I was surprised many times during The President's State of the Union, he is suddenly agreeing with the Republicans on some of their key issues. He NOW says he's going to aggressively pursue every form of energy that is available in this country, (made me laugh out loud) Specified natural gas on Public lands. Something the Repubs have been pushing for awhile. Of course he gave a hint that this wouldn't happen any way because he stressed Safely and Cleanly, which as we all know means that the EPA regulations will get even tighter and the Natural gas will never make it out of the ground, just like the oil permits that he has allowed. He can still say in the end that he pushed for it although it will never happen. If he was so concerned about our energy and jobs in this country he'd stop playing politics and ok the Canada Pipeline!
I chuckled when he was speaking about Teachers! Seems like he isn't at all supportive of collective bargaining, not when he would like to bypass Tenure and other incentives that teachers unions push for. He said that Teachers should get merit pay and be kept on the job not by seniority but by excelling. Sounds like Scott Walker was on podium not Obama!
Speaking of Governor Walker, God Bless him, his State of the State was great. Unlike Pres. Obama, he was able to talk about the accomplishments he has made in his first year, balanced the budget and reduced taxes without laying off one state employee! He has added thousands of new jobs in the state. Our last Gov. (dem) lost well over 100,000. Gov. Walker has made great progress in only a year! Watching the Dem side of the aisle during his speech I was embarrassed for them. They were ignoring the speech all together, some were talking to others, some were on their computers, one tweaked some nasty comment about Gov Walkers "Wisconsin" accent. REALLY?????
Of course there were ignorant disruptive people in the gallery, which by the way was populated only by people that were invited to attend. Apparently one or more of the Democrats in the State Congress thought it would be a HOOT to try to disrupt the Governors speech with some of the Protesters that camp out in the Capitol. There were four different screamers which were quickly removed. Our Governor never missed a beat! He kept speaking as if the disruption wasn't happening. Loved the part when he was speaking about traveling around the state and how much respect he felt, just as he said "respect" some idiot in the gallery started screaming "recall" and he just repeated his statement about Respect. Priceless!
I used to be a staunch Democrat. when I look at their behavior after Walker took office I am so glad I woke up a few years back and left that party. Congressmen that took off to Illinois because they couldn't accept that they weren't in majority or control anymore were such an embarrassment to this state. Then the Union workers and teachers camping in the Capitol made the National an international news with their bizarre behavior and destruction of property. I have no respect for any one that would behave like that in our Capital. Taping signs all over the marble and balconies like third graders, pounding on drums and dancing around not to mention scream in chanting, then camping out on the floors of the Capitol wasn't something I expected from educated adults! I stress the words "Educated adults" because they acted like village idiots. The first amendment is a powerful right . It gives us the right to voice our opinions and disagree with our government, gives us the right to assemble in public places. I have no argument with it at all. I do have an issue with EDUCATED adults going to the extreme behaviors that were displayed by the Stop Walker crowd. Many of them were Teachers, people that we employ to teach our children and grandchildren the meaning of words like Respect, we entrust them with each generation, expecting that they will help them grow up with pride in our government and Proud to be an American. Instead we had teachers who have, in my opinion set a poor example.
I have been watching Cspan occasionally, listening to the speeches and debates it's truly eye opening at times. I learned this week that the NLRB is supposed to "encourage the developement of collective bargaining." Wow I think that that will be a whole nother blog! enough said on this one for now! Good night and God Bless!
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