You already knew she was arrested at the Sate of the Union, but details were sketchy. Hot off the press, as of 2 minutes ago- AP.
Although I’ll be watching this, I won’t be able to cover the Democrats response to the State of the Union, which is coming up very soon. You can read about the SOTU in this thread on Google’s News.
Thank you, God bless you, and may God bless America.
And that’s a wrap. I’ll have more though soon in a series of roundups and reactions.
Mega wire service AP apparently agrees with me, when I wrote that details on the Sheehan story were ’sketchy’:
Cindy Sheehan, the mother of a fallen soldier in Iraq who reinvigorated the anti-war movement, was taken into custody by police in the House gallery Tuesday night just before President Bush’s State of the Union address.
Police escorted […]
The President is talking about alternative energy:
Here we have a serious problem: America is addicted to oil, which is often imported from unstable parts of the world.
He says the answer is in “zero-emission coal-fired plants; revolutionary solar and wind technologies; and clean, safe nuclear energy.” ZERO details on how any of this will become the […]
The President just said the following:
It is said that prior to the attacks of September 11th, our government failed to connect the dots of the conspiracy. We now know that two of the hijackers in the United States placed telephone calls to al-Qaida operatives overseas. But we did not know about their plans until it […]
Read this:
[Iran is] now held hostage by a small clerical elite that is isolating and repressing its people. The regime in that country sponsors terrorists in the Palestinian territories and in Lebanon – and that must come to an end. The Iranian government is defying the world with its nuclear ambitions – and the nations […]
Time to bring out the tear-gushers. Military is good, military this, military that. Support the military, support the troops, support this, support that. On and on and on and on. Here we go.
Marine Staff Sergeant Dan Clay was killed last month fighting the enemy in Fallujah. He left behind a letter to his family, but […]
So far just the usual blah blah blah. Radical Islam==bad, said America won’t surrender to “evil”– does that mean certain types of Islam are “evil”? Probably. The President just said:
And we are on the offensive in Iraq, with a clear plan for victory.
Hmm. Offensive, eh? Shouldn’t we be on the defensive by now? You know… […]
The President is about to take the podium. Things are now a hushed murmering of Senators, House Representatives, and their guests. This is a joint session of congress, so the place is understandably crowded. The gavel just dropped. Here comes the president. Applause appears noticably less than thunderous, at least on C-SPAN, where I’m watching […]
As the speech is about to begin, guests are walking down aisles, greeting each other. The President will take the lectern in approximately 5 minutes. Meanwhile, the full text of the SOTU speech has been leaked over at ThinkProgress. It’s likely that I’ll be using it to quote from, instead of attempting a rush transcript […]
Rumored earlier today, now confirmed. She is not planning to protest from inside however:
Cindy Sheehan said she will be part of the live audience during the president’s State of the Union speech to congress Tuesday.
Bay Area Congresswoman Lynn Woosley gave anti-war activist a gallery pass late Tuesday, just hours before the planned State of the […]
Matt Stoller of community weblog MyDD is offering a great list of SOTU resource list here. I suggest you check it out, if you’ve got the time.
Meanwhile, I’ll be watching it live on C-SPAN’s website (TV isn’t an option for me this year).
Back now. That was shorter than expected.
In a few hours. State of the Union posting will resume then. The speech begins at 9PM Eastern btw.
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