What's your State of the Union wishlist?

The complete collapse of America would be a good start.
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An announcement that he's found someone to fill his suit. Nice suit. Just empty.

stop lyin

Well, I've been watching the State of the Union address live on YouTube for the past half-hour; it's offering laudable promises, but we had already heard most of these promises over a year ago—nothing remarkably new.

The speech sounds too much like a cheap buy-off of the middle class, conservatives, and jingoists in general. This certainly wouldn't leave a good impression on anyone beyond America's shores.

However, I'm glad that this address is more casual and not as formal; I'd imagine this was done to appeal to conservatives who can't stomach "elitism".

I wish Pelosi would crawl back into her hole

WOO! Here we go:

-Healthcare: Why oh Why has the public option died? We need a realistic expectation and description of what this healthcare bill now looks like and what it will do for us. Outside of that big legislation however, there is a lot of things that could be done to help the state of health care in America. Tackle the reality of the food industry and food education in the country! Develop state and local programs to help raise awareness of healthy eating and put money into urban gardening as well as other food growing programs (I've always thought many schools could be providing themselves with fresh food as well as classes in gardening and sustainability and real life experience!) Provide incentives, or stress the existing incentives for companies to help their employees be more aware of their health and develop creative ways to raise their overall health. Set some standards for pubic school's sexual education; abstinence only education is dangerous and ineffective, and greater education about STDs, protection and birth control is important! People have to feel a real responsibility for their own health, but not because they are begrudged to do so, because they feel empowered and informed!

-Energy: A lot of people don't want to hear this, but I don't give a damn! The government MUST REGULATE the industries that are dragging us down. If you watched Who Killed The Electric Car you know that under zero-emissions mandates, GM was able to make fully electric, environmentally friendly cars- and that was over 10 years ago. When the mandate was overturned, the cars disappeared. USE THE GOVERNMENT'S POWER FOR OUR BETTERMENT. Capitalism doesn't mean that a few corporations get to sue the pants off whom ever gets in their way- DEMAND a higher quality of products and services! This is especially important since the government bailed out the auto industry big time, to the chagrin of many Americans. We can do what politicians have said every damn year - "Lessen our reliance on foreign oil" - we have the technology, we need a strong willed government system to stand up and say Let's Fucking Do It! Provide incentives to emerging industries in Green Energy, incentives to corporations and companies to switch to those green energies, incentives to the average joe too! Most importantly, we have to have an honest conversation in America about our consumption levels and come to an understanding of why it's important that we change our lifestyles.

-War: This is a wishlist, right? While I don't understand all of the ins and outs of our military missions, I think the best thing to do is lead by example. Pull out of all non-peaceful missions, declare the disarmament of our nuclear weapons (if not all, at least the majority- something tells me we'll always have a few waiting around just in case and the powers that be wouldn't have it any other way) and announce the United State's PEACEFUL intentions as per our PEACE prize winning President. Also, WTF happened to Osama bin Laden? Either he's the worst S.O.B in the world, he's already dead, it was all a sham or we've simply lost interest, and I don't like any of those options. Why is it so many years later we've heard practically nothing about the person whom the past administration, as well as the current one, blame for the worst terrorist attack we've seen on US soil? Address it!

Also: Legalize marijuana and gay marriage on a federal level, end don't ask don't tell, ask states that still discriminate against "non-believers" to reassess their constitutions, rethink our education and prison systems and uh ... um ... I think that's it for now. I'll probably think of a million more things but ya know, you gotta start somewhere...

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I want the president to redefine the word "crisis" to the American people. "We have an energy CRISIS. Start tomorrow by buying efficient light bulbs, putting cords on power strips, recycling EVERYTHING, stop buying/producing plastic, start composting. We have a pollution CRISIS. Start working right away on restructuring communities and the distribution of goods so that bicycles and EFFICIENT, CLEAN transportation takes over within a YEAR. We have a healthcare CRISIS, people are spending years and years of heartache struggling to pay for a quality of life that others waste of a daily basis...WAKE UP AMERICA, WERE IN A SINKING SHIP AND I HAVE TO TEACH YOU ALL TO SWIM etc."

1) End corporate wealthfare
2) Create a community led jobs program
3) Either Lower medicare to 55 or put the public option back into health care
4) End these Wars (Imperalism is tyranny and just down right immoral)
5) Split up the media monopolies, actually much of the economy has become monolithic, so reform anti--trust laws
6) end 'don't ask don't tell, but also push for marriage equality at a federal level
7) Food, Shelter and the Interenet, and public transporations are human rights and therefore should be in the constitution.
8) Fix are trade policies they are broken, wages have stagnated and that isn't how the economy works
9) End corporate personhood
10)raise the income tax on that upper upper class who just has so much money to where it was in the 70s, 60, or 50s all sound great.
11) Kick out summers, geithner and berneke, bring in krugman, stiglitz, warren, and there is a guy in missouri who is on top of his economic game.
12) Oh there no doubt more problems that we face not only in this country but the world and we could go on all night but theres just a few.
13) Something is wrong with our food system, we got fat but starving people. This world shouldn't have hungry people. fix this!
14)Where is the public transportation? I want trollys, trains, light rain and subways, buses, bike paths and more single or duo seat cars that run off green energy.
15) Move our economy to a green/educated and healthy based system that bring opportunities to all walks of life.
16)

A) Jobs & Economy
B) End "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"
C) Healthcare

[ all three; in no particular order ]

I don't think anyone's actually expecting to hear anything we haven't already heard before. After all, the State of he Union address is a by definition one of reflection, not an announcement of new policies.

My wish is for the Truth, capital T, no BS; and to show he actually has some cojones to the Right thing instead of Business As Usual.

This is about how it will go.

umm this isnt my fault, Its all george Bush's fault.... ummmm i am a good leader, but the republican minority is holding me back umm. I am trying really hard, but ummm

THIS IS ALL GEORGE BUSH"S FAULT.

I had to trile your deficit... umm my bad.

I want him to admit that he hasnt been listening to the american people and that he's only been worried about appeasing his special interest such as SEIU.

His far left wing base isnt gonna go down quietly though.

people, dont watch the state of the union its a waste of time. all you will hear is vagueness and shallowness. obama is just a puppet, he does not have control over anything, he is just a good looking charismatic man that we will blame for everything thats going wrong, and when he opens his mouth we tend to forgive him because he is just so darn charming

I hope he spends about 45 minutes speaking continuously with flowing empty rhetoric, and at the end has really not said anything at all.

I like to keep my expectations attainable.

i Hope to Hear the President Speak the Truth from His Heart and Not a Piece of Paper Written by some 26 Year old White kid oR w/e the Hell that whole Fiasco was all about... I Hope the World Open its Eye and swallows the Wicked in One Simple Blink i Hope that God is a Forgiving One Because from this life that i have Lived and the Things ive Taken in over a Brief Period of 21 Years this World and Every worlds that has Stood before this one all that Lead to this One The World in its Entirety Deserves to Go to Hell... Each and Every Soul...

I just hope nobody screams or boos. That is so high school assembly. And if someone does shout something, he should have his secret service bitch slap them.

I am meant to do everything for my country and ask for nothing in return, just get high taxes and a massive incompetent government. Thanks Obama.

He needs to call the GOP out on their BS

America, land of the free, home of the brave. Yes. But there is more to it than that.

It'd be nice if the State of the Union could be a reality check for a lot of people. There is so much complaining. For what? Who knows... but here is my list of topics and statements I'd like to see addressed - - - -

1. Reality Check - If you live in America, you're already at the top on the luxury living list. We've got the most stuff, the best stuff, and we waste the stuff, things people in poorer countries couldn't dream of having. Our country has fully provided the services we need to survive and live comfortably... some people are poor, some depressed, some trying to find a reason to live. Suffering is universal, but put your life in perspective. I don't know anybody's life situation right now, but I'd be willing to bet that it'd be worse if you lived in a different country. Much worse. Countries with no running water, no electricity, no food shelters, no homeless shelters, no hospitals, no restaurants, no big lots, no iPods iPads iMacs or iBooks. Look at Us. This country has so much. I'm tired of multi-millionaires like Rush Limbaugh and Glen Beck slamming our country as such a bad place. The verbal diarrhea needs to stop. The people in our country cause the issues, and yes, most of our government seems to be corrupt in some way, and yes, our food system is run by huge corporations that don't care about the health of it, and yes, lobbyists are running the laws, but these are issues we can work together to fix. Not fight. Not complain. Fix, and be thankful it's no worse.

2. Climate change - It's happening, it's going to effect everything, and it can be stopped. I'd like to hear the president address what we're going to do, as a country, about Renewable resources. The whole National Electric Grid needs to be re-made so that everything runs on power that will never go away and never hurt the environment or pollute the Earth. Air, Solar, Water, Geothermal, all those things could power our nation once we make the leaps and bounds to cancel out fossil fuels. Our whole power grid could be made off of this... Think how awesome that could be. Then there would be no regrets about using to much power, and other underdeveloped countries could use this technology to start an electric grid across their nations. So, I'd like to hear him say that "We will be the front-runners for a nation run on no oil, no coal, just the power of our planet"... yeah... right..........

3. He's gotta talk about heath-care, he can't make everyone happy, but maybe he'll come really close.

4. The War in the Middle East, I'm all for helping other countries, but I'm also completely anti-war, so, we gotta get these people trained to fight back and establish a running government so we can get outta there.

America is good, but of course there are issues. We should share some of this wealth we have, not be so greedy, not pay workers in other countries dirt wages to make products to ship here, focus more on education... etc...
Working together on issues we could fix will just bring us closer as a nation in the long run. Realize that, and help us out Obama.

5. OH, almost forgot, I'd like everyone who runs at the mouth about legalizing cannabis to just Shut up please. If all you wanted to do was dope out all day, you'd do it illegally, so do the shit illegally or DON"T DO THE SHIT. The government shouldn't have such strict laws against it, I know , those don't solve anything. But people, come on, have some self control.

Be a real leader not an appeaser. *End this war.*

Don't tell us you are going to cut this budget for everything EXCEPT war.

Tell us you are going to stop mountaintop removal and not approve anymore petitions to pollute our waterways and blow up our mountains.

Stand up to Monsanto and tell them they will no longer get away with bribery, lies, and false PR in working to take over our food supply.

And in doing just those two things you are standing up for REAL healthcare reform in this country.

And could we please stop with every one of these addresses being about the ego of the man delivering it, and the gallery, and which side claps the loudest, or stands, or sits, and the booing, and the using it for polls.This should be an accurate depiction of the real state of this union (which of course it never really is) not another chance for the politicos to strut.

you mean "outsource illegal mexican prisoners to mexico"?

Elimination of the IRS (might as well since no one in his administration files taxes) or a Resignation. He can make the choice.

At this point you can not believe a thing that comes out of his mouth. So whatever he says tonight doesn't matter. Lets look at actions and accomplishments.

he should come out and say that he doesn't give a fuck what any republicans care about anymore and he's gonna ram all his policies up their asses and they're not going to do a goddamn thing about it because he's the damn president. stop pussyfooting around and get shit done! the republicans are not on the side of the American people. they represent lobbyists and big corporations. most democrats do too. it's time to end wall street's reign of terror on the US.

In the words of Huey Freeman:

"My vision would turn your world upside down, tear asunder your illusions, and send the sanctuary of your own ignorance crashing down around you. Now ask yourself, Are you ready to see that vision?"

The NWO's puppet cannot allow my vision or wishes to come to fruition, because it would be then end of their supremacist power structure.

But just for right now, let's give the puppet president something easy to accomplish. The end of Cannabis Prohibition on a federal level, and a poverty-to-middle class stimulus package.

I want a 33 cm X 26.5cm Star Wars AT-AP Walker - Clone Wars edition with 360 degrees rotating cannons and 2 pilots included.

Oh, and Universal healthcare.

I predict he will yell at massachussets for ruining his presidency and all our lives.

how about an end to imperialism? and the death of nafta? how about that 30% of impoverished America (let me guess they can join the military and die in the service of corporate America)? or maybe they will open up the fema death camps to house the poor, and force them into slavery.

honestly what i am hoping for, is Obama to come out and say we are returning to the founding fathers vision of America, and restoring the constitution and adhering to its guide lines...

which will never happen...