Let me preface the following praise by saying I have a tough time listening to our president.  His style of speech and mannerisms tend to drive me up the wall in spite of the fact I am in near total agreement with his political agenda and actions as president.  Tonight, my wife had to call me away repeatedly from this computer to get me to come listen to the State of the Union speech.  After the introduction of the WWII vets, I, reluctantly, and grumbling that I really didn't want to do this, got up and went in to join Miz Poe in watching the speech. All I can say is that I am ever so glad that I did.  To my absolute amazement, Donald J. Trump gave one helluva State of the Union speech, punching my conservative buttons while putting the Democrats in checkmate by cleverly appropriating every one of their major issues as his own.  It was amazing to watch those Democrats initially sitting on their impolite rear ends, refusing...(Read Full Post)