Well, what in the hell kind of Presidential Address was that?

[JeffR]

No mention of switchgrass.

No warnings about the imminent threat of human/animal hybrids.

No mission to Mars.

Nothing about how to put food on your family.

No answer to whether our children is learning.

No assurances about how a free and democratic Iraq will be a beacon in the Middle East.

No reminder of how incredibly safe we are now that Saddam is gone.

Not a word about how Ahmadwhatisname is the most fearsome madman the nation has ever faced.

No reminder that the government never stops thinking about ways to make us less safe.

Not a hint of strategery about how we're going to triumph over radical Islamaniacs who hate us for our freedoms.

No indication that Freedom Fries will once again adorn the menu at the Capitol Hill noshery.

Not a thing about how we have to watch what we say and support the Commander in Chief in time of war.

No reassurances about bringing dignity and honor back to the White House.

No indication of willingness on the part of the First Lady to adorn herself in bordello drapes.

Not a single smirk.

Nary a "heh-heh."

Well, damn.

This is not the change I voted for.

Oh, wait. Yes, it is.

Sorry.

[Mira]

1. Let me be the first to recommend this fine effort to express a lot of what I, too, feel right now.

[MrMickeysMom]

14. I rather like the picture of the elephant...

Explains what's going on right.... now.

[DeepBlueC]

2. and nothing about STEROIDS!!!!

GWB must be shaking his head sadly as Obama overlooks the pressing issues of our time.

[MagickMuffin]

20. GW didn't watch it, it was way past his bedtime

[Danascot]

27. Plus it was above his grade level

where's the :understatement: smiley?

[zeemike]

61. No he watched it and played the drinking game

Every time Obama, our president, got some applause he took a drink and passed out before it was over.

[MagickMuffin]

21. dupe

[DeepBlueC]

3. dupe

[lob1]

4. I was very proud during Obama's speech. Jindal made me laugh.

All in all, a very good night.

[archiemo]

5. Here!! Here!!!

[ellie]

6. What the hell is switchgrass?

[tavalon]

10. Ask Dubya

He seemed mighty taken with the possibility that switchgrass could solve all of 'Murka's energy problems.

[Frisbee]

60. Must grow especially well in Crawford... n/t

[Kalyke]

37. Switchgrass is often considered a good candidate for biofuel, according to Wiki.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switchgrass

Switchgrass is often considered a good candidate for biofuel — especially ethanol fuel — production due to its hardiness in poor soil and climate conditions, rapid growth and low fertilization and herbicide requirements. Switchgrass is also perennial, unlike corn, and has a large biomass output (the raw plant material used to make biofuel) of 6-10 tons per acre.<15><2> U.S. President George W. Bush proposed the usage of switchgrass in his 2006 State of the Union address <16> <17><18>; since then, over $100 million has been invested into researching switchgrass as a potential biofuel source<19>.

Switchgrass has the potential for enough biomass to produce up to 100 gallons (380 liters) of ethanol per metric ton harvested.<20> This gives switchgrass the potential to produce 1,000 gallons of ethanol per acre, compared to 665 gallons per acre of sugarcane and 400 gallons per acre of corn.<21>

However, there is debate on the economic and environmental viability of switchgrass, and all other biofuels, as an efficient energy source. In recent studies, it has been argued that switchgrass has a negative ethanol fuel energy balance, requiring 45 percent more fossil energy to create switchgrass into a biofuel than is produced.<22>

[tavalon]

45. Which is exactly why I'm worried about the human/animal hybrids eating it all up!

Don't you see!!!!!

[tavalon]

7. I've been so worried about those human/animal hybrids eating up all the switchgrass

Why in the world wasn't that addressed!?!

[stanwyck]

43. I bought my son a Human/Animal hybrid T-shirt

right after Dubya's speech. He loves wearing it because he knows by the responses just who he's dealing with - laughter means a possible DUer. Confusion? Probably NOT one of his tribe.

[Harry Monroe]

121. How many MPGs does one of those Human/Animal hybrids get?

Do they make them in America?

[stanwyck]

125. 76 mpg. And we will be making them here

as part of the stimulas package
Just make sure you buy the Michael Phelps/Cheetah model. And not the Sean Hannity/manatee model. That one is a real lemon.

[JohnnyLib2]

8. Mission accomplished.

Hey--it works in some contexts!

[Uzybone]

9. No Fear, fear fear 24x7

[HCE SuiGeneris]

11. I kinda miss the sociopath...

wait, no I don't.

knr

[akbacchus_BC]

12. JeffR, Duzy for you.

[Bread and Circus]

13. well played

[Akoto]

15. I was disappointed. Not even one new word for the dictionary.

[Jennicut]

16. The stupid heh-heh laugh...I so do not miss that.

President Obama is so mature in comparison.

[crimsonblue]

17. switchgrass is the best biofuel possibility if we develop it. n/t

[mayahbird]

84. Switch grass

That switch grass could be grown along all our highways and interstates. They mow them anyway. Instead of letting it just lay there, they could haul to a place to turn it into fuel. Just a thought!

[crimsonblue]

85. Yup. Plus, they can also use the stalk from corn and chaf from wheat

and put it into the same fermenter as switch grass. We could grow corn for food, and use its stalks as fuel. Why aren't we pursuing this?

[Aviation Pro]

97. Beg to differ, algae.....

....

[crimsonblue]

99. Do you mean petrol-producing algae

or just regular old red and green algae. The former, I will agree, is extremely promising. The latter, not so much.

[Aviation Pro]

101. Yep

....

[stillcool]

18. No Nuc-u-lar? What is the world coming to?

[Triana]

19. No mention of doctors giving up "practicing their love with women"

....ugh. And NO mention of NU-KYU-LAR - anything.

[cmf]

25. Bwahaha! That was the one I was going to say.

My favorite Bushism ever.

[lib_wit_it]

113. All thanks to the great whateveritis--that practicing love on women bit was one of the creepiest

of the Bushisms!

[Forkboy]

22. Forget putting food on the family. If the economy doesn't pick up the food will BE the family.

"Hey, where did Dad go?"

"Just eat your dinner, sweetie."

[NanceGreggs]

23. BRILLIANT!!!

and REC'D!

[Lugnut]

24. DUzy!

[Wetzelbill]

26. I lament the lack of an Axis of Evil

K&R

[gkhouston]

42. How about a Pinhead of Evil? Let's see how many talking points we can fit on it. n/t

[Wetzelbill]

51. I would but that's going to be the name of my autobiography nt

[gkhouston]

55. Aw, man, I thought you were going with Nabob of Naughtiness. Or was it Poobah of Perfidy? n/t

[Wetzelbill]

56. I think those will be my conceptual albums. The next two anyway. nt

[bdamomma]

57. yes, thank goodness to axis of evil or evil doers.

god, what a relief of the absence of that criminal.

[bdamomma]

65. o jeez I met to say good riddance to axis of evil and evil doers.

[HughBeaumont]

77. Confirmed his lunatic status with that one. Who was the brain surgeon that came up with it?

Seriously, WHAT speechwriter (because Bewsh can't even SPELL "axis", much less know it's meaning) in all honesty and skill thought that catchphrase would be brilliant?

Two nations that have hated each other for decades, and one of, if not THE most diplomatically isolated nations on the planet have an alliance? HUHRRHR?

Idiots.

"Huh, yer vice presdunt sez dum stuf!"

"'Axis of Evil'. I win. That phrase alone has to be one of the most logically void things ever spoken. You Repukes sure you want to ride this train? RLY?"

[navarth]

78. I believe David Frum came up with that brilliant name.

Smarmy bastard. His face would look soooo good on the end of my fist....no, I didn't say that.

[Wetzelbill]

89. yeah I think he even was partly fired because his wife was bragging about it

to others.

[namahage]

28. Nobody's going to be gotten "dead or alive."

And a description of foreign policy takes more than three words, and does not use the words "Bring," "'em," and "on" in any order.

This will take some getting used to. And I, for one, welcome it.

[CTyankee]

71. No "smoke 'em out" either!

[OneBlueSky]

29. "Not a single smirk." . . . that, in and of itself, is SO refreshing . . .

it's just great to have a president you can actually listen to . . . and who doesn't embarass himself and the nation every time he opens his mouth . . .

and who doesn't smirk! . . .

[4lbs]

30. I'm still trying to determine if I'm "with 'em or against 'em"

Does that make me an evil-doer?

Maybe I'm misunderestimating things and simply desire to go past to the back.

I guess I'll need to continue shopping so that the turrorists don't win.

[GeorgeGist]

31. No mention of the President ...

quitting on the failure of capitalism to produce a sane society.

But heh, compromises must be made to ensure the profit makers survive.

[WinkyDink]

32. I sorta miss the "heh heh". NOT!!!

[Laurab]

33. K&R nt!

[demokatgurrl]

34. I disagree on one point

"No reassurances about bringing dignity and honor back to the White House"

I was QUITE reassured that dignity and honor are back!

[cherokeeprogressive]

35. In reference to your tenth point, does this count?

"And with our friends and allies, we will forge a new and comprehensive strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan to defeat al Qaeda and combat extremism. Because I will not allow terrorists to plot against the American people from safe havens halfway around the world. We will not allow it."

[bertman]

36. Good one, JeffR. Henhh henhh.

[ananda]

38. And.. not a smirk in sight.

[Deep13]

39. He didn't even bother to lie to us.

snob!

[barbtries]

40. i discovered my 16-year-old son

watching the president's speech on his computer last night. had to mention how great is it ?! to have a smart president. makes me want to lead a cheer.

[gmoney]

41. This sounds like the soft bigotry of low expectations...

Fool me once, shame...

[pam4water]

44. My favorite Bushism: the problem with the French is they don't have a word for entrepreneur.

[xxqqqzme]

49. get out!!!

He didn't really say that - please tell me he didn't say that. I have never seen that one.

I remarked last night how pleasant it was to have a president again who knows how to speak in complete sentences. Doesn't use the podium as a body support. Actually pronounces words correctly - no more mush mouth. Has a complete, coherent message you can follow. It is with real joy and profound relief that I listen to the POTUS again.

[LiberalLovinLug]

66. He couldn't have said it

Because he most likely couldn't pronounce *entrepreneur*

[ExPatLeftist]

58. Hate to say it because that is a great line...

...but despite all the crap that spewed forth from the Shithead-in-Chief's piehole, he never said that one: http://www.snopes.com/quotes/bush.asp

[pam4water]

70. Awww... Are they a reliable source? I never heard of them before.

The New York Times and the BBC still refer to that quote in 2006 and 2007. I think Bush is stuck with it anyway. Bawahahahhah

I had that in a few of my sigs for a while. Oh well.

[ExPatLeftist]

123. Snopes is pretty much considered the 'Net authority for myth busting...

And have proven my stories wrong on a few occasions...

[lib_wit_it]

111. LOL!! Hadn't heard that one before!

[Joey Liberal]

46. Obama Was great - Jindal was a fool nt

[Yavin4]

47. Four Words: "No Animal Human Hybrids"

Obama is taking his eye off this menace. Then one day, blamo we're living on the Island of Dr. Moreau.

[Dukkha]

48. no "our economy is strong!"

followed by a big concern over steroids in sports!

[road2000]

50. Great post!

And, I might add, no Darth Cheney hulking over his shoulder.

[tabbycat31]

52. a brilliant one

there wasn't even a mention of 9/11 in this one.

[Chorophyll]

53. Oh, but I sort of missed Dick Cheney looming in the background

like an aggregation of malevolent vapors...

NOT!

[ChairmanAgnostic]

59. until that final word, you had me worried

[Chorophyll]

69. Nothing to worry about here. :)

[Cha]

54. No Hoodwinking, No Bamboozling..

Just Straight Up talking to the American People sans the corporatemediawhore filter.

[Joe Fields]

62. no snarling Cheney in the background

Nice going Jeff!

[tclambert]

63. I was gonna say No Penguin sitting behind his right shoulder.

[sinkingfeeling]

64. But little Bill Kristol was disappointed that he didn't talk about our 'wars' and wrote a piece

called, "Not a War President" for the Washington Post.

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/postpartisan/2009/02/n...

[Mad_Dem_X]

67. And he stood up straight the entire time!

No leaning on the podium. He actually looked like a President!

[BrklynLiberal]

68. Just about the best assessment of the speech that I seen.

[CTyankee]

72. No mention of "federal cufflinks" either. Didja ever figure out what he meant by that?

I still haven't. I asked my hubby and he said "who the hell knows?"

[trusty elf]

91. I have a picture of one...

[La Lioness Priyanka]

73. most excellent

[uponit7771]

74. kickin

[robertpaulsen]

75. And he didn't say "Nine-elevun" ONE FRIGGIN TIME!!!

Dude, where's my fearmongering?

[BelgianMadCow]

82. I was so totally unscared it scared me

the bastid didn't even njukjular!!!

[uponit7771]

76. Nary a "heh-heh.".............lofl

[jschurchin]

79. Bwahahahahahaha!!!!

Thanks, I needed a laugh. And a reminder that the "genius" is gone.

[Javaman]

80. You forgot the lack of electronic implant in his back. lol nt

[politicasista]

81. PO hit it out of the park last night!

And FLO looked fabulous.

[harun]

83. Awesome post, bravo.

[BlooInBloo]

86. :)

[northernlights]

87. The President was on last night? What channel?

All I saw was an articulate, intelligent, thoughtful, compassionate leader. Oh, wait a minute...that is our President! (Thought I'd missed something for a moment there.)

[ladym55]

88. A functionally literate Presidential address?

Delivered by someone who can speak in complete sentences ... use words of more than two syllables ... someone who can think on his feet ... someone with a sense of humor ...

And for the first time in 8 years I could watch a presidential address without extreme gastrointestinal distress.

btw, nice summation of the "error" we have left behind.

[Kajsa]

90. "food on your family"

(did GW really say that?- I missed that one.)

[kaygore]

92. Yes, it was a real bummer! No way to get hammered on the drinking game!

[Island Blue]

93. No uncontrollable urge (on my part) to shout

explicatives at the teevee.

[hootinholler]

94. JEEZE PEOPLE not one mention of 9/11!

Why am I the first to point that out?

-Hoot

[Glimmer of Hope]

102. Oh yeah. That.

[sandyj999]

95. And I so miss the mannerisms that always reminded me of my ex husband. n/t

[eppur_se_muova]

96. No calls to preempt asbestos lawsuits.

interesting read at http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/talk/blogs/911revi...

[Hardrada]

98. No sinister remarks about supposed enemies "we've taken care of."

Remember that from 2002 or 2003?

[merh]

100. the nutty rightwinger on The View, Lizabetp Hassleduff, said she

was worried about the terrorists. She said his speech was lacking in dealing with the real problems and was too optimistic and there isn't enough funding to homeland security, we aren't safe, blah, blah, blah

Oh, and the reason they keep her is because she and the producer/stage manager seem to be the only repugs.

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

103. Correct pronunciation of "nuclear"

...refreshing

[K Gardner]

104. He never said: "It's HARD WORK".. !!

[lib_wit_it]

114. But it's haaarrrrrrd!. It's reeeealy reeeealy haaarrrrrrd. Oh, so you expecting easy? Moron,

[stlsaxman]

105. Rec #101!

like that old cigarette commercial-

"A silly millimeter longer- 101..."

[Chisox08]

106. Why did he insist on using full sentances?

[woundedkarma]

107. My g/f and I thought it was nice to have an intelligent pres.

Nice isn't strong enough. "Mind blowing" would be the more correct I think.

I caught myself thinking that even if we had an intelligent republican president, it wouldn't be as terrible as the last 8 years. She basically said that anything, even a turnip, would have been better.

[JeffR]

108. 100+ recs for this?

Whatever happened to standards here, folks?

[scarletwoman]

110. What. You never heard of pity recs?

[JeffR]

112. That makes me feel better about it.

Thanks!

[scarletwoman]

115. I'm glad. I felt bad for you, so I wanted to do something to make you feel better.

[JeffR]

117. Nothin' says lovin' like being made to feel pitiful.

[scarletwoman]

118. A woman's gotta do what a woman's gotta do.

I'm all about the giving, you see.

[scarletwoman]

109. MARS, bitches!

Man, where's that can-do spirit?

[FLyellowdog]

116. First complete President's speech I've watched in 8 years.

awesome...simply awesome.

Except for the Inauguration Speech that is...my bad.

[saltpoint]

119. "Dear Mr. JeffR:"

We are in recepit of your DU post, returned herein.

It does not meet our needs at the present time.

Our editors found it too intelligent, too coherent, too pertinent, too readable, great fun, and altogether outstanding.

Best of luck publishing it elsewhere.

[FourScore]

120. And no flag pin on his lapel...n/t

[JPZenger]

122. Here's John Steinbeck Quote After JFK Inauguration Speech

Author John Steinbeck was an honored guest at John Kennedy's innauguration. Afterwards, the press asked Steinbeck what he thought. He said

"Syntax, my lad. It has been restored to the highest place in the Republic."

[vssmith]

124. You're right--a huge disappointment

[cooolandrew]

126. What no fear for dinner, thank goodness for that. Times they are, a changing. =)