Pelosi Exhausts Cheney during State of the Union

No Word on When We Must Stop Supporting Troops

The State of the Union address by President Bush offered many new initiatives - taxing those who actually have health care, reducing America's oil consumption by drilling for more oil, and both support for and fear of Shiites. But none was as obvious as that visually portrayed by new House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who consistently leapt out of her chair faster than VP Dick Cheney.

As if a tack were on her seat, Pelosi regularly jumped upward, her figure to right side of the screen proving faster and more eager than that of Vice President Cheney. Lacking multiple heart attacks and threats of indictments, Pelosi proved herself up to the task: A speedy House Speaker with strong legs and fast hands, standing and applauding whenever the president mentioned a subject of interest to her.

Meanwhile, Cheney looked very old. Except when any mention of the military or cutting taxes was made, the Vice President was a corpse compared to the vibrant House Speaker sitting at his side.

What all could agree on - both Cheney and Pelosi leaving their posteriors to stand and applaud with equal vigor - was the mention of "our troops." Though none could explain how America can afford unending war - nor why we must pay for the reconstruction of an oil-rich country - everyone in attendance showed blatant support for the military. Mostly due to the fact that few of them have served in the armed forces, and all of the Bush Administration actually avoided service, our elected leaders wildly applauded the fact that the vast majority of taxpayer monies go towards what we cannot - and due to their "classified" nature - will never know.

Things to look for in the future: Threatening of Social Security in order to "save" it; Jim Webb carrying that picture of his father everywhere; Nancy Pelosi in the gym, working her legs for the next State of the Union; and, most of all, more applause for the heroic men and women of the armed forces, who none of our elected leaders are related to, nor care to know, but gladly applaud - then fund companies that make predator drones and space-aged lasers.