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Yep, the thread title includes the words "Original Reactions". Rather than waiting to find a blog someplace to explain the thinking you may agree with, then cutting and pasting this as extant thought, I'm merely providing a forum for those that actually bothered to witness the program to provide commentary, minus some pre-formed and thus quotable (sub)text.
Well, duh. This was an address to Congress, and televised at that. The idea that this was more or less a pregame show on a sporting event has not left my cynical mindset in the least. I mean come on, what new administration is about to set a standard of measure, a mission statement if you will, of failure? Of course, this was an exercise in uplifting the spirit of the American people.
What was telling being the reaction of various segments, and by the very nature of who(m) reacted to them. There are large pockets of dissent within this Congress, proven simply enough by who got up off their chairs and who remained seated, reading their programs. Of course, Nancy Pelosi seemed to have some sort of spring attached to the vibrator set in her bunghole, which caused her to not only grin maniacally in some instances, yet proved to shoot her out of her chair every so often. (By the way Nancy, on a fashion note...I was most impressed with that Cub Scout tent you decided to wear. What, was the Army-Navy Surplus store low on cammo-green tablecloths?) Oddly enough, the batteries appeared to run low when it came to matters regarding teachers in this country, and education in general. (Then again, the President calling for a bill to be named after Warren Hatch and Ted Kennedy with regard to education was hardly an inspiring moment, not to mention somewhat awkward and ill-fitting).
The thing is, it is all rhetorical at this point. Every new administration makes bold proclamations. It makes for some riveting theater, and everyone pats each on the back in some bizarre spirit of fellowship. Terrific.
Get back to me in a few months, and let's see how this spirit continues into truly effectual action, or if it bogs down in the petty infighting that creates much heat, yet yields little light.
Well, duh. This was an address to Congress, and televised at that. The idea that this was more or less a pregame show on a sporting event has not left my cynical mindset in the least. I mean come on, what new administration is about to set a standard of measure, a mission statement if you will, of failure? Of course, this was an exercise in uplifting the spirit of the American people.
What was telling being the reaction of various segments, and by the very nature of who(m) reacted to them. There are large pockets of dissent within this Congress, proven simply enough by who got up off their chairs and who remained seated, reading their programs. Of course, Nancy Pelosi seemed to have some sort of spring attached to the vibrator set in her bunghole, which caused her to not only grin maniacally in some instances, yet proved to shoot her out of her chair every so often. (By the way Nancy, on a fashion note...I was most impressed with that Cub Scout tent you decided to wear. What, was the Army-Navy Surplus store low on cammo-green tablecloths?) Oddly enough, the batteries appeared to run low when it came to matters regarding teachers in this country, and education in general. (Then again, the President calling for a bill to be named after Warren Hatch and Ted Kennedy with regard to education was hardly an inspiring moment, not to mention somewhat awkward and ill-fitting).
The thing is, it is all rhetorical at this point. Every new administration makes bold proclamations. It makes for some riveting theater, and everyone pats each on the back in some bizarre spirit of fellowship. Terrific.
Get back to me in a few months, and let's see how this spirit continues into truly effectual action, or if it bogs down in the petty infighting that creates much heat, yet yields little light.
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