And, we're back - for a few days, anyway. See explanation below.
There will not be a diary Thursday or Friday because, on Thursday, I'll be at a dharma talk at the Zen Center where I teach & practice, and, I'll be sitting the evening session of the retreat there on Friday night.
We're doing a two - fer tonight...BOTH "this day in history" & SPARK! :D Let's get SPARKy first. I wonder if this chicken wire is the same stuff that was used in The Blues Brothers? :D This is SOME dog house! Finally, how 'bout them Canadians sprucing up grilled cheese sandwiches?
I'm including just 2 "this day in history" items that couldn't be any more opposite if I tried. Mittens, today, is officially eligible for Medicare & Social Security today (which I'm sure he won't be accepting because they're Kenyan socialist conspiracies or something) because he is 65.
Jack Kerouac would've been 90 years old today; this clip is the way I like to remember him - before booze & fame really REALLY took their toll.
On with The Rachel Maddow Show!
"'It's Time" - 9 years ago today, GWB basically told the Husseins in Iraq that Shock & Awe Part Deux was on the way. 8 years ago, GWB was running for re - election against a decorated Vietnam and featured an ad about John Kerry being against the Iraq War. Look at that graph about how folks felt about the Iraq War in 2004. Now, we're awfully happy President Obama got us the spark outta there. A majority of the country wants troops home from Afghanistan yesterday, and the sentiment is truly bi - partisan. Rachel reviewed some of the details of yesterday's horrific shootings in Afghanistan. Hearts & minds are not exactly being won over there. 1 in 5 NATO fatalities are from "our own side." Politics play a roll in a whole mess of war decisions & how long we stick around in Afghanistan. MENSA candidates & audiences even cheer for the possibility of us getting out of Afghanistan. Senator McCentury wants Afghanistan to go on and on and on and on and on and... Josh Rogin gets to talk Afghanistan tonight. Senator McCentury's Mini - Me told him it just might be time to pull the plug on Afghanistan. There's a whole mess of mistrust on multiple levels for a long damn time there now.
"Strip Search" - Governor Secession might be a Newt #2?! hee...hee...hee... ;D He's also forcing vaginal probe ultrasounds on TX ladies. Gary Trudeau addressed the fact in a recent comic! Bless his butt for being brave enough to address this issue in Doonesbury! :D Some newspapers refuse to publish the strip. Well, of course! After VA's vaginal ultrasound fun, the "poor" Governor probably won't get a VP nod. Too bad - NOT. Governor Secession couldn't sign that legislation fast enough. His secessionist mouth piece DOES NOT like Mr. Trudeau.
"I Can't Believe '08 the Whole Thing!" - OK, that segment title's pretty damn good. :D Folk in the Senator McCentury campaign camp knew very soonest that choosing $aint $arah from Wasilla as the running mate was about as smart as General Custer's plan at Little Big Horn. That clip from Game Change was SOMETHING!!!!!! Nicolle Wallace gets to relive that lovely time in her life. The movie really hasn't changed her life per se but about how close we had to having "that woman" a heartbeat away from the presidency. If she felt $aint $arah from Wasilla wasn't "fit to serve," did she say anything to Senator McCentury at the time? $aint $arah from Wasilla's not done so hot since her "unshakeling" from campaign advisors - because THAT WOMAN is an idiot.
"Is It Newt Yet?" - There were caucuses this past weekend, and Newt didn't win a damn one. Ron Paul got the most votes in the US Virgin Islands, but Mittens gets the most delegates. Man on Dog creamed his competition in KS! :D Newt thinks MS & AL are "must wins." So, if he loses, will we finally get our answer to "How Can We Miss Newt If He Won't Go Away?"?! :) Newt insists he ain't goin' anywhere, and, as long as Mr. Adelson keeps writing the checks, he won't go anywhere.
"Best New Thing in the World Today" - Oh no, Rachel's gonna talk about Dick Nixon's love letters???!!! EEEEeeeeeeWWWWWwwwww!!!!! OK, I can't listen to this. That IS NOT the best new thing in the world today - unless you're bound up & haven't taken a $hit in a few days.