Editor’s Note: We had a vigorous discussion at The Farm about whether to stay up for the President’s first State of the Union message last night. We did not, though we did review his remarks first thing. We reserve comment, of course, since the Young Attorney is watching us carefully. We may talk about it down at the Fire Ring when she takes her morning break. It certainly is a strange world, isn’t it? Marlow is transmitting from beyond legal range, much like some Ukrainians this morning.

– Vic

Ah, sotu

Some questions and thoughts . . .

-Marlow
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Author’s Note: No, I’m not riffing me some bad Japanese in my title, but could we all agree that maybe, just maybe, we should dispense with these popinjay, clap-a-thon, virtue-signaling, partisan events and go back to the hand-written from-time-to-time letters on our Constitution’s mandated State Of The Union?

Did last night’s event end with a Go, get him (‘em)? I remember my little league coach saying that a lot.

Did the House Speaker actually pop out of her chair to start applauding while PresBid trotted out hisGold Star Family Beau skit and the ensuing hoary burn pit charade? Then he took his standard turn at “Let’s f@#$ cancer” spiel. At least he didn’t treat us to another rendition of the drunk driver sob story.

Another sad meme-able moment

Do we need these sad, arranged standing ovations with real honest citizens used as props for ongoing or proposed new government programs?

Do you feel like I do the morning after taking a micro dose of acid? The Speaker dancing around during the Beau skit, and PresBid’s stumbling made me Wonderland bad trip flashback onto Alice’s shroom express.

Not everyone can be a Reagan or Obama seems an appropriate conclusion, no?

Am I wrong to think that all that was missing was PresBid pointing at MTG, Boebert, Cotton, Cruz, Johnson, then either Cheney, Kinzinger, or Romney “F@#$ you, f@#$ you, f@#$ you, f@#$ you, f@#$ you, you’re cool, I’m out!”

I guess it was good enough, since I thought we just saw the start of WW III earlier in the day.

Did he really say Iranian instead of Ukrainian? Yeesh.

Did anyone else cringe when PresBid meant to say in a veiled shot at his predecessor that you can’t keep a virus out no matter how high you build a wall, but he instead said you can’t build a wall high enough to keep the vaccine (rather than virus) out?
One last thought — I haven’t seen the chamber’s occupants clapping like trained California coastal beach seals since 2016. Maybe we should throw some fish at all of them in thanks?

I’ll end here since it’s time for my morning instant oatmeal.

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