These pics were taken on Sunday, our anniversary. We spent most of the day in Louisville. Louisville is "bat country" because it is the hometown of Hunter S. Thompson and "bat country" because it is the home of the Louisville Slugger factory and museum! We didn't take the tour because they don't manufacture bats on Sundays, and we were a little pressed for time. I absolutely intend to go back! Other pictures are from Falls of Ohio State Park, a good place to go fossil hunting (don't tell the Creation Museum people that!) and from where we had dinner.
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Keith will be back tomorrow night. I know we all missed him. But, he earned his time off and then some. Let's keep our "excitement" to PG - 13 levels and express our enthusiastic gratitude to Rachel Maddow for being his "DH"! THANK YOU, RACHEL!!
Now, on to tonight's Countdown diary.
#5 "Double Talk Express" AKA "Kabul Wobble" AKA "Iraq the Vote" AKA "McBush" AKA "McSame as it Never Was" - Senator McCentury, I think Afghanistan is in trouble now; you can add Pakistan to that list, too. And, Pakistan has "the bomb." Senator Obama is wearing flag pins ALL THE TIME now; has anyone else noticed that besides me? Where are the new combat brigades going to come from – a petrie dish?! We have a war czar? Well, I’ll be darned. Senator Obama, whatever GWB is telling you to do in Iraq, do the exact opposite, and you should be just fine. In a quickie beefcake comment, I must say that blue is a fandamntastic color for Richard Wolffe. My...my...my... If Senator McCentury has issues with Senator Obama "making Iraq policy" before going there, let me shamelessly steal some brilliance from another poster by responding that FDR didn’t seem to have any issues or problems with what was going on in WWII without actually going there. So [insert Bronx raspberry here], Senator McCentury! Since when did our Decider – in – Chief become a czar? He’s already a dictator; isn’t that enough? How did Senator McCentury’s tongue not go screaming out of his pie – hole to avoid the toxic environment when he said that GWB’s Iraq policy was doomed to fail?! That Tim Russert clip should be a DNC ad tomorrow!
#4 "It’s the Economy, Stupid!" AKA "Money Matters" AKA "Election – omics" - The economy is the number one issue of concern? Thank goodness Senator McCentury’s an expert. Wait...What? He’s not? Oh...never mind! GWB isn’t an economist, either? Who the heck is running this economic show?! I disagree with Christopher Hayes about the "murky connection" between the crappy economy & the war in Iraq. Where were the gas prices before the war? Where are gas prices now? How many thousands of ways could the coin spent for the Iraq War have been spent in this country to help Americans? How ‘bout the effect of all those non – full – time soldiers who had to leave their jobs to go to Iraq 2, 3, 4, etc. times and the resulting economic results for their families here?! That "murky connection" is crystal damn clear to me!
BUSHED! "Reproductive Rights for the Rich – Gate" - OK, I didn’t quite get this. Since when is it news that people who are against abortions or giving out contraceptives could be in a position to deny those services to those who truly need them because our government put them there? "Support the-Troops- Contractors – Gate" - Disabled vets are getting denied claims because of privatization? Well, file that under "No $hit, Sherlock!" "America for Sale – Gate" - This story again? Dana Perino said "lawsuits & things"? Are we paying her salary?!
**Did the giant heads scare the running bulls like they scared the kids? Watch out for the flying umbrellas! Get them on the no – fly list! EEEEEeeeeeWWWWWwwww! I HATE BATS! Someone’s offering sex for gas in Neveda? I’m sending hubby on a road trip! Just kidding...maybe.**
#3 "Bush ECONomy" AKA "Economy of Words" - Gadzooks, I’m glad I didn’t hear GWB’s press conference today. GWB will have as much success calming economic nerves as a Repub will have trying to convince me to vote for Senator McCentury in November. The GOP is trashing de – regulation?! I thought de – regulation was the GOP’s best friend. Well, golly! Does GWB turn down the AC in the White House when he’s not home? When was the last time he had to worry about the thermostat?
Keeping Tabs – "The Brangelina Bunch" Thank goodness Angelia had those kids; I’m sure the $11 million for the pictures is worth every penny. Who’s forking the coin for those again? "A – Rod’s Angst" OK, call me mean, but I think it’s funny that those Canadians had pics of Madonna for Alex; it was mighty neighborly, too! "Oh, Canada!" "The Brady Breach" Yo! She’s not really your mom, dude! Don’t take what Florence Henderson said so darn seriously.
#1 "Ms. Bud’s For You" AKA "Political Potpourri" - How ironic...the only way I get around Indianapolis is by private plane, too. Y’all learn something new every day about me, don’t ya’! Did Phil Gramm get on – screen credit for that movie about truck stop chicks? Did he have any control over editorial content? I bet that Texas boy’s favorite movie ever is Debbie Does Dallas!