Last week, we reported on the news that the State of the Union address could bump back the season premiere of “Lost.”
Fans eager to know what’s next for the survivors of Oceanic 815 can breathe a sigh of relief now. According to the latest news, Feb. 2 is no longer being considered for the State of the Union address.
The address will air on January 26, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Glad to know where our priorities are at in this country. I mean an important address about the present state of our nation or the beginning of the final season of a TV show 🙂
This would all be solved if they only played his head on PBS or CSPAN instead of every channel I get. Why it takes over every station is beyond me. I prefer reading the transcripts anyway. I can’t stand listening to politicians talk and to compensate I get way too obsessed about the color and sound differences between the various stations. Who will have the most Yellow this year? Which station will be a half second off on the audio? Which will show him in the most flattering light? In comparison LOST is relaxing. If they expect the tv stations to roll over for them they are going to have to make a few concessions. Such as not procrastinating into February and bumping a show that has held that slot for months. Which leads me back to the PBS idea. What is that station there for otherwise?
The State of the Union address is the biggest waste of time of any speech. Ever since they started televising it, it stopped being what the Constitution required (ie, a report to Congress on the state of the union) and simply became an exercise is seeing how many times a president can get members of his party to clap on cue.
Fun Fact: The Constitution doesn’t require that the president give an annual address before Congress. Only that “He shall from time to time give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union, and recommend to their Consideration such Measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient;” (U.S. Constitution – Article 2 Section 3). While Washington and Adams both gave Congress oral reports, Jefferson hated the idea of giving a speech before Congress, so he just sent them a written report. Every president after him continued the practice of a written SOTU until Woodrow Wilson resumed the practice of giving a speech.