An HONEST State of the Union Address

Here is the address President Obama would give if he were an HONEST man (and Congress's likely reaction). From the 1/23/2012 Bogosity Podcast: http://bogosity.podbean.com/2012/01/22/bogosity-podcast-for-23-january-2012/

Sources:

War on Drugs:
List of countries by incarceration rate: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_incarceration_rate
Jose Guerena Killed: Arizona Cops Shoot Former Marine In Botched Pot Raid http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/25/jose-guerena-arizona-_n_867020.html
Incident at Goose Creek: Fallout Continues in Aftermath of High School Drug Raid http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle-old/312/incident.shtml

National Debt and GDP:
Gross Public Debt chart: http://www.usgovernmentdebt.us/spending_chart_1930_2016USb_13s1li011lcn_H0t
Up-to-date debt and GDP figures: http://www.usdebtclock.org/

Creating bubbles:
Paul Krugman, "Dubya's Double Dip" http://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/02/opinion/dubya-s-double-dip.html

Health Care:
How to Fix Health Care Without Spending a Dime http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL141EFCD18AB4D858
How Government Solved the Health Care Crisis: Medical Insurance that Worked — Until Government "Fixed" It http://praxeology.net/libertariannation/a/f12l3.html
"Healing Our World" by Mary J. Ruwart, PhD http://www.ruwart.com/Healing/

Transparency:
Obama put union bosses in charge of federal agencies, then exempted them from FOIA http://washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/beltway-confidential/2011/01/obama-put-un...
ACLU demands Obama administration release prisoner abuse photos http://rawstory.com/news/2008/ACLU_demands_Obama_administration_release_priso...
ACLU et al about Obama's DoJ lying in response to FOIA requests http://www.openthegovernment.org/sites/default/files/FOIA%20552c%20Comment%20...

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[evensgrey]

Ending with a gag National Lampoon used when we were kids?

[shanedk]

@evensgrey I remember it being Mad Magazine.

[evensgrey]

@shanedk They might have done it, too, but I know I've seen a copy of the issue of National Lampoon. I checked, and it was the January '73 issue.

[shanedk]

@evensgrey OK, I'm sure your research is more reliable than my memory.

[swinginmad]

Nice. Ron Paul 2012.

[Dirge987]

@InvincibleNumanist lol, awesome

[InvincibleNumanist]

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[vspqbd]

@egeswender

Right back atcha. ;)

[rkyeun]

@shanedk

It occurs to me I have no idea how long I should wait before giving up on receiving a reply. I would expect major Republicrat candidates to have staff that handle this in a week with a form letter that doesn't answer my questions, but I have no idea how long it would take a minor Independent to answer.

[egeswender]

@vspqbd Hey! Thanks for being a dick! Way to represent!

[WolfCoder]

ShaneDK 2012!!