Yeah, so I missed most of the State of the Union, forgetting about the time zone change (yeah, it STILL happens to me). But from the look of things, it was big business as usual so who gives a shit anyway. What’s been fun, in a staggeringly depressing way, is to review the snippets of Karl Rove’s—I mean the President’s—speech, against the cold truth of the facts behind the rhetoric. You can do this not on the major news outlets, because they are all whores who suck. I’m tired of George Snuffalupagus and god knows I don’t need to hear “The Democratic Response”, which is sure to be one more performance of people who still can’t get their shit together, whining ineffectively about this buffoon in office.

What you can do is head over to Think Progress’ site for a nice recap of the whole charade, with factual turdlets that follow each rosy assertion made by that incompetent jerkoff named Georgie Dubya Bush.

Right on, Sky News, Right on.

This country is lost. The way I see it, when thousands of people die and the reaction is for thousands more to begin looting and shooting at the helicopters trying to rescue them with their ten pairs of Nikes—while rich people argue the details of supply and demand and its effect fuel prices on an aviation mailing list I subscribe to, and the so-called leader of this country goes on television and says he “understands” what’s going on—I believe we are truly in the midst of the most serious reality-disconnect mode I’ve ever seen in my life.

Katrina has caused unbelievable damage to New Orleans, and the reaction of many of the (surviving) residents has been to sprinkle a little L.A. riots into the mix. Yes, it’s a totally irrational act, but the more I look at it, the more I see this as one more example of the chasm between our nation’s so-called leadership and the needs of everyman. These people are PISSED OFF, and I can’t say I blame them.

I got a little upset when this morning’s Center for American Progress newsletter used the Katrina situation to make Bush look bad, but then again, this country’s handling of this disaster—from the preparedness beforehand to the outraged reaction of the residents in the aftermath—is an excellent little view into the priorities of this idiotic President of ours and his complete lack of compassion or understanding of what he is doing to this nation of ours.

I am sad today.