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Gun Control, Climate Change and Tax Increases: Here’s Your Recap of Obama’s State of the Union Address

Feb. 12, 2013 10:18pm Jason Howerton

Gun Control Key Theme in Obamas State of the Union Address: The Families of Newtown Deserve a Vote

WASHINGTON, DC – FEBRUARY 12: U.S. Vice President Joe Biden (L) applauds as U.S. President Barack Obama gives his State of the Union address during a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol February 12, 2013 in Washington, DC. Facing a divided Congress, Obama focused his speech on new initiatives designed to stimulate the U.S. economy. Credit: Getty Images

Promising to create new jobs without increasing the federal deficit, President Barack Obama on Tuesday called for a “smarter government” not a bigger one to help revive a “rising thriving middle class” during his State of the Union address.

In his first State of the Union address since winning re-election, Obama made good on his promise to make climate change more of a priority in his second term and called on Congress to do more to invest in clean energy combat global warming.

“[F]or the sake of our children and our future, we must do more to combat climate change,” he said. “Yes, it’s true that no single event makes a trend. But the fact is, the 12 hottest years on record have all come in the last 15. Heat waves, droughts, wildfires, and floods – all are now more frequent and more intense.”

“We can choose to believe that Superstorm Sandy, and the most severe drought in decades, and the worst wildfires some states have ever seen were all just a freak coincidence,” he continued. “Or we can choose to believe in the overwhelming judgment of science – and act before it’s too late.”

If Congress refuses to act “soon,” the president said he was prepared to go around lawmakers and act through executive orders to “reduce pollution, repair our communities from the consequences of climate change and speed the transition to more sustainable forms of energy.”

Gun control was a key theme in Obama’s State of the Union address. He invoked the victims of the Sandy Hook massacre and 15-year-old Hadiya Pendleton to make his case for new gun laws.

“Of course, what I’ve said tonight matters little if we don’t come together to protect our most precious resource – our children,” the president said. “It has been two months since Newtown. I know this is not the first time this country has debated how to reduce gun violence. But this time is different. Overwhelming majorities of Americans – Americans who believe in the 2nd Amendment – have come together around commonsense reform – like background checks that will make it harder for criminals to get their hands on a gun.”

He invited Hadiya’s parents to Tuesday’s State of the Union address because “they deserve a vote.” He then listed all the tragic shootings that have recently occurred in the U.S.

“Gabby Giffords deserves a vote. The families of Newtown deserve a vote. The families of Aurora deserve a vote. The Families of Oak Creek and Tucson, and Blacksburg and the countless other communities ripped open by gun violence — they deserve a simple vote.”

He admitted that no law or initiative will prevent every “senseless act of violence,” however, argued that something had to be done to make a difference.

Obama also called for closing tax loopholes for the “well off and the well connected” to help increase revenue and reduce the deficit. He did reiterate his willingness to tackle entitlement changes, particularly on Medicare, though he has ruled out increasing the eligibility age for the popular benefit program for seniors because the government shouldn’t “make promises it can’t keep.”

Obama called job creation his “North Star” and implored a divided Congress to center its work on attracting more jobs to the U.S., equipping Americans to compete for those positions and making sure hard work leads to a decent living.

“Most Americans…know that broad-based economic growth requires a balanced approach to deficit reduction, with spending cuts and revenue, and with everybody doing their fair share,” Obama said. “And that’s the approach I offer tonight.”

The commander-in-chief argued that “there is much progress to report,” with a decade-long war winding down, the American auto industry rebounding and the housing market healing.

“Together, we have cleared away the rubble of crisis, and can say with renewed confidence that the state of our union is stronger,” he added.

The president said his proposals to increase spending on manufacturing, infrastructure and clean-energy technologies would be fully paid for, though he did not specify how he would offset the cost of his proposals.

“Nothing I’m proposing tonight should increase our deficit by a single dime,” Obama said. “It’s not a bigger government we need, but a smarter government that sets priorities and invests in broad-based growth.”

WASHINGTON, DC – FEBRUARY 12: House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) (R) listens as U.S. President Barack Obama gives his State of the Union address during a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol February 12, 2013 in Washington, DC. Facing a divided Congress, Obama focused his speech on new initiatives designed to stimulate the U.S. economy. Credit: Getty Images

WASHINGTON, DC – FEBRUARY 12: U.S. President Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union speech before a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol February 12, 2013 in Washington, DC. Facing a divided Congress, Obama focused his speech on new initiatives designed to stimulate the U.S. economy and said, ‘It’s not a bigger government we need, but a smarter government that sets priorities and invests in broad-based growth’. Credit: Getty Images

Just as he did during his first term, Obama pledged to pursue comprehensive immigration reform in his second term. He called for stronger border security, establishing a pathway to citizenship and cutting the red tape for deserving immigrants.

“Our economy is stronger when we harness the talents and ingenuity of striving, hopeful immigrants,” he said. “And right now, leaders from the business, labor, law enforcement, and faith communities all agree that the time has come to pass comprehensive immigration reform.”

The president implored lawmakers to break through partisan logjams, asserting that “the greatest nation on Earth cannot keep conducting its business by drifting from one manufactured crisis to the next.”

“Americans don’t expect government to solve every problem,” he said. “They do expect us to forge reasonable compromise where we can.”

Yet Obama offered few signs of being willing to compromise himself, instead doubling down on his calls to create jobs by spending more government money and insisting that lawmakers pay down the deficit through a combination of targeted spending cuts and tax increases. But he offered few specifics on what he wanted to see cut, focusing instead on the need to protect programs that help the middle class, elderly and poor.

On the economy, Obama called for raising the federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $9 by 2015. The minimum wage has been stagnant since 2007, and administration officials said the increase would strengthen purchasing power. The president also wants Congress to approve automatic increases in the wage to keep pace with inflation.

Education also figures in Obama’s plans to boost American competitiveness in the global economy. Under his proposal, the federal government would help states provide pre-school for all 4-year-olds. Officials did not provide a cost for the pre-school programs but said the government would provide financial incentives to help states.

Among the other initiatives Obama is proposing:

- A $1 billion plan to create 15 “manufacturing institutes” that would bring together businesses, universities and the government. If Congress opposes the initiative, Obama plans to use his presidential powers to create three institutes on his own.

- Creation of an “energy security trust” that would use revenue from federal oil and gas leases to support development of clean energy technologies such as biofuels and natural gas

- Doubling of renewable energy in the U.S. from wind, solar and geothermal sources by 2020

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Comments (168)

Krankankor
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 10:41pm
In this country, we don’t vote to keep or discard the personal rights guaranteed by the constitution of the United States. If it ever comes to that, it wiil be a country ruled by the tyranny of the majority and the constitution will be meaningless. Stand up or watch it come to your neighborhood.

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- justsayin456
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 10:49pm
  Actually, the constitution provides for its amendment. Hence all the amendments.
  
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- kgeary83
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 11:08pm
  We don’t vote on the bill of rights, buddy. They’re inalienable. You should look that up.
  
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- No-Really
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 11:10pm
  Which Obama or Dem proposed amendment do you refer to? I don’t believe they went that route. They opted to take our rights by force of numbers in congress and a one vote majority in the SCOTUS
  
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- The-Monk
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 11:26pm
  I liked this post from another story and think it’s worth re-posting here.
  
  From I_AM_HARRISON_BERGERON;
  
  “As usual, when he makes a true statement, he uses broad open hand gestures. When he lies or makes duplicitous statements, he points, uses closed fists and looks around, or most often makes that odd finger pinching gesture that I keep noticing more and more often being used by Progressive Democrats. I believe that strange finger pinching gesture is representative of holding talking point flash cards while practicing speeches. They need to refer to these when making statements that they truly don’t believe.”
  
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- ashestoashes
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 11:36pm
  Hail Hitler of the Luciferian Societies….He should have just mailed us a copy of the Communist Manifesto..and show us movies of Germany during the Hitler era..as we are in it now..everyone thinks that he won the last 2 elections..the Luciferian Societies are running the world..the UN..the Trilateral Commission..the Council on Foreign Relations..the Bilderbergs.Bohemians..Freemasons..Bonesmen..Thul and Vril..all Rothschilds entities..
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjmFm8PIz8M
- tonypro
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 11:39pm
  “” ” the president said he was prepared to go around lawmakers and act through executive orders “”
  
  OH MY what a shock, he’s doing the “I’m a dictator” again. NOT
  
  Using children still I see to push his anti-gun agenda, still no surprise.
  
  I need to get off of this page before my blood pressure gives me a stroke.
  
  barry is a demonic POS, I don’t care how you slice it, or dress it.
  
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- 1947
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 11:49pm
  John Boehner is right that Obama is full of S___.
  
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- henryKnox
  Posted on February 13, 2013 at 12:15am
  The vote he is apparently asking for is an amendment to the Constitution to repeal the 2nd amendment. That will require 2/3 of the states to ratify.
  
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- fastfacts
  Posted on February 13, 2013 at 12:28am
  If you missed the SOTU, here it is: http://www.thedailycandidate.com/video/2013/feb/president_sotu_response.html
  
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- fastfacts
  Posted on February 13, 2013 at 12:32am
  Watch Ted Nugent stand up against this punk president on gun rights before the SOTU: http://www.thedailycandidate.com/video/2013/feb/nugent_sotu.html .
  
  Obama needs to listen to Ted to learn about God given rights.
  
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- DeOppressoLiber
  Posted on February 13, 2013 at 12:38am
  a great video
  
  http://www.backwoodsengineer.com/2013/02/ex-secret-service-agent-talks-guns.html
  
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- DeOppressoLiber
  Posted on February 13, 2013 at 12:54am
  The Constitution is not worth the paper it is written on or the ink that it was written with, without the 2nd Amendment, that is the Amendment that gives the Constitution any Teeth.
  
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- vtxphantom
  Posted on February 13, 2013 at 6:27am
  obama is a pathological liar. Discuss his words if you want to waste your time. It’s all BS.
  
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- TROONORTH
  Posted on February 13, 2013 at 7:55am
  Isn’t it interesting that Obama claims Malcolm X as a roll model yet the anti-gun laws he is passing would have put Malcolm X in jail;
  
  1 – felon with a gun
  
  2 – 30 round clips
  
  3 – owning an ‘assault rifle’
  
  4 – taping the two magazines together.
  
  What a jackwagon this President is.
  
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- mikem1969
  Posted on February 13, 2013 at 8:26am
  Gun control is not about guns, it is about control. But as usual, the left NEVER LETS A TRAGEDY GO TO WASTE. He used the kids from Newtown in a speech earlier this year, and now he uses them and their families again in the SOTU to play yet another political game. None of these leftist dumbbutts will tell you that over 1 million guns are used each year by LAW ABIDING CITIZENS to defend themselves and their families. None of them will mention that CRIMINALS BY DEFINITION WILL ALWAYS BREAK THE LAW, so no matter what laws you make they will ALWAYS break them. Here is a novel idea, define gangs as TERRORISTS and deal with them as such. Start putting cons on work crews, take away the tv, internet, and computers. MAKE HARD TIME HARD.
  
  One other thing, did ANY DEM, AKA LIB OR PROGRESSIVE mention that the mass shooters of the past couple of years are ALL DEMOCRATS? No they did not, but it proves that violence 90% of the time comes from the left.
  
  YOU WILL NOT TAKE MY 2ND AMMENDMENT RIGHTS WITHOUT A FIGHT
  MY GUNS WILL ONLY LEAVE MY COLD DEAD HANDS
  RESIST TRYANY LOUDLY.
  
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- 000degrees
  Posted on February 13, 2013 at 8:29am
  “Of course, what I’ve said tonight matters little if we don’t come together to protect our most precious resource – our children,” the president said.
  
  …at least the ones that make it out alive…….
  
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- naughtycal
  Posted on February 13, 2013 at 10:02am
  NO REALLY,
  To amend the Constitution requires a vote of the people. If the supreme court deems Unconstitutional legislation as Constitutional means that our system is fundamentally broken and it is the duty of the citizens to rise up and remove power from the government. And they will the true intent of the 2cd amendment is to protect the rights of all citizen from tyranny.
  
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- georgette
  Posted on February 13, 2013 at 10:43am
  reminded me of watching a tv rerun….. 1800+ times… in 4 years…because you have a tv..
  
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bikerdogred1
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 10:41pm
obama wants a vote on the 2nd amendment sounds fair enough but 1st we have a vote on obamacare that sounds fair to me.

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- ashestoashes
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 11:38pm
  Really? You are up for negotiations for either?
  
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Too_Far_Gone
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 10:41pm
The evil shows more everyday as his confidence in the peoples stupidity seems to stay the same ..

Wake the heII up AMERICA ! His pride will make him worse then Hit le r …

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- Freedomlover_US
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 11:08pm
  Yes, first thing people think about HitIer is a man that was “proud”
  
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- ashestoashes
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 11:51pm
  The ones who are awake were promoters for Ron Paul..the ones who were asleep went along with business as usual accepting whomever the NWO gave them..the time is drawing near to the end..but first a great tribulations will take place..Most Christians have been misinformed..Christians aren’t getting raptured out of here..the rapture does not happen before tribulations..if it did you wouldn’t have the choice of taking the “mark of the beast on the forehead or hand..if you take it..you will be doomed by God…the mark will allow you to survive here by being able to get food and goods..but you will get oozing sores..and it looks like eternity in hell..Proof of no pretrib rapture..MAT 24 and 2 Thess 2
  
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Advection
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 10:40pm
All families deserve an end to the suicidal liberal “Gun-Free *KILL* Zones” they created.

If teachers at that school had been armed, all of those kids might well still be alive.

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- Lord_Frostwind
  Posted on February 13, 2013 at 12:06am
  Always remember kids, “gun free zone” to one person means “target rich environment.”
  
  As the old saying goes, “every man dreams of a land of sunshine and happiness. The problem is, half of the people think that it sounds like a great place to live, the other half thinks it looks like an excellent target.”
  
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Flyingfish
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 10:40pm
To say they derserve a vote is politically opportunistic and disingenius of you Mr President. They already had their vote. They chose to live in a vulnerable community and rolled the dice, and unfortunately they paid a very steep price for that choice.

What they don’t get is a vote on how I choose to live Mr President….and neither do you. So peddle your BS someplace else, we don’t want it here.

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justangry
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 10:39pm
“Individual rights are not subject to a public vote; a majority has no right to vote away the rights of a minority; the political function of rights is precisely to protect minorities from oppression by majorities (and the smallest minority on earth is the individual).” Ayn Rand

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- Soulfire1975
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 10:45pm
  Amen
  
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- thegreatcarnac
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 11:11pm
  The right is not unrealistic. They are patriots. They saw the election stolen. They want out of this kenyan’s idea of a country. You blue staters can stay and freeze.
  
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- LarryMunn
  Posted on February 13, 2013 at 7:50am
  For every individual, a right is the moral sanction of a positive—of his freedom to act on his own judgment, for his own goals, by his own voluntary, uncoerced choice. As to his neighbors, his rights impose no obligations on them except of a negative kind: to abstain from violating his rights.
  
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EQUALIZER
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 10:34pm
The overwhelming majority of Americans are for IMPEACHMENT.

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- gyro
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 10:37pm
  the entire world want it
  
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- Keatonc333
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 10:44pm
  haha if by overwhelming majority you mean a fringe million or less then you are spot on!
  
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- ModerationIsBest
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 10:46pm
  I guess you didn’t see election night?
  
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- HumbleMan
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 10:50pm
  Gyro, our enemies don’t want it.
  
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- Freedomlover_US
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 11:02pm
  Overwhelming?! Proof the far right is officially divorced from reality…
  
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- henryKnox
  Posted on February 13, 2013 at 12:19am
  Those that have gained from the Obama supported Islamic Spring in the middle east don’t want to see their savior impeached. He is their best bet yet to push Israel into the sea. He seems to be working quite hard now to see that Iran gets nuclear capability. Iran is now teaming with Egypt against Israel.
  
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- Xylliab_of_the_Znarghh
  Posted on February 13, 2013 at 1:37am
  Out here in the real world, us real Americans like the President and we trust him.
  
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- GuruMeditation
  Posted on February 13, 2013 at 7:08am
  I say IMPEACH! http://www.wnd.com/2013/02/you-asked-for-it-obama-impeachment/?cat_orig=politics
  
  Thanks for the recap Blaze because I cannot stand to watch such garbage.
  
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strwbryblonde
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 10:34pm
They’ll vote Yes. It seems they just cant’t help themselves. Yes to Kerry, Yes to Hagel, and Yes to what ever shred of the constitution that remains that POTUS wants to destroy. I am beyond disgusted by these hacks. God help us!

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- Freedomlover_US
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 11:11pm
  Marco Rubio showed up for amateur hour for the “response” – aside from his awkward water drink and his annoying voice, all he did was make a few well worn lines against Obama made before his re-election (which obviously didn’t work.)
  
  Rubio didn’t pick up the mantle, talk about the big problems facing America, and what his superior solutions were. He had a big moment and it was a big miss.
  
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AUsername
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 10:33pm
so as your all aware like in waco, the goverment basicaly burnt down the shack that dorner was in and likely will do the same during gun confiscation. however its easy to fight fire with fire.

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- Freedomlover_US
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 11:13pm
  Not ONE serious politician is advocating gun confiscation. No one is coming for your guns. Enough with the crazed paranoia – this is why you don’t win elections…
  
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- valiant1776
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 11:25pm
  @Freedomlover_US
  
  Idiot.
  
  Diane Feinstein said, “If I could have gotten 51 votes in the Senate of the United States for an outright ban, picking up every one of them. Mr. and Mrs. American turn them all in. I would have done it.” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_LaBJvI0BI
  
  New York Governor Cuomo laid out several ideas for how the state would enforce stricter laws on so-called assault’ weapons, he said, “Confiscation could be an option. Mandatory sale to the state could be an option. Permitting could be an option – keep your gun but permit it.” http://www.mediaite.com/online/new-york-gov-andrew-cuomo-on-gun-control-confiscation-could-be-an-option/
  
  Hannity Exposes the Left’s secret plan to confiscate guns
  youtube.com/watch?v=imwlHX3xhZE
  
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- Calv017
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 11:32pm
  Really no serious politician is calling for all out confiscation? http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/01/01/Reminder-Sen-Feinstein-Said-She-Wants-All-Guns-Banned http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=404_1359127278 And have you ever heard of the analogy of a frog in a pot of water? Put him in a boiling pot and he’ll jump out. Put him in a pot of lukewarm water and turn on the heat and the frog will boil to death. Gun bans and registration are the pot of water and we are the frogs. They already have one type of gun banned and heavily regulated and thats fully automatic, they also have suppressors and various other accessories in there too. And guess what, it all started as “if we only take these away crime will go down and you all will be safer”. DIdn’t happen. Guess what, 1994 assault weapon ban was unsuccessful. That’s the reason it was allowed to sunset. Guess what else, gun control is racist. Yes thats right it is racist because in our history the only people who were forbidden arms were black slaves. or Wounded knee, native americans, or Waco Texas, Or Kent STate, or what about the Battle of Athens Tenn. What about LAPD here recently shooting 3 different people indiscriminately because they were in trucks. I don’t need to go far to show why people not only need guns but need military style weapons. Its to fight back against a corrupt government be it local state or federal.
  
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- valiant1776
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 11:39pm
  A Warning From Canada On Gun Registration… http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=_52pMg8qQcc
  
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- Freedomlover_US
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 11:41pm
  This is exactly why people do not take you seriously – it’s always primarily to defend you from “government”
  
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- valiant1776
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 11:53pm
  @Freedomlover_US
  
  Yeah, because in the last century no evil has been committed in the name of “government”… You must have never heard of Germany, Russia, Spain, Italy, Egypt, Libya, Syria, Turkey, Cuba, Venezuela, North Korea, China, and other African nations. This is why leftists will never be taken serious. You liberals ignore reality and replace it with a utopian world which never has been and never will be.
  
  This is exactly why people do not take you seriously – it’s always primarily to defend you from “government”
  
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vtxphantom
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 10:32pm
The four murdered Americans from Benghazi would like a vote too. Should a rescue team have been sent in to save them? I think their answer would have been yes. Where were you obama? POS.

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media-bias-steals-elections
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 10:31pm
What is this guy talking about in regards to “housing”? Energy improvements? That is slowly built into new housing regulations, putting that in the speech should raise alarm bells?

What do these politicians think we are, hanging on the edges of our seats, waiting for them to say jump, and we go jump? They work for us?

And no, the families of Newtown do not deserve a vote on whether we will be able to defend our homes and private property with the constitutionally articulated civil rights that the right to purchase firearms in the past, and the ability to purchase those same firearms in the future, shall not be infringed by the domestic acts of terrorism by either unintentional, or intentional enemies of the US Constitution, which we demand those elected to office are sworn to defend.

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- missdagnytaggart
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 10:58pm
  Is that guy talking about smart meters by chance?
  
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SpankDaMonkey
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 10:31pm
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I vote quit letting Obama dance on the graves of your children……

Have you no shame?…..

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neverending
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 10:30pm
It shouldn’t be called the state of the union but the total collapse of the union. I detest this sorry sob.

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- Freedomlover_US
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 11:06pm
  We’re totally collapsing? Last time I checked we are much better off than the first day he took office, when the entire economy was falling apart…
  
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- Advection
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 11:28pm
  Oh, how soon they forget!
  
  The economy had been rolling along during the Bush years until the corrupt scheme to give home loans to every two-bit grifter fell apart.
  
  Politicians forced many banks to make bad loans because they wanted to legislate FAIRNESS. But nobody wanted to hold the bad loans, so they packaged them with good loans. Then when the inevitable happened, and the deadbeats stopped paying, the banks ran short of cash, A LOT OF CASH.
  
  So the politicians who had caused the problem printed a Trillion fake Dollars and pumped it into the banks they’d forced to fail. And to hide the crime, they forced unaffected, healthy banks to take money, too. Thankfully, it was all to be paid back.
  
  Then Obama was elected, and he decided the new baseline for spending must now include the ONE-TIME, EMERGENCY Trillion Dollar funding. And Obama’s spending isn’t paid back. It’s all wasted. Flushed into unions, failed liberal businesses, and shadow projects.
  
  Obama promised to cut the deficit in half, but instead he’s already almost doubled it.
  
  But you liberals don’t learn. You reject reality. This stuff just bounces right off.
  
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Freedomlover_US
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 10:30pm
Can’t believe I’m saying this, but I’m glad Ted “Not Known For Anything Related To Music” Nugent was there to see it first hand.

Love how he basically called people who ignore the overwhelming science of climate change what they are – DANGEROUS. I promise you: my generation’s grandchildren want us to listen a lot more to scientists then they do clergy!!!

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- Advection
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 10:49pm
  The environmental movement is not about saving the planet. It’s about enslaving the humans.
  
  And if we could heat the earth slightly by burning fossil fuels, we should because we’re headed into another Ice Age, and that’s a total disaster.
  
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- Freedomlover_US
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 11:00pm
  ADVECTION – Where the hell do you get your information? I’m sure you know something 99% of scientists who research this stuff, from a wide spectrum of scientific disciplines, do not.
  
  It’s time to be grown ups about this and not go off of whatever right wing nonsense reinforces ridiculous conspiracy theories
  
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- t00nces2
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 11:07pm
  Is that you Cass Sunstien? Are you trying to spead your conspiracy theories? Who’s the cute little conspiracy theorist? You are Freedomlover_US… You are the cute little conspiracy theorist.
  
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- valiant1776
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 11:09pm
  Yeah, because increasing taxes and bureaucratic regulation will change the earth’s natural climate revolutions. BS. The same way banning all handguns in Chicago for decades reduced crime and violence?
  
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- TopFlightSecurity
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 11:11pm
  Are you referring to the overwhelmed scientist who couldn’t
  Ale the data work for their agenda so they just lied. And we have the emails to prove it. The sun is what is causing our climate change not us. NASA has said as much. Look up solar activity over the last 50 years and you will we the truth behind climate change. Don’t be a fool.
  
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- Lord_Frostwind
  Posted on February 13, 2013 at 12:19am
  Freedom, it never ceases to amaze me the hubris of this generation, they really are so arrogant as to believe they are able to cause the world to come crashing down around them.
  
  Whatever, I’m tired of arguing that particular fact, because it is so dogmatically held that it makes Al Qaeda seem reasonable.
  
  The point of the matter, however is what good are these grand schemes and plans going to accomplish? Solar panels and windmills lack the ability to serve as a viable replacement for much of the power grid, and no substitution exists to fulfill the needs of transportation (trucks, trains, ships, planes) for the goods. Effectively, what the proposed solutions now are advocating is the suicide of our economy into a self imposed dark age.
  
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- redstatmath
  Posted on February 13, 2013 at 11:54am
  Obama wants to fix climate change even though there is a weak case for it. This article uses real data to talk about this. http://www.statisticsblog.com/2012/12/the-surprisingly-weak-case-for-global-warming/
  Still, bet our taxes are going to go up!
  
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- Advection
  Posted on February 13, 2013 at 5:06pm
  @FREED
  
  Regarding the old “99% of scientists agree” canard, these people aren’t qualified to render expert opinions on climate science because they’re not climate scientists.
  
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- Advection
  Posted on February 13, 2013 at 5:08pm
  @FREED
  
  Unfortunately, climate science was corrupted by huge sums of money that were dumped on them by politicians with ulterior motives. I’ve seen their models. It’s garbage. I’ve seen what happens to skeptics. It’s garbage.
  
  By the way, were you aware that “More doctors smoke Camels than any other cigarettes”?
  
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Krankankor
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 10:30pm
There should not be any kind of a VOTE on the 2nd amendment guarantee of the constitutional right to keep and bear arms, any more than there should be a vote to the right of free speech and assembly.

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RonPaulOrNoOne
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 10:29pm
Look at all those puppets. A bunch of losers.

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Al J Zira
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 10:29pm
Where does one start? This is the most overwhelming, misguided pack of lies I’ve ever read.

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Constitutionalist Lineman
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 10:28pm
POS..POTUS: We need smarter government, not bigger government….. Here are all the dumb ways I recommend we make the governement larger.

This guy is a walking contradiction it makes me sad that our electorate is so stupid

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- dwilco77
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 10:46pm
  They are stupid? You mean Guam really won’t tip over if we put too many people on one side of it” Or that Gorebal warming might not be real despite all of the fraudulent data that has been uncovered? Or that the Tea Party may really not have used the N word despite the fact that there were hundreds of cameras at the scene and despite a $100,000 offer for filmed evidence of it, there never was evidence of it. Or that despite the fact that Americans are wort 40% less than they were at the beginning of Hope and Change, that Democrat after Democrat can get up and tell us we are all better off? Or the best yet, that despite all of the above mentioned Idiots, we only have a handful of Republican leaders that can take the obvious twisting of reality that we see every day, and put a logical story together to denounce what the clowns across the aisle are doing, and lead us to a better outcome? I guess I must agree. They are as a whole – Stupid.
  
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dosdelgados
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 10:28pm
Second verse, same as the first.
Quality of life just keeps getting worse.

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- FaithfulFriend
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 11:01pm
  #DOS – Bulls-eye with that one.
  
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TRILO
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 10:27pm
Go ask the people of Chicago how gun control works. Here is an idea… shove you gun control where the sun does not shine.

If this is what the State of the Union was about I am glad I did not watch. Gun control is the least of our worries in this country. The issues are to numerous to mention.

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- Keatonc333
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 10:34pm
  there is still private commerce with no background checks in chicago… which is how criminals get weapons..
  
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- crueltiming
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 10:45pm
  I wish more people would live up to the 10th amendment.
  Get the A$$wipe feds out of our lives!
  
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- Scottsman
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 10:48pm
  @Keaton, do you have any proof that private commerce is how those criminals legally get those weapons? Did you survey the perps or data mine a law enforcement database with your FOIA reqests?
  
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- Jake Dog2
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 11:15pm
  Keaton
  Yes sure just like probation stopped the sale of alcohol. Gang banger, criminals will get guns no matter what controls this country places on them They get a lot of them from Mexico a country that is alleged to huge gun control and you see how that is working for Mexico .
  
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banjarmon
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 10:25pm
New Town voted for gun control and it killed 20 kids plus the defenseless teachers…Sorry for their loss but it is true!!

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OneShotPagan
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 10:24pm
Did you check out the green ribbons and who wore them?

Get to your rep’s and Senators now on the VOTE he called for on all of the gun issues … They’re coming folks!

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go2gym
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 10:23pm
I agree, let’s vote. Mitch McConnell, push for Feinstein’s bill to come to the floor of the Senate, ASAP, where it will be soundly defeated and we can move past this nonsensical time-wasting, political play thing.

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- Keatonc333
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 10:30pm
  Ok.. if they cut the ban on assault riffles and mag limits. and focus on universal background checks, closing the gun show and private commerce loopholes, create a gun registry, repeal the tiahrt amendment to give power back to the ATF, focus on mental health and make everyone pass a safety class before purchase. could we agree from there? that way no responsible gun owner is effected and we can help curb criminal violence! everyone is a winner! remember the key is compromise!
  
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- justangry
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 10:42pm
  BS Pinko. Mental health is a rouse and has been used to rid governments of political dissidents. If you want to stop children being murdered give the sociopath in charge a mental health screening and take away his drones. You’re an idiot statist punk.
  
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- Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 10:55pm
  Ketonic:
  Look, I am a responsible gun owner, legal, trained, etc. What they want to do is make my life a little harder, more cost out of my pocket, just to exercise my 2nd Amend. right. But why stop there, since he wants to shore up the election process, lets set up a fee, make people take a training course and reregister before they can vote. And if they are mentally ill, they can’t vote. I think whatever you apply to one right, you should apply to all rights. Wouldn’t you agree?
  
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- commies.in.the.wire
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 11:13pm
  JUSTANG…here here! KEATON take a hike…you really must be a marxist boot licker!
  
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- valiant1776
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 11:16pm
  @Keatonc333
  
  “According to a 2012 report to the Department of Justice, more than 72,000 people were turned down on a gun purchase in 2010 because they didn’t pass the background check. Only 44 of those cases were prosecuted.” http://www.policymic.com/articles/24070/gun-control-policy-universal-background-checks-aren-t-the-cure-all-people-think-they-are
  
  Exactly how will requiring a universal background check reduce crime when the federal government doesn’t even go after the criminals?
  
  Vice president Joe Biden said, “And to your point, Mr. Baker, regarding the lack of prosecutions on lying on Form 4473s, we simply don’t have the time or manpower to prosecute everybody who lies on a form, that checks a wrong box, that answers a question inaccurately.” http://dailycaller.com/2013/01/18/biden-to-nra-we-dont-have-the-time-to-prosecute-people-who-lie-on-background-checks
  
  What criminal will enter their identity and personal information into a registry? How will requiring that law abiding citizens get training ensure that criminals don’t shoot store clerks and rob innocent people?
  
  Go back to your cave. Once again, your opinions are worth nothing in the real world.
  
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- Distress
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 11:21pm
  No gun registry, No Universal Background Checks, and we can discuss the private sale loophole thing. The problem with mental health is that some people who need it do not receive it, and some people who don’t get treatment. It is no mystery that crazy incidences coincide with brain altering prescribed drugs. Psychiatrists are basically given power over human’s lives which is dangerous responsibility.
  
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Capitolalb
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 10:22pm
Congress must vote on this !

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go2gym
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 10:22pm
The ball-less Boehner looks disgusted. So act on it, ball-less. Grow a set!!!!!

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- Jake Dog2
  Posted on February 13, 2013 at 2:38am
  Here here
  
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