From the GREAT STATE OF MAINE...
If I may be so bold as to suggest that yesterday's news sucked...
Wall Street tanked (again), over a thousand more U.S. troops are going into Iraq to help Bush turn more corners, the Pentagon admits the insurgency is going to get worse, Afghanistan is falling apart, the death toll from the Indonesian earthquake is up to nearly six thousand, consumer confidence dropped in May, they didn't find Jimmy Hoffa (dammit...he's still got my watch), home foreclosures are on the rise, there's an investigation underway regarding a massacre of civilians in Iraq by our guys, a major car company is recalling a million vehicles because of faulty steering wheels (enjoy your commute this morning, Toyota owners), the Supreme Court squished federal whistleblowers under its thumb, a brick nearly went through our TV when Bill O'Reilly accused Jack Murtha last night of wanting to "cut and run," plus...
One year after her disappearance, Natalie Holloway astonishingly remains the #1 story in the media universe (now that American Idol has temporarily moved off the front page).
And if that wasn't bad enough, now we learn that global warming is going to cause a worldwide outbreak of mutant poison ivy.
I can't take it anymore, I tell ya. If CalgonTM doesn't take me away soon I may do something rash. Right now I'm teetering between becoming either a bishop or a mega-store greeter ("Welcome to Wal-Mart. Tostitos cheese dip is ten for a buck---knock yerself out, ya cheap glutton bastard!"). Craaaazy stuff.
If you, too, could use a liberal brain recharge, follow me down to There's More...[Swoosh!! Gong!!] ...great, now I can add premature swooshgongulation to the list. Oy.
Cheers for Wednesday, May 31, 2006
Note: Kos is back. Everybody look busy...but the moonshine production stays on schedule.
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By the Numbers:
Days `til the YearlyKos convention in Las Vegas June 8-11: 8
Days `til the "Diaper Derby" at the Yarmouth Clam Festival: 53
Waist size of BiPM's diaper: 34
Number of gay and lesbian members of the military discharged in 2005 for breaching the "Don't ask, don't tell" policy: 726
Estimated amount the U.S. has spent to recruit and train replacements for troops discharged under the policy from 1994 to 2005: $200 Million
(Source: TIME)
Number of states that expect to run budget surpluses in 2006: 42
(Source: Fortune)
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Your Puppy Pic of the Day: Yorkshire terrier...or Cousin Itt??
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CHEERS to:
Equal rights
Fiscal responsibility
Renewable energy
The Constitution
Privacy
Affordable health care
Free speech
Free press
Deficit reduction
A decent minimum wage
The Golden Rule
Freedom of religion
Freedom from religion
Social Security
The Kansas revolution
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Oversight
Accountability
Transparency
Trust
Ethics
Bipartisanship
Net neutrality
Paper trails
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John Conyers
Ned Lamont
Joe Sestak
Wes Clark
FDR
Barack Obama
Brian Schweitzer
Francine Busby
Ted Kennedy
Chuck Rangel
Henry Waxman
Russ Feingold
Howard Dean
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Barbara Boxer
Harry Reid
Harry Truman
Jon Tester
Mark Warner
Sheila Jackson Lee
Jane Harman
Eric Massa
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Keith Olbermann
George Soros
Helen Thomas
Air America
David Sirota
Patrick Fitzgerald
Liberal Bloggers
Molly Ivins
E.J. Dionne
Jonathan Alter
Lawrence O'Donnell
George Clooney
Canada
YearlyKos
The Dixie Chicks
Eliot Spitzer
The return of The Kos
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The Founding Fathers
Paul Krugman
Arianna Huffington
Al Gore
Randi Rhodes
Jocelyn Elders
Larry Johnson
Larry Kramer
Springsteen
The Mighty Murtha
Joe Wilson
Neil Young
Michael Moore
Glenn Greenwald
Robert Greenwald
Jonstephen Stewartcolbert
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Port security
Airport security
Border security
Common sense disaster management
Speaking softly and carrying a big stick
Whistleblowers
Immigrants
Setting an example for the world
Our troops
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Walking
Dissenting
Working
Organizing
Studying
Thinking
Laughing
Reading
Giving
Showing up
Voting
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Liberals
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A 50-state strategy
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The Common Good
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One Year Ago in C&J: May 31, 2005:
(Low-wattage) CHEERS to the most widely-circulated editorial of the weekend. The Minneapolis Star Tribune mixed Memorial Day reverence with a smackdown of Bush's bogus Iraq invasion. But they blame "the public" for failing to stop the invasion, instead of blaming the real villain: the puppydog press that kissed his ass from Day 1. Close, editors...but no cigar.
CHEERS to getting Pink'd. Pope Benedict ExVeeEye shook hands his first gay official this weekend: the governor of Puglia, Italy. After which the pontiff turned gay himself and immediately ordered a total redecoration of the Vatican. Who knew?
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And just one more...
CHEERS to probability. Consider this clever ad a parable for Bush's odds of getting his presidency back on track. (I think they missed a zero---anyone got a calculator?)
Floor's open...what are you cheering about today?
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Today's Shameless Testimonial:
"I know what you're thinking. Did he jeer six times or only five? Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement, I've kind of lost track myself. But being as this is Cheers and Jeers, the most powerful snark in the world, and would blow a fundy's head clean off, you've got to ask yourself one question: Do I feel lucky? Well, do ya...punk?"
---Clint Eastwood, who turns 76 today
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