State of the Blah Blah Blah...

Tags: Politics | State of the Union | Bush | America

George Bush captivated millions of mindless Americans for 51 minutes last night with his State of the Union Address. I can't help but wonder if it was he or his advisors who simply picked up a copy of last year's speech, extracted the chief platitudes, and said "Hey, that'll do."

Bush started off acknowledging the passing of Coretta Scott King. Oh that Georgie, he's always been quite the civil rights supporter. Sure, she attended his first inauguration, but was a vocal opponent of his policies and actions after that. Maybe she went to the inauguration for the same reason most people go—the free wine and jumbo shrimp cocktails.

He then continued to acknowledge some very important issues. Some very fresh ideas indeed. I offer a condensed version for those who missed it on TV and don't want to read the entire thing at the Whitehouse.

"Blah blah blah... September the 11th, 2001" [applause]
"...weapons of mass destruction" [applause]
"...the fight against terror" [applause]
"...reaction and opposition [of] radical Islam" [applause]
"...terrorists like bin Laden" [applause]
"...attacks against America" [applause]
"...we love our freedom, and we will fight to keep it" [applause]
"...our enemy is brutal" [applause]
"...Iran...is isolating and repressing its people" [applause]
"...the attacks of September the 11th" [applause]
"...raise standards of living and generate new jobs" [applause]
"...make the tax cuts permanent" [applause]
"May God bless America." [applause]

Wow. It's like nothing I've ever blah blah blah. However, there was one thing Bush said that I found a wee bit interesting—"America is addicted to oil." First of all, no shit. Second of all, wouldn't that make him America's Pablo Escobar?