Happy Thursday everybody !! I'm pleased to be opening up the pool this morning and I appreciate Bill leaving me the keys to the Lexus. Bill and Michael are winging their way to Key West this morning and I'm sure that we all wish them a lovely vacation, except of course those of us that are too jealous to do so. The wonderful vicki , that fabulous purveyor of wine and spirits, has promised us a live-blog from the island which will no doubt provide us with many vicarious thrills and more opportunity for envy.
OK , I'm going to try this and see if it works .....
Cheers and Jeers starts in There's Moreville... [Swoosh!!] RIGHTNOW! [Gong!!]
( I've always wanted to do that. )
Cheers and Jeers for Thursday, February 26, 2009
By the Numbers:
Days until Thailand's Monkey Buffet Festival: 276
Number of cable news hosts who consistently offer the truth and real perspective: 2
Number of requests parked in my Facebook file: 121
Number between 1 and 10 to describe Republican credibility on the economy: -10
Today's forecast High/Low temperatures for Portland, Maine:40/30
Today's forecast High/Low temperatures for Key West:74/66
Cheers to the surreal. After watching Obama's rousing address to Congress Tuesday night, with all the cheering and revelry , suddenly all was quiet and gliding out of the Louisiana governor's mansion came what looked like a character out of an Anne Rice novel, a spectral figure with a frozen, sickly smile and liquid eyes that seemed to say " I have left this solar system long ago."
Then I realized it was just Bobby Jindal and not some ghostly familiar of Ronnie Reagan sent from beyond the grave to sell us supply- side economics and fear and mistrust of the federal government. Yep, just a mere mortal and apparently a member of his Collegiate Exorcism Squad.
Cheers to keeping track of the POTUS. Devilstower posted this neat link to The Obama Tracker in the midday open thread yesterday. A cool tool from the NPR website to follow the daily doings of the new administration.
Jeers to the latest round of Republican stupidity. There's this from the Mayor of Los Alamitos, CA. :
The mayor of Los Alamitos is coming under fire for an e-mail he sent out that depicts the White House lawn planted with watermelons, under the title "No Easter egg hunt this year."
That's classy, even for Orange County.
Cheers to loving couples everywhere. I first saw this video in thereisnospoon's diary highlighting the efforts of the Courage Campaign to maintain the rights of same-sex couples in California who are already married. Many of you have probably seen it but I wanted to post it for those who might have missed it.
"Fidelity": Don't Divorce... from Courage Campaign on Vimeo.
That gets me every time.
Cheers to Cheers and Jeers. I have truly loved this gathering place since the day I signed up at Daily Kos in September of 2006. And now its my honor and great pleasure to ask the question : What are you Cheering and Jeering about today?