One good (OK, serviceable) round deserves another

After attempting to prognosticate the particulars, I sure don't envy the poor speech-writers who've been tasked with drafting Tuesday's State of the Union address -- coming up with material that's neither impertinent nor incendiary in the current climate is about as easy as finding suitable Scooter Libby jurors. This year, the only near-certainty is that it will be a matter of when, not if, you'll find yourself thinking, "They pre-empted 'House' for this?"

Nonetheless, for the sake of tradition, game on, my fellow Americans:

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