I’m no square, but I was texting with some associates during the State of the Union address earlier this week. One had previously lamented he hadn’t voted in ten years but was excited to cast his ballot in the primary Tuesday.

He was one of 17% of us to vote, which is strange because I’m fairly confident more than 17% of social media posts I’ve seen recently have been complaints about politics [Are ya with me, social media users?!]. Still, though, The Media was kind enough to spin that to “But listen, that’s higher turnout than the last six midterm primaries, man!”

During the State of the Union, the president talked about exciting issues like the supply chain and how many miles of highway he’d like to re-pave.

As a people, we’re outstanding at arguing about politics. But there’s a part of us, gang, a part of us that doesn’t like cynicism.

You know how I know that? This may be the first time a discussion about inflation and the supply chain led to people chanting, “USA!”

But the president had a speech to make, so he interrupted them to explain how we needed more domestic production of goods like semi-conductors. Regardless of how you stand politically, if you ever get elected president and people start chanting, “USA! USA!” during your speech, do not interrupt them.

There’s talk the chant was previously adopted by Donald Trump supporters, but sometimes we might consider feeling less cynical. There’s never an inappropriate time to chant, “USA!”

And Biden opened with how we’re putting Vladimir Putin in a corner.

“He badly miscalculated. He thought he could roll into Ukraine and the world would roll over. Instead, he met with a wall of strength he never anticipated or imagined. He met the Ukrainian people,” Biden said.

Loyal Scaiaholics will recall I met some of those Ukrainian people last weekend.

Ukraine is taking the action necessary. They’re urging people to remove road signs so Russians can’t find their way around.

In one case, a group of border guards had some borderline salty language when a Russian warship told them to surrender. The tweet at that link says they were all killed, but they might actually have survived. And “GFY” may emerge as the Ukrainians’ “Remember the Alamo.”

The Ukrainian president has also been clear about his intentions.

We’re free to argue, and totally change each other’s minds, on Facebook. We don’t have to worry about ammunition.

During that group text with associates, I suggested I might start my own political party. Candidates have to move further to one side during their primary to win a nomination. I might move aggressively toward the middle.

“The No Jerks” party, it might be called. Or “Here’s What I’d Do, But if You Think of Something Different, That’s Cool, Too.”

Biden reports, “the State of the Union is strong because you, the American people, are strong.

“This is our moment to meet and overcome the challenges of our time. And we will, as one people, one America — the United States of America.”

If you find that unacceptable, Donald Trump said roughly the same thing. The Whigs probably would have said the same thing, too, just in a much more long winded form and on an unseasonably cool day.

My platform is we can all chant, “USA! USA!”