I’m not planning on live-blogging the State of the Union address tonight. A boilerplate spenderiffic speech that panders to every one with their hands out looking for a chunk of my money doesn’t mix well with a 12-hour work day and a couple hours worth of errand-running. I’m whipped and in no temper to deal with a speech that features these chunks of Presidential pork:
President Bush will call on Congress to pass bipartisan legislation reauthorizing and strengthening No Child Left Behind. He will also ask Congress to support a new $300 million “Pell Grants for Kids” program to help poor children in underperforming schools afford the schools of their choice…
He will also call for the creation of a new $2 billion international clean technology fund…
The President will ask Congress to reauthorize the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, consistent with the program’s successful founding principles, and to double the Plan’s historic initial commitment with an additional $30 billion over five years. He continues to support the President’s Malaria Initiative to combat malaria in 15 African countries, and the President will also ask Congress to support an innovative proposal to provide food assistance by purchasing crops directly from farmers in the developing world…
The President will ask Congress to quickly pass the $150 billion economic growth package agreed upon in bipartisan negotiations between the Administration and House leadership…
The Administration has launched the FHASecure initiative, expected to help more than 300,000 families refinance their homes. In addition, Secretaries Paulson and Jackson have facilitated the private-sector HOPE NOW alliance, which has developed a plan under which more than a million homeowners could receive help…
Michelle Malkin has more, including the scoop on the Bailout For the Foolish and Greedy that’s being foisted on all of us who opted to live within our means over the last couple of years. Oh, and do check out who the Democrats decided to seat in a place of honor this year. It’ll make you so happy you’ll run out into the streets and fire your automatic weapons into the sky.
