Bush on the Air

I watched parts of the State of the Union speech, but that was about it. These tend to be glorified campaign speeches where they basically announce their plans to right every wrong and make the world a better place. Then the next day, all is forgotten.

One thing that I always find very irritating is the constant applause and standing ovations for every little thing that's said: "I want (applause) to tell you (applause) that (applause) last night's episode (applause) of "My Name is Earl" (raucous applause) was the greatest ever (standing ovation)." You then always have someone in the audience that is pointed out for some great deed they've done or accomplishment in their work. Last night it was the subway hero from New York and the founder of the Baby Einstein book/video empire. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court Justices just sit there with hands folded.

Saw another politician live and in person today. Joe Kernan, former mayor of South Bend and former Governor of Indiana was on campus to speak at a program sponsored by our Career Services Office. He seems like a really nice guy. Not the most powerful speaker in the world, but very down to earth very real. Didn't sound all that political.