LIVE THREAD- State of the Union - 27 January, 2010

27 January 2010

[SE Mom]

The president is scheduled to give the State of the Union address at 9 PM eastern.

[Bahbah]

LOL. He truly believes talking MORE will help him. LOL.

[ohioWfan]

Hey:) Did you hear Charles tonight? He said Obama is in “clinical denial”...

Oooh.........and he's a professional!

WTG, Charles! Call 'em as you see 'em! :)

[STARWISE]

If he does what's been reported, he's going to lose more than he can even fathom.

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George Washington:
The Commander In Chief

Excerpt:

As the Commander in Chief of the Continental Army the services and achievements of George Washington are unique in the world's history. He was much more than the Commander in Chief. He was the one necessary person, whose calm, unswerving, determined sense of patriotic duty to country, and ability put real backbone into the Revolution and kept it from collapsing or merging into a civil conflict, under the hardships and unexpected privations encountered during the eight years of war.

Without General Washington at its head it could never have succeeded. His faith in the cause and his devotion to the ideals it embodied made him the symbol of America — the spirit of the Revolution.

From boyhood on Washington lived in a military atmosphere much of his time. Under his brother's influence and direction he was trained in fencing, also probably in the manual of arms. He assumed service and responsibility in the Virginia militia; and by the time he was serving as an aide to General Braddock he made the assertion, "My inclinations are strongly bent to arms."

Each of the different tasks that fell to his hand seemed to contribute to the store of knowledge useful to him the next one to follow.

His experience as a surveyor was a fine preparation for the dangerous mission to the Ohio with Governor Dinwiddie's letter to the French commander. These gave him a real insight into pioneer settlement conditions, the wary methods of Indian warfare, and the difficulties of travel through unbroken forests in midwinter.

The Braddock campaign taught him many of the weaknesses in the military system of training British Regular officers and men.

He also had tragic evidence of the uselessness and folly of the pomp and display, and the paraphernalia of the formal English movements and practices and learned some vastly important facts of the helplessness of the British soldier in unfamiliar environment where his former European battlefield training could not be employed.

Witnessing all of the horrors of Braddock's defeat, more of a massacre than a battle, George Washington's personal courage had its baptism of fire and bore the acid test of every experience with honor.

With two horses shot beneath him and four bullets through his coat, he not only continued his duties as aide but when General Braddock was mortally wounded and most of the other officers either killed or wounded, it was the young provincial colonel who took command of the remnant of the brilliant English Army and brought it and the wounded leader out of the terrifying forest ambush of Indians to safety.

Following this, his experiences of the French and Indian War gave him additional knowledge of border warfare, invaluable experience in training, disciplining, and subsisting his men far from their base of supplies, meeting every emergency and through resourcefulness and initiative creating out of every emergency opportunity to turn to the advantage of his forces. In these early days it is said that fear had no part in his make-up.

Through his 15 years in the House of Burgesses his opinions were solidifying into fixed standards and settled convictions that were to hold him fast and keep him true to the defense of the principles of representative government for the Colonies.

He had felt the spell of Patrick Henry's ringing challenges to the spirit of free-born Englishmen: "If this be treason make the most of it — Give me liberty or give me death."

[Walleye_Walter]

Anita Dunn is now a contributor on CNBC covering tonight with John Harwood and Carl Quintanilla ... 3 more NBC Obama lovers.

[SE Mom]

I think of it as a group sprot with fellow FReepers- we get to go through it together.

Speaking of FR- let’s get the fireworks up and end the freepathon!!!!

[COUNTrecount]

[wvguy]

What are we drinking?! :P

Jameson whisky and 'half & half' (Guinness stout & Harp lager). I'm in an Irish mood tonight. ;-)

[Road Warrior ‘04]

Who has the stomach to watch this??

I don't. But, I'll watch anyway and watch this thread and post my disgust.

[swheats]

Thanks SE Mom

10 points for just showing up. /s

[onyx]

I am going to suffer though the speech, because I heard that he’s planning to lie (imagine that !!!) and to attack Republicans for being the party of NO and he’s going to invite them to join him to “save healthcare.”

I truly have to see their reaction.

[ohioWfan]

I think I'll read how everyone else makes fun of him.

I have a quick gag reflex, and I'm now at the point where I need to shut my eyes whenever he comes onto the screen so I keep my food where it belongs..... ;)

[Born In America]

Oh to be so fortunate to have totus fail to work....

[onyx]

BUMP you posting, STARWISE!

[SE Mom]

LOL! They’re SOOOOOoooooooo transparent, aren’t they?

[StarFan]

Did you hear Charles tonight? He said Obama is in “clinical denial”...

He had him pegged from day one, even after breaking bread with him the first week in office.

That was said after Steve Hayes almost excused Obama's lack of accomplishments by blaming Pelosi and the Congress he's put his trust in. Surprising statement coming from Steve who has yet to give an assessment I'm not in agreement with but Charles put him right.

[rodguy911]

I know what Jack Bauer would say about zero and we cant print any of it here!!
There is no way in hell I am going to watch this clown's totus tonight,anything but.

[AmericanMade1776]

Obama is not driving me to drink... we have to remain positive.. tonight.. Ted Kennedy will not be there.... and well Neither will Hillary.

[Bahbah]

He really is unendurable. The ubiquitous Dr. Utopia.

[alice_in_bubbaland]

I’m going to watch the History Channel. Let me know if the botox jack in the box was wearing a straight jacket this year.

[ohioWfan]

How many people in the U.S. still believe that the Republicans were asked for their input into the "healthcare" debate?

Who's gonna believe this schlep, anyway? I hope his poll numbers drop even farther after this charade.