State of the Union?

I'm not quite sure what to make of Obama's speech. It was "full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing." My apologies to Shakespeare. As Rachel Maddow said so perfectly, "It was a prayer to the free market." He said we should not cut government spending on the backs of the poor and then touted that his general's "generously" agreed to cut funding for defense programs they said they didn't need. I have a feeling what they don't need will be open to wide interpretation. No mention on how many trillions are spent in Afghanistan and Iraq or the rampant corruption and profiteering that costs billions more. And so of course most of the cuts will be made on the backs of the poor, social programs are always the first to go. That is just par for the course. He talks about closing loop holes and letting the Bush tax cuts expire, but we have seen how successful he was at that only a few weeks ago. Talks about growing industry here at home but doesn't mention that it could be accomplished easily by tightening tariffs and protecting our manufacturing base the way China and Europe does. But that is not popular with big business, so of course it is off the table. Also no mention of closing tax breaks for companies who export jobs, apparently that is still okay.  There are many more things I could mention but you get the picture. I wasn't expecting much and was not disappointed. I want to believe that he believes what he says. I guess I am getting too cynical for that. The change I can believe in has morphed into the same I can barely tolerate. Things won't get better and it didn't help having to look at the smug orange face of the Boehner behind him the entire time. I never thought I would miss Nancy Pelosi so much. His acting like he can work with the Republicans charade is getting so old. Of course he might not be trying to reach a consensus so much as wanting what they want behind closed doors even while saying it is not what he wants out loud. That makes sense because it seems that the Republican agenda keeps right on trucking. More tax cuts, more money funneled upwards, poverty rates rise, the standard of living continues to fall and all is right with the world. At least if your rich. If your not, who cares, you don't matter anyway.