State of the Union

On the whole, I really have no beef with the State of the Union address.  It’s an impressive feat, really.  I mean, the guy goes up there and has to talk about every single thing that’s wrong or right about the US for a long period of time.  There is, however, one problem.

“We will spend 22% more on developing cleaner forms of energy…” *applause*
“Our goal is to find cleaner and more efficient ways to heat our homes and offices…” *applause*
“…so we will have less dependence on Middle Eastern oil.”  *standing ovation*

Honestly, does he really need all that applause?  It makes a 90 minute speech last like 3 hours.  And that doesn’t even bring continuity into the fold.  After the 2 minute applause, it’s hard to remember what he had just finished saying.

In all fairness, Canadian politics should have a similar address (someone correct me if we do in fact have something like this).  Instead, our government takes 3 months off for Christmas and we’re left to wonder if anything actually happens in Ottawa.