Tuesday, January 23rd, 2007
SOTU Pre-game
What would I like the Pretzeldunce to say in the State of the Union speech tonight? Short of admitting all the crimes he’s committed - from illegal warrantless wiretaps in violation of FISA to torture at Gitmo and Abu Ghraib and suspending habeas corpus - and announcing his resignation - something that will only happen when hell freezes over, and maybe not even then - I would like to see the following:
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An announcement that he will actually follow the recommendations of the Baker-Hamilton commission, and actually talk to the countries we have a beef with, rather than arrogantly threatening to nuke them.
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Offering a plan to reduce our dependence on foreign oil - a real plan involving promotion of renewable resources, rather than just kickbacks to the Slixxon-Mobils of the world.
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A commitment to making prescription drugs affordable to anyone who needs them, not just the upper 0.00000001%. This means revoking his threat to veto the House’s drug price negotiation legislation.
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A true plan for real peace in the Middle East - not this damn-fool idealistic crusade to convert Muslims by the sword to Christianity, as Pope Benedict Arnold I clearly wants.
Those are just a few of the things I can think of offhand. Unfortunately, they have as much chance of coming to pass as this authoritarian dunce stepping down as president (not that a President Perma-Sneer would be much better).
As for me, I’ll be watching the SOTU with the Austin chapter of Drinking Liberally. I’ll try to have pics later.
