SOTU/OTA Wednesday

About that State of the Union address last night... I didn't watch this one, just as I have not watched the SOTU for several years, now. Instead, I read the transcribed address at the Whitehouse.gov site. I find the "sizzle" factor to be a distraction. How someone delivers a speech has some significance, but I just want the meat. On average, I'd probably give the speech a solid "B." An "A" tending toward "A-" for the foreign policy section. A Solid "C" for the domestic section, IMO. Read it for yourself and judge the contents. Good things: Explaining the need to take the fight to the terrorists (for those who simply haven't been listening since 9/11-apparently just about half the pols in the room. *sigh*). Hitting the old Gray Whore and her pimps with a bitch-slap on the so-called 'domestic surveillance lies, as in, ...to prevent another attack -- based on authority given to me by the Constitution and by statute -- I have authorized a terrorist surveillance program to aggressively pursue the international communications of suspected al Qaeda operatives and affiliates to and from America. Previous Presidents have used the same constitutional authority I have, and federal courts have approved the use of that authority. Appropriate members of Congress have been kept informed. The terrorist surveillance program has helped prevent terrorist attacks. It remains essential to the security of America. If there are people inside our country who are talking with al Qaeda, we want to know about it, because we will not sit back and wait to be hit again. Exactly. This is an Open Trackback Alliance-affiliated Open Post. Link here and trackback. See for more linkfests, as well as the Open Trackback Alliance