(SOTU) State of the Unicorn

I sat down to watch the State of the Union and a campaign speech broke out. Sixty-two minutes of my life that I will never get back and I still don't know the condition of the fifty states. I remember talking to my wife over the phone and asking what she was doing and she responded "I am watching The Biggest Loser, but it is usually two hours long, but tonite it will be only one hour due to the S.O.T.U. speech". Well honey, the Biggest Loser was indeed on TV 2 hours, it just changed hosts at 7PM M.S.T.

SNAPSHOT:
1) We are going to "invest" (drink) in high speed rail, said the "Luv Me The Unions-In-Chief". Yes, since government subsidized AMTRAK was such a stellar success, let's come up with a train system amped on steroids. After all,  the annihilation of the Democratic party in the November mid-terms was based upon the citizen outcry of "we want fast trains Mr.Obama"! What is it with Libs and trains anyway-- did they not get their Lionel train sets growing up?

2) The absolute "Pinocchio-In-Chief" moment of the night-- "I will veto any legislation that contains earmarks". Just last month he was ready to ink the (failed) Omnibus Bill that promised $8 billion to states. In 2009, the Prez said,  "Done right, earmarks have given legislators the opportunity to direct federal money to worthy projects that benefit people in their districts, and that's why I've opposed their outright elimination." So which is it Scooter? Shockingly, and to his credit, his own Dem. Senate Leader Harry Reid called Obama a liar on this issue, read here .

3) Ahh yes, "Lip Service-In-Chief"..."I'm willing to look at what the Republicans suggested last year: medical malpractice reform to rein in frivolous lawsuits." Wow, what a commitment--"willing to look".  This was one of the most contentious issues raised by Conservatives when Obamacare was being formulated, not a peep then, other than "we will research the issue". Trial lawyers, major political donors to Democratic candidates, are strongly opposed to caps on jury awards-- say no more, mere words.

4) "To put us on solid ground, we should also find a bipartisan solution to strengthen Social Security for future generations", Obama stated. And your solution precisely was what? Raise the retirement age-nope. Reduce the benefits-nope. Partially privatize for younger participants-nope. More empty words from "Keep the Elderly Scared of Republicans-In-Chief".

5) From the man who has added $3.2 trillion to the national debt we heard, "I am going to cut $400 billion from non-security spending over the next 10 years". It would be like me purchasing a boat, motor home, Harley, private jet and a mansion then calling the family together and breaking the sad news that I need to return the push mower back to Sears. And, all of the "investments" (drink again) he announced for monorail, green energy, education, innovation, etc. is being funded how--the Unicorn Federal Credit Union? "Mr. Sleight of Hand-In-Chief".

6) The president said: “We can start right now by correcting a flaw in the legislation that has placed an unnecessary bookkeeping burden on small businesses and that is to repeal the 1099 requirement required by the health care legislation act". The Republicans squealed about this 2 years ago. It was brought forward as an issue in the Lame Duck session with no effort to bring it forward. But now, he wants credit-- please! "Mr. Narcissist-in-Chief:".

7) We heard him blather about how the health care legislation would lower costs and how Mr. Pres does not want to rehash the past 2 years and how we should all bring forth good ideas, etc. Of course, 24 hrs later, an independent medical actuary completely contradicts "Mr. Disingenuous-In-Chief"-- read here . And what news do I get at work today-- my 21 year employer is raising our health insurance cost by the highest one year percentage ever.

Here is the real State of the Union in 62 seconds--9.4% unemployment, $3.00+ gas and rising, massive foreclosures continuing, states considering bankruptcy options, health insurance premiums being adjusted upward, $14 trillion debt, entitlement programs bankrupt and reeked with fraud, failed Stimulus, oil drilling slow down, 729 waivers granted for Obamacare, grocery prices inflating, way too many troops deployed, 27 states now engaged in appeal to Supreme Court of new health care act, wide-open borders, leaders who deceive and Iran is playing with nukes.

But hey, no worries, Dave gets to ride front cart on the Monorail decked out in his "Together We Thrive" t-shirt chanting Kumbaya across the plains of the Midwest--hawt-diggity !!

Simply, a "Commander-In-Chief" we do not have.