Why the SOTU Address is America's death knell:

"Freedom" and "isolationism and protectionism" were the big catchphrases that night... But so many holes in the President's script that it makes an episode of "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century" comprehensible and intelligent by comparison. More realistic too...

As long as our economy continues to remain unprotected and open for disintegration, we will be in danger of total collapse.

I still can't fathom how freepers can blindly swallow the SOTU where * says (the jobs shouldn't be segregated by) "isolationism and protectionism"... yet we neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed to protect America (by engaging in isolationist and protectionist policies the last 4 years)! Can somebody explain the dichotomy, the nature of which presents the biggest non-sequitur ever imagined?

Also, again regarding offshoring, our infrastructure is increasingly housed in countries that neighbor terrorist states. Now including Information Technology, terrorists could easily walk in and take what they need - or just blow it up, though by taking information they can use it in some disturbing ways. Take out one of those countries (India, Taiwan, Pakistan), and we'll be hurtin'.

Sorry, but the economy IS America. PERIOD. And our President, allowing the CONTINUING of offshoring, has been utterly contrary to his own pledge to protect America. Congress, with people on BOTH SIDES, isn't innocent either. That's what being bought'n'paid for is about.

Yes, CONTINUING. IT offshoring started around 2000. Offshoring for manufacturing started shortly after Nixon's trip to China in 1972 (or was it 1973, who cares?). Engineering started its exodus (approximately) during the 1980s.

So. Will the jobs come back? Or now that America is close to being a hollow egg, who is going to crush the shell - with us still in it? And, really, what is left to fight for?

I do not understand why the people do not revolt against it. I have come to the conclusion that the Repukes get their support from two sources-one from the rich who benefit from these insane policies and the second from the God and Guns crowd that vote those two issues only. They just happen to outnumber those of us that actually look at the effects of the globalism of our economy. I don't think they outnumber the actual amount of people who are smart enough to figure all this out. They just outnumber us when it comes time to vote. How do you re-engage the dissillusioned? I do not know the answer to that one.

was made in the USA, and in dressing all American, Washington was making a statement. I would like to see the next American president wear all American all made in the USA at his inauguration -- and I mean bought off the rack clothes from socks and shoe laces to overcoat buttons. I wonder if it can be done.

Maybe we should start a thread in which we identify American companies that actually make things. I wonder if any American company still makes socks -- shoe laces -- buttons? How about fabric? How many cloth manufacturers do we still have in the US and where are they? By US I mean the 50 states. And then, of course, how large are the manufacturers that are still left? Someplace that employs 25 people is not an industrial base.

I have often wondered: what if we couldn't find the socks to put on the feet of our soldiers? How would our mighty army with all its weapons fight a war? Where are the army's socks made? In the US? Do we really even control that industry? What if our money becomes worth less on the international market than it is now? That is likely to happen. Where will our military get its socks and shoes, etc. if we don't even produce the fabric and materials from which those things have to be made? In other words, is it really wise to be putting so much money into fighter planes and new technology if we can't manufacture the most basic things we need for life like socks? and fabric?