It's the weekend to "OOOOOoooo!" & "AAAAaaaHHHHhhh!" watching the boom - booms in the sky - hopefully in the sky, safety first, F.O.O.! So, let's get a history lesson about our founding fathers for this Independence Day weekend.
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Since there will be a Countdown with Keith Olbermann on Monday night, there will be a Countdown with Keith Olbermann diary here that night. Hopefully, I won't be talking to myself in these parts although I can be damn brilliant at times! :D
Let's review some more history with "this day in history." The Civil War battle at Gettysburg began on this date in 1863. Contrary to what some POTUS candidates & POTUS candidate pretenders probably think, the Gettysburg Address isn't the street address of where the battle took place! On this date in 1991, President George H.W. Bush nominated federal appeals court judge Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court.
Oh my, I remember exactly where I was & what I was doing when I heard this news; on this date in 2004, Marlon Brando died at age 80. I was exercising on my stationery bike & watching TV when the news broke, and I immediately began sobbing. What he contributed to our arts & culture could cover 85 million diaries.
On a more chipper note, wish a happy 95th birthday to Olivia de Havilland! She played Melanie Hamilton the wimp in Gone With the Wind; hey, I've said for years I'm more of the Scarlet O'Hara type! ;D
I'm sure not all of Ms. de Havilland's rolls were wimpy! :D
Let's Countdown!
"Ceiling Whacks" AKA "Debt Deniers" AKA "Shutting Down" - The debt ceiling deadline has been moved by the administration from August 2 to July 22 to give Congress critters time to write up deals, vote on them, etc. Yea, that'll set a fire under someone - NOT. The GOBP is still claiming "Nothing to see here!" as far as consequences for not raising debt ceiling. Paul Krugman called the GOBP extortionists; that sounds about right to me. President Clinton wants the Dems to nut up or shut up! :D A whole mess of former GOBP who used to be Congress critters are begging currently - serving GOBP to stop being babies on the issue. Those who also had no issues on voting to raise the debt ceiling while GWB was in office are having changes of heart & sphincters about the issue now. And, how 'bout that quote from Rep. Peter DeFazio?
I yearn for the days of the Gingrich revolution compared to these people. I never thought I'd be saying that.
Rep. DeFazio gets to talk debt ceiling deadlines. According to him, he thinks President Obama's not focusing enough on the revenue side & is paying too much attention to spending cuts. And, he NAILED what's going on with the GOBP; they are petrified of being tea bagged in primaries. Rep. DeFazio's hoping for spines in Dems & for White House spines - well... {gulp}. How are F.O.O. in the "Land of Ten Thousand Lakes" going with the shut down? The shut down there might be a preview of things to come on the national scale. Over 20,000 state workers have been laid off; Tim Pawl...ZZZZZZZzzzzzzzz...OOPS! Little Timmy's just pleased as punch about the shut down. Craig Crawford's a Coundown peep again?! Golly! I thought he & Keith had some sort of falling out!! OK...back to the show... Craig gets the more political side of this debt ceiling & shut down stuff; he thinks the new deadline will just be further justification to kick the can down the road. He thinks President Obama might be emboldened to compromise with the GOBP more?! YEA!!!!!
"Bachwards Thinking" AKA "Dr. Ignorance" - Oh Keith, I was hoping to not have to hear Mr. Bat$hit's comments about teh gayz. I've heard about it enough to be disgusted without having to actually listen to the mother sparker! Don't forget that little marriage came to them in a vision or mission from Gawd or something. *&^%$#@! What's Dr. Bat$hit's a "doctor" in?! HE'S A PSYCHOLOGIST????!!!! Ugh...whoever handed him THAT degree should have their accreditation yanked.
Texans don't like Buddhists, huh? Oh well, Texas is on my "Wouldn't Travel There Even If My Life Depended On It" list, so that's no skin off my a$$. Ken Vogel gets willfully ignorant hateful bat$hit duty tonight - lucky guy. What Hubby - Dear said on that tape could really screw the pooch for her in a general election should she get that far; however, that'll be red meat for the primaries! Ken doesn't think Bat$hit'll even get to the nomination stage - from his lips to {insert deity of your choice here}'s ears. Tea baggers don't care for social issues - at least according to Ken Vogel?! I'm not so sure about that.
"Time Marches On!" - Some Brit politico...uh...I'm not getting this guy or why Keith included this. LeBron James is playing basketball at the YMCA with the kiddies; well, since there's an NBA lock out, that may be the ONLY place he's playing for awhile. And, the kiddies must not be old enough yet to not appreciated what an incredible $hit he is! The Ruski president can't drive for $hit.
"No - Choice" AKA "War on Women" - A federal judge in Topeka, KS put the kibosh on the draconian anti - abortion regulations signed into law by Governator Sam "I Hate Women" Brownback. Gee, where could Keith have gotten the idea to cover this story? ;D He then reviewed all the anti - abortion activities going on in so many states - just like Miss Rachel. ;D Kate Sheppard gets "war on women" duty. Anyone who's a regular viewer of TRMS knows the rest of the discussion for this segment.
"WPITW" - Some CNN "employee" thinks President Obama to "cave" to the GOBP. She's the chief White House correspondent for them?! We have video tape evidence that David Prosser doesn't work or play well with others. Lonesome Rhodes misspelled his own pimping of his new venture during his last show yesterday - BRILLIANT!
"Fridays with Thurber" - This week, we get "If Grant Had Been Drinking at Appomatix (sp?)" KEITH GOT INTO MY DIARY DRAFT AGAIN; I mentioned Gettysburg first. ;D Uh, what's with the old timey baseball jacket?