Not film criticism, alas, but rather Presidential speechifying. My first sustained (and repeated) reaction during the speech was, "9/11 AGAIN? Let it go already! The vast majority of New Yorkers have moved on. Okay, it was the defining moment of your life. To the rest of us, it's your pathetic excuse for aggression against Saddam Hussein and, soon, Iran." My second thought was, "At last you are admitting failure in Iraq. What took you so long to notice?"
The "war on" terrorism should properly be fought by intelligence, doing their jobs honestly and fully, and by diplomacy backed by foreign aid. Waiting until someone is actually lobbing missiles at us is irresponsible governance.
He referred, once, to global "climate change", which presumably is more acceptable to the right wing than "warming", not that there's a material difference, and his main thrust of that portion of the speech was to recommend Americans weaning themselves, not from reliance on oil, but from reliance on imported oil - let's expand drilling in the US!
What may have been most telling was the dog that barked in the night - he didn't mention stem cell research, rights for the preborn, sanctity of marriage, or any of the "culture of life" issues. Throughout much of the speech it was apparent that he is aware of the Democratic Congress he now must deal with; more subtle was his recognition-by-omission that the fundie base to which he has long pandered is not a true representation of the country's opinions.
Balancing the budget - 'twould be a lot easier without this war of choice that's costing us trillions of dollars.
No mention of Mars. Maybe we already got there?
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