More State of The Union Speech Excerpts

If the following is true, thats-a-good. It probably has nothing to do with government, but good nonetheless: "In recent years, America has become a more hopeful Nation. Violent crime rates have fallen to their lowest levels since the 1970s. Welfare cases have dropped by more than half over the past decade. Drug use among youth is down 19 percent since 2001. There are fewer abortions in America than at any point in the last three decades, and the number of children born to teenage mothers has been falling for a dozen years in a row."

Incredible

Speaking of the State of the Union, our beloved President, who has in the past admitted there is no connection between Iraq and 9/11 begins his speech tonight with this: "Abroad, our Nation is committed to an historic, long-term goal – we seek the end of tyranny in our world. Some dismiss that goal as misguided idealism. In reality, the future security of America depends on it. On September 11th, 2001, we found that problems originating in a failed and oppressive state seven thousand miles away could bring murder and destruction to our country. Dictatorships shelter terrorists, feed resentment and radicalism, and seek weapons of mass destruction. Democracies replace resentment with hope, respect the rights of their citizens and their neighbors, and join the fight against terror. Every step toward freedom in the world makes our country safer, and so we will act boldly in freedom’s cause. " Absolutely incredible. I don't know how he gets away with it.

Newborn

I Wonder How Many Fighters Are In The Air?

At the risk of getting my phone tapped without a warrant, this very innocent thought occurred to me: As the State of the Union begins (yawn), at no other time are members of our federal government all in the same place at the same time. All Senators, all Representatives, the President's cabinet, the Supreme Court, the Vice President and the President himself. What chaos it would be if there was a terrorist attack.

Sesquicentennial?

My law partner just showed me a 1956 issue of the Wise County Messenger. This is my favorite tidbit about the old Decatur Baptist College: "The first [football] game that the Decatur Baptist College team played was with Bowie High School. The victor of the game was the Bowie High School with a score of seventy-six to nothing. The Decatur Team was a stout team."

The Winner Of The Hottest Oscar Nominee Goes To . . .

. . . Keira Knightley.

You Know . . .

. . . we haven't heard many stories of a postal worker or former postal worker going crazy in quite some time . . . . wait. . . uh oh.

This Does Not Help My Post Christmas Depression

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Portia de Rossi is 33 Today

And The Oscar Will Go To . . .

. . . nominees announced this morning.

Indiana Jones Has Long Since Died

I've been beaten down recently by ads for Harrison Ford's new movie Firewall. You know the drill, he has this concerned look on his face as he says something corny and then some explosion occurs. I used to think the guy was great, but ever since he uttered "Get off my plane!" in Air Force One, I've tuned out.

Father's Trust

Father's Trust Originally uploaded by azem.

Wish I Could Find The Clip

There was a story on the news this morning of a baby found floating in a trash bag in Brazil. I can't remember if I was watching Good Morning America or the Today show, but one of the shows had the actual amateur videotape of a guy fishing the bag out of the lake and opening up to see this crying baby. It was one of the most amazing things I've ever seen. I'm looking for the video. Edit: I found a photo. Edit #2: And another.

As Most Struggle To Pay Gas And Heating Bills . . .

. . . "NEW YORK (Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp. the world's largest publicly traded oil company, on Monday reported a quarterly profit of $10.7 billion, capping a year of record earnings dominated by surging oil and gas prices."

Remind Me Not To Make Her . . .

. . . the future Mrs. Green. Edit: The first comment makes reference to the wheels off closing argument of the prosecutor. A picture of it is here.

Dakota Fanning

This 11 year old child actor normally beats me down, but her presentation to Shirley Temple tonight on the SAG Awards (yeah, I know you didn't see it - it was on TNT) was simply amazing. She may be the closest thing to Shirley Temple we've ever seen. Which reminds me, whatever happened to Haley Joel Osment of the Sixth Sense? (A great movie, by the way).

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Petite And Blonde

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