Well, Howard Dean went nuts today. And to think I’ve given this man’s campaign nearly nineteen grand already. Boy is my face red.

The State of the Union address went smoother than I ever expected, however, I must admit that I was using a different scorecard than most. Due to the nature of the speech, I was unable to follow the last forty minutes of the speech. An astute reader sent me this part of the transcript:

America is on the offensive against the terrorists who started this war. At New York Kennedy airport today, an individual later discovered to be a public school teacher, was arrested trying to board a flight while in possession of a ruler, a protractor, a setsquare, a slide rule and a calculator. Attorney General John Ashcroft believes the man as a member of the notorious al-gebra movement. He is being charged with carrying weapons of math instruction . Al-gebra is a very fearsome cult, indeed. They desire average solutions by means and extremes, and sometimes go off on a tangent in a search of absolute value. They consist of quite shadowy figures, with names like “x” and “y”, and, although they are frequently referred to as “unknowns”, we know they really belong to a common denominator and are part of the axis of medieval with coordinates in every country. We refuse to live in the shadow of this ultimate danger.

That all sounds rather suspicious to me.