Maggie's Farm

No, I didn't watch the SOTU.  I did read it.  Watching it is just too...boring.  Besides, there was a good movie on another channel.  "National Lampoon's Vacation" is far superior to the pablum spoon-fed to the nation by the winner of a popularity contest.

So when I think about what the President had to say, and specifically who he was speaking to (because he did not speak to me or people like me), I think of another movie, one involving an entrepreneur who built a business and was seeking to keep it running by giving jobs to disadvantaged folk who were willing to work for him because he recognized the value they provided and sought to protect them from harm while giving them a living 'wage'.  Progressives believe this man is the government, which is why we were exhorted to "move forward together" even as the President sought to polarize us further.

We know the truth.  We know this man doesn't exist.  We know the best thing the government can say to Progressives is this:

On the other hand, these are the Progressives Obama spoke to: