I went to see my Mom & Dad yesterday; I thought Mom looked pretty good! I didn't know what to expect. They both looked tired, but their spirits were pretty good! When I left yesterday, Mom was getting ready to cut homemade noodles for chicken & noodles. :D
But, that was yesterday; let's move onto today.
Photojournalist Dith Pran was born on this date in 1942. I had the pleasure of meeting him after he gave a lecture while I was an undergrad. What that man lived through would break most of the most "mighty" of us. If you've never seen The Killing Fields, grab your Kleenex & watch it!
Oona O'Neil Chaplin died on this date in 1991. Yea, she was young enough to be Charlie's daughter (maybe even granddaughter!), but after a lifetime of "issues" with women, Oona gave Charlie Chaplin many happy years in the twilight of his life & stood by him when this country shamefully did not allow him back here.
Finally, it's time to rock out! ;D
Having 3 older sisters, 2 of which were in college when I was fairly young, I knew what this song was REALLY about at a pretty darn early age, which might explain a few things about me - HA! Happy 63rd birthday to Meat Loaf!
Let's Countdown like a bat outta hell! ;D
#5 "Lemon Pledge" AKA "Fight or Flight" - The midterms are in 36 days. AUGH! Get your gas masks to vote Dem on order if you need one, and I will NEED one! President Obama’s not quite buying into the math that went into "the pledge." I can hear the GOBP outcry now. They can’t do that to our pledges; only WE can do that to our pledges! ;D There’s Mike Pence. Lordy, I’d love it if he could get beat, but I know that won’t happen. The tea baggers apparently are NOT impressed. Some are calling the pledge
...a mealy – mouth SOP to the tea party movement that is rife with platitudes and little on substance.
Well, if ANYONE knows platitudes & little substance, it’s tea baggers! Small Price to Pay Goldilocks, instead of talking pledges, talked the tax cut vote today:
If Democratic leaders leave town without stopping all the tax hikes, they are turning their backs on the American people. Adjourning the Congress at the end of this week without a vote to stop all the tax hikes will be a vote to raise taxes on the American people and destroy jobs.
OK, think Frank Luntz needs to be put back on the job to reword their talking points; these are getting old FAST. He doesn’t want suspension stuff, either. Senator Durbin is hoping the Senate math will be different after the election as far as tax cut votes go. Don’t hold your breath on that, dearie. HCR is becoming more popular slowly but surely. Some of those who oppose the law oppose it on the grounds that it DOESN’T DO ENOUGH to the tune of 23%! President Obama signed the small business bill today. Here’s Ezra Klein; he must be trying to grow a beard or something! The pledge SHOULD provide more sure ammo for the Dems in advance of the election; whether the Dems USE said ammo is another question. Precious few Dems are crowing about HCR on the campaign trail, and Ezra is exactly correct. I heard this argument on NPR this morning. Don’t ask people about "Obamacare." Ask them about the individual components of it; more often than not, the majority supports the individual components. Howard Fineman’s here, too; no beard or attempts thereof present. ;D He said the tax cut vote in the House is "comatose." I said last week it was on life support, so we’re basically on the same page. Howard’s expecting/hoping for BRAVERY from the Dems on this or any score?! Oh dear, you’ve been around DC long enough to know that just ain’t gonna happen. And, I’m damn sure they won’t take Howard’s advice on campaign ads, too.
#4 "GOP Plan to CUT JOBS" AKA "GOP Plan Kills a Million Jobs" - The Economic Policy Institute has done some number crunching on the GOBP’s pledge. It turns out that a whole $hit full of jobs will be LOST should that pledge become reality. Keith! Dude!! Math is a whole lot of things, but "fun" sure as $hit ain’t one of them! AUGH! Bad math flashback...’scuse me while I cower in the corner for a bit. Small Price to Pay Goldilocks wants to freeze taxes AND freeze spending. Just how ya’ gonna do THAT, Einstein?!
Renewing tax cuts for the most rich among us would do SOME good for the GDP, but that method is THE WORST way to increase the GDP. $171 billion would be lost from this country’s GDP. Uh – oh...eyes starting to glaze over. 1.1 million jobs could be lost, too. Heather McGhee is talking more math – ugh. Corporations are not hiring, and banks are not lending; they’re just sitting on all that dough given to them by we, the people. Because of the GWB tax cuts, the 400 richest households in this country were paying the same share of their income toward taxes as someone making $50K or $70K a year.
** A Chicago journalist gave a preview of her bedbugs story while another lady in the background was digging for gold; she must’ve learned that from Spaulding Smails! There’s a chocolate boat in France?! And, why the spark aren’t I there??!! I could deal with Cheese – Eatin’ Surrender Monkeys for a little while for that! ;D We got more Moroccan soccer highlights; the goalie this time did his best Brandy Chastain imitation. AND, for those of you who don’t get the Lee Elia reference... And, "parental guidance" is HIGHLY suggested! **
#3 "Mythbuster" AKA "Evolutionary Lore" - In a comment sure to rouse the ire of one Bill Maher, heaven bless Bill Maher for his seemingly – endless treasure trove of Christine O’Donnell clips! However, I do have to take issue with him for introducing Andrew Breitbart as a journalist the other night. Andrew Breitbart is NO journalist. Andrew Breitbart is...uh...well...gee... even from me, decorum forbids me from saying EXACTLY what he is. Has she been to the Creation Museum, I wonder? Paul Waldman gets to talk evolution – or lack thereof. He thinks that no matter what November may bring, the bat$hit quotient of the GOBP will go up – YIPPEE! Tea baggers are mainly just really "conservative" GOBPers? File that under "No $hit, Sherlock!"
WPITW – Some French lady kind of stuck her foot in her pie hole. She doesn’t know the difference between inflation and...uh...well...an activity that tea baggers are probably VERY familiar with. ;D Chris Wallace lurved on Nick Ayers, whoever he is. The town supervisor for Sidney, NY wants to dig up Muslim bodies.
#1 "Baseball: the Tenth Inning" - I wonder what this series will say about steroids? I bet Ken Burns didn’t get much out of Jelly Spine Selig! Some guy with an enormous head gets some camera time, too. ;D