Analysis: State of the Union Agitated (Ron Fournier Alert!)

AP on Yahoo ^ | 1/31/06 | Ron Fournier - ap

[JCEccles]

but parents still wonder about the quality of education in their schools.

Now, why would that be? The schools are controlled by the left.

I read something earlier today about how Detroit is the poorest American big city. Now, why would that be? Detroit has the highest concentration of Democrats of any American big city. Social security is on a sure course for disaster? It's a Democratic program that the left has refused to allow anyone to touch.

There's a lesson here, but one should never underestimate Democratic blindness to the bleeding obvious.

[Milhous]

Futilely searching for performance art pics of the pot banging brigade actually banging pots and pans to drown out Bush's SOTU.

[bpjam]

Fournier must have spent a lot of time in therapy to be able to do this kind of quackery psychoanalysis on the SOTU. Where the hell does he see these bizarre things? Did he watch the speech with Cindy Sheehan and Joel Stein?

Bush wasn't 'asking' for a second chance. He was, in the words of Chili Palmer, the one telling you how it is. Period. No questions, no comments.

[Milhous]

Where the hell does he see these bizarre things?

A LSD flashback seems most probable.

Luminaries of The World Can't Wait [to] DRIVE OUT THE BUSH REGIME Regiment of Royal Rabid Barking Moonbats:

ACT UP, New York City Mumia Abu-Jamal, political prisoner, journalist Imam Talib Abdur-Rashid, mosque of Islamic Brotherhood; Justice Committee, Majlis Ash-Shura, NY Pam Africa, Move Organization and International Concerned Family and Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal After Downing Street Coalition Vicente "Panama" Alba, Organizer, Laborers Union Local 108, New York "Alberto Lovera" Bolivian Circle, New York Aimee Allison, army conscientious objector (Gulf War 90)/counter-Recruiter Tom Ammiano, San Francisco Board of Supervisors Aris Anagnos, Los Angeles Anti-Flag Carlos Arango, director of Casa Aztlan* Edward Asner Asociacion Tepeyac de New York Axis of Justice Rosa Ayala, Justice for Janitors* William Ayers, professor and author Russell Banks, writer Father Luis Barrios, Iglesia San Romero de Las Americas, New York Rev. Willie Barrow, Women Connecting* Ed Begley Jr. Harry Belafonte Dave Berenson, Cleveland, OH, U.S. Green Party Michael Berg, anti-war activist Jessica Blank, writer, actor Blase Bonpane, author Bob Bossie, SCJ, 8th Day Center for Justice* Father Roy Bourgeois, MM St. Clair Bourne, film maker Elombe Brath, Patrice Lumumba Coalition, NYC Jane Bright, Co-founder, Goldstar Families for Peace Carol Brightman, author, "Total Insecurity: The Myth of American Omnipotence" Dennis Brutus Gabriel Byrne, Actor Campus Anti-War Network(CAN) Tim Carpenter, Director, Progressive Democrats of America Center for Constitutional Rights Chicago ADAPT Ward Churchill Citizens For Legitimate Government Kate Clinton, humorist Clothing of American Mind David Cobb, 2004 Green Party Presidential Candidate Code Pink: Women for Peace Steve Colman, poet John Conyers, US Representative Carlos Cornier, percussionist, Funkadesi, Old Town School of Folk Music Barry Crimmins, writer/ correspondent, Air America Radio  Culture Clash Charles W. Dahm (Father Chuck), Pastor, St. Pius V, Chicago Chris Daly, San Francisco Board of Supervisors Julie Delpy, Actress DC Anti-War Network Democrats.com Carl Dix, Revolutionary Communist Party Leonard "Len" Dominguez, Candidate for Cook County Commissioner Dominican Women's Development Center, New York Tom Duane, NY State Senator Michael Eric Dyson, author, "Is Bill Cosby Right?" Steve Earle, musician Niles Eldredge, curator of the Darwin Show at the Museum of Natural History, NYC Edwin Ellis, President of Veterans for Peace, LA* Eve Ensler Michelle Esrick, actress, poet, filmmaker Donelle Estey, artist, Artists Against the War Christian Ettinger, exec. prod. of film "The Weather Underground" Jodie Evans, Code Pink Nina Felshin, curator, writer Lawrence Ferlinghetti Rev. John Fife Jane Fonda Prof. Barbara Forrest, Southeastern Louisana University (testifed in Dover against intelligent design) Michael Franti, musician Aaron Freeman, comdian Samina Faheem Fundas, American Muslim Voice* reg e. gaines, poet, playwright Martin Garbus, NYC Deborah Glick, NY State Assemblywoman Ted Glick, Climate Crisis Coalition Global Justice and Peace Ministries, Riverside Church, New York Frances Goldin, literary agent Sam Greenlee, poet André Gregory, theater director Andy Griggs, US Labor Against the War, Exec. Board of United Teachers of LA* Jose Guerrero, artist and muralist, Chicago Lawrence Guyot, former SNCC member and former Chairman of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party Paul Haggis, Director/Writer of Crash, screenwriter of Million Dollar Baby Haitian Coalition for Justice Suheir Hammad, poet Sam Hamill, Poets Against War Kathleen Hanna, Le Tigre David Harris, founder of The Resistance*, writer Jon Hendricks, jazz singer/lyricist Jon Hendricks, artist Hermandad Mexicana Warren M. Hern, MD, MPH, PhD, Director, Boulder Abortion Clinic Hip Hop Caucus Dorothy Hoobler, PEN Marie Howe, poet and writer Impeach Bush Coalition Mesha Monge Irizarry, Idriss StelleyFoundation Islamic Association of America Abdeen Jabara, past president, American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee* Ron Jacobs, writer Dahr Jamail, independent journalist Alan Jones, Dean of Faculty at Pitzer College* Bill T. Jones, dancer Sarah Jones, poet and actor Rickie Lee Jones, musician Esther Kaplan, author of With God On Their Side Janis Karpinski, Brig. General (retired) Casey Kasem M. Ali Khan, American Muslim Council C. Clark Kissinger Frances Kissling, President, Catholics for a Free Choice* Yuri Kochiyama Ron Kovic, author, Vietnam Veteran Jonathan Kozol Joyce Kozloff, artist Jim Lafferty, Executive Director of the National Lawyer's Guild of Los Angeles Ray Laforest, organizer, DC 1707, AFSCME*; member, Pacifica National Board* Beth Lamont Jessica Lange Lewis Lapham, former editor, Harper's Magazine Martha Lavey, Chicago Mark Leno, California Assemblyman Rabbi Michael Lerner, editor of Tikkun magazine James Levin, co-director of Cleveland Festival of Arts & Technology (Ingenuity)

Simon Levy, director, "What I Heard About Iraq" at Fountain St. Theatre Toby Devan Lewis Bruce Lincoln, professor, History of Religions, University of Chicago Margarita Lopez, New York City Council Member Haki R. Madhubuti, chairman, publisher, Third World Press Devorah major, poet & novelist Make the Road by Walking, Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY Mike Malloy, syndicated radio talk show host Lucinda Marshall, Founder Feminist Peace Network* Bill Martin, philosopher Father Matthius, Pastor, St. Pius V, Chicago Malachy McCourt, actor & author Allen Michann, owner, Grand Lake Theater, Oakland, CA Ellen McLaughlin, actress and playwright Camilo Mejia, conscientious objector Dave Meserve, Arcata California city council member Carol Migden, CA State Senator Carly Miller, Clothing of the American Mind Mark Crispin Miller, author, "Fooled Again" Alderman Joe Moore, Chicago's City Council Millions More Movement, Pittsburg /Antioch CA organizing committee Bill Mitchell, co-founder of Gold Star Families for Peace* Leon Mobley, musician Tom Morello, Audioslave Tracie Morris, poet Andrew Muñana, Images Salón, East Los Angeles Cecil Murray, Retired Minister First AME Church, Los Angeles Craig Murray, former UK Ambassador to Uzbekistan National Lawyers Guild Armando Navarro, chair and professor, Ethnic Studies, UC Riverside The Network in Solidarity with the People of the Philippines Bill Nevins, teacher, Albuquerque Northwestern College Feminists Not in Our Name Mike and Julie Nussbaum Efia Nwangaza, director, African American Institute for Policy Studies, Greenville, SC Brian O'Leary, PhD., author, former astronaut Bertell Ollman, prof. Dept. of Politics, NYU R. Tomás Olmos, President, Mexican American Bar Foundation, Los Angeles County*, Dean Emeritus, People's College of Law* Barbara Olshansky, Center for Constitutional Rights Outernational Major Owens, 11th Congressional District, D-NY Ozomatli Jose Padilla*, executive director, California Rural Legal Assistance (CRLA) Grace Paley, writer Patrick Henry Democratic Club Harvey Pekar, American Splendor Sean Penn Rosalind Petchesky, prof., Hunter College & Grad. Center, CUNY Peter Phillips PhD, Project Censored, Sociology Dept Sonoma State University Jeremy Pikser, screenwriter, Bulworth Harold Pinter, Nobel Prize winning playwright Frances Fox Piven Sterling Plumpp, poet Kevin Powell, writer Progressive Democrats of America Francine Prose, novelist Puerto Rican Nationalist Party - New York Branch Queers for Economic Justice Jerry Quickley, poet and playwright Malik Rahim, New Orleans Community Organizer Michael Ratner, Center for Constitutional Rights* Reach Hip Hop Coalition Raghava Reddy, stem cell biologist, biomedical scientist, film maker Maggie Renzi, filmmaker Eric Resnick, Gay People's Chronicle* reporter, peace activist, one time candidate for US Congress Allan Rich, screenwriter/actor Boots Riley, The Coup Walter Riley, lawyer Joshua Rosenbloom, Composer/ Director of Bush is Bad Mark Ruffalo, actor Bobby Rush, US Representative, Chicago Douglas Rushkoff, author Kalamu ya Salaam, Listen to the People JD Samson, Le Tigre Sonia Sanchez Rev. Henry Sanders, Fountain of Life Missionary Baptist Church, Watts, CA San Francisco Bayview Newspaper Sapphire, poet, writer Susan Sarandon John Sayles, filmmaker Rinku Sen, Colorlines* Richard Serra, artist Rev. Al Sharpton Lou Shaw, writer, creator of Quincy MD Cindy Sheehan Martin Sheen Stanley Sheinbaum, economist, LA Nancy Spero, artist Dona Spring, Berkeley Council member Gloria Steinem Malcolm Suber, People's Hurricane Relief Fund* Serj Tankian System of a Down Sunsara Taylor, Revolution newspaper Studs Terkel Marianne Torres, Peace and Justice Action League of Spokane* Dwight Trible, jazz vocalist George Tuttle & Ben Cushman, grapegrowers Gore Vidal, writer Kurt Vonnegut Alice Walker Maxine Waters, US Representative Wavy Gravy Leonard Weinglass, lawyer Rev. Dave Weissbard, senior minister, The Unitarian Universalist Church, Rockford, IL Cornel West, Princeton University Rev. Phil Wheaton, Episcopal Co-pastor, Community of Christ, Washington DC Joan Wile, Director, Grandmothers Against the War Saul Williams, poet Standish E. Willis, National Conference of Black Lawyers Krzysztof Wodiczko, artist Ann Wright, former US diplomat, resigned in protest of Iraq war Daphne Wysham, Institute for Policy Studies Leland Y. Yee, Speaker pro Tem, California State Assembly Juanita Young, courageous resister, leader in October 22nd Coalition* Dr. Quentin Young, Health and Medicine Policy Research Group* Dave Zeiger, filmmaker, "Sir, No, Sir!" Zephyr, graffiti artist, writer Robert Zevin, Robert Brooke Zevin Associates, Inc. Howard Zinn, historian, "A Peoples' History of the United States" David Zirin, author, "What's My Name, Fool? Sports and Resistance in the United States"

[Utah Girl]

Ron has really got his knickers in a twist this evening.

[dufekin]

How'd the President's approval rating get to 50%? Last I heard, it was 35% and declining rapidly, probably not to exceed 18% by the November election. The American people are joining the Democratic Party in droves. The American economy rests on the verge of complete collapse, already worse than the depths of the Great Depression. (I live in Oklahoma, which for some stupid reason, seems to lack these problems.) Usama bin Laden has declared victory in Iraq; America is irrevocably and completely defeated. Our armed forces are mere vestiges of their former selves, completely broken, and tired, preparing for surrender, with no supplies or ammunition whatsoever.

And that's just for starters. This is what the American people believe because it is the Truth. The President is a Liar; so decreed by the Democrats, who embody the values of the American people--socialism, sedition, surrender, and sodomy.

[Gordongekko909]

I dunno. Must be FReepers attacking opinion polls or something.

[kingu]

These liberals won't be happy until there is a liberal utopia from shore to shore. Americans without health insurance? Right - what has health insurance brought to this nation? Better care? Do you get to spend more than five minutes with a doctor?

National health care proposals have fallen flat every time they've been proposed because people want to control their health choices. So instead, health insurance is forced upon them. You're told what health options are available, and if you wish to go beyond that, you have to appeal to a committee for permission.

The culture of patching over problems, or running up expensive tabs for procedures and treaments that offer minimal results, is prevalent within the industry. Pills with dangerous side effects to treat cosmetic issues? Hello? Those pills that might, with a year of treatment, correct the discoloration in your toenails?

One way or another, we're going to be forced into the liberal utopia of their imagining, so that we can be their grand experiment in socialized health care, dependent upon their monthly checks in our later years, silenced by their constant attacks on the freedom of speech. None of these things were ever envisioned by our founding fathers - a family took care of their elder relatives, a doctor charged what the patient could afford, and the freedom to be critical of others was a central part of our Bill of Rights.

Thankfully the people are starting to wake up, they've identified the problem, refusing to characterize themselves as 'liberal' on surveys. They're just missing how fundamental attacks on our economy, our social system, and our freedoms are being dressed up in fancy packages.

A liberal can call a soldier a baby killer, an abortion protester can't say the same to someone who just killed their baby. A protester can burn an American flag, another would be arrested if that was a rainbow flag as they are committing a 'hate crime' against homosexuals. Do as we say, not as we do, is the rule of the liberal. Probably why Communism appeals to them so; of course, they envision that they would be the rulers, and not the ruled.. Some days, I'm not so sure that they've lost.

[dread78645]

The state of the union is fretful. President Bush acknowledged the public's agitated state Tuesday night when he gave voice to growing concerns about the course of the nation he has led for five years.

His credibility no longer the asset it once was, the president begged Americans' indulgence for another chance to fix things.

I wonder which planet he watched this on?

[silverleaf]

Pres Bush said some of the 9-11 hijackers in the US called al Qaeda contacts overseas just before their attack. When he said he'd use his Constitutional authority to monitor people talking to al Qaeda BEFORE they hit us, Hillary nodded "no".

Apparently Her Heinous would prefer to use those Presidential powers to spy on US business communications and pass the information along to the Chinese.

[silverleaf]

We have discovered a bizarro parallel universe and Ron Fournier is reporting from it.

[Dinah Lord]

LOL.

From the looks of this article he was typing and wiping at the same time...

what a pantload.

[Jacquerie]

Health care costs are increasing three or four times the rate of inflation. . .

Every time I hear a platitude for federal health care I am reminded of a PJ O'Rourke quote, "If you think health care is expensive now just wait until it's free."

[John Lenin]

Paula Zahnn on CNN last night.

CNN's Zahn: "[Y]ou've got a lot of people out there saying ... if you vote for a Democrat, that basically you want to be bombed"

[bpjam]

sweet......