"A Sorry State" of the Union

Who's sorry now?

Not Bush. Not the neoconartists. Not Condi, Cheney, et al. Nope. All is going swimmingly for them....the chaos they are creating in the entirer middle east is calculated and going according to plan.

Polls? Who gives a rip?

MSNBC Jan. 27, 2007 - President George W. Bush concluded his annual State of the Union address this week with the words “the State of our Union is strong … our cause in the world is right … and tonight that cause goes on.” Maybe so, but the state of the Bush administration is at its worst yet, according to the latest NEWSWEEK poll. The president’s approval ratings are at their lowest point in the poll’s history—30 percent—and more than half the country (58 percent) say they wish the Bush presidency were simply over, a sentiment that is almost unanimous among Democrats (86 percent), and is shared by a clear majority (59 percent) of independents and even one in five (21 percent) Republicans. Half (49 percent) of all registered voters would rather see a Democrat elected president in 2008, compared to just 28 percent who’d prefer the GOP to remain in the White House.

Gas at $5 per Gallon

Who's stockpiling oil now?

The Bush administration, followed by China, India, etc. Why?

``For too long our nation has been dependent on foreign oil,'' President Bush said in his annual State of the Union address Tuesday evening Washington time. ``This dependence leaves us more vulnerable to hostile regimes, and to terrorists, who could cause huge disruptions of oil shipments.'' here

Here's Bush's hedge against the turmoil in his (crazy, illadvised, neocon) upcoming Iran invasion... Add to that the recent "Go to hell" comment by Chavez (Venezuela would have been another source of oil) and there you have it.

PS - They also tested the American tolerance for higher prices over the past 2 years and, well, American consumers aren't too troubled by $3+ per gallon gas, so we predict sometime soon gas prices will hover at around $4 per gallon, on it's way to $5 per gal.