Bush vows to face dangers head on

Bush vows to face dangers head on

Speech excerpts
President George W Bush has warned of "danger and decline" if the US fails to face up to outside threats, in his annual State of the Union address. Security issues were a dominant theme, as Mr Bush vowed to fight to defend freedom, whose advance was "the great story of our time".

He also addressed domestic concerns, at the start of a critical election year for his Republican party.

He called for a human cloning ban and warned the US was "addicted to oil".

Legislation would be drawn up to prevent "the most egregious abuses of medical research - human cloning in all its forms", the president said.

He declared the nation must break its oil addiction "through technology", saying he would seek a 22% increase in funding for clean energy research, including nuclear and renewable energy.

He said he was aiming for a 75% cut in US oil imports from the Middle East by 2025.

'Winning in Iraq'

The Middle East featured strongly in the speech.

He urged Iranian citizens to assert their freedom from their rulers, and said "the nations of the world must not permit the Iranian regime to gain nuclear weapons". The only way to control our destiny is by our leadership

President George W Bush

Bush speech: Key quotes

He called on the Palestinian election victors, Hamas, to "recognise Israel, disarm, reject terrorism, and work for lasting peace".

US-led forces were winning the war in Iraq, Mr Bush insisted, saying a hasty withdrawal would "abandon our Iraqi allies... and show that a pledge from America means little."

One of his sternest critics on Iraq, Cindy Sheehan, whose son died there on US active service, was arrested in the Capitol building before the speech got under way, reportedly as she prepared to unfurl a banner.

Deficit cut

Addressing the country's financial situation, Mr Bush said the US must take on new entrants to global markets, not resort to protectionism.

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"The American economy is pre-eminent - but we cannot afford to be complacent. In a dynamic world economy, we are seeing new competitors like China and India."

"We will choose to build our prosperity by leading the world economy - or shut ourselves off from trade and opportunity," he said.

He promised to reduce spending by cutting 140 non-security related government programmes, in an effort to reduce the mammoth budget deficit.

A Democrat congressman, Lloyd Doggett from Texas, called the speech "more of a state of his personal self-denial... whether it's the disaster in Iraq, the mess that he's made of our budget or the terrible cost of corruption that is plaguing this administration."

Mr Bush has been enduring a prolonged slump in public support amid ongoing conflict in Iraq and political strife at home, with his approval ratings hovering around 41%.

Correspondents say he has suffered a series of embarrassments in domestic policy during the past 12 months, and that few of the reforms touted in last year's speech have been achieved.

The president was also criticised amid administration mishandling of the devastating aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, which hit the Gulf Coast in August. In his speech he said New Orleans was being slowly rebuilt.

A series of scandals have increased domestic pressure on the Republicans, who are defending a majority of seats in both houses of Congress in mid-term elections this November.

FUCKING TWAT !

Someone was also arrested yesterday for wearing a t-shirt with non-approved thoughts on it near their hot-air house. (and I thought WE were bad banning terrorists from being on the evening news...wow)

Land of the free

And his troops also opened fire on (but failed to hit very much) a CANADIAN diplomatic group.

Home of the brave

LOL

Can't let those buggers in India and China pull themselves out of Third World squalor, if that happens, where the hell are we going to farm our slashrate call centers and manufacturing gigs off to? Nossir this will not stand in the 21st century, that the top 1% must make do with less than 40% of resource!!

You see, my fellow Americans, ethanol is our opportunity to really stick it to those A-rabs. There for, I pledge to you an ethanol fuel economy by the end of the decade! And flying cars.

Next stop: Iran! I hope the mammoth military funding allowed the military-industrial complex enough kickback to develop a fire-retardant draft notice.

Hannett of the Apes wrote: Can't let those buggers in India and China pull themselves out of Third World squalor, if that happens, where the hell are we going to farm our slashrate call centers and manufacturing gigs off to? Nossir this will not stand in the 21st century, that the top 1% must make do with less than 40% of resource!!

You see, my fellow Americans, ethanol is our opportunity to really stick it to those A-rabs. There for, I pledge to you an ethanol fuel economy by the end of the decade! And flying cars.

Next stop: Iran! I hope the mammoth military funding allowed the military-industrial complex enough kickback to develop a fire-retardant draft notice.

This site has the highest ratio of non-headfucked yanks I ever seen :D

well what did you expect him to say. not that i am a bush supporter.

He claims to be a Christian, how about telling the truth and speaking of forgiveness for a start.

Trams are pretty dangerous, perhaps he could face one of those head on?

And we impeached Clinton for getting his dick stuck in a fat whore...for shame, people. For shame

I think I know why the Christian right supports Bush so much...he's the anti-Christ, presiding over the end of days.

not that i would ever believe Bush much at all anyway, but you would think he could learn to stop smirking and looking so uncomfortable saying something "caring" or anything other than war rhetoric. it is not hard to imagine him saying afterwards that he doent give a shit about energy alternatives, education, or aids... maybe that is what people like about him, they know he is bullshitting and they like it

about Ethanol... I don't know what they say worldwide outside the USA, but isn't the idea that you can grow a renewable replacement for oil a fiction? so far Ethanol is suppossed to be a net loss energy-wise, they use more petroleum in the end making Ethanol and harvesting the crops than they would just making gasoline the normal way... they make Ethanol with oil, it is the most important ingredient.... maybe in the future they can do better, but I think that future is lot further than 6 years, for sure

I Don't give a monkey's nutsack what YOU make ethanol from, but in the civilized free wolrd we use hops, barley yeast and sugar. Sometimes potatoes, sometimes whatever will brew....am I missing something.

Ethanol...common term for Ethyl Alcohol, the type most commonly (all but exclusively) found in booze. As opposed to Methyl Alocohol which gets you drunk but makes you go blind and/or mental. Or isopropyl alcohol, which costs about a quid a litre, unless you die it blue and stick a label on saying "tape head cleaning solution" in which case it's about 50p a ml. In small quantities isopropynol will sober you up, in larger quantities it'll kill you.

As I said....you can make it out of oil if you like...just like u can use a fuel cell engine with petrol as the hydrgen source. but it is unelievably wankwitted to do so.

the whiskey lorry doesn't burn it's own capacity on a journey, and crops do not have to BE transported, that is a creation of modern business ecconomy drives, shift the relative ecconomic values of local labour vs imported/transported materials and things will take care of themselves in that aspect.

Juliette "Angel" Binoche wrote: Bush vows to face dangers head on

Speech excerpts
President George W Bush has warned of "danger and decline" if the US fails to face up to outside threats, in his annual State of the Union address. Security issues were a dominant theme, as Mr Bush vowed to fight to defend freedom, whose advance was "the great story of our time".

He also addressed domestic concerns, at the start of a critical election year for his Republican party.

He called for a human cloning ban and warned the US was "addicted to oil".

Legislation would be drawn up to prevent "the most egregious abuses of medical research - human cloning in all its forms", the president said.

He declared the nation must break its oil addiction "through technology", saying he would seek a 22% increase in funding for clean energy research, including nuclear and renewable energy.

He said he was aiming for a 75% cut in US oil imports from the Middle East by 2025.

'Winning in Iraq'

The Middle East featured strongly in the speech.

He urged Iranian citizens to assert their freedom from their rulers, and said "the nations of the world must not permit the Iranian regime to gain nuclear weapons". The only way to control our destiny is by our leadership

President George W Bush

Bush speech: Key quotes

He called on the Palestinian election victors, Hamas, to "recognise Israel, disarm, reject terrorism, and work for lasting peace".

US-led forces were winning the war in Iraq, Mr Bush insisted, saying a hasty withdrawal would "abandon our Iraqi allies... and show that a pledge from America means little."

One of his sternest critics on Iraq, Cindy Sheehan, whose son died there on US active service, was arrested in the Capitol building before the speech got under way, reportedly as she prepared to unfurl a banner.

Deficit cut

Addressing the country's financial situation, Mr Bush said the US must take on new entrants to global markets, not resort to protectionism.

Story body launcher:
US lawmakers react to State of the Union speech

In pictures

"The American economy is pre-eminent - but we cannot afford to be complacent. In a dynamic world economy, we are seeing new competitors like China and India."

"We will choose to build our prosperity by leading the world economy - or shut ourselves off from trade and opportunity," he said.

He promised to reduce spending by cutting 140 non-security related government programmes, in an effort to reduce the mammoth budget deficit.

BFD. My baby nephew made the same noises in his diaper that day, and you didn't see Congress giving him a standing ovation.

Your baby Nephew is NOT the C in C of the world's largest and most powerful military machine, however. Let's try an experiment though....put a big red button in front of the young 'un and see how long it takes for nature to take it's course :D

Well, first we'd have to prop him up, becaue at only 4 months, he can't sit up on his own yet (but he's trying!). Then he'd flail about wildly with his left arm, because at only 4 months, he still doesn't have the hand-eye coordination down yet. Then, assuming he could finally reach said red button, and after much vocalized frustration, he'd put the button in his mouth.

Certainly no worse than Bush?

Comrade Shampanyov wrote: Well, first we'd have to prop him up, becaue at only 4 months, he can't sit up on his own yet (but he's trying!). Then he'd flail about wildly with his left arm, because at only 4 months, he still doesn't have the hand-eye coordination down yet. Then, assuming he could finally reach said red button, and after much vocalized frustration, he'd put the button in his mouth.

Certainly no worse than Bush?

I was thinking actually that the only reason it hasn't all gone kerrrboom yet (after all he believes his uber-fairy wills it) is that he is as accurate as the average US warplane crew....so far he's hit the lamp, his pen, a red picture on a page (good effort tho),his diary and the flowers in the room accross the hall.

Steve Campbell wrote: so far he's hit the lamp, his pen, a red picture on a page (good effort tho),his diary and the flowers in the room accross the hall.

Sounds like Bill and Monica.

:D

Steve Campbell wrote: He claims to be a Christian, how about telling the truth and speaking of forgiveness for a start.

First, please point out where he was not telling the truth. Second, Christians are not perfect, only forgiven.

Comrade Shampanyov wrote:

Steve Campbell wrote: so far he's hit the lamp, his pen, a red picture on a page (good effort tho),his diary and the flowers in the room accross the hall.

Sounds like Bill and Monica.

Except, of course, Bill was trying to hit the flowers in the room across the hall.

Tex wrote:

Steve Campbell wrote: He claims to be a Christian, how about telling the truth and speaking of forgiveness for a start.

First, please point out where he was not telling the truth.

It was that part where he was moving his lips.

Comrade Shampanyov wrote:

Tex wrote:

Steve Campbell wrote: He claims to be a Christian, how about telling the truth and speaking of forgiveness for a start.

First, please point out where he was not telling the truth.

It was that part where he was moving his lips.

:rimshot: How did I know you were going to say that...:D

Lawyer joke, updated for State of the Union 2006. :D

need I say more. Bottom line...I am really scared of him and his whacko cultist mates.

Comrade Shampanyov wrote:

Comrade Shampanyov wrote:

Steve Campbell wrote: so far he's hit the lamp, his pen, a red picture on a page (good effort tho),his diary and the flowers in the room accross the hall.

Sounds like Bill and Monica.

Except, of course, Bill was trying to hit the flowers in the room across the hall.

Clinton's problems, you see, all began when he received a memo addressed to the "Com'r In Chief."

If I laugh will you promise not the scrape the barrel any lower down :D

Tex wrote:

Steve Campbell wrote: He claims to be a Christian, how about telling the truth and speaking of forgiveness for a start.

First, please point out where he was not telling the truth. Second, Christians are not perfect, only forgiven.

I did a quick search and here's a bit of what I found:

Health care- When talking about providing health care for the poor and elderly Bush said, “We are meeting that responsibility.” The new prescription drug benefit took effect this year, but according to the administration’s top Medicare official, estimated tens of thousands of recipients probably didn’t get their medicine due to confusion and computer glitches. The number of uninsured has increased nearly 5 million since Bush took office, to 45.5 million in 2004, two-thirds of the total from low-income families. And while total federal spending on the health care “safety net” for the uninsured edged up from 2001 to 2004- adjusted for inflation, slightly more than 1%- spending actually decreased from $546 to $498 per uninsured due to the jump in the number of uninsured. Bush is expected to propose curbing the growth of benefit programs such as Medicare and Medicaid in his 2007 budget request.

Social Security- Bush said again that the system in headed for bankruptcy in the year 2042, which isn’t really true. Social Security isn’t going “out of business” as the system is right now it would still be able to pay about three-quarters of the promised benefits. And Bush’s proposed private accounts aren’t the sure thing he makes them sound like because the stock market is unpredictable. Also the private accounts the Bush is pushing for would have no effect on the situation of Social Security is in and in the short term, would require huge federal borrowing (estimated $4.5 trillion would be required to finance the first twenty years) to finance the payment of benefits to current retirees because some portion of payroll taxes is being diverted to the private accounts.

Budget- He talked about cutting the federal deficit in half by 2009, and he proposed cutting $14 billion worth of programs to get us on track, but he failed to mention the deficit is going up this year; projected by the CBO to be at least $337 billion, but probably $360 billion when money approved for flood insurance and military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan is added. He talked of reducing the growth of non-security discretionary spending, but that is only 16% of the whole federal budget, and even this has also grown, though not as fast as other categories. Total federal spending has increased 42% since Bush took office.

Spreading democracies- He talked about “writing a new chapter in the story of self-government” in Iraq and Afghanistan and said the number of democracies in the world is growing. According to the group whose statistics he cited, neither Iraq nor Afghanistan yet qualify as democracies. Freedom House rates Iraq as “not free” and Afghanistan as “partly free”.

Job growth- Bush said 4.6 million jobs were gained in the past two and a half years. Unfortunately, most of that gain merely made up for the 2.6 million jobs that were lost during the first two and a half years of his presidency.

Domestic spying- He says he is using the authority given to him by the Constitution and by statute, but is ignoring the 1978 law that specifically calls for court approval to conduct the surveillance.

"Digital Mike Binoche" wrote:

'Winning in Iraq'

Considering Bush said during the Katrina aftermath, “"Brownie, you're doing a heck of a job," it’s no wonder he think Iraq is going well.

I wonder how bad things need to get before he’ll see it.

"Digital Mike Binoche" wrote:

One of his sternest critics on Iraq, Cindy Sheehan, whose son died there on US active service, was arrested in the Capitol building before the speech got under way, reportedly as she prepared to unfurl a banner.

She was actually arrested for wearing a T-shirt that said, "2,245 Dead. How many more?"

As I said in my very first resonse.....

Arrested for wearing a T-shirt with a fact on it.

Wow, I hope all those newly (and yet to be) bombed countries are looking forward to such a high level of freedom.