Today is a great day in history for women! So, just in case Boss Limbaugh or any similar ilk might be lurking in these parts, let's release our inner FemiNazi & really drive him bat$hit - HA!
On March 4, 1933, the start of President Roosevelt's first administration brought with it the first woman to serve in the Cabinet: Labor Secretary Frances Perkins. I'd be willing to wager her presence in FDR's Cabinet is another reason the GOP & "conservatives" just CAN'T STAND FDR. ;D Elevating mere woman to a Cabinet post?! The nerve!
On this date in 1917, Republican Jeanette Rankin of Montana took her seat as the first woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. A Republican? Are you sparkin' kidding me?! Well, she'd be called a phony GOPer today because she voted against our country going into both WWI AND WWII.
Actress Catherine O'Hara is 56 today. Her work in Christopher Guest movies is just the greatest; let's laugh! :D
And, the song that SHOULD'VE WON "Best Song" at the Oscars that year...
Finally, in a "non - woman" event, on this date in 1837, the Illinois state legislature granted a city charter to Chicago. My kind of town - home of this,
this,
this,
and, most important for my belly, THIS!
Let's Countdown with continued positive & healing thoughts to the Olbermann family.
#5 "Fundraising on Fear" AKA "Nothing to Sell but Fear Itself" - Some nimrod was actually STOOOOPID enough to leave the RNC fundraising game plan just lying around in a hotel where some journalist "creatively acquired" it. Does said nimrod still have a job? Better yet, it looks like the RNC has learned some lessons from some of those "lovely" signs at tea bagger rallies! The Dems are making a proverbial killing in their piggy banks now. The "evil empire" is that classy image of President Obama as the Joker from Dark Knight, Speaker Pelosi & Senator Reid are American Gothic (?), Senator Reid is also Scooby – Doo, and Speaker Pelosi is Cruella Deville.
What’s with this cartoon obsession with these "people"? Small donors are reactionary, and major donors get their egos stroked – according to the RNC. Michael Steele called the documents "unacceptable." Doofus! Someone somewhere within the RNC had to approve this. Maybe, Mr. Steele should stop touring around plugging his book and supervise the day – to – day operations in the "fun house" known as the RNC?
This lovely organization is also sending out fundraising letters that look like census forms; I think they’ve already gotten in trouble once from the Census Bureau for doing this. Even GOPers expressed their disapproval? DAMN! It’s "my guy!" {hee...hee...hee...} First, I get a bright sunny day – now this?! Be still my heart! ;D
Michael Steele will not only NOT get fired for this stuff for the reasons Richard stipulated, but the GOP would lose their token black guy if they did. Even whiney *itch GOP Congress critters don’t support him. Big donors are leaving the RNC like a sinking ship since Mr. Steele assumed the RNC top dog. The dude who left the document lying around used to work for Rick "Man on Dog" Santorum?! HA! Well, that explains it; the guy was too distracted by his impending man – on – dog encounter! HA! LOVE IT! Richard made a great point; there is not a single reason or rationale in this ilk to vote FOR the GOP; they are only attacking President Obama & the Dems. I guess they don’t think much of their own principles – such as they are. Richard believes "independent" voters will be turned off by the latest RNC ilk. Here’s Dr. Gov. Howard Dean {insert standing ‘o’ here}!
Dr. Dean is shocked by the lack of respect for their own voters & the American people; I’m not, but I’m the cynical type. I wonder how the tea baggers will react to being called reactionary? Dr. Dean thinks Mike Duncan should’ve gotten the RNC job rather than Michael Steele. OK, I have to respectfully disagree with something Dr. Dean said; he claimed that the GOP can’t & shouldn’t talk about "their own people" the way they are. Rahm Emanuel called progressives "f*cking retards." That’s not exactly a warm & fuzzy sentiment, either. Those progressives are President Obama’s "people," and those people helped propel Barack Obama to the White House. The DCCC is already using the GOP financial plan in their OWN fundraising, and it’s already working brilliantly.
#4 "Majority Vote" The White House claims HCR is on track to pass the House by March 18 – not if Little Barty Stupak has his way! He must be the newest graduate of the Joementum/WellPoint Senator School of Reaction to Bruised Egos; he just can’t STAND being out of the spot light. President Obama met with the progressive caucus & "centrist" Dems today. Here’s what President Obama told the Progressive Caucus, according to Rep. Raul Grijalva:
If this opportunity passes, much of our agenda, on the progressive side, it would be difficult, if not impossible for a generation to get back to this issue.
Rep. Joe Crowley, of the "centrist" side, said,
...When all is said and done, we will have the votes to pass health care reform.
Again, was Bart Stupak in the room for that meeting? Speaker Pelosi is still confident, too. Barty & 12 others are supposedly ready to vote "no" if the abortion language doesn’t change from the Nelson version to his version. Will Little Barty name names? HHS Sebelius chatted with health insurance execs about their obscene premium rate hikes, and President Obama made a surprise visit! Wow. How would you have liked to have been a fly on the wall for THAT affair? Senator Byrd said he has no problem with the potential reconciliation route being bandied about! Y’all think the GOP will shut up about that particular talking point now?! Nah...me, neither. Here’s Rep. Maxine Waters. Rep. Waters actually thinks the House CAN pass the Senate bill by March 18; I’ll believe that when I see it. 35 Senators have now signed off on the public option reconciliation letter even though President Obama has essentially said it’s dead. I don’t think there will be enough Senate votes, either. And, hell, the way the Senate operates, and I’ve said this before, signing a letter doesn’t mean a damn thing; VOTING FOR IT when the time comes (if it comes) is what matters.
#3 "TurdBlossom" AKA "Roving Distorter" "Rove Actually" - TurdBlossom has expanded his TurdBlossom history into a full – fledged book that no one could pay me enough to read. He admitted maybe – just MAYBE – GWB fubarred the whole WMD – going into Iraq thing. Ya’ think??!! In his book, TurdBlossom says,
Would the Iraq War have occurred without W.M.D.? I doubt it.
OK dear, go to all the American, Iraqi, British, and all the other countries that’ve lost blood & treasure there & tell them that. See what kind of reaction you get.
GWB & his peeps may have decided to invade anyway. They all thought they’d be able to get rid of Sadaam Hussein & install their own version of a nice Western democracy. As much as GWB, his peeps, and other neocons don’t want to admit this, Sadaam HATED AQ & actually was a guard against that kind of extremist ilk. Patrick Fitzgerald nearly indicted TurdBlossom, and when said Turdy wasn’t indicted, he cried. I wonder what he would’ve done if he HAD BEEN indicted – throw a kegger or something?! GWB didn’t lie us into war, according to TurdBlossom. Ya’ gotta just love the TurdBlossom memory & history, don’t cha’?!
Good Lord, I wasn’t ready to hear GWB speak tonight – ugh...like fingernails on a chalk board. Man, this is painful to relive; Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson should be a nice antidote! "Co – President Dick Cheney"?! HA! I liked that! ;D OK, not to get too much into semantics here, but what’s the difference between the claim that we weren’t lied into war & we went to war based on intelligence that wasn’t true?! There doesn’t seem to be a whole lot of difference to yours truly!
#2 "Election Protection" - Suicide bombers are attacking already in advance of the Sunday election of the Iraqi parliament. Early voting began today, and so did the suicide bombers. According to Richard Engle, no American forces secured the blast sites; the Iraqis did it! US troops are confined to their bases – as opposed to getting attacked by IEDs multiple times a week. A lot of the guys currently in Iraq would rather be in Afghanistan.
#1 "Hockey Mom Hits Hollywood" AKA "Hollywood Shills" - St. Sarah from Wasilla is shopping around some sort of Alaskan reality show based on her family. She wants to put that train wreck of a family of her’s on the television machine, huh?
Is she still accusing others of exploiting her kids for personal gain? Mark Burnett is helping her out. I think some sort of boycott of Mark Burnett stuff is in order, don’t cha’ think? The show’s gonna have nothing to do with Alaska’s former first family?! DAMN! ;D There’s going to be a follow – up to her ghost – written book? Is the same person going to ghost write people who’ve inspired her?! Good sparkin’ grief... Peter Bart explained the Grandma ExGov TurkeyLover & her group’s little shopping spree. Mark Burnett’s working with Martha Stewart, too? Hell, that’s another reason to boycott him. This show is going to allegedly be non – political – WRONG! Everything that woman does is for personal/political gain.