It's only sparkin' Tuesday? Shouldn't it be at least the middle of next week by now?! People keep telling me that time will go by faster the older I get. I'm gonna be 39 years old in May; time's still c...r...ee...p...i...n...g on by. But, F.O.O. Kevin Holsinger strikes again & gave me a great chuckle with photographic evidence of what's happened to the poor Twitter birdie since Keith jumped on board. :D
HA! TOO...DAMN...FUNNY!
Let's get down to "this day in history." On April 13, 1970, Apollo 13, four-fifths of the way to the moon, was crippled when a tank containing liquid oxygen burst. And, the greatest understatement EVER was used by Jim Lovell:
Houston, we've had a problem.
The astronauts managed to return safely.
One "this day in history" item has a tragic irony in connection to what happened on Saturday. On this date in 1990, the Soviet Union accepted responsibility for the World War II murders of thousands of imprisoned Polish officers in the Katyn Forest, a massacre the Soviets had previously blamed on the Nazis.
Finally, in some happier news involving Poland, on this date in 1967, the Rolling Stones performed their first concert behind the Iron Curtain at the Palace of Culture in Warsaw, Poland. So, what's your favorite Rolling Stones song? Without a doubt, this one is my favorite. It's the story of my life, it seems, but can I get what I need every once in a great while?!
Let's Countdown.
#5 "Brave Nuke World" AKA "Critical Mass" AKA "Anti – American Activities" AKA "Martial Militias" - Right now, there is enough oogy material to make over 100,000 nuclear weapons. All 47 participating nations at President Obama’s summit have pledged to safely store all nuclear materials within 4 years. So, who’s going to make sure that happens – us? Many other countries have already made some promises & concessions with their own materials. Dig the sparkly red tie on President Obama! China is moving closer to supporting sanctions against Iran but isn’t out – right supporting them yet. The French President wants some kind of international court to try world leaders who give nuclear materials to terrorists. Um...don’t we have one of those already? HHHHhhhhEEEeeeeRRRRrrEEEEEeee’s Howard Fineman! OK, Keith answered my question above; there really aren’t any enforcement mechanisms for everything agreed to over the past couple of days. Howard seems to have more confidence in the "volunteer spirit" of world leaders than I do – "volunteer spirit" meaning they will police themselves. Howard said Israel was at the summit; I don’t think Benny made the trip. I think just some Israel minister of something was there. HA! I was correct! I am so smart – I am so smart – S...M...A...T...er uh S...M...AR...T! OK state – elected officials are supporting tea bagger efforts for an actual armed militia to protest the government. Less than a week before the anniversary of the bombing of the building in Oklahoma City, huh?! GREAT TIMING!
My Dad has been there to the memorial park that now sits where the building was; he said it’s a very VERY emotional & moving experience. Here’s Melissa Harris – Lacewell! There might even be rumblings of military personnel having tea bagger "leanings" as far as the birther – President – Obama – Wasn’t – Born – Here memo. Lovely... Well, hell, what am I thinking?! Tim McVeigh was a vet. Professor Harris – Lacewell is very concerned about what’s going on in Oklahoma. I agree with Keith; I would think that a state legislator promoting & supporting those who would take up arms against our federal government would at least warrant a sternly – worded letter.
#4 "Grand Opposition Party" AKA "Financial Deformation" - The next cog in GOP efforts to scuttle financial reform is claiming that it won’t be effective in shutting down banks too big to fail; let’s remember, boys & girls, that these were the same GOPers back toward the end of 2008 that were braying that these banks were...{all together now}...TOO BIG TO FAIL! Mitchie McConnell threw in his way – less – than 2 cents’ worth on the issue. OK...mean shallow comment coming up, but I gotta say it. Mitchie still looks like a turtle with a deer – caught – in – the – headlights look. Mitchie & Cornhole Cornyn just last week met with some nice rich hedge fund managers begging for their help & contributions in the November elections. Nice... Rep. Mike Pence met with hedge fund managers TODAY!
President Obama is going to meet with leadership of both houses of Congress tomorrow; he does not want "a race to the bottom" in the regulation game – whatever that means. Here’s Nobel laureate Paul Krugman! He described Mitchie’s beef with financial reform as "Orwellian." Honey, I’d bet dollars to doughnuts that Mitchie McConnell doesn’t know who George Orwell was! Dems have to keep working & hammering the issue to maintain the "populist" high ground they seem to have over the GOP – barely. As Keith mentioned, Dems have had more than their share of "help" from the financial industry as well. Can we say Blanchie Lincoln?
** Ugh...I don’t wanna hear about Martha Stewart at the Yankees game – especially Twitting during the whole damn thing! A Tulsa burglar fell out of the ceiling tiles of the place he was trying to rob; he then proceeded to knock over the ladder. 2 Japanese astronauts serenaded us from the International Space Station! **
#3 "Profits Over People" - I know this revelation will come as a SHOCK to you all, but the organization in charge of supervising mine safety is under – funded, under – staffed, and those who are there seem to profit or are in cahoots with $hitty mine owners that allow tragedies like what happened in WV. The last 9 miners were recovered from the mine this morning. Massey Energy appealed 75% of the fines levied to them. Senator Tom Harkin has vowed Senate Committee hearings to expose
...weaknesses in our laws that provide incentives for employers to skimp and cut back on health and safety measures...
Don Blankenship might just get asked to testify. Arianna Huffington’s in da’ house to talk regulations in the mining industry & on Wall Street. The mine could not be punished for wrong – doing while appealing fines or during court proceedings; they could keep doing the unsafe things they were doing. Arianna thinks the Obama administration is lacking "a sense of urgency" in righting the wrongs in coal mine & other regulations. Well, granted, this issue is important, but it’s not like President Obama has been sitting in the Oval Office twiddling his thumbs.
"Special Comment Quickie" Keith is talking tea baggers again. A tea bagger in Ohio who wrote a horrible "tweet" about minorities has a half – Hispanic son that his mother doesn’t want father to have any part of. Gee, I can’t imagine why!
WPITW – BillO sent his stalker producer to pester Al Gore. The VA AG is getting to be about as bat$hit as Bat$hit Bachmann! He’s spoken to tea baggers, hung out with faith healers, and has joined in on a climate – denying lawsuit against the EPA. Well, he might be hanging out with faith healers, but are snake charmin’ witch hunters laying hands on him?! ;D
Boss Limbaugh blames unions for the mine disaster in WV; the mine was a non – union mine! 70% supporting unionizing, but the "lovely" Mr. Blankenship vowed to shut the mine down if workers voted to unionize. Union rescue workers were turned away, too.
#1 "Sarah PayLin" AKA "In the Money" AKA "Payin’ Palin" - St. Sarah from Wasilla has made $12 million since the exited the AK Governor’s gig. OK, pardon me while I go retch. This estimate is probably on the lower end of what she ACTUALLY made. Off to retch again... Her contract riders for each appearance include bendy straws. Well, GWB had pretzel trouble, so maybe it’s a "conservative" thing.
Grandma ExGov TurkeyLover DID waive her speaking fee for Bat$hit Bachmann. Well, bat$hit birds of a bat$hit feather... Here’s Eugene Robinson! Ya’ know, $12 million will buy an awful lot of 6 – packs & lipstick for pigs – HA! She’d actually have to take a pay cut to run {off to retch again} for POTUS. Eugene said the more St. Sarah from Wasilla’s in the public eye, the less the public thinks she’s qualified to be POTUS. Well, OK! Even though her continuation in public will induce massive retching, keep on sort of mangling the English language, there, toots! Eugene thinks that people still continue to be fascinated by "that woman" because her earthy folksy winking style distracts us from the complicated world we live in.