Before we go into stuffing ourselves figuratively here & literally tomorrow, let's hilight just a couple "this day in history"s. Happy Birthday to one of my favorites; Tina Turner is 69 years old today! If I look this good at that age (if I don't keel over from a stroke years before then), I'll know I was livin' right!
And, since we won't be here in this setting at least until Monday, I would be remiss if I didn't mention tomorrow's the 30th anniversary of the assassinations of Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk in San Francisco City Hall.
I still can't make up my mind whether to see Milk; between seeing the San Francisco scenes & knowing the story & how it will end, I will bawl my eyes out. Oh Harvey, someday, we might - just might - get this whole love, tolerance, & compassion thing right. RIP...
Now, onto the fun! We can't begin any Thanksgiving dinner without a blessing of some sort from some tradition, so here's William S. Burroughs to offer said blessing. The embed was "disabled by request," so you'll have to click on the link. There's some "language" here, but I think y'all can handle it:
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Now, let's "eat" & Countdown with Keith & the gang!
Whether I'm with my family or with hubby's family (hubby & I will be with his family tomorrow because we were with my family last year), there's usually a veggie tray and/or a relish tray. Y'all can have my fungus, and you'll have to beat hubby off with a stick if you want there to be any pickles or olives left!
#5 "O – Conomy" AKA "Taking Charge" AKA "Tale of Two Presidents" AKA "Econ Job" - I would have NO PROBLEM with Mr. Obama being "the defacto" economic POTUS; how ‘bout y’all? Former Fed Chairman Paul Volker is coming in on the economic action, too. He’s coming out of retirement at 81 to help clean up the mess left by GWB & his band of merry misfits. Mr. Obama doesn’t WANT to be in a bubble?! Damn! That’ll take some getting used to from the Oval Office. My goodness, Mr. Obama sounds so gosh – darned confident. The only thing on GWB’s "honey do" list today was to pardon a turkey. Ya’ gotta hand it to him; at least he didn’t do the deed in front of a slaughtering facility. I must make a mental note to get assurances from my mother – in – law tomorrow that the bird for the big meal didn’t come from Wasilla in the event that said bird looks...um...hm... "familiar" or like I’d seen it before somehow somewhere on my television machine. THERE’S RICHARD WOLFFE! I wonder what his favorite Thanksgiving fare is? How ‘bout the Obama girls helping out at a Chicago food bank today? There’s your family values right there! The Obama National Security team is to be announced Monday; I better stock up on antacids, and it won’t be because I ate too much over the Thanksgiving holiday. It’ll be because "you know who" is going to be "you know what." Ugh... I better make sure I have lots of my migraine meds in the house, too. GWB screwed over the middle class? WHAT?! Say it ain’t so! I...do...not...believe...it. I am in the wrong line of work; I guess I need to start screwing up more to get a bonus. That damn conscience of mine & wanting to do well is a real pain in the arse. That turkey at the White House today looks f*ckin’ huge! I think it’s been juiced.
Dinner time! This turkey is not an Alaska native & is prepared in my favorite way - deep fried! Our sides for the evening will be stuffing & green bean casserole. Dig in!
#4 "Terrorists Attack Multiple Sites in Mumbai..." - There are many dead & wounded – a lot of them British & Americans. Hostages have been taken as well. I guess we’re still "popular" around the world. GWB condemned the attack; well, I feel better now. India sounds like a fun place to be these days – NOT! Roger Cressey makes a good point. AQ usually doesn’t play the "hostage game." They just go in & shoot up and/or blow up the joint. Someone in Pakistan claimed that AQ was looking to attack trains in New York City.
** A drunk in New Mexico managed to run over himself. That’s your bad day right there! There were dinosaurs in the Civil War? I don’t remember seeing those or hearing about them in Gettysburg. Hubby & I must have missed that part of the tour. People in a zoo in Japan forgot to look under a couple polar bears pants to verify what their "bits & pieces" were. **
#3 "What Do We Do Now?" AKA "Pain and Suffering" AKA "Tortured Lawgic" - GWB can’t issue a blanket pardon, I guess, because that would be kind of admitting something wrong was done – kind of like the reason why Nixon didn’t pardon anyone for Watergate. I really hope POTUS Obama does more than a "truth" commission in this regard. If you all saw Jonathan Turley on Rachel Maddow’s show last night, he made the case in the most powerful & eloquent way I’ve heard in a long time. There’s John Dean; now, THAT’s a sight for sore eyes! Mr. Dean doesn’t think that DICK or GWB will have to answer for what they’ve done. Gee...thanks...
After that lovely bit of news, I need to stick my face into some dessert. Pumpkin cheesecake, anyone?
Ah...that's better!
BUSHED! "Pardon – Gate" GWB is pardoning his fellow Texans. Maybe, "Tubes" Stevens doesn’t have as much of a chance unless he changes his state of residency. "Mukasey – Gate" A Washington State Supreme Court justice called our AG a tyrant at the dinner where said AG passed out. Truth hurts, don’t it! "Delusion – Gate" There’s TurdBlossom. POLICY WON – NOT POLITICS?! Did he say that with a straight face? And, when’s he going to jail?
WPITW – WSRadio is introducing "Sarah Palin Radio." You have got to be f*ckin’ kidding me. Can they be arrested for noise pollution? Glen Beck wants states to secede since the election. He should hook up with the First Dude! The Times is pushing the memo that UAW workers make $70/hr. They really make $28/hr. I’ll take that! I make nowhere near that! But, they are "cooking the numbers," and that ain’t right. Of course, they haven’t fired Bill Kristol yet, either.
#1 "What a Turkey" AKA "Turkey Talk" AKA "Slate’s Turkey Take" - GWB bowled with frozen turkeys as Texas Governor. I am so not shocked at this revelation. Don’t all frat boys do this kind of thing? How bad am I since I’m just not tired of seeing this Palin turkey video and probably never will be tired of it? I knew David Letterman would have fun with this! Slate.com had a field day, too! Oh, how funny was their take?!