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		<title>By: JohnMG</title>
		<link>http://sweetness-light.com/archive/obamas-sotu-speech-reconnecting#comment-171786</link>
		<dc:creator>JohnMG</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 04:14:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Once again, sir, you are correct.  Part of the anger for him lies in the realization that we aren&#039;t just going to roll over.  I don&#039;t think he&#039;s ever experienced this type of resistance, and it is, at once, coming from everywhere and nowhere.  He&#039;d love to lash out, but he&#039;s never faced an adversary that he either couldn&#039;t charm or threaten into doing his bidding.

Now that people know just how pissed he gets, they&#039;ll frustrate him for the pure hell of it.  Game on!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Once again, sir, you are correct.  Part of the anger for him lies in the realization that we aren&#8217;t just going to roll over.  I don&#8217;t think he&#8217;s ever experienced this type of resistance, and it is, at once, coming from everywhere and nowhere.  He&#8217;d love to lash out, but he&#8217;s never faced an adversary that he either couldn&#8217;t charm or threaten into doing his bidding.</p>
<p>Now that people know just how pissed he gets, they&#8217;ll frustrate him for the pure hell of it.  Game on!!</p>
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		<title>By: mr_bill</title>
		<link>http://sweetness-light.com/archive/obamas-sotu-speech-reconnecting#comment-171785</link>
		<dc:creator>mr_bill</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 04:09:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I just couldn&#039;t resist, thanks for the great set-up.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I just couldn&#8217;t resist, thanks for the great set-up.</p>
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		<title>By: proreason</title>
		<link>http://sweetness-light.com/archive/obamas-sotu-speech-reconnecting#comment-171784</link>
		<dc:creator>proreason</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 03:48:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Good observation, john.

The snake is definitely pissed that the bitter clingers are still clinging to their guns.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Good observation, john.</p>
<p>The snake is definitely pissed that the bitter clingers are still clinging to their guns.</p>
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		<title>By: JohnMG</title>
		<link>http://sweetness-light.com/archive/obamas-sotu-speech-reconnecting#comment-171783</link>
		<dc:creator>JohnMG</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 03:39:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Every picture I&#039;ve seen of him in the last several days shows his angry, hateful glare.  The corners of his mouth are turned down in a bitter sneer.  He can&#039;t get over it, pro.  His body-language is unmistakable.  

I hope he is in charge because he either cannot, or no longer wishes to, hide this side of his personality from public view, and the public doesn&#039;t like what they see.  If he hadn&#039;t been so adroit at concealing this characteristic from the public, he would never have been elected.  Even dour, bitter Harry Reid can&#039;t match Obama for pure sourpuss expression.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Every picture I&#8217;ve seen of him in the last several days shows his angry, hateful glare.  The corners of his mouth are turned down in a bitter sneer.  He can&#8217;t get over it, pro.  His body-language is unmistakable.  </p>
<p>I hope he is in charge because he either cannot, or no longer wishes to, hide this side of his personality from public view, and the public doesn&#8217;t like what they see.  If he hadn&#8217;t been so adroit at concealing this characteristic from the public, he would never have been elected.  Even dour, bitter Harry Reid can&#8217;t match Obama for pure sourpuss expression.</p>
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		<title>By: proreason</title>
		<link>http://sweetness-light.com/archive/obamas-sotu-speech-reconnecting#comment-171779</link>
		<dc:creator>proreason</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 03:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The State of the Union address will be interesting.  So far there are mixed signals.

Some indications of temperance (which, of course, will be just a sham), and some indications of full-steam-ahead to Marxist Nirvana.....even though they have seen the whites of our eyes and they aren&#039;t white, they are angry red.

If they ratchet up the daily minute of hate against bankers (to be followed with minutes of hate against baby-sitters and hamburger flippers), it will be fantastic news.  Remember that there is only one thing a Community Organizer knows how to do, and that is fan the flames of hatred.  If that is the strategy they go with, then it will mean that OBAMY IS IN CHARGE.  And that will be a very very good thing, because, obviously, he is an idiot without the common sense god gave a slug.  Republicans will win both houses if he is in charge for another minute.

But if they pull back their horns and go with the strategy of smaller changes &quot;for the middle class&quot;, then it will be a very bad sign.  It will mean that the grownups in the Cabal have overruled the Moron, and they are putting him back in his play box while they give the yokels time to let the steam out of our ears.  As I&#039;ve said before, 7 more years with the WH as their weapon while moving the shells zippedy zip around the board to confuse us rubes will allow them to multiply the damage they have already done to the country.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The State of the Union address will be interesting.  So far there are mixed signals.</p>
<p>Some indications of temperance (which, of course, will be just a sham), and some indications of full-steam-ahead to Marxist Nirvana&#8230;..even though they have seen the whites of our eyes and they aren&#8217;t white, they are angry red.</p>
<p>If they ratchet up the daily minute of hate against bankers (to be followed with minutes of hate against baby-sitters and hamburger flippers), it will be fantastic news.  Remember that there is only one thing a Community Organizer knows how to do, and that is fan the flames of hatred.  If that is the strategy they go with, then it will mean that OBAMY IS IN CHARGE.  And that will be a very very good thing, because, obviously, he is an idiot without the common sense god gave a slug.  Republicans will win both houses if he is in charge for another minute.</p>
<p>But if they pull back their horns and go with the strategy of smaller changes &#8220;for the middle class&#8221;, then it will be a very bad sign.  It will mean that the grownups in the Cabal have overruled the Moron, and they are putting him back in his play box while they give the yokels time to let the steam out of our ears.  As I&#8217;ve said before, 7 more years with the WH as their weapon while moving the shells zippedy zip around the board to confuse us rubes will allow them to multiply the damage they have already done to the country.</p>
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		<title>By: jobeth</title>
		<link>http://sweetness-light.com/archive/obamas-sotu-speech-reconnecting#comment-171773</link>
		<dc:creator>jobeth</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 01:25:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>u no hoo,

Very cleaver...lol</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>u no hoo,</p>
<p>Very cleaver&#8230;lol</p>
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		<title>By: Rusty Shackleford</title>
		<link>http://sweetness-light.com/archive/obamas-sotu-speech-reconnecting#comment-171771</link>
		<dc:creator>Rusty Shackleford</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:50:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I think I&#039;ve created a monster....

But keep it coming!  I love it!!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think I&#8217;ve created a monster&#8230;.</p>
<p>But keep it coming!  I love it!!!</p>
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		<title>By: Cincinnatus</title>
		<link>http://sweetness-light.com/archive/obamas-sotu-speech-reconnecting#comment-171697</link>
		<dc:creator>Cincinnatus</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:53:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Steve Hayes over at The Weekly Standard blog says that the teleprompter was only used to speak to the media, not the kids:

http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/did-obama-use-teleprompter-talk-elementary-school-children

Different, but only marginally so IMHO</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Steve Hayes over at The Weekly Standard blog says that the teleprompter was only used to speak to the media, not the kids:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/did-obama-use-teleprompter-talk-elementary-school-children" rel="nofollow">http://www.weeklystandard.com/.....l-children</a></p>
<p>Different, but only marginally so IMHO</p>
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		<title>By: Cincinnatus</title>
		<link>http://sweetness-light.com/archive/obamas-sotu-speech-reconnecting#comment-171694</link>
		<dc:creator>Cincinnatus</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:33:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>He&#039;s warming up with speeches to a 6th grade class at a local school:

http://bigjournalism.com/mwalsh/2010/01/25/not-a-photoshop-monday-pet-goat-open-thread/

I&#039;m told that the teleprompter gave a good speech to the students.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>He&#8217;s warming up with speeches to a 6th grade class at a local school:</p>
<p><a href="http://bigjournalism.com/mwalsh/2010/01/25/not-a-photoshop-monday-pet-goat-open-thread/" rel="nofollow">http://bigjournalism.com/mwals.....en-thread/</a></p>
<p>I&#8217;m told that the teleprompter gave a good speech to the students.</p>
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		<title>By: mr_bill</title>
		<link>http://sweetness-light.com/archive/obamas-sotu-speech-reconnecting#comment-171692</link>
		<dc:creator>mr_bill</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:04:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>In best enthusiastic TV commercial announcer voice:

So, you thought you would never see Obama&#039;s &#039;records,&#039; think again!

New on Nation&#039;s Capital Records: Barry sings bluegrass!
This album is chock full of your favorite country classics, sung by baritone Barry. You&#039;ll hear hits like Patsy Cline&#039;s &quot;Crazy,&quot; and Charlie Rich&#039;s &quot;Behind Closed Doors,&quot; performed by your favorite pinko in plaid, Barack Obama!

Order now and receive bonus tracks such as Rod Blagojavitch singing Roy Clark&#039;s classic hit, &quot;I Never Picked Cotton [But I did Shine Shoes]&quot; and John Edwards singing a heartfelt rendidtion of &quot;Your Cheatin&#039; Heart,&quot; made famous by Hank Williams. And who could forget that Ded Ted Kennedy favorite, &quot;She&#039;s Actin&#039; Single, I&#039;m Drinkin&#039; Double.&quot; You&#039;ll also hear Hillary Clinton sing &quot;Stand by Your Man&quot; and Bill Clinton&#039;s performance of &quot;Easy Loving.&quot; You&#039;ll also get Chris Matthews&#039; recording of &quot;I Can&#039;t Stop Loving You,&quot; it will send a thrill up your leg!

Purchased separately, a collection like this could cost you several cents, but its yours today for the special introductory price of only $2.9 trillion dollars. Call now with your credit card and we&#039;ll have somebody else pay for the first trillion dollars for you.

To order, Call 1-800-ELLIE-LIGHT or call Kenya and ask for Barry&#039;s Records.

Coming soon in November, Obama sings the blues!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In best enthusiastic TV commercial announcer voice:</p>
<p>So, you thought you would never see Obama&#8217;s &#8216;records,&#8217; think again!</p>
<p>New on Nation&#8217;s Capital Records: Barry sings bluegrass!<br />
This album is chock full of your favorite country classics, sung by baritone Barry. You&#8217;ll hear hits like Patsy Cline&#8217;s &#8220;Crazy,&#8221; and Charlie Rich&#8217;s &#8220;Behind Closed Doors,&#8221; performed by your favorite pinko in plaid, Barack Obama!</p>
<p>Order now and receive bonus tracks such as Rod Blagojavitch singing Roy Clark&#8217;s classic hit, &#8220;I Never Picked Cotton [But I did Shine Shoes]&#8221; and John Edwards singing a heartfelt rendidtion of &#8220;Your Cheatin&#8217; Heart,&#8221; made famous by Hank Williams. And who could forget that Ded Ted Kennedy favorite, &#8220;She&#8217;s Actin&#8217; Single, I&#8217;m Drinkin&#8217; Double.&#8221; You&#8217;ll also hear Hillary Clinton sing &#8220;Stand by Your Man&#8221; and Bill Clinton&#8217;s performance of &#8220;Easy Loving.&#8221; You&#8217;ll also get Chris Matthews&#8217; recording of &#8220;I Can&#8217;t Stop Loving You,&#8221; it will send a thrill up your leg!</p>
<p>Purchased separately, a collection like this could cost you several cents, but its yours today for the special introductory price of only $2.9 trillion dollars. Call now with your credit card and we&#8217;ll have somebody else pay for the first trillion dollars for you.</p>
<p>To order, Call 1-800-ELLIE-LIGHT or call Kenya and ask for Barry&#8217;s Records.</p>
<p>Coming soon in November, Obama sings the blues!</p>
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		<title>By: BigOil</title>
		<link>http://sweetness-light.com/archive/obamas-sotu-speech-reconnecting#comment-171689</link>
		<dc:creator>BigOil</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 13:28:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Barry Barack Hussein Soetoro Obama the global citizen wants to reconnect with Americans...Aha.

His only true connections are with the likes of Frank Marshall Davis, Bill Ayers, and Reverend Wright.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Barry Barack Hussein Soetoro Obama the global citizen wants to reconnect with Americans&#8230;Aha.</p>
<p>His only true connections are with the likes of Frank Marshall Davis, Bill Ayers, and Reverend Wright.</p>
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		<title>By: JohnMG</title>
		<link>http://sweetness-light.com/archive/obamas-sotu-speech-reconnecting#comment-171687</link>
		<dc:creator>JohnMG</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 12:48:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>He&#039;ll show up at the CMA presentation to pick up his &#039;entertainer of the year&#039; award in a pair of Tony Lama&#039;s and some Wranglers, and sporting a Resistol.  You won&#039;t be able to tell him from George Strait........except that he&#039;ll be a little darker-skinned and won&#039;t have a southern drawl--unless he wants one.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>He&#8217;ll show up at the CMA presentation to pick up his &#8216;entertainer of the year&#8217; award in a pair of Tony Lama&#8217;s and some Wranglers, and sporting a Resistol.  You won&#8217;t be able to tell him from George Strait&#8230;&#8230;..except that he&#8217;ll be a little darker-skinned and won&#8217;t have a southern drawl&#8211;unless he wants one.</p>
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		<title>By: ptat</title>
		<link>http://sweetness-light.com/archive/obamas-sotu-speech-reconnecting#comment-171685</link>
		<dc:creator>ptat</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 12:21:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I guess he will mention some hunting and drinking stories this time around and how he and Michelle are looking forward to going to Daytona this year. He may even try some Negro dialect! Nothing like a desperate elitist! (Hilary and her shots of whiskey, Negro dialect, Kerry and &quot;where can I get me a hunting license?&quot;)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I guess he will mention some hunting and drinking stories this time around and how he and Michelle are looking forward to going to Daytona this year. He may even try some Negro dialect! Nothing like a desperate elitist! (Hilary and her shots of whiskey, Negro dialect, Kerry and &#8220;where can I get me a hunting license?&#8221;)</p>
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		<title>By: Liberals Demise</title>
		<link>http://sweetness-light.com/archive/obamas-sotu-speech-reconnecting#comment-171684</link>
		<dc:creator>Liberals Demise</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 10:34:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Nope......send it!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nope&#8230;&#8230;send it!!</p>
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		<title>By: tranquil.night</title>
		<link>http://sweetness-light.com/archive/obamas-sotu-speech-reconnecting#comment-171676</link>
		<dc:creator>tranquil.night</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 05:05:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;So we need someone to explain the SOTU first? It must be either full of lies OR like the Bail outs and Health care bills..too convoluted to understand…My bet is on both.&quot;

Jo, we have no idea what we&#039;re in for starting with the SOTU.  Gibbs says its about &quot;jobs&quot; and I hear his budget is supposed to be very &quot;urban centric,&quot; but with the hints he dropped last week I&#039;m guessing this is about targeting the &quot;origins of our economic situation&quot; - bankers.  Financial law is very complex and draining for the average American&#039;s attention span. as they&#039;re probably more pissed than anything at the banking system and so inclined to support sweeping regulation.  To generate or regain support - to &quot;reconnect&quot; - Marxists always redirect populist outrage from them to some enemy, and during economic hardship public enemy #1 is always the fatcat bankers.  How convenient is it that Goldman Sachs&#039; obscene behavior, profits, and bonuses seem more than willing to publicly represent the face of that excess. Maybe, along with Bernanke and Geithner - all of whom even have the Left after them - they&#039;ll go down in the name of &quot;reform&quot;?

Regarding the reform, if Bernanke bites the dust then &quot;Too Big to Fail&quot; goes with him and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/25/geithner-warns-that-marke_n_435131.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Geithner&#039;s now warning Wall St. with him&lt;/a&gt;.  Many wonder if Barry will renominate Paul Volcker in an attempt to salvage fiscal credibility and realign with the base while appearing moderate (but can a former Fed Chairman be reppointed?  Do the rules matter at this point?)  Of course fiscal credibility to a liberal means taxes, and the new banking legislation will be chalk full of them, along with being longer and more confusing than HealthCare, more devastating to Wall Street, lending and housing (thus construction, etc etc). It will of course probably be another backdoor take-over of those big banks that didn&#039;t fall to TARP; nevertheless it will pass with bipartisan support because of Washington elites under the guise of &#039;maverick centrists.&#039;  He&#039;ll add fuel to the recent ruling on the McCain-Feingold Bill, probably using spin similar to what &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alec-baldwin/the-roberts-court-takes-a_b_434711.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Alec Baldwin says &lt;/a&gt;:

&quot;Do you really want the sociopaths from AIG, Wall Street trading firms and bailed out banks, who have driven the US economy off a cliff, to have an insurmountable war chest with which to campaign for candidates of their choice?&quot;  Come on Alec, as opposed to the Hollywood and media war chests? Get serious.

Last time I checked, McCain (along with Volcker) specifically supported reinstating the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass-Steagall_Act#Repeal&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Glass-Steagall Act&lt;/a&gt;, which has to do with banks dealing in securities.  The important thing to know is that because it was repealed, our system may actually be weathering the collapse better because banks are able to absorb toxic assets.

But it&#039;s impossible to get into this without spending hours and losing focus.  Obama knows it, so it&#039;s very easy to make a rational case for very bad regulation.  That&#039;s what I&#039;m expecting this SOTU.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;So we need someone to explain the SOTU first? It must be either full of lies OR like the Bail outs and Health care bills..too convoluted to understand…My bet is on both.&#8221;</p>
<p>Jo, we have no idea what we&#8217;re in for starting with the SOTU.  Gibbs says its about &#8220;jobs&#8221; and I hear his budget is supposed to be very &#8220;urban centric,&#8221; but with the hints he dropped last week I&#8217;m guessing this is about targeting the &#8220;origins of our economic situation&#8221; &#8211; bankers.  Financial law is very complex and draining for the average American&#8217;s attention span. as they&#8217;re probably more pissed than anything at the banking system and so inclined to support sweeping regulation.  To generate or regain support &#8211; to &#8220;reconnect&#8221; &#8211; Marxists always redirect populist outrage from them to some enemy, and during economic hardship public enemy #1 is always the fatcat bankers.  How convenient is it that Goldman Sachs&#8217; obscene behavior, profits, and bonuses seem more than willing to publicly represent the face of that excess. Maybe, along with Bernanke and Geithner &#8211; all of whom even have the Left after them &#8211; they&#8217;ll go down in the name of &#8220;reform&#8221;?</p>
<p>Regarding the reform, if Bernanke bites the dust then &#8220;Too Big to Fail&#8221; goes with him and <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/25/geithner-warns-that-marke_n_435131.html" rel="nofollow">Geithner&#8217;s now warning Wall St. with him</a>.  Many wonder if Barry will renominate Paul Volcker in an attempt to salvage fiscal credibility and realign with the base while appearing moderate (but can a former Fed Chairman be reppointed?  Do the rules matter at this point?)  Of course fiscal credibility to a liberal means taxes, and the new banking legislation will be chalk full of them, along with being longer and more confusing than HealthCare, more devastating to Wall Street, lending and housing (thus construction, etc etc). It will of course probably be another backdoor take-over of those big banks that didn&#8217;t fall to TARP; nevertheless it will pass with bipartisan support because of Washington elites under the guise of &#8216;maverick centrists.&#8217;  He&#8217;ll add fuel to the recent ruling on the McCain-Feingold Bill, probably using spin similar to what <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alec-baldwin/the-roberts-court-takes-a_b_434711.html" rel="nofollow">Alec Baldwin says </a>:</p>
<p>&#8220;Do you really want the sociopaths from AIG, Wall Street trading firms and bailed out banks, who have driven the US economy off a cliff, to have an insurmountable war chest with which to campaign for candidates of their choice?&#8221;  Come on Alec, as opposed to the Hollywood and media war chests? Get serious.</p>
<p>Last time I checked, McCain (along with Volcker) specifically supported reinstating the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass-Steagall_Act#Repeal" rel="nofollow">Glass-Steagall Act</a>, which has to do with banks dealing in securities.  The important thing to know is that because it was repealed, our system may actually be weathering the collapse better because banks are able to absorb toxic assets.</p>
<p>But it&#8217;s impossible to get into this without spending hours and losing focus.  Obama knows it, so it&#8217;s very easy to make a rational case for very bad regulation.  That&#8217;s what I&#8217;m expecting this SOTU.</p>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 03:22:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Folks, you are really helping me to maintain my sanity through all this.  I think it would be a good thing for the response to this coming charade (SOTU address) be given by a committee of bloggers from S &amp; L, who would, with characteristic tongue-in-cheek, humorous sarcasm, refute the Moron point by point.  Not only would the truth go before the public, but the thoughts and feelings of countless thousands would be given voice.

Now THAT would be speaking truth to power.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Folks, you are really helping me to maintain my sanity through all this.  I think it would be a good thing for the response to this coming charade (SOTU address) be given by a committee of bloggers from S &amp; L, who would, with characteristic tongue-in-cheek, humorous sarcasm, refute the Moron point by point.  Not only would the truth go before the public, but the thoughts and feelings of countless thousands would be given voice.</p>
<p>Now THAT would be speaking truth to power.</p>
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