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To: DewDiligence_on_SI who wrote (467228)	1/24/2012 11:24:14 PM
From: Bill	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793552

I didn't see it. Why do you think it was first-rate?

To: DewDiligence_on_SI who wrote (467228)	1/25/2012 4:50:45 AM
From: unclewest	5 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793552

Nevertheless, that was a first-rate SotU address. Much of Obama's speech was built around the words "Built To Last". It was not an original thought. The book titled Built To Last was published 15 years ago. I have a copy here. Obama stole the name and the theme only for his speech. He obfuscated the key constructs. Obama's regime has so interfered with, and created such a disruptive corporate climate, companies mentioned in the book, like GE, that were and are built to last, have been and continue to move production overseas so they can last a little longer. These companies are not culprits. They are victims of our government's stupidity and do what they must to survive. Obama's speeches are sometimes pretty but always meaningless as far as liberty. The march towards progressive socialism continues in Wash DC. uw

To: DewDiligence_on_SI who wrote (467228)	1/25/2012 8:19:35 AM
From: carranza2	12 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793552

It was full of subtle demagoguery, e.g., the call for an investigation and prosecution of mortgage lending practices......four years after subprime broke and three years after he took office. He knows about statutes of limitation, he's a lawyer......it's BS. The time to prosecute was early on, when the evidence was fresh and available. And the banksters? We know they are scot-free, unlike the prosecutions during the S &L bust, which went as high as Senators. Close your fists, then use your outstretched fingers to count the number of prosecutions of bankers who sold toxic securities while they joked with their peers about what s**t they were. He is totally captured by Wall St. but needs to sound populist now that there is palpable anger among the voters. If he really wanted to protect he middle class, he would have rammed ElizabethWarren through as head of the consumer credit protection agency, rather than bow to Wall St. and refuse to nominate her. It was full of points on which I guarantee you no action will be taken. Voters are so easily fooled.

To: DewDiligence_on_SI who wrote (467228)	1/25/2012 2:33:38 PM
From: greenspirit	17 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793552

Count me in the delusional camp then. It was a great speech if you just dropped in from outer space and had absolutely no knowledge of his actions for the past 3 years. It was also a great speech if you enjoy listening to a used car salesman blow smoke up your butt for an hour. From my perspective it was a horrible speech and a perfect demonstration of a complete hypocrite who will say anything in order to get elected. I would suggest a delusional individual is one who believes what he said had any ring of truth. Especially the part about balancing the budget and reducing the debt. Delusion is thinking Obama meant any of that nonsense!