Not State of the Union and the Big Budget

So 44 with the big ears dropped the budget on us this week. I don't know what is shocking me more, that he had the balls to include all things we spend money on or that he's being attacked for doing it. I mean, are Republicans so dillusional that they didn't think all these suplamental bills for Iraq, Afghanistan and disasters flew away into magic fairy land and not add to the national debt, deficiet and everything inbetween?

How does the human mind come to grips with trillions when concepually we can't get our minds around millions (fyi it is believed that 10000s are about what we can last understand because that's what it takes to fill an areana).



He also gave a hell of a good pep talk on Tuesday. What followed shows well total miscalculations. Obama gave us hope, optimism, longing for tomorrow. Jindal's response was at best read poorly and factually incorrect in places as well as fear mongoring. An idea has to be viable if it is something beyond, not what that guy says. We've been fucked over for so long, that any honesty is going to be shocking, if not overwhelming.

Gandalf the White said, "He maybe a fool, but he's an honest fool."