Comments on the State of The Union Address.

A war without end. Deceptions about Iran and their nuclear program. An economy that is down and could be heading toward a recession. This is what the administration of our 43rd president George Walker Bush will be remembered for. A disaster that is the Iraq War. Intentional lies about Iran's uranium enrichment program which was once thought to be a horrifying reality, only instead to learn that said program was suspended in 2003 according to the National Intellegence Estimate. A sluggish and weakening economy that cost the jobs of the American people, raised gas prices, and declined the value of the U.S. dollar. This was the work of this current adminisrtation. These topics were highlights in the President's annual State of the Union address. In the address last Monday Night, President Bush addressed the status of Iraq, Iran's uranium enrichment program, and the economy. This State of the Union, however, was not, in my opinion (like all of my commentaries) an actual report on our country. Instead, President Bush spun the status of the Iraq War, Iran's urainium enrichment program that was suspended for almost half a decade, and the economy of the United States. President Bush's speech was a cut and paste from his previous annual addresses. We, regardless of political affiliation, are tired of this. We have heard the same old song and dance year after year.

President Bush's statements about the success of the surge are not truthful. Although the surge did work from a militarily standpoint, thus Al Quieda being driven out of Iraq and an overall drop in violence, the primary goal of the surge was to give security for political reconciliation in Iraq. This has not happened. Iraq continues to be an unstable country. Iraq is still in a state of chaos and dissarry while our brave men and women in uniform are continuosly dying from roadside bombs, suprise attacks, and suicide bombers. President Bush is telling the American people that things in Iraq are better than they once were. I agree that things in Iraq are better, but it is far from good. Our troops are still losing their lives and our military is straining in a war that is growing pointless every single day. A war that made more enemies while we lost allies and our standing in the world. No political progress was made. The surge, while succeding militarilly thanks to our excellent army, is not working politically.

President Bush made comments about Iran's suspended uranium enrichment program in his address Monday Night. He told the many viewers of his speech that if Iran wants to negotiate, they need to end their enrichment program. Did our elected president just all of a sudden forgot about the NIE report that said Iran suspended said program in 2003? That same report that President Bush got back in August, but still brought up a nuclear holocaust and World War 3 if Iran was allowed to continue said program? President Bush got it all wrong. Those who watched the State of the Union and listened to the president make those remarks about Iran could only imagine how most of the American people felt and how the Democrats felt about the insane and utterly false comments President Bush made. The American people do not want and do not need a president that is delusional. We do not need a president that instead of running a country in the real world, rules the country in a fantasy world. GET BACK TO EARTH MR. PRESIDENT. Get back to reality.

The economy, which was also addressed in the State of the Union, is not in a recession...but it is heading in that direction. Although time will tell of the new economic agreement between the White House and congress, time will not be essential to tell of Bush's economic policies. They, just like his presidency, was a flop. The value of the dollar has declined. Jobs went overseas. The housing market is in a mess. President Bush's economic policies were the cause of the aforementioned. His economic policies raised unemployment and foreclocures. His policies are a factor in the rising of gas prices and the devaluing of the dollar. Despite the Dow rising as high as 14,000 points, the economy is in a freefall and possibly heading into a recession, the second one of his presidency. President Bush's economic policy was a disaster.

President Bush's State of the Union address was nothing more than falsehoods. It paints a false reality of this nation. It was not reflective of the actual state of the union. You do not need a pundit to tell you this. You do not need a blog to tell you this. If you saw the State of the Union, you can see just how wrong the president was and how devisive the parties were. When President Bush mentioned the complete success of the surge, the Republican half of the audience applauded while the Democratic half sat still in solid disagreement. When President Bush mentioned about Iran's suspended uranium enrichment program, the Democrats, while calm on the outside, were screaming bloody murder and complete objection on the inside. However, the Democrats were not alone in their objection. You can ask the near seventy (70) percent of the American people that object to Bush's policies. It does not matter whether they are affiliated with any party. You do not need to be a liberal or a Democrat to realize that this nation is on the wrong track.

It is a damn shame President Bush does not recognize this. He does not realize the nation is in the wrong direction and that his policies put this nation on that track. It was his job to put this nation on the right track. He has failed. His State of the Union address is further evidence that President Bush does not know how to run this country. His state of the union was an hour of falsehoods. What is more depressing is that we all heard the same thing year after year. Iraq is getting better. The economy is thriving. Iran is trying to get nuclear weapons. This is sounding like a broken record.

WE, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, HAVE HEARD THIS, PRESIDENT BUSH, AGAIN AND AGAIN. LISTEN TO YOUR PEOPLE FOR A CHANGE, WILL YOU?

Good night and good luck.