I small factoid came to my attention a couple days ago I thought might be worth looking in to.  Today’s date is March 6.

This is my review of Boulevard Brewing Manhattan Social Club:

When I was growing up, I recalled one week out of the year where Bill Clinton was on literally every channel with one exception:  KUPT 45.  That one just happened to be playing the Suns game.  Why was Bill Clinton all over every channel for a week straight?  No it wasn’t 1998 and he wasn’t banging interns yet.  Okay, he probably was.  I am talking about the State of the Union Address.

Since I am working at home, I have access to a much nicer copy of the Constitution than the pocket deal I have at my desk at work, which is handy given I am citing specifically what is required to do this.  (Article 2, Section 3)

In years prior to a certain quasi-totalitarian socialist, this was simply known as an “Annual Message”.  The majority of which (still) are not given in person, even though the President can convene both houses of Congress to do this.

In 2009 then President Barrack Obama gave an address to both houses of Congress on February 24.  In 2017 Trump gave a similar speech to both houses of Congress which if you recall the media insisted it was NOT a State of the Union on February 27.  Back to today where we are still waiting for old Joe to address the nation where it previously only took around a month before I have to ignore every channel.  Perhaps not we—some people are, and “fact checks” were penned in the last week or two to address the radio silence from Joe at this point.

I am perfectly comfortable with the idea I don’t get to listen whatever falls out of Joe’s, you know…the thing.  The expectation however, is some sort of address is necessary and further silence is only going to fuel more conspiracy theories of Joes slow drift into a mental ice cream soup.  If I have to witness America’s decline, I at least want to be entertained by a drooling idiot that campaigned on being “competent” and returning to “normal”.  So c’mon man, lets hear about the um, you know.

 

Boulevard Brewing is based out of Kansas City, so when I saw “Manhattan” I assumed it was some kind of play on Manhattan, KS.  I am wrong. Very wrong.  It is referring to the cocktail.  I refuse to step on toes, so I will neither describe nor list the ingredients (*cough* Nephilium *cough*). When I say this is a Belgian Ale made to taste like a Manhattan, I give them credit for creativity but there is only one worthy reaction. Boulevard Brewing Manhattan Social Club: 1.9/5