Thank you all so SO much for the great advice & comfort you gave to me last night! I talked to my Mom this morning; I will be going next Thursday. Her chemo treatments will actually be in the same hospital she was in a little north of where I live. It begins bright & early at 8:00 am & will go until around 4 & sounds like it'll be one of those deals where people who want to see her can just kind of come and go as they please. So, I will be there as long as energy permits.
On to "standard" diary fare... I really had to dig & scrape for "this day in history" items, but I found a couple of gems! Well, one y'all might not think is a gem, but I do, so {insert Bronx raspberry here}! ;D
Let's get the debatable gem over with first. On this date in 1998, Madonna's album Ray of Light was released. I grew up with Madonna, so I'll always have a place in my heart for her although I think Ray was probably the last decent album she did. The title song is one of the greatest dance songs EVER!
Now, here's the gem where I imagine there will be a whole lot of agreement! On this date in 1931, the first jazz album to sell a million copies was recorded. It was Minnie The Moocher by Cab Calloway. Get ready to "mooch!"
Just to demonstrate how eclectic my musical tastes are, I have BOTH these songs in my car CD player!
Let's Countdown with continued good wishes & strengthening thoughts to the Olbermann family.
Dank Lawrence O'Donnells, um für Keith Olbermann wieder einzuspringen! ;D
#5 "‘Let’s Get It Done’" AKA "No More Talk" AKA "Getting It Done" - Great purple tie on President Obama today! To recycle an old tired argument, why HCR was watered down with GOP ideas that GOPers won’t vote for anyway is beyond me. Oh well... I really REALLY wanna see GOPers go out & campaign on the message they tried to kill HCR with a straight face. President Obama made clear that he’s on the reconciliation band wagon. Mitchie McConnell is still talking a trillion dollars in Medicare cuts & insists reconciliation will mean doom for the Dems.
The poor Senate parliamentarian guy is really gonna get nailed by the GOP – even though they are the ones that put him there. Mitchie also came out & said the GOP would campaign on repealing HCR; well, if the Dems will "man up" & call out the GOP on the ilk they’ve been pulling, Dems should do quite well come November!
I don’t know how this plays politically, but I know it’s right.
Those were great words from President Obama; I hope they help. Here’s Howard Fineman again! President Obama’s going out of the road to bump up HCR creds & maybe help some vulnerable Dems in their districts & their states. There’s GOP robo – calls going out, too. Yea... Howard Fineman made a good point about voter turn – out in November. We know the GOP will be gung – ho & ready to vote. Dems need to be, too. Health insurance rates dropped on Wall Street today after President Obama’s speech; cry me a sparkin’ river! Someone might have to get silver – plated potty fixtures instead of gold. Rep. Rangel’s leave from the House Ways & Means Committee might not have too much of an effect on HCR outcome at this point.
#4 "The Final Push" - Senator Debbie Stabenow better keep that poster of hers from yesterday close by; it may be needed in the next few weeks. And, here she is! Senator Stabenow is also on the Senate Finance & Budget Committee. She also has no problem with making some promises to key House members who may need convincing of the Senate’s motives. Poor Alan Frumin may need a Secret Service guard before all this HCR stuff is over! Lawrence concern – trolled the whole 60 – vote – procedural memo again. Why doesn’t he or anyone else mention that VP Biden, as Senate President, has the final say? GGGgggggRRRrrrrr.... HEY! Lawrence DID bring it up! What the spark do you know? ;D
#3 "Control Issues" - A kid gave instructions from a JFK Airport tower to taxiing pilots! DUDE! Are we 100% sure it wasn’t Stewie Griffin? He did bring down Matthew McConaughey’s plane, ya’ know! ;D Can’t you just see some kid sitting on his parent’s lap in the control tower – kind of like how some people have their kids on their laps while they’re driving?! Wow... The pilots seemed to go along & actually sounded like they had a bit of fun with it. The Transportation Secretary, however, is not amused. Damn! It sounds like there’s a whole mess of kids in there; a day care center should be opened there. The controller & the controller’s supervisor have been suspended.
#2 "Election 2012: 11:35 PM ET" - Man, do I REALLY want to sit through St. Sarah from Wasilla with Jay Sparkin’ Leno??!! He really gets the stink eye from me forever now – that & the whole "he’s not funny" and "he screwed over Conan" thing, too. OK, I’m seriously about to barf here.
Mittens Romney was with David Letterman last night; Mittens had lovely words concerning Grandma ExGov TurkeyLover, too. Harry Shearer is in da’ house! YEA! This should be a lovely antidote for "that woman." I remember Bill Clinton’s Arsenio gig; that was cool! Harry thinks Mittens will be the 2012 GOP nominee.
#1 "Funny or Die Presidential Reunion" - This organization managed to bring together some comedy greats to bring attention to a potential agency designed to protect we, the people from crooked financial institutions. Every living SNL POTUS player made the trip! Ron Howard shot the video in 15 hours. How ‘bout Will Ferrell’s little White House code shtick?! HA! Loved it!! And, Darrell Hammond making eyes at "Michelle Obama"? Too funny... He even had a cigar in his hand! No detail overlooked. ;D Oh, I miss Dana Carvey. "President Reagan" told "President Obama" to grow a pair??!! HA! Oh, this video was FUNNY!