F.O.O., I can proverbially kill 2 birds with one stone today with a "this day in history" AND holiday fare! Frank "Ol' Blue Eyes" "Chairman of the Board" Sinatra was born on this date in 1915. So, he'll be providing the seasonal selection for tonight!
And, because Looney Tunes is HILARIOUS any & all times of the year, and today's Frank Sinatra's birthday, go about 2 minutes 20 seconds into this classic to see Frankie's influence on some chickens!
I have to admit to not getting the reaction Sinatra got back "in the old days." Sure, he had the voice, but I don't think he was that good looking & was WAY too skinny. Now, Richard Wolffe, on the other hand, has the voice, the brains, the looks, the eyes, the... [insert image of me fanning myself here]...
Let's Countdown!
Thanks to David Shuster for pinch – hitting for Keith tonight! Enjoy your long weekend, Keith, and we’ll see you next week – WE HOPE!
#5 "Totaled" AKA "GOP VS. GM" AKA "Epic Bail" AKA "State of the Union" - Will GWB & Hank Paulson swoop in to save Chrysler & GM? Tune in! What happened last night was all the UAW’s fault, don’t cha’ know? Wow, how ‘bout that internal GOP memo that basically said they wanted to get back at "organized labor" after the Election? Do we have a Congress in DC or a glorified junior high school?! Jeebus... How convenient is it that the amount of coin left in the bailout/rescue money that’s been allocated & spent so far is exactly what the auto guys are asking for? Even DICK tried appealing to the GOP Senators to go for the rescue/bailout/whatever. What the hell?! DICK’s been known to shoot people in the face that he likes! What might he do to GOP Senators now? Sweden bailed out SAAB today. Go figure that GOP Senators are so damn short – sighted & hate unions so much they don’t realize all of other thousands & thousands of jobs that depend on the auto industry that are at risk. I’m telling you; I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again. The GOP is going after a Nazi – esque scorched earth policy. Since they didn’t win the Election, they will leave power & leave this country in the worst shape they possibly can.
#4 "Senate Seat for Sale" AKA "Endless Guv" - Blagojevich’s Chief of Staff resigned today. And, I know how to spell his name now, but it’s damn long, so I may stick with Blago! ;D Lisa Madigan can give the federal AGs we’ve had over the last years a lesson about interventions to stop unstable incapable "unfit" Chief Executives! You go, girl! If I were the IL State legislature, I’d be meeting sooner rather than later to begin this impeachment stuff. I could so see Blago making this Senate selection anyway and – hell! – even picking himself; he could do that, ya’ know!
** Look at the foam, man! Those crazy CA students like to run around in their underwear during finals week! I cannot even imagine in my wildest dreams of any students at the university where I teach doing this – at all. ‘Course, it’s a little cooler in Indianapolis these days than it is in CA! Arlen Specter wants to hold off Eric Holder’s confirmation hearing to go on vacation with the little Mrs. Jon Kyl, who was all willin’ & rarin’ to go to confirm Michael Mukasey wants to take his own sweet time with Eric Holder, too. **
#3 "Political Post – Mortem" AKA "No Vacancy" - Rick Davis wants to blame everyone else except themselves for how Senator McCentury’s POTUS campaign turned out. It was all GWB’s fault; Gov. TurkeyLover had nothing to do with it – at all! Colin Powell had some choice words for "the comedian" & said Gov. TurkeyLover – HA! The GOP hurt Senator McCentury’s maverickyness, too. GWB won’t let the Obama family move to Blair House early because they want to par – tay! Wasn’t it darn nice of David Shuster to offer his house?! Although, the info about mices in his basement was TMI!
BUSHED! "Tech for Tat – Gate" We’re going to sign a nuclear pact with the UAE because they’re letting American companies help develop their nuclear power. "Gitmo – Gate" John Ashcroft’s still all over Gitmo’s "humanitarian" efforts. "Torture – Gate" THANK YOU for covering the Senate report that was published yesterday; I wish Keith had covered this last night instead of the "war" between Mr. Obama & NASA! I’m not exactly saying that it’s not an important story, but was it worth an entire segment? After the report release yesterday about torture, the NASA story was NOT worth all the time spent. Getting off my soapbox now...
#2 "Balance of Power" AKA "Power & Privilege" - We still don’t know who the other MN Senator will be, but a couple of decisions have gone Al Franken’s way. I want Stewart Smalley in the Senate! Norm Coleman voted against the auto bailout last night. I wonder if any of the fine citizens of MN who voted for him last month would like a do – over?
*** So, are we not going to get the other half of the corrupt politician Hall of Shame ‘til next week? Oh well...ya’ better make it good, Keith! ;D ***
#1 "Mac is Back" AKA "Riffs and Buts" - Senator McCentury did look a bit more relaxed with Dave last night. Last night’s McCentury could’ve been the POTUS campaign McCentury if he’d told some craptacular advisers to go BLEEP themselves early & often. Hey! Yea! Did Senator McCentury vote on the auto rescue/bailout/whatever last night? If he did, how did he vote?