The big political shows are all gearing up for the President's Congressional Address.  I have the requisite mechanical pencil and notepad as well as the Sailor Jerry's Spiced Naval Rum and Pepsi cocktail.  A 24oz can of Pabst Blue Ribbon waits for me in the fridge. I haven't been able to sit through a State of the Union for eight years with out punching a wall.  Of course, this isn't a State of the Union, because our Commander is not responsible for the state of this Union, hence he is not required to answer for it, yet.  More over, We the People, are already painfully aware of the state of this our beloved union and also equally aware of which swine brought us to this Doomed destination.  The President comes into the Peoples house tonight to tell us that we shall endure and be once more hardened in the forge of adversity.

The Monkey versus Murdoch.  Pontius Murdoch has washed his hands of the Post and it's inflammatory cartoon.  Dick Durbin has washed his hands of Roland Burris.  With two wars and an economy in the Mouth of the Maelstrom this stuff still makes news.  Really?

I have twice heard a well known news show host (who doesn't need me to advertise for him or his major corporate network) use the phrase 'fear and loathing' to describe the national economic mood.  I am waiting for a Democratic stratagist to declare that 'tax cuts are decadent and depraved.  It seems hypocritical seeing as I have openly co-opted the Doctor's ranting style and even raised the Freak Power flag over my own write in candidacy for the 3rd district of Oregon's congressional seat but I am after all a drug addled net journalist where as the person of which I speak is an an ex-congressional aide turned sports commentator for the bloody game of national politics.  When the main stream go Gonzo, the Gonzo have no choice but to get even weirder.  To hell with the gloves; the pants are coming off.

The President has pushed the withdrawl of combat troops from Iraq back by 3 months and expanded the continued role of non-combat forces to remain. The Iraq situation is the perfect example of why you don't take the booze and drugs away from a Southern Frat Boy. The only partying he had left was to fuck everyone. Now thanks to his frat boy foriegn policy fuck fest our nation is saddled with a child support commitment called Iraq. We be born again, but our sins follow us into a new era of reasonable leadership. Lil'George bought many tickets on our tab; now we must take the ride while he enjoys his retirement. Fuck you George. I hope you step in a rattle snake hole on your next brush clearing expedition.

The Attorney General, Eric Holder, will spend the address in a secure undisclosed location surrounded by armed Marines and a with a federal judge on hand ready to swear him in should the next Timothy McVay have managed to get a few Hundred barrels of fertilizer under the House Chamber.  The Implication clear in this choice of emergency successor; you blast us all; we leave it to the lawyer to avenge us.  True Gonzo spirit Mister President.  The only thing more comforting then a warm gun in your hand is a vicious legal shark in your corner.

Polls indicate the nation believes the GOP has its head up its elephantine ass. National surveys by independent polling groups show 56% believe the current obstructionist tactics from the minority party are more about politics then helping America get through this time of crisis. More then 70% of the people polled believe that congressional Republicans need to throw their philosophical baggage overboard and work with the President and Congressional Democrats. Sadly I don't see this happening. They would risk bringing doom on us all rather then accept their own irrelevence. The people will judge, and history will judge even more harshly.

The Judicial and Executive Parties make their way into the Legislative chamber. Ginsburg and Clinton are greeted like heros. I was reminded of Clinton's arrival at Foggy Bottom a few weeks earlier where the career staff of the State Department, who had been the proverbial red headed step child of the Bush administration, showed us all what it looked like when someone was greeted as a liberator. Chief of Staff Rahm Emmanuel was seen giving someone in the chamber the classic hand to the side of the head 'call me sign'. A blood stained political warrior and power mover of spartan quality who never rests and keeps one hand on his sword. I am impressed that Karl Rove survived Rahm's reign as the head of the DLC.

Our Man of the Hour enters flanked by photographers and high profile legislators. He assumes the podium to a roar of applause. The house does not come to order for well over a minute. When Madam Speaker announces the President of the United States, Barack Obama, there is another near minute of cheers. In his opening, the President acknowledges the First Lady and she gets another half minute of explosive gratitude.

Out of the gate he speaks to our current woes in no uncetain terms and then immediately acknowledges that we have the greatness to survive what has been put upon us. He moves hard and unrelentingly against the opposition indicating the policies that have brought us here; frivilous tax cuts, gross mismanagement, and deregulation. He tells the greed heads of Wall Street the free money is over. The swine who led our economy into ruin, the bank heads and CEO's, will be held accountable while their customers insured and their institutions (and the jobs they provide) are preserved. Roll out the Guilliotine. Resounding applause follow these populist screeds. He speaks directly to my fear of the technological irrelevency of America (see: Doin the French Mistake) in his words on creating a green energy sector in America that will lead the world out of the Petroleum Era. Health Care, the dark cancer that has poisoned and bled the American job market for more then a half century, was brought up and while applause came steadily for his points here as well, I saw many who did not rise to cheer on one side of the aisle. The two most powerful lines of the night were delivered on what is the most important issue of all times.

"Those nations that out teach us today will out compete us tomorrow."
-POTUS B.H. Obama

"Dropping out of High School is no longer an option. It is not only quitting on yourself, it is quitting on your country."
-POTUS B.H. Obama

It is good to have an Executive that equates Patriotism with education instead of blind obedience. My not-so inner class warrior was out of the seat at the mention of taxing corporations that out source jobs and the top two percent in order to balance the budget. Torch the Swine and give me WiFi. Huzzah! He calls on us to go back to school, to stay in school. He supports mandatory public service. He does not down play the depths of our national plight even as he calls on us to rise higher then we ever have as a nation. To a long term enemy of apathy, this President is everything I have ever wanted in a Commander and the greatest chance for us to forge a 'more perfect Union' before we have to hand it off to our children