tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7162206974728931335.post1927422330387863024..comments2024-03-28T08:20:11.686-05:00Comments on Daughter Number Three: An Abbreviated Assessment of the SOTUDaughter Number Threehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08171356533232458827noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7162206974728931335.post-50603734735665159292011-01-26T17:00:30.120-06:002011-01-26T17:00:30.120-06:00Making a point by telling a real story is effectiv...Making a point by telling a real story is effective, but then it became part of the formula for the SOTU. But last night they had, what? a dozen people? whose faces flashed on the screen at some point but who were never mentioned by name or identified on screen. That seemed odd. You've nailed it: humans as visual aids. I liked the mixed seating and I think whatever cuts down on kindergarten behavior in Congress is to be encouraged.Nancy/BLissed-Out Grandmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17223278142557533175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7162206974728931335.post-22498695262360095792011-01-26T10:33:54.364-06:002011-01-26T10:33:54.364-06:00I agree about the human beings as visual aids (wel...I agree about the human beings as visual aids (well put). But I think it is smart, esp. when so many people persist in seeing our president as "other."<br /><br />I cringed more at the sitting-together stuff. Not so much that they were sitting together, but that the sitting in itself is supposed to be an accomplishment of some sort. What are they, in kindergarten?<br /><br />I don't like POTUS and SCOTUS either. There's only one SCOTUS, and he was a medieval philosopher.Michael Leddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05547732736861224886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7162206974728931335.post-28815073599842610442011-01-26T09:07:47.956-06:002011-01-26T09:07:47.956-06:00I have urbandictionary.com on speed dial. Definit...I have urbandictionary.com on speed dial. Definitely nsfw, but extremely useful.<br /><br />Can't comment on the speech--too depressed/cynical/annoyed/let down/helpless. I'm sticking with my October suggestion for closing the budget gap and getting something actually done: Send all the politicians home, turn off the lights, and turn down the heat.Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06651927339585714512noreply@blogger.com