As President Obama prepares to unleash his final State Of The Union speech, The White House has conveniently focused attention on the following six "success stories": The Economy (record low number of men in workforce [9]), The Climate (too hot for retail, too cold for construction [10]), Foreign Policy (bwuahahaha), Health Care (record number of Americans cutting back to afford medical costs [11]), and Social Progress (record high racial tensions, police state, surveillance state, and record low trust in government [12]). But apart from that, Americans have The Kardashians, iGadgets, record levels of syphillis [13], and, of course, a record surge in national debt [14]during any President's "reign."
Mission Accomplished President Obama [14]...
[15]
For the hard of hearing and propaganda-impaired - here is a quick summary of President Obama's 'tenure' [16]
[17]
The decline and fall of American Exceptionalism in one simple SOTU Speech reading level chart...
Take the under #SOTU [18] pic.twitter.com/7TqXdMNwdQ [19]
— Not Jim Cramer (@Not_Jim_Cramer) January 12, 2016 [20]
Most crucially - how exactly will President Obama claim a "victory" of a deal with Iran - safeguarding the world from their nuclear threat - when they are holding 2 vessels and 10 navy crewmen "hostage"?
The full speech can be read here [21]but why bother: here is the abbreviated word cloud [22]:
[23]
Live Feed (President Obama is due to speak at 9pmET)
If it's too much to bear, here is the ubiquitous drinking game...
[24]
As DebateDrinking.com explains, [25]when you hear a word on your selected list of drink words - take a drink*! We recommend something domestic - we are drinking for America after all.
*We define a drink as a gulp of beer or sip of wine or liquor. Know your limits and please drink responsibly.
And here is the live score on this drinking game...
Finally, this...
