{"id":24,"date":"2006-02-01T20:08:10","date_gmt":"2006-02-01T09:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.allocinit.net\/blog\/2006\/02\/01\/the-state-of-the-union-address-drinking-game-2006\/"},"modified":"2023-04-19T21:51:41","modified_gmt":"2023-04-19T10:51:41","slug":"the-state-of-the-union-address-drinking-game-2006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.allocinit.net\/blog\/2006\/02\/01\/the-state-of-the-union-address-drinking-game-2006\/","title":{"rendered":"The State of the Union Address Drinking Game 2006"},"content":{"rendered":"

The President of the United States gives a state of the union address each year to the US Congress. Clearly, the most appropriate thing to do with an occasion such as this is to turn it into a drinking game<\/a>.<\/p>\n

To see just how smashed you really should be, this table shows the number of drinks you should have had based on the state of the union transcript<\/a> from C-Span.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Event<\/b><\/td>\nNumber of Occurrences<\/b><\/td>\nTotal Drinks<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The state of our union is strong<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
troops<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n2 small<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Iraq<\/td>\n16<\/td>\n16<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Iran<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
terror<\/td>\n20<\/td>\n20 small<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Saddam Hussein<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
democracy<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
elections<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n0*<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
freedom<\/td>\n17<\/td>\n17<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ariel Sharon<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Homeland<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jack Abramoff<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hard Work<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bring it on<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nukular<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Scooter Libby<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
New Orleans<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
bipartisan<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
foreign oil<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Medicare<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
education<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n2**<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
environment<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
border security<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
illegal immigration<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
God<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
sacrafice<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
fiscal discipline<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
tax burden<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
evil<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Don’t mess with Texas!<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
defends the necessity or legality of the NSA surveillance program<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
if he praises either Chief Justice Roberts or Justice (?) Alito<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
if the speech is under an hour<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n2***<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Total<\/i><\/td>\n<\/td>\n73, 22 small<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

* Elections was mentioned 3 times, but from the transcript I can’t be sure they’re within one minute.
\n** Education can’t be sure from a transcript if it was mispronounced for the bonus +1
\n*** Finish your drink and have another beer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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