State of the Union Address LIVE THREAD 9:01pm EST.

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[Ciexyz]

Prayers for your daughter. That must be very scary.

[maica]

Thank you! Somebody actually gets it.

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Count me in, J. I get it ,too!

[nuffsenuff]

So is it because of that one issue or do you feel that, on balance, GWB has not done a good job?

Is that one issue enough for you to potentially help a Democrat win the White House?

Isn't there a better way for you to get your message across? There has to be.

[Loc123]

God protect our daughter. With enough conviction, she will be fully recovered.

I hope our prayers and her faith will be heeded.

God bless stay strong.

[longtermmemmory]

Barf Alert, Weasley Clark is going to "critique" the speech!

Mr. Metrosexual is going to criticise Mr. President's use of hair product.

[Ciexyz]

I switched to "The Barbarians" on the History Channel -- no sign of any Democrats yet.

[fly_so_free]

I also think the plan is somewhat an effect of his (President Bush's) Christianity. He's trying to help people , and find something that works for all. I applaud the effort. I don't know if it will be successful or not.

I think we sometimes forget that President Bush has to be the leader of ALL the people . That's what he's trying to do. I wouldn't even want his job. Can you imagine ALL the people that clamor for his attention , and demand that "this" or "that" be done, or not done, on a daily basis?

Yeeeeeeeee!- I would run screaming from the room, if I had to deal with all of them everyday (especially the 'RATS), so even if you're mad at him, please remember to Pray for him, that the Lord give him strength , patience, and wisdom. He has such a tough job.

[freedumb2003]

"Don't mess with Texas."

[Johnny_Cipher]

Jay Leno had a great take on Dean's rant last night. He showed a clip of the speech with a fake interpreter in one corner, doing sign language. As Dean ranted and raved, the interpreter looked at him in disgust and finally threw up his hands in disgust and walked off. Hilarious!

[Afronaut]

I am with you on this just don't bash theses people too hard. Be nice...! Bash where it matters.

Anyone who thinks that Bush is not offering a free ticket into my Country for 12 million and Millions more that will walk in and take a number is just plain blind. Can't help them and they won't be helped.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Some of the followup shows on Fox are excellent. On Hannity and Colmes, Alan tried the "there are no WMD found with Senator Bauye (sp?) from Indiana. Who promptly stuffed Alan and said "we know he had them, Kay determined that he had programs set to likely reconstitute them and it is not over yet.... We may still find them!!!"

I loved that!!!

[Miss Marple]

See post 3007 for my explanation of my day.

[Texasforever]

That's the theory and the law. In the real world it's flouted at every turn and I think you know that.

No I don't know that in fact all of the real evidence says otherwise. What is flouted is the myth about this program. The H1B program is not important enough for a business to endanger itself by breaking federal law over. It goes against all common sense to pay more for one class of worker just to keep a citizen from filling the job. If you think these H1B folks are stupid and don't know what they are entitled to under the law and that they will hesitate to go to the Feds if they feel they are being screwed then you don't know much about them. The is no incentive for companies to hire H1B applicants when the job can be done with either a regular hire citizen or a contractor who is also a citizen unless there is no other way.

[jayef]

I think it's amazing that a Democrat would say that the US under Bush is like a missile. Wouldn't that be a more apt description of what Clinton was? Isn't that all he ever represented to Iraq? Lob a missile from the Med.

In contrast, this President sent our troops to LIBERATE the people of Iraq. To free them from the torture chambers and rape rooms. To give them FREEDOM of speech and a free press. To let them enjoy the fruits of their labor and their economy.

Is that light enough for you BOTOX NANCY?

[MJY1288]

Thanks for pointing that out, it's basically my point. We are not owners of the country, we just share the dream. We have made our mistakes and we try to learn from them. We're not perfect, we're just the best place to live on the planet and it's not hard for me to understand why people want to come here. But saying we will only hire Americans kinda flies in the face of our motto carved in the base of the Statue of Liberty.

Unions have created this problem and it will take many more years to recover from the days of the General Motors factory employee who spends his day repeating the unskilled task of tightening 4 drive shaft bolts on each passing vehicle on the assembly line at a rate of $35.00 an hour. The fact is, Unions have killed the manufacturing sector in this country with crippling labor rates. I've been a blue collar worker all my life and if I have seen first hand what unions have done to this country, and until we abandon their socialist platform that says to the factory owners, "Why work hard... The pay is the same?" our manufacturing industry will continue to leave this country, it's called Capitalism

[longtermmemmory]

Clark is an idiot. The ancients routinely held attack before attacked.


Nightline is a infomercial for clark. Clintonistas pushing for their guy.

[DarthVader]

Dems are just looking like they need to be fired on 11/4/04.

[BigSkyFreeper]

I switched to "The Barbarians" on the History Channel -- no sign of any Democrats yet.

I can't wait for the special about The Neanderthals, narrated by Ted Kennedy, about the Republicans. I hope to see me on there somewhere. LOL

[ArneFufkin]

Wow, that's a sick "little girl" MM.

Man, that's scary stuff. Opportunistic virus' come out of the blue and they strike hard and to the core of human weakness.

Thank God she's in the Hospital, it's easy to dehydrate perilously on that sickness track. I'm glad her Mom and Dad, her fiancee and other loved ones were there, if she was isolated (like many 24 year olds in the big city are) and didn't have you and your husbands sage outside view and parental authority, that turn of events could have been even more serious beyond what we want to contemplate. Good job MOM! ;^)

Yeah, the ingrates and selfish whiners here are getting beyond the limit of patience with me too. They're trying to destroy a beautiful resource.

[South40]

You're right. I fully realize they're unable to see GWB as doing anything wrong. And, frankly, they no longer warrant my time.

Peace.