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State of the Union Address Proves Individualism Dead

When President Barack Obama took to the podium behind the glued smiles of Vice President Joe Biden and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi last week, his sentences, which were quite often broken by meaningless and staged instances of standing applause, were centered on party. Democrats believe this, Republicans believe that.

State of the Union Address Proves Individualism Dead

WASHINGTON, D.C. —  When President Barack Obama took to the podium behind the glued smiles of Vice President Joe Biden and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi last week, his sentences, which were quite often broken by meaningless and staged instances of standing applause, were centered on party. Democrats believe this, Republicans believe that.

The overall outcome of his pleadings in his first State of the Union address was for more taxpayer money to go to the government, its corporate sponsors, and its Wall Street crooks. He indicated he believed in no punishment — no accountability —  for elected wrongdoers of the past and that checks and balances of yesteryear have now become inconsequential.

Obama outlined a way to utilize new governmental spending to create jobs, but the job totals he gave did not fully erase the job loss figures of the past decade, nor was there a plan to offset what should have been a growth in jobs to match changes in population. It would be a matter of partial catch-up and the expense would be enormous, over many years, involving more governmental control over individuals.

He blamed banks and Fannie Mae, etc. for the state of the economy, which he termed still in recession. He took credit for the highly questionable avoidance of a “depression” title via his bailout bonanzas to corporations, but agreed that there are some people who have not recovered. Like most politicians out of touch with true America, he did not mention the fact that most of the country’s financial problems stemmed from high gasoline prices that ruined family budgets, causing an inability for individuals to adequately pay their mortgages — and that these outrageous fuel costs continue to plague the population.

Some of his message dealt with the battle of the two ingrained political parties that are always in grid-lock where the parties’ elected servants continually bow to party rules instead of dumping party demands upon being elected. After all, the next election looms. Each party tries to find faults with the one in power so that the pendulum will swing one to the other with no third party or independents ever getting steam enough to actually change things.

Obama did not mention major problems with the Federal Reserve system, drug companies owning the airwaves, nor his cabinet choices that favored Wall Street over Main Street.

He did mention the near destruction of America that he inherited from the Bush League and indicated that one year was not enough to straighten it up. He did not mention that he, in a way, was part of this Bush League He served as an elected official part of this time and went along with many of the screw-ups by not demanding accountability.

This, of course, was the “party” thing to do, to give Democrats a bulging issue with which to build their stature by promising “change” to get elected, and then, of course, to shift stolen governmental income to their corporate sponsors for awhile.

He did not address wars as a primary expenditure of taxpayer dollars caused by governmental theft, although he did set a general timeframe to shift out of Iraq.

Noteworthy elements during his address included his concern that the Supreme Court erred in allowing corporations to fund political campaigns, a move which likely precludes individuals from having a chance at winning a national election unless corporately endorsed.

He expressed concern that the citizenry does not trust government, but he failed to provide a means by which the country can move away from a trend toward more entrenched fascism. He said nothing about erasing blemishes posed by Bush toward destroying the Constitution, and in fact indicated that he would be signing a presidential order himself.

During the masquerade, he noted that his wife, who is not an elected official but has been freely given a substantial staff budget, will be working with groups to improve the country.