State of the Union Speech- Text

9:10 P.M. EST

THE PRESIDENT: Mr. Speaker, Vice President Cheney, members of Congress, fellow citizens:

As a new Congress gathers, all of us in the elected branches of government share a great privilege: We’ve been placed in office by the

Dean’s World has the Carnival of the Liberated. Worth a look.

The Glittering Eye reminds me of somehting I’d forgotten… today would have been Ayn Rand’s 100th birthday today.

I don’t always agree wth her writings, but they’re worthwhile.

Boortz today nails it in these paragraphs, saying what he wishes the President would say tonight. I do, too.

“I read about one Iraqi man whose father was imprisoned and then murdered by Saddam Hussein 14 years ago.  Since his

OK, so the world famous groundhog who can’t see off the end of his nose, managed, with the help of 20,000 cheering fans and 10 or 12 5000 watt Kleig lights, to see his shadow. Or so his press agent

Ed at Captain’s Quarters notes a bit of problems in Michigan’s Democratic Party.

“The Michigan state chair of the Democratic Party called demands from the DNC for an audit of campaign funds a political tactic designed to “tarnish” one of

One of the people I have the most respect for of anyone on this planet is Doctor Thomas Sowell. HIs column, this week is calledVictory and defeat:

” In the eyes of some people, nothing that the Bush

For those who have been asking via E-mail, Yes, I see your notes. Thanks for your concern. Please understand my time has been limited these last few days.

My mother in-law is doing better. As we speak plans are being

I know, I said No Jacko here.

But, I also said unless something of interest came up. Michelle Malkin

Now, I should say that I am less than convinced of his guilt as I have said before, here. I’m convinced,

Plane reportedly crashed on takeoff… never came uff the ground… veered off runway and took out a low building after going across Hwy42, taking out a couple cars.

Plane is N370v, a Bombardier CL 600, owned by Darby Aviation of

The AP’s Rovert Ried is reporting

“BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) – Iraqi militants claimed in a Web statement Tuesday to have taken an American soldier hostage and threatened to behead him in 72 hours unless the Americans release Iraqi prisoners.

However,

Podhoretz:

“There are literally millions of Americans who are unhappy today because millions of Iraqis went to the polls yesterday. And why? Because this isn’t just a success for Bush. It’s a huge win. It’s a colossal vindication.
It’s

YahooAP says:

“WASHINGTON – Senate Democrats are considering filibustering Alberto Gonzales’ nomination to be attorney general over his role in developing the Bush administration’s policies on treating foreign detainees. “

So, let’s see if I understand this.

The Democrats

So asks leftist columnist Mark Brown of the Sun-Times.

“But after watching Sunday’s election in Iraq and seeing the first clear sign that freedom really may mean something to the Iraqi people, you have to be asking yourself: What if

While doing the usual driving around last night… chores and whatnot… I overheard something on the radio, while scanning around. Not even sure where the station was… it was on one of the AM grave yards…1380am… the signal was in