I could be saving a bundle of money on my car insurance.

Damn, O'Malley has a nice haircut!

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

"This opera is really boring."

"Please God, let there be some crazy sex scandal in this administration in the next two years..."

Wake me in 2008.

Che, take your propoganda somehwere else.

"George W. Bush today announced that he had patented his speaking voice as a sleep aid. Here are some of the early and encouraging results."

Ladies and gentlemen, the gas leak should be repaired shortly.

I think that we should all sleep on this!

Georgie, wake me up before you go-go.

Following a big dinner at Ben's Chili Bowl, Adrien Fenty wonders if those around him recognize him as the culprit of the notorious "silent but deadly"

.....mmmmmmm..... yessssssss...... health care employer tax deduction caps..... let me close my eyes and imagine such a nirvana.

Newly elected Governor Martin O'Malley and his team demonstrate their interest in "working with Washington to move Maryland forward"

the chick with dark hair behind me to my right... she just turned and I could see up her skirt.... nice.... oh, wait, she's turning again... another peek..... oh damn... busted. And Katie and the girl's dad all saw me get busted too..... God, I hope this doesn't get picked up on camera.

You are getting very, very sleepy. When I snap my fingers you will wake up and not remember anything I've said to you.

That pink scarf is so tacky.

I do miss my blackberry.

Two hours after Pasta ala Pelosi, what would expect?

Unable to find enough supporters to fill the gallery, the White House made arrangements with the D.C medical examiner's office to "borrow" dozens of corpses for a few hours Tuesday night.

Shaddup already, will 'ya?

If I close my eyes, maybe it will all go away.

"When you awake, you will feel refreshed, as if you've slept for hours, and you will believe that a "surge" is the best policy for Iraq."

Same ole stuff; let's Sleep for the union.

Folks, the K-Fed concert will be over soon!

I'm just going over my Celtic music in my head. Honest I am.

Dikembe Mutumbo?

Dubya Gets an "F" for Creative Speech.

My eyes are starting to hurt from keeping them open and not blinking. Maybe if I blink fast enough, I won't get photographed with my eyes shut.

Sleep of the Union supporters

Hmmm, season five of "The Wire": Tommy Carcetti becomes President.

Exhausted from spinning, tap-dancing, and lying their way into office, top Democrats take a much-needed rest.

Not amused by Pelosi's mouth antics, and completey bored with Bush's dancing around the real issues...guests of the newly elected Speaker of the House finally succumb to sleep.

Phylis, would be interesting to know when this photo was taken. Was it during the speech or during an endless wait for the electeds to arrive and for it to begin?

Charles,
I asked photographer Linda Davidson who said the picture was taken about three quarters of the way through the speech.

Let's see photos of everyone else sitting in the room. Or would someones favorite politician be busted?

Thanks Phyllis. That's hilarious.

SOTU - Feel the Magic!

The guy talking is using too many big words and I'm so bored.

Three quarters of the way through that speech, I was in the kitchen looking for something with caffeine in it. I have a LOT of sympathy for these folks. There's a photo floating around of McCain sleeping, too.

When, oh when, will Mr. Dopey finish?

The above individuals need to run the stairs in Cole Field House with Robin Ficker so they don't get tired so easily. Or they could get used to biking the Crescent Trail.

Jane, that's PRESIDENT Dopey, thank you very much!

My reaction? The bored faces give away the contempt these folks have for the man speaking. Why did they even go?

mocoslacker, I imagine most people sitting in the room were bored three-quarters into the speech. It was late (by my standards), no one really wants to listen to Bush and his fairytales, and I'm guessing that most people there would rather have been somewhere else (even the Republicans). It would have been funny if at least half the people that was invited didn't show up! Maybe Bush could have contacted Kendall to bus in some standins.

"Speaker Pelosi's guests reflect her interest in bi-partisan cooperation during the State of the Union speech."

Can you imagine if everyone fell asleep like O'Malley. What must other nations think of our leaders when they can't have the decency to sit through a 30 minute speech with their eyes open. O'Malley's a loser.

"Would You Buy A Set of Government Policies From These People?"

Newly elected Governor Martin O'Malley and his team demonstrate their interest in "working with Washington to move Maryland forward"

Frustrated by their inability to force President Bush into an immediate cut and run loss in Iraq, Martin O'Malley and fellow Democrats cry themselves to sleep.

...or "Martin O'Malley demonstrates what 47% of Maryland voters knew all along...that he has no desire to work with the other party and has no class whatsoever."

A mid-winter's night dream?? The Young and The Restless ???

'When I'm President.....'

And you wonder why young students don't respect their teachers anymore?

Isn't this sooooo symbolic?? The American public sleeps while all kinds of things are being done in their name. Isn't it time to wake up yet??

A new sleep aid (Gallery Winky Blinks)was introduced during the State of the Union address AKA GWB Sleepaid.

1.This is why we give our politicians their own chauffeurs.
2. I rise before you today to ask once again, if the distinguished gentleman from the Great State of Maryland is prepared to withdraw his legislation that banned caffeinated beverages from the House Dining Room?? Will you yield me a few minutes of, yawwwn, aaahh, Hullo, uh, hullloah--???
3. Having succeeded in the first part of their plot to slip sleeping pills in the water supply to Washington and the federal government, terrorists are now prepared to move to phase two of their nefarious plan, in which they actually take over the brain of the president...oops, that is making a few assumptions....
4. Give me that phone private! Sir, I've tried every line at the White House, The Capital and the Pentagon. I can't reach anyone.
5. Take it to DefCom 4....zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

I could have had a V8.

This country will be LUCKY beyond belief to survive just TWO years under the "control" of the Demoncratic Party! The assumption of the Speaker's chair by Ms. Pelosi provided more pomp and circumstance (and reams more publicity) than the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II!

I reaaaaaaaaaally need to find a way to get out of here.

"If I close my eyes long enough, maybe the Bush administration will just go away..."