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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin of Ill., and Sen, Mark Kirk, (R-Ill) seen mingling prior to President Obama's State of the Union address.
“Obama repeatedly declared the imperative to "win the future," comparing the current need for innovation to the space race against the Soviet Union in the 1950s and '60s,” the Washington Post says. “Calling for more dedication to research and technology as he raised the specter of a rapidly growing China and India, Obama declared: ‘This is our generation's Sputnik moment.’”
More: “Speaking less than three months after his party's defeat in the midterm elections, Obama struck notes of optimism and conciliation in an address that spanned 62 minutes and was interrupted at least 75 times for applause. The president spoke to a House chamber where traditionally segregated Republicans and Democrats mingled, and he acknowledged the unusual seating arrangement at the outset of his speech. But, Obama said: "What comes of this moment will be determined not by whether we can sit together tonight, but whether we can work together tomorrow."
Roll Call: "Obama referenced 'jobs' 25 times and the word 'dream' 11 times as he described an America built by ordinary people who dared to dream."
The New York Times: "Drawing a stark contrast between himself and Republicans, who are advocating immediate and deep cuts in spending, Mr. Obama laid out a philosophy of a government that could be more efficient but would still be necessary if the nation was to address fundamental challenges at home and abroad. 'We need to out-innovate, outeducate and outbuild the rest of the world,' he said. 'We have to make America the best place on earth to do business. We need to take responsibility for our deficit and reform our government. That’s how our people will prosper.'"
The New York Post calls it "King's speech!" on its cover and labels him "Bam, the 'Budget Hawk.'"
The New York Daily News' cover: "Barack to the Future."
The Boston Globe's headline: "Obama urges a freeze and shift in spending."
The Hill leads with Obama's earmark veto pledge.
"As Senate Democrats praised President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address Tuesday night and urged their Republican colleagues to abandon partisanship, the GOP responded with a deep yawn and a little bit of hope," Roll Call writes, adding, " But for [Senate Minority Leader] McConnell and many of his fellow Republicans, Obama did not go far enough on the issues of government spending, the federal deficit or the national debt, nor do they trust the president to follow through on even the portions of the address they found appealing."
The New York Daily News has a photo of Mark Kelly holding his wife, Gabrielle Giffords', hand while they watched the speech. And it notes that before the speech when Secretary Clinton was wishing him luck, Obama said, "Everybody's already seen it," referring to leaked remarks.
Worse than a yawn or skepticism, here's this fingers-in-the-ears Tweet from Rep. Paul Broun (R-GA): “Mr. President, you don’t believe in the Constitution. You believe in socialism."
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"As one knows the poet by his fine music, so one can recognize the liar by his rich rhythmic utterance, and in neither case will the casual inspiration of the moment suffice. Here, as elsewhere, practice must precede perfection."
-- Oscar Wilde
First, dirt--
Oscar Wilde was known for his cynicism, biting sarcasm and (while justifiable) bitterness toward his society. Apparently much like yourself.
To me, Oscar Wilde's quote perfectly describes the even rythmic soporific abstract code-word ramblings without any numbers or details of The Republican Party people and the Tea-Republican Party people.
Only someone who wants to hang onto the past, with all of its baggage, ignorance framed as faith, sans reason-yet by alligning with the Republicans and so-called Tea Part(iers)--- spit upon progress, including the progress of the very freedoms that Liberalism and the Enlightenment provided. My patriotism is deeply ingrained into my psyche and personality. I walk the walk.
"And so my Fellow Americans: Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country." John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Inaugral Address January 20, 1961
It's a great speech. You should read it--very applicable for these times as well.
Dirt---Did I mention that I held a moon-rock in my hands when I was 13? That I watched the moon landing on Black and White TV? The moon rock was black and heavy for its size. In a baggie there was black moondust that was as fine as talcum. Dad was a geologist--that's all you need to know...
Since when did we as Americans start acting like spoilt children and not upstanding citizens?
The best part of the 60's and 70's as defined by the "Sputnik" moment--was that it was also exciting.
Dirt--it was challenging--how in the world of reason, do you think we can be typing/insulting each other on the internet using a computer that fits on your lap or in your hand? Did you know that the computer that sent men to the Moon and back--had less computing power--much less--than my laptop. And when sh&! happened (which it did, several times)--the famous: Houston we have a problem.
The engineers, physicists, the ground crews--got out their slide rulers! And figured it out.
Did I mention I've held a Moon rock?
LibLib
Wasn't the Moon Landing faked? and that rock was from the backyard, and Republicans are Fiscal Conservatives
Right On B/W tv oh yeah and Walter don't forget Walter!
Oh, yeah! Walter Cronkite. He was so moved. It was all unbelievably cool.
That's the kind of stuff I want my kids to be able to do with their kids, like us Boomers got to do. (I'm assuming you are a boomer or you have a reeeaalllyy good memory!)
(R) Rep. Broun--
OMG man, get a grip. His tweets? This is a seriously sanctimoniously crazy RRRWW who seems to have a viceral problem with President Obama. Broun looks like he's from White South Africa or oh, I dunno, a Southern Plantation circa 1822..Standing in his study which is stuffed (literally) with taxidermied heads and other body parts of north american mammals...
HHmmmm Hmmm.
This will at least be entertaining.
interesting how republicans are so gung-ho about reducing the deficit when it comes to other people's money (the poor up to the middle class), but when it comes to putting their own money where their mouths are, they vehemently feel the need to hold the rest of us hostage in order to maintain their tax cuts. So while the rest of us take furloughs, lose our homes, lose our jobs, and go without pay raises (meanwhile the price of groceries and energy are skyrocketing), the rich are hoarding their money and complaining that the deficit is too high. What hypocrites.
Exactly. And, I guess they feel so openly comfortable with blathering the word "deficit" they don't even try to disguise it.
Any time Republicans say the word "deficit" or even worse, the sucker Tea Party whatever they are--or fiscal responsibility or my personal favorite Austerity!, I'm going to see toads, and vipers and snakes and other ugly things from the swamp--just like that fairy tale about the two sisters-- you know,
The one that began with: Once upon a time...
I'm thinking Broun has a problem with Brown.
That's my theory and I'm sticking to it.
Lib Lib: Side rulers! I love it! I have one from when I was a kid and every now and then I show it to the kids. They find it fun! Technology has taken away so much!