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Joementum: May 23, 2004; I said a million dollars. With a million dollars (unintelligible) clemency. You couldn't do it till after the '74 elections. That's an incriminating thing. His, his word against the President's.

Spoiler alert: the State of the Union is strong.

What time is this thing?

9:00 PM Eastern Time. Visit the government's time website to figure out what that is for those of you living in inferior time zones.

Where can I watch Obama's last SOTU before his inevitable impeachment?

On any television channel. Turn on your TV. It'll be on. Here are some live stream links for those of us who don't own a TV

White House: http://www.whitehouse.gov/state-of-the-union-2013
C-SPAN: http://www.c-span.org/SOTU/

Please do post any other legal streams and I will add them to the OP. Please do not beg people to post stream links.

What about the Republican reaction?

Marco Rubio will give the GOP response shortly following the speech. Rand Paul will give the Tea Party response at 10PM.

Both will be shown on C-SPAN's stream. I'm going to guess neither will be shown on the White House stream.

Holy poo poo there are third parties in the US?!?

Jill Stein will also respond to the State of the Union speech at 9PM.

What if I'm a shut-in who is allergic to light and hates internet forums?

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Joementum fucked around with this message at Feb 13, 2013 around 01:37

# ? Feb 12, 2013 20:38

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# ? May 24, 2013 16:09

baw: Nov 5, 2008; RESIDENT: LAISSEZ FAIR-SNEZHNEVSKY INSTITUTE FOR FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY

Will Ted Nugent's Official Response be streamed anywhere?

# ? Feb 12, 2013 20:51

McDowell: Aug 1, 2008; Surely, Caligula was my greatest role

Joementum posted:

Marco Rubio will give the GOP response at 9PM. Rand Paul will give the Tea Party response at 10PM.

Is this the first public sign of a major GOP split? Rubio being the frontman for the old tradition of marketable plutocracy and Paul as the frontman for angry old people populism?

# ? Feb 12, 2013 20:52

Amused to Death: Aug 10, 2009; google "The Night Witches", and prepare for

Just once I want a president to come out and say "The state of our union is......terrible. Most of you can't begin to possibly fathom just how bad it is."

# ? Feb 12, 2013 20:53

Red_Mage: Jul 23, 2007

If anyone has a streaming link/method that can be played on a PS3 or Wii U, I would appreciate you posting it here. It would make my evening markedly easier.

# ? Feb 12, 2013 20:54

Joementum: May 23, 2004; I said a million dollars. With a million dollars (unintelligible) clemency. You couldn't do it till after the '74 elections. That's an incriminating thing. His, his word against the President's.

McDowell posted:

Is this the first public sign of a major GOP split? Rubio being the frontman for the old tradition of marketable plutocracy and Paul as the frontman for angry old people populism?

Doesn't seem likely given that it's being reported that Rand's Tea Party response will say that the US should adopt immigration reform and cut spending. I'm going to go waaaaaay out on a limb and say that Rubio's speech might focus on similar subjects.

# ? Feb 12, 2013 20:55

Highspeeddub: Apr 30, 2005; The Koch brothers are behind this new avatar.

The nonstop news cycle says the president will focus on jobs and middle class. Has anyone heard of any surprises he may be saving to unveil for tonight?

# ? Feb 12, 2013 20:58

Joementum: May 23, 2004; I said a million dollars. With a million dollars (unintelligible) clemency. You couldn't do it till after the '74 elections. That's an incriminating thing. His, his word against the President's.

Highspeeddub posted:

Has anyone heard of any surprises he may be saving to unveil for tonight?

The big news so far is that he's going to announce the withdrawl of 34,000 troops from Afghanistan by this time next year.

I don't think that's particularly surprising since he said as much during the campaign.

# ? Feb 12, 2013 21:00

Amused to Death: Aug 10, 2009; google "The Night Witches", and prepare for

Highspeeddub posted:

The nonstop news cycle says the president will focus on jobs and middle class. Has anyone heard of any surprises he may be saving to unveil for tonight?

The 34,000 troops out of Afghanistan is making the rounds currently

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-21431423

For any actual surprises though, well, we'll have to watch!(as we all inevitably are going to do despite knowing it's basically going to be a stump speech we've heard numerous times)

e: beaten

# ? Feb 12, 2013 21:01

ReidRansom: Oct 25, 2004

baw posted:

Will Ted Nugent's Official Response be streamed anywhere?

Hopefully it's Bud Dwyer style.

# ? Feb 12, 2013 21:17

Red_Mage: Jul 23, 2007

ReidRansom posted:

Hopefully it's Bud Dwyer style.

How much political capital would an assassination attempt on the president by Ted Nugent (successful or not) give the Democratic party? I am thinking less than Kennedy or King, but more than Reagan. Still more if it was attempted while riding a white buffalo.

# ? Feb 12, 2013 21:25

Fire: Aug 26, 2002; As for myself I am a 28 year old special ed teacher from Jacksonville. Ironically, I myself also have asperger's syndrome. I'm a gamer, both video games and also tabletop role-playing games. I have an interest in science fiction, fantasy, and horror.

http://www.jillstein.org/response_t...te_of_the_union

Tonight - Join Jill Stein for the Green Party's response to the State of the Union
POSTED BY JILL STEIN FOR PRESIDENT 3621.60PC ON FEBRUARY 12, 2013 � FLAG
The Green Party of the United States will hold a special online broadcast of President Obama's 2013 State of the Union address TONIGHT, Tuesday, February 12th. They will host a live chat during the address. Immediately following President Obama's remarks, Dr. Jill Stein will deliver a Green response, describing the state of the union from a Green perspective.

The broadcast, which begins at 9pm ET/6pm PT, will be aired on the Green Party's Livestream channel.

Viewers will be able to view the address in real time and participate in a simultaneous chat about the address with Green Party members from around the country.

# ? Feb 12, 2013 21:26

ReidRansom: Oct 25, 2004

^^^Jill Stein for president? Didn't she hear we just picked someone?

Red_Mage posted:

How much political capital would an assassination attempt on the president by Ted Nugent (successful or not) give the Democratic party? I am thinking less than Kennedy or King, but more than Reagan. Still more if it was attempted while riding a white buffalo.

Assuming there isn't an infinite to one change against that happening? I think things would probably be very bad for a while. Both specifically for Republicans and more generally for everyone.

# ? Feb 12, 2013 21:37

mcmagic: Jul 1, 2004; I HAVE NO THOUGHTS A THIRD GRADER WOULD FIND WORTHWHILE BUT I REMAIN CONVINCED YOU NEED TO HEAR THEM OVER AND OVER AGAIN

Joementum posted:

Doesn't seem likely given that it's being reported that Rand's Tea Party response will say that the US should adopt immigration reform and cut spending. I'm going to go waaaaaay out on a limb and say that Rubio's speech might focus on similar subjects.

Immigration reform Rand style will probably be that workers can come over to live in labor camps for .31 cents an hour.

# ? Feb 12, 2013 21:39

ReidRansom: Oct 25, 2004

mcmagic posted:

Immigration reform Rand style will probably be that workers can come over to live in labor camps for .31 cents an hour.

No, I'm sure he'd make them pay more than that to live there.

# ? Feb 12, 2013 22:04

Tab8715: May 20, 2006

baw posted:

Will Ted Nugent's Official Response be streamed anywhere?

How the hell did he get invited in the first place?

# ? Feb 12, 2013 22:24

McDowell: Aug 1, 2008; Surely, Caligula was my greatest role

Tab8715 posted:

How the hell did he get invited in the first place?

A Congressman who has an Obama Bad-o-meter* invited him.

*It's at 1100+ on a 1000 scale already.

# ? Feb 12, 2013 22:27

Dr. Tough: Oct 21, 2007

Tab8715 posted:

How the hell did he get invited in the first place?

He got invited by Rep. Steve Stockman. Now, what will be funny is if the Secret Service doesn't let him inside the Capitol.

# ? Feb 12, 2013 22:29

Joementum: May 23, 2004; I said a million dollars. With a million dollars (unintelligible) clemency. You couldn't do it till after the '74 elections. That's an incriminating thing. His, his word against the President's.

Dr. Tough posted:

He got invited by Rep. Steve Stockman. Now, what will be funny is if the Secret Service doesn't let him inside the Capitol.

Too late!

# ? Feb 12, 2013 22:34

mcmagic: Jul 1, 2004; I HAVE NO THOUGHTS A THIRD GRADER WOULD FIND WORTHWHILE BUT I REMAIN CONVINCED YOU NEED TO HEAR THEM OVER AND OVER AGAIN

Dr. Tough posted:

He got invited by Rep. Steve Stockman. Now, what will be funny is if the Secret Service doesn't let him inside the Capitol.

Are you kidding? Obama wants him on TV as much as possible tonight.

# ? Feb 12, 2013 22:34

Maute: Jan 15, 2009

It's actually at 9PM Eastern Time, according to the White House link.

# ? Feb 12, 2013 22:34

Raku: Nov 7, 2012; What the Earl saw was a graceful, childish figure in a black velvet suit, with a collar and lovelocks waving about his handsome manly little face, whose eyes met his with a look of innocent good fellowship.

Did anyone in Obama's camp invite Bruce Springsteen? I want him to sit next to the Nuge and cheer loudly.

# ? Feb 12, 2013 22:38

Joementum: May 23, 2004; I said a million dollars. With a million dollars (unintelligible) clemency. You couldn't do it till after the '74 elections. That's an incriminating thing. His, his word against the President's.

Maute posted:

It's actually at 9PM Eastern Time, according to the White House link.

Thanks. C-SPAN had 8PM earlier, but they've updated their timeline to show the coverage starting at 8 and the speech starting at 9.

Raku posted:

Did anyone in Obama's camp invite Bruce Springsteen? I want him to sit next to the Nuge and cheer loudly.

Michelle invited the NASA mohawk guy.

Her full guest list can be seen here: http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2013...013-state-union

Joementum fucked around with this message at Feb 12, 2013 around 22:41

# ? Feb 12, 2013 22:38

Dr. Tough: Oct 21, 2007

Joementum posted:

Too late!

So in what way do people think he'll attempt to disrupt the speech, there's already precedent with Mr. "You lie!"

# ? Feb 12, 2013 22:41

Joementum: May 23, 2004; I said a million dollars. With a million dollars (unintelligible) clemency. You couldn't do it till after the '74 elections. That's an incriminating thing. His, his word against the President's.

Dr. Tough posted:

So in what way do people think he'll attempt to disrupt the speech, there's already precedent with Mr. "You lie!"

An a cappella version of Wang Dang Sweet Poontang, hopefully.

# ? Feb 12, 2013 22:43

cymbalrush: Jul 12, 2008

quote:

�I will remain respectful in the decorum department, but I know what self-evident truths are and I know what the right to keep bear arms means,� Mr. Nugent told a pair of reporters.
http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2013/...oogle_news_blog

Keep on keeping those bear arms, Nuge. I like that I live in a world where Ted Nugent is invited to the SOTU by a Republican congressman less than a year after threatening the President. Can't imagine why half the country thinks they're nuts

# ? Feb 12, 2013 22:44

Joementum: May 23, 2004; I said a million dollars. With a million dollars (unintelligible) clemency. You couldn't do it till after the '74 elections. That's an incriminating thing. His, his word against the President's.

The Obama administration might try to project stability tonight, but on the issue of bass they appear to be wobbly.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwuEnyV1Cb0

Yes, that's really from their official channel. Love the Hillary nod.

# ? Feb 12, 2013 22:47

Red_Mage: Jul 23, 2007

cymbalrush posted:

Keep on keeping those bear arms, Nuge. I like that I live in a world where Ted Nugent is invited to the SOTU by a Republican congressman less than a year after threatening the President. Can't imagine why half the country thinks they're nuts

The Nuge is going to make his assassination attempt with his bear arms.

Look at em.

# ? Feb 12, 2013 22:48

karl fungus: May 6, 2011; A specter is haunting Europe - the specter of mycology.

Do past presidents get invited? How about the losing candidate?

# ? Feb 12, 2013 22:50

mcmagic: Jul 1, 2004; I HAVE NO THOUGHTS A THIRD GRADER WOULD FIND WORTHWHILE BUT I REMAIN CONVINCED YOU NEED TO HEAR THEM OVER AND OVER AGAIN

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/...l?utm_hp_ref=tw

Looks like Obama will take GOP Voter suppression head on tonight. Good for him, not that the house will let anything that will have any impact pass...

# ? Feb 12, 2013 22:53

amaranthine: Aug 27, 2009; I AM A TERRIBLE HUMAN BEING

Joementum posted:

The Obama administration might try to project stability tonight, but on the issue of bass they appear to be wobbly.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwuEnyV1Cb0

Yes, that's really from their official channel. Love the Hillary nod.

Can't wait to see their video on drug policy set to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1gl46hh3sQ (greatest song, greatest video)

# ? Feb 12, 2013 22:54

Brigadier Sockface: Apr 1, 2007; I say! Damn fine show old fruit! Absolutely top hole! That ought bally well show them what's what, what.

Remember when Obama went where Bartlet dared not and promised a cure for cancer?
How's that coming along?

# ? Feb 12, 2013 23:07

Stultus Maximus: Dec 21, 2009; Whenever I hit "r" in my address bar, Raine Dog comes up. Goddammit.

Amused to Death posted:

Just once I want a president to come out and say "The state of our union is......terrible. Most of you can't begin to possibly fathom just how bad it is."

Ford came close

quote:

I must say to you that the state of the Union is not good: Millions of Americans are out of work.
Recession and inflation are eroding the money of millions more.
Prices are too high, and sales are too slow.

This year's Federal deficit will be about $30 billion; next year's probably $45 billion.
The national debt will rise to over $500 billion.
Our plant capacity and productivity are not increasing fast enough.
We depend on others for essential energy.

Some people question their Government's ability to make hard decisions and stick with them; they expect Washington politics as usual.

Yet, what President Truman said on January 5, 1949, is even more true in 1975. We are better able to meet our people's needs. All Americans do have a fairer chance to pursue happiness. Not only are we still the foremost nation in the pursuit of peace but today's prospects of attaining it are infinitely brighter.

There were 59 million Americans employed at the start of 1949; now there are more than 85 million Americans who have jobs. In comparable dollars, the average income of the American family has doubled during the past 26 years.

Now, I want to speak very bluntly. I've got bad news, and I don't expect much, if any, applause. The American people want action, and it will take both the Congress and the President to give them what they want. Progress and solutions can be achieved, and they will be achieved.

# ? Feb 12, 2013 23:11

Joementum: May 23, 2004; I said a million dollars. With a million dollars (unintelligible) clemency. You couldn't do it till after the '74 elections. That's an incriminating thing. His, his word against the President's.

Ted Nugent spent the afternoon giving a masters class on stayin' classy.

quote:

�I threatened the President? Are you kidding me? Why don�t you just say that I�m a gay pirate? You�ve got to be kidding me,� he said to reporters on Tuesday. �Why don�t you talk to the Secret Service guys who visited me and concluded nothing even hinted a threat against the president.�

�He probably has s**t for brains,� he said of Rep. Jim Langevin (D-R.I.), who questioned Nugent�s presence at the State of the Union.

Langevin, who is in a wheelchair and paralyzed from a shooting accident when he was a teenager, has been encouraging his colleagues to bring victims of gun violence as their guests to the State of the Union.

# ? Feb 12, 2013 23:32

Highspeeddub: Apr 30, 2005; The Koch brothers are behind this new avatar.

Unfortunately with this Dorner standoff no one is talking about the SOTU on any of the major news Networks.

# ? Feb 12, 2013 23:36

HERE LIES TEBOW: Jan 19, 2012

McDowell posted:

A Congressman who has an Obama Bad-o-meter* invited him.

*It's at 1100+ on a 1000 scale already.

Holy poo poo its a literal meter

I really want to ask what his metric is. What determines a fluctuation of a point on the Failometer?

Highspeeddub posted:

Unfortunately with this Dorner standoff no one is talking about the SOTU on any of the major news Networks.

Reminds me of when the OJ civil verdict came on midway through one of Clinton's addresses.

HERE LIES TEBOW fucked around with this message at Feb 12, 2013 around 23:44

# ? Feb 12, 2013 23:37

Red_Mage: Jul 23, 2007

Kiwi Bigtree posted:

I really want to ask what his metric is. What determines a fluctuation of a point on the Failometer?

Blackness and Liberality.

# ? Feb 12, 2013 23:45

Joementum: May 23, 2004; I said a million dollars. With a million dollars (unintelligible) clemency. You couldn't do it till after the '74 elections. That's an incriminating thing. His, his word against the President's.

Kiwi Bigtree posted:

I really want to ask what his metric is. What determines a fluctuation of a point on the Failometer?

He explains it on his House website.

Oh also, Stockman's staff is going to live-tweet responses to Obama's speech using the hashtag #youlie.

# ? Feb 12, 2013 23:47

Red_Mage: Jul 23, 2007

Joementum posted:

Oh also, Stockman's staff is going to live-tweet responses to Obama's speech using the hashtag #youlie.

Why are the Republicans so loving good at this? Like I don't remember democratic congressmen making lists of Bush's lies in realtime during the SotU to rally the base. Then again I don't remember them actively shouting during the speech or inviting people who make death threats either.

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# ? May 24, 2013 16:09

HERE LIES TEBOW: Jan 19, 2012

Red_Mage posted:

Why are the Republicans so loving good at this? Like I don't remember democratic congressmen making lists of Bush's lies in realtime during the SotU to rally the base. Then again I don't remember them actively shouting during the speech or inviting people who make death threats either.

They aren't "good" at this.

This is a minor figure basically screaming for attention by embracing the most minor and loathed portion of his own base.

We would not want a guy like this for the Dems. Hell, the GOP doesn't want a guy like this.

# ? Feb 12, 2013 23:57

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