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Well, a couple of "this day in history" items are real downers - sorry! But, I'll end with a few birthdays that are a "hoot" - including one to voluntarily make myself feel old to make up for David Cassidy the other day. ;D
On April 14, 1865, President Lincoln was shot and mortally wounded by John Wilkes Booth while attending the comedy Our American Cousin at Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C. He died the next day. It's been YEARS since I've been to Lincoln's Tomb in Springfield, IL, but rubbing Abe's nose on the bust at the tomb entrance is supposed to bring you good luck! Going to the tomb & to the house in Springfield is standard IL elementary school field trip fare, so there was a stretch of time when I was there almost every year.
On this date in 1912, the British liner Titanic collided with an iceberg in the North Atlantic and began to sink. There is no "official" evidence that it was REALLY Celine Dione's song that brought the ship down, but I'm not convinced! ;D And, at the risk of flames, no way did that movie deserve to win Best Picture the year it did!
Pete "I Didn't Bet on Baseball. Wait, Yes, I Did Bet on Baseball. And, I Bet on the Reds, Too!" Rose is 69 today. Having just giving my little nickname to "Charlie Hustle," I think he belongs in Cooperstown; he is the all - time hit leader, and I doubt that record will be broken. There are a whole lot of athletes who've done just as bad or worse than Pete & are in various Halls of Fame.
And, in the birthday that's tempting me to yell at kids to, "Get Off My Lawn!", Anthony Michael Hall, original "Brat Pack" member, is 42 today - 42!! AAAAaaaUUUUuuuGGGGgggHHHHhhhh! Where's my world's fair spoon? I remember when all this was orchards!
And, my absolute favorite "Brat Pack" movie...
Let's Countdown - after I charge my hearing aid battery & get more fiber in my diet!
#5 "Tea for Who?" AKA "Weak Tea" AKA "Militia Congeniality" AKA "Constitution 1, Militia 0" - F.O.O., it turns out the tea baggers aren’t quite as grass roots as they’d like to say; I’ll give you all a bit to recover from the shock of this information. Politico published a big ‘ol memo demonstrating how high – brow GOPers are using tea bagger tea bagging to support various PACs. The memo was written just days after last year’s tax day tea bagging activities. Here are some good parts of the memo!
This will be a very sensitive matter...We have to be very very careful about discussing amongst ourselves anyone we include ‘outside of the family’ because, quite frankly, we are not only NOT part of the political establishment or conservative establishment, but we are also sadly not currently a part of the ‘tea party’ establishment (I.E. Michelle Malkin, Eric Odom...Smart Girl Politics, Top Conservatives on Twitter, Freedom Works, Newt Gingrich...Etc.) We can probably pull off a phenomenally successful tour without these big – ego establishment types...
Newt has a big ego? Well, I’ll be shnockered. The memo also includes helpful hints on how to look folksy:
We’ve already discussed doing a ‘casting call’ among our Nevada supporters and donors to appear in at least one of our TV ads targeting Harry Reid – to buttress our ‘authenticity’ in running ads in the state.
Wow! They admit they’re fakers. On helping to elect Republicans,
...It is also worth considering making a return run to Michigan. Former Republican Michigan Governor, John Engler, has recently states that he believes the Republican Party will do quite well in Michigan...
But, guess what? All this hoopla & tea bagging was about money – good ‘ol fashioned American greed. St. Sarah from Wasilla was still tea bagging tea baggers in Boston today – more good ‘ol fashioned American greed.
Kenneth Vogel is the Politico reporter who broke the story. This fine PAC was big behind the recall of CA Governor Gray Davis. The memo also talks about depending & relying on FAUX News for coverage & promotion. The Mannity might also kind of be in the soup for charging admission to a taping of his show during a tea bagger event. Does this mean he’ll FINALLY get water boarded?!
A lot of actual grass roots leaders would agree with Keith’s genuine offer to help those who have been played by this PAC. The GOPer running for Governor of OK is backing off from statements made about supporting the creation of an armed militia in his fair state to fight the government. Ah, the jelly spine returneth! Now, said militia is just going to supplement National Guard units. R...I...G...H...T, and I’m gonna friend "that woman" on Facebook. Senator Inhoffe established himself as anti – militia today. Well, that war darn nice of him! "Doc" Coburn didn’t answer inquiries. Here’s John Dean! Let’s get HIM on SCOTUS! HA! According to that darn Constitution, even if a state militia were created to defend their state against the federal government, their CIC would STILL be...wait for it...PRESIDENT OBAMA! What the OK members of MENSA who proposed this militia in the first place are only guilty of sedition – not treason. What Governors Faubus & Wallace did back in civil right days was damn DAMN close to treason.
#4 "‘Pull the Trigger’" - Senator McCentury is just DYIN’ to bomb...bomb...bomb bomb Iran. He doesn’t think a whole lot of President Obama’s nuclear summit, either. Those who testified at Senator McCentury’s hearing today said that Iran is at least a year away from any kind of material that can produce a nuclear weapon. Senator McCentury wants sanctions against Iran REAL BAD, too! We get Steve Clemons again tonight. Senator McCentury must be scared $hitless that JD Hayworth is going to beat him in that primary. When is Arizona’s primary? Is it in May like a lot of the rest of them? Mr. Clemons had fine words to say about Richard Nixon concerning how he would’ve handled Iran! Wow, if Hunter S. Thompson was actually buried, he’d be spinning in his grave at anything nice said about Dick Nixon. ;D Wow, Mr. Clemons actually used the word "reckless" in describing Senator McCentury. Yea, well, picking someone to be a heartbeat away from the Presidency who can’t handle non – bendy straws was pretty damn reckless, too. So, being reckless isn’t new territory for him. And, how many planes did he crash during his training? We can be appeasers, bomb them, or buffering up global commitments to make Iran more isolated. Mr. Clemons would REALLY love progress on an Israel – Palestine 2 – state solution & withdrawing troops from Afghanistan. Honey, don’t hold your breath on either one of those scores.
** Guys are running across burning coals in India. Damn! Kids are doing it, too! A glacier in Iceland is eroding because there’s a volcano under it. **
#3 "Spaced Out" AKA "Star Wars" - President Obama is going to discuss the future of the American space program at Cape Canaveral tomorrow. My aunt & uncle used to live very close to Cape Canaveral. My uncle was working in his back yard when the Challenger blew up. :( Buzz Aldrin supports President Obama’s plan; Neil Armstrong does not. Jim Lovell & Gene Cernan aren’t crazy about NASA’s future (or lack thereof), either. Buzz Aldrin probably has more time on his hands since getting kicked off Dancing with the Stars. No, I don’t watch the show, but it was in all the papers that he was shown the door. ;D Derrick Pitts is talking space future! He doesn’t think President Obama is going to let our space program dwindle to nothing, contrary to what Neil Armstrong & others seem to think. Derrick wants us to go to Mars! Well, we better watch out for THIS GUY if we ever get there. ;D
The International Space Station is done; THAT’s why we don’t need shuttle launches now. Actually, Keith, you were wrong about Tommy Lee Jones ending up on an asteroid; he made it to the moon. ;D You better watch Space Cowboys again, dear! Those of you on teh Tweet tell Keith – politely – that he was wrong; he can thank me during tomorrow’s show – HA!
WPITW – Orly Taitz is no fan of tea baggers in CA! Wow! She’s just making friends all over. The Mannity thinks President Obama is going to be Neville Chamberlin. He made the same Neville Chamberlin mistake that Donny Rumsfeld did. BillO had TurdBlossom memory concerning whether anyone on FAUX News claimed that people would go to jail if they didn’t buy health insurance.
#1 "Cinematic Titanic" - OK, I’ve never seen Mystery Science Theater 3000. Keith said it was satire. Is it good satire like Mel Brooks or George Carlin, or is it bad satire like Python? So, this new movie is going to be a live version of the show? HA! Keith’s wearing jeans! Oh hell...time for the cold shower & bucket of ice for some of y’all. ;D
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There are 600 jokes per episode?! DAMN! I bet these guys have sat through a lot of Ed Wood movies. ;D