State of the Union Address...Pure Comedy
I'm not going to talk about politics at all because frankly it's a boring conversation in this environment. I did however, catch President George W. Bush and his State of the Union Address last night. I watched it at first because I thought it was my duty as a responsible citizen, but by the time it was all done, I wanted there to be one every week. Pure comedy.

Isn't it hilarious how people in congress act during the speech? You have supposedly the most intelligent, ambitious, responsible people we can find to represent us and make our laws, yet they act like freaking children during the speech. No matter what Bush would say the Republicans would stand up and cheer while the Democrats would sit down and show no emotion at all. A few times during the speech I wondered if the "applause" sign only worked on the Republican side of the place.

Some highlights from last night...
...I can't remember the issue that was being discussed, but all the Republicans stood up and applauded (big surprise) and one Democrat stood up. It was from a wide-angle so I couldn't tell who it was, but all his fellow Dems stared at him like he was the bearded lady or something.

...Dick Cheney in the background while the President was speaking. At first he was trying his best to force a smile, or at least the appearance that he wasn't the most disgruntled human being alive. Later on in the speech he was eating something. What the hell was he eating? Sunflower seeds? Starburst? Pretzels?

...Speaking of Cheney, was anybody else a little worried every time he had to stand up and sit down again? I know the man has heart problems. I thought maybe the TV networks should put a "Cheney-O-Meter" in the bottom right corner of the screen tracking his blood-pressure and heart-rate.

...The rebuttal to the SOTU address is always funny. You go from the SOTU, infront of all of congress, all the pageantry (I sound like Lee Corso talking about college football now), to two people in some random hotel room or whatever it is infront of a camera.

After watching the way politicians behave last night, it's amazing that anything gets done. They act like children (immature ones at best). I was still hoping for Bush to go onto a completely off-topic rant about performance enhancing drugs, but no such luck last night.