Words which did not appear in the SotU...
Saddam Hussein (even Osama bin Laden got one mention, though it was a quote.)
Cheney
Katrina
New Orleans
Global warming (He did use the neutered "climate change" once)
Surge
Mexico
Canada
Free Trade or NAFTA (okay, he did say "expanded trade" - is that the same as "free" in GOP-speak these days?)
Welfare
Poverty in America (no, only in Africa)
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Drought
Switchgrass (the only thing I liked about last year's SotU.)
Childcare
Marriage (particularly "defending" it.)
Human rights
Civil rights
Labor/Unions
Death tax/estate tax
Personal savings accounts
Citizenship
Avian flu
Castro/Chavez
Mars
Poland
Tony Blair
Outsourcing
Lobbying reform
Corporate malfeasance
Royalties
Respecting/cherishing "life", i.e., no sops to the anti-choice movement
Stem cell
Internet(s)
Gerald Ford (aren't flags still at half-mast and he didn't even warrant a mention?)
Ronald Reagan
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No words to add, since I had better things to do than watch another speech from this liar, but I don't think "climate change" is a "neutered" phrase. I think it's the most accurate way to describe ever-more extreme fluctuations in weather patterns, particularly when trying to get one's point across to those idiots who counter, "If there's global warming how come it's the coldest January on record where I am?"
Posted by: Elayne Riggs | January 24, 2007 08:52 AM
"Climate change" was a term coined by conservatives to replace the more scary sounding "global warming". Climate change sounds innocuous, even positive, as we've been conditioned in the US to believe that change is usually a good thing.
Global warming is just that - the planet is warming as a whole, though you might be experiencing a cold spell where you are. Check out Jeff Masters' latest post on the warming global temps here.
Posted by: MBW | January 24, 2007 09:39 AM
Actually, he did mention the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, but referred to it as the 'Strategic Petroleum Reserve', which is the purpose for which it was originally set aside. He called for a doubling of the capacity there. Very sneaky, unethical, and short-sighted. As always.
The reserve is now more strategic from an ecological point of view than a petroleum point of view, primarily since it's a paltry amount of oil relative to US needs.
Fortunately, we have thus far been able to defeat repeated attempts to drill ANWR, by email barrage to both houses of Congress. Most of the folks who people the Hill seem to comprehend the large cost to benefit ratio of drilling ANWR, this despite relatively few mentions of how important some denizens inhabiting the Arctic Ocean ecosytems are to worldwide fisheries. Most folks just like Carribou, it seems.
Also, most people don't realize that the 'small percent' of areal drilling touted by those who would drill there is distributed most un-ecologically about the entire reserve.
Posted by: zensnob | January 24, 2007 07:11 PM
CAFE Standards.
He mentioned "Fuel Standards" but this is not CAFE.
Posted by: tom | January 25, 2007 09:29 AM
Oh, "Carbon" and "Cellulosic," though the latter is a little difficult to roll off the tongue, so that was just alluded to in the form of "agricultural wastes." You know... bull shit.
Posted by: tom | January 25, 2007 09:33 AM