Wonder if the President will mention his drone program tonight. It was the height of entertainment here last week watching the Libbies tie themselves into knots trying to rationalize for themselves the actual killing of ALLEGED terrorists.

So many Libbies who thought the previous administration should be tried as criminals suddenly finding themselves "Conflicted" over the President killing Americans.

One of the best weeks ever here at First Read.

Of all the wealthy industrialized nations, the U.S. is poised for the strongest recovery, thanks to the foundation laid by President Obama. MORE SPENDING to grow jobs and the economy is what we should be doing, and I think most Americans realize that. With a little political co-operation, America can lead in the imminent/inevitable green & renewable industries, and lift up ourselves & the world in the process.

Great point Backhouse!

I can't help but wonder how well things would have recovered if there had been any semblance of civility from the republican party these last four years.

Johntho, this sentence of yours really hit me. Imagine if we had seated in our government responsible intelligent legislators who cared about our future instead of their own? We don't. It's all just one big power game.

Click, click, click. A post is deleted. The truth disappears.

While it is fascinating to watch the click, click, click crowd delete, delete, delete, the better side show is watching the GOP/TP continue to <Ctrl>+<Alt>+<Del> their own party from within. No matter how many times they try to reboot, they just can't seem to restart. It seems their hardware is woefully outdated and that shiny new GUI interface replete with no rah, blah words won't run on the old platform. MSDOS (that Reagan era system), like the GOPTP, is outdated. Perhaps they should at least consider moving on up to Windows Vista. While still outdated, it is at least within this century, where there is still a techie or two that can offer support. On second thought, perhaps Boehner was right, and the party should be relegated to the dust bin.

This would be a perfect SOTU address. I marveled as the forked-tongue one sat with head down got a tongue lashing from a brilliant, caring and compassionate man -- Dr. Benjamin Carson.

I recommend everyone to take 27 minutes of their time to listen to Dr. Benjamin Carson who was the keynote speaker at the Fellowship Foundation National Prayer Breakfast this past week. He is truly inspirational. If you are an educator -- parent, teacher, grandparent -- of our young children today, I urge you to sit down with them and listen to what he has to say. You can not ignore his personal story. You can not ignore his warnings. You can not ignore his vision.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyyHegP255g

Beverly, I too don't quite understand this "Last Chance" talking point. President Obama has barely started his second term.

I see the left thinks they can use the Huffington Post as a barometer of truth in reporting on a competing news site.

I would be embarassed if I cited this crap.

You guys are really desperate in trying to save the next 4 years.

Keep talking about Hillary folks, cuz I can't wait until the current President is out the door, too.

I am personally more interested in Paul's rebuttal then I am in Obama's SOTU or Rubio's rebuttal. I know what Obama is going to say. He's going to talk about the perceived progress he's made in the economy, and then the rest of the speech will be nothing more than vague platitudes about strengthening the middle class and adding jobs. Standard SOTU stuff. Rubio's rebuttal will be more of the same GOP talking points they always use. Paul on the other hand, may actually say something interesting.

There are a host of things that could/would make this country a better to live. In my opinion there is no doubt about that.

It is my hope that the President and Congress focus on each matter one at a time. Get each thing done and then move on to the next.

When attention is scattered to many things at the same time it gets confusing and makes for a more difficult course to accomplish each.

It's my opinion that if the President and Congress focused only on the economy first and foremost they would have a better chance of helping to grow the economy and getting people back to work. Once that is accomplished, move on to the next issue that needs the Presidents attention and start on that.

It's okay to state his agenda in the STOTU, but keep focused on main issues and accomplish each one at a time

Pat in Racist Boston - We have been out of the recession for 4 years. We have been posied for a break out for a LONG time. Gee, do you think we have a weak stick as President whose policies of constituency governing aren't working? A President whose still waiting for the "Summer of Recovery". It's obvious to people with a brian to recognize a President with out a clue on economic success. That is why his speech will be filled with nothing again on how to fix the economy! Saying, Peoople have to pay their fair share, is about the damn dumbest thing I have ever heard. How in the HELL is saying that going to help the economy? How does this help someone get a job?

I wonder if the President's remarks delve into this area as he lectures about gun control. Maybe we'll hear him say "Hey Rahm get your damn city under control!!!!!" NOW!!!!!

Barack Obama would like you to believe that it's white guys with assault weapons and NRA memberships that commit most of the murders in this country. But the truth, and he knows it, is that although whites comprise 67% of the population, Hispanics 16% and blacks, just 13%, blacks are responsible for roughly half the murders in America. The murder rate among blacks is eight times as high as among whites. Sadly, it is one area in which they truly overachieve.

But do you ever hear Obama, Biden, Bloomberg, Feinstein or Cuomo, mention it? Of course not. They would rather grab headlines by running their mouths off about guns with large magazines instead of urban punks with a lot of attitude, but no brains and even less compassion.

If we ever wanted to get serious about gun violence, we would send the military into places a lot more violent than the Middle East. I refer to Chicago, L.A., Philadelphia, Detroit and Houston. But even Bill Clinton, "the first black president," had to retreat from dealing with the black gangs in Somalia when he realized how badly it would play on CNN. It's one thing to be seen playing Lady Bountiful with other people's money in Haiti and quite another to deal with blacks the same way one would if they were white Croatians.

Frankly, what people do with their own money is their own business, but why an American would bother sending dough to Haiti when our physically and mentally wounded war veterans are going begging is beyond me. But I also can't begin to fathom why, at the same time we are going down the fiscal drain, we keep sending billions of dollars to the likes of Egypt, Russia, Jordan, the Sudan, Pakistan, Iraq and to terrorist groups in Gaza. And why on earth are we sending hundreds of millions of dollars to Mexico when they not only refuse to shut down their side of the border, but recently arrested and imprisoned an ex-U.S. Marine on trumped-up gun charges, and then ignored repeated calls from the State Department. . . .

Getting back to guns for a minute, the number of accidental gun deaths in America averages around 1,500-a-year. The number of accidental deaths caused by physicians and hospitals is over 120,000. I leave it to you to decide which poses the greater danger, guns or healthcare providers.

http://patriotpost.us/opinion/16652

Pigotry -- Here's a shocker for you. In Canada the big oil producers are screaming FOR a carbon tax.

Oil companies operating in Canada such as Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM), Total SA (FP) of France and Canada’s Cenovus Energy Inc. (CVE) plan to convert billions of barrels of the sticky bitumen into diesel and gasoline. Under foreign and domestic pressure, they now see a greenhouse-gas levy helping to provide access to markets and more predictable costs for Canada’s biggest export industry, which shipped C$68 billion ($68 billion) of oil in 2011.

A carbon tax “is one of the ways to promote better performance of the industry,” Andre Goffart, president of Total’s Canadian unit, said in an interview in Calgary. “The principles are probably agreed upon by the players. The question is, where do you put the level to incentivize the industry to go in a more efficient way?”

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-02-01/why-canada-oil-sands-industry-wants-co2-tax-harper-hates-energy.html

We can not ignore his fear mongering to Ben. Ben, fear is what keeps you coming back to the GOP. The more they can scare you the more they can take advantage of you.

Why on earth would any sane person want his kids to listen to his crap?

Talk about a dog whistle!

You just can't keep yourself from humping my leg the few times a week I pop in here now, can you Old Gal?

Obama is expected to push for second term agenda: comprehensive immigration reform, ways to curb gun violence, and his preferences to grow the economy and reduce the deficit.

Sounds big to me.

FORWARD!!

The rhetoric that will comprise the content of the state of the union address can be summed up in one word.....FUBAR.

@Mo -- Fear???? Not hardly. There is no fear in facts. What is scary is the reality we find this country in with the present socialism-like leadership.

The only thing Obama does big is TALK!!!

He's a coward and a failure.

Yes indeed, Obama will pour out a barrage of high-sounding rhetoric to distract from his record of total fiscal insanity !

The hot air will be voluminous .... expect the polar icecaps to melt faster ! LOL !!

@Sickofthebickering -- Thank you. From his words:

Political correctness is dangerous. Because, you see, this country -- one of the founding principles was freedom of thought and freedom of expression. And it muffles people. It puts a muzzle on them. And at the same time, it keeps people from discussing important issues while the fabric of this society is being changed. And we cannot fall for that trick. ... Dr. Benjamin Carson.

I hear the President is going to be focused on the economy.

Again.

I don't think focused means what the President thinks it means.

Focused like a puppy in a pet store.

Ben - You are exactly right. If our President was honest he would say tonight. After years of our (Democrats) failed polices that have left the inner-city a waste land of murder and hopelessness that help kill that poor little girl in Chicago. I pledge to you tonight that we will offer new policies that will not destroy the African- American race that we have taken such advantage of. But no, he will pander and take advantage of the family he has there to deflect the deserved criticism of his and the Democrats failed polices of destruction and dependency.

Ben-636050

@Mo -- Fear???? Not hardly. There is no fear in facts. What is scary is the reality we find this country in with the present socialism-like leadership.

... then accordingly there are no facts to your reality. Fascinating.

Let the 'My Big Fat Propaganda' show begin tonite on a local station near you! Come hear the endless, raucous applause erupt over every word uttered! The mesmerized masses will be glued to their screens tonite, drool dripping from their chins as they receive their 'programming'. Of course, the message went out during the Superbowl from Beyonce who flashed those Illuminati signs; her recent pant suit sent other signals that those of us not in the Mickey Mouse club don't get. Meanwhile, the gay boy scouts, illegal mexicans and gun control people will be present (The Nuge will even be there with his beef jerky), ready for their two seconds of limelight for their causes. So tune in! And bring the popcorn, sure to be quite a show! (Is that circus music I hear playing in the background?)

@WCA -- Good one. This is like Groundhog Day. I wonder if the president will finally get it right after being bitch-slapped many, many times.

@BCWC -- Is that you spewing from that sticky residue???? Two words for you -- Reading Comprehension.

Does anyone one from the Right have ANYTHING to say today? Seems they are tripping over themselves.

WCA's back and cheating his employer out of time. Wonder which of the big three he works for?

Ben wrote:

right after being bitch-slapped many, many times.

You are most vulgar Ben! Proud of yourself? Sickening!

Here’s a reality about a second-term presidency: You have a narrow window -- at the beginning of the term -- to persuade Congress to do something big.

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Personally, I can not stand statements like these. I am sick and tired of the notion that these (at least biologically) grown adults need to be "persuaded" to do anything. A vast majority of the Members of Congress have been in those positions for a longer amount of time than any President has served in that term. These people have no issue getting in front of a camera and a microphone and bemoan everything under the rainbow. They know what to get done and know how to get it done.

There is more effort, especially within GOP controlled States put into how to maintain pockets of power than problem resolution.

Legislating and governing is a 24/7, 365, every year in the decade, every decade in century type of thing. I'm tired of the media's continuous portrayal of 2nd terms as 18th months and I'm tired of lazy arse, son's a b's buying into the notion as well giving them a 2 year window to sit on their thumbs only to bemoan what the next Presidential contenders will or won't allegedly do to the Country.

Fisty,

Do you EVER say anything of real substance? All we ever see from you is hate to the right, personal attacks, snarky comments...

My God Woman! Get a LIFE! Why would ANYONE want to talk to you when THAT is all you've got?

(now show me the clown nose, fisty!)

He will give another lie filled talk.

The Republicans will call him out on his lies.

The Dems will wet themselfs at seeing him speak and praise his lieing as gospel.

Same crap. Same bad ending for Americans.

Sounds big to me.

I agree kaybeetoys. But as I said in my earlier post, state what you want to accomplish, but focus on each one at a time. Accomplish one then another.

President Obama listed a host of things he visioned for America when he was first elected. One of the things he wanted was health reform. He proposed a national health reform that would help millions of Americans. Many people scoffed at the idea. But he remained focused and his ideas were accepted and Congress approved a national health proposal.

Had he not focused on that issue almost wholly it never would have happened.

As an example, let's say a company is struggling and near BK. A new person takes over at the helm and walks in saying that many things have to change to get the company back on track. That person lists about fifteen things that need attention. The workers then become confused and focus only on what may be easiest or the last thing they heard and not much gets done to obtain the agenda set out. But if the person who took over had told the people "I want you to change this" everyone would be on the same page and it would be easier to accomplish that matter. Then that person states another step and so forth until the company is once again fruitful and thrivng.

DCIA why so worried about my time? What's it to you?

You ever see me worrying about the losers like you who spend all day/every day here?

Either you are stealing from your boss or you don't work. Who cares?

Take the Old Gal for instance, she has all day every day to post on here, talks about all her votes and followers and yet she just can't seem to keep herself from responding to my posts.

Just like you.

Seems they are tripping over themselves.

DCIA,

Just wait until tomorrow... lol

WCA's back and cheating his employer out of time

Polishing cup holders can be exhausting!

Take the Old Gal for instance, she has all day every day to post on here, talks about all her votes and followers and yet she just can't seem to keep herself from repsonding to my posts

You claim to *pop* in here only a few times a week, so, you know this HOW?

*handing WCA some more rope*...

Pat Boston MA.

Beverly, I too don't quite understand this "Last Chance" talking point. President Obama has barely started his second term.

Neither do they. They'll post anything to illicit a response and fill space.

Pat,

I'm glad you're okay. I thought about you and the girls all weekend long. Get this, I went shopping Saturday with nothing but a sweater on. I wasn't in a car either. That frightens me. I don't know what to expect. This weather is to freaky. It shouldn't be this warm in Chicago.

The bizarre story about how Bill O'Reilly shows how the right wing mind works. MSNBC and Rachel Maddow are the epitome of the biased liberal media that justifies the right's knee-jerk rejection of reality for everything from global warming (a hoax pushed by the liberal media) to the reelection of Barack Obama (a calamity that happened because the liberal media covered up his terrible record and downplayed Mitt Romney's wonderfulness).

But the story about the leaked document on drones that has caused the Obama administration lots of headaches was broken by that demoness Rachel Maddow on the satanic MSNBC network -- a network that's a lot more liberal than most of the so-called liberal media. That simply doesn't fit into the alternate reality that Fox has built so carefully for its right wing viewers. So how to deal with the problem? O'Reilly simply pretends that MSNBC covered up the story rather than breaking it, and then screams that anyone who points out his fraudulence is a "loon." And with his name-calling drowning out the truth, the Fox viewers can sink back comfortably into their sofa cushions, secure in the knowledge that all of life's ills can be blamed on the liberal media.

nomoresameo, you have a point... but remember that the GOP's main agenda is to obstruct anything Obama attempts to do to move the country forward. Proposing several initiatives at the same time dilutes the ability of the GOP to organize opposition. That has been Obama's strategy thus far, and I'd say it has worked out pretty well. We supporters need to keep up the pressure on our local representatives to get to work and do the will of the people.

It's actually funny. The RWNJs are talking about lies. Read the 2003 SOTU address. In it are mentioned numbers and types of non-existent WMDs.

The republicons are merely accusing others of what they themselves have been doing.

Cat's foot iron claw
Neuro-surgeons scream for more
At paranoia's poison door.
Twenty first century schizoid man.

Oh no, Ted Nugent in the audience. Oh no, gun victims in the audience. I'm absolutely convinced no politician has an agenda

WCA-

Wonder if the President will mention his drone program tonight. It was the height of entertainment here last week watching the Libbies tie themselves into knots trying to rationalize for themselves the actual killing of ALLEGED terrorists.

So many Libbies who thought the previous administration should be tried as criminals suddenly finding themselves "Conflicted" over the President killing Americans.

It is a false equivalency to equate the use of drones to kill enemy combatants to an invasion of a soveriegn nation and the use of torture on captured enemy combatants.

The Constitution does not give the President unlimited powers, but the office does includes the responsibility as Commander in Chief to direct our country's military actions.

Al-Qaida attacked America on 9/11 and killed many of our fellow citizens. They continue to plan and carry out attacks against us and our interests. In my mind a drone strike on an al-Qaida leader is not much different than shooting an enemy soldier on the battle field.

This struggle is different, al-Qaida does not represent a country or wear a uniform. Our tactics must change. Drone strikes accomplish our mission without endangering American lives, and they minimize the risk of killing innocent civilians.

You act like this is an unprecedented move on President Obama's part. Almost every president since Reagan has authorized the use of artillery, cruise missiles or other actions to retaliate against terrorism.

I trust our President to weigh the risks involved in capturing these leaders and make the right decision as our Commander-in-Chief, as we have trusted our previous presidents to order cruise missile strikes or other actions.

Ben -- Your post 1.52 crosses the line. Flagged!

It is YOU and people like you who give Republicans a BAD NAME.

You do your PARTY no favors. Hope the decent Republicans step forward

and call people like Ben and others out for the trash they spew.

After all the empty promises Obama fed us prior to and during his first administration I have little or no faith that anything he will tell us tonight will be any different. I don't know about anyone else but we keep listening to these guys, presidents, congressmen and bureaucrats in general, and still believe and re-elect them.

Hey Old Gal, how about you set the record straight then.

Are you or are you not on nearly every thread posted here at FIrst Read every day?

As I told your buddy DCIA, who cares?

See, one doesn't have to post here to know what is said here.

But you knew that, didn't you?

Proposing several initiatives at the same time dilutes the ability of the GOP to organize opposition. That has been Obama's strategy thus far, and I'd say it has worked out pretty well.

Again; I agree, but only to a point.

Let the GOP continue to obstruct. It is not going unnoticed. It is instead becoming their unraveling as a group. People across the country are backing away from the GOP because of their obstructionism.

I'd rather see the president and the democrats focusing on one thing at a time and if the GOP continues their same ol' same ol' of obstruction they will be seen as the demons of the political arena that they are. The media and the democrats will be able to laser focus on each and every matter that the GOP obstructs individually in that matter and the implosion of the GOP will continue until they may be a thing of the past.

makes used car salesmen look good!

Last chance to go big

In spending

In more debt

In more wlfare

In more illegals

In more regulations

In more taxes

In more class warfare

In more waste in green energy

In more global warming

In more blame

In more attacks

Is my way or the highway.

Is the economy Stupid?

@DCIA -- OMG You are hilarious. You caused me to spew my soda onto the computer screen!! The pot calling the kettle black LMAO. BTW How does that cross any line on here??

WCA...you have your leg hound I have mine. Actually i have a pair, one for each leg. I blow the high pitched whistle and one of mine should come a humping any minute now.

Take the Old Gal for instance, she has all day every day to post on here, talks about all her votes and followers and yet she just can't seem to keep herself from repsonding to my posts.

but but but, that's different. its for the 'good fight'

SOTB. Yeah Liberal Success is quite the Oxymoron. unlike most of the far left che worshipping d-bags, where they are just MORONS

Rubio scares Fisty et al because he isnt wetback enough for the hypocrite racists that infest this blog.

And the Hillaryous part is, i get called a bigot....

It is YOU and people like you who give Republicans a BAD NAME.

What would give Republicans a good name in your view? to be more like Barrak 'Big Gov' Obama?

Ben I flagged it too, as SUCCESS...

Ben,

Dr. Benjamin Carson.

You can not ignore his personal story. You can not ignore his warnings. You can not ignore his vision.

I have watched a few of Dr. Carson interviews and was very impressed. I could not agree with you more, the man is very inspiring.

See, one doesn't have to post here to know what is said here.

Strike THREE - you're OUT!

Seem to have struck a nerve.

Not on your BEST day! lol

Sadly, for you, today isn't even close to being a good day!

As I told your buddy DCIA, who cares?

You sure seem to? lol

You keep ripping your boss off to talk about it...

*handing twinkle-toes some MORE rope*

Dayum this is fun! ☺

Obama's Immigration reform - Reward people for breaking the law.
Obama's decision to allow US Citizens to be attacked by drones. Ignoring the 6th amendment.
Obama's complete disregard for the constitution - Recess Appointing board member when the senate is not in recess.
I could go on. But no doubt Feisty's head is about to explode before she starts calling me names.

White Collar Auto

I see the left thinks they can use the Huffington Post as a barometer of truth in reporting on a competing news site.

More insight into the far right mindset. It's a fact that O'Reilly claimed that NBC and MSNBC were downplaying the drone story. It's a fact that an NBC journalist Michael Isikoff did the investagion. It's a fact that MSNBC host Rachel Maddow first broke the story before any other network. These facts exist in the real world independently of the web site from which Feisty Redhead referenced.

But WCA and other right wingers deny the facts because Huffington Post was ONE of the news sites reporting these facts. Like ostriches, they seem to think that if they stick their heads in the sand so that they can't see what's the outside world, it doesn't exist. I don't know if ostriches are really that stupid, but some right wingers obviously are that stupid.

How about you Old Gal?

You stealing from your boss or do you just live off your Old Man?

Ben -- Since when is it okay to make up a quote and falsely attribute it?

Trump Was Right Rove; he’s a ‘total loser’

Plus, Cheney had the audacity to say President Obama picks second rate people.

http://www.nbcnews.com/id/3036697/ns/msnbc-hardball_with_chris_matthews#50775081

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Ain't that something coming from a 1st rate Frankenstein like Cheney?

Hey Houston, how many times have you denied a story that was from Fox News?

Ben - lotsanumbers:

Serious question. With your posts being as vile as they are and with you being the self-professed Christian that you are, would you point me to the teachings of your lord and savior that justifies such filth?

I think Mr. Obama is the worst president we have had in modern times, and by modern times I mean since LBJ. But, that said, this isn't his last chance to go big. It will be his last chance but only because he can't pivot like Mr. Clinton did, or do something large on the international stage like Mr. Nixon did. The political calculus works against Mr. Obama, thankfully, because after this political year passes little will be done in the next as all of Congress looks to be re-elected, and then after that election Mr. Obama is a lame duck in all respects. Even his political allies won't find much reason to carry his water at that point.

For the first several posters, particularly Backhouse, can you please stop telling us how our economy is poised for greatness, is about to unleash itself, is on the edge of creating millions and millions of jobs, is itching to recreate the middle class, and so on? You are LONG past the time that the Greek villagers quit responding to calls of "Wolf!" in any event.

And, worse for us all, you are without meaning to do so explaining how you enjoy and prefer the kind of involuntary servitude that government largesse delivers. I would argue that stealing from your future heirs in order to live beyond your means today is immoral, and yet you think it makes you wonderful and good. We could not be further apart.

Sameo, They are both focused on the economy. Unfortunately, while The President is trying to get the economy started, the GOPTP seem to only want to block, or at least delay any forward progress. It's too late for Mitch McConnell's promise to make Obama a one term President, so why not try to work for the voters in your states instead of licking the boots of the Koch brothers, who will toss you away when you're of no more use to them. I hear the phrase "The Republicans eat their own" often enough. Do you think they won't turn their hunger your way?

@Dont carry it all #1.58

Save the "faux outrage" for one of your liberal friends who attacks others, instead of comenting on the article. I have seen much, much worse from SeekingSaniity, Fiesty Redhead and Beverly from Chicago on a regular, ongoing basis ! Have you attempted to lay your condescending remarks upon them with equal fervor ??? Nah, I didn't think you would ... hypocrisy is thine !

Obama tonight is going to lay out a plan to help the middle class? He should, he cost us an average of $4,500.00 a person in median income. Wonder if he will mention that tonight? Wonder if MSNBC will mention how much the President cost the Middle-class. I wonder if they will mention how low Union membership has fallen under Obama. Doubt it. This will be a classic Obama diversion tonight, focus on the gun victims, who nothing will be done to help. And stay clear of any substance.

On another note, did anyone see Biden's remarks regarding the legitimacy of any media that does not agree with the administration's position on gun control?

“To be very blunt with you, we’re counting on all of you, the legitimate news media to cover these discussions because the truth is that times have changed..people would continue to...all give a lie to the argument that what we're trying to do is somehow unconstitutional"

Essentially, he is saying if you don't agree with us, you are illegitimate. If you interpret the constitution differently than we do, you are lying.

http://washingtonexaminer.com/biden-were-counting-on-legitimate-media-for-successful-gun-control-effort/article/2521184

Feisty Redhead Roselle, IL

Dr. Benjamin Carson is a right wing nut as far as I'm concerned. Anytime anyone with a functional brain appears on Hannity he has to be a nut. Hannity has no substance whatsoever. Hannity doesnt know how to interview; neither does he inderstand the intellectuals who appear on his show. As much as I loathe Newt Gringrich, I have to give him him credit for braking down simple issues for Sean to understand whenever he is interviewed .

Hannity is a snake oil salesman.

@David Walker -- All I can say is I am human and I am a sinner -- as we all are. But thanks for watching. I never waste my time trying to explain who I am to people who are committed to misunderstanding me.

@Beverly -- HAHAHAHA. You gotta be kidding. At least Hannity has both right and left on his show on a daily basis -- more than you can say for that MSNBC pitiful crowd. Hell, Maddow, Schultz, ODonnell, Sharpton would have the guts to invite nor the intellectual capacity to debate such an accomplished individual that has contributed so much to society. Maybe you should have went to him as a child but it might not be too late . . . . . LMAO.

Dingle B.

Essentially, he is saying if you don't agree with us, you are illegitimate. If you interpret the constitution differently than we do, you are lying.

Are you quoting Biden of First Read, the similarities are stunning.

Feisty,

From the sound of the right wing mental midgets, they have found a Messiah they can call their own! lol.

So you do admit that you see Obama as your Messiah.

Bev,

Have you listen to the Doctor? Judging him on the shows he has been on is pretty shallow.

Feisty et al: Stepping on a nerve and offending people is your MO. You truly are a lib but it also exposes your underside of hatred, lack of intellectual honesty, and purposeful entry into the social media to try to hurt the honest citizens in this time when the seek honest solutions. You bring nothing of value to the table.

So you do admit that you see Obama as your Messiah.

you expect that idiot to give you an honest answer... 10 to 1 says the buffoon puts you down in spite of your genuine question..

Judging him on the shows he has been on is pretty shallow.

Bev the Racist being shallow? get outta town

Ben-636050

@David Walker -- All I can say is I am human and I am a sinner -- as we all are. But thanks for watching. I never waste my time trying to explain who I am to people who are committed to misunderstanding me.

But David on High has evolved beyond you puny humans..after all he pontificates it daily on FR. his evolved intellect and superiority. oh How LIBERAL LOL

This is going to be good. The Speaker of the House John Boehner just called the president "gutless" in facing his party on the big issues of this country. It's the president's sequester stupid libs and now nyou live with it.

jim #'s -- The condescending hypocrisy comes from Ben. Just calling him out on it.

The haters are out in force today trying to pretend a majority of voters didn't just re-elect President Obama.

All your hate and lies did nothing for us before the election and I personally don't care to hear it now. All the republicans want to pretend there is no longer racism in America as they treat our president worst than any president in our history.

Republicans didn't care about America, they only cared about making the black man look bad by making him a one term president and they failed at that.

You know, why has only the black president been asked for his birth certificate? The republicans wanted that and his college records while telling us that Romney didn't even need to show his tax returns like all the other past presidential contenders.

If as a woman you want to remain a first class citizen, vote for any republican at your own peril.

Yep, go BIG....."I", "My" "Our" (Progressive), "My way or the highway".

1. Tax
2. Spend
3. Redistribute
4. No Congressional procedures therefore Executive Orders, or My Progressive Cabinet member's REGULATIONS

Mr. Obama DOES NOT have a mandate, 49% of Americans said so.

Let's wait and see what Mr. Obama really has to say, then he will do the complete opposite.

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The Obama campaign BUCKS are out. The Hillary posters "War against Women" will be on sale at the SOTU speech doors.

The reality in this country at least for the time being, is that liberals are a far bigger problem then conservatives. Why? Simple, liberals accept excuses. Liberals are willing to blame, to insult, and to hide behind race. When liberals stop accepting excuses, the excuses will stop. When liberals stop justifying actions with blame, only today and tomorrow will matter. When liberals can begin to discuss rationally and with respect solutions to our nations problems, there will be no need to continually play the race card or toss out insults. Unfortunately today both political parties are owned and beholden to special interest groups, and that is the real problem obstructing progress. The fact that both parties do it does not excuse it. There has to come a time when people that go to Washington rise above the greed of all special interest groups, and begin to work for the good of the nation again. ObamaCare was loaded with special interest handouts. The TracPhone deal a handout. The stimulus loaded with handouts. We no longer get legislation that is solely designed and written to best help the nation. Obama campaigned in 2008 as that person who would rise above, too bad liberals didn't hold him to it.

@DCIA -- To quote your queen of the left -- Fiesty.

When did I give you the impression I answer to you?

I give a @!$%# what YOU think... WHY?

Be gone troll, you have no power...

'Cause I'm still here. :-)

Oh, he'll go big alright. Big spending, big welfare, big government, big talk.

All of you libs cannot discount that exit polling followup demonstrated that the typical Oblama voter had an IQ 28 points less than the Romney voters.

Truth is a bitch.

Boehner just called the president "gutless"

Now that's funny coming from a man who has spent two decades collecting a government paycheck while avoiding doing the hard work required to fix many of the long standing problems we face.

Well Old Gal, you just can't seem to leave me alone.

Didn't think you would answer the question.

Honesty ain't your style.

Nuthin but a Keyboard Warrior are you.

Most likely drunk all of the time, living off your Old Man.

Feisty:

Feisty: "You bring nothing of value to the table.

I give a @!$%# what YOU think... WHY?

Be gone troll, you have no power..."

I am more interested in intellect, honesty, fairness, love, compassion, and the wealfare of the Nation and her citizens...not power. And you?

Certainly hope for your local community's safety and well-being that you are not a gun owner (your testerone shots do not count).

@David Walker -- All I can say is I am human and I am a sinner -- as we all are.

Yo, Bozobrained Ben, don't lump "all" of us into your pathetic excuse of existence. You want to label yourself a sinner, by all means, have at it. But don't include me in the circle jerk of sin your so sinfully enjoy.

'Cause I'm still here. :-)

Oh, and so is The Plague, but it doesn't stop us from fighting off the Black Death.

You know, why has only the black president been asked for his birth certificate? The republicans wanted that and his college records while telling us that Romney didn't even need to show his tax returns like all the other past presidential contenders.

whats the color of his skin have to do with anything? do you libtards who are true racists believe that if you call everyone a racist outside of the liberal intolerant world makes it true? of course you do. Guess what, Obama didnt show his college records and Romney didnt provide his tax records...WASH..BFD...

If as a woman you want to remain a first class citizen, vote for any republican at your own peril.

more idiotic attempt at divisive dialog, the better question is to why? You guys talk as if Obama is a great uniter yet his followers contradict.

Feisty sounds an awful lot like my 11 year old, very stubborn with a limited and narrow view of reality and the world at large. I sure hope they both grow out of it. All the back and forth without really saying anything. In the end, pretty much everything that comes out of their mouths is the equivalent of a "talk to the hand" type rebuttal or a "Why should I care". The world is made up of people that you at some point will need to interact with whether you want to or not. Her inability to converse with individuals that don't carry the same views as her is quite telling. I wager that she lives mostly an online/sheltered life based on your attitude or you are very young. My 11 year old has time to grow out of this.....Feisty, well I don't really know but I hope so....for her sake.

Ben -- You're a shining example of what's wrong with Republicans today. Carry on.

Gee, I hope his "big" speech on the economy addresses the negative GDP growth, the $3.75 gasoline, and the actual unemployment rate of +10% that he's accomplished in his first four years. Actually, I'd like him to explain what voodoo mojo he uses to induce the lemmings who ardently support his abysmal economic failure, and proclaim that things are improving, despite the statistics (that don't lie) which demonstrate how bad things are!

Are you kidding me - Last Chance?????? Whatever happened to the past does not equal the future??

Holy Moly!

RedDev is without sin?

Wow.

Well that explains her and the rest of her buddies posts here.

"Let he who is without sin cast the first stone"

No wonder they think their comments here are OK, they have no morals or values.

spider-737231: Actually, I would like him to talk to the true unemployment rate (well above your quoted 10+ percent), actual vision for America re Islam, and why his staff stumbles over Benghazi facts.

Ben, you're right. Hannity does have progressive people on. Just ask his former co host Alan Colmes. So does Bill O Reilly. Not that either one of them ever lets one of their guests get a point across. They use their bully pulpit to try to minimize their "guests", shouting them down if they threaten to make a good point. You complain that liberals never interview conservatives, but Jon Stewart has had guests ranging from Barack Obama to Grover Norquist and Bill O'Reilly. Bill Maher, as much as righties hate him, nearly always has at least one conservative guest on his panels.

Such a relief to know that the UN Security Counsel is holding an emergency meeting regarding North Korea. Lemme guess - they are going to CONDEMN the nuclear test. This really puts my mind at ease, and I'm sure will leave Kim Jong Un quaking in his boots.

Just another impotent reaction by an administration who has spent the last 4+ years emboldening our enemies. Muslim Brotherhood... Iran... North korea... not to mention the Benghazi debacle. At least I can sleep at night knowing that I didn't vote for our Socialist-in-Chief.

Make sure that all you Obama supporters tune in to your favorite news channel tonight. As indicated in this article, Chuck Todd and the entire gang, including the biggest supporter of all, Brian Williams are preparing to cheer you on with whatever action Obama will try this time, to improve the economy that thus far has eluded his ability.

We trust that those bad guys (GOP) as well as Rubio will not object to his idea of more and more spending which I'm sure will be the main objective.

As far as the economic particulars in the president’s speech tonight, we can report that all of his initiatives will fall into three categories to answer three different questions. One, how can the United States create more jobs at home? Two, how does the country get its citizens the skills they need for these jobs? And three, how does the nation help those who are working hard to make a decent living?

Hell, I can answer all three of these questions. One --- he doesn't know. Two --- he's not sure. And three --- throw more money at it. It's as simple as that. Now I'm sure Roselle and Bev will come on with their usual insults. No facts,just insults. And the little piggie will come on blathereing about how wonderful everything is and now he needs to concentrate on "social change". You can read that as "I need more money" But the truth is in the article this is his last big chance to spend more money. They list what he wants to accomplish but not how he's going to pay for it. I've seen a lot of talk about revenue enhancements but the talk about cuts is slowly fading into the distance. Oh wait, I'm sorry! That's for the NEXT administration to figure out. Sorry, my bad. With any luck at all people will wake up and the next administration will be Republican.

White Collar Auto

Hey Houston, how many times have you denied a story that was from Fox News?

Never. I've never denied something just because it was from Fox News. I deny stories about Obama's $250 million a day foreign trips, skewed polls and the the Great Romney Landslide because they're preposterous.

No wonder they think their comments here are OK, they have no morals or values.

Duck WCA - here comes a stone. Get back to me when you figure out the difference between philosophical concepts of morals and ethics vs. theological concepts of sin.

Obama will no doubt spend a significant amount of time pushing his gun control agenda. He'll insist it will prevent or at least reduce the number of Newtown type shootings. Such shootings are already extremely rare and his reference to them only serves to obfuscate his true agenda, that being a long held desire to disarm the American people.

In fact, such shootings have absolutely nothing to do with his anti-gun agenda except to serve as a cover premise, and let's not overlook his propensity for trotting out a couple of gun victims for the sympathy factor.

Historically, there has never been a socialist government that allows their people to be armed. In this, Obama is no different.

Finally, Obama is not without accomplishment. He has succeeded in creating a schism in this country that can never be repaired.

Are Ben and SickOTB gay butt buddies? Sure sounds like it. Gross. Nothing's worse then finding out that the straight man was really a bone smuggling fraud.

The right criticizes and whines about the economy, complains President Obama hasn't focused on it, etc. Yet President Obama has been focused on the economy the past four years. The criticism should be aimed at the GOP who trashed the economy once more only this time with near depression results under Bush 43. Then those same GOPers sat on their collective rear ends and did nothing except complain President Obama wasn't fixing their mess fast enough. What did the GOPers do in 2010, they promised voters "jobs, jobs, jobs", we're the party to create jobs then when voters said, okay, you get the House back, the House GOPers then proceeded to pass legislation which restricted women's rights to choose, personhood amendments, 33 bills to repeal ObamaCare, and not one Job-creating piece of legislation--they refused to vote on any jobs bills while yelling about jobs.

8 Reasons Rubio Is Not 'The Republican Savior'

Eight Reasons Why Marco Rubio Is Not 'The Republican Savior'

1. Refused to raise the debt ceiling

2. Co-sponsored and voted for a Balanced Budget Amendment.

3. Signed the Norquist pledge

4. Backed Florida's voter purge

5. Doesn't believe in climate change.

6. Opposed federal action to help prevent violence against women.

7. Believes employers should be able to deny birth control to their employees.

8. Recorded robo calls for anti-gay hate group.

http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2013/02/07/1553941/8-reasons-why-rubio-is-not-the-republican-savior/
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Yup, it's clear Rubio, the Tea Suckers, and the GOP need "DIVINE INTERVENTION". Rubio is acting like the devil.

Que is muy,muy,muy, malo!!!

666

Beaverlie.......take a midol, adjust your string........and learn Spanish for GOD's sake pendeja...!!

Um, Bev --- Reason # 1 and # 2 should be reasons to make him president RIGHT NOW. Unless of course you want more debt and wouldn't like a balanced budget. I thought one of your gods, sorry, heroes was Clinton and all we heard was how he balanced the budget. (Creative bookkeeping but what the heck) Now you don't want a balanced budget. I find it amusing that Republicans will at least TALK about a balanced budget but you will never find a democrat who will even mention it. I wonder why that is?

Bev - After what the Democrats did to your city, Don't you think another voice would help?

What will Obama say in the State of the Union Address?

Nothing that he hasn't promised or lack of work on for the last 4 1/2 years----the same old, the same old, promises, promises, giving the poor the deluxe Smart Phones so they can find a job---playing games, so they can't find jobs--Santa Claus for the idignant, and the people who are not motivated to do anything.

Obama is motivated by the perks of the White House being the President. What has been actually accomplished in the 4 1/2 years? NADA. A Second Oval Office is being constructed under his Direction so it is more suitable for he to get work done---more $$$ It Started in 2010 renovations of the WH, yet he needs another Oval Office--

Gun Control--Impossible--the crazies will find a way, appeasing works, until the appeasement never appears or is put into action.

Stop Spending by putting the problem on the citizens of the US--Tax them to death.

Backhouse and the rest of the Obama supporters,

I challenge you to show that you care about the US not just about party. Tim Cook the head of Apple will be sitting with the first lady tonight. Apple had $82 Billion outside the US because they do not want to pay US taxes, they outsource all of their manufacturing. Why is he being honored, hold the President to the same standards and morals that you accused Romney of? Apple paid less than 10% in tax. You blasted Romney for paying 13%, so again I challenge you to stand up for the US and ask the President not to honor this man and this company

I see red head got her head out of Obama's butt long enough to get some air and make a stupid comment. Feisty put your head back where it belongs up Obama's butt you are so much better to look at that way.

Obama thinks he is God and most democrats agree. That is why they don't question any of his plans. Real people can see that he has a lot of mistakes that the liberal media keeps ignoring. Too many democrats will use name-calling to make their point across because they still act like children.

It's true that Obama doesn't know what he is doing. Putting things off till later will make him look good, but then people will just blame the next President who comes into power. No doubt it will fall to whoever is the next Republican President. ( Democrats don't like to blame themselves)

There are too many democrats in office, and it keeps the country divided. All of them are greedy, from your minority groups to the special interest groups you have that you suck the country dry. Those that are independent are the ones you hurt the most..... We don't ask help from the govt. , so you think it is right to tax us even more. Nobody said you were elected for your brains, ( but rather for your skin color). And nobody but another minority( which I am) would have the guts to say this to your face.

Democrats in office also make up the top 1%. And none of them were willing to bail out the "Hostess Company" when their unions went on strike. Which shows you that they don't care about companies staying in the US. They always think it is the republicans job, to keep businesses here, and no one else's.

Too many liberals have a " me, me " mindset which explains why with all the problems start with democrats in control.

SickOfTheBickering

Fisty,

Do you EVER say anything of real substance? All we ever see from you is hate to the right, personal attacks, snarky comments...

My God Woman! Get a LIFE! Why would ANYONE want to talk to you when THAT is all you've got?

(now show me the clown nose, fisty!)

I agree with this, Feisty is merely an extremely arrogant woman so full of herself she is clueless.

I see Feisty is still smarting from yesterday's delete. If that post you put up today was a copy of yesterday's post.... you certainly deserve what you got.

I, for one, have no plans to hear yet another offensive Obama speech. My BS-O-Meter cannot be set high enough to keep from blowing a gasket during his "speeches." The best thing he could do for America is to stop everything he's trying to do. We are America and we would like to REMAIN America, not some third world country. The 51% who let their vote be "bought" in the last election need to wake up before the payment for their vote evaporates.

HEY BARRACK, IT’S THE ECONOMY STUPID!!!!!!!!!!!!

Of course instead of dealing with the issues that will put our great Republic back on a path to prosperity for all this SOTU address will just be another embarrassment. The never-ending Barrack Hussein campaign will just continue with no substance.

This is the time Barrack Hussein has to pay all his cronies back for reelecting him, whether it helps the nation or not. This last election cost over $6 billion dollars nationwide. As the saying goes, “Payback’s are a bitch”.

As is typical, the Liberals/Progressives will haul out all their bleeding-heart causes and just pay lip service to the systemic defects our nation suffers from. Stripping more rights from legal responsible Americans who own guns in the name of alleged government safety. Pandering to the electorate to allow 20 million illegal aliens amnesty while 23 million Americans remain under/unemployed. Sprinkling glitter will help Barrack further “evolve” his position on GLBT. Social issues will be used to deflect the illiterate American people from the real issues that Barrack Hussein has no intention of fixing, because he doesn’t know how.

The Statist-in-Chief will promote more of his social and economic justice nonsense and throw more “Bread and Circuses” out to the unwashed masses. He will spin the usual Keynesian nonsense as revenue (tax) and investment (spend) which is just more Washington double-speak for growing government. We will be awed with all the wonderful things that government will do even though they have all been tried and have failed.

Job creation will be hailed even though those created continue to be of the low-wage/low-no benefit variety. Our debt will be ignored even though it’s expected to skyrocket past $20 trillion in the next 4 years. The stock market will be applauded although it is simply being artificially propped up by the Federal Reserve inflating our currency to the tune of $85 billion a month in monetary malfeasance. Growth is at a pathetic -0.1%. We are on schedule to create another $600 billion trade deficit. Consumer confidence is at historic lows and manufacturing continues to struggle. But of course D.C. and the surrounding Virginia suburbs are prospering beyond belief as government corruption grows under Barrack Hussein.

None of our systemic defects will be aggressively addressed. Trade reform has been forgotten. Tax reform will be promoted as some convoluted revenue enhancement by manipulating unknown and unexplained loopholes. Regulations will not only be ignored they will be promoted to reassure us of how government is only here to help us. Unions will not be addressed to work with business instead of against them to promote expansion of our industrial base. The billions unions have given to politicians over the past years need to be repaid. Our energy policy will continue to sputter as the emphasis will again be on the wet-dream of government subsidized alternative energy that will never work.

The biggest systemic defect is actually our biggest embarrassment. Education will be promised more money which has been the solution for 30 years and our children will continue to be competitive on the global stage in the 21^st century. More bureaucracy and less education will, as usual, be the solution.

Our foreign policy will continue to be an embarrassment to everyone in the world except the useful idiots on the Left. The Middle East is in constant turmoil. Iran laughs at our “sanctions “as they only affect the people and the government continues its nuclear weapon expansion. North Korea detonates another nuclear weapon creating more turmoil in Asia. The European Union continues to wallow in its own self-imposed “lost decade” as they refuse to launch the austerity measures necessary to correct their nanny-state mentality. The same mentality that Barrack Hussein is dragging our Republic down.

Symbolism over substance will reign supreme. The promises of “focusing like a laser” will be repeated and believed as Americans only have a mental retention span of a few seconds. The benevolence of government will be promoted and the real issues will be glossed over as usual.

To add injury to insult the limp-wristed Libbies will parade Gabby Giffords, Hidaya Pendletons mother and other "symbolic" personna to tug at the heart strings of the American people as we are governed by emotions rather than policy. Liberals have no shame when it comes to promoting their irrational "Life of Julia" existence.

Remember, the private sector is doing fine. The problem is the Beltway is doing even better.

God Bless and save America, it may be our only real hope and change.

Backhouse,

You claim that we poised for the strongest recovery of the wealthy industrial nations, can you please cite your source for this because I can give you a very long list of countries growing much faster than us starting with the BRIC countries, Brazil, Russia, India, and China.

I just love how the progressive/liberals like to dwell in the past (right backhouse?) on wanting to place blame on such a weak economy on bush2 and republicans in general. LOL, their silliness has been rebutted a myriad of times and by the editors themselves in the 3 examples they gave above about 2nd term "big" achievements by reagan, clinton and bush2. Interesting that only reagan acheived a working relation with o'neil to get the 1986 tax reform act done (even though the spending cuts never did materialize from congress. Interesting that obama likes to reference reagans abilities as well.

Interesting also is that obama thinks he can be as effective as reagan was as well. To bad mr POTUS obama, reagan accomplished more than just a bipartisan solution to tax reform and SS reform, he also created a true atmosphere of American unity after the malaise of the 70's and helped steer us out of the '82 recession. Yet all we hear from obama supporters and obama himself is that it was always someone elses fault.

Tonight, it will be interesting to see if obama is more interested in blaming others or in trying to create unity within our nation.

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As for the importance of addressing our economic issues as stated by the FR editors...

One, how can the United States create more jobs at home? Two, how does the country get its citizens the skills they need for these jobs? And three, how does the nation help those who are working hard to make a decent living?

Hmmm... doesn't the WH already postulate on the growth of private sector jobs? For more growth perhaps obama should take a page from the reagan/o'neil legisltion that reduced the regulatory burdens on businesses and tax reform. Reform that favored the individual (regardless of income) at the expense of business taxes. Unfortunately for many in the middle class, 11 years of the bush2/obama tax cuts is meaningless for stimulas as the cuts were long ago normalized into everyones spending patterns.

Ah, the skill set dilema... Throwing more $$$ research and at educational spending or scholorships is all long term and our current education system just eats up taxpayer $$$ with little to show on behalf of the student. Seems that we need education reform as well. Perhaps obama really needs to get the corporate and small business world involved more for apprentice type training whether for blue or white collar jobs.

Decent wages... Oh come on, labor costs are the biggest portion of a businesses cost and the biggest driver of what business can charge its end customers (if it doesn't have a significant "brand" footprint). With todays bank capital requirements, perhaps the consumer needs to pay closer attention to what they really need and can afford, rather than what advertisers and other exogenous promoters say they need to have. Back in the 60's it was called keeping up with the jones'. My biggest income gains came from learning new skills and if my current employer wouldn't increase my pay, I took my skill sets elsewhere and/or supplimented my income elsewhere.

In a recent op ed piece in the Sunday des Moines Register a syndicated editor submitted that what we needed were more unions. Really? Did he hope that wages would rise faster than what the manufacturer could sell the product for?

Recently on bloombergTV one program segment interviewd a guy by the name of "laffer" back in the 80's I thought the Laffer curve was merely a joke, but like my university "optimization" computer classwork has shown, there is a "sweet spot" to optimize results. IE a business can charge a lot for their product and lose sales because of decreased volume or charge to little to gain volume. but still lose, All because costs were not optimized to the selling price.

Obama can talk all he wants about a grand bargain, but right now it is unlikely to happen, he spent his political capital on raising tax rates for the wealthy in january.

Why you ask? Simply because he has added to much to the agenda to be done "right away" He just can't remain focused and prioritise. You know, like any effective executive can do. Obamacare was pushed through and at the end of this year and into next I expect many to be disappointed. Financial reform was pushed through, but still isn't fully implimented and even when it is the left made it "one size fits all". The hell with local and regional banks.

As for immigration reform, we best also address border security as well. Think of it this way, you are out on a lake with your sweety and hit a submerged log. Hmmm, the hole is pretty big, but you know you have a bucket to bail with. As you start to bail you realize that the buckets bottom also has a big hole.

Backhouse

First you say this:

CEO Tim Cook said recently that Apple has more money than it needs.

And then you complain this:

But if ordinary Americans allow GOP to cut millions more jobs

When the reality is that Apple admits to 230,000 jobs in China. These workers are subjected to long hours, coerced overtime, improperly disposed of hazardous waste, falsified records and harsh working conditions at the plants that build the bulk of iPhones, iPads, Macs and other Apple products. More than half of the factories had violated at least one of the company’s codes of conduct and in some instances violated the law. Last year, two explosions at iPad factories killed four people and injured 77. Apples total overseas presence including contractors is estimated to be over 700,000 jobs.

But Apple is glamorized as an American company, right?

You limp-wristed Libbies demonize the Koch brothers who have given billions to charities and foundations, even (GASP!!!!!) PBS! Yet you never demonize George Soros for his criminal activities, none less than bringing whole currencies down causing international chaos and hardship. But that’s OK because he is a prolific contributor to Barrack Hussein, right?

Your typical Liberal/Progressive hypocrisy is laughable.

The DOW has increased by 67.9% since President Obama took office in 2009

Which is due to the massive infusion of money into the economy. The $860 billion $timulu$ and the $430 billion Porkulus bill followed by the nearly $3 trillion the Federal Reserve has expanded its balance sheet with QE1, QE2, QE3 and now it’s adding $85 billion EVERY MONTH under the guise of a mythical “Twist” between short and long term securities.

Where do you think all this money is going? It certainly isn’t going into the private sector labor force as earnings are down by over $4,000 over the past 4 years.

The Fed doesn’t expand the money supply by throwing cash from helicopters over the helpless masses, instead it transfers capital to the largest banks, lowers their borrowing costs and lowers their reserve requirements. Where does this redistribution go first? It goes to the financial elite and then they hope the banks will send it into the markets, raising demand and prices. The Fed is transferring enormous amounts of wealth from the middle class, as we are ultimately responsible to repay this, to the most affluent. This redistribution has been far worse a source of disparity than your and Barrack Husseins tax unfairness, yet you all allow it.

So, other than the banks, who will benefit from all this money? Corporations, even as they sit on mountains of money. They buy new factories abroad and new labor-replacing software at home. Mergers and acquisitions will be added to the benefits of the expansion of our money supply thanks to the Fed. As the bank of England plans to unleash a new round of QE the new money will increase share prices without affecting wages. As we have seen for the last 20 years, real wages have fallen in both the US and UK where QE, or similar monetary manipulations, have been used to boost growth. In Germany, where there has been no stimulus, QE and interest manipulation, real wages have risen. Japan used QE, or its version of cheaper money, 20 years ago and no significant effect on aggregate demand occurred. We have seen Japans economy sputtering since. Of course the Keynesians argue that the fiscal and monetary stimulus during their bust was too slow and not big enough. The Japanese, along with the IMF’s study of 124 bank crises, instead believe that their policy was not cleaning up their banks.

So now the Fed has added a third mandate to its charter:

-Full employment

-Low and stable inflation

-Higher equity valuation

Quantitative easing is supposed to produce stronger economic growth and lower unemployment, so far QE1 and QE2 have worked wonders on the stock market but their impact on GDP and jobs has been abysmal. The fed even admits its last blast of bond purchases was to drive up Wall Street, obviously because it failed so badly to achieve its purpose of bringing borrowing costs down. The inflation of the dollar has also had the unintended consequence of increasing food and fuel prices. Over the past 2 years the Fed has printed and debased our currency by more than 100%. Their balance sheet has exploded from $800 billion to over $3 trillion. QE3 and the “Twist” will potentially put us over the edge as prices skyrocket even more.

As the Fed sees the world as bank-centric this sums up one of its many problems. This is similar to the tenet, “when the only tool in your tool box is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.” What complicates this is that when the hammer does work, they never reach the conclusion that the reason it didn’t work is because the problem wasn’t a nail, no, the conclusion is always the hammer wasn’t big enough.

This is the typical Keynesian nonsense that every $timulu$ that fails is because it wasn’t big enough.

As long as we continue with the structural defects in our economy no amount of fiscal or monetary heroics will help. And all this time you guys didn’t think Obama and the Democrats love the banks.

Surprise!

If you like I can take apart the rest of your foolish post but I’ll save you what little pride you have by continuously submitting yourself to a government that not only doesn’t know you it doesn’t want to know you. All it wants is more of your hard earned money to indoctrinate in you that the best you can ever be is middle class.

They want our $$subsidies and they need our cash. But that is where their interest in us ENDS.

As much as our government wants our tax dollars, that is where their interests end also.

The only thing going big tonight will be in Chris Mathews pants.

The tyrant will always find a pretext for his tyranny, and it is useless for the
innocent to try by reasoning to get justice, when the oppressor intends to be
unjust. - The moral to one of Aesop's fables.

And I am sure Obama will spew plenty of propaganda, and lies as a pretext for his tyranny. And his mindless drooling ass lickers like Bev, Feisty, et. al. will be on their knees swallowing as usual.

Wow. Beverly in Chicago -

Coming from the most violent city on the country that has the toughest gun laws; highest crime rate because of the drug trafficking and corrupt local government? Not much room to talk about the state of the right. Statistics show that most of the people behind the crimes voted democrat. You should be proud. The sooner you Obama followers can wipe the drool off of your chin and clear up your glassy eyed vision, this country might get into a place of healing and unity. It's attitudes like yours that perpetuates the divisiveness in this country.

Ted Nugent has every right to attend the SOTU address tonight as he was personally invited by a Texas congressman. Rumor has it that he is being seated directly in front of Obama so he can clearly be seen. It is only right and fair that both sides are represented.

"8 Reasons Rubio Is Not 'The Republican Savior'

1. Refused to raise the debt ceiling - This is a bad thing? The debt ceiling is 4 times higher than it should be. Obama is all about spend spend, when if he were a republican, you guys would be the ones screaming. Don't deny it.

2. Co-sponsored and voted for a Balanced Budget Amendment. - First time EVER a president has not had or presented a balanced budget in his first term; now he is working on a second. That's against the law, did you know that?

3. Signed the Norquist pledge - This bill was the Taxpayer Protection Plan. California needs this right now as they are paying 62 cents on the dollar to their state and the state is still broke. Never a bad thing to have checks and balances FOR the taxpayer.

4. Backed Florida's voter purge - Half the people voting are dead. It needs to be cleaned up

5. Doesn't believe in climate change. Gore made a lot of money off of this. Polar Bear population has almost doubled from 20 years ago. Gore can't explain it.

6. Opposed federal action to help prevent violence against women. "I voted no because I believe the Cornyn amendment, which I voted for, is better policy. I supported the Cornyn amendment because it addresses rape kit backlogs, tightens mandatory federal sentences for crimes against women and children, imposes a 15-year minimum sentence in crimes where domestic violence leads to death and imposes a 10-year minimum sentence in rape convictions. In addition, it creates a database for investigating sex offenders, including DNA databases to assist law enforcement. And finally, it contains a Sense of Congress provision calling on Backpage.com to take down its adult services section, which has become a facilitator for sex trafficking"

7. Believes employers should be able to deny birth control to their employees. - Not the employers responsibility to provide birth control, that is the insurance carriers job. Gov't again, is breaking the law by making health insurance mandatory. You don't care about that?

8. Recorded robo calls for anti-gay hate group. "Rubio, a Roman Catholic, went on the record about his opposition to same-sex marriage." I am for traditional marriage, but I am not anti-gay. I know I will get a lot of backlash from this statement, but everyone is entitled to their beliefs. Rubio was protecting his religious beliefs and the left is making that a crime?

The left is not perfect and neither is the right. It's time to knock off the bull $%#@ and come together as a country to work out the problems. Obama promised that in his campaign in 2008 and has proven to be the biggest divider we've ever seen.

Don't be part of the problem, Beverly, be part of the solution. A good place to start might be within your own city walls.

More of them same 4 more years of vary slow growth.

In the US 2nd Amendment rights are being attacked due to a few thousand deaths at the hands of a few wackos. Meanwhile, Mr. Obama intends upon starving 10s of 1000s of NKs and Iranians to death because he is unable to get a few wackos to give up their nuclear weapons.

Of course, neither move will result in disarming the wackos. Why does Mr. Obama insist upon taking away the rights and lives of innocent law abiding individuals in order to send ineffective messages to wackos?

You have a narrow window -- at the beginning of the term -- to persuade Congress to do something big.

Like going for the knockout punch to the economy and the US way of life?

NICELY REGURGITATED Huffington Post and MEDIA MATTERS Puking Points.

And who is it that supports those socialist organizations? None other than the convicted Nazi Collaborator, George Soros. Notice how inconvenient facts such as that one is ALWAYS buried by the national press, and of course his compatriots known as the Democratic Party.

So why is it that we hear almost nothing from supporters of the leftists other than give me this and don't take away my that and "They" can afford to pay for my... Could it be that the socialist message has taken root in this nation. If so, it is a sad day and begs for a new revolution to throw off the shackles of tyranny and begin anew.

Those of us who have level heads should DEMAND a constitutional convention be convenient by our States. Congress does not need to be involved at all. That is a lie by Congress to try to hold on to Power. The only way to return to a constitutional republic is to reign in the power and scope of the Federal government with clear and concise language that prohibits the "interpretation" of the constitution.

What the constitution says, is what it means. It is NOT open to interpretation, that too is a lie. If you want the constitution to provide a power to the government, other than those enumerated in that fine document, the process given to do that is to amend it, not interpret it.

It is clear however that what Obama will call for is more socialist spending, policies and failed ideas. He has not one clue about how to fix the economy and that will be clear when he speaks, much as it is evident by his FAILURE to address the problems for the past 4 years. His only idea will be; What I tried already didn't work, so lets do it again and again until it does. Reminds me of the definition of the word insanity. Keep trying what didn't work expecting a different result.

What many here can not answer is this; name ONE nation where socialism has worked and brought prosperity? When that happens, I may change my outlook for this nation but for now, it is a grim and bleak future facing us for at least another 4 years, best get used to it and stop whining for more freebies, because nothing is free in this life, including freedom.

4bigbucksfl

There is not one state, nation, country or civilization where socialism or communism has worked. But what is HAS done is given those at the top all the power and money. A much bigger division of classes than we have right now. At least now we all have the right and freedom to dream the American dream, and to achieve it with hard work.

Krissy519

There is not one state, nation, country or civilization where socialism or communism has worked.

A mixture of socialist policies and capitalism has worked quite well in many countries, including this one. Pure socialism doesn't work, and unrestrained anything-goes capitalism doesn't work, either, as G. W. Bush proved quite well.

Why would anyone consider anything Obama says is relevant? He is by far the worse President ever elected to office. One must assume that more people disliked Romney than did support Obama unless the stupid people are running our country. Obama is to blame for the current economic stress that we are involved in right now. He has been in office for four years and the economy is no better today than it was when he first took office. Obama has implemented many policies that run contrary to the purpose of government as spelled out in our Constitution. He has become the "killer-in-chief" without regard to justice or fairness. History will not be kind to Obama, and neither should we!

Houston, that may be true. My comment didn't say anything about the mix with capitalism.

obama has had too many chances... with free passes from the media and still has not gotten anything right.

the only thing he is good at is building crushing debt that my grandchildren will not be able to pay off.

obamacare will be a joke when the libs ask how we will pay for it..........tax the rich, tax the middle class, and tax the class that does not pay anything......

WHAT IS WITH THE NO YELLING auto lower case on the vine now????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

As Obama is speaking tonight - keep this in mind

You can't spell liberal without a lie - priceless

The truth repellent - The Liberal Democrat - remember as he's spinning his tale - No Budget from him in his 5th year as president - never before

I hope he follows through tomorrow...IF..he is promising to restore my income UP to what it was before he was president...IF he is going to restore the value of my house UP $111,000.00 to what it was before he was president...IF he is going to restore my taxes DOWN to what they were before he was president. OR is he going to just say the things the liberals want to hear and then do nothing to help the middle class as he has down for 4 years. Is he going to tell us why he went to Minnestoa to talk about guns on the day his budget BY LAW was due and still has not done it?

OBAMA . . . will go down in History as the WORST PRESIDENT EVER!!!! Why did he win? Because the coolaid drinkers drank the bullS#### that he was selling. And 53 to 47%?? you think that makes it ok for him to ignore the 47% and ram his liberal crap down everyone's throats? He doesn't even know how to work with anyone that doesn't agree with him.

Remember when he said his tax plan would NOT affect the middle class? I am paying $122.00 per month MORE TAXES EVERY MONTH. I am considered middle class . . . a teacher. MORE of his BULLS###!

WAKE UP AMERICA before it is too late.

Oh ya, The first post on this thread was full of lies and deceptive. Get educated instead of acting educated!!

Wow! Go Big?

Lessee, TRASH Senator Rubio IN ADVANCE, since conservatives who are other than lilly-white SINK the Marxist narrative that ALL MINORITIES must vote Demmunist. Can't let them remember Alberto Gonzalez, Condi Rice, Colin Powell, Mia Love, Alan West, and many of my Black and Hispanic colleagues who are actually making something of themselves, having escaped the Demmunist Plantation.

Villainize the white majority and dehumanize them, so that when their liberty and property are STOLEN from them by the lawless, unaccountable Federal Government, others will be tempted to stand by and be silent. "Just desserts, serves 'em right!" etc., except when they come for YOUR liberty and property next...

Dehumanize and disarm gun owners so they have no defense against thugs invading their houses, or against agents of various "three letter agencies" who have come to deprive them of LIFE, liberty and property, "officials eating out our substance..." [see grievances section of the Declaration]. So why did BHO want in 2009 to have a federal "civilian force as large and as well funded and as prepared as the military..."? Why is DHS stockpiling BILLIONS of hollow-point rounds which, by law, can only be used in America ON AMERICANS?

Declare all opposition to the dictates of the Dear Leader to be illegal, punishable by fines, imprisonment or death...

So, it wasn't enough to win re-election. Now they have to "Organize for Action" along with the SEIU and Organized Labor to out-maneuver or eliminate ANY opposition, now armed with your private information. Haven't we seen something like this before? 1933 Germany when the Brownshirts started busting heads, busting windows and burning books for the Supreme Chancellor? Zeig, HEIL!! Zeig, HEIL!!!

When will they come knocking on YOUR door? Will it be 3 am?

Go Big? Let's just declare the Dear Leader President-for-Life, nullify the Constitution, and complete the Marxist Coup already in progress.

King K - Your giving Chris Mathews to much credit.

I'm taking your money. (So I can pay off campaign contributors and keep more people on the dole.)

I'm restricting your Constitution guaranteed rights.

I'm making your health care affordable. (Too bad millions will no longer be able to afford a plan.)

I'm doing this because it will strengthen the Middle Class. (The Great Lie.)

Signed: President Obama, (The man who has no clue what Fiscal responsibility is and how it will make America strong.)

David Walker

Ben - lotsanumbers:

Serious question. With your posts being as vile as they are and with you being the self-professed Christian that you are, would you point me to the teachings of your lord and savior that justifies such filth?

You sir are an unbelievable hypocrite if you are willing to attack Ben for his 'vile' comments and then turn around and compliment Feisty and Bev on theirs.

You're obviously just another mindless drone stroking the liberal loons that run this site.

Pathetic!