There are a couple birthdays I want to discuss for "this day in history" items. The first one is for one of my favorite authors - a "non - Beat" author; I'll give y'all a few minutes to compose yourselves from the shock of THAT admission! ;D That author would be F. Scott Fitzgerald; he was born on this date in 1896.
F. Scott Fitzgerald was such a fascinating person with so much talent but, in a quality many other authors I love seem to share, was absolutely unprepared for what his sudden fame would do to his life and his family's life. My second favorite book of all time is The Great Gatsby; that is the book that really made his name.
One of my drool - inducing "guys," Jeremy Irons, portrays F. Scott Fitzgerald in his later years in the movie Last Call. Sure, there's a little "creative license," but the movie's actually fairly accurate in portraying the turmoil he felt in his later years & what years of hard drinking & living had done to him.
And, in a warm fuzzy poignant birthday, Jim Henson was born on this date in 1936.
Let's Countdown.
KEITH’S HOME!!!!!! YEA!!!!!!! :D :D :D :D :D
#5 "Fevered Debate" AKA "Talk – It – to – Death Panel" AKA "Diagnosis: Money" - HA! I loved the "Kyl’s Disease"! I once again had the mark up debate going on all day in my office but didn’t get to pay quite as much attention as I wanted because I had non – stop student traffic in my office from around 9:15 until after 5. I did hear Senator Kyl’s little meltdown; THAT was funny! And, I’m going to work up a membership for Senator "Boil on Humanity’s Butt" Bunning (yes, he is now worthy of a CLL nickname!) to the ACLU because he is the newest champion of our privacy & civil rights! He doesn’t want government intervention in people’s private lives (concerning whether they decide to buy health insurance), so that means he’s also now pro – choice and pro – marriage equality. I’m even absolutely 110% sure that his previous votes on the issues of warrantless wire tapping & the Patriot Act reflect his concern for our privacy and our civil rights! Right?! Senator Jay Rockefeller has some pretty good zingers today, too. I bet he’s happy for the break to be able to talk to Keith! The public option’s getting discussed tomorrow? Did I hear that correctly? GOODY! Senate staffers better make sure there’s plenty of diapers in the committee room for the GOP after they poo their drawers. Senator Rockefeller is confident the public option will receive support tomorrow; Howard Fineman ain’t so confident. Howard’s not even 100% sure of support for the public option in the White House. Golly, and y’all thought Lawrence O’Donnell was a downer?! DAMN! Oh Howard, you are WRONG about Senator Olympia Snowe still being "in play." I have listened to this stuff for the past 3 days. She...is...not... "in play."
#4 "GOP Hypocrisy" AKA "WTF – Troop" - Senator McCentury "suspended his campaign" a year ago tonight?! Golly. I wonder if he remembers that? Dear Keith, President Obama CAN walk & chew gum at the same time; it’s the GOP who are deficient in that particular ability. The Country – First GOP thinks too much time is being devoted to health care & not enough time is being devoted to Afghanistan. Yea, if we’re not careful, religious extremists could be running amok in that part of the world, not like us, and want to hurt us. Oh...wait...uh... {insert my best Gilda Radner here}...NEVERMIND! Oh Senator DeMint, project much?!
** Wow...it was 1 year ago tonight that Senator McCentury dissed David Letterman. Well, y’all know what video’s gonna be coming down the pike in these parts! ;D I don’t care if Keith showed it; it’s the video so nice it’s worth watching twice! British dudes are rolling down hills in giant plastic balls. An elephant in India took issue with that country’s cash – for – clunkers fine print, so said elephant just chucked said clunker off a beaten path. **
*** I’m sorry, y’all; I’m tired enough tonight I’m not sure how objective I can be about Michael Moore, so I’ll depend on you to throw in your way – more – than 2 cents’ worth on this segment. ***
WPITW – "The Mannity" thinks Dems caused drought in California. Since when does he give 2 $hits about environmental issues?! I’ll admit the environment isn’t at the top of my list of concerns on my "political plate," but I don’t dismiss the efforts & opinions of those who feel differently then suddenly come out like I’ve just joined Green Peace or something! Chuck Norris called the 9/12 people "revolutionaries" & thinks people need to be flying new flags. Lonesome Rhodes doesn’t know his Constitution & doesn’t get the "importation" reference in taxing slave owners & such. Uh – oh! I think Keith just issued a challenge! IS LONESOME RHODES THE DUMMEST MAN ON THE PLANET? Well, with all respects to Keith, I think we should perhaps limit the dumb quotient to those on American television or radio machine waves. Is that fair enough? LET THE CHALLENGE BEGIN!
#1 "Fancy Pageant Talkin’" AKA "Foreign Language" There’s Craig Crawford! That poor man has to wax "that woman" again. Keith, give him a bit more coin in his appearance check, OK? That’s the least you can do! Craig’s absolutely correct. Wouldn’t it just drive St. Sarah from Wasilla NUTS (well more nuts anyway) for everyone to suddenly begin IGNORING her? Just think what she’d resort to if THAT happened! I wonder who watched her kids while she & the former First Dude were conversing amongst the commies – for money? Poor Bristol probably had to do it again.