By 2030, spending for Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid alone will be almost 60
percent of the entire federal budget. And that will present future Congresses with impossible choices -- staggering tax increases, immense deficits, or deep cuts in every category of spending. Congress did not act last year on my proposal to save Social Security -- (applause) -- yet the rising cost of entitlements is a problem that is not
going away. (Applause.) And every year we fail to act, the situation gets worse.

There were a few swipes in here that jarred me but much I agree with too... I didn't see this on TV. This passage is interesting. Were they applauding the fact that Congress did not act? Is lower case applause democrat applause? How loud was the applause after the obligatory paragraph on the NSA surveillance? Was it as captial 'A' Applause as this passage was capital 'A' Applause...

They should augment these transcripts with direction and sound level data from a sensor.

I agree, BTW, that the entitlement problem needs to be addressed. I am unimpressed with the Democrat's position that there is no problem, or that no one can predict whats going to happen in 40 years. We absolutely can, and there certainly is. We've known about this for 20 years. Its time to start talking about what to do about it. That dialog cannot happen until the left offers an actual proposal instead of simply offering that the emperor is fully clothed and there is no need to discuss it. If the Republican's are the only ones at the table with a solution, I'll take it. Its better then nothing.

President Bush Delivers State of the Union Address