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In celebration of Obama's speech, I'll have double stuff Oreos and milk. Then I'll keep listening to "The Norman Goldman Show" for truth and justice. In the meantime, I'll keep witnessing the final days of the American Empire until a fractionalized second civil war emerges. Then let's all sit back and as the cannibal gangs eyeball Mitch McConnell's fat quivering throat and think of the various recipes they've read the How to Barbeque a Congressional Capo cookbook.
I, too, will be watching Obama but totally agree about his advisors. It would appear that they must be living under a rock not to see what is needed to foil the efforts of this Republican majority in shutting out Obama. I HOPE that he will throw all of the things that are sorely needed for job creation into this upcoming speech and then just let the Repubs shoot them down. Finally stand up and have the B_ _ _ S to just put it out there and show the people just what the stumbling block is - and it is NOT Obama.
Well,another example of how the conservatives, despite having a Democrat as President and Democratic control over half the Senate, still actually run the country. I look back three years ago at how I also fell into the trap of thinking they would give up the reigns. How dumb we all were. They really took control of the U.S. thirty years ago and aren't about to give up. When I heard about the rescheduling of the Presidents speech I thought to myself, "Gee, when did John Boehner become president?"
Yes Speech jobs plan must be bold What has Obama got to lose ? GOP Baggers will demonize it NO matter what So go for it Obama ! speak out now folks www.whitehouse.gov WH line till 5 pm M_ F 202 456 1111.
Fans Obama will finish before Kick off
Everyone should watch Obama's speech, because when Fox re-broadcasts it you will hear something entirely different as usual. I don't understand people watching the Fox Fantasy Channel as they make up or give false information and what's worst, people actually believe that Stuff as if it were the gospel and never fact check anything. Oh yes, you can't fact check anything with the Heritage Foundation, they are the ones who made it up to begin with and had Fox broadcast it....Just sayin
I will be watching President Obama. It's finally good to hear an articulate and intelligent man address our country. I remember well cringing with embarrassment whenever the "naked emperor" took to the airwaves.
Logic??First? lol. Where was your logic? Can you label it for me? I have taken courses in Logic and yours does not pass the "smell test." Maybe you meant "Conservative common sense? That would be a misnomer.
Short and sweet....,We have a corporatist government, which is Fascism. All we are currently left with is the "lesser of two evils." The republicans have shown Americans( through words and actions..,ie. no taxes for wealthy) that they are strictly for the wealthy, screw the rest.
The Democrats still claim to be for the average American, but their actions have not been much better than the R's.
The only chance that average Americans have is people like Bernie Sanders. He shows us by his actions that he is for the majority of Americans.
BTW, that is Logic. That can be mathematically proven, which is what logic is all about.
Stick it.
The only hope (that I see) for Progressives is if Bernie Sanders will please primary President Obama. Bernie is one of the very few who actually care about America, his goals are the same as the Majority of Americans and he has the balls (sorry) to use a "bully-pulpit" and take his message right to the people and let them decide.
Most Americans want universal health care, an end to the wars, social security and medicaid left alone and a new path for America. A path separate from the Fascism of corporations. Imagine how we could change America by electing Bernie Sanders.
When is sanity returning to our counrty's government? It is really getting scary when everyday another example of dysfunction or corruption occurs. The drama is getting old. When are these people going to get to work to reboot and rebuild the American Dream? The gig is up and the people are ready for change. The radical right America's republican party and many Democrats have pledged their allegiance to corporations. Corporate media magnifies and amplifies the corporate agenda and hypnotizes the American public. I am very concerned that partisan politics and corporate profits are the only topics repeatedly vocalized by the talking heads. Corporate sponsored talking heads that the corporate media portray as experts. I think this needs to stop and I am relieved to hear Thom call out these people as un American and un patriotic.A corporate environment so detrimental to our democracy has gained power. I am personally dissatisfied with Obama's performance. but I am gravely concerned how the President has been or is being disrespected by Congress, Senate, and Judiciary branches. Fox is an echo chamber of hatred and thrives on any negative information about the President with the likes of Hannity, Oreily and entire info entertainment team focused on down pressing any positve or anti corporate agenda. I am hoping Obama suprises everyone after he has an epiphany before his speech. He confesses his sins of corporatism and he is one again with the American people.His first demonstration of turning a new leaf could be to veto the Keystone XL Pipeline. Right during his speech, annouce I President Obama am vetoing the pipeline for environmental and safety concerns! Let's see what happens.
I'll see this from another angle. The President is established second in the constitution to the congress. That the congress, under any circumstance or leadership (currently ne'er so vile), would stand up to the rise of the Emperial Presidency--Presidents habitually solidify their predecessor's gains and also seek to expand Presidential power--gives me a tiny bit of hope. That Obama is continually, legitimately pushed around by congress is a product of the constitution. That he allows himself to be bullied and fails the progressive cause is Obama's failure, alone. Longterm threats to democracy are Autocratic Presidents, Plutocrats and the military. We're facing the rise of all three--I'm referring to many things here but specifically Presidential power as expressed by Nixon and Bush and not denied by Obama: 'it's legal if the President does it...'
You can find the long version of this argument at postangrypost.blogspot.com
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I'll be sure to watch the President's speech. However, I wish, having been blown off by Boehner, Obama would not have caved into the Speaker's wishes and instead have announced he would bypass Congress and instead would deliver the address from the Oval Office. Please, Mr. President!
I can't understand why anyone listens to Rush Limbaugh - the man is a fat buffoon. He has nothing intelligent to say, only inflames people with his distorted viewpoints and resorts to name-calling. It's like listening to a fifth-grader discuss politics.
Yes, I will be watching the president and hoping for a bold progressive job plan.
Hey Thom, I finally took the time to watch Loose Change 9/11 and was very impressed with their presentation. It just seems bizarre that the producers of this film got access to so much covert information. The most amazing part to me was how the U.S. military had the training exercises planned at the very same time that they planned the attack which basically neutralized all standard defensive responses.
It's hard to fathom how they thought they could get away with it. I firmly believe that this film produces an irrefutable abundance of "coincidences" that eliminates any reasonable doubt that U.S. conspirators organized the whole thing. What these conspirators did not foresee is that ten years from 2001 the establishment would have lost control of the flow of information to such a degree as they can no longer hide the truth the way they used to do. The new culture of transparency and accountability, mostly due to the rapid development of social networking, has very much leveled the playing field. Suddenly the politicians are very accessible people and not so much "above the law". They are rapidly falling back to earth and so too are their delusions of grandeur. Their is no hiding anymore. Not in this day and age. Well there's some hiding but they can't get away with their conspiracies the way they used to. They no longer dictate the flow of information to the degree necessary to protect themselves. The rising tide of transparency is heading for Bush's and Cheney's door in due course of time and they will face their justice one way or another, someday. Hopefully we'll see them go into prisons in this lifetime. But if not this lifetime, 100% chance it will be the next.
Anyhow, that's my take on it. And these clowns that are harrassing the Pres., that same tide will be humbling them soon enough. It is just a matter of time. Keep up the good work Thom. You are making a difference. You are raising that tide.
I think you are right. The President is the one who has disappeared and allowed the Republicans a free hand. Mr. Obama is the architect of his own political demise. It's a shame, but Mr. Obama just doesn't stand for anything at all. I think he expects to be a one term President and is content with political failure rather than fight the good fight he had promised. Frankly, I don't believe anything he says, and I don't think he does either. I have just stopped listening to him. It's all rhetoric and nothing more.
I'm sorry to see you use the word "bimbo" in reference to Sarah Palin. She was given an opportunity by Senator McCain and she has grabbed her big chance and run with it. I don't like her politics, but I can admire how she grabbed her big opportunity by the horns and has not let go. She has had more influence on American politics from the outside than Mr. Obama has as President.
I have lost all faith in President Obama. My observation is that he says one thing in his speeches and then abandons those positions without putting up any resistance. He doesn't seem to believe in or be willing to fight for anything at all. While everyone was complaining about the outcome of the budget battle, I heard Boehner say on Meet the Press that he was happy with the budget deal because he had gotten "98%" of everything he and the Republican party wanted. When I voted for Mr. Obama in 2008, I honestly thought that we would get more than the 2% the Republicans don't care about. Early in his Presidency, I saw a clip of the President during a meeting with members of Congressduring which he said: "I really mean it this time, you guys (direct quote)." As far as I can tell Mr. Obama doesn't believe his own rhetoric and appears to be the weakest and most ineffective President in my lifetime. I voted as a Democrat for 40 years, but this President and the Democrats in Congress no longer represent my interests.
If the presidents staff had there act together this would not have happened. My guess is someone on the staff thought they would be cute and try to disrupt the debate by asking for the same exact time. Deep thought at the WH and the posibility that the debates would far out draw the speech made them think twice. The speech does not, nor did it ever, need to be in front of congress. He can give it any time of his choosing. Why wait when you can save the world?
The very idea of a Speaker of the House refusing to have the President speak at a joint session of Congress is abhorrent and utterly disrespectful. This is "The" first time in the history of the United States of America that this has ever occurred. This is beyond reprehensible, it is an act which calls into question the true motivation of the whole of the Repuglithug Party.
As for the President's speech on one of the most important subjects of the day, I will certainly be watching it but since I do not have cable television I will be watching this speech on C-Span. org. At no time have we ever needed a more important speech than this. For the American people this is of paramount importance and one subject which should be watched very closely by every American, those with and without jobs.
The future of our country depends on the actions taken right now. We are at a crossroads in our economic life, America cannot long stand to have a corporatocracy in place of true governance of, by and for the people. Instead at this time, and for the foreseeable future we have government of, by and for the corporations. Please take the time to watch and listen closely to the manner in which the President speaks on that day. His plans are of such import as to determine the course of our country for the next 16 years.
I'll be glued to my radio like it's 1933.
Speaking of history repeating itself....."The man who wrongly assumes every human right is secondary to his profit, those who oppose all reform will do well to remember that RUIN IS INEVITABLE if our national life brings nothing better than swollen fortunes for the few.
There can be no effective control of corporations while their political activity remains. To put an end to it will be neither a short nor an easy task, but it can be done.
We must have complete and effective publicity of corporate affairs, so that the people may know beyond peradventure whether the corporations obey the law and whether their management entitles them to the confidence of the public. It is necessary that laws should be passed to prohibit the use of corporate funds directly or indirectly for political purposes; it is still more necessary that such laws should be thoroughly enforced. Corporate expenditures for political purposes, and especially such expenditures by public-service corporations, have supplied one of the principal sources of corruption in our political affairs."
Spoken like a true Dutchman! ....1910 New Nationalism Speech-Theodore Roosevelt
Well, I hate football, so I know I won't be watching the game. I plan to listen to or watch the President, wherever I am at the time. I haven't completely lost hope in him or the country yet, and I still like listening to him.
I will not watch either.. I might peek at the Season opener.. But if it was a Chiefs game there wouldn't be a question. Obama has sizzled out with most of his supporter. Personally I'm ready for a break in the political forum for awhile. Football will be a nice distraction.
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Listening to your show. What a dissapointment. I always want to know what all sides are thinking, and with you being the #1 Liberal talk show, I hoped that you would actually bring content for me to learn from. Your shameless implication that the Speaker had racial motives for having the President move his speach to another night, is pathetic. You just lost all credibility. Does anyone know where I can get intellectual Liberal debate that is not filled with this sad rhetoric? Or is this truely where the majority of the Left is right now? How underwhelming.