Y'all have heard about that big 'ol NASA satellite falling to earth this weekend, yes? I wouldn't mind in the least a big 'ol chunk of that falling on top of me.
Don't forget tonight's the last night of diaries this week because of leading a retreat at the Indianapolis Zen Center; {insert best Governator voice here} I'll be back Monday night!
It's time for "this day in history." On this date in 1998, President Bill Clinton's videotaped grand jury testimony in the Monica Lewinsky scandal was publicly broadcast, showing him answering one question from prosecutors by saying,
It depends on what the meaning of 'is' is.
Not one of your finest hours there, President Clinton, and despite the peace & prosperity during your time in office, your obit is going to include
Lewinsky and
impeachment in the first couple of lines - kind of like
Nixon &
Watergate. Yes, he was impeached for basically bull$hit reasons & rampant hypocrisy among those doing the impeaching, but
he didn't need to give them ammo - figuratively.
"JR Ewing" is 80 today! AND,
his Mom was Peter Pan! :D During a time when I am desperate for
a laugh, let's wish a happy 61st to
Bill Murray. Finally, upon hearing the news that R.E.M. is officially breaking up...
Let's Countdown...
That voice...that voice...where have I heard that voice before? ;) Hey! I have vague recollections of that face, too!
#5 "GOP Fellas" AKA "Fighting the Fed" - Uh Keith, did you get permission from the Scorcese (sp?) folk to pilfer the movie poster? I'm having trouble remembering who's in the Joe Pesci "position," too. Guess I have a movie poster image to try to dig up! :) Said GOP fellas sent a lovely letter to Fed Chief Ben Bernake basically threatening him with some sort of political punishment if he did anything to actually help the economy. I'm guessing the aforementioned fellas have selective memory about who appointed Mr. Bernake in the first place. Did Governor Secession help with the letter? The letter was written by Senator Mitchie the Turtle McConnell, Senator Jon Kookie Kyl, Speaker Sobber Small Price to Pay Goldilocks, and Rep. Eric "Even my own district won't get FEMA funds" Cantor. The freaky foursome were ignored. I hope the Fed folks don't find horse heads in their beds! Rep. Paul "Kill Medicare" Ryan also likes the Social Security Ponzi scheme memo, too. The GOBP wanted to put the kibosh on clean energy funds to "offset" FEMA funding. Nia Malika Henderson gets to follow up all that fun! Thanks to the GOBP, "stimulus" has become a dirty word. I think "long term unemployment" are dirty words. I think "home foreclosures" are dirty words. I could come up with a whole mess of dirty words if y'all would like! Poll numbers indicate that while plenty of people still blame GWB for the craptacular economy, increasing numbers are beginning to believe President Obama is responsible, too. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz said this administration "owns" this economy now? BRILLIANT! Rep. Xavier Becerra's on the "super Congress" & chatting it up with Keith tonight. The above - mentioned bill was defeated in the House on an actual sort of bipartisan basis for a number of reasons! Rep. Becerra called the letter written to Mr. Bernake "political extortion."
#4 " 'Real' Americans" - How 'bout that ride - 'em cowboy ad from Governor Secession? Could someone with some fancy video editing skills turn said ad to a more Brokeback Mountain feel? Much appreciated! :D OK, another message I'm getting from this ad is that a better America will have more cows. Did y'all see how many cows were in that ad? Ed Rollins think some political skeletons will be creaking from Governor Secession's closet. Guess which non - candidate is surging in polls? I'll give ya' a clue; that person is an IDIOT! Sam Stein gets GOBP bat$hit clown car duty. Governor Secession likes birther dog whistles - very rich from a guy who wanted to SECEED from this country. THANK YOU SAM STEIN FOR THAT BRILLIANT OBSERVATION!! :D Whoever "edits" that video ad needs to add the secession element to the Brokeback Mountain thing, too. ;D Oh, I hope hope hope hope HOPE a whole mess of President Obama ads mention, to put things bluntly, "OBL is gone, and I got him!" There's Rep. Bat$hit Bachmann in with the dead cows; her POTUS campaign may be in the same condition as the cows. Markos, ya' think she'll still be the GOBP nominee? ;D
"Time Marches On!" - There's a kitty on a printer, and he called the kitty Felix; I HAVE A KITTY NAMED FELIX! I cannot tell you how many times I've seen kitties react to printers like that live & in person. :D A penguin kicked a$$ & took names with some dude! There's that damn bridal gown sale again. Dignity? Hello?!
#3 "Out on the Street" AKA "Silent Protest" - Gee, I'll miss Michael Moore tomorrow night; I'm crying a river. The protests in New York's financial district has received cricket chirping coverage nearly everywhere. There's a $hit load of people, but tensions are beginning to rise. Yahoo! was blocking emails concerning event coverage but supposedly corrected it & apologized. Will Bunch gets Wall Street protest duty. Look at all those non - tea baggers in front of Wall Street - $HIT! And, there have been no print articles in the New York Times?! Wow.
WPITW - Some campaign finance "lady" tried to pull a Jack Abramhoff in a $hitacular vehicle. BRILLIANT! Mr. Falafel has threatened to quit if his taxes go up. That's a threat? I want it to be a damn promise! He really thinks President Obama will raise his taxes to 50%? Me thinks President Obama just wants to tax rates for the "super rich" to go back to President Clinton numbers, but I know facts are irrelevant to Mr. Falafel. AND, some folk in the Louisville area actually have some brain cells; tickets for an upcoming speech from the aforementioned falafel fan were craptacular to the point where he decided to bail. ;D The American Family Association doesn't like Shweddy Balls. ;D Well, they don't like very much. OK, Keith's new ice cream name was pretty damn funny; I'll have to find the ones I tweeted to him earlier. I thought mine were pretty damn funny myself! :D
#1 "Outsourcing Wisconsin" AKA "Rust Belt Bust" - Governor Scotty of Fitzwalkerstan is touting his job center website; most of the website's jobs are outside of WI. BRILLIANT! WI's unemployment rate has gone up. Former Governor Jennifer Granholm gets jobs (or lack thereof) duty. I bet she's just loving what's going on in MI. Um, to go briefly off - topic, but when does your Countdown diarist get a new Countdown mug sent to her?! ;D OK, back to our previously scheduled segment & Governor Granholm talking about what her state faced while she was in charge and why things are quite so terrible there now. She's also poo - pooing the whole "class warfare" memo from the usual suspects.