My Atlanta trip has been postponed until March, but for a great reason. Not only will I get to see my Atlantans, but my Chicagoan, too! Yep, we'll have a full euchre table. This is good stuff.
I enjoyed the SOTU tonight, and I really enjoyed seeing a slightly grittier, snider, more human version of our esteemed President. He didn't let anybody off the hook. (Justice Alito needs to calm the f' down and behave like a measured, mature jurist. That judgment was 5-4, and all hell broke loose. Does he really think he has the moral or ethical high ground? His assent was hazardous for the future of our country. I don't need to mince words-- it was absolutely hazardous. As bro-Joe's friend Jimmy K. put it: "Remember this day. If you're 30-ish like me, one day in the future you'll be in Wal-Mart, drinking a Starbucks, about to buy an iPhone on your Chase Visa for your 6-year-old grandkid. Little Johnny or Susie will look up and ask what it was like when the ExxonMobil American Flag had stars instead of Nike swooshes. When you explain what happened, start with 'Citizens United v. FEC'." I don't think Jimmy was exaggerating.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0110/31786.html
This is not good news. Also, this ruling scares the bejesus out of me-- if the SCOTUS is allowing this, then how long will it be until they try to overturn Roe?)
The only real surprises, other than Obama's vocalics and delivery, was the denouncing of Don't Ask, Don't Tell. I know he campaigned on banning it, but I really didn't think we'd hear about it tonight. It will be interesting to see what comes of that. I loved seeing the faces of the Joint Chiefs after POTUS dropped that bomb. They are like cold, awesome machines. I'm a fan of those guys-- they have a very hard job.
I couldn't help thinking tonight how great it would be to work on the speech-writing team that composes addresses like tonight's. What an incredible challenge and privilege. Then again, I just finished my second viewing of the entire series of The West Wing. It's no surprise that I find romance and spectacle in speeches. Still, when I was working on my uncle's campaign, I wrote a speech for him, and it was bad-ass. That was a great feeling. I'd love to be great at that.
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