Oh, Christ.

One question.  That’s all I ask, really.  Just one question.

When did the Democrats become the party of the f*cking petit bourgeoisie?

Naw, fuck dat noise. Naw, fuck dat FUCKING PETIT BOURGEOISIE horseshite.

Ahem.  What was I saying?

Oh, right. 

So, I somtimes teach a class that, among other things, purports to prepare a person for the art of deconstructing a state of the union address.  Literally. 

What, then, am I to make of a speech whose major points — and please, PLEASE, correct me if I am wrong — consisted of telling the American people that the Democratic Party is the party of small business entrepreneurs, of “free trade” with Columbia (Columbia?  Really?  This from the nation that brought us illimatible synonyms for “purple heart,” and “goof ball” and “kibbles & bits?”), of “clean coal” and “bipartisanship?”  What precisely do we trade with Columbia?  ’cause I will guarantee you it doesn’t add up to our current accounts deficit. 

Fuck dat noise. 

Really? What am I to make of such a speech?

That our president wants to make nice with a bunch of jasper jackasses?  That “oh, really, if I’m only nice to you, maybe we can pretend that it’s just about ‘values’ and “civil disagreement” and not “oh, right, you fucking hate negros and homuhsexshuls” when your talking about “welfare” and “heritage” and “tradition?”

Some very simple advise:  if ever you want to deconstruct a public speech, then ask yourself a question: what does this have to do with the price of labor? I realize that’s old school Marxist, but trust me.  It helps to cut through the bullshit real quick.  And the quickest way to understand where a president stands on the price of labor is to know where he stands on (a) free trade, and (b) universal health care.

More later.  I promise.  I am too, too, distraught to make full comments at the moment.