Oh dear Teribus, my English comprehension is just fine - and I have the transcripts and alphabet soup to back that up. Yours is equally good. I am sure of that (seriously - no sarcasm). The problem is that you take positions, and then desperately cling to them in the face of hurricanes of contrary data. You really should try simply admitting when you have been wrong. It is the only way to actually learn anything. I know this because I have been wrong in the past (and admitted here on Mudcat). It is obvious to all that you have, in this case, been reduced to arguing that black is white regarding the SOTU quote. People will not think less of you for admitting error. In fact, when the error is so blatant, it better preserves your honor to own up to it than to try to spin out of it (humbly spoken from experience - honestly).