In my house, we watch the State of the Union no matter what we think of the president.  This year, however, you could count me out. I wasn't in the mood for another page from Obama's old KUBARK Torture Manual. My 80 year-old mother decided to solider through it.  God bless her, I don't think she's ever missed one since she learned to walk.  The woman who banned anything even close to a cuss word as we were growing up could be heard muttering, "Dirty, lying bastard," as she listened to the Lord of the Manor address his serfs.  She thought no one heard. Meanwhile in the other room, I was contemplating Mozart's "Clarinet Concerto in A Major."  As the radio station paused between pieces, I could hear Obama's booming voice in the other room.  He was in "down home" cadence, talking to the "folks."  His voice became cowboy feisty as he proclaimed, "The debate is settled, climate change is a fact!"  I assume he stuck his tongue out after that, but I...(Read Full Post)