tonight is the state of the union address. time for the potus to tell us all how we’re feeling at the moment. good thing too, because i was starting to wonder myself. no doubt it will be full of the usual fluff about how the economy is really okay and those financial analysts are just a bunch of silly chicken littles. and then he’ll tell us how we’re still the bestest of the best in everything from education to basket-weaving. that will lead us into the my-country-can-beat-up-your-country portion of the evening, featuring not-so-veiled threats against that pesky little saddam hussein. however, the larger elephant in the room, dressed in the flag of north korea, will be mostly ignored. all of this fun will begin at 9pm, on fox, fox news, cnn, cspan, some pbs channels, and all three major networks. univision will be broadcasting it en espanol.
but don’t despair. you have other options for your prime time entertainment. the wb has smallville, upn has some show called abby, sci-fi has an x-files episode, tnt has law & order (don’t they always?), tvland has sanford & son, and one of our local pbs affiliates offers a nova special on synthetic diamond manufacturing. but if you ask me, you can’t miss the state of the union. there is much amusement potential in our commander in chief’s strained command of the english language. and furthermore, agree with him or not, but you need to know how you are perceived by the people elected to represent you. beyond that, the world is listening and will make decisions about us as a people based on the words of a former oil-man from texas.
don’t you owe it to yourself to pay attention?
