After the electronic voting machines are used again this fall to deliver a revocation of Obama's majority in both the House and Senate, (Look for the sit-down strike to expand into the House when the Fall elections are micromanaged to the Republicans' advantage.) the Fox Follies will go to a two year long two minute drill by delivering a non-stop avalanche of disapproval that will come perilously close to overt racism. (If you want to fact check that observation, call Karl Rove and ask him if that's not the Republican game plan for the two years from November of this year until Election Day in 2012. Double dog dare you to ask Mr. Rove that question!)
[Can you imagine what it's like to live near an Irish bar? It must be like having a home next to a Texas high school while a Friday night home game is being played by the football team!]
The State of the Union speech on TV, at this particular location, was followed by a poetry slam and we learned some news about the contemporary poetry scene. Snapping your fingers to show approval of a poem has been morphed into an expression of the opposite reaction. Somehow the beatnik show of enthusiasm is now a way of showing disapproval. They say "snap him off the stage."
The old matches or lighters in the air phenomenon has taken an evolutionary step forward via technology and these days the light from a cell phone is more appropriate than the antediluvian fire danger use of flames.
Youngsters on the internet have invented the word "banalysis" to indicate some trite, predictable assessments that can be expected in lieu of insightful and thought provoking evaluations. Does the dictionary have a picture of Fox News illustrating the entry for that new word?
The Republican reaction to any Obama speech past, present or future can best be summarized by the old, old Readers Digest anecdote's punch line: "I don't have to drink the whole bottle to know that it's vinegar."
Now, the disk jockey will play Harry Gibson's song "Who put the Benzedrine in Mrs. Murphy's Ovaltine," the Irish Rovers' song "Bridgit Flynn," and Dennis Day's song "Clancy Lowered the Boom." It's time to go find a four leaf clover. Have a KFRC induced "Turn on, tune in, flash back" type week.
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