I know some here are not crazy about THE cake, but the birthday I'm mentioning today is so deserving of it the forces of karma (not my cat, Karma, but general Buddhist karma) would zap me with a bolt of lightening if I didn't include it, so I'll dispense with it quickly then go onto the more fun stuff. ;D
Senator Saxby Chambliss (BoilOnTheButtOfHumanity - GA) is 66 today. The big 'ol list of why he's deserving of such a treat can be summed up in 2 words - Max Cleland. So, not - so - honorable Senator Chambliss, stick your pathetic hateful puss right into this sucker with the invitation to GO CHENEY YOURSELF!
On Nov. 10, 1925, Richard Burton, British stage and film actor, was born. One of his last acting roles was in 1984.
And, on this date in 1942, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, discussing the recent victory over Rommel at El Alamein, Egypt, said "Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning." Well, I don't have the "vocabulary" of Churchill, but I can begin the beguine - HA! :D
Let's Countdown.
#5 "Public Optional" AKA "Clinton Initiative" - President Clinton went to the Senate Dem Caucus lunch today to talk getting the sparkin’ ball rolling on health care reform debate. I hope he brought a few dozen cans of THIS with him; yea, Senators Lincoln, Pryor, Baucus, Nelson, Reid, & Landrieu, I’m giving y’all the stink eye here.
President Clinton apparently brought up the economic imperative in doing something meaningful about health care reform legislation. Rahm Emanuel asked President Clinton to dine with these guys? Did he tell President Clinton to tell "progressive" Senators to chill out & behave? NOW, Harry Reid’s saying that Senate health care reform legislation will begin debate next week; I’ll believe THAT when I see it. Not only will the GOP be able to define health care reform if Dems who control Congress & the White House aren’t able to do it now, as far as I’m concerned, they surrender any leadership credibility they have & do not deserve to be in power. Sen. Jack Reed from RI was in the lunch today. And, I don’t know about y’all, but the public address system at Reagan National Airport was damn distracting, and the music was terrible. Senator Reed’s on the HELP Committee & is all for a public option. We get Lawrence O’Donnell tonight! Staff members are rarely in these lunches, but Lawrence has been to a few, so I imagine his insights into what happened today are fairly reliable. He says those lunches are pretty boring. What?! Well, move them lunches to the Congressional sex clinics & have some naked people jump out of some cakes; that’ll liven things up! Lawrence O’Donnell thinks President Clinton is in the "accept anything" camp with Rahm E. as far as passing health care reform legislation; I hope that’s not true. I would rather have no bill at all than a $hitacular bill that’s going to make things worse for people who so desperately need help. Wow, did you hear Lawrence talk about President Clinton’s little shift in strategy? Mandates that were evil GOP constructs back in 1994 are OK now. Huh, guess not being President anymore shifts one’s focus a little. Oh crap, my little off – hand comment about what Rahm suggested President Clinton say to "progressives" may not have been so "off – hand." Great...just great... Lawrence doesn’t think either bill truly controls cost; the only one that would’ve had a chance to control cost was Rep. Anthony Weiner’s single – payer amendment on which Speaker Pelosi didn’t even allow debate.
#4 "‘Destroy Barack Obama’" AKA "White (Male) Paper" AKA "Racist Bodies in Sexist Paper" - One of the main purposes of Pirate Murdoch’s New York Post was to, in a direct quote from a lawsuit by the employee who fought publication of that horrible chimp stim cartoon, destroy President Obama. File this "news" under "No $hit, Sherlock!" The attorney for the former employee, Ken Thompson, shed some light on the lawsuit. Pirate Murdoch is not a defendant in this lawsuit – yet. Once again, why are all these details "breaking news"? Just look at FAUX News.
** Politicos in Mumbai didn’t like what was being said in a meeting, so they absconded with the podium. Huh...well, that’s a different idea but nearly as fun as breaking out into a hockey gam..er...uh...fight! Some reporter didn’t look where he was going after the House HCR vote the other night! He caught the top of a "velvet rope" pole right in a bad place for a guy – OUCH! The Mannity thinks too much political correctness from our government enabled Major Hasan to do what he allegedly did at Fort Hood. Well, the Mannity properly spewed his talking points from Boss Limbaugh; maybe, he’ll get a treat now. A FAUX News employee took issue with President Obama watching the HBO documentary about last year’s POTUS campaign instead of election returns last week. A big tobacco company wants to buy interest, I think, in some Swedish company who makes nicotine products – not cigarettes, mind you – just gum & such. So, that’s a relief, according to said tobacco company. **
#3 "Scozzafava Spills the Beans" AKA "Palining to Oblivion" - DeDe Scozzafava is kicking St. Sarah from Wasilla a$$ & taking names! HA! ;D Bill Owens didn’t even have to ask her for an endorsement when she bowed out of the NY – 23 race; she offered it up when he nicely called to see how she was going. The same Club for Growth that hitched their wagon to Doug Hoffman has hitched their wagon to Mark Rubio in Florida. But, in an admittedly shallow comment on my part, Mark Rubio’s WAY better looking!
WPITW – Pirate Murdoch makes a return appearance! He’s denied that anyone at FAUX News compared President Obama to Stalin; Pirate Murdoch must not watch Lonesome Rhodes’ show. A NC Congress critter is supporting legal backlash against the Muslim community after what happened at Fort Hood last week. BillO tried to talk HCR with Britt Hume & demonstrated he doesn’t know his arse from a hole in the ground.
#1 "Still Speaking" AKA "Ad Nauseam" - Keith, treat Carrie Prejean’s "obsession" with your evilness the same way Paul Newman treated being on Nixon’s enemies’ list – like a badge of honor! ;D She watched her "tape" sitting next to her Mom?! DUDE! That’s just wrong! Does she watch other porno with her parents, too, or just ones she’s featured in? Miss Opposite Marriage talked with the Mannity last night. If she did a "play by play" of what was in the tape, it’s a miracle the Mannity made it through the interview without having to...uh...hm...gee...excuse himself. She has a book now?! Did the same ghost writer who wrote Grandma ExGov TurkeyLover’s book help Miss Opposite Marriage with the big multi – syllabic words? OK, Miss Sex with Someone She Loves had the NERVE to claim that the Mannity would be off the air if he said anything like what Keith’s said about JUSTICE (suck on it, Uncle Pat!) Sotomayor & Michelle Obama?! Honey, you’ve obviously been too busy in interviews decrying the state of free speech to watch FAUX News to see THEY HAVE SAID MUCH WORSE ABOUT MICHELLE OBAMA & JUSTICE SONIA SOTOMAYOR! Of course, MSNBC still lets Uncle Pat spew his spewage, so I'm not sure how strong our stance is on this issue. What...a...*itch. Man, I think she did spew from Grandma ExGov TurkeyLover’s loins. Laura Ingraham compared Speaker Pelosi to a hooker to get health care reform in the House passed? CLASSY! Man, where was Michael Musto for this segment?! ;D