Terahertz

@thzatheist

(Chronological)

• About to watch Obama speech. Will live-tweet. Dion should take notes.
• CBC coverage: “It’s like a speech from the throne without the throne”
• Creationist Bobby Jindal to rebut after, sigh
• Why isn’t #Obama in HD?
• 5 minutes of straight clapping for #Obama, he actually wants to say something I think
• “Survival depends on new energy sources” need health care reform
• Republicans aren’t standing for stimulus becoming law
• “Because nobody messes with Joe (Biden)”
• auto/college/small business loans from Gov’t fund
• Banks not getting string-free bailouts gets full standing ovation #Obama “Those days are over!”
• US Budget priorities: Energy, Health Care, Education
• “Market based cap on carbon emission” #Obama – different page than Harper
• “The nation that invented the automobile cannot walk away from it” #Obama
• Health care reform in the US this year
• #Obama asks every American to get at least 1 year of post-secondary.
• By 2020 US to have highest % college graduates.
• Eliminating “no bid contracts” in Iraq
• No tax increases for families making less than $250K
• Tax cuts for 95% of families by April
• “The USA Does Not Torture”
• Had to end with the God Bless yous/ USA

Also, check out Recovery.Gov for updates on how he moves forward with his stimulus packages.

Overall, I’d say it was a good speech.

I was almost expecting at times that he’d call for a nationalized health care or nationalizing the banks, but then I remembered I was watching the president of the US.