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Let's get SPARKy for the last time until July 18!
Today's BRILLIANT criminal is this guy; he must've been taking flying lessons from Senator Inhofe. ;D If you aspire to a career in politics, this article is a must read; if you value your soul, then never mind! This "lower body enhancement" cannot be comfortable! ;D Finally, it takes a very special creative mind (or just drunk and/or stupid) to think of making your fireworks dollar stretch like this!
On with The Rachel Maddow Show!
"Breaking News" - Betty Ford has died. Can you just imagine suddenly being the First Lady - especially the way she became First Lady? Such courage in so many areas...
Andrea Mitchell gets to talk about Mrs. Ford. It doesn't matter her death was "expected"; that's a horrible thing to say! Sorry, I had to bail on Mrs. Alan Greenspan; she was pi$$ing me off.
"Work in Progress" - Remember when the GOBP used to be really about jobs jobs jobs? Nope, me neither.
Guess what led to the craptacular job growth last month? Losses in the public sector government jobs. Gee, I simply cannot imagine where! It sounds like we need another order of Alice B. Toklas brownies delivered to the Oval Office this weekend.
The private sector isn't hiring, and public employees are being laid off. Robert Frank gets craptacular June jobs report duty. Both he & Paul Krugman think trying to "balance the budget" in the aftermath of this jobs report is the height of irresponsibility. Well, that pretty much nails 99.99999 politicians in DC!
It sounds like Mr. Frank's ready for a 21st century WPA! That sure as $hit would create jobs!! Cutting spending will put us back into a recession - or at least really slow the recovery. Rep. Peter Welch & some others are ready to kick a$$ & take names if President Obama brings to them a $hitacular debt reduction deal.
"Run...RUN!!!!!!!" - Oh goody, we get David Duke in this segment. Both he & the GOBP dude from LA he beat to run for Governator are running for POTUS. OK, this 2012 bat$hit GOBP clown car just about ain't funny anymore.
I'm really confused, or maybe, I'm just senile. Who's the AntiChrist - Barack Obama or Oprah Winfrey?! Rachel brought up the whole Iowa pro - opposite marriage oath. I'm tellin' y'all we need to get Larry Flynt to investigate the stability of the author's opposite marriage! ;D
"Fuel Me Twice" - An oil rig off the coast of Scotland blowed up real good on this date 23 years ago. Wow...149 missing & never found (?). Rescue efforts were hampered on multiple levels. Nearly 200 died. That same sort of rig is the TransOcean one sinking off the coast of Africa! Lordy be... *&^%$#@! Look at that giant roll of paper towels in Montana that Exxon's using to clean up the Yellowstone River! YIKES!! Rep. Ed Markey gets oil spill duty again, and I just don't have the stomach for it - same $hit different company different year same result. *&^%$#@!
So, I'm guessing I'm in the minority that didn't watch Atlantis blast off today; hell, even Hubby took time out of his work schedule to see it & was telling me about it. There's just way way more on my mind news - wise that's higher up on my list than the shuttle program ending.