State of the Blog
Lots of important and interesting things happened today. For starters, the president gave his State of the Union address, in which he talked about several important topics. So important, in fact, that he was applauded 58 times in 50 minutes.
Absurd
I really love when bush's speechwriters(Karl Rove) try to make him sound intelligent. They did so today when he said,"Hindsight alone is not wisdom, and second-guessing is not a strategy."Wow. I actually had to sit here and think for like 2 minutes, trying to figure out what that meant exactly. The closest explaination i could come up with is that he doesn't want people calling him stupid. He doesn't like the fact that people are actually analyzing what he does and telling him he made very foolish, stupid decisions, so he attacks those people instead. Unfortunately, he does so in a nearly incomprehensible way, so nobody really gets that he was angry and hurt. He also called for increased spending for math and science courses in schools, specifically, training high-school teachers to instruct AP classes in those subjects. Thing is, with our deficit likely to hit 400 billion, billion, BILLION dollars this year, he is going to have to go wish for more money, cause the funding just isn't there. Perhaps if he weren't so obsessed with cutting rich people's taxes he could fund his little projects. He also defended his spying program yet again, using the worn-out line of "This terrorist surveillance program has helped prevent terrorist attacks." The problem with "preventing" crime like that is that you'll never really know if the action would haev taken place. It's also easy to make insubstanciated claims, especially when your administration doesn't want to tell the public or media anything other then their rhetorical propoganda.
In other news, Samual Alito was confirmed today. While he seems intelligent and qualified, bush's praise of him makes me weary nonetheless. He said Alito was, "a brilliant and fair-minded judge who strictly interprets the Constitution and laws and does not legislate from the bench." Except for that whole laying out a plan for the Regan administration to demolish the precedent for abortion thing, he sure doesnt. Especially considering his track record on abortion, which at best would be described as "mixed" despite the mountains of precedent. So if that is your idea of not legislating from the bench, then he doesn't legislate from the bench. Personally, I think if he weren't so intelligent he would scare me. Most intelligent, rational people don't allow their personal opinions to flow into their work, especially when your job affects the very future and fabric of American society, and I hope he sticks to that philosophy.
Absurd
I really love when bush's speechwriters(Karl Rove) try to make him sound intelligent. They did so today when he said,"Hindsight alone is not wisdom, and second-guessing is not a strategy."Wow. I actually had to sit here and think for like 2 minutes, trying to figure out what that meant exactly. The closest explaination i could come up with is that he doesn't want people calling him stupid. He doesn't like the fact that people are actually analyzing what he does and telling him he made very foolish, stupid decisions, so he attacks those people instead. Unfortunately, he does so in a nearly incomprehensible way, so nobody really gets that he was angry and hurt. He also called for increased spending for math and science courses in schools, specifically, training high-school teachers to instruct AP classes in those subjects. Thing is, with our deficit likely to hit 400 billion, billion, BILLION dollars this year, he is going to have to go wish for more money, cause the funding just isn't there. Perhaps if he weren't so obsessed with cutting rich people's taxes he could fund his little projects. He also defended his spying program yet again, using the worn-out line of "This terrorist surveillance program has helped prevent terrorist attacks." The problem with "preventing" crime like that is that you'll never really know if the action would haev taken place. It's also easy to make insubstanciated claims, especially when your administration doesn't want to tell the public or media anything other then their rhetorical propoganda.
In other news, Samual Alito was confirmed today. While he seems intelligent and qualified, bush's praise of him makes me weary nonetheless. He said Alito was, "a brilliant and fair-minded judge who strictly interprets the Constitution and laws and does not legislate from the bench." Except for that whole laying out a plan for the Regan administration to demolish the precedent for abortion thing, he sure doesnt. Especially considering his track record on abortion, which at best would be described as "mixed" despite the mountains of precedent. So if that is your idea of not legislating from the bench, then he doesn't legislate from the bench. Personally, I think if he weren't so intelligent he would scare me. Most intelligent, rational people don't allow their personal opinions to flow into their work, especially when your job affects the very future and fabric of American society, and I hope he sticks to that philosophy.
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