Author Archives: Nik Bronder

State of the Union.

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Just a couple things and that’s all I’ll say:
This is the only time I know of in modern history that the losing side actually verbally responded during the speech. It sounded very much like the British Parliament. Of course Social Security the Battle of the next four years will, so I think it was at least honorable for the fight to begin before the nation standing up to a recently re-elected President.
Second, not so much the speech but the Democratic response. Am I the only one that associates that speech with the post game interview of the losing teams coach outside the locker room? I was just waiting for the Senator from Nevada to saying the Republicans were just the better team today.
And finally it was pretty cool to watch the whole thing in HDTV. You really got a feel for the “Fuck you, I’m not standing” of the Democrats.

Colbert on the Iraqi Elections.

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The following is from The Daily Show’s Stephen Colbert on the Iraqi Election:

A high turnout less than fifty dead, doesn’t get any better than this…
The birth of a Democracy is like any birth, it’s not for the faint-hearted. You can’t let the panic and the hot stink of fear that fills the room distract you from the goal… pushing that thing out.
Lady Liberty may curse at you and tell you that she hates you and her eyes may go wild like a mindless animal but you stay the course. And when the still soft head of representative government emerges from the draconian stained voting both like some wet hairless rat you’ll be able to look at it and say “That’s mine, I maid that.” Even if it clearly looks Asian because at that point you can convince yourself of anything.