I took today, tomorrow, & Wednesday off to celebrate the inauguration of Mr. Obama & Mr. Biden. So, how did I spend this day before this day we've all been waiting s.....o..... l...o...n...g... for? I recorded most of last season's Real Time with Bill Maher onto discs to save for forever & ever & ever. It was an absolute joy to see the progression of the iffy days of the Obama campaign to the season finale & Bill Maher's exclamation of "Gawd Damn, America!" :D
On the slight flip - side of the coin, I hope Mr. Obama and, especially, Mr. Holder (should he become AG) listen to what Keith has to say in his "special comment" about the prosecution of those in the GWB administraiton who were responsible for the ripping apart of our Constitution, for the raping our nation's soul, & for war crimes.
There is just one "this day in history" I'll bring up. One of my heroes (a word I don't use lightly) who went way before her time was born on this date in 1943; Janis Joplin was born in Port Arthur, TX.
Let's Countdown!
#5 "VP Cheney Injures Back..." AKA "Almost Here" AKA "Anticipation" AKA "Top Secrets" AKA "Understudy of State?" - Keith got a hair cut! Wow, so DICK hurt himself moving boxes & will be in attendance tomorrow in a wheel chair. Wouldn’t it be a damn shame if he or someone else lost control of the sucker & ended up pitching him down a flight of stairs or something?! And, aren’t I the nasty one?! Sorry...DICK brings out the worst in me – he & Grandma Gov. TurkeyLover. I hope Mr. Obama doesn’t have to do any touch – up painting at his new digs; he’s got enough on his plate! He has about a day or 2 more – tops – of "bi – partisan good will", then the slings & arrows come out. Senator McCentury is getting kudos, too. Wow...unfreakin’ believable... Do you think that if the places were reversed that McCentury would be throwing a dinner for Mr. Obama? Nope, I don’t think so, either! It’s nice to hear that the American people may actually give Mr. Obama time to clean up the messes (or begin to anyway) that the last 8 years have left. Mr. Biden had a choice between VP & Sec of State? Well, he sure has more SoS "chops" than "you know who" does (hell, nearly everyone does!), & she’s going to probably get the damn job. Yea, I bet Bill Clinton’s damn broken – hearted about the fact that Mrs. Clinton won’t be around the ‘ol homestead much. I’m sure the muscle that DICK pulled wasn’t his heart because he doesn’t have one.
#4 "Lincoln Thinkin’" AKA "Obama’s Oratory" - President Lincoln isn’t a terrible POTUS to try to emulate! I do have some pity for Mr. Obama because he really needs to give the speech of his life tomorrow. We might be called to do something besides shop? Damn, I’m sure some people will have issues with that sacrifice. "Restoring confidence" as a theme is a good thing; healing would be nice, too.
** Look at all the Elvis impersonators! Wow, who put together the Legos inauguration?! They had a lot of time on their hands. **
#3 "Inauguration Anticipation" AKA "Change & Celebration" - Mr. Obama’s keeping that butt – ugly rug in the Oval Office, huh? Gadzooks. I don’t expect the Obamas to be "busy" tomorrow, but I think I read somewhere that Mr. Obama plans a full day on Wednesday & told his people to be ready for one. Maybe, one of the girls will spill something on the rug, & the sucker will have to be at the cleaners for the next few years!
BUSHED! "Metaphor – Gate" I’m sure Dana Perino has a faboo job at FAUX News waiting for her. "Gitmo – Gate" DICK is shooting his mouth off – AGAIN – about "the worst of the worst" being at Gitmo. "Political Capital – Gate" GWB is exiting stage right at a 22% approval rate. And, I KNEW we would have "Still – BUSHED!" to look forward to! ;D
WPITW – Ken Blackwell doesn’t want any stimulus plans to create jobs. Spirit Airlines cancelled a flight for some guys & rebooked them on US Air 1549, and they tried to get more money out of the guys for cancelling their return flight. FAUX News claims GWB inherited 9/11. And, we all were "worried" about what FAUX News & the other rightwing neocon nutjobs would do after tomorrow!
"Special Comment" – OK, the people waving in the background is damn distracting. GWB & DICK have confessed to what they’ve allowed, and it’s on videotape. How can what Judge Susan Crawford had to say be ignored? She’s the one who decides who goes "on trial" at Gitmo! I loved the point about what "compromising" about Watergate wrought upon this nation. Way to mention Mr. Lincoln, too, Keith! I just wish you’d mentioned the fact that if our nation doesn’t prosecute these crimes, some other country could; then, whatever "moral authority" we had will be gone, and NOTHING will bring that "moral authority" back again.