One brief comment on the general state of the Union - don't make the assumption that Barack Obama is going to succeed in anything he does as President - do you know how many African-American senators there are - a total of one and he's the dude with the mausoleum that replaced Obama - do you think that racism isn't rampant in the U.S. Senate - guess again - these guys (the mean old white Republican dudes) will do everything and I mean everything to torpedo bObama - it's all political - the objects of politics is politics - the object of power is power.  There's going to be fighting in the streets before this is all over.  And the ultimate winners are going to be our inscrutable friends in the East.  They're cruising right along, and soon they'll have us in the rearview.  Go East young man and the last dogg out of the room please extinguish the light.