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Showing Original Post only (View all)Twenty Pounds of BS in a Ten-Pound Bag [View all]
President Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union address, in the House Chamber of the
Capitol Building in Washington, Jan. 20, 2015.
(Doug Mills/The New York Times)
Twenty Pounds of BS in a Ten-Pound Bag
By William Rivers Pitt
Truthout | Op-Ed
Let me be perfectly clear from the jump: It was a fine speech, one of the best of President Obama's political career, which makes it automatically one of the best in the State of the Union's august history. The last fifteen minutes, in particular, were absolutely soaring, not just in rhetoric, but in the delivery as well. The man parked it as deep as it can be parked, like a majestic David Ortiz line drive deep into the bleachers at Fenway, thanks for coming, turn out the lights when you leave. No one does it better that Barack Obama when the bright lights are on.
...and when it was over, my immediate thought was of Steven the Irishman, the self-declared madman from the film Braveheart. Mel Gibson had just given his rousing speech to keep the Scots from fleeing before the battle at Stirling Bridge.
"Fine speech," said Steven. "Now what do we do?"
Indeed.
You see, apparently we've "turned the page" on the economic wasteland created by our Neo-Con/Neo-Liberal brain trust in Washington. The shadow of crisis has passed, and we're on a new foundation.
How many people do you know who actually feel that way?
Just about everyone I know is economically scared to death, and most of them are living paycheck to paycheck...and brothers and sisters, I know a whole hell of a lot of people, in all fifty states and most of the territories. I ain't Pew or Gallup, so take this with as many grains of salt you need to choke it down, but here's the hard truth: No pages have been turned, and the new foundation is just as porous as the old one...because it's the same old God damned foundation. Lather, rinse, repeat.
The President of the United States gave a speech on Tuesday night that would, in parts, have gone over like gangbusters at any Occupy rally in the country, and then he turned on a dime to brag about our massively impressive oil and gas production, i.e. fracking and maybe the Keystone XL pipeline, and then went on further to give an impassioned aria about climate change, at which point my brain crawled out of my ear and slithered into the bathroom, where it wept piteously into the cold porcelain truth of the base of the toilet.
The rest: http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/28649-twenty-pounds-of-bs-in-a-ten-pound-bag
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You cheer on a post chiding someone for not using proper punctuation? And now that poster
uppityperson
Jan 2015
#81
Oh, come on. One doesn't have to be "real bright" to show your readers where one sentence ends
Dark n Stormy Knight
Jan 2015
#62
heydon'tworryaboutitimeanifit'sreallythathardforyouiguessitwouldbewrongofanyonetoexpectyoutolearnto
Dark n Stormy Knight
Jan 2015
#67
Well, I have no idea whether you are sincere of not, but if you are, then I'll say
Dark n Stormy Knight
Jan 2015
#79
What, pray tell does "sincere of not" mean? I can not figure out what you are trying to say?
uppityperson
Jan 2015
#85
Congratulations. Your chiding got them to delete something you found unclear or difficult to
uppityperson
Jan 2015
#78
So what if you are a former english teacher? That doesn't preclude you from manners.
RadiationTherapy
Jan 2015
#17
Why point out that someone is replying in a condescending fashion? It's an internet forum where all
Dark n Stormy Knight
Jan 2015
#66
Why point out that someone is replying in a condescending fashion? Because it was unnecessarily rude
uppityperson
Jan 2015
#69
You're missing the point. You're pointing out something you think is rude. I'm pointing out
Dark n Stormy Knight
Jan 2015
#74
No need to delete that, it was easily understandable. What is awful on this thread is NOT
uppityperson
Jan 2015
#77
Your posts on punctuation show that you went to school, not that you were educated. nt
msanthrope
Jan 2015
#109
A for effort. But, I'm pretty sure grammar, punctuation, etc. have become passe.
Dark n Stormy Knight
Jan 2015
#23
Did anyone notice his wants were all dependent on Congress? Not one word about what HE Could
Vincardog
Jan 2015
#2
Well, he did put in a word for the TPP. His baby, it seems. Fuck the Dems who do not
djean111
Jan 2015
#6
What do we do? We the little people living pay check to pay check, elderly on SS,
Autumn
Jan 2015
#7
So now we reject any candidate in the Democratic Party who does not support at the very minimum
JDPriestly
Jan 2015
#42
"serial apologist", "demonstrably phony" and the all time favorite "POS used car salesman"
uppityperson
Jan 2015
#12
What do we do now? Well, we're expected to vote for another "Not as Bad" centrist.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Jan 2015
#86
Yes, it's bullshit. It's B.S. Corporate Theater, a middle finger in the face of every American,
woo me with science
Jan 2015
#97
+100000 "Placebo government," "sugarcoated bullshit," corporate propaganda.
woo me with science
Jan 2015
#101