SOU, Tums & the Hour of the Wolf

I don't know where to start. It's 3 AM and I can't sleep. The State of the Union speech rolling through my head, stomach is churning...sigh.

"Change hasn't come fast enough..." It's been plenty fast for me thanks...

I thought is was interesting when he stated that we were "past the storm" of the economic crisis which would have been worse had it not been for the decisive actions he and congress took to save us from a certain second economic depression.  Things were looking up: the worst is over, employers are starting to hire again, Americans are feeling hopeful...yet over the next year "a million people will lose their insurance coverage". How? Well...the people loosing insurance coverage are people who loosing their jobs. That was the basis earlier in the year for the statement that 14 thousand people a month lose their insurance coverage. Conclusion: more jobs will be lost over the next year driving unemployment up past 11%. Of course a Jobs Bill will fix all that.

I thought is was very revealing when he stated he was issuing an executive order to bypass congress because they couldn't pass a piece of legislation he wants. I guess it's good to be king.

Exactly what are the tax "incentives" for companies to move overseas? When he talked about eliminating the tax incentives, I don't think he's referring to some part of the tax code that provides incentives to move jobs and facilities overseas. I think this really means creating new penalties for companies that are moving jobs and facilities overseas and using the tax system to enforce it. But I'm not tax expert...:)

I'm curious to know where these 25 tax cuts were made.. I guess I need to watch Less FOX news and more MSNBC to get the real story...LOL

PEBO just doesn't get it: Republicans don't block legislation he wants "just be cause they can" It's because their constituents want them to. We disagree with his (and the progressive) view of more government taking a role in peoples lives. Reagan was right when he said:

"Government is not a solution to our problem, government is the problem."

I'm convinced more than ever that we need to do all we can to support, promote, fund, and vote ALL of these guys out of the whole system (from city councils to congress) and replace them with fresh people who:

• believe in less government in our lives
  
• don't know how the current system (read corrupt) works but do know how government should work.
• understand the constitution and the balance of power concept
• believe in capitalism and the free market system that has worked well for us over the last 200 years.
• doesn't "know better" than we do.
• will restore a working 3 branch system of government with checks and balances.