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I am an American, therefore, I’m not supposed to like soccer </joke>.

I was sitting down with my coffee and I decided to flip on the World Cup. Turns out, Comcast added ESPN2 HD yesterday, so all of the games will be available to me in HD. Anyway, I flipped on the Sweden vs Trinidad and Tobago match. I have to be honest, I enjoyed watching it. Sometime in the past, I read an article that said the reason why Soccer is so much fun to watch is that there isn’t an obvious build up to scoring. In football, you typically have a slow march towards the goal. In soccer, you can easily go from one end of the field to the other in a matter of seconds, and go from almost getting scored on to scoring in just as short of a time.

Am I going to skip work to watch matches? No. But, I will enjoy watching the matches.

It’s Saturday, and The Wife and I have agreed that this will be a “do nothing” weekend… meaning, we’re going to do fun things we want that doesn’t require us to leave the house. For my part, I plan on settling in behind the computer here with my bagel, Starbucks Café Estima, Coffeemate French Vanilla, and iTunes. I load up World of Warcraft… and my new realm is down. So, I’m looking at buying a Valentine’s day gift for The Wife and playing my old high level character on a different realm (where I’m bored stiff). I decided to write about something that I’ve had in the cooker for a bit…

I’m occasionally get asked to take part in online Zogby political polls. They usually ask normal questions like “Do you think the country is headed in the right direction?” and “Are you proud or ashamed that President Bush is the President?” But, a few of the questions are designed to find patterns between people’s political views and their other habits…

Which of the following would you be most likely to watch:

a) A live broadcast of The State of the Union speech?

b) An episode of the ABC drama “Commander in Chief”

c) An episode of the NBC drama “The West Wing”

d) An episode of the FOX comedy “The Simpsons” where Bart runs for president

e) Not sure

Do you consider yourself a NASCAR fan? Yes/No/No Answer

Do you or does anyone in your household keep a gun for personal protection or hunting at your home, place of business, or at a vacation home or club?

How often do you shop at Wal-Mart?

a) Every week

b) A few times a month

c) A couple times a year

d) Never

e) Other

f) Not sure

I am a registered Democrat, but, I’m not a party loyalist. I think for myself, and I make decisions for myself. I think they should remove the “Vote all Republican” and “Vote all Democrat” options from voting ballots. But, I find that my values, more often than not, align with the left. I think that Bush is a douche, and I am ashamed that he leads our country.

With that being said, here are some of my thoughts about the State of the Union address.

• I enjoy that the Democrats aren’t standing or applauding at the stupid things he says that gets all of the Republicans to stand and applaud.
• ABC is broadcasting the speech in HD. Bush has REALLY hairy ears. His barber should have fixed that.
• In a follow up to the previous bullet, he’s getting age spots on his face. (It’s amazing how much a person ages while in office. Look at Clinton in 93 and again in 2000.)
• He started to read a letter from a soldier who died. I stopped listening, because it was a ploy. Then they cut to his family. They stood, people started clapping and than everyone stood up. Mom and Wife both pat their hearts with the left hands at the same time. I threw up a bit in my mouth.
• The Congress must be watching England’s House of Commons because there have been a lot of vocalisations… cheering and moaning. I like it.
• OH SNAP! </jon stewart> Bush: “Congress did not act last year on my proposal to save Social Security…” Democrats stand up and applaud and cheer. Damn. They’ve got balls.
• He mentioned the success of No Child Left Behind. I’m sure plenty of people smarter than me will be willing to dispute that it has been successful.
• Okay, well, it’s now 1 hour-ish in, and I’ve stopped paying full attention. Oh, I found out why. He was trying to end on an inspiring note. It didn’t work for me.

The Governor of Virginia is giving the Democratic response, but he didn’t get HD. He keeps his left eyebrow raised and is kind of like a Bond villain. Also, I don’t know if I like “There’s a better way” mantra. But, I agree with the things that he’s saying.