Forgive me for pimping another diary I'll write at the beginning of this one, but sometime tomorrow (depending on how late I sleep), I will be posting a diary that will be a 49 - Day Ceremony for Theodore Olbermann. I invite you all over to share thoughts, remembrances, appreciations, etc. Thanks!
Not a darn "this day in history" item peaked my interest today. Nada. Zip. Big 'ol rotten stinky goose egg. Maybe it's because I'm a little more feeble - minded than usual after my bat$hit insane week at work. So, in lieu of this diary "staple," I'm going to give y'all some facts about a certain state in the Southwest that has recently fallen into "ill repute," to be charitable.
From Wikipedia, the "Show Me Your Papers" state was the final contiguous state & admitted to the union in 1912 - on Valentine's Day. Yea...not a whole lotta love going into or leaving THAT place these days. It is also one of the "4 Corner" states; if I was one of the other 3 these days, I'd be disavowing any association. ;D Famous people from various walks of life who were either born there and/or still call the place home include former SCOTUS Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, former Chief Justice William Rehnquist (who would be ALL OVER this new law), Frank Lloyd Wright, and Steven Spielberg; for the love of all that's holy, don't let E.T. land there these days!
Let's Countdown.
#5 "Spill, Baby, Spill" - All that spilt oil down in the Gulf is finally & slowly but surely reaching wildlife & sensitive ecological areas. High winds & high tides could increase the oil’s pace. A blowout preventer that was supposed to prevent any oil from spilling even if something happened to the rig malfunctioned; file that under, "No $hit, Sherlock!" A relief well to hopefully ease the pressure from the main leak will take 3 months to complete. Any beaches down there with white or tan sand will have black glop sand by then! Interior Secretary Ken Salazar is looking for help anywhere he can get it. HSS Secretary Napolitano is there, too. Look at those pictures – YUCK! Governor Gilligan Jindal asked SOD Gates for 6000 National Guard troops to be mobilized; I’m betting Gilligan doesn’t get the IRONY! People are accusing the administration of not doing enough fast enough? Huh...I’ve only been following moderately closely, but it seems they’ve done OK to me. What do I know? President Obama is ready to lay all the blame on BP. ALL RIGHT! All potential off – shore drilling projects are on ice until someone somewhere figures out what the spark went wrong. YA’ THINK?! And, has St. Sarah from Wasilla offered to volunteer to help with the clean up? She should buy meals & lodging for everyone who helps, too. She makes $12 million/year; she can afford it. She’s praying instead. Ya’ think she’ll bring the witch hunter dude in on the praying action?
HA!!! Happy Friday to me because "my guy" is in da' house!! Better get the supplies at the ready.
And, I know for a fact that he just LOVES to rag on that woman! ;D Can an empty slogan get emptier? That there, folks, is what you call a Zen koan! Buddhism is all about the emptiness; I could really show "that woman" a thing or 2 about emptiness! It would appear that Richard was never EVER crazy about the whole off – shore drilling prospects. Oil might just reach local ponds. Richard made a great point – as usual; OK, I’m biased. But, BP is supposed to be the good environmentally conscious oil whores! Keith asked if there was a level of hypocrisy even beyond the GOP bounds. Dear, you should know better than that; there is not. The timing of outside intervention beyond companies involved could be a big part of the next step in regards to regulation of future off – shore projects & other projects, too. NPR reported today, and having listened to NPR all day I got an ear – full of this development, the FBI is now involved in a possible criminal investigation of the company that owned the Big Branch Mine & the federal mine safety inspection dudes. The lovely Mr. Blankenship may have just gotten out his checkbook to ensure that no more of those pesky safety citations came down the pike than what absolutely had to! They might be looking for criminal negligence, too? Hell, I suggested that needed to be looked into when this entire ilk came to light! All them pre – law classes do come in handy every once in awhile. ;D
#4 "Show Me Your Papers" - Governor Jan Brewer is now claiming undocumented immigrants are responsible for terrorist attacks in her state. She has GOT TO BE getting talking points from St. Sarah from Wasilla – when she’s not spilling baby spilling. Some of the language of that shameful law was changed from "lawful contact" to "lawful stop, detention, or arrest." This change is supposed to be better? The lovely state legislature doesn’t think that some Sheriff Arpaio wanna – be doesn’t "lawfully stop" people because of the way they look?! Good sparkin’ grief...
Neither the Governator nor Rick "Get Texas Outta the Union" Perry is crazy about SB 1070. RICK PERRY?! OK, he coming out with reservations about the law is akin to when Tom "Literacy Test" Tancredo did. If the law’s too wing – nutty for them... Rep. Jose Serrano has written a letter to Bud Selig to get him to change the venue for next year’s All – Star game. Oh hon, appealing to Bud "Jelly Spine" Selig will get you exactly jack & and $hit. The players’ association ain’t crazy about it, either. Rep. Kyrsten Sinema agrees with me about the supposedly – better language in the law. Gov. Brewer cut funding to local law enforcement – NICE!
** A North Carolina lake is the scene for a boat in a dock. A movie theater in Lithuania is powered by 8 bikes. Hey! I’d try that! **
#3 "Chicken $hit" AKA "Chicken Run" - Sue Lowden can’t decide if she wants chicken currency to be part of medical care or not. And, her poll numbers are taking a nose dive; I’m crying a river.
Harry’s only down by 4 points now; I’m betting he’s hoping Ms. Chicken Clucker keeps clucking! And, our great orange Satanic leader gets to talk turkey about the chicken lady. ;D National GOPers are wondering why Ms. Chicken Lady won’t stuff it!
WPITW – Boss Limbaugh never compared President Obama to Hitler – except when he did. A Rep. from TX compared undocumented immigrants to locusts. Is he next going to suggest that the first born son of every undocumented immigrant be killed? HA! A BLAZING SADDLES CLIP!!! YEA!!!! Some Dem dude in Cincinnati is ragging on his opponent’s name.
Fridays with Thurber "The Night the Bed Fell" Well Keith, if chaos & barking dogs would’ve been good background noise for this story, you could’ve provided it! ;D It sounded like a full house at the Thurber house that night. James Thurber was a heavy sleeper, huh? Me too! It sounded like pandelirum in that place!