WHY I WON'T BE WATCHING THE STATE OF THE UNION

The thing about writing blogs (at least for me) is that you don't always know where they are going to take you. I will get to why I won't be watching the State of the Union t0night in a moment, but I knew I wanted a picture of our glorious leader and so I went to whitehouse.gov to get one. I found this - and the reason I am starting here is the name of the picture - it's "hero". Yes - the url (the picture is a link) ends with the word "hero" - simply amazing!!

So - I won't be watching our hero tonight because frankly I am sick of all of them. I'm sure you all know how to tell if a politician is lying - yes indeed, his/her lips are moving! I am simply sick to death of the whole thing.

When the GOP had control of Congress what did they do? Well they went ahead and spent our money. Lots of it. They didn't secure our borders and they didn't cut taxes enough when it was clear the economy was headed for trouble.

Now we have the Dems in power, well spending is so totally out of control that we are literally printing money and monetizing our own debt to pay for it. Economics at its most basic will tell anyone with two brain cells that this is totally unsustainable. The current debt is a staggering $12.3 TRILLION!

So tonight the President will try to "reconnect" with the middle class. He will tell us that healthcare is still going to happen, but in a way that the people will love. He will tell us of all his great achievements and it wouldn't surprise me one little bit if some Democrat shouts out "You're being economical with the truth" - because of course it is no longer permissible to shout "lies" even when the President is lying!

He will say he is going to freeze spending for the duration of his presidency - something that when George Bush proposed he was accused of being "draconian". Obama will be praised as being innovative. But hang on a minute here. The freeze on spending doesn't mean we are not going to spend any more money. It means we are going to spend THE SAME amount of money is each of his remaining three years. And this from a President who has spent more than the rest of them combined.

There will be timed applause; fake hand shakes, "shout outs" and the obligatory introduction of a REAL hero or two. I simply cannot take it anymore. The lies; the hypocrisy; the spin afterwards; the journalists who simply refuse to do their jobs.

The country belongs to the people.

Many are trying to spin Scott Brown's "Mass-acre" of the Dems in Teddy Kennedy's old seat as a backlash on not getting health care done fast enough. Are we THAT stupid or do they just have so much contempt for us that they THINK we are that stupid?

So tonight I'll watch a couple of things I have on DVR and do some work. I'll talk to some friends on the phone and think about reading tomorrow what I did not see later tonight. If you are watching, then good luck to you. Why don't you e-mail me and tell me I'm wrong.

You can do so at simontalkshow@gmail.com

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