State of the Union (or the STFU, as I've seen it called)

[indyellen]

I didn't watch. In fact, I was rather annoyed that it pre-empted two of my favorite shows, House and Love Monkey. I had a pretty good idea of what the Shrub was going to say (more of the usual talking points, for an hour) so I avoided it. However, among my friends, I've found a good couple of "bookend" articles/opinion pieces for the before & after.

The "before" (found by filkertom):

The State of The Union by William Rivers Pitt.

The "after" (found by syreene):

W Places Apple On Head, Dares Nation To Shoot it Off by Tom Gilroy.

Both interesting & to the point.

Comments

[echoweaver.livejournal.com]

I had to stop at:

"Not exactly grand oratory, but remember; his base is made up of fundamentalist nut cases who don't read newspapers, think the world is only a few centuries old, and who hear words like 'karma' and think it must be a Muslim codeword for 'homo.'"

Because it made me snort my milk.

[confusedjew.livejournal.com]

house isn't coming back til feb. 7 so you didn't miss anything there. i am sad there was no love monkey, aimee mann was supposed to be on it last night. i did get to watch all my movies so i could finish my third season buffy. :)