US POLITICS: AMERICANS, PLEASE WELCOME YOUR NEW PRESIDENT... SCOTT BROWN!

Isn't freezing the budget a good way to destroy the economy?

Citizens United.... [Daniel Foster]

Cut to: Chief Justice Roberts.

Awkward.

i sorta thought he was stopping at "none of these reforms will even happen"

lobbyist-bashing is irritating. the truth is, there are lobbyists for all sorts of things including working on health care/housing for the poor and underprivileged, good environmental policy, etc., and those people can't get jobs in the administration despite the fact that they have expertise and are needed, because of this stupid talking point

― kicker conspiracy (b. favre ha ha) (daria-g), Thursday, January 28, 2010 3:00 AM (34 seconds ago) Bookmark

dar1a otm lobbyists arent all bad

well, this part was awesome

So no, I will not give up on changing the tone of our politics. And that's why, effective immediately, I am dissolving both political parties and seizing power.

If Mitch McConnell were sitting next to the Supreme Court I would watch a video feed of just that, at this point.

Boy, he's giddy now, isn't he?

I love this running joke of "you fucking republican assholes"

Alito was all smh and mouthing 'no'. Kind of impressive for a scotus member to show he's a partisan douche.

btw who is delivering the republican response?

Jindal! Jindal! Jindal! Jindal!

via twitteronia: Sen McCain def said the words "complete bullshit" earlier

Yeah, not all lobbyists have nefarious goals - but having them on a database so the public can figure them out = good.

Why aren't my stories on?

best line: democrats have been falsely portrayed as weak on defense for too long. that is why, tonight, i am authorizing immediate icbm strikes on north korea and turkey

there are lobbyist databases in CA!

oh i'm all for transparency, just PO'ed on behalf of a friend of mine who lobbied.. for poor people, and now has to deal with this stupid waiting period before trying to get hired by the administration

http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/jalopnik/2009/02/obama-state-of-the-union.jpg

"I heard from a film critic, Dr. Morbius, a wry gay man literally rotting with hatred for our party system. This. I cannot. accept."

Why aren't my stories on?

Just go back to sleep, granddad.

Since the day I took office, all I keep hearing is that the next Joanna Newsom album is going to be awesome. We have made substantial investments in indie music but frankly I can't get into all the elf stuff. We have prohibited torture. I am hereby issuing an executive order prohibiting the release of Have One On Me.

lol!

j0hn, there is serious lulz over here

Michelle and Jill!

lol & Franken flanked by a posse of high-ranking military personnel.

and chicks

Best state of the union address during my lifetime ever

u guys, he announced a spending freeze. this is a freaking horror

hey why isn't he doing that thing of picking out a regular american person from the gallery and telling his/her regular american inspirational story? did i miss that?

he's following the lead of john f kennedy and ronald reagan

Since the day I took office, all I keep hearing is that the next Joanna Newsom album is going to be awesome. We have made substantial investments in indie music but frankly I can't get into all the elf stuff. We have prohibited torture. I am hereby issuing an executive order prohibiting the release of Have One On Me.

I am dying here, and if this was real Obama would be the greatest president of all time.

man i hope he doesn't do that at all that part is always so gross

xpost to daria

Other than "projecting" aggression, I don't know how this address will motivate the Senate. It's a damn pep rally cuz it's an election year.

Reagan started the Important American section of the SOTU btw.

Best state of the union address during my lifetime ever

Are you 8 years old?

j/k

Hahaha I think 8 yrs ago was the Axis of Evil speech, wasn't it?

si si

Abroad, America’s greatest source of strength has always been our ideals. The same is true at home. We find unity in our incredible diversity, drawing on the promise enshrined in our Constitution: the notion that we are all created equal, that no matter who you are or what you look like, if you abide by the law you should be protected by it; that if you adhere to our common values you should be treated no different than anyone else. You don't have to listen to Animal Collective if you don't want to.

(Daniel, Lorax was riffing on the Newsome thread)

Tonight [Mark R. Levin]
I have watched many, many State of the Union speeches. This is the most partisan, least presidential of them all. His rhetoric, his glances at the GOP side, and his almost mocking tone at times — not to mention his over-the-top dissembling about the deficit, among other things — will not, I predict, improve his position with the public. Nor should it.
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Didn't turn this on, but I am shocked that a speech has you cultists creaming your jeans again.

You're in a better place, Mr Zinn.

"As president I will outlaw gays so that we can repeal Don't Ask Don't Tell."

OHHHHHHHHH.

My bad.

I am looking forward to Obama renouncing the zero-sum politics of GAPDY voting.

man how can don't ask don't tell still exist

Are people really digging this speech?

We are going to crack down on violations of equal pay laws – so that women get equal pay for an equal day’s work.

yyyyyup...there's a couple million of us old fogey feminist types who just got out our checkbooks, I have to say

Tonight [Mark R. Levin]
I have watched many, many State of the Union speeches. This is the most partisan, least presidential of them all. His rhetoric, his glances at the GOP side, and his almost mocking tone at times — not to mention his over-the-top dissembling about the deficit, among other things — will not, I predict, improve his position with the public. Nor should it.

Obama is in such serious trouble

Didn't turn this on, but I am shocked that a speech has you cultists creaming your jeans again.

dude I love you but EVERYBODY HERE IS RIFFING ON THE SPEECH AND MAKING FUN OF IT. EVERYBODY.

I posted that! xp

we finally changed our laws to prohibit crimes inspired by hate. but those inspired by deplorable transparent greed? we're institutionalizing those further.