{"id":23376,"date":"2022-03-02T21:07:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-02T21:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/?p=23376"},"modified":"2022-03-03T21:09:52","modified_gmt":"2022-03-03T21:09:52","slug":"life-island-times-ah-sotu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/life-island-times-ah-sotu\/","title":{"rendered":"Life & Island Times: Ah, sotu"},"content":{"rendered":"

Editor\u2019s Note: We had a vigorous discussion at The Farm about whether to stay up for the President\u2019s 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\u2019t it? Marlow is transmitting from beyond legal range, much like some Ukrainians this morning.<\/p>\n

– Vic<\/p>\n

Ah, sotu<\/strong><\/p>\n

Some questions and thoughts . . .<\/p>\n

-Marlow
\n——<\/p>\n

Author\u2019s Note: No, I\u2019m 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\u2019s mandated State Of The Union?<\/p>\n

Did last night\u2019s event end with a Go, get him (\u2018em)? I remember my little league coach saying that a lot.<\/p>\n

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 \u201cLet\u2019s f@#$ cancer\u201d spiel. At least he didn\u2019t treat us to another rendition of the drunk driver sob story.<\/p>\n

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\nAnother sad meme-able moment<\/p>\n

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

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\u2019s stumbling made me Wonderland bad trip flashback onto Alice\u2019s shroom express.<\/p>\n

Not everyone can be a Reagan or Obama seems an appropriate conclusion, no?<\/p>\n

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!\u201d<\/p>\n

I guess it was good enough, since I thought we just saw the start of WW III earlier in the day.<\/p>\n

Did he really say Iranian instead of Ukrainian? Yeesh.<\/p>\n

Did anyone else cringe when PresBid meant to say in a veiled shot at his predecessor that you can\u2019t keep a virus out no matter how high you build a wall, but he instead said you can\u2019t build a wall high enough to keep the vaccine (rather than virus) out?
\nOne last thought — I haven\u2019t seen the chamber\u2019s occupants clapping like trained California coastal beach seals since 2016. Maybe we should throw some fish at all of them in thanks?<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll end here since it\u2019s time for my morning instant oatmeal.<\/p>\n

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