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He shall from time to time give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union, and recommend to their Consideration such Measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient; WHERE TO WATCH It will be on every broadcast and cable network, just turn on your TV (which you probably got for free thanks to Obama, you filthy moocher!). Links to internet streams will be posted here on the day of the speech. The official White House YouTube one usually has a few seconds of delay. The C-SPAN one is often the best. Official website: http://www.whitehouse.gov/sotu PBS stream: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/  MAJOR TOPICS AND THEMES
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 STATE OF THE UNION RESPONSES
DESIGNATED SURVIVOR Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx  D-D-D-D-DROP THA BASS 'BAMA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwuEnyV1Cb0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwuEnyV1Cb0 Joementum fucked around with this message at 02:17 on Jan 21, 2015 |
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You can also add this to speaking topics http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/17/obama-sotu-taxes_n_6493144.html quote:President Barack Obama will lay out a plan to extend tax credits to the middle class by hiking taxes on wealthier Americans and big banks, according to senior administration officials.
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Jan 18, 2015 03:11
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Joementum posted:MAJOR TOPICS AND THEMES In short, nothing that will pass this year (except that last one). Got it. EDIT: I wonder if we'll get another "you lie" moment this year. ComradeCosmobot fucked around with this message at 03:29 on Jan 18, 2015 |
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Jan 18, 2015 03:20
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Take a drink every time Joe steals the show.
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Jan 18, 2015 03:29
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I just hope we get more outbursts that I can splice movie quotes into. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u80IptmM6JY&hd=1 2009 was a terrible, magical time.  Also looking forward to seeing every flavor of Republican rebuttal about how we shouldn't educate people and can't hurt telecoms and must nuke Iran and Cuba.
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Jan 18, 2015 03:31
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Down a whole bottle of vodka if Hogballs talks about castrating the prez.
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Jan 18, 2015 03:36
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This is the same day [P]Resident Evil comes out on Steam. is Valve trying to tell us something?
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Jan 18, 2015 03:36
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That first gif never gets old, loving Diamond Joe
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Jan 18, 2015 03:39
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The Joe Wilson "YOU LIE" moment was at a speech to a joint session of Congress, but not during a State of the Union address. Justice Alito did mouth "you're wrong" or something to that effect when Obama called out SCOTUS on Citizens United, but it wasn't mic'd.
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Jan 18, 2015 03:39
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Joementum posted:The Joe Wilson "YOU LIE" moment was at a speech to a joint session of Congress, but not during a State of the Union address. Technically correct (because incoming presidents since George H. W. Bush don't give a State of the Union address, but instead a "First Address to a joint session of Congress"). For all intents and purposes, it's basically a replacement for the State of the Union address for that year, though, so it's a fair comparison. (Hell, it even gets an opposing party response; the 2009 speech was Jindal's time to shine).
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Jan 18, 2015 03:45
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ComradeCosmobot posted:Technically correct (because incoming presidents since George H. W. Bush don't give a State of the Union address, but instead a "First Address to a joint session of Congress"). For all intents and purposes, it's basically a replacement for the State of the Union address for that year, though, so it's a fair comparison. Nah, the Joe Wilson outburst was during a September speech Obama was giving to Congress while trying to sell them on healthcare reform. Wilson thought that Obama was lying when he said PPACA wouldn't cover illegal immigrants.
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Joementum posted:Nah, the Joe Wilson outburst was during a September speech Obama was giving to Congress while trying to sell them on healthcare reform. Wilson thought that Obama was lying when he said PPACA wouldn't cover illegal immigrants. Ah, thanks for the correction.
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Jan 18, 2015 04:23
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Real happy to see President Obama and the Democrats address free community college and increasing the capital gains tax now when they have neither the house or senate instead of back in 2009 when they controlled both and popular support for both of those things would have been through the roof riding Obama's victory. I love the tried and true Democratic strategy of paying lip service to leftists in order to get votes so they can get elected and govern like Republicans.
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Hot Dog Day #31 posted:Real happy to see President Obama and the Democrats address free community college and increasing the capital gains tax now when they have neither the house or senate instead of back in 2009 when they controlled both and popular support for both of those things would have been through the roof riding Obama's victory. I love the tried and true Democratic strategy of paying lip service to leftists in order to get votes so they can get elected and govern like Republicans. Raising capital gains is not a left solution, eating the rich is. Sorry you're just a filthy lib.  e: also no one needs to go to college unless you're a neoliberal.
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Jan 18, 2015 04:47
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Hot Dog Day #31 posted:Real happy to see President Obama and the Democrats address free community college and increasing the capital gains tax now when they have neither the house or senate instead of back in 2009 when they controlled both and popular support for both of those things would have been through the roof riding Obama's victory. I love the tried and true Democratic strategy of paying lip service to leftists in order to get votes so they can get elected and govern like Republicans. B-b-but tea party! Obstructionists!
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Hot Dog Day #31 posted:Real happy to see President Obama and the Democrats address free community college and increasing the capital gains tax now when they have neither the house or senate instead of back in 2009 when they controlled both and popular support for both of those things would have been through the roof riding Obama's victory. I love the tried and true Democratic strategy of paying lip service to leftists in order to get votes so they can get elected and govern like Republicans. Gotta coopt the Warren/Sanders wing before it causes too much trouble. Putting the blame on the Republicans voting everything down to hide the neoliberalness of the Dems is a smart move.
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Waiting for these guys to update.... http://www.drinkinggame.us
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Hot Dog Day #31 posted:Real happy to see President Obama and the Democrats address free community college and increasing the capital gains tax now when they have neither the house or senate instead of back in 2009 when they controlled both and popular support for both of those things would have been through the roof riding Obama's victory. I love the tried and true Democratic strategy of paying lip service to leftists in order to get votes so they can get elected and govern like Republicans. They did get Obamacare passed. That was a big one. And today there was a story that Obama will push for 6 weeks paid maternity leave too.
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Obama did come through on a majority of his campaign promises: http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/obameter/
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HUGE PUBES A PLUS posted:They did get Obamacare passed. That was a big one. He executive ordered it for federal employees. Which is a little surprising, since I thought almost anything for them had to go through three rounds of negotiations with the unions, but I guess maybe just cuts? Benefits go through automatically, maybe?
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Jan 19, 2015 03:38
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Senator Gillibrand has invited the woman who protested sexual assault policies at Columbia to the SOTU.
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Jan 19, 2015 03:45
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Joementum posted:[*]Carolyn Reed, sandwich shop owner who pays employees $10.10/hr Is this the only thing she's done? $15/hr is the lowest wage my boss pays, why isn't he a special guest?
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Jan 19, 2015 04:14
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$10.10 an hour is (about) $1600 a month, 19,200 a year - isn't that poverty level? poo poo, that's before taxes even. That doesn't seem like something to crow about. It's better than being completely loving destitute, but I don't see why it gets you invited to the SotU. Good for her, but I think I'm missing something.
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Full Battle Rattle posted:$10.10 an hour is (about) $1600 a month, 19,200 a year - isn't that poverty level? poo poo, that's before taxes even. That doesn't seem like something to crow about. It's better than being completely loving destitute, but I don't see why it gets you invited to the SotU. Good for her, but I think I'm missing something. $10.10 is around the minimum wage Obama wants, and I guess she is an example it won't cause the destruction of everything we hold dear. That said there is movement from a bunch of states to raise the minimum wage, including Oregon where there is already a inflation-index.
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EugeneJ posted:Obama did come through on a majority of his campaign promises: Uh even by their count he only kept %45? Also this list is still hilariously slanted in Obama's favor. I mean look at all this poo poo that belongs under "Broken." Compromised: End the use of extreme rendition Restrict warrantless wiretaps Make White House communications public Increase protections for whistleblowers End the war in Afghanistan in 2014 Kept: Vigorously pursue hate crimes and civil rights abuses No permanent bases in Iraq (tried to break this one and Iraq told you to gently caress off) End the use of torture (asdouhgfjsgolrgjd;lrgkj) In the works: Enact the Buffett rule Safeguard the right to privacy Reduce oil consumption by 35 percent by 2030 Work to renew the assault weapons ban Better enforce gun laws Stalled: Close the Guantanamo Bay Detention Center Walk with picketers when collective bargaining rights are threatened End tax deductions for companies that offshore
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ANIME AKBAR posted:Uh even by their count he only kept %45? Last I checked the US stopped torturing people. It was literally the third executive order he signed, something he did on his second day in office.
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Caros posted:Last I checked the US stopped torturing people. It was literally the third executive order he signed, something he did on his second day in office. We force-fed hunger strikers in Guantanamo so there's that
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In which Obama calls for a lot of stuff that he knows will never happen.
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Defenestration posted:We force-fed hunger strikers in Guantanamo so there's that Non-Rectal (Seriously what the gently caress) force feeding isn't torture. We force feed inmates in US prisons when they go on hunger strike because not doing so leaves us with two options, Hope the prisoner gives up before he starves to death, or acquiesce to their demands. While I actually agree that Guantanamo detainee demands of "Let us go we didn't loving do anything before we were sold to the US as terrorists' are pretty reasonable, lets not redefine a medical procedure as torture.
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Defenestration posted:We force-fed hunger strikers in Guantanamo so there's that It wasn't rectally, so there's that. These administrations are both similar and different in many ways people ignore.
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Caros posted:Non-Rectal (Seriously what the gently caress) force feeding isn't torture. We force feed inmates in US prisons when they go on hunger strike because not doing so leaves us with two options, Hope the prisoner gives up before he starves to death, or acquiesce to their demands. While I actually agree that Guantanamo detainee demands of "Let us go we didn't loving do anything before we were sold to the US as terrorists' are pretty reasonable, lets not redefine a medical procedure as torture. Why isn't letting them starve to death an option? It's Gitmo, they aren't exactly in a place of compassion and caring.
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Letting them starve to death looks bad on our part. Almost like we're doing something wrong, maybe. And yes, that is probably the reason we force these people to live: PR.
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Evil Fluffy posted:Why isn't letting them starve to death an option? It's Gitmo, they aren't exactly in a place of compassion and caring. The same reason we don't stand by and idly watch prisoners commit suicide I suppose.
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oh boy I sure do want to listen to a laundry list of things that will literally never happen
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Jan 19, 2015 07:46
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Luigi Thirty posted:oh boy I sure do want to listen to a laundry list of things that will literally never happen To be fair to Obama, if he doesn't start a conversation about these topics, no one will. Because you know the Republicans won't, and the media tends to not pay attention to any left-wing ideas unless they've got some right-wing "moderate" on hand to "just ask questions". As an example, other than on D&D and maybe HuffPo, when was the last time you heard about the House Progressive Caucus's budget proposal? The bigger question is "why use the bully pulpit for this now?" (I am drawn to the proposed answer that it's about co-opting the Warren wing now before they get too uppity and actually demanding stuff they can get)
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At this point, I'm much more interested in the structure of the speech and whether the oratory is any good than the content. It's not gonna happen anyway.
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Jan 19, 2015 11:05
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Luigi Thirty posted:oh boy I sure do want to listen to a laundry list of things that will literally never happen Here, have some bullshit that's happening right now.
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couldn't the President have found a restauranteer who pays their employees more than $10.10/hour? I know there are some. 10bux minimum wage has either already happened or will soon happen in most states. It is time to start showing off bolder examples.
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I love LOVE the fact that an employer who deigns to pay her employees slightly more than the absolute minimum of what you are legally required to pay your employees gets an invite to this, meanwhile labor activists in Seattle and other areas are actually fighting and succeeding in bringing $15 minimum wages to their areas through the 15Now campaign. But no, that's going just a smidgen too far for Democrats and besides, those are being organized by actual progressives, actual labor activists, and actual leftists who want to help workers get paid what they are worth.
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ComradeCosmobot posted:
He's been doing this every year for at least the past 3 years. Most conspiracy theories require the listener to not pay attention.
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