what Reagan was soooo right about. ALL taxes roll downhill to be paid by the people at the bottom of the hill. Individual tax reform necessititates looking at the TOTAL PICTURE....And when you do you will recognize that Reagan's secret weapon would have been the Fairtax Act HR 25/S 13. Reagan explained how ALL taxes are ultimately borne by the consumer. Reagan's reforms have been undone by the "improvements" that negated the loss of 15,000 pages and added up to some 70,000 pages in total. We can't afford a "flat" income tax. We need a flat sales tax with NO tax on income, NO tax on savings, and NO tax on investments. GO Fairtax!!! Go to www.fairtax.org and edify yourself before you think my judgement be suspicious or flawed.

Funny; I'd say our "most vulnerable" are the unborn.

Why in the name of all that is Holy, do we different income tax rates? Does not the Preamble to The Constitution say that all men all created equal? Isn't our nation creed that all are equal under the law? What is it about wealthy people that infuriates others. This is the land of opportunity after all. If you want to get all worked up about something, how about all the folks who get more in their tax refund than they paid in! How does that happen? My daughter is one so I have personal knowledge. By the way, I am not wealthy, I am a retired US Marine enlisted man

Marxist windbag. What blather. 2012 can't come soon enough.

Will somebody reach over and"bitchslap" the speaker of the house.If he put a wig on he'd look like "fantstic plastic pelosi".Bouncing up and down at the last state of the union speech mr moron gave.Common johnny give us a break. Applauding for this clown is just like applauding your team for finishing in last place.But gee wizz they tried so darn hard! P.S.If there's any clowns out there who read my comments.I meant no offense.Semper Paratus.

The entire 'State of the Union Speech' was nothing more than another Obama Campaign Speech...there was nothing about the State of the Union in the speech.

We all know that Campaign speeches contain many promises of great things the speaker will do but we also know that they almost never keep any of those promises. None of it was really serious.

Gotta hand it to BO - he can really orate - too bad he never says anything that really means anything - substitute "government spending" for investment and you have the classic tax and spend liberal speech - only he will take it one step farther - BO truly wants to make this country a socialist paradise - check the encyclopedia under Cuba, Russia, et al for how that works out - Use Venezuela as a footnote as well - Wake up, folks, this is the last chance we have to turn it around - if he and the dems get re-elected in 2012, the USA is doomed

this speech was just fluff, a retread of last year, his jokes weren,t even funny. obama is quite a showmen but as my ancesters say he speak with forked toung.

Like most of us that believe in the Constitution and its simple language that any idiot can understand, I am so sick of hearing all the phony rhetoric coming from all of our politicians. Please, someone tell me who they think the last person we had in any federal office was a statesman and not a politician.

For everyone's information: a statesman acts upon his concern for the next generations and the politician plays the game for their next election.

I could on for hours! But why? Hitler had it right:

"Fortunate for the leaders that people don't listen"

Pretty sad, anybody recognize themselves? We are the problem and we are all guilty! The political people work for us, and us only, not themselves!

There is no law or ruling that has been imposed that cannot be reversed, if it violates the Constitution,

and without all the cumbersome BS they claim it takes. Why? Because they created both and without voter approval [their bosses}.

Guess I'd better close before I get to irate and offensive for this site!

There are so many things wrong above, but I'll take just one to comment upon. About that List of the lobbyists who visit the White House - au contraire! Most White House officials taking meetings go to Starbucks or the Army Navy Club to avoid the list. Let's stop pretending that this is okay. If you make the rule, how about following it??? Slippery, slick, and self-serving -- we used to just call it dishonest.

Oh, the transparency of it all! More government websites to show me what government is up to, as promised so many times before! What, no more closed door secretive meetings?? No more czar appointments? Tragically, Democrats and many Republicans (the Rinos') still think that they can buy votes with earmarks. Ironically, they become quite upset with constituents who actually have the gumption to call them on excessive and unwise spending. As my wife noted of last evenings SOTU adress, President Obama is quite charming. This is what he is counting on. Go ahead, be taken in by the charm, at your own peril.

GAG! The "state of the union" was the same old garbage the current resident in the White House has been spewing now for the past three years. The only difference being he substituted different terminologies. Our POTUS must have spent an extraordinary amount of time using a Thesaurus!! I have to agree with Judge Roberts when he shook his head last year and mouthed the words "Not true". I didn't believe one word that flowed so eloquently off of the Liar-in-Chief's tongue last night.....and again, I say "GAG!".

I've found putting the debt clock website on while Obama BS's to the nation counterbalances some of his crap!

Oh yea, anyone else thing Joe Biden always looks like he just passed gas?

Hmmmm... maybe his policies aren't the only thing that stinks!

Tiny income and (horrors), very modest savings ('cause I spent my life living on my income) now qualifies me for none of the various government give-aways. If I had loved recklessly I could now get $1600.00 a month just for breathing. Incidently, $1600/mo. is more than I make. Bottom line....my modest income is helping to support those on the government dole.

Throughout President Obama's State of the Union Address, all I could gather was a sickening sense of impending disaster, that somehow it was up to us, not the room full of nodding politicians, to solve his administration's horrific blunders. I have no doubt that were it not for the finely crafted rhetoric, what remains is a mere shadow puppet.

I didn't watch it. I didn't have to.

Lies, lies and more lies.

Anyone thinking that this man is moving to the right is wrong. He's just using terminology that makes you think that he's moving right. Investment instead of spending.

As far as Republicans sitting with the Dems. LISTEN UP REPUBLICANS! If you wanted a friend, then you shouldn't have run for office. Like Truman said, "If you want a friend in Washington, get a dog."

Tailhook

"In response to New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who ranted about taking guns away AGAIN, let's take him at his word and follow through. Lets take all the guns from the NYC policemen assigned to protect Bloomberg for--let's say a month. Since this is real progress, let's also brag about it in the paper just like every gun grabber does when they disarm citizens thinking somehow that this protects us from ourselves. Then let's just watch and see how the mayor likes being as naked and defenseless as he'd love to make the rest of us in both urban and rural Americal who truly understand that calling 911 is nothing more than Government Dial-A-Prayer and "When seconds count, the police are only minutes away" (at best)! Only mentally deficient liberals still believe that when you take the means of protecting themselves away from law abiding citizens, they will be safer from those who prey on us, many of whom love "protection free zones" because it makes their chosen careers safer and more lucrative. Ask the parents of the 30 defenseless students murdered at Virginia Tech. You can't tell me there weren't adults with military service and requisite training who were in those classrooms who could well have been carrying the means to stop the slaughter if they hadn't been following politically correct local laws that place innocents at risk and defend nobody!"

You have a good idea here. Since it looks like according to Robert Gibbs, Press Secretary, we are going to have another assault on the 2nd Amendment because of Tucson, and Mr. Gibbs states that it would be coming from the president, your idea is good.

Let all the folks who just can not brook the 2nd Amendment, ALL Legislators, governors, mayors, etc., let it be known in the Press, that they are "disarming" "their security details." If they want to abandon the 2nd Article to the Bill of Rights, they are free to do it.(Any time, they can get rid of THEIR Guns, but not OUR guns) To prove THEIR point, that guns are not necessary, they need to move forward with this abandonment of the 2nd Article for themselves (NOT US) and they need to publish that they no longer believe that guns are needed by THEIR "security details".

As for me, I'll stick by the Bill of Rights, I thank God that Patrick Henry insisted that, "... that the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."

For God & Country

The American

I think Gasparino's book "Bought and Paid For" tells additionally where Obama's campaign push came from,and Wendell Potter's "Deadly Spin" explains who wrote most of Obamacare.

Obama's usual bloviating with no substance or followup. He lies to get his way just like a fourth grader does. His promises mean nothing as they have meant nothing for the past two years. If these things, job creation, etc., are important why haven't they been addressed before now? Kinda like throwing a life preserver to a drowning man after he has drowned. All Hogwash!!!

Let me start off by stating that I work in the Health Care industry and have some inside knowledge that is quite an advantage when arguing 'Health Care Reform', let me also state that against my personal beliefs my company agrees with much of the obamacare legislation and then turned around and got an exemption, this latter part really turns my stomache.

But lets address the points made in the first paragraph of the 'Upright' section. Most of the employer plans have provisions to insure students (up to age 23) as long as they are in school, once leaving school (even for a short period of time) they lose their coverage. Once school begins again they are again covered. Some plans currently only cover dependents to age 19. Anyone over these ages is considered an 'adult dependent' I think basically what will happen is that all plans will stop coverage at age 26 regardless of student status. This WILL cost the employer and employee more in premiums, period end of statement. With no lifetime maximum on payments the insurance companies will have to go back and recalculate their actuarial tables, it's sad but true that premiums are calculated based on expected life and health history, this is why they now ask and retain your family medical history especially potential genetic medical problems, this too will cost more to the insurance companies and thus raise premiums to employers and employees. Very little if anything contained in obamacare will reduce costs. If it reduces anything it will be the number of providers available for the public to see which will in turn raise costs. Get rid of this monstrosity ASAP. Just remember what Mr. Cohen said about telling the lie over and over, however I will not equate him to the Nazi propagandist as he has done to others, plain and simple 90% of what the democrats tell you about obamacare is pure bunk.

Dear Ruth Ann.congress will never give up their protection detail or their health insurance.Because"we the people" are the ones who pay for it,along with all the other perks they get.They're addicted to spending other peoples money.And it's going to be very hard to break them of their bad habits. Semper Paratus.

"These [Tea Party] voters ... are older ... [and] they're all white..." How interesting that I have seen several interviews and have read about the number of black Americans that are members of the Tea Party. Must be that Ms Piven can't distinguish between the two skin tones. Or maybe it just gauls the Left Wingers to have to admit that not all blacks are as enthralled with Obama as they are.

@Chan Bates - Add to your excellent list that all recipients of any form of welfare, food stamps, etc must do a urinalysis at least once per month at their expense. Pee positive, checks stop until you pee negative. Extra children does not mean extra money. We are tired of supporting your multitude of children. Stop having sex you morons!

Gun control: "If the president follows Republican and Democratic tradition tomorrow night and says not a word about gun and ammunition control, if he does not use this moment of his increasing popularity, if he does not believe he has the communication skills to convey the necessity to control the capacity of automatic weapons, then I, for one, will become disappointed in him for the first time. And he will become part of the problem." --MSBNC's Lawrence O'Donnell

For the 'first' time!? And I thought I was slow...

I didn't hear a State of the Union Speech, but did listen to an early "Campaign Speech" billed as a State of the Union Speech. In my opinion, it divided rather than united citizens.

Obama's SOTU shows he has not a clue, if he ever did before.

When Obama commented on the election and admitted to the shellacking, he then went on to say that his policies would not change.

I turned to my husband and said, Wow, he doesn't get it does he?. Then I thought more and said, he gets it, but is undeterred. He is just going to ruin this country as quickly as possible, because he is aware he may not be back. He was sent in by his backers for a single purpose, transform America into a socialist nation in order that Soro's goal of a one world order could more easily be realized.

The SoTU address showed us all that fiscal responsibility is not on his priority list. OUCH!

Obama just makes me want to puke.

What unmitigated BS !!!