The cupboard for "this day in history" is rather bare, so let me spend just a bit of time explaining why this particular Monday sucked less than usual!
This lady gave a poetry reading on the campus where I work & teach! :D She was my favorite professor when I was an undergrad, she introduced me to THIS GUY {rest is history :)}, she read at my wedding, and she's one of those rare people who knows EVERYTHING about me & loves me anyway! ;D
Let's chat up some "this day in history." On Oct. 11, 1884, Eleanor Roosevelt, the American first lady, social reformer, diplomat and author, was born. With all love & respect to our current First Lady, Mrs. Roosevelt sounds like she was a hell of a lady! On the polar opposite end as fair as "high points" for she - dom, on this date in 1991, testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee, law professor Anita Hill accused Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas of sexually harassing her. Maybe, "Justice" Thomas is so damn quiet on the SCOTUS bench because he's pining for her (?). I still think it would be damn funny of a future POTUS nominated her for SCOTUS while he was still there! ;D
Finally, on this date in 1975, Saturday Night Live debuted on NBC. And, we all know by now who the host was, yes? That show also featured this HILARIOUS sketch!
Let's Countdown..."Here I come to save the day!" :D
#5 "Intolerable" AKA "Coming out...Against Gays" AKA "Homosexuality: Not ‘Equally Valid’" AKA "GOP Gay – Baiting" - Today is National Coming Out Day when young people (or maybe not so young) reveal their sexual orientation to those closest to them. Today just might have gotten that much publicity had Carl "Bestiality? Good! Gay? BBBbbbAAAaaaaaaaDDdd!" Paladino hadn’t stepped in it over the weekend! So, why’s Keith in the fancy duds?! :D Mr. Paladino took issue with Andrew Cuomo taking his kids to a gay pride parade. Huh...sounds damn fun to me! During my honeymoon, Hubby went off to get a haircut, and I got some dessert at a place in the Castro district called – I kid you not – the Squat & Gobble Café & Crepery! I was the only woman in there, the apple cinnamon crepe was faboo, and I knew I was perfectly safe! :) Hm...yea...tolerance isn’t something we should be teaching the kiddies, huh? Yea, well, it sounds like some ADULTS need that lesson more anyway.
But, some of Mr. Paladino’s best friends are gay; don’t forget that! Uh, remind me again how sacred Mr. Paladino’s marriage was again when he had a daughter out of wedlock? Ya’ know, I am damn sick & tired of the Leviticus shtick AGAIN! If we took everything in the Bible literally, 90 – year old women had babies, we couldn’t eat shellfish, and a man could have oodles of wives. Wow...Mr. Paladino may have just catapulted himself beyond Sharron Angle in the bat$hit scheme of things. Josh Marshall gets homophobe duty tonight. Mr. Paladino spoke at 2 events where females or female reporters weren’t allowed? ALL RIGHT! He’s sexist & homophobic; he REALLY sounds like someone some lucky lady should take home to meet the folks! Richard Socarides is back, too, to discuss "social conservatism." I wonder how Ken Mehlman’s feeling these days? HA! Great minds think alike; Keith brought Mr. Mehlman up, too! I am SO SMART.
#4 "Corporate Citizens United" - TurdBlossom is taking GREAT issue with some sunlight being shed on his PAC cabal & the whole foreign money being in our elections shtick. Huh...now, I didn’t just fall off the turnip truck; I’m pretty damn sure that GWB had/has an enemies list.
Hell, TurdBlossom probably helped him write it! VP Biden chatted up TurdBlossom on the campaign trail; I bet he had fun. ;D The Times ran an "Oh, not so!" response from the Anti – US Chamber of Commerce spokespiehole. Keith got an award?! What award??!! Did he get that Emmy for which he was nominated???!!! Faiz Shakir helped put together the Anti – US Chamber of Commerce report. Canadians could be influencing our elections, too? We’ll all be sporting strategically – placed maple leaves soon – oh, the humanity! ;D
** Well, Keith, most people wouldn’t know what the weekend peeps dress attire is BECAUSE IT’S ALWAYS PREDATOR OR LOCK – UP MARATHONS! A piggy in China was born with only 2 front legs, but he’s walking just fine, thank you! A guy in Taiwan dressed up his scarecrows in Michael Jackson gear. **
#3 "Reich and Wrong" - I saw this on Real Time the other night; not even Bill’s conservative slate on the panel would'tn go to bat for this Nazi costume wearing guy. P.J. O’Rourke was less – than thrilled this "gentleman" comes from his home town. Yep, Josh Green was on the show the other night! Richard Iott is actually defending his little shtick. Yea know, Mr. Iott, there’s lots of other ways to bond with sons. You could go fishing, you could build models together, hell, and you could even take him to a nudey bar! Rep. Eric Cantor FINALLY refudiated ;D Mr. Iott’s activities only after a good pressing from Rep. Debbie Wasserman – Shultz. Eugene Robinson gets to talk Nazis tonight. AND, KEITH GOT ANOTHER MURROW AWARD! YAHOO!!
I can answer the first question Keith asked Eugene about why tea baggers don’t get why all they proudly espouse is wrong. "That woman" is their poster child, and she’s made that shtick into an art form. The "establishment" GOBP doesn’t dare slam this tea bagger candidate because they need said tea baggers to go out & vote in November, and they won’t do that if they’re pouting. Yea, I’m a history nerd, but I’ll pass on the SS uniform!
WPITW – Who’s this first guy that Keith chatted up? Ed Gillespie got his vocabulary from $t. $arah from Wasilla & got his facts wrong. Mike Rosen wants another terrorist attack in New York City focused on the Islamic community center.
#1 "Car And Driver " - There are other fancy shmancy cars out there that can parallel park with no driver in it; I’ll have to try to dip up the Top Gear clip so y’all can see it! Don’t y’all think it would be a little unnerving to see a driverless car on the interstates?! HEY! I’ve driven on the 280 between San Francisco & Palo Alto! :D Don’t remember seeing a driverless car, though. But, Hubby & I did drive in the carpool lane. OK, I WANT TO SEE A DRIVERLESS CAR ON LOMBARD STREET! :D Here's that clip! This is kewl!!