State of the Union addresses might have become boring for many, but they are important.

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The average number of times that President Bush has used the pronoun I in each of his State of the Union addresses: 36.

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Elsewhere Mr Badnarik has promised, if elected, to wear his handgun during state-of-the-union addresses, blow up empty United Nations buildings and require violent criminals to lie in bed all day for the first month of their incarceration.

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That's why, when the president addresses the nation next Tuesday night in his State of the Union address, top aides say it will build on the president's highly successful speech at the University of Arizona memorial service after the Tucson tragedy.

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