Back from watching President Bush's State of the Union speech. Liked it overall, thought it was a good and inspiring evening. Just a couple of thoughts on the audience. Was that an 8-letter vulgarity (b***s***) lip-synced by Nancy Pelosi when the President said the average family would save $1100 on his tax cuts? Sure looked like it to me. When the President talked about military action, I noticed that his Joint Chiefs of Staff sat solemnly still, never applauding. A symbolic, yet real, sign of restraint, and of reluctance to yield military might rashly. Yet when the President lauded the efforts of the lower-ranking soldiers, everyone applauded enthusiastically, including the Joint Chiefs.
I was moved by the President's initiative on AIDS. I think this might be a cause most Americans are willing to support. I'm sure there will be unintended (and unwelcome) consequences (government spending for drugs drives up demand-hence inflation for AIDS drugs for example) but I'll think about them tomorrow. Similar thoughts on hydrogen-powered cars. They will come, as long as government doesn't regulate them faster than they can be developed.
More thoughts later, time to sleep.
Posted by joelfuhrmann at January 28, 2003 10:46 PM