Obama's First SOTU: Boo Science!

President Barack Obama delivers his first State of the Union address to Congress. But theres evidence that bipartisanship will be difficult . . . that is, if you believe in evidence.

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[chukmaty]

The Democrats use affirmative action, welfare, the minimum wage, unions, abortion, and silly criminal justice policy to prevent the free market from uplifting today's poor like it did for my Eastern European Great Grandparents and grandparents. The victims of poverty, welfare entrapment, unemployment, and abortion are overwhelmingly black, Latino, and other groups that democrats have betrayed and marginalized while claiming to care for. Hey, at least they can pretend to be politically correct.

[chukmaty]

"Republican party is represented and benefits wasps."

The GOP does not benefit wasps, at least not conservatives. The conservative ideology is based upon the philosphy of economics which empowered Pols, Irish, Swedes, Chinese, Jews, and countless other immigrant groups to come from situations of dire poverty to get productive jobs so they could begin creating wealth. Of the major economic figureheads that I draw my influence from, one is a dead Jew and two others are black.

[chukmaty]

@darrekw

When you pick someone based on reasons other than quality of the individual, then you suffer by having less productivity. A free market at least helps keep stuff like nepotism and favoritism from being rewarded. You think big government takes that away? It makes it WORSE! Like a lot.

You think that a big government and regulation based system will magically put power in the hands of the competent? That is naive. A true free market punishes people who are dumb.

[darrekw]

@chukmaty A free market maybe, but free markets tend to become owned markets over time. When the people at the top of the corporations pick people to promote based on *** kissing instead of good business ideas it becomes an economic problem. The people with the money and hence the power aren't smart enough to use it wisely. It has been shown that taking a small percentage of a growing economy gets more than taking a large percentage of a failing one.

[kunschner]

Science is flawed and tax cuts? WTF you guys our 13 trillion dollars in debt you people don't make science.

[chukmaty]

A gap in wealth is not bad. Someone being vastly more wealthy than another hurts absolutely nobody, especially in a free market society with enormous income mobility.

No, billionaires are not a world problem, the impoverished are. A free market society will see the gaps in wealth, but it will also see mobility change ones income over time.

Societies with less of a gap in income, usually have a consistently LOW income across the board.

[Eastmanarium]

@chukmaty O rly? Explain why the gap between rich and poor increased SO much during Reagan and the 2 Bushes? Far more than it did under Clinton - or even Carter.

[DJK1726]

Chris Matthews -Not one of his shining moments. Did Matthews make that comment just as he realized there would be no post-coverage of the first presidential limo on spinners? His comment was lost on me.

[DJK1726]

The SOTU was a wash for me. It neither confirmed nor challenged my original sense of where the country is headed. The response was asking to be lampooned. Gee, what better way to cast aside aspersions of the GOP as a regionalist party than to host the response in the capital of the Old Confederacy? *smacks forehead* It was just the same talking points. At least the president TRIED to triangulate.

[jschrein]

good video dood !!

[SabraMagdalena]

Jesus, what the fuck is wrong with Chris Matthews? Great vid as always, Kotecki!