Live Thread II: State of the Union Address - Starting Now

[Jean S]

Starting now.

The pre-speech festivities

The Democrat Response Thread

[eabinga]

OUR THIRD GOAL IS TO PROMOTE
ENERGY INDEPENDENCE FOR OUR
COUNTRY WHILE DRAMATICALLY
IMPROVING THE ENVIRONMENT.
I HAVE SENT YOU A -- I HAVE
SENT YOU A COMPREHENSIVE ENERGY
PLAN TO PROMOTE ENERGY
EFFICIENCY AND CONSERVATION TO
DEVELOP CLEANER TECHNOLOGY AND
TO PRODUCE MORE ENERGY AT HOME.
I HAVE SENT YOU CLEAR SKIES
LEGISLATION THAT MANDATES A 70%
CUT IN AIR POLLUTION FROM POWER
PLANTS OVER THE NEXT 15 YEARS.
I HAVE SENT YOU A HEALTHY
FOREST INITIATIVE TO HELP
PREVENT THE CATASTROPHIC FIRES
THAT DEVASTATE COMMUNITIES,
KILL WILDLIFE, AND BURN AWAY
MILLIONS OF ACRES OF TREASURED
FORESTS.
I URGE YOU TO PASS THESE
MEASURES FOR THE GOOD OF BOTH
OUR ENVIRONMENT AND OUR ECONOMY.
EVEN MORE, I ASK YOU TO TAKE A
CRUCIAL STEP AND PROTECT OUR
ENVIRONMENT IN WAYS THAT
GENERATIONS BEFORE US COULD NOT
HAVE IMAGINED.
IN THIS CENTURY, THE GREATEST
ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRESS WILL
COME ABOUT NOT THROUGH ENDLESS
LAWSUITS OR COMMAND-AND-CONTROL
REGULATIONS, BUT THROUGH
TECHNOLOGY AND THROUGH
INNOVATION.
TONIGHT, I'M PROSING $1.2
BILLION IN RESEARCH FUND --
PROPOSING $1.2 BILLION IN
RESEARCH FUNDING, SO AMERICA
CAN LEAD THE WORLD IN CLEAN,
HYDROGEN-POWERED AUTOMOBILES.
A SIMPLE CHEMICAL REACTION
BETWEEN HYDROGEN AND OXYGEN
GENERATES ENERGY WHICH CAN BE
USED TO POWER A CAR PRODUCING
ONLY WATER, NOT EXHAUST FUMES.
WITH A NEW NATIONAL COMMITMENT,
OUR SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS
WILL OVERCOME OBSTACLES TO
TAKING THESE CARS FROM
LABORATORY TO SHOWROOM SO THAT
THE FIRST CAR DRIVEN BY A CHILD
BORN TODAY COULD BE POWERED BY
HYDROGEN AND POLLUTION-FREE.
JOIN ME IN THIS IMPORTANT
INNOVATION TO MAKE OUR AIR
SIGNIFICANTLY CLEANER AND OUR
COUNTRY MUCH LESS DEPENDENT ON
FOREIGN SOURCES OF ENERGY.

[mass55th]

"Edwards unhappy. hahahaha"

Yeah, he's sitting there, trying his best JFK imitation.

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

This deserves a repeat....

" No one has ever been healed by a frivolous lawsuit"

[looney tune]

There is power, power, wonder working power . . .

[WarSlut]

Hydrogen fuel cells --- the wave of the future.....now.

NO BLOOD FOR HYDROGEN!!!

[azGOPgal]

Shall we call it the "Grand Finale?" BOOM! BOOM!! BOOM!!!

[doug from upland]

This is outstanding. (but I worry that he is still spending too much money.........don't act like a DemocRAT, George.

[RAT Patrol]

Apply passions of America to problems of America...

good works deserve praise, support, and federal money when necessary.

[Tennessee_Bob]

"Wonder Working Power"


Good old gospel song quote there....Amen!

[Right_in_Virginia]

NO ONE HAS EVER BEEN HEALED BY A FRIVOLOUS LAWSUIT."

Well said, Mr. President!

[Yardstick]

"Wonder workin' Power"...bet the Dems loved that.

[Terriergal]

Pelosi is the upper-middle-class twit of the year.

[SamAdams76]

Hydrogen cars...take them from labratory to showroom. (Nothing about Segways) - (Much applause)

Reduce our reliance on foreign sources of energy (applause)

Increase frequency of oil changes from every 5,000 miles to every 50,000 miles (applause)

[Diddle E. Squat]

"There is power, wonderworking power..."

Excellent. I know where he got that line.

[cajungirl]

Hahah,,nuking Mecca,,good one there.

[mdittmar]

What are we up to so far?

5.2 billion?

Pretty soon we'll be talk'in real money.

[Route66]

Hydrogen! Everyone knows this president and his policy is 'all about oil'...

[Shermy]

Y'all catching the stuff about hydrogen? Natural gas ping.

[Lauratealeaf]

I like the line, "power, wonder working power." That is from a line of a Baptist hymn.

[meyer]

Peloski looks like a dried prune.

She is a dried prune, IMHO.