Thursday, January 26, 2012

The State of the Union address: "A remarkable collection of pro-business nostrums, militarist saber-rattling, and outright lies"

by Patrick Martin and Joseph Kishore

Even by debased standards of the annual State of the Union address by the US president, Obama’s speech on Tuesday night was a remarkable collection of pro-business nostrums, militarist saber-rattling, and outright lies.

The media, both right-wing and “left,” has sought to present the speech as a populist appeal to working people, and a sharp shift in the tone of the administration. It was nothing of the sort.

Read more: http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=28871

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