Elonka wrote:
] I watched it live too... My own initial thoughts:

I didn't watch it live.. :) I saw the first 30 minutes via Tivo, got pulled away from it, and then caught rest a few hours later via whitehouse.gov.

] - I laughed at the unexpected applause when Bush said that
] the Patriot Act expires next year. :)

Did you gasp after the unexpected applause after his next line? "The terrorist threat will not expire on that schedule." That was grade-a creepy, although I'm sure not intended the way many took it.

] - The idea of promoting sexual abstinence among young people
] just sounds absurd to me. Stricter societies than ours have
] tried to enforce abstinence, with little success.

I agree completely. I think "asinine" is the best word I can summon to describe the Bush stance on this.

RE: State of the Union Address