Jerry Brito

The state of our Union is screwed

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From Bush’s State of the Union Address tonight, here are two consecutive sentences:

“Our founders dedicated this country to the cause of human dignity, the rights of every person and the possibilities of every life.”

So far so good.

“This conviction leads us into the world to help the afflicted, and defend the peace, and confound the designs of evil men.”

Holy gag!! Has this man read the Constitution?? Surely he understands John Quincy Adams’ admonishment about America, “Wherever the standard of freedom and Independence has been or shall be unfurled, there will her heart, her benedictions and her prayers be. But she goes not abroad, in search of monsters to destroy.”

And here’s another gem: “I propose a $450 million initiative to bring mentors to more than a million disadvantaged junior high students and children of prisoners.”

Well, maybe if we didn’t have the world’s second-highest number of prisoners per capita (second only to Russia), we wouldn’t have this problem. Maybe sending people to jail for life for minor drug offenses–like our current mandatory minimum sentencing system forces judges to do–isn’t such a good idea.

Here’s another non-sequitur: ‘We’re facing a terrorist threat, so let’s build an anti-ballistic missile defense system.’ Geesh.

At least you have to give him credit for this: “Jobs are created when the economy grows; the economy grows when Americans have more money to spend and invest; and the best and fairest way to make sure Americans have that money is not to tax it away in the first place.” But instead of Band-Aids, I’d rather see some chutzpah. Why not propose sunsetting the Tax Code once and for all? Maybe in his second term–he’s crazy enough.

Jan 28, 2003 | Comments