Ah F.O.O., I am visualizing myself here much these days lest I go even more bat$hit than I already am. I also have this movie running through my head A LOT!
See, this way, I can send my clone to deal with all the bat$hit at my work these days, and the real me can stay the spark home or do whatever the spark I feel like doing. SOUNDS LIKE A PLAN TO ME! No? No clones yet? $HIT! Oh well... ;D
Let's get on with "this day in history." On this date in 79 A.D., Mount Vesuvius erupted, burying the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum in volcanic ash. An estimated 20,000 people died. This event BEGS for the George Carlin clip about saving the planet! ;D
Great gawd almighty, I miss that man {sigh}.
On this date in 1981, Mark David Chapman was sentenced in New York to 20 years to life in prison for the murder of rock musician John Lennon. And, if he ever DOES get out of prison, I'd try to find someplace on this planet where no one's ever heard of John Lennon & move there for his own safety.
Let's end on a couple fun birthdays! This first birthday will probably resonate more with us "Hoosier" F.O.O.; Reggie Miller is 45 today! Yep, at one time very briefly, the Pacers were a decent team & fun to watch. ;D
Finally, David Gregory is 40 today! I hope his NBC colleagues are celebrating with him appropriately. ;D Oye'...he's just a year older than I am?! EEK!
Let's Countdown - minus the lava in the living room.
#5 "The Serious GOP Plan" AKA "Small Biz Calls Out GOP" AKA "Bush – League Tax Cuts" - Small Price to Pay Goldilocks is just DYIN’ to be Speaker of the House ‘cause he thinks he’ll get President Obama to do any damn thing he pleases. But, and I despise agreeing with the Rep who’s color is not found in nature, but I wouldn’t mind Tim Geithner & Larry Summers exiting stage left, either. Oh, don’t forget the stimulus package failed, too; all those new projects in Small Price to Pay Goldilock’s state were just an optical illusion. HEY! And, he slammed community organizers, too!
VP Biden poo – pooed any economic plan coming from any GOBP pie hole. He doesn’t think the GOBP will take over Congress in November; I sure hope he’s correct! Small Price to Pay Goldilocks wants "job – killing tax hikes" – the ones he helped put together with GWB back in 2001 – gone the way of Crystal Pepsi. President Obama is also supposed to veto any legislation coming out of a lame duck Congress. ‘Ol Small Price to Pay Goldilocks is a demanding little cuss, ain’t he! ;D An actual small business owner in Ohio, Elizabeth Lessner, also poo – poos what "you know who" said. Ms. Lessner isn’t in the $250K/year group, so she won’t be seeing any tax cuts if the cuts are made permanent. She’s also very interested in food safety legislation being a restaurant small business owner! Ms. Lessner also talked up the benefits of the new HCR law. Here’s Howard Fineman! He actually listened to Small Price to Pay Goldilocks this morning – lucky him! ;D The fact that the GOBP spent like drunken sailors over wars & stuff didn’t help our terlet – esque economic condition.
#4 "The Real Kochs" - The "grass roots" tea bagging activities are sponsored for us all tonight & every night by the oil industry! They’ll pollute your Gulf, kill your wildlife, kill your livelihood, AND accuse the government of establishing slush funds – all at the same time while having their mouths full – HA! ;D
David & Charles Koch are funding their own little tea baggers. Does that make ‘em pimps? A political strategists said the Koch family is
...the epicenter of the anti – Obama movement. But it’s not just about Obama. They would have done the same to Hillary Clinton. They did the same with Bill Clinton. They are out to destroy progressivism.
OK, I agree with about half of that statement. These groups might have tried the same activities with Mrs. Clinton had she become POTUS, but I don’t think the activities would’ve had the border – line violent overtones the current incarnation of the tea baggers have. It’s all about race, boys & girls; it’s all about r...a...c...e. The Koch brothers poo – poo that whole climate change shtick, too. Their dad, Fred Koch, helped to found the John Birch Society! Lee Fang has been doing a whole lot of investigation of these "gentlemen." OK, did I hear Keith correctly? One of these dudes was on some cancer – prevention board & at the same time lobbying the EPA to not include some chemicals as cancer – causing that CLEARLY ARE CANCER – CAUSING?! Talk about having your cancerous cake & eating it, too!
Koch Industries is lobbying to have the clean air act signed by the Governator repealed by another one of those damn "prop" things. They also really helped to water down HCR; well, wimpy – a$$ Dems did that, too. There’s plenty of blame to go around on that particular score.
** There was another faboo catch at that baseball field in Japan! A whole bunch of Diet Coke – Mentos rockets went off in Mexico City. AAAaaaaWWWwww!! Look at the dancing panda! TOO CUTE! **
#3 "Center of Controversy" AKA "Islamophobia" AKA "Not On the Phone" - A mosque in KY that had previously been approved by the zoning board has now been unapproved. Gee, I can’t imagine why. Dick Connor, the owner of the flower shop next door to the proposed site, was really REALLY concerning about Muslims bad parking; Baptists park just fine & don’t even dance! ;D
The gentleman hoping to build the community center has taken donation money from one of NewsCorp’ owners – some Saudi dude! An Iowa GOBP committee "lady" claims that President Obama has admitted that he’s Muslim. Corey Saylor is back to talk "them bad Muslims" again tonight. This same "lady" in Iowa was strangely silent during the whole Rev. Wright shtick – go figure. Mayor Bloomberg is still voicing his strong support for the community center being built exactly where they want to build it. Well, Keith called President Obama himself to ask about his Christian creds; I feel SO MUCH better now. ;D
WPITW – O...M...G... that new slogan for FAUX News just might have to be my new sig line! "FAUX News Channel - Making $hit up since 1996!" A pet insurance company paid a big ‘ol claim for a doggie that ate a bee hive that had been sprayed. A tea bagger in NY who wants to be Governor wants to use unused prisons for welfare recipients. Allen West didn’t take too kindly to being videotaped at a rally by throwing out a Gestapo reference to a camera man from a Holocaust survivor family. CLASSY!
#1 "Decision 2010" - Rep. Kendrick Meek will face Marco Rubio & Charlie Crist for the FL Senate seat. In the "Show Me Your Papers" state, the GOBP is doing their utmost to convince the Latino community that the GOBPers responsible for SB 1070 aren’t like other GOBPers. Well, then who the spark are they like?! St. Sarah from Wasilla endorsed Senator McCentury; he’s walked a hell of a tight rope as far as SB 1070’s concerned. Michael Steele had the following to say to the Latino community:
Let’s be clear. The action of one state’s Governor is not a reflection of an entire country, nor is it a reflection of an entire political party.
Uh, who was the "party" responsible for SB 1070 again? 52% now disapprove or lean disapprove of President Obama, but more people still blame the GOBP for the economy still being in the terlet. Here’s Alex Wagner. Even though some "progressives" have not liked some of the legislation passed so far, the vast majority of Dems still approve of this administration. Grover Norquist claimed that all the GOBP had to do was stick with the bad economy to make big gains in November; all this mosque, Muslim, immigrant, etc. bashing may have just screwed the pooch. Well, we’ll see & hope!