State of the Union 2012
Yeah, I don’t have much at present. I’m sure you’re coping.
I didn’t watch the State of the Union address, as per usual (or the rebuttals or, gods help us, the probably a permanent fixture from now on “prebuttals”), and having looked at various summaries and commentaries I struggle to find anything to even fix on.
Which is why I couldn’t resist highlighting this one reaction from The Atlantic Cities:
The Urban Message Missing From the State of the Union
The issues facing the nation’s cities were largely ignored in the president’s speech
I mean, the general impression I get of Obama’s 2012 address was that it was a piled-up heap of just about everything but the kitchen sink. But, y’know, hey. We’ve still got to have at least one (and probably more than one) person coming along the next morning to lament that “well, the president didn’t even mention xyz issue once!” (Though “largely ignored” suggests to me that there wasn’t even a complete absence, here, and this guy’s still complaining.)
Apparently we still expect the president to be not only all things to all people but to be all those things at all times. Right-o, that’s realistic, then. Carry on everyone.
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I missed it due to work, and the only things I’ve seen are filtered through my favorite liberal media (actually liberal media, not “the liberal media”). Down with Fracking, up with Putting Wall Street in jail.
I’m good with those.
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