I have an occasion to bring out THE cake! ;D I know y'all are quivering with anticipation to see who's worthy of such a designation today, but ya' gotta be patient. I hope to duly - award said patience here in a bit, but let's touch on a few other "this day in history" notables.
In a shout - out to my 2 favorite Yankees fans (my Dad & Keith Olbermann),
on this date in 1969, the New York Yankees retired Mickey Mantle's uniform No. 7 during "Mickey Mantle Day" at Yankee Stadium.
Nancy Sinatra is 69 years old today. Just guess what my favorite song from her is. ;D
All right, get your forks out - if you're too elite to eat with your paws!
Barbara Bush is 84 today. Mrs. Bush, for saying that those trapped in the Super Dome in New Orleans in Katrina's aftermath were enjoying their experience & enabling an ignorant man - child into thinking he could be POTUS & be a better POTUS than Daddy was because said ignorant man - child had Daddy issues, you have earned this cake with the admonition to GO CHENEY YOURSELF!
Let's Countdown.
#5 "Palin – ‘N’ – Out" AKA "Party of Mavericks" AKA "Great Minds" AKA "Rewrite Wing" - Grandma Gov. TurkeyLover decided – FINALLY – to give some big ‘ol speech at a GOP fundraiser in the city so nice they named it twice. And, how do ya’ gotta feel if you’re Newt Gingrich playing second fiddle to THAT woman – especially since she’s apparently stealing all your "A material"?! Wow, does all this catty back – and – forth between Senator Sessions, "Cornhole" Cornyn, & "that woman’s" peeps sound like some junior high school clique gone HORRIBLY awry?! It would almost be funny if it weren’t so pathetic & if these people weren’t hell – bent on destroying the country if they thought that would bolster their political future. Alaska has a missile defense plan?! Good f*ckin’ grief... THERE’S MY RICHARD WOLFFE; honey, feel free to send me an autographed copy of your opus gratis, okee – dokee? ;D Hey! Did y’all see Bristol in the car with Mommy Dearest? Who’s watching your son, Bristol? Hey! Keith’s hittin’ on my Mr. Wolffe! Dear, he’s MY "territory"! ;D Grandma Gov. TurkeyLover’s peeps are saying she didn’t "creatively acquire" Newt’s material because she attributed a whopping 2 lines of her spewage to Newt. I wonder if "that woman" even knows what plagiarism is. And, as a college English professor, if she did what she did in my class or any other at the university where I work & teach, she would fail her assignment at a minimum & possibly be kicked out of school. When’s Lawrence O’Donnell going to get his own show on MSNBC? As many times as DICK’s spawn been on the network lately, he should at least get some consideration for the...oh...I don’t know...morning slot currently occupied by some guy who should be in possession of a certain shovel? Just sayin... Is the "that woman" wing of the GOP the same as the Boss Limbaugh wing of the GOP? It’s a bird with 2 right wings – with all props to Lawrence Ferlinghetti! HA!! Lawrence O’Donnell agreed with my assessment of "that woman’s" punishment if she lifted material for an assignment at most self – respecting colleges; I RULE! But, not all hope is lost for her; I’m sure she’d be welcome at Liberty University, Bob Jones University, or any other similar fine institution of higher learning (stress on the "institution" part there, folks!). OK...getting back on my English professor high horse here...but, even if you paraphrase (& therefore buy the explanation from "that woman’s" peeps), you still have to site your source, or it is still plagiarism even if you don’t "creatively acquire" the material exactly word for word. Here endeth the composition lecture...
#4 "WTF? Hlth Plcy Via Twtr?...Lol" AKA "Politics of Healthcare" - OK, this is one of the many reasons I’m staying off the Twitting or Tweeting or whatever the f*ck it’s called. I’m also a Facebook holdout; I refuse to join that. I’m "wired in" enough as it is. Cynical little me ain’t holding out a whole lotta hope for anything of any substance actually happening in the healthcare debate. To repeat an old argument I’ve made time and time again, too many politicians ON BOTH SIDES of the political aisle are too beholden to insurance lobbyists & big pharm lobbyists. A whole lot more money is made by keeping people sick than by actually curing them or at least helping to keep them healthy. I’d love to be wrong about this. Senator Charles Grassley is a Twit! There’s Dr. Dean; go to DC & kick some a$$! Is it just me, and I know I’ve mentioned this before, but Dr. Dean doesn’t look good at all. I wonder if he’s sick. Dr. Dean said the "p" word! The GOP is trying to use the scare tactic that private insurers might go out of business? Hell, after the first 4 years of what will be a life – long battle with health insurance worries for my husband, I will shed a few dozen buckets of crocodile tears if private insurers DO go out of business; let them f*ckin’ worry about where the money’s going to come from if they get sick! Let them f*ckin’ worry about pre – existing conditions! Let them f*ckin’ worry about high drug prices! Let them f*ckin’ worry if they’re going to spend their limited resources on food or medicine! It’s ironic that Keith mentioned about his long – time family doctor recently passing away; mine did, too. To briefly go OT, the doctor who delivered my sisters & I & MY DAD died at age 90 last week. He donated his body to the IU School of Medicine – where he learned to be a doctor.
** I love it that Brett Michaels got conked on the head during the Tony Awards last night! Am I mean for saying that? It looks like the security needs to be revamped at the French Open! AAAaaaaaWWWwwww! Look at the little tiger cub! THE CUTE!! There’s a pirate party in Sweden?! ARGH! Well, I GOTTA bring this out now!
A stoned guy in PA was arrested for speeding for going after someone who stole some "wacky tobaccy" from him. A woman in CA is pi$$ed there were no crunch berries in her Crunch Berries. **
#3 "Judging Sotomayor" - Judge Sotomayor broke her ankle at LaGuardia airport this morning but still managed to get to DC! How ‘bout that?! Whatever would Boss Limbaugh do if that happened to him? Laura Bush is defending Judge Sotomayor. How soon will she be called a phony First Lady by "you know who"? And, Newt Gingrich is back to the she’s – a – racist memo. Golly, it must be because it worked so well the first time!
StillBUSHED! "War – Profiteer – Gate" Huh...KBR is high – lighted once again in a war profiteering story. I’m getting that feeling of déjà’ vu’ all over again. "The War Against Terror or India – Gate" Pakistan took coin from us meant to fight the Taliban & spent it on defending themselves against India. Well, color me shocked – NOT! "Gitmo – Gate" A former Gitmo detainee is talking about his time in Gitmo.
WPITW – Tim Pawlenty talked the MTV Music Awards in a commencement speech? There’s a pistol – packin’ preacher in Kentucky; I wish I could say I’m surprised. There’s probably LOTS of pistol – packin’ preachers south of my fair state. Rep. Hoekstra leaked details of a secret classified briefing to say torture worked – OOPS!
#1 "Domestic Terrorism" AKA "Threat Assessment" AKA "Domestic Threat" - Scott Roeder warned the AP of more violence against healthcare providers just before Dr. George Tiller’s funeral. He specifically said,
I know there are many other similar events planned around the country as long as abortion remains legal.
When does the waterboarding begin? According to DICK, that’s SOP now for getting good actionable intelligence from terrorists. DICK wouldn’t fib – would he? Mr. Roeder may have had help. I remember AG Holder ordering more security around clinics in the area in the immediate aftermath of Dr. Tiller’s murder. Are they still there? What happened to Dr. Tiller wasn’t a "tragedy"; it was murder – just like 9/11 was a mass murder. It sounds like the FACE Act needs to be looked at or actually enforced! I’m usually not a conspiracy nut, but I’m having a difficult time believing Scott Roeder didn’t have help. How did he know Dr. Tiller was going to be an usher at THAT church THAT particular morning?
**UPDATE - The Rec list?! Are y'all $hitting me???!!! Damn! How the f*ck did THAT happen????!!!! Thanks! **