The State of the Union
Do I watch the State of the Union address tonight, or not?
On one hand, I feel that it is my duty to watch, as an American citizen. On the other hand, I would be listening to someone speak as my President, when he is no President of mine. I did not elect him. I think he is an absolute buffoon. And, he has made it absolutely clear that, as a gay American, he doesn’t want to represent me. There is no love loss.
So, I’m going to watch something else, more entertaining and more thought provoking. Say... Smallville. I hear that someone on Smallville is going to finally learn the powers of Clark Kent. That’s much more enlightening than this State of the Union address is going to be.
Besides, I already know the state of the union. The President will say that our state of the union is “strong”, yet, we have never been more divided as a country in recent history, and he shows no interest in uniting us.
He will say that we are “winning the war on terror”, as we see more and more of our boys come home in body bags every day.
He will say that we are seeing “free elections in Iraq”, and that “democracy is winning” around the world, without mentioning that it is our brand of democracy that we are peddling to the people of Iraq, whether they like it or not.
He will say that we need to protect marriage against the gays, yet will never mention the 55% divorce rate or the frivolous marriages doled out on TV for the sake of entertainment.
He will say that we need to abolish Social Security so that people can be assured that they will have a retirement. Yes, I’m sure the stock market is a very secure place to play with your retirement money. Just remember, for every dollar you make, someone else will be making two dollars off your money.
He will say that we are a compassionate nation because we gave $30 million (later revised to $300 million because $30 million made him look like we weren’t pulling our weight) for the tsunami disaster.
My community has seen how compassionate he is. When I think about it, I get that warm-fuzzy-tingly feelin’ all over.
You see, you didn’t know I had the script he was going to be reading tonight, did you? So there’s really no reason to listen.
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I watched him. I was sick to my stomach most of the time. I guess I watch him speak, to try and understand why people voted for him? Americans scare me; are they really THAT dumb and naive that they cannot see him for the liar he is?
As for his speech... you are almost 100% on with what he had to say. But he added more bullshit to the speech than any us ordinary citizens ever could!
Well, for me it's a no-brainer. He makes me sick, so I don't watch him... Easy! Hehehe!
I liken watching Bush speak to seeing a bad contestant on American Idol. You feel embarrassment because they are just so bad, and they are clueless to just how bad they really are, yet its fine comedic entertainment.
For the record, I will most likely end up watching an episode of Fear Factor Couples that I taped last Monday. I get too anxious watching the president speak on television… where other countries can see him.