Rabbit, Rabbit, RABBIT!
Mom was released from the hospital yesterday; after a long 2+ - hour journey, she's resting as comfortably as she can be back at my parent's house. Pain will be the biggest issue. She was moving better & was more sure on her feet & eating better. Next up are the lab results from the hysterectomy, staple remo...val, & the lung nodule test - all of which are expected to be uneventful. It'll be a good 6 weeks before she'll be "back to normal." Thank you for the continued good wishes!
Now, back to diary "business" & "this day in history" items. I've been out of the newsy loop for obvious reasons over the last couple of weeks, but here's what I've been able to glean. 4 young "adults" did a really bad impersonation of a famous "third - rate burglary attempt," and 1 of said young adults has to live in his parent's basement (with or without Cheetos) until hearings begin. The GOP brought a spork to a gun fight in inviting President Obama to their little "party" in Baltimore. And, HCR is still spinning its wheels because Dems are worse at math than I am. How close am I?
There are some GREAT "this day in history" items on the docket - one of which earns THE cake! But, hopefully the other items will help balance things out. ;D Let's get THE cake out of the way first. Senator Mike Enzi (Wingnut - CO) is 66 today. Since he's a good little GOPer, I'm sure he gives back his Social Security, his Medicare, and all that good stuff, yes? If you heard him during the HCR debate in the Senate, you know he deserves some of this with the invitation to GO CHENEY HIMSELF!
Clark Gable was born on this date in 1901. Hubba, hubba, & HUBBA! :D
Finally, Garrett Morris is 73 today; once again for the hard - of - hearing, GARRETT MORRIS IS 73 TODAY!!
Let's Countdown...er...uh...LET'S COUNTDOWN! :D
#5 "Bipartisanshi*" AKA "Checks and Unbalanced" - This past Thursday, every single GOPer in the Senate voted against a "pay as you go" prospect as far as spending coin for projects & such. President Obama released his budget proposal today; the deficit is going to run to the tune of $1.6 or so trillion – give or take a million here & a million there. The top – tier tax rate is still going to be lower than it was during most of the Reagan years; I’m sure the "usual suspects" will still find something wrong with that. Small Price to Pay Boehner had this bit of "wisdom" for the budget:
Just three days after talking the House Republicans about the importance of fiscal responsibility, President Obama is submitting another budget that spends too much, taxes too much, and borrows too much.
That color not found in nature has seeped into his brain pan! Rep. Eric Cantor didn’t read the fine print concerning small businesses getting a tax BREAK. Howard Fineman thinks President Obama boosted some of his creds by speaking at the GOP lunch thing last week. Well duh! ;D The GOP showed themselves in all their "just say no" glory. Howard thinks a deficit commission is a good idea – WRONG! I don’t want Social Security & other entitlement programs in the hands of people like the Senator from WellPoint!
I don’t want an unelected commission making THOSE particular calls. Many GOPers in the Senate were for this commission before they voted against it. Some Congress critter wants to privatize Social Security?! BRILLIANT! Rep. Mike Pence thinks the GOP came out of Friday’s lunch smelling like roses! Well, they came out smelling; that’s fer darn sure! ;D Here’s the Great Orange Satanic Leader! A third of the GOP is "sane," according to Markos; "sane" means President Obama was born in this country, etc.
"Special Comment Quickie" Rep. Virginia Foxx wasn’t thrilled by President Obama’s "lecture" on Friday and wants his facts checked but got his autograph. It’s too bad our President was probably too much of a gentleman to tell her to go Cheney herself!
#4 "TeaPartyFail" AKA "Party Poopers" - Senator - elect Nude Cosmo is already downplaying the tea – bagging that helped him get elected in MA. Well, I guess he doesn’t want to be Senator for very long, now, does he. There are still tickets available to hear "that woman" mangle the English language! Don’t y’all wanna go?! ;D Keith made a great comparison of the tea – baggers to how GWB ultimately felt about the "Christian right." Margaret Carlson called the tea – baggers "serial daters"?! HA! There kind of is a connection, ain’t there?
** 6 years ago was the most famous "wardrobe malfunction" of all time; yea, I neglected to mention that ‘cause I just didn’t feel like it. There’s a big ‘ol puppet in Chile. Some Japanese elephants are tossing beans to avoid bad luck. **
#3 "King of Lies" AKA "What Ailes Ya’" AKA "Roger Dodger" - Rogers Ailes slithered out from his secret undisclosed location to appear on ABC’s Sunday morning show. He, of course, defended his "fair & balanced" network, and he defended Lonesome Rhodes, too. How did Paul Krugman not smack him upside the head?! FAUX News bailed on the GOP lunch because they’re so trusted in the news business. St. Sarah from Wasilla spent some of her PAC money on copies of her book to give to donors. Arrianna Huffington witnessed Mr. Ailes’ little implosion in person. Mr. Ailes made no bones about the fact that he’s in the ratings business.
"Special Comment Quickie II" Scott Roeder was convicted in just 37 minutes on Friday of the murder of Dr. George Tiller. He also pulled his gun on a couple of ushers in that church where he killed Dr. Tiller.
WPITW – James O’Keefe is trying to ‘splain his little caper to Senator Landrieu’s office. Mark Levin accused Senator Leahy of being drunk on the Senate floor while ripping on the SCOTUS decision. BillO used the TurdBlossom math to explain the cost of holding the terror trials here.
#1 "Goodnight Moon" AKA "Phased Out" AKA "One Small Cut for Man" - We ain’t going to the moon anymore; "moon money" will be spent in the private sector from now on. Can’t people just ride the vomit comet & call it a day? Derrick Pitts offered his thoughts on what NASA faces in the upcoming budget.