Upcoming State of the Union

I'm sure Bush will say that the State of the Union is "strong" and possibly "promising", though I can't see how that's anywhere near the truth. I'm sure for him and his oil rich buddies, the economy looks great when they look at the gas pump prices. Unfortunately, they look little further than just that. As I hear on the TV about how great the economy is, I'm on the phone with someone calling me asking me if I know of any available jobs hiring in my company. They want to know because they and a group of others just got laid off because of downsizing. As I drive on my way to work and on my way home, I pass strip malls full of empty stores that will probably never be refilled. In just the past couple of months, they've closed a Best Buy, a Media Play, a Krispy Kreme and a K-Mart all in the same shopping complex. That's just the bigger businesses. Countless small businesses have gone belly up because people simply can't afford to do business with them and so they can't afford the higher costs of energy that is passed all the way from manufacturers on down through consumers. Since I no longer have a local Best Buy or Media Play, I have to drive three times as far to get to a place where I might find similar products. That means more gas spent to get there. That means more money in the oil monger's pockets. What does that equal out to? Bush saying "The State of our Economy is Strong". Please.........