We believe that any experimenting with human-animal hybrids should begin with the combination of Angelina Jolie and a leopard. Really this is a conservative scare tactic, but TheSequitur.com is on the prowl for such cloning. Meow. - Update: [12:19 a.m.] Maybe not a tactic after all. [Washington Post]
Know where I can get some oil?"
Addicted to oil"? Please. In
reality Bush has promised some sort of energy reform every year. We'd
like to see his proposals through, especially his goal of a 75 percent
reduction in our oil imports from the Middle East. Likewise for
"moving beyond a petroleum-based economy." But, hell, this keyboard is
made of plastic, a petroleum product. [Photo - FoxNews.com]
Kaine: 'There's a better way'
Yeah, but do the Democrats have the cajones to lead? Gov. Kaine is
right: "We can [fight terror] without sacrificing the liberty that we
sent our troops abroad to defend." [Chicago Sun-Times]
Live-bloggin' - Eh, not so much
Yeah, I'm not too pleased with this live-blogging exercise, but I suppose there's a first for everything. Ciao.
Stay Tuned ... [10:24 p.m.]
Final comments on SOTUS, and the Democratic response, in a few moments. But I can say now, live-blogging sucks.
Energy/Education Initiatives [10:07 p.m.]
Finally, at least pretend-real talk on inproving our energy usage. Let's hold him to this all year.
Has the president been reading Thomas Friedman of the NYTimes?
Cites Hillary-Newt Medical Records Plan, not Hillary-Newt [10:01 p.m.]
Need I say more? OK, I will. I dont trust Congress with tort reform.
Dems cheer only success [9:56 p.m.]
Come on. If
all you have to offer is blocking an actual plan to fix the problem -
sit down. Bush is right, it is time for legislators to put aside their
nastiness and save Social Security for good.
Bush retirement 'a national challenge' [9:53 p.m.]
No, really it's probably not such a bad idea.
Line-Item No-No [9:53 p.m.]
Funny how only the president's team cheers when he asks for the line-item veto, be it a Bush or Clinton.
Terrorist surveillance program? 'Hurrumph' [9:47 p.m.] Certainly not for the length it would take for a president
of another party in office. Is he joking? The Democrats are in no danger of
winning the presidency, at least right now.
First Lady Should Avoid Pink [9:34 p.m.]
Just word on the street, people. Word on the street.
Deja Vu - 'We are winning' [9:28 p.m.]
Hasn't this speech been given before?
Oh,
second-guessing is not a strategy? Funny that no one is allowed to see
the intellegence being gathered except for the executive branch, which
therefore becomes the only entity capable of concocting any so-called
strategy. What recourse remains but to second-guess? To second-guess is
the role of an opposition party, that is why they are the opposition.
King Remembered First [9:17 p.m.]
Wow, he actually mentioned Coretta Scott King before babbling on about freedom. He made it almost a couple of minutes.
Mr. Speaker ... [9:07 p.m.]
Tonight TheSequitur.com is enjoying a 2001 Felsina Berardenga, Chianti Classico Riserva.
And after much pomp and circumstance ... he speaks ... OK now ... OK, how about now?
Introductory Comments [pre-speech 8:53 p.m.]
So
Cindy Sheehan was arrested by Capitol Hill police while seated in House
chamber unfurling anti-war banner. [CNN] Dammit, Cindy. Did you really
think screwing with the president's speech is the type of dialogue we
need? - Update: [12:19 a.m.] Seems Sheehan was actually arrested for wearing an anti-war T-shirt in the House chamber then released on her own recognizance. [Village Voice]
Anyway, TheSequitur.com staff and contributors coast to
coast are poised, wine-in-hand, ready to praise, critique and make fun
of the president's speech. Let's just see what happens ... [2005 SOTUS Photo - WhiteHouse.gov]
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