Biden’s SOTU: 'Old Ideas' Talk Back
to an Old Man
Posted By: Hazymac, 3/9/2024 9:52:15 AM
“Nine out of ten of what we call new ideas are simply old mistakes,” noted G.K. Chesterton a century ago. This is brought to mind by the modern obsession with “new ideas,” typified by Joe Biden’s implicit touting of them during his State of the Union address. The issue “isn't how old we are; it’s how old our ideas are,” he said Thursday evening. He’s right, too. And, usually, the “older” the ideas, the better. There’s an irony to Biden’s appeal: He doesn’t want to be dismissed out of hand over age. But he does want ideas dismissed out of hand over age. (Though there’s a contradiction here. More on that momentarily.)
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It’s a frustrating, maddening experience, really more akin to listening so someone you know was out cheating on you, offer up a fictional story about how they were out visiting a sick relative, than a news program.
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Mean Spirited Joe
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Joe Biden is delivering his State of the Union speech tonight. Apparently he will chide Americans for not appreciating his wonderful economy; declining real wages will not be mentioned. He will denounce “shrinkflation,” as though people are too stupid to know inflation when they see it. Nor will Biden mention the eight million or so illegals who have streamed across the border, wreaking havoc, since he opened it.
Biden has always been mean-spirited. He is a nasty person, and always has been. Take, for example, his recent interview in the New Yorker. The interview is replete with Biden’s trademark classlessness, but take just one example: his smearing of Justice Thomas:
“Nine out of ten of what we call new ideas are simply old mistakes,” noted G.K. Chesterton a century ago. This is brought to mind by the modern obsession with “new ideas,” typified by Joe Biden’s implicit touting of them during his State of the Union address.
The issue “isn't how old we are; it’s how old our ideas are,” he said Thursday evening. He’s right, too.
And, usually, the “older” the ideas, the better.
There’s an irony to Biden’s appeal: He doesn’t want to be dismissed out of hand over age.
But he does want ideas dismissed out of hand over age.
(Though there’s a contradiction here. More on that momentarily.)
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"Justin Trudeau’s government has proposed a law giving judges the power to put someone under house arrest if they fear
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In a separate incident,
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The comedian Richard Lewis, of blessed memory, is credited with the formulation “the x from hell.” Having watched President Biden’s State of the Union Address last night in order to comment on it this morning, I found it to be the SOTU from hell. Thank you, Mr. Lewis.
The White House has posted the text of the speech “as prepared for delivery.” That isn’t exactly how he gave it. You have to see it to get the full flavor. I have posted the White House video at the bottom.
Herewith are my impressions of Biden’s delivery and my observations on the speech in the form of bullet points:
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Born in Turkey,
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Endorsement of Katie Britt as Vice Presidential Pick 15 replies
Endorsement of Katie Britt as Vice Presidential Pick 15 replies
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The New York Intelligencer reported on sources saying that Biden intends to overthrow Netanyahu, the democratically elected president of a U.S. ally (emphasis mine):