The State of the Union

I'll leave the more in-depth commentary to people who know what they're talking about. (I'm a big fan of Slate's coverage)

For my own thoughts, two things stick out.

1. We are going to war with Iran. I think most of us with functioning brain stems have been aware of this for a while now, but Bush called them out pretty specifically last night. I'll say it over and over again, and I am 99.9% sure I won't be proven wrong: We are going to war with Iran. I just hope the President means it when he talks about building a coalition this time.
2. This line caught my fancy: "Taxpayer dollars must be spent wisely, or not at all." Of course, he used it when talking about cutting government programs that aren't getting results (how that's measured is anybody's guess) and just before he suggested pumping more money into those "faith-based" organizations that do so well.

   The thing that struck me about that line, though, was the whole "or not at all" concept. Maybe it's just me, but isn't that the kind of "lockbox" mentality that would have kept us out of this deficit in the first place?