Can we imagine what would have to be said for the speechwriter to tell the truth? “Our programs to appear that we are doing something to reduce greenhouse gases and actually doing nothing at all is working much better than we could have dreamed. We still have people making arguments that there isn’t such a thing as global warming caused by greenhouse gases, we talk about technology saving us from global warming and some news organizations actually report that and we have held up all legislation that could have done anything what so ever. The program is working.”

It’s a wonder that heads don’t explode when the speechwriters write that stuff that they do write. But the old saying “the paper holds still” is true, anybody can write anything. The part that I have a hard time with is all the news organizations who will just record what was said, but doesn’t spend anytime really questioning and explaining what was said and the non-truth of it.

One has to question why the democratic response was so non-existent. They need somebody giving their side of the story who could actually be watched. I could not stand to listen to more than 3 words of the response.

Watching the State of the Union last night, my friend suggested that we play a drinking game where we drink every time Bush said something that was true. His reasoning? “I’ve got to get up for work tomorrow.”