SOTU and stuff

* Did you notice that John Boehner did not clap when the President was talking about expanding opportunities for students to attend college? Boehner also did not applaud when President Obama talked about the benefits of the health care law.

Interesting tweets during the State of the Union Speech:

‎	ClipsandComment‎ Obama says become a teacher, Kasich says f*#! teachers. Twitter - 41 minutes ago

‎ freshenergy‎ RT @NobleIdeas: Give 80% of Americans access to high speed rail? Can Govs. Kasich (OH) and Walker (WI) rethink this? #SOTU Twitter - 5 minutes ago

9newsdotcom Obama: Starting this year, no American will be forbidden from serving the country they love because of who they love. #SOTU #9NEWS less than 20 seconds ago via HootSuite
What was Boehner trying to get out of his teeth? 

Here is a tweet from right wing Republican, Rep. Paul Broun:

RepPaulBrounMD Mr. President, give them the tools they need to defend our country. Not just lip service. 4 minutes ago via web  

The interesting thing is that both as a Senator and as President, Barack Obama has supported our troops.  On the other hand, Rep. Paul Broun has not.  As a matter of fact, Rep. Paul BrounMD received a "D" from the IAVA on his votes supporting the troops:

Below you will find a complete list of Representatives who earned a D or lower from IAVA Action during the 111th Congress. These legislators must improve their voting records if they are to legitimately claim that they support new veterans.

Broun

Paul

GA

Broun is on the list of those who have not demonstrated their support for veterans.

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Rep. Paul Ryan is giving the Republican response.  Although he won't mention it, Paul Ryan wants to privatize Social Security. (Why are Paul Ryan's eyes so bloodshot? Did Ryan get acting tips from the Governor of Louisiana, Bobby Jindal? Rep. Ryan is too animated when he is speaking.  He is not reading a book to third graders!)

Rep. Paul Ryan has his statistics wrong.  Health care reform will save us money and lower our debt.  Rep. Paul Ryan wants to reward his friends in the individuals associated with insurance companies and insurance PACs who have contributed over $660,000 to his campaigns (see OpenSecrets).  He wants to have a free market for insurance.  As Rachel Maddow said, Paul Ryan can't even get support from mainstream Republicans for his radical ideas.

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Plunderbund has more news about how the Kasich administration is re-opening the Ohio Republican office of the Culture of Corruption:

JobsOhio employees can lobby JobsOhio legally while they work (and be lobbied secretly.)
Section 187.03(B)(2) of the bill explicitly states that the Governor’s ethics reporting requirements do not change, but the rest of JobsOhio’s directors, executives, and staff have different requirements.  The bill specifically states that they do not need to report:

(Kasich's handpicked members) ....they only need to report income or gifts over $500 (R.C. 102.022.) But it gets better.  Remember how I said that the bill would exempt JobsOhio from Ohio’s “revolving door” lobbying ethics statute?  Yeah, the directors of JobsOhio and its employee aren’t subject to that statute.  That not only means that they can lobby the rest of JobsOhio immediate after they leave instead of waiting for a year under Ohio’s “revolving door” statute, but they can lobby JobsOhio while they’re employed as a director or employee.  (See, R.C. 102.03(A)(1) which Sec. 187.03(A)(4-5) exempts JobsOhio’s employees and directors from having to comply....

Oh, my.