After Keith's & Ken Burns' Prohibition discussion, there's a certain symmetry that Keith gets the "this day in history" treatment tonight. :D So, bottom's up!
On this date in 1991, the Senate Judiciary Committee deadlocked, 7-7, on the nomination of Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court. Now, a .500 average in MLB will get you in Cooperstown & all kinds of eternal glory! A .500 average on this committee ain't exactly a ringing endorsement, but it'll get one of the most unqualified judges ever on the highest court in the land to be the token African - American replacement for the previous one that was there. Me thinks there's something wrong with this picture!
Dith Pran was born on this date in 1942. I had the privilege of hearing him give a talk my freshman year of college. If you don't know who he is, SHAME ON YOU & watch The Killing Fields.
It's time to Countdown.
#5 "None of the Above" AKA "Crazy for Christie" - A whole mess of "regular" GOBP are NOT satisfied with the current crop in the 2012 clown car, and A LOT of very big money people are wanting the very big Governor Chris "Take a State Helicopter to my Kid's Game & Vacation in FL During Historic Blizzard" Christie to run - BADLY! Problem? It seems the "good" Governor thinks there are plenty of Governors already in the field, and he likes his life the way it is now, thank you very much. Half the Kochtopus wants him to run, too! Frankie the Luntz compared the NJ Governor to the Beatles?! Uh, would that be Pete Best??!! The Governor's brother really really doesn't think he's running. The Family Research Council ain't crazy about him; well, I'm not crazy about the Family Research Council. He's also no friend of the NRA or climate deniers or those who think sharia law is taking over the country. David Catanese gets Christie "just say no" duty; he doesn't think he'll run. Keith laid out all the Governor's quotes that would be quite the fodder for campaign ads should he DECIDE TO run! :) Can someone make the Governor an offer he can't refuse? He is in SOPRANOS country, yes? Keith thinks WEIGHT might be an issue? O...K... Well, if "visuals" really matter, would Barack Obama have won? I mean ya' wanna talk VISUALS?! Barack Obama looks NOTHING like the previous gentleman who've been POTUS in case y'all haven't heard. Craig Crawford gets "none of the above" duty. He thinks the anti - Mittens Romney crowd are the most desperate for Governor State Helicopter to run. I'm not sure about that; I think they'll go for Governor Secession. All these GOBP folk want St. Ronnie to come back. If he were to come back, would those anti - science folk let him get stem cell treatments for his Alzheimer's Disease? How 'bout all those times he raised taxes & didn't like playing politics with the debt ceiling?
#4 "Occupy Wall Street" AKA "Up Against the Wall" - New video of Saturday's pepper spraying of some young women show that a NYPD officer got it, too - BRILLIANT! Michael Moore & Susan Sarandon are regulars in the protests, now. HOLY CRAP! Did y'all see that cop get sprayed right in the damn face?! Sam Seder's in studio to talk about his reporting from the scene of the protests. Crowds since Saturday have grown. The media is stuttering their way there; well, they'll stick around if there's more macing or cracked skulls.
"Time Marches On!" - A fetching doggie climbs tiny trees to get his stuff. Big fracking deal - kitties climb trees all the time & don't feel like they have to perform tricks to do it. ;D Some guys doing their best Tarzan imitation smacked themselves into a tree. Well, I'm sure Tarzan had his DAYS, too. How's this guy "flying" in China? Did he get a damn jet pack before I got mine??!!
#3 "Global Zero" - Global Zero seeks to end all nuclear weapons in this world - good luck with that. Too many defense contractors won't let that happen. The new START treaty's a good...well...start. :) Valerie Plame's in studio to talk getting rid of nukes. She & Global Zero thinks simple math & money can get rid of nukes. Well... So, if we don't have nukes, how the heck are we supposed to wage war - go back to rocks & sticks?! Although, I could SO see the NRA creaming their jeans at dusting off some AK - 47s or something. I mean, hell, look at all the death & destruction in WWI with no nukes at all! While I applaud her & Global Zero's ideas, they're a little naive. Keith mentioned President Ike's "military industrial complex" speech; both the GOBP & Dems are too beholden to their interests to keep themselves in their government jobs.
WPITW - So, am I the only 1 who'd heard of this lovely little bake sale at UC - Berkley before yesterday?! They've been doing this for YEARS. A heckler called President Obama the AntiChrist last night. He may have paid $10K for the privilege. Keith, please don't call the notorious "Show Me Your Papers" state sheriff "Yosemite Sam." If I have to choose between those 2 for my local sheriff, I'll take Sam! And, how classy was it that he threw a grandkid in the line of proverbial fire to NOT answer the question?
#1 "Michele's Missile Crisis" AKA "Bachmania" AKA "Party of D'Oh!"- OK, so according to a newspaper in Italy, Hezbollah bombs are in Cuba so they can attack us from there as a base - according to Bat$hit Bachmann. Ya' know, there's A LOT going on in that empty little head of hers. AND, y'all can't tell me that she ACTUALLY READ an Italian newspaper that probably wasn't in English! Can she see Russia from her house?! ;D Golly, she threw in Palestine & Israel into the mix, too! Maysoon Zayid's in studio for bat$hit duty. Bat$hit thinks FL is Israel; well, an awful lot of old Jewish people live there, so she might have a point. ;D Maysoon's a cat person, too! :D And, where's my damn Countdown mug?! :D