I hear that - I also went to public school, have gotten progressively more liberal as I've gotten older, and I love the US even when its politics makes me shout at the TV in near-blind rage. I find it frustrating that to be liberal or to care about change makes one unpatriotic in some people's eyes, and that FOX news…

It's not so bad when you're getting mason jars at a hardware store or whatever, because most people buying from there are probably using them for canning or mixing paint or something reasonable, but god forbid you need to grab a case from the craft store at the last minute.

The President started talking about technological innovation and advanced medicine and I started shouting "NIH! NIH!" at my computer. I was so hoping that he'd announce some kind of increased science funding. Crossing my fingers for later in the SOTU.

Oh man, I bet! I was in middle and high school for W's presidency and we were assigned a "State of the Union" paper in social studies/history every year. I wish I was allowed to drink during those.

If I had an open bar with which to play this I'd pass out in half an hour. Thank GOD I'm not in college any more!

Oh my god, "not even seeing it" is definitely what happens in my household.

My whole family first watched Up together when I was home on a break from college, and after the beginning sequence we all had to take a break to stop crying and regroup - all three adultish kids and even my dad.

I grew up in a different part of New York, and while my family isn't Irish and Italian I know enough who are ... I could imagine every bit of this story