I wonder if Rachel is sad or glad she decided to go on vacation this week? ;D
Activities (or lack thereof) in our nation's capitol is actually the perfect transition to SPARK. If you're 3 sheets to the wind & are reckless enough to decide to go for a joy ride, here are the states to be in & the ones to avoid. I've been to Wyoming plenty of times, and not once during my visit did I see anything worth $175,000,000; I guess I missed this (?). Beauty is truly in the eye of the beholder! Finally, if you've been patiently waiting for a free fridge with a bunch of empty bottles in the New York subway system, you waited too long. ;D
On with The Rachel Maddow Show...with Melissa Harris Perry!
"Due: The Right Thing" - Oh Melissa, did you HAVE TO bring up the fact that Speaker Sobbing Small Price to Pay Goldilocks is 3rd in line to POTUS?! AUGH! I'm still not sure he'll be able to keep his gig. There's Senator Reid just fresh off the Senate putting the kibosh on Speaker Sobbing Small Price to Pay Goldilocks' $hit sandwich. Senator Dick Durbin's reminding the crowd just how "bipartisan" the vote was in the House. Senator Chuck Schumer is illuminating just how faboo a minority leader Mitchie McConnell is. ;D Why the wait until the wee wee hours of the morning to vote - other than to be boils on the butt of humanity? Luke Russert's back - oh goody. He mentioned the timing of all this; there is no sparking way this will all get done by the end of the day August 2. So, does President Obama pull the 14th Amendment option this weekend - especially if the wee wee hour of the morning vote doesn't go the Dems way? Howard Fineman's "here," too! If the Senate's the only way outta this $hit, gawd help us all! Howard made a great point about a whole lot of important issues NOT being taken care of because of this manufactured crisis created by the bat$hit GOBP. Then - Senator Obama voted against an increase in the debt ceiling?! Oh good...truly politics as usual. *&^%$#@!
"Due: The Right Thing Part Deux" - Rep. Barbara Lee knows how to be calm in a crisis! How 'bout that speech just 3 days after 9/11? GUTSY! She's talking to Melissa about the manufactured $hit storm going on in Congress these days. Again, she pointed out a whole lot of important stuff that's not being taken care of due to this debt ceiling shtick.
"MessUnderstanding" - Speaker Small Price to Pay Goldilocks had a "leadership" teh fail - according to Melissa. HIS WHOLE DAMN "SPEAKER"SHIP HAS BEEN TEH FAIL! Are tea baggers to blame? Maybe not...only 7 out of 60 confirmed tea baggers were confirmed "no"s. Are lack of earmarks to blame for yesterday's teh fail? A whole lot of compromise & leverage went buh - bye by getting rid of those.
"Debt Be Not Proud"- There's the dead beat Dad (aka Rep. Joe Walsh)! He lost a condo to foreclosure, too?! $HIT! He tried the "I feel your pain" trick, and it worked. I bet I know who he learned THAT from! ;D He won by a whopping 300 votes - OUCH. Daddy of the Year owes over $100K in back child support. He's one of those debt ceiling denier dudes, too. *&^%$#@! He joined Bat$hit Bachmann in just saying "no" in the House vote tonight. Jonathan Capehart gets Rep. Hypocrisy duty! So, do I need to see Lawrence "No Relation to Christine" O'Donnell's taking the "honorable" Rep to the woodshed?