yes the frequent applause was stupid. i could write his speeches (not that i'd want to) but then again, i think a lot of people could. at the end the announcer-like people were talking about if bush had actually justified needing to go to war with iraq.. i still dont see it. i do see that hussein isnt the best guy to have running iraq but that doesnt mean we have to go to war. mmm who knows about the rest of the us. sigh.

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The man came first in the houehold, and therefore, should come first in reverence. You address the more respectable person before the other.

That's the origin, I would imagine. I guess it just stuck. Much like many other terms, such as "Oh, my God," uttered from the lips of an atheist, or "I'm not a baby-eating monster," said by Bush.

"No, dad, it's a rhetorical question."

"Okay, eight."

I was doing my geometry while it was on, so I didn't pay much attention. And then I decided to watch Happy Gilmore instead because it was so terrible. I really hate his speeches.

And I agree with Ryan Collins about the phrase, especially since he's far more eloquent than I and I would fail if I tried to explain my views on it. But I think he's spot on. It's not a sexism thing; it's just a nonchalant way of addressing the public.

I concur with Ryan. I couldn't watch his speeches. I couldn't pay attention to them. You were right with every other sentence an applause. It probably could have been fifty minutes shorter if that hadn't happened. anyway yeah. I couldn't concentrate on what he was saying because I was waiting for the next applause. I hate Bush. I don't want to go to war. If this country goes to war and there is a draft, my mom is sending me to Canada. I would much rather Mexico (drinking) but I got friends in both areas. It doesn't matter to me.

Sage - You can get your drink on in Canada at 18, it's easier to get into, and you don't need to know another language (except for Quebec). The speech wasn't that tedious, I thought it was very interesting, though not surprising. I think he made a stronger argument for war in Iraq, though I'm certainly not convinced, nor do I think our allies are. As far as the hydrogen powered cars... basically the gov't giving money to car companies so that they can develop these technologies, but they won't sell them very much simply because they have no incentive to. If he said the gov't was going to create tax exemptions or something for people who bought them, or enact stricter regulations on fuel efficiency, then I would be impressed.

Yes, Sage, if there's a war in Iraq the grade-schoolers will be the first to go. So be on your toes.

Lyzii, you're a twit if you think you could write an hour-long political address by yourself. Or you've never watched The West Wing.

You can't hate on the applause. It's like saying "Professional wrestling would be so much better without all the idiots in the audience waving their signs." The idiots in the audience waving their signs are part of the package - take it or leave it.

Texas is an oil-producing state. Bush is from Texas. Hydrogen-powered cars do not use oil.

He also said nuclear wrong, which was a topic in religion class today. His pronunciation of it, that is, not anything that actually pertained to nuclear war.

And I only listened to it on the way home from the basketball game because I was driving at let my dad control the radio.