OH-BAMA!

It's the most wonderful time of the year....no not Christmas....but time for the annual Presidential State of the Union Address! Yippee!  I will admit, I do look forward to watching these no matter who the President in office is.  I get such a kick out of how the first televised hour is very award show-esque; watching the people come into the House of Representatives, seeing what they are wearing, who gets attention and who gets ignored.  But I most love when people refuse to clap or even boo during the speech. He he he. I must admit, I think the address itself would only take 20 minutes if they could make everyone hold their applause to the end, but what would be the fun of that?  I think Obama did a pretty good job. I couldn't focus in the beginning because our Vice President was fiddling around in his pocket, whipped out a hanky and started wiping his nose.. anyways......  I really think our President is a great speaker. I have to admit I got teary eyed a couple times throughout his speech (yes, I am a patriotic crybaby).  I don't remember ever getting misty during one of George W. Bush's SOTUs.  I believe I was more focused on trying to figure out what he was saying (evil doers, nu-Q-lar missiles,  psycho-bible, inyuandated). I think there should be a drinking game for all of Bush's speeches...every time he makes up a word, butchers a word's pronunciation or just plainly uses the wrong word you have to drink. Sometimes my best ideas are in hindsight.  Anyways..... Obama said a lot, but I think the best topic he hit on was the political power struggle between the two parties.  He said "Washington is broken" and that there is "corrosive influence of money in politics". When he said they should "ban insider trading by members in Congress" someone actually booed him. Not just a subtle boo, but a good old fashioned Jerry Springer audience boo.  But it's true...the rivalry between the Democrats and Republicans is out of hand.  Decisions that are made in the government are no longer about the people, but about the party.  Frustrating. Ok, back to the speech.....how come the handful of uniformed military in the front row would only clap for themselves? I'm being serious...are they not allowed to show their political affiliation in public? I just found that odd.  Near the end of the speech, Obama briefly spoke about the nuclear threat in Iran and how he would take any measure to ensure that they cannot build a bomb. But he emphasized that he would pursue a peaceful resolution first.  This is totally different than what our G.O.P. candidates are saying they would do, except for Ron Paul who just wants peace, love and understanding.   We just got out of one war, why would we thrust ourselves into another?  All in all it was another inspirational speech by our President. I think he spoke in terms that all could understand, he didn't toot his own horn too much and he didn't overly point the finger of blame on everyone else.  I give him an A- overall.

Ok, enough serious political crap, let's move on to the fun stuff!!!

Rick Santorum....first off, if anyone is in need of rounding out their wardrobe with a sweater vest, here is a link you cannot ignore https://www.ricksantorum.com/civicrm/contribute/transact?reset=1&id=38 . Act now, cuz when he's gone, they're gone.   I never understood the whole concept around the sweater vest...it's like having fingerless gloves...what's the point?
Back to Ricky....boy, every time this guy opens his mouth, mine falls open to the floor.  In an interview last week, he confirmed that he believes that no pregnancy, even in the case of rape, shall ever be aborted.  He said in the instance of rape the woman, and I quote, should "make the best out of a bad situation".  Wha wha what? He went on to say that she should "accept this horribly created" baby, because it was still a gift from God, even if given in a "broken" way.  Ummm....errrrrr...did he just say that being impregnated during a rape is a gift from God?  (insert loud swallowing noise here).  Wow, people are donating money to the political campaign of this crazy, fanatical, right wing Christian.  But wait, it almost gets worse ...back in 1996, his wife delivered (early due to a second trimester abortion to save HER life) a baby boy who died shortly after child birth. The Santorum's brought the dead baby home so their other children could play with him for a short time and returned the body to the hospital the next morning. I am in no way mocking the fact that they lost a child, that is horrible. But they brought the baby home and let their kids play with it.....well .... that's ..... wow .... very disturbing. Is that even legal?

Now without any segway, I would like to talk about my disgust towards my Swiffer.  I have actually paid money for a product that just pushes the dirt around on my floor, from one end of the room to the other.  Yes, the cloths pick up some dirt, but it mainly just smears and grinds the dirt in if you ask me. In order for the Swiffer to do it's job, you would have to change that cloth every 20 seconds. Think about it, would you use a dirty paper towel to wipe down your counter top over and over again? Eeeewwwww.  The only thing my Swiffer is good for is to leave the impression of having a clean floor. I admit, sometimes if I know someone is coming over, I will Swiffer the floor just so the smell of a freshly Swiffered floor is in the air.  It's like Febreeze. You aren't actually cleaning anything, you are just making it smell like you have.  So, I will put my Swiffer in the faux cleaning category, alongside the feather duster, the pledge spray and the self cleaning button on my oven.

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J