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Presenting The 2015 "Shadow Of Crisis Has Passed" State Of The Union - Live Webcast & Full Speech
By now it is well known that The State of The Union tonight will be about President Obama's Robin-Hood Agenda. Furthermore, it is entirely clear that his proposals have no chance of becoming law. As WaPo's Marc Thiessen notes, Obama is not delusional, his move is completely and transparently political... And just as Eric Cantor suggests will merely serve to inflame the GOP. From taxes to cyber security and from community college to housing... in 50-65 minutes, all will be clear...
President Obama is due to start The State Of The Union at 9pm ET...
But this year, much of Mr. Obama's policy wish list and broad themes will be well-known when he walks onto the House floor tonight. Here is what the president is widely expected to focus on in his address...
Taxes: Mr. Obama will propose using revenue generated from tax increases on investment gains and inherited property to pay for tax breaks aimed at low- and middle-income households. The initiatives, previewed Saturday by administration officials, include tripling the child-care tax credit to $3,000 and creating a new $500 credit for families in which both spouses work. Under the plan, the top capital-gains rate would rise to 28% from 23.8% and more inherited assets would be subject to capital-gains taxes.
The Economy: One of the biggest themes of Mr. Obama's speech will be the strengthening economic recovery. With the stock market up, GDP growing and unemployment at new lows, Mr. Obama has began talking up the economy -- a bit of legacy building from a president entering his final two years in office.
"In my speech, I'm going to focus on how we can build on the progress we've already made and help more Americans feel that resurgence in their daily lives, with higher wages, and rising incomes and growing our middle class," Mr. Obama said in remarks last week previewing his address.
Cybersecurity: Mr. Obama is expected to give hacking and cybersecurity a prominent mention in the speech, in the aftermath of several high profile incidents including data breaches at top retailers, the hacking of Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. and the breach of a U.S. military Twitter account. Mr. Obama will call on Congress to take up cybersecurity legislation, and he is working on an executive order on the issue. He'll also call for new protections in the event that consumer credit card data gets stolen or compromised.
Free Community College: Mr. Obama has proposed spending $60 billion over 10 years to ensure cost-free access to community college for students, with the hope of making two years of college as universal as high school is today. Students would need to be halftime students, maintain a 2.5 GPA, and be working toward completing their degrees.
Government-owned broadband networks: The president has also called for overturning state laws that keep local governments from investing in municipally-owned broadband networks. The Obama administration says the move would encourage competition and increase the availability of high-speed broadband Internet access, especially in rural areas.
Paid sick, parental and family leave: The president will also urge Congress to vote on the Healthy Families Act, which would mandate up to seven days of paid sick leave for workers every year. He is also likely to tout a recently signed executive order that guarantees federal workers at least six weeks of parental leave for the birth of a child. And he'll call for Congress to overhaul federal workforce policies for parents.
Housing: The president is expected to talk about a new push to jump-start the sluggish housing market. Mr. Obama recently ordered the Federal Housing Administration to reduce annual mortgage insurance premiums from 1.35% to 0.85% -- with the aim of making home ownership more affordable.
Manufacturing hubs: The president will spend some time discussing the revival of manufacturing in the U.S., including his efforts to establish "manufacturing hubs." Those are regional public-private partnerships aimed at developing new manufacturing technologies. Mr. Obama visited the Manufacturing Innovation Institute for Advanced Composites in Knoxville, Tenn., this month in advance of the speech.
Other possibilities: Foreign policy, trade and infrastructure: Mr. Obama hasn't yet outlined all of the themes of the speech, but with ongoing concerns about Islamic State, al Qaeda and other militant Islamist groups, the president is likely to mention foreign policy themes and ideas in the address.
He's also likely to focus on some policy areas where he believes Republicans and Democrats can work together in the closing years of his administration -- including on trade and infrastructure.
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- *OBAMA SAYS `THE SHADOW OF CRISIS HAS PASSED'
- *OBAMA SAYS BUDGET WILL BE PRACTICAL, NOT PARTISAN
- *OBAMA SAYS HE WILL VETO ATTEMPTS TO KILL OBAMACARE, DODD-FRANK
- *OBAMA CALLS ON CONGRESS TO EXPAND PAID SICK LEAVE
- *OBAMA SAYS HE'S SENDING CONGRESS PLAN FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGE
- *OBAMA SAYS COST OF COMMUNITY COLLEGE WILL BE ZERO UNDER PLAN
- *OBAMA REITERATES CALL FOR TRADE PROMOTION AUTHORITY
- *OBAMA SAYS HE'S LAUNCHING INITIATIVE FOR CURING DISEASES
- *OBAMA CALLS ON CONGRESS TO HELP HIM CLOSE TAX LOOPHOLES
- *OBAMA REITERATES HE WANTS `FREE AND OPEN' INTERNET
- *OBAMA: U.S. HAS LEARNED `COSTLY LESSONS' IN FOREIGN POLICY
- *OBAMA SAYS RUSSIA IS ISOLATED, `ITS ECONOMY IN TATTERS'
- *OBAMA: IRAN SANCTIONS ALL BUT GUARANTEE NUKE TALKS WILL FAIL
- *OBAMA SAYS HE WILL VETO ANY NEW IRAN SANCTIONS BILL
- *OBAMA: NOTHING IS GREATER THREAT TO FUTURE THAN CLIMATE CHANGE
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The White House has released the entire State of The Union speech...
Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, my fellow Americans:
We are fifteen years into this new century. Fifteen years that dawned with terror touching our shores; that unfolded with a new generation fighting two long and costly wars; that saw a vicious recession spread across our nation and the world. It has been, and still is, a hard time for many.
But tonight, we turn the page.
Tonight, after a breakthrough year for America, our economy is growing and creating jobs at the fastest pace since 1999. Our unemployment rate is now lower than it was before the financial crisis. More of our kids are graduating than ever before; more of our people are insured than ever before; we are as free from the grip of foreign oil as we’ve been in almost 30 years.
Tonight, for the first time since 9/11, our combat mission in Afghanistan is over. Six years ago, nearly 180,000 American troops served in Iraq and Afghanistan. Today, fewer than 15,000 remain. And we salute the courage and sacrifice of every man and woman in this 9/11 Generation who has served to keep us safe. We are humbled and grateful for your service.
America, for all that we’ve endured; for all the grit and hard work required to come back; for all the tasks that lie ahead, know this:
The shadow of crisis has passed, and the State of the Union is strong.
At this moment?—?with a growing economy, shrinking deficits, bustling industry, and booming energy production?—?we have risen from recession freer to write our own future than any other nation on Earth. It’s now up to us to choose who we want to be over the next fifteen years, and for decades to come.
Will we accept an economy where only a few of us do spectacularly well? Or will we commit ourselves to an economy that generates rising incomes and chances for everyone who makes the effort?
Will we approach the world fearful and reactive, dragged into costly conflicts that strain our military and set back our standing? Or will we lead wisely, using all elements of our power to defeat new threats and protect our planet?
Will we allow ourselves to be sorted into factions and turned against one another?—?or will we recapture the sense of common purpose that has always propelled America forward?
In two weeks, I will send this Congress a budget filled with ideas that are practical, not partisan. And in the months ahead, I’ll crisscross the country making a case for those ideas.
So tonight, I want to focus less on a checklist of proposals, and focus more on the values at stake in the choices before us.
It begins with our economy.
Seven years ago, Rebekah and Ben Erler of Minneapolis were newlyweds. She waited tables. He worked construction. Their first child, Jack, was on the way.
They were young and in love in America, and it doesn’t get much better than that.
“If only we had known,” Rebekah wrote to me last spring, “what was about to happen to the housing and construction market.”
As the crisis worsened, Ben’s business dried up, so he took what jobs he could find, even if they kept him on the road for long stretches of time. Rebekah took out student loans, enrolled in community college, and retrained for a new career. They sacrificed for each other. And slowly, it paid off. They bought their first home. They had a second son, Henry. Rebekah got a better job, and then a raise. Ben is back in construction?—?and home for dinner every night.
“It is amazing,” Rebekah wrote, “what you can bounce back from when you have to…we are a strong, tight-knit family who has made it through some very, very hard times.”
We are a strong, tight-knit family who has made it through some very, very hard times.
America, Rebekah and Ben’s story is our story. They represent the millions who have worked hard, and scrimped, and sacrificed, and retooled. You are the reason I ran for this office. You’re the people I was thinking of six years ago today, in the darkest months of the crisis, when I stood on the steps of this Capitol and promised we would rebuild our economy on a new foundation. And it’s been your effort and resilience that has made it possible for our country to emerge stronger.
We believed we could reverse the tide of outsourcing, and draw new jobs to our shores. And over the past five years, our businesses have created more than 11 million new jobs.
We believed we could reduce our dependence on foreign oil and protect our planet. And today, America is number one in oil and gas. America is number one in wind power. Every three weeks, we bring online as much solar power as we did in all of 2008. And thanks to lower gas prices and higher fuel standards, the typical family this year should save $750 at the pump.
We believed we could prepare our kids for a more competitive world. And today, our younger students have earned the highest math and reading scores on record. Our high school graduation rate has hit an all-time high. And more Americans finish college than ever before.
We believed that sensible regulations could prevent another crisis, shield families from ruin, and encourage fair competition. Today, we have new tools to stop taxpayer-funded bailouts, and a new consumer watchdog to protect us from predatory lending and abusive credit card practices. And in the past year alone, about ten million uninsured Americans finally gained the security of health coverage.
At every step, we were told our goals were misguided or too ambitious; that we would crush jobs and explode deficits. Instead, we’ve seen the fastest economic growth in over a decade, our deficits cut by two-thirds, a stock market that has doubled, and health care inflation at its lowest rate in fifty years.
So the verdict is clear. Middle-class economics works. Expanding opportunity works. And these policies will continue to work, as long as politics don’t get in the way. We can’t slow down businesses or put our economy at risk with government shutdowns or fiscal showdowns. We can’t put the security of families at risk by taking away their health insurance, or unraveling the new rules on Wall Street, or refighting past battles on immigration when we’ve got a system to fix. And if a bill comes to my desk that tries to do any of these things, it will earn my veto.
Today, thanks to a growing economy, the recovery is touching more and more lives. Wages are finally starting to rise again. We know that more small business owners plan to raise their employees’ pay than at any time since 2007. But here’s the thing?—?those of us here tonight, we need to set our sights higher than just making sure government doesn’t halt the progress we’re making. We need to do more than just do no harm. Tonight, together, let’s do more to restore the link between hard work and growing opportunity for every American.
Because families like Rebekah’s still need our help. She and Ben are working as hard as ever, but have to forego vacations and a new car so they can pay off student loans and save for retirement. Basic childcare for Jack and Henry costs more than their mortgage, and almost as much as a year at the University of Minnesota. Like millions of hardworking Americans, Rebekah isn’t asking for a handout, but she is asking that we look for more ways to help families get ahead.
In fact, at every moment of economic change throughout our history, this country has taken bold action to adapt to new circumstances, and to make sure everyone gets a fair shot. We set up worker protections, Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid to protect ourselves from the harshest adversity. We gave our citizens schools and colleges, infrastructure and the internet?—?tools they needed to go as far as their effort will take them.
That’s what middle-class economics is?—?the idea that this country does best when everyone gets their fair shot, everyone does their fair share, and everyone plays by the same set of rules. We don’t just want everyone to share in America’s success?—?we want everyone to contribute to our success.
So what does middle-class economics require in our time?
First?—?middle-class economics means helping working families feel more secure in a world of constant change. That means helping folks afford childcare, college, health care, a home, retirement?—?and my budget will address each of these issues, lowering the taxes of working families and putting thousands of dollars back into their pockets each year.
Here’s one example. During World War II, when men like my grandfather went off to war, having women like my grandmother in the workforce was a national security priority?—?so this country provided universal childcare. In today’s economy, when having both parents in the workforce is an economic necessity for many families, we need affordable, high-quality childcare more than ever. It’s not a nice-to-have?—?it’s a must-have. It’s time we stop treating childcare as a side issue, or a women’s issue, and treat it like the national economic priority that it is for all of us. And that’s why my plan will make quality childcare more available, and more affordable, for every middle-class and low-income family with young children in America?—?by creating more slots and a new tax cut of up to $3,000 per child, per year.
Here’s another example. Today, we’re the only advanced country on Earth that doesn’t guarantee paid sick leave or paid maternity leave to our workers. Forty-three million workers have no paid sick leave. Forty-three million. Think about that. And that forces too many parents to make the gut-wrenching choice between a paycheck and a sick kid at home. So I’ll be taking new action to help states adopt paid leave laws of their own. And since paid sick leave won where it was on the ballot last November, let’s put it to a vote right here in Washington. Send me a bill that gives every worker in America the opportunity to earn seven days of paid sick leave. It’s the right thing to do.
Of course, nothing helps families make ends meet like higher wages. That’s why this Congress still needs to pass a law that makes sure a woman is paid the same as a man for doing the same work. Really. It’s 2015. It’s time. We still need to make sure employees get the overtime they’ve earned. And to everyone in this Congress who still refuses to raise the minimum wage, I say this: If you truly believe you could work full-time and support a family on less than $15,000 a year, go try it. If not, vote to give millions of the hardest-working people in America a raise.
These ideas won’t make everybody rich, or relieve every hardship. That’s not the job of government. To give working families a fair shot, we’ll still need more employers to see beyond next quarter’s earnings and recognize that investing in their workforce is in their company’s long-term interest. We still need laws that strengthen rather than weaken unions, and give American workers a voice. But things like child care and sick leave and equal pay; things like lower mortgage premiums and a higher minimum wage?—?these ideas will make a meaningful difference in the lives of millions of families. That is a fact. And that’s what all of us?—?Republicans and Democrats alike?—?were sent here to do.
Second, to make sure folks keep earning higher wages down the road, we have to do more to help Americans upgrade their skills.
America thrived in the 20th century because we made high school free, sent a generation of GIs to college, and trained the best workforce in the world. But in a 21st century economy that rewards knowledge like never before, we need to do more.
By the end of this decade, two in three job openings will require some higher education. Two in three. And yet, we still live in a country where too many bright, striving Americans are priced out of the education they need. It’s not fair to them, and it’s not smart for our future.
That’s why I am sending this Congress a bold new plan to lower the cost of community college?—?to zero.
Forty percent of our college students choose community college. Some are young and starting out. Some are older and looking for a better job. Some are veterans and single parents trying to transition back into the job market. Whoever you are, this plan is your chance to graduate ready for the new economy, without a load of debt. Understand, you’ve got to earn it?—?you’ve got to keep your grades up and graduate on time. Tennessee, a state with Republican leadership, and Chicago, a city with Democratic leadership, are showing that free community college is possible. I want to spread that idea all across America, so that two years of college becomes as free and universal in America as high school is today. And I want to work with this Congress, to make sure Americans already burdened with student loans can reduce their monthly payments, so that student debt doesn’t derail anyone’s dreams.
Thanks to Vice President Biden’s great work to update our job training system, we’re connecting community colleges with local employers to train workers to fill high-paying jobs like coding, and nursing, and robotics. Tonight, I’m also asking more businesses to follow the lead of companies like CVS and UPS, and offer more educational benefits and paid apprenticeships?—?opportunities that give workers the chance to earn higher-paying jobs even if they don’t have a higher education.
And as a new generation of veterans comes home, we owe them every opportunity to live the American Dream they helped defend. Already, we’ve made strides towards ensuring that every veteran has access to the highest quality care. We’re slashing the backlog that had too many veterans waiting years to get the benefits they need, and we’re making it easier for vets to translate their training and experience into civilian jobs. Joining Forces, the national campaign launched by Michelle and Jill Biden, has helped nearly 700,000 veterans and military spouses get new jobs. So to every CEO in America, let me repeat: If you want somebody who’s going to get the job done, hire a veteran.
Finally, as we better train our workers, we need the new economy to keep churning out high-wage jobs for our workers to fill.
Since 2010, America has put more people back to work than Europe, Japan, and all advanced economies combined. Our manufacturers have added almost 800,000 new jobs. Some of our bedrock sectors, like our auto industry, are booming. But there are also millions of Americans who work in jobs that didn’t even exist ten or twenty years ago?—?jobs at companies like Google, and eBay, and Tesla.
So no one knows for certain which industries will generate the jobs of the future. But we do know we want them here in America. That’s why the third part of middle-class economics is about building the most competitive economy anywhere, the place where businesses want to locate and hire.
21st century businesses need 21st century infrastructure?—?modern ports, stronger bridges, faster trains and the fastest internet. Democrats and Republicans used to agree on this. So let’s set our sights higher than a single oil pipeline. Let’s pass a bipartisan infrastructure plan that could create more than thirty times as many jobs per year, and make this country stronger for decades to come.
21st century businesses, including small businesses, need to sell more American products overseas. Today, our businesses export more than ever, and exporters tend to pay their workers higher wages. But as we speak, China wants to write the rules for the world’s fastest-growing region. That would put our workers and businesses at a disadvantage. Why would we let that happen? We should write those rules. We should level the playing field. That’s why I’m asking both parties to give me trade promotion authority to protect American workers, with strong new trade deals from Asia to Europe that aren’t just free, but fair.
Look, I’m the first one to admit that past trade deals haven’t always lived up to the hype, and that’s why we’ve gone after countries that break the rules at our expense. But ninety-five percent of the world’s customers live outside our borders, and we can’t close ourselves off from those opportunities. More than half of manufacturing executives have said they’re actively looking at bringing jobs back from China. Let’s give them one more reason to get it done.
21st century businesses will rely on American science, technology, research and development. I want the country that eliminated polio and mapped the human genome to lead a new era of medicine?—?one that delivers the right treatment at the right time. In some patients with cystic fibrosis, this approach has reversed a disease once thought unstoppable. Tonight, I’m launching a new Precision Medicine Initiative to bring us closer to curing diseases like cancer and diabetes?—?and to give all of us access to the personalized information we need to keep ourselves and our families healthier.
I intend to protect a free and open internet, extend its reach to every classroom, and every community, and help folks build the fastest networks, so that the next generation of digital innovators and entrepreneurs have the platform to keep reshaping our world.
I want Americans to win the race for the kinds of discoveries that unleash new jobs?—?converting sunlight into liquid fuel; creating revolutionary prosthetics, so that a veteran who gave his arms for his country can play catch with his kid; pushing out into the Solar System not just to visit, but to stay. Last month, we launched a new spacecraft as part of a re-energized space program that will send American astronauts to Mars. In two months, to prepare us for those missions, Scott Kelly will begin a year-long stay in space. Good luck, Captain?—?and make sure to Instagram it.
Now, the truth is, when it comes to issues like infrastructure and basic research, I know there’s bipartisan support in this chamber. Members of both parties have told me so. Where we too often run onto the rocks is how to pay for these investments. As Americans, we don’t mind paying our fair share of taxes, as long as everybody else does, too. But for far too long, lobbyists have rigged the tax code with loopholes that let some corporations pay nothing while others pay full freight. They’ve riddled it with giveaways the superrich don’t need, denying a break to middle class families who do.
This year, we have an opportunity to change that. Let’s close loopholes so we stop rewarding companies that keep profits abroad, and reward those that invest in America. Let’s use those savings to rebuild our infrastructure and make it more attractive for companies to bring jobs home. Let’s simplify the system and let a small business owner file based on her actual bank statement, instead of the number of accountants she can afford. And let’s close the loopholes that lead to inequality by allowing the top one percent to avoid paying taxes on their accumulated wealth. We can use that money to help more families pay for childcare and send their kids to college. We need a tax code that truly helps working Americans trying to get a leg up in the new economy, and we can achieve that together.
Helping hardworking families make ends meet. Giving them the tools they need for good-paying jobs in this new economy. Maintaining the conditions for growth and competitiveness. This is where America needs to go. I believe it’s where the American people want to go. It will make our economy stronger a year from now, fifteen years from now, and deep into the century ahead.
Of course, if there’s one thing this new century has taught us, it’s that we cannot separate our work at home from challenges beyond our shores.
My first duty as Commander-in-Chief is to defend the United States of America. In doing so, the question is not whether America leads in the world, but how. When we make rash decisions, reacting to the headlines instead of using our heads; when the first response to a challenge is to send in our military?—?then we risk getting drawn into unnecessary conflicts, and neglect the broader strategy we need for a safer, more prosperous world. That’s what our enemies want us to do.
I believe in a smarter kind of American leadership. We lead best when we combine military power with strong diplomacy; when we leverage our power with coalition building; when we don’t let our fears blind us to the opportunities that this new century presents. That’s exactly what we’re doing right now?—?and around the globe, it is making a difference.
First, we stand united with people around the world who’ve been targeted by terrorists?—?from a school in Pakistan to the streets of Paris. We will continue to hunt down terrorists and dismantle their networks, and we reserve the right to act unilaterally, as we’ve done relentlessly since I took office to take out terrorists who pose a direct threat to us and our allies.
At the same time, we’ve learned some costly lessons over the last thirteen years.
Instead of Americans patrolling the valleys of Afghanistan, we’ve trained their security forces, who’ve now taken the lead, and we’ve honored our troops’ sacrifice by supporting that country’s first democratic transition. Instead of sending large ground forces overseas, we’re partnering with nations from South Asia to North Africa to deny safe haven to terrorists who threaten America. In Iraq and Syria, American leadership?—?including our military power?—?is stopping ISIL’s advance. Instead of getting dragged into another ground war in the Middle East, we are leading a broad coalition, including Arab nations, to degrade and ultimately destroy this terrorist group. We’re also supporting a moderate opposition in Syria that can help us in this effort, and assisting people everywhere who stand up to the bankrupt ideology of violent extremism. This effort will take time. It will require focus. But we will succeed. And tonight, I call on this Congress to show the world that we are united in this mission by passing a resolution to authorize the use of force against ISIL.
Second, we are demonstrating the power of American strength and diplomacy. We’re upholding the principle that bigger nations can’t bully the small?—?by opposing Russian aggression, supporting Ukraine’s democracy, and reassuring our NATO allies. Last year, as we were doing the hard work of imposing sanctions along with our allies, some suggested that Mr. Putin’s aggression was a masterful display of strategy and strength. Well, today, it is America that stands strong and united with our allies, while Russia is isolated, with its economy in tatters.
That’s how America leads?—?not with bluster, but with persistent, steady resolve.
In Cuba, we are ending a policy that was long past its expiration date. When what you’re doing doesn’t work for fifty years, it’s time to try something new. Our shift in Cuba policy has the potential to end a legacy of mistrust in our hemisphere; removes a phony excuse for restrictions in Cuba; stands up for democratic values; and extends the hand of friendship to the Cuban people. And this year, Congress should begin the work of ending the embargo. As His Holiness, Pope Francis, has said, diplomacy is the work of “small steps.” These small steps have added up to new hope for the future in Cuba. And after years in prison, we’re overjoyed that Alan Gross is back where he belongs. Welcome home, Alan.
Our diplomacy is at work with respect to Iran, where, for the first time in a decade, we’ve halted the progress of its nuclear program and reduced its stockpile of nuclear material. Between now and this spring, we have a chance to negotiate a comprehensive agreement that prevents a nuclear-armed Iran; secures America and our allies?—?including Israel; while avoiding yet another Middle East conflict. There are no guarantees that negotiations will succeed, and I keep all options on the table to prevent a nuclear Iran. But new sanctions passed by this Congress, at this moment in time, will all but guarantee that diplomacy fails?—?alienating America from its allies; and ensuring that Iran starts up its nuclear program again. It doesn’t make sense. That is why I will veto any new sanctions bill that threatens to undo this progress. The American people expect us to only go to war as a last resort, and I intend to stay true to that wisdom.
Third, we’re looking beyond the issues that have consumed us in the past to shape the coming century.
No foreign nation, no hacker, should be able to shut down our networks, steal our trade secrets, or invade the privacy of American families, especially our kids. We are making sure our government integrates intelligence to combat cyber threats, just as we have done to combat terrorism. And tonight, I urge this Congress to finally pass the legislation we need to better meet the evolving threat of cyber-attacks, combat identity theft, and protect our children’s information. If we don’t act, we’ll leave our nation and our economy vulnerable. If we do, we can continue to protect the technologies that have unleashed untold opportunities for people around the globe.
In West Africa, our troops, our scientists, our doctors, our nurses and healthcare workers are rolling back Ebola?—?saving countless lives and stopping the spread of disease. I couldn’t be prouder of them, and I thank this Congress for your bipartisan support of their efforts. But the job is not yet done?—?and the world needs to use this lesson to build a more effective global effort to prevent the spread of future pandemics, invest in smart development, and eradicate extreme poverty.
In the Asia Pacific, we are modernizing alliances while making sure that other nations play by the rules?—?in how they trade, how they resolve maritime disputes, and how they participate in meeting common international challenges like nonproliferation and disaster relief. And no challenge?—?no challenge?—?poses a greater threat to future generations than climate change.
2014 was the planet’s warmest year on record. Now, one year doesn’t make a trend, but this does?—?14 of the 15 warmest years on record have all fallen in the first 15 years of this century.
I’ve heard some folks try to dodge the evidence by saying they’re not scientists; that we don’t have enough information to act. Well, I’m not a scientist, either. But you know what?—?I know a lot of really good scientists at NASA, and NOAA, and at our major universities. The best scientists in the world are all telling us that our activities are changing the climate, and if we do not act forcefully, we’ll continue to see rising oceans, longer, hotter heat waves, dangerous droughts and floods, and massive disruptions that can trigger greater migration, conflict, and hunger around the globe. The Pentagon says that climate change poses immediate risks to our national security. We should act like it.
That’s why, over the past six years, we’ve done more than ever before to combat climate change, from the way we produce energy, to the way we use it. That’s why we’ve set aside more public lands and waters than any administration in history. And that’s why I will not let this Congress endanger the health of our children by turning back the clock on our efforts. I am determined to make sure American leadership drives international action. In Beijing, we made an historic announcement?—?the United States will double the pace at which we cut carbon pollution, and China committed, for the first time, to limiting their emissions. And because the world’s two largest economies came together, other nations are now stepping up, and offering hope that, this year, the world will finally reach an agreement to protect the one planet we’ve got.
There’s one last pillar to our leadership?—?and that’s the example of our values.
As Americans, we respect human dignity, even when we’re threatened, which is why I’ve prohibited torture, and worked to make sure our use of new technology like drones is properly constrained. It’s why we speak out against the deplorable anti-Semitism that has resurfaced in certain parts of the world. It’s why we continue to reject offensive stereotypes of Muslims?—?the vast majority of whom share our commitment to peace. That’s why we defend free speech, and advocate for political prisoners, and condemn the persecution of women, or religious minorities, or people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender. We do these things not only because they’re right, but because they make us safer.
As Americans, we have a profound commitment to justice?—?so it makes no sense to spend three million dollars per prisoner to keep open a prison that the world condemns and terrorists use to recruit. Since I’ve been President, we’ve worked responsibly to cut the population of GTMO in half. Now it’s time to finish the job. And I will not relent in my determination to shut it down. It’s not who we are.
As Americans, we cherish our civil liberties?—?and we need to uphold that commitment if we want maximum cooperation from other countries and industry in our fight against terrorist networks. So while some have moved on from the debates over our surveillance programs, I haven’t. As promised, our intelligence agencies have worked hard, with the recommendations of privacy advocates, to increase transparency and build more safeguards against potential abuse. And next month, we’ll issue a report on how we’re keeping our promise to keep our country safe while strengthening privacy.
Looking to the future instead of the past. Making sure we match our power with diplomacy, and use force wisely. Building coalitions to meet new challenges and opportunities. Leading?—?always?—?with the example of our values. That’s what makes us exceptional. That’s what keeps us strong. And that’s why we must keep striving to hold ourselves to the highest of standards?—?our own.
You know, just over a decade ago, I gave a speech in Boston where I said there wasn’t a liberal America, or a conservative America; a black America or a white America?—?but a United States of America. I said this because I had seen it in my own life, in a nation that gave someone like me a chance; because I grew up in Hawaii, a melting pot of races and customs; because I made Illinois my home?—?a state of small towns, rich farmland, and one of the world’s great cities; a microcosm of the country where Democrats and Republicans and Independents, good people of every ethnicity and every faith, share certain bedrock values.
Over the past six years, the pundits have pointed out more than once that my presidency hasn’t delivered on this vision. How ironic, they say, that our politics seems more divided than ever. It’s held up as proof not just of my own flaws?—?of which there are many?—?but also as proof that the vision itself is misguided, and naïve, and that there are too many people in this town who actually benefit from partisanship and gridlock for us to ever do anything about it.
I know how tempting such cynicism may be. But I still think the cynics are wrong.
I still believe that we are one people. I still believe that together, we can do great things, even when the odds are long. I believe this because over and over in my six years in office, I have seen America at its best. I’ve seen the hopeful faces of young graduates from New York to California; and our newest officers at West Point, Annapolis, Colorado Springs, and New London. I’ve mourned with grieving families in Tucson and Newtown; in Boston, West, Texas, and West Virginia. I’ve watched Americans beat back adversity from the Gulf Coast to the Great Plains; from Midwest assembly lines to the Mid-Atlantic seaboard. I’ve seen something like gay marriage go from a wedge issue used to drive us apart to a story of freedom across our country, a civil right now legal in states that seven in ten Americans call home.
So I know the good, and optimistic, and big-hearted generosity of the American people who, every day, live the idea that we are our brother’s keeper, and our sister’s keeper. And I know they expect those of us who serve here to set a better example.
So the question for those of us here tonight is how we, all of us, can better reflect America’s hopes. I’ve served in Congress with many of you. I know many of you well. There are a lot of good people here, on both sides of the aisle. And many of you have told me that this isn’t what you signed up for?—?arguing past each other on cable shows, the constant fundraising, always looking over your shoulder at how the base will react to every decision.
Imagine if we broke out of these tired old patterns. Imagine if we did something different.
Understand?—?a better politics isn’t one where Democrats abandon their agenda or Republicans simply embrace mine.
A better politics is one where we appeal to each other’s basic decency instead of our basest fears.
A better politics is one where we debate without demonizing each other; where we talk issues, and values, and principles, and facts, rather than “gotcha” moments, or trivial gaffes, or fake controversies that have nothing to do with people’s daily lives.
A better politics is one where we spend less time drowning in dark money for ads that pull us into the gutter, and spend more time lifting young people up, with a sense of purpose and possibility, and asking them to join in the great mission of building America.
If we’re going to have arguments, let’s have arguments?—?but let’s make them debates worthy of this body and worthy of this country.
We still may not agree on a woman’s right to choose, but surely we can agree it’s a good thing that teen pregnancies and abortions are nearing all-time lows, and that every woman should have access to the health care she needs.
Yes, passions still fly on immigration, but surely we can all see something of ourselves in the striving young student, and agree that no one benefits when a hardworking mom is taken from her child, and that it’s possible to shape a law that upholds our tradition as a nation of laws and a nation of immigrants.
We may go at it in campaign season, but surely we can agree that the right to vote is sacred; that it’s being denied to too many; and that, on this 50th anniversary of the great march from Selma to Montgomery and the passage of the Voting Rights Act, we can come together, Democrats and Republicans, to make voting easier for every single American.
We may have different takes on the events of Ferguson and New York. But surely we can understand a father who fears his son can’t walk home without being harassed. Surely we can understand the wife who won’t rest until the police officer she married walks through the front door at the end of his shift. Surely we can agree it’s a good thing that for the first time in 40 years, the crime rate and the incarceration rate have come down together, and use that as a starting point for Democrats and Republicans, community leaders and law enforcement, to reform America’s criminal justice system so that it protects and serves us all.
That’s a better politics. That’s how we start rebuilding trust. That’s how we move this country forward. That’s what the American people want. That’s what they deserve.
I have no more campaigns to run. My only agenda for the next two years is the same as the one I’ve had since the day I swore an oath on the steps of this Capitol?—?to do what I believe is best for America. If you share the broad vision I outlined tonight, join me in the work at hand. If you disagree with parts of it, I hope you’ll at least work with me where you do agree. And I commit to every Republican here tonight that I will not only seek out your ideas, I will seek to work with you to make this country stronger.
Because I want this chamber, this city, to reflect the truth?—?that for all our blind spots and shortcomings, we are a people with the strength and generosity of spirit to bridge divides, to unite in common effort, and help our neighbors, whether down the street or on the other side of the world.
I want our actions to tell every child, in every neighborhood: your life matters, and we are as committed to improving your life chances as we are for our own kids.
I want future generations to know that we are a people who see our differences as a great gift, that we are a people who value the dignity and worth of every citizen?—?man and woman, young and old, black and white, Latino and Asian, immigrant and Native American, gay and straight, Americans with mental illness or physical disability.
I want them to grow up in a country that shows the world what we still know to be true: that we are still more than a collection of red states and blue states; that we are the United States of America.
I want them to grow up in a country where a young mom like Rebekah can sit down and write a letter to her President with a story to sum up these past six years:
“It is amazing what you can bounce back from when you have to…we are a strong, tight-knit family who has made it through some very, very hard times.”
My fellow Americans, we too are a strong, tight-knit family. We, too, have made it through some hard times. Fifteen years into this new century, we have picked ourselves up, dusted ourselves off, and begun again the work of remaking America. We’ve laid a new foundation. A brighter future is ours to write. Let’s begin this new chapter?—?together?—?and let’s start the work right now.
Thank you, God bless you, and God bless this country we love.
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Yeah when medical professionals recommend it and it is a basic biological issue, yeah it is a no brainer.
The same rationale against being against this is the same that would apply at any host of other beneifts including worker's comp or safety regulations in the workplace. Why should a business pay if some idiot injures himself on the job? You don't pay cripples or invalids. Ditto safety regulations. Why should the gov't have any right to regulate any aspect of my workplace for my private workers? If I chain the doors and people get immolated in a fire, that is their problem. I still have to rebuild my factory/office/shop.
I truly love being lectured on economics from a guy whose never so much as picked up an economics book or had a real job. Stunning!
Maybe so, but he reads a hell of teleprompter!
The only thing he has said that was true as of 9:27 EST, was that we have record high stock markets...Everything else is a go bag of Whoppers. I aint talkin about Burger King Whoppers either.
Jamie Dimon really should be sitting behind Obama and next to Boehner, not Biden
Obama is a Fuck-Tard.
Good night...
baaaaarrrf fuck him
Mission Accomplished!
The fake is appalling to listen too.
Lame duck
Amen brother, AMEN!
My only hope is that he goes quietly into the night rather than being a total dick.
Wow...the socialist ideas are GUSHING forth...not just trickling anymore. WE ARE FUCKED!
if you think we're fucked now, wait until we have Obama's "free and open internet" with content approved by the Whitehouse, IP's heavily regulated by Congress, all your activity totally archived by the NSA and all transactions thoroughly and fully taxed by the IRS.
I'm still waiting for my my free Obama Phone!!!
Not enough martini fixins' on the entire fucking planet to get me to listen to this pathological lying muzzie.
Moar free shit for my homies and fuck the other 87% of you.
MOAR DEBT MOAR GOVT MOAR OBAMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A few minor good ideas (allowing local gov't if they want to compete with the monopoly whores in their area for Internet services - a local gov't can and definitely do this cheaper with the tech available today and the prices they just need the right personnel to guide them) but mostly stuff that has zero chance of passing with no real issues to address long-term fiscal solvency or spur capital expenditure investments/firm creation.
Old joke, but still makes me smile....
A driver is stuck in a traffic jam on the highway. Nothing is moving. Suddenly, a man knocks on the window. The driver rolls down the window and asks, "What's going on?"
"Terrorists have kidnapped Congress, and are asking for a $10 million dollar ransom. Otherwise, they are going to douse them all in gasoline and set them on fire. We are going from car to car, taking up a collection."
"How much is everyone giving, on average?" the driver asks.
The man replies, "About a gallon."
Community College free!!?? Now you truly will get what you pay for.
I just told my wife...when our teen has been educated...he needs to leave America. Blue collar skilled is A-ok
Everything is free. HAIL OBAMA MESSIAH OBAMA!!!!
We are past the crisis. Everyone get a new loan
Does anyone else think he sounds like he just visited Boehner's bartender?
Amazing how they believe their own bull shit... The new economy lol ... Halarious ,,,, auto sector booming ha ha ha
Scary part Bill, is that the sheeple will buy into all of this!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
"the auto industry is booming"
What a total douche fucker this idiot is
The Volt has sold so well, they're now following up with a Bolt.
Seriously
How come we're not hearing anything anymore about those fucking off the chart Volt sales?
Obama liberating his inner Obama.
"Now I want you all to listen to a letter I got from from a feller who calls himself South Side Johnny. (Camera moves in dude wearing a hoodie and dark glasses...President turns and gestures towards him)
'Between the hail of bullets and girls turning tricks on the Streets I've made my way across this great...great....great land. AND I'M PROUD OF THIS FACT! And let me tell ya'...you can get ahead in this land! With a little hustle and, well...let's be honest here...a LOT of muscle..YOU CAN PROVIDE!
Just yesterday I finally made it to Evanston and WOW...talk about the other half! The girls in back WERE HAPPY. One look at those University fellers said GOOD TIPPERS...so I shot the brood The Look and they knew right then and there...
AND THAT IS HOW WE HIT OUR GDP print!
Johnny...THE COUNTRY THANKS YOU! (huge applause, clear highlight of the speech. Johnny...with personal security detail...returns the acknowledgment. President motions for Johnny to stand. After an awkward furrowing of brow and with added encouragement he does indeed stand and rejoice in the accolade.)
Now I want to turn to some other aspects whereby we can move this economy forward...
Let me guess, this SOTU speech is good for about 50 or 60 points on the S&P tomorrow?
good for 50 to 60 points of blood alcohol content for sure
"Turning sunlight into liquid fuel"
HAHAHAHAHAHA
Why doesn't he just say "We will crap rainbows and ride unicorns"
it's not the end...
Funniest and most memorable line in the speech!
Just die you worthless piece of shit!
So much 'free' stuff...
This whole 'free community college for 2 years' is nothing more than trying to keep idle minds and hands busy doing something. An attempt to keep them off the streets and not protesting the dreadful economy, the lack of any real hope for a productive life.
I cannot explain how profoundly sad it makes me. What a waste of our youth, our future, our hope.
It's worse. It is the federalization of one area that America strives and succeeds at: higher education...we are FUCKED! I'm talking tech here: medical, engineering, etc.
I hear you Bangalore.
It would be infinitely better if he would grant free scholarships for those with the aptitude in the medical and engineering fields.
Bullcrap...there are many non-government scholarships. More wealth redistribution...garbage talk!
It's not garbage talk, there are many scholarships granted.
But not to those individuals with the aptitude for the journey.
There are almost no scholarships to medical school and the amount of companies that pay you to go back while you work for an engineering degree (masters) have greatly dried up too.
Well, the upside is that we have a front seat to this one. It happens only once every millenia. You are watching Nero, Caligula, Commodus, and Diocletian.
May you live in interesting times!
I wish I didn't have a front row seat but I do acknowledge that I am destined to see this happen.
Interesting times indeed.
Well, I'm out. I gave it go, just can't watch anymore.
You don’t have ‘steady resolve’.
"I believe in a smarter form of American leadership....that's why tonight I'm resigning so that Glenn Beck's left shoe can run the country"
To help us prepare for a Mars mission...
Astronaut Scott Kelly will spend a year in space.
He omitted to mention that it's aboard the ISS, which requires launching from Russia.
Ahhhhh for fucks sake..........
Behold Dear Leader. Crying will begin now as I turn liquid stuff into fuel. I have spoken let it be.
I flush my liquid stuff down the toilet
Cameramen having a tough time on some of these standing-O's where only Dems stand up -- looks pretty silly with only a third of people actually standing. They are no longer doing wide views - rather they are sticking on Obama or zooming to small clusters of Dems.
I see everybody stayed up late for the party!!! It only took 5 min before I puked.
Is he still at it?
Is he even halfway done yet?
I thought the record was Bubba Clinton but he was *done* at 45 minutes ... no, Bubba went 75 minutes, and that's about the estimate for Obamarama tonight.
Bring on the pig farmer already.
Nice. Obama is going to protect us from hackers. "Integrated Intelligence".
I am waiting for him to say "I am a marxist" then say " ops did I say that out loud"?
Yep, done. Tapping out. Can't take it any longer.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
"Every wonderful thing you can think of.
And we can print the money to pay for it."
climate change? WTF?
Yes, fellow serfs, if you do not like my proposals, the climate will change.....
CLIMATE CHANGE...YEAH RIGHT...2014 WARMEST...LIAR. 18 YEARS, NO WARMING...PISS OFF DICKHEAD.
2014 was the Coldest year in the US for the last few decades.
He also failed to mention that China has agreed to cut admissions - by 2030!
You realize the climate is global and not national, right?
OK then why do they have LOCAL weather forecasts??? HUH???
How long before 2016 when we can be saved by Hillary or Jeb?
GROAN
We are fucked beyond belief
I wish any of these idiots that are politico's would be honest...
It is hard to believe ...
Just hard to believe .......
Yes,,,, fucked is the right word....
We have a world crisis and Lance Link is in charge.......
ha-ha makes me think of Nikita Khrushchev and what he once said, "Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build bridges even when there are no rivers"
He is pushing EVERY liberal button - But all Obama has to do is wave his veto pen and Boehner will cave on EVERY issue.
You realize Obama is not going to get one of his proposals, right?
The thing is, for him its a beautiful thing. He has never taken ownership of anything since becoming president, always the outsider. Now he IS the outsider, with every excuse to get nothing done and the press will back him as the the underdog fighter for the little guy, all the way. Meanwhile the republicans are scared of their shadow. They have pushed every conservative aside and show every indication they will bend left to "look" moderate. Obama will get half of ANYTHING he asks for...and knows it. Now that republicans have power, they feel they must appear relevant, even if it means they sell us all down the river. I will be willing to bet that they will pass illegal amnesty AND tax increases....just watch...these capitulating backstabbing bastards....
I'll take the other side of that trade.
Obama will get nothing. This is nothing but theater.
You are giving the republican leadership too much credit. Its not like they have to get all the republicans to go along. Percentage wise it doesn't take many republicans to vote with the dems. Democrats are pretty tough on those who wander off the party line but republicans have no such problem. They have been infiltrated by liberalism and the love of government power long ago.
transgenders will make you safe???????? AHAHHA fucking joke
On Saturday, Governor-Elect Tom Wolf released the names of four more members of his cabinet, one of which is a transgender woman, Dr. Rachel Levine, who will serve as his physician general.
So what it is any of your freaking business what someone personally choose to do in their private life or who they sleep with in the privacy of their own home. Only care if the person is competent enough for the position.
Do you understand that he choose this shit from all shit?
I guess Woodstock 69' was when earth was at it's equilibrium or perfect temp...so fucking stupid!
And things went downhill since?? It must have been the EPA and Earth Day that caused global warming!
I really hope this guy gets a dose of economic reality before he rides off.
What the heck is he even talking about?? Babbling!
Where’s Boehner’s lapel flag?
Oh looky...Barry try to be GREAT UNDIVIDER...effing please!
That's it for me. Uncle !!!!!!!!!
Reggie is pulling too hard he won't stop talking
38% sure
keep boneheading, I mean jawboning obozo, golds gonna break through 1300.00 yet
I dont think Ive ever been more embarrased to be an America. The world sees this guy as our leader and it must think "what the fuck is wrong with those American morons for voting for such a douche?"
I assure you they believe they know exactly what is wrong with those American morons.
If it makes you feel any better, I am a foreigner from this tiny country that sent these shockwaves through the market last week. Well he may not be the brightest of presidents but I still prefer him over Bush any day. I don't know but if you compare him to that prick from Texas it all doesn't look so bad anymore...and in two years time you get a chance to change him for some other dude who will have promised you all sorts of miracles because the show must go on....
Yup. I am glad the GOP rebuttal mentioned how Congress is going to increase military spending again and advocate a confrontial approach to Iran (which means military options). Obama is a 'marxist' comments on here read like you are reading the comment boards at Yahoo. He is GOP-lite and almost no substnative difference between him and the GOP even 10-15 years ago. Far from a peacenik either and suports the global American military presence in a big way. Just isn't enough of a complete f@cktard as to advocate for open war with Iran.
I get sick of these Obama = Communist approaches. It just isn't true and it doesn't make much sense. His ideas, which are certainly centralized statism, are indeed supid and destructive, but I don't know any communists who endorse Obama. In fact, most communists I know find Obama more troubling than the GOP alternatives because of the illusion of "liberalism" he presents.
we are going making voting easy for every american...
ahahah we will vote for you....
The Shadow has passed... into Mordor on the Potomac.
The Shadow has passed...
...whatever it had for lunch yesterday
...onto the face of the American people.
NOTHING IS GREATER THREAT TO FUTURE THAN CLIMATE CHANGE
How about space aliens from the planet Zzognar steering a giant asteroid on a collision course with earth?
Wouldn't that be a greater threat?
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnd it's over...
I'm shit faced
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnd it's over...
I'm shit faced
How could anybody watch that and not be?
Where the fuck did the applause come from???... Were they doing speedballs outside on the curb before they sat down to listen to to "Hope & Change" lie to their face for the 6th year in a row only getting worse each time?!!!!
I was purely in it for the drinking game, audio only, ZH was my offset. Cheers!
They had electric probes installed in the seats for this speech.
Anybody still listen to anything this dipshit has to say? Why? An empty suit speaking to other empty suits.
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he will do exact opposites, you need to prepare
My fellow Americans...
You are so fucked!
P.S.
Please tell me at least that the applause we heard was canned from a Ronald Reagan SOTU???...
If it wasn't canned (even if they were paid) WE REALLY ARE FUCKED!!!
God bless this Country we love....boy that hurt im sure.
The End is Nigh
Dude with the signboard was right
If not nigh, possibly we are already in the midst of the end.
It seems sometimes like I am aware of the bullet striking my heart and its full arrest and I'm simply waiting for the oxygen to deplete from my brain.
Awareness, but incapable of doing anything about it.
"....to serve and to protect all of us"....here present and the remaining 1% !!
Why isn't anyone mentioning the desperation in his voice?? I find this almost amusing, as he pleads his way thru each point. Imagine you're in your last 2 years, and you have to piecemeal muzziespeak together for 2 more SOTU-hoping to keep the entire economy from imploding before you pack (up) Reggie and have to hit the road. Or, your delusioned legacy is in the hands of the Hillasheep, whom sure as hell are going to throw you under the prayer rug with every chance they get.
Hell, I'm enjoying this, actually...
I bought it in his first election run but one only goes to restaurant and has a bad meal ONCE!
..soooo, you dropped this turd on us.
Well, at least you admitted it. No -1, because you were honest
-1. Your honesty does not trump your being an idiot at one point in time.
We all like being lied to occassionally, we just don't like feeling like an idiot. Obama has illuminated a lot of idiots.
What a waste of time.
He's so full of it.
"shadow of crises has passed".
what, no spoiler alert? that son of a bitch just leaked the title to star wars episode 8...
and how about his 'merica is king shit of turd island whilst the Russian's are screwed and living out in the cold dark streets this winter bit? a great victory indeed destroying Ivan and not a single drop of blood shed in the process. well, except about 10,000 or so Ukrainians who would probably still be alive today had the state dept not encouraged and paid for the overthrow of the popularly and legally elected president while dismissing any actual democratic action in the country.
at any rate got to love the way he single handedly drove drove those Rooskies 17 trillion in the hole...
oh wait.
unemployment was my favorite part, lets just breeze right past the whole labor force participation bit.
no need to mention that right?
not when things going so very, very well.
what? what do you mean you're being urinated on?
that's not piss, it's drops of sunshine.
a more Orwellian address, there has never been.
Indeed, and very well stated!
Don't piss down my back and call it rain.
No mention of our burgeoning national debt? And phony interest rate? Or falling education levels? Or government dependency? Or unfunded entitlements that are 3-5 times the amount of the national debt? Or his plan to add to these undunded mandates? Or the likely extremely painful (understatement) culmination of the debt super cycle?
So much more purposely omited, too.
WTF?! is this hypocrite talking about and are these hypocrites applauding?! Dropping bombs on other countries? Killing people with drones? Blackmailing other countries? Robbing and stealing other countries resources is generousity?!? That in the USA people on the street are being killed and no one cares?
Incredible.
Maybe if they're not watching this in Canada we could trade Obama to the Toronto Mapleleafs for a minor leaguer and a bag of pucks.
It wouldn't even have to be a good minor leaguer.
They would probably throw Phil Kessel in the deal, literally.
No thanks, we don't want him.
You guys are fucked.
I think he had enough time to say - we are fucked - before they cut him off
I dont understand... it does not matter...its game over...it may linger for another decade...maybe...but its over...i perdict 1 to 1.5 trillion added to the debt per annum. so can long rates go up...maybe alittle but its basically done cooked on both sides. unless perhaps...debt really doesn't matter its really just digits on a screen who knows...but one thing is for sure...they will continue this facade for as long as possible and at any cost. their only goal is to stay in power forever...these insects have been in power for hundreds of years...their blood lines go way way back they will do anything possible to preserve their dominance.
When do the other LIARS start to speak??
Ding bat can't even read.
Given that we no longer have crazy people but people with mental disabilities, does this mean that if they call Preppers 'nuts', they can now file for a Mental Disability?
I'm sensing a Gov handout or anti-discrimination opportunity.
Heck, let's go all out and slam them with hate speech if they badmouth Libertarians.
"The Shadow of the Crisis has Passed. We are now in the Actual Crisis."
One side of that room needs to be introduced to the Halls of Medicine.
<coff>
Republican response was kind of a 'meh'. Geared to the faithful and full of just as much 'we're gonna do' - yet we have the same Republican leaders that have done nothing!
She was creepy. Not Gabrielle Giffords "I got shot in the best place" placid, yet definitely on the other side of a home margarita machine and a case of "old Mexican Gusano."
For those in the know about CIA-Obama's true neo-con agenda, that he says that the "Shadow Of Crisis Has Passed," is not funny, but ominous. Especially so when cast against what has been happening economically here and around the world the past month or so.
I.e. he is setting the American sheeple up, especially the neo-con sheeple, for a sudden bout of severe delusion here shortly.
The banksters need to repay us.
Could be the way to understand Obama is through his war activities...his support of anything the banks wanted...his unlimited faith & support in the FED...his non use of DOJ after 2008...and the DOJs activism.
What did Barack Obama do for Main Street, for Job Growth, for pulling power back from the true puppeteers of the USA??
And Obama Care was never good enough for a vote in the US Congress... Obama care can only be called a tax & a monopoly for Big Pharma & Big Health Insurance/Big Hospitals
We are left with just War, MIC, Spying, Civil Rights Abuses, Financial Monopolies, and great riches for the Richest People.
I can only speculate if he does favors for Royalty, for Saudi Arabia, for Israel, or others. Business,Politics & Royalty are all about Secrets, Technology, Power, Military Power, Power to make agreements, Power to Support someone's Agenda, Power to to pick the losers or imprison people.
Obama was a Right Wing President and Served NeoCon Interests. Now Joni Earnst is simply projecting what our military leaders think and would like to Implement.
My Guess in 2016 we will have a War President to follow this war president. Government, Military, and Banking should do very well from 2016-2020.
No word on how people lose purpose & Self Respect when they don't work, collect welfare. We will continue to export our Technology, copy rights, property rights, and US Bonds.
Obama just mailed it in. He is just thinking of moving to Hawaii chooming and golfing while collecting 250k per speech.
This is Obama's 'Mission Accomplished'!
sorry, can't bear to watch this person anymore, haven't been able to for a long time. hope you all enjoed the show
No mention in the SOTA of the most important issue: The ongoing operation to eliminate the money cartel and legal tender laws, and re-instate gold and redeemable currency.
We will do it without them.
These parasites do not represent us.
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Given the general unease that permeates the alternative blog/media watcher sentiment, this "Shadow of Crisis Has Passes" will go down in history as the ultimate top tick.
I heard him say "11 million new jobs".
So i immediately thought of a new joke, "How many Americans does it take to flip a burger..?"
"i don't know, a lot apparently".
*Must be better ones*
Iran: "But new sanctions passed by this Congress, at this moment in time, will all but guarantee that diplomacy fails (...) and ensuring that Iran starts up its nuclear program again. It doesn’t make sense. "
Russia: "last year, (...) we were doing the hard work of imposing sanctions along with our allies,(...) today, it is America that stands strong and united with our allies, while Russia is isolated, with its economy in tatters"
So, sanctions don't work (with Iran) but work (with Russia)
It doesn't get any more politically schizophrenic than this.
I'm convinced. Obama's insane.
I thought this was pretty funny:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-30910257
Wow, the shadow of the crisis has passed ?
Maybe, we don't live on the same planet Mr President.
I'd love to believe your message. Somehow, somehow, I get the feeling something is very rotten in the Kingdom of Pax Americana that your predecessors created and that you now incarnate since six long years.
Not saying the whole of western civilization is "Boko Haram"...But Mr Potus, your big stick, your financial "wizardry"; -- or rather of those behind the tinsel curtain pulling the global strings for whom you have created the political framework along with Congress -- the unattainable 1%; and your management of the fossil fuel game world-wide through your geo-political plays with your allies, makes me doubt of the sincerity of your rosy picture for the decades to come.
May I just say to paraphrase Descartes : I doubt, so I exist.
Tyler's, thanks for taking a bullet for me on this one. No way could I watch that tragedy.
Do you still believe this duck?
"Shadow of crisis have passed" perhaps what he means is from shade to light where where even a retard can see it now. Not to mention these words pouring out of his big gapping mouth have the smell of shit. And the smell is solid with mass, volume and shape.
So how was that speech last night. Somehow I always miss those things. It looked to me like Obama was going to be fucking with the repubicans all night.
There was a speech last night? Glad I didn't ruin my evening. I am done screaming at TVs.
Whats the difference among this Monkey and Maduro? More socialism and pass the bill down the hill. Hoora!!!
Isn't that cute? The rich are just a little apple on the head of the middle class.
What exactly is your opinion of the rich Tyler? Shit it out. Have they earned their wealth fair and square? Or have they stolen it?
JUST ANSWER THE FUCKING QUESTION.
It's a stupid question.
If you exterminated all the "rich" and vaporized all of their wealth with ray guns, everyone else would be much poorer.
Your're an idiot.