from my blog at http://theatleeappeal.com/

“We are the nation that put cars in driveways and computers in offices; the nation of Edison and the Wright brothers; of Google and Facebook” – Which I guess is why he is trying to get everyone to stop using Edison’s light bulb and go for the mercury laced fluorescent light bulb while making a huge push for everyone to drive batteries instead of combustion engine vehicles.

“If we truly care about our deficit, we simply cannot afford a permanent extension of the tax cuts for the wealthiest 2 percent of Americans. Before we take money away from our schools, or scholarships away from our students, we should ask millionaires to give up their tax break.” Oh of course, it’s those pesky tax rates that we’ve had for the last 8 years which have caused our debt to explode while exponential increases in spending had absolutely nothing to do with it! I guess that’s why we needANOTHER stimulus towards road projects (they are called investments this time). Oh, and let’s just ask those evil millionaires to give their hard earned money to Barack Obama so he can decide what to do with it. Nothing like using the SOTU to invoke class warfare. If only those evil millionaires would just let us into their bank accounts so we can take more of what is theirs, we could throw even more money at a lost cause which is our public school system!

“Now, I’ve heard rumors that a few of you have some concerns about the new health care law. So let me be the first to say that anything can be improved. If you have ideas about how to improve this law by making care better or more affordable, I am eager to work with you.” Yeah, that “rumor” you heard was your party getting an ass kicking of epic proportions at the ballot box this past November. The only way to improve this law is to eliminate it entirely, and start over. There is absolutely no logic behind passing a bill “in order to know what’s in it”. None whatsoever.

“I am prepared to work with Republicans and Democrats to protect our borders, enforce our laws and address the millions of undocumented workers who are now living in the shadows. I know that debate will be difficult and take time. But tonight, let’s agree to make that effort. And let’s stop expelling talented, responsible young people who can staff our research labs, start new businesses, and further enrich this nation.” Great. Now, we can get them out of the shadows by enforcing immigration laws which will force them to go back home. Introduce legislation that punishes the crap out of companies who willingly hire illegal aliens. Make it impossible for illegals to rent property. Make it impossible for illegals to send their kids to our schools. Make it impossible for illegals to receive ANY government benefits whatsoever. We won’t need to spend money on deportation at that point. They will deport themselves. Thanks for giving us absolutely no specifics on your plan.

In 2009 Obama said, “Done right, earmarks have given legislators the opportunity to direct federal money to worthy projects that benefit people in their districts, and that’s why I’ve opposed their outright elimination.” Obama said last night, “Both parties in Congress should know this: If a bill comes to my desk with earmarks inside, I will veto it.” No comment necessary.

“And to help pay for it (green energy), I’m asking Congress to eliminate the billions in taxpayer dollars we currently give to oil companies. I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but they’re doing just fine on their own.” The IRS is not just simply giving money to oil companies. Oil companies are simply allowed to keep the income they make from subsidiaries overseas, overseas. If they were to bring that money home, it would be double taxed. What kind of incentive is that, and how exactly does that equate to the Treasury department “giving” oil companies money?

“With more research and incentives, we can break our dependence on oil with biofuels, and become the first country to have a million electric vehicles on the road by 2015. So tonight, I challenge you to join me in setting a new goal: by 2035, 80% of America’s electricity will come from clean energy sources.” Translation: With more federal spending, we can be the first country to produce a million vehicles that nobody wants. If there truly was this massive demand for electric cars, the private sector would have produced them. But there isn’t. There’s a reason private sector companies have an R&D department (Research and Development). If they see an opportunity with a certain product, they will take the risk of investing and developing said technology. In this case, Obama is having the taxpayers foot the bill for Washington’s own R&D projects. This is a clear cut case of Obama picking winners and losers again. Winners – Government Motors and Government Electric – two companies that has Washington in their bed. Losers – well this is the obvious one: oil and coal. “You can build a new coal plant, but you’ll probably go bankrupt.” That quote from Obama has never been so emphatic up until now. How is that for true economic competition? Let’s introduce legislation, oh wait we can’t so let’s give the EPA the power to do what we want, that will “keep the boot on the throat” of those evil carbon emitting energies. Then, we will just throw billions of taxpayer dollars towards green energy projects and call them “investments”.

“At stake right now is not who wins the next election — after all, we just had an election.” Again, you got a “shellacking” as you yourself put. What is at stake is the financial collapse of our country. We can’t even afford the interest payments on the debt we’ve accumulated. And what the hell do you think will happen when our bond ratings plummet? It’s amazing that they haven’t been downgraded at this point. When that happens, our borrowing costs go up even more – that’s when inflation will reach epic proportions. Yes, we are in a dire situation Mr. President and it is spending, not tax rates, that is crippling this country.

All in all, this was just another typical Obama speech in which government is the answer. He also basically told America that he is ready for stimulus #2, although he was very careful not to call it that. Any time a politician says that they want the government to “invest” in anything, they are simply saying it will be nothing more than a spending bill. On one hand, Obama said he wanted to freeze non-defense spending, then on the other he said he wanted to increase spending. We should expect nothing else.