We can win?

Are we in a drawing for Publishers Clearinghouse? Did we play the World Lottery sponsored by the IMF? Are we competing in Global Gladiators? We can win? I know that the campaigning for the 2012 election began the day President Obama stepped into office, but is anyone picking up what he is putting down? That whole disaster known as the State of The Union address was just a side show, the dignitaries were just political chess pieces in a move to try and sway the people who's mind numbing evening entertainment was interrupted by a comedy in itself. The President stated that he wants to streamline government...so in order to help lower the unemployment numbers, he's going to eliminate government jobs? To lower the deficit by 400 billion over 10 years which is 40 billion, he is going to put a freeze on spending for 5 years? Something stinks here, and it is not due to the emissions from Joe Biden who had a look of I just gassed all night long, while John Boehner had the I just smelled your gas look! Did anyone look more uncomfortable to be there than John Boehner?

I want to believe in our government, but I cannot get past the theatrics of it all. Let's sit together Dems and Repubs in a sign of unity, when in reality the standing ovations looked more balanced because of this strategy. Did you notice how quiet the Assembly was when the President was introduced? Did you notice that the applause was not that loud? If anyone walked away from watching that last night with a warm fuzzy feeling, it was because you were wearing a Snuggie!