The State of the Union on YouTube.

In case you missed it the first time around.

2nd reactions to the SOTU.

Pres. Obama went back to his campaign roots tonight. There's already been a lot of talk about "reaching across the aisle" so far, but I think a more accurate term is that he was reaching INTO the aisle; I got the impression that Obama was making a deliberate effort to appeal to the Independents again. If I'm reading things correctly (I think I am, of course), the White House recognized last week's lesson that America's Moderates are just as opposed to rampant radicalism from the Left as they were from the Right.

I also liked the ear-marking website idea: let's see if we can follow through with that 100% transparency on ear marks.

1st reactions to the State of the Union.

Lots of waffling...but some interesting ideas in there.

The #1 thing that jumped out at me: Obama intends to double our domestic exports in the next 5 years.

If he follows through, that's an excellent idea. It WOULD create jobs, and they WOULD be lasting jobs. I hadn't heard anything leading up to that decision, so that was a pleasant surprise.

P.S. Tampa gets a high-speed train! :)

Okay...scratch that.

The US Supreme Court has now halted the YouTube broadcast of the Prop 8 hearing pending investigation. They've offered no reasoning behind the decision, but it seems to be clear that that alleged "we're scared to admit what we've done" argument may carry some weight with them.

Further investigation is due to be complete on the 13th of this month. Cross your fingers, everybody. I want to see it.

Proposition 8 trial to be broadcast on YouTube!

...Apparently the argument that people are too scared of the big, bad minorities to show their faces fell flat.

The world is stunned.

Really.

Look...this is my stunned face.