I am sorry for the family of Andrew Breitbart on the news of his passing; that's all I'm going to say on the subject tonight if I can help it at all.
Let's move onto "this day in history." On this date in 1872, Congress authorized creation of Yellowstone National Park. Yep, I've been there lots of times, had close encounters with bison & moose, enjoyed 1 nice quiet very early morning with no one else around next to Old Faithful, and walked many a trail that smelled like molten hot rotten eggs.
On this date in 1961, President John F. Kennedy established the Peace Corps. And, can y'all imagine the MENSA reaction if a President tried to undertake something like that today?!
Finally, wish a happy 85th birthday to Harry Belafonte! :D
Let's Countdown...
#5 "Blunt Response" AKA "Campaigns & Contraception" - Just between you & me, boys & girls, the margin of "victory" in the Senate today was a tad too close for my comfort. I went 0 - 2 with my Senators and am just oozing something just south of pride for the occasion.
Senator Boxer specified just the horrendous open door this amendment could've opened for employers. Mittens still can't decide how he feels about the issue.
Mittens still haz teh confused about rain - wear at NASCAR. And, how 'bout that last minute change of heart for the "Let Detroit Go Bankrupt" state awarding a couple extra delegates to Mittens?! Wow...I wonder how much THAT cost him. ;D Man on Dog & his peeps are properly frothed. :D President Obama's in NYC for a slew of fundraisers that could be quite lucrative toward his re - election efforts. Ryan Grim gets birds & bees in the Senate duty. Dems have raised over a million dollars in the last week all because of the Blunt amendment?! THANK YOU SENATOR BLUNT!
Mittens isn't "into" social issues; Man on Dog gets a frothy stiffy on social issues. Joe Williams gets to talk money thus far in the campaign.
Mittens had to spend a whole lot of coin in a state that should've been his fairly easily. Talk about there being no place like home! Small donors are making themselves a little more known in Dem circles because of the ratcheting up of the culture wars by MENSA members, so, again, THANK YOU MENSA!
#4 "Fueling the Fire" AKA "Clog in the Pipeline" - Gas prices are going up, up, up, and away, and just guess who the GOBP is blaming for this fact? President Obama tried to remind we, the people, that drill baby drilling ain't doing diddly poo for gas prices. MENSA members had a predictable reaction.
Actually, according to those dirty stinkin' libruls over at Bloomberg, the Keystone Pipeline would actually RAISE gas prices. President Clinton thinks President Obama should go along with the Keystone Pipeline idea. Oh well... Brian Beutler gets bubblin' crude duty. There are actually precious few Dems who've been against the pipeline all along. It was only the big pressure from environmental groups a few months back that got the administration to change its course on the subject. Those most for the pipeline stand to gain quite well financially as a result of the project - kind of like our Speaker Sobber! Speculators actually responsible for the upswing in gas prices just happen to be 1%ers - go sparkin' figure!
"Time Marches On!" - Humans on mattresses in New Orleans tried to break a record by collapsing a whole mess of them a la dominoes. Someone actually took time out to think about this, plan it, and set it all up. O...K... A guy in Liverpool is trying to set a record for jumping over pizza boxes. There's a whole lot of sword swallowing in L.A. PAGING DR. FREUD!!
#3 "Murdoch - Gate" AKA "Family Ties" - Well now, Pirate Rupert will probably have to testify in front of that committee again, yet another high - level News Corp peep has been arrested, and stockholders are increasingly demanding Little Jimmy Murdoch's proverbial head on a platter. Can y'all just imagine what holiday meals are like in THAT household?!
Ed Pilkington's in studio to talk up the latest episode of As the Murdochs Turn. A whole lot of independent non - Murdoch share holders wanted Little Jimmy gone baby gone awhile ago. Purging Murdochs?! Now, THAT'S an image! :D I wonder if Mrs. Pirate Rupert will get another chance to defend her husband's honor against cream pies when he testifies again?
WPITW - A judge in MT will be reviewed by a conduct board for sending a racist email concerning President Obama. A NC state rep doesn't think anyone in his state lives in "extreme poverty." Boss Limbaugh beefed up his application to be the next president of N.O.W. ;D
#1 "Happy Birther Day" AKA "Inane Clown Posse" - Sheriff Joe unearthed the results of his complex very sophisticated paid - for - by - Orly Taitz investigation into the origins of President Obama's birth. Take a wild guess on what conclusions he's drawn. Detectives are going to be assigned to this case, so taxpayers in the "Show Me Your Papers" state get to pay for birtherism. Ya' get what you elect, folks! Christian Finnegan drew the short straw to discuss this subject in studio.