Ice Storm Warning and SOTU
Damage from ice storm
The house in Tulsa after we stacked all the fallen trees
another view of the fallen trees
Ice Storm Pics from 2 years ago…
We’ve been getting winter weather warnings all day about ANOTHER ice storm here in Oklahoma. Snow is one thing, but I can not stand ice because it has a tendency to knock out the power for several weeks at a time and I don’t even want to begin to think about the clean up from all the fallen trees.
After hauling hay for the horses and cattle at the ranch today, and catching up on my in box, I settled in and watched the President’s State of the Union. My take was it was a good speech, but I’m less than impressed with Obama’s first year. I heard a lot of the same things I heard in Obama’s campaign speeches, and had he not spent so much time and political capital playing footsie with Republicans, who aren’t the least bit interested in seeing him succeed, we would be in a much better position as progressives. I came to the conclusion Obama was all talk and no action, or he simply wanted desperately to be liked by those who despise him.
I’m hoping I’m just being pessimistic here, but I will believe it all when I see it. Obama brought up “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” and if he moves on it and makes good on his promise then I will be the first one to celebrate. Again, I’m not going to be holding my breath. After eight years of seeing the Republican Party get every single thing they wanted, no matter how extremist the idea, I’m expecting a little more change and some more fight from the candidate who promised, “Change we can believe in.”
The ice storm is a nice analogy. The Obama Admin has been frozen in their attempt to make nice with his enemies. It has damaged his reputation and demoralized his base. I’m hoping after tonight’s speech, I start seeing a little more fire from Barack Obama, and a little less ice.
Posted: Wednesday, January 27th, 2010 @ 11:05 pm
Categories: General.
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