Another State of the Union address has come and gone, and what have we learned? We've learned that President Obama is trying to act like a tough guy with his pen if congress doesn't go along with his ideas. I'm not sure if Obama realizes that, to paraphrase Sigmund Freud, "sometimes a pen is just a pen."

Notice that I said if congress doesn't go along with his "ideas" and not "proposals" because the president's speech was long on platitudes, accusations, misstatements and inaccuracies. Obama did not offer any specific legislation other than to urge congress to come up with something he can demagogue ... uh, I mean, sign into law.

While President Obama is attempting to act with a new bravado by threatening executive action and vetoes, I would like to use the columnist's line item veto and go through Tuesday's speech. Lo and behold, I found 47 items that I would veto, or as we say in Texas, call BS on. It makes you wonder if President Obama actually pays attention to the words his teleprompter tells him to say.

The items raising my eyebrows ranged from President Obama's claim that his "all of the above" energy strategy is the reason the United States is closer to energy independence to his statistical hocus pocus concerning equal pay between men and women.

Many of you would simply write off my comments as the rantings of a partisan hack who disagrees with the president on every issue, but let's take a look at a few of the president's actual statements.

Concerning the Affordable Care Act, President Obama challenged Republicans "So again, if you have specific plans to cut costs, cover more people, and increase choice — tell America what you'd do differently. Let's see if the numbers add up." First of all, Republicans have come up with numerous plans for health care reform, not just votes to repeal Obamacare. They've all been met with wholesale rejection from the administration without any discussion whatsoever.

Secondly, speaking of numbers adding up, has the president seen the disastrous numbers with the rollout of his signature legislation? Obamacare is almost three times over budget, while more people have been kicked off their insurance than have signed up. Not to mention that since the roll out of Obamacare, insurance premiums have skyrocketed and not been reduced by $2,500 as promised.

Try this one on for size. The president made this claim: "Federally funded research helped lead to the ideas and inventions behind Google and smartphones." That's a big stretch, but Al Gore did invent the Internet.

Concerning education, Obama lamented, "It's not enough to train today's workforce. We also have to prepare tomorrow's workforce by guaranteeing every child access to a world-class education." I don't mean to bring up facts, but it is Obama and his teachers unions that are adamantly against school choice and voucher programs.

The president, again, said, "Let's make this a year of action. That's what most Americans want — for all of us in this chamber to focus on their lives, their hopes, their aspirations." Now I understand why the NSA surveillance program is so popular among Americans.

And finally, the overall tone was unbecoming of the office. I wish President Obama would quit crying about congress not succumbing to his ideological whims. Remember it was Obama who back in 2009 arrogantly proclaimed that "elections have consequences." Well, guess what, Mr. President; those "consequences" not only apply to presidential elections, but to all elections, and Republicans took the House in 2010. So put on your big boy pants and reread the constitution because you're not the first president to deal with a difficult congress.

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