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Audacity of Truth
Whiner-in-Chief:
"[W]hether the grumbling is about Republicans on Fox or bloggers in pajamas, there's a word for what the president and his aides are doing. That word is "whining." And nothing [...] does more damage to Obama's credibility or authority than the sense that a popular president is becoming the whiner-in-chief."
- John Nichols, Nation Magazine - 10/12/09
Excerpts from the President’s State of Union Address
Via the AP:
“In this decisive year, you and I will make choices that determine both the future and the character of our country. We will choose to act confidently in pursuing the enemies of freedom or retreat from our duties in the hope of an easier life. We will choose to build our prosperity by leading the world economy or shut ourselves off from trade and opportunity. In a complex and challenging time, the road of isolationism and protectionism may seem broad and inviting, yet it ends in danger and decline. The only way to protect our people, the only way to secure the peace, the only way to control our destiny is by our leadership. So the United States of America will continue to lead.”
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“Abroad, our nation is committed to an historic, long-term goal — we seek the end of tyranny in our world. The future security of America depends on it.”
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“In a time of testing, we cannot find security by abandoning our commitments and retreating within our borders. If we were to leave these vicious attackers alone, they would not leave us alone. They would simply move the battlefield to our own shores. … Ultimately, the only way to defeat the terrorists is to defeat their dark vision of hatred and fear by offering the hopeful alternative of political freedom and peaceful change.”
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“To overcome dangers in our world, we must also take the offensive by encouraging economic progress, fighting disease, and spreading hope in hopeless lands.”
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“Here at home, America also has a great opportunity: We will build the prosperity of our country by strengthening our economic leadership in the world. … The American economy is pre-eminent, but we cannot afford to be complacent. In a dynamic world economy, we are seeing new competitors like China and India.”
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“We must continue to lead the world in human talent and creativity. Our greatest advantage in the world has always been our educated, hardworking, ambitious people, and we are going to keep that edge.”
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“America is addicted to oil, which is often imported from unstable parts of the world. The best way to break this addiction is through technology.”
The SOTU will be broadcast live tonight at 9pm Eastern Time.
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I don’t get this. If he’s going to give out the speech before he makes it, why make it at all? Bush could just publish it as an op-ed piece or something.
Kevin, I’m not sure if this is a new practice put forth by this admin, or if others have done it in the past – I know every SOTU I’ve paid attention to during the Bush admin has had ‘advance snippets’ released to the press.
Why is he speaking about becoming isolationist? Nobody has ever raised that as a possibility. This man clearly has no clue about what planet he is on. Peace
I’m all for the President’s science funding initiatives! This is great news!
On the lighter side of things, a joke on jobs:
Or, now that you have smiled, you can grit your teeth in frustration.
I don’t want to hear anymore liberals and whiners talk about losing jobs when they demonize Walmart, and we lose 150,000 jobs to CHINA!
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When you make a hostile enviroment for business in the US, you will begin to find more businesses move to friendlier climates (countries) that actually want them there.
I encourage those that like to bash Walmart to think on that.