I won't be going or watching; instead I'm going down the road to have dinner with some friends and to watch a high-school basketball game.
"Brown to cross aisle for presidential address" by Mark Arsenault and Matt Viser, Globe Staff / January 25, 2011
WASHINGTON — Members who want to shake the president’s hand as he enters the chamber — a moment broadcast live on all the major networks — arrive hours in advance of the speech to stake a claim to a chair on the aisle....
Worse than waiting for concert tickets.
In his second State of the Union, President Obama will talk about jobs and the economy and ways to reduce the deficit while still investing in science, education, and infrastructure.
I tune out propaganda now, dear readers.
The president is expected to build on the theme of bipartisanship amid signals that he is repositioning toward the political center on economic issues and remaking his administration to strengthen ties to businesses.
Related: Slow Saturday Special: Obama Bends Over Backward For Business
The Bay State’s House delegation generally supports the overtures toward business, including the high-profile appointment of former banker William Daley to be White House chief of staff....
I give up on the Democrat party in this state.
So who is my guy sittin' with?
Representative John W. Olver, an Amherst Democrat, hasn't arranged a bipartisan partner but thinks he can find one when he gets there....
Something about that sentence makes me ill-at-ease.
Gonna whore around at the party, 'eh?
overseas war zones....
That's all I could find regarding the THINGS I CARE MOST ABOUT, dear readers.
I know Obama will mention them. I predict he will celebrate Iraq's new government and declare we are on schedule to leave while saying we are also making progress in Afghanistan.
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Also see: Obama faces uphill battle for big public works projects
Well, if we did not have imperial occupations over government and media lies....
