Censorship is very alive & very well in this country. Even though I'm sure Kurt Vonnegut's estate is pleased as punch for the new publicity for Slaughterhouse 5, the "reasons" for its banning just kills me. It's "anti - Bible"?! Yea, showing how horrible & violent war is just won't do in defending THE BIBLE - arguably one of the most violent books EVAH!
Oye'...let's get historical for July 27. On this date in 1940, Bugs Bunny made his debut in the Warner Bros. animated cartoon "A Wild Hare." Why isn't today a damn national holiday?!
On this date in 1967, in the wake of urban rioting, President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed the Kerner Commission to assess the causes of the violence. Just take a guess as to who & what may have had a role. *&^%$#@! Finally, Jonathan Rhys Meyers is 34 today. The reason I bring up his birthday is that I recently finished watching this series on Netflix. :D
Let's Countdown - decapitations & multiple marriages not included. ;D
Yo, Keith! I didn't think you'd have to worry anymore about producers "forcing" you to cover anything at Current! ;D
"Debt Locked" AKA "A House Divided" - Speaker Sobbing Small Price to Pay Goldilocks submitted debt ceiling plan part deux to not - exactly enthusiastic results from the CBO. Dems, at least as of tonight, are still looking like the lesser of 2 brats in the room, but, if economic tides begin to sour yet again, NO ONE's gonna be smelling like roses.
So, does Speaker Sobber watch Tweety's show?
...get your a$$ in line...
Tweety's always said Dems fall in love while the GOBP falls in line. Hell, if he can't even manage that... Some majority whip dude showed a scene from
The Town to get the caucus riled up. Me thinks Mr. Affleck ain't too pleased about that. Senator Reid's plan got way more warm & fuzzies from the CBO! House Dems really want President Obama to invoke his powers under the 14th Amendment; it...ain't...gonna...happen. Hey! We have a new debt ceiling face - Felicia Sonmez. Welcome!
Most members don't like the Speaker Sobber's plan because all this $hit will have to be revisited again in short order, and the spending cuts just aren't draconian enough for tea baggers. Ken Vogel gets to throw in his 2 cents' worth on this subject, too. He thinks that some "establishment" GOBP creds might have been bolstered in their caucus meeting today, but the kumbayah moment may not last long. And, remember, a whole mess of Senate Dems have alread said Speaker Sobber's plan is DOA. OK, again, there is no sparking way this debt ceiling $hit's gonna be done by the deadline - no...sparking...way.
"Unfulfilled Promises" AKA "Deportation Hike" - Deportations have spiked significantly since President Obama took office. Rep. Luis Gutierrez got tired enough of all the empty rhetoric about immigration reform that he took part in a protest outside the White House & was arrested. The White House responded to a letter from some reps with a whole mess of political jargon. Here's Rep. Gutierrez; I bet he was the best dressed person arrested. ;D President Obama specifically told Rep. Gutierrez there was no hope for legislative progress in immigration reform?! Nice... *&^%$#@! Wow, Rep. Gutierrez is a hell of a spokesman for that cause - or any other.
"Time Marches On!" - Some geeks in Singapore created a fuzzy robot pet or vacuum cleaner or something. There's a big butter cow! This year in Ohio, the space program got buttered. :D A back hoe rolled into a bait shop - no, not the beginning of a joke. A back hoe rolled into a bait shop!
"King Silences Speech" AKA "Fear Mongering" - Rep. Peter King is invoking the spirit of Joe McCarthy in witch hunts again - this time Muslims instead of Communists. Rep. Keith Ellison has been disinvited to testify, but, unlike Keith said, there is another Muslim Rep in Congress who could do so - my Rep, Andre Carson! :D Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee wants the focus expanded to rightwing bat$hit groups - nice try, honey. Here's Rep. Ellison! He wasn't surprised by Rep. King's decision to bar him from the hearing.
The whole point of this new hearing was to expose the threats of Muslim Americans from Somalia to our nation's security; no evidence was brought forth to support that belief. File that under, "No $hit, Sherlock!"
WPITW - Another OH state Rep got stopped for drunk driving & lost his license. Bat$hit Bachmann is trashing Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac after she got loans from them. BillO is still trying to convince himself & everyone else that the accused Oslo attacker's not a Christian.
{Most of you who've been here long enough to know me know I despise 2 kinds of music - country & rap. SO, I'm bailing on the rapper segment - sorry! Feel free to fill in gaps in comments.}