F.O.O., President Barack Obama & First Lady Michelle Obama...
Yep, it really happened; the front pages of the New York Times & the Indianapolis Star said so! And, I got copies of both papers this morning to save with the other newspapers I have from when he finally officially got the nomination & from when he won.
Eric Blair aka George Orwell died in London on this date in 1950. And, yesterday, shortly after noon, the 1984 - esque nature of our government died - hopefully FOREVER.
Also, on this date in 1793, King Louis XVI lost his head - literally. Now, as much as I despise the GWB administration, I didn't necessarily want him to lose his head or any other body part, but wouldn't it have been damn hilarious if yesterday he would've smacked his head against the doorway of the big 'ol helicopter when he & Laura were leaving? ;D
Let's Countdown!
#5 "Holder Hold – Up" AKA "Caroline Kennedy Reportedly Withdraws..." AKA "Put on Holder" AKA "AP: Pres. Obama to Sign Executive Order..." - Senator Cornyn strikes again! And, Senator Specter helped. Senator Cornyn is afraid of "...witch hunts..." If I were him, I’d be afraid of way more than that. What a boil on the butt of humanity & Specter, too! As I said during the confirmation hearing, the GOP is absolutely scared $hitless of war crimes investigations/prosecutions, and they will do ANYTHING they can to put Eric Holder at the DOJ on ice for as long as possible. Senator Cornyn wants coin for the Senate GOP; that’s a hell of a price for the sake of this country’s Constitutional & moral soul. And, yet another WTF moment from Senator Cornyn is the fact that he was the lone hold – out for a unanimous confirmation for Secretary of State Clinton (There! I said it!) yesterday & voted for her today! Gitmo cases are going to be suspended for 120 days. Neal Katyal is going to be Deputy Soliciter General – WOW! He was the lead attorney for Hamdan VS. Rumsfeld; that’s gotta mean SOMETHING! Let’s get Jonathan Turley somewhere in on these processes, too. David Iglesias has been brought on to help prosecute Gitmo cases. I can’t believe President Obama had to retake the Oath because Chief Justice Roberts f*cked up! Can we give Chief Justice Roberts a pink slip – PLEASE?!
#4 "Day 1" AKA "Down to Business" AKA "Obama’s In Box" - President Obama had a full day! Look at those GOREGOUS White House photos. Tim Geithner apologizes profusely about the tax thing & will be confirmed. Senators Vitter & DeMint were the lone GOP Senate hold – outs. Well, as f*cked up as this next statement might sound, at least Senator David "Diaper Call – Girl Man" Vitter stuck to his "principles." He voiced concern during the confirmation hearings & didn’t change his mind. Read above to see what Senator John "Cornhole" Cornyn did! There are going to be pay freezes for senior White House staffers making over $100K/year – WHOA! Gwen Ifill should’ve been host for MTP. Gwen actually hung out on the Mall yesterday?! She is GOOD. I think it’ll be a long LONG time until President Obama is "...just another President."
** There’s dorks ironing under water. I own an iron; I can’t remember the last time I used it! More dorks broke into a spy store. Can we name them Most Stupid criminals of 2009 right now?! Morans! **
StillBUSHED! "Vacation – Gate" GWB took 1020 vacation days – officially the most of any POTUS in history. Hell, just think what damage he would’ve done if he HAD been "on the job" more! "Farewell – Gate" I still can’t believe there weren’t massive pardons. The place where the farewell was didn’t have any heat. That’s going to be poor preparation for the fires of hell (if it exists) that waits for those present. "Torture – Gate" Other countries are already signaling that our nation is morally obligated to investigate/prosecute war crimes. If we don’t do something, the UN might. Huh...that scenario sounds vaguely familiar; I think a certain Countdown diarist has mentioned something similar along with John Dean & Jonathan Turley.
#3 "Bush Spying" AKA "Did U.S. Spy on Journalists?" - Domestic spying was worse than we all thought, & former NSA analyst Russell Tice is giving all the gory details. I really didn’t want to see so much of GWB so soon after his leaving! ALL of our communications were accessible by the GWB administration & the NSA under him. So – called "targeted organizations" – journalists & media! - were spied on 24/7 under the guise of leaving them alone. Hell, Keith Olbermann may well have been spied on! I’m betting DailyKos got some peeks, too! Holy $hit!! Hi NSA! I guess we all need to go back to a variation of the George Carlin way to answer the phone: "F*ck [insert name here]! Hello?" And, of course, only a very VERY select few had access to what was accessed. All of Mr. Tice’s communications have been tapped. Son of a *&^%$#@! Here's video of the segment:
*** "Kennedy Family Source Tells NBC News Caroline Kennedy Has Not Withdrawn" ***
WPITW – Mr. Bull Snort is bloviating about someone being fired. Frontier Airlines had a mom arrested on terrorism charges because she tried to discipline her kids; this mom has lost custody of her kids. Chris Wallace was having a field day over the Oath f*ck up.
#1 "At Last" - OK Keith, did we really need this wonderful song to be accompanied with the visage of GWB & his "peeps"?! ;D