annathepiper | State of the Union: Screwed (Reply)

I didn't catch the State of the Union address last night--it aired while I was on my way home. It's on our Tivo, but from what I'm hearing I didn't really miss much and I'm not inclined to go back and get caught up. I did catch the Democratic response, which didn't particularly thrill me either. I would have liked Tom Kaine's "there's a better way" speech if I hadn't known about the unrelenting hostility his state legislature has had against gay rights. So as it played out, his speech mostly summed up for me as "there's a better way... unless you're queer."

Interesting fact-checking is already going around about the State of the Union speech, though. Courtesy of

filkertom, here is ThinkProgress.org, which has posted several little articles fact-checking various aspects of the speech.

flashfire does some interesting math about U.S. dependence on foreign oil. And the Seattle Times fact-checks the speech as well.

Monday evening miles: 1.85
Tuesday miles: 3.95
Wednesday morning miles: 1.6
Miles out of Hobbiton: 667.9
Miles out of Rivendell: 209.9
Miles to Lothlórien: 254.1

ETA 2/3/06 10:07am: TIM Kaine, not Tom Kaine. My bad.