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Old 01-29-2014, 10:51 AM  
Minte
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State of the Union -MAKE IT STOP

This article and picture on Politco.com sums it all up well


But the anodyne English the Obama White House used in the usual frenzied run-up to Tuesday night?s speech seemed to have reached a new level of emptiness, owing more to Procter & Gamble than to Jefferson and Madison. ?A year of action.? ?Pen and phone.? ?Opportunity for All.? ?Rewarding Hard Work.? Such phrases evoke advertisements for ?new and improved? products no one needs, not meaningful articulation of policy or political belief. Perhaps the framers were wrong to include a single sentence in the Constitution stipulating that the president ?shall from time to time give to the Congress information of the state of the union.?

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2014/0...#ixzz2roMhdBY6
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