Posts Tagged ‘2010’
Stand up, sit down, applaud, guffaw, chuckle, smirk, repeat…for one hour.
That pretty much describe how the folks in the Senate chamber reacted to the State of the Union address last night.
If you were sleeping listening to the President’s speech, you heard a lot of talk and a lot of promises… But what does it all mean?
We’ve found some pretty good analysis of the big event to help answer that question (And make you sound incredibly informed during the discussion at the water fountain/cooler today).
Some of the best commentary came via live blogs and Tweets. Catch up on what we had to say on Twitter in case you missed it! Some other great Tweets:
From the political satirist @BorowitzReport: Instant Poll: 90% of Republicans Who Did Not See Obama’s Speech Disagree With It
Getting to the point is @PatrickRuffini: This change stuff is HARD #shortersotu
Political analyst @marcambinder indicates a positive response to the address: CBS Instapoll: approve of the proposals? 83% said yes. Obama has same priorities as you have? (57% to 73% in sample from pre to post)
Courtesy SCOTUS website.
Unsurprisingly, some people (like Democrat Alan Grayson) don’t like the Supreme Court’s recent finance decision. Raise your hand if you can guess why!
Too big to fail? Not the Dems. Another retirement for the party is at hand!
The divisive bill gets, well, more divisive. The House of Representatives doesn’t trust its mates!
Haitian Coat of Arms- Courtesy of WikiCommons
Boots on the Ground (earthquake-ravaged ground)… US troops arrive at Haiti National Palace to provide aid.
Political Junkies Rejoice… The Massachusetts election is a nail-biter.
This stuff happens in real life!?
A driver whose SUV plunged into a Northern California creek … escaped the sinking vehicle by blasting out the window with a handgun.
So… what will 2010 hold for You?
This question was posed to the USDemocrazy bloggers by our esteemed editor. Below are 2 predictions from each of our writers. There is one a serious observation and one well a little more cheeky. Check back a year from now to see how well we score in the future-telling business!
From Stefmav:
1. People will start to become more aware of the amount of information Google is collecting, resulting in some sort of lawsuit.
2. US Democrazy will be the primary means for educating astronauts of current events and happening when traveling in space.
MZ_Hammer:
1. The US Federal Reserve raises interest rates to quell fears of inflation.
2. Michael Phelps shocks the world by wining a gold medal for ice dancing (apparently he is as good on water as he is in it).
Chickpea:
1. The world of politics will continue to become more and more divisive. Climate change and the economy, two items on congress’s agenda, will become very heated in the year to come.
2. Michael Jackson will rise from the grave and cut a Christmas album with Tupac. …read more.
This time of the year there are many articles and TV shows looking BACK at the events of the past year. The cartoon above dares to look ahead at the events of the next decade. Which of these do you think are most likely to happen? (Cartoon by KAL)
Image taken from fruitfly.wordpress.com
We here at USDemocrazy are quite familiar with reruns. By reruns, we mean our editors mercilessly rerun the same gripes about our alleged bad speling.
But this week, we have come across a rerun of the political sort.
The Associated Press reported over the weekend that former New York Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani may be seeking to re-ignite his political career. …read more.
