State of the Union thread

[Moderator1]

I know it is going to come up, so here's what we're doing: Discuss it right here to your heart's content - the actual speech and your thoughts on it. If it stays civil, it stays open for 24 hours. If it doesn't, it gets locked right away and we don't try again.

 

[SnarkShark]

I like this. Is it a test or a trap? Or both?!

 

[Vombatus]

I like this. Is it a test or a trap? Or both?!

I like it too. Let's have a side pool. Who gets the last post before the lock? I've got Baron.

 

[SnarkShark]

That's an interesting bet, because it's not necessarily the person who causes the lock, but the person who gets in before the Mods hit the button. I've got da man.

 

[Baron Scicluna]

I like it too. Let's have a side pool. Who gets the last post before the lock? I've got Baron.

**** you.


LOCK IT!!!!!!!;)

 

[Baron Scicluna]

I like this. Is it a test or a trap? Or both?!

Leave the polls to YF.

 

[SnarkShark]

I want to start a change.0rg petition to end the pre-SOTU handshake line.

 

[SnarkShark]

Paul Ryan smiled at the president. Burn him!

 

[Baron Scicluna]

Pools:

Time of speech, from first word to last, along with an over/under.

Number of times he gets a standing ovation

Number of times Democrats give him a standing ovation, while Republicans sit on their hands

Number of times someone tries to interrupt him

 

[YankeeFan]

I can't believe how much this job ages the person who holds it.

 

[SnarkShark]

Why does Obama look orange? I didn't realize the absence of Boehner would make that orange glow gravitate to someone else.

 

[YankeeFan]

 

[Vombatus]

Reagan would have freed the Iranian hostages by now.

 

[Tweener]

I like it too. Let's have a side pool. Who gets the last post before the lock? I've got Baron.

Mr. Sunshine

 

[YankeeFan]

Immigrants aren't the principal reason wages haven't gone up.

Those decisions are all too often made in the boardrooms that put quarterly earnings over long term returns.

 

[YankeeFan]

Full prepared text:

 

[dooley_womack1]

All I want to know is, will there be a Lena Dunham mention?

 

[SnarkShark]

All I want to know is, will there be a Lena Dunham mention?

Self-fulfilled.

 

[Deskgrunt50]

The President went full Sam Seaborn in a great episode of "The West Wing" and announced an initiative to cure cancer.

Lofty goals are a good thing, no matter your politics.

 

[SnarkShark]

The President went full Sam Seaborn in a great episode of "The West Wing" and announced an initiative to cure cancer.

Lofty goals are a good thing, no matter your politics.

Anyone who didn't stand and clap is pro cancer.