What will Obama talk about for 30 minutes?

We have a prohibition prison system.

The bogus war on drugs and the ridiculous sentencing for non-violent drug offenses are what keeps our prisons full to bursting. Not to mention said "war" costs us billions

Honestly, I already know everything he's spoken about and what his issues are. I watched the debates, I watched both conventions... I think most Americans are informed.

Cutting a bunch of prisoners loose in a recession outta be interesting.

He's talking about non-violent drug offenders though. How would cutting them loose cause problems? There's tens of millions of them living in this country already.

Non-violent crime is still a crime. How are millions more released into society after living in a prison environment going to adapt ? Where are they going to get jobs? I'm not claiming imprisoning non-violent drug offenders was right but it happened never the less.

Bureau of Justice Statistics - Table on number of persons in custody of State correctional authorities by most serious offense

In 2006, there were approx. 250K persons incarcerated for drug offenses not millions.

great---cut em all loose then---no problems.

You're a troll.

If you hadn't read the papers or watched any news on TV for the past 3 months, would you say you were "hurting"?

Personally, I wouldn't. I don't believe the majority of people would either. Yes there are some who have lost a job but that is true of any particular period.

My wife and I made a trip to Barnes and Noble the other night (Friday) to grab a few books. While we were out at the local sprawl mall (you can't call it a strip mall) we thought we'd grab some dinner and a couple cocktails. Well TGI Fridays was packed not a seat at the bar and a 45 minute wait for a table. Uno's was no different with the waiting crowd spilling out of the door. On the way home, we stopped at a 99's and again left because it was too crowded to even get a seat at the bar.

We decided to pick up a six pack and get some thai take out (BTW the Thai place was packed too) and eat at home by the fire.

All these people were not out drinking ice water and sharing a house salad. I estimate the average tab was over 50 bucks a couple.

I took time to think and I realized that if the pols and the media weren't constantly bombarding me with how bad things are, I wouldn't see it in my daily life. Would you?

This Wednesday night at 8:00, Obama will put his millions of dollars to good use and take up half an hour of TV time.

Honestly, I already know everything he's spoken about and what his issues are. I watched the debates, I watched both conventions... I think most Americans are informed.

So the reason for doing this is to control the news cycle in newspapers, internet blogs and 24 hour cable TV shows. But I think this is irrelevant and he won't control it the next day and the weekend after unless he's going to pull an October surprise and announce something new and positive that will REALLY get people talking. This will also force the McCain campaign to react which will catch them off guard.

So, if Obama reveals something new, what could he talk about?

Honestly, am I the only one in America who can't stand listening to him talk?

David? No.

Honestly, am I the only one in America who can't stand listening to him talk?

Did you hate hearing Kennedy or mlk speak? Did you get a boner when Reagan spoke? Did you call Bill Clinton slick willie? Did you look forward to Bush's state of the union speeches and think he was a great commander & chief?