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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