Archive for December, 2009
Tweet of the Day
I know it’s early but this tweet from FolkLive caught my eye as being so true. It’s like a law of nature — you hold onto something for years, throw it out, and invariably, two weeks later, you need it.
I Have a Feeling Tomorrow’s Vote Will Not be Televised
UPDATED
Three hours ago I watched the last few minutes of a live press conference held by a whole bunch of Democrats — including Tom Harkin, Harry Reid and John Kerry — during which they trumpeted the Senate’s “health care bill.” At the end, an unidentified reporter asked Reid, in essence, how the vote would be taken, i.e., whether or not it would be televised. Reid refused to answer.
The vote doesn’t necessarily have to be televised, but if Reid is being evasive because he’s contemplating a voice vote (televised or not), so there’s no record as to who voted “Yea” or “Nea,” this Democrat is going to be furious. I want to know how each and every Democratic senator voted on this piece of shit.
UPDATED: December 24, 2009, 8:15 a.m. ET — Well, my hunch was wrong, thank goodness. The vote was televised.
Sporadic Posts Now Through December 27
Hi, all. I’m trying to take some time off so my posts will be fairly sporadic through next Sunday.
Comprehend This
And enjoy: The world’s smallest “snowman:”
Alexis Glick is Leaving Fox “Business” Network
Alexis Glick announced on her show this morning that she is leaving the Fox “Business” Network, effective immediately.
It’s a slow drip but FBN is dying.
Tweet of the Day
From Peter Daou:
So, there are only eight potential female — human — athletes of the year? Can you imagine the outrage at the AP editor’s desk if this applied to men? I can hear it now: What? You can “only” find eight male athletes — in the whole wide world — who might qualify, so you round it out with freakin’ horses? There’s this guy and this guy and this guy and this…
More on “Existing Home Sales”
If you’re like me, when you hear an announcement like the one made this morning that “existing home sales are up,” it doesn’t mean much. So, I always go to the trusty site, Calculated Risk for an explanation. Short version: Don’t get too excited.
Steve Forbes Says “Capitalism Will Save Us”
I just saw a promo for a re-run of a show C-SPAN aired this morning: “How Capitalism Will Save Us,” by Steve Forbes.
Gee. Sorry I missed it. I presume the C-SPAN host was laughing the whole time, right? You know, kinda pointing out where capitalism has brung us, as of today?
John Harwood Tells Americans to Drop Dead
That would be John Harwood.
The next time you see him on CNBC or MSNBC, or see his byline in the “liberal” New York Times, remember how extraordinarily arrogant and out of touch he is:
“Liberals who want universal health care ought to be thanking Harry Reid for getting this done rather than talking about what’s inadequate in the bill. I’m not saying the bill is a good bill. But if you’re a liberal and you want universal coverage in this country, and think that you can do better, that Harry Reid can do better than he’s done, or that the White House can do better, they ought to lay off the hallucinogenic drugs because we’ve had a vivid demonstration of the limits of political possibilities on this issue.”
Short version: Compromise means you get 5% of what you voted for. Be thankful for the crumb. There are “limits of political possibilities on this issue.” Shut up. Sit down. Go away. You’re stoned. You’re irrelevant.
Fox News Wants You to Think Claire McCaskill is the Joker in the Dark Night
From the homepage of TheFoxNation @ 8:57 p.m. ET today:
(Fox’s point isn’t to get the news out that protesters are showing up “around St. Louis” with posters depicting Clair McCaskill as the Joker in the film, The Dark Night. Fox’s point is to make sure that you see that picture and think McCaskill is the Joker in the Dark Night.)
Does Fox News Hate Christmas?
This from the Fox “News” home page today:
“Celebrate the holidays with Fox News Channel?” What? Does Fox secretly hate Christmas too?
Let the Spin Begin re the Democrats’ Health Care “Reform” Bill
Watching The Ed Show. Two people who I thought would be lions in the fight for single payer — Tom Harkin (D-IA) and Bernie Sanders (I-VT) — are explaining why we should be happy about mandates and handing millions of guaranteed customers to the insurance companies.
Happy Winter Solstice!
Here’s an interesting article from the National Geographic about the winter solstice.
Ben Bernanke and Zhu Zhu Pets
UPDATED BELOW
This is a tale about this year’s “it” toy, “Zhu Zhu Pets” and the caste system in the United States:
Lawrinowicz worked for Target for eight years before he was fired. He and other employees worked overnight at their Target unloading items. Before leaving for the day at 5 a.m. the next morning, he and six other employees lined up to buy a few of the plush hamsters each. He bought two. (Well, below the store limit of four per customer).
A few days later, Lawrinowicz was called into the human resources office and told employees were not allowed to purchase “popular items” until the store opens at 8 a.m. That would seem an appropriate response and he returned to work. However, two weeks later, all of the workers and their team leader were called in and fired pursuant to the company’s policy about buying “two-day ad items.” None of the employees ever saw a posting on the policy, though the store insisted it was posted.
This is the way the lower caste is treated in this country. They get fired and screw them if they might have a point that they “never saw a posting on the policy.” Contrast that to the way the highest caste is treated, which is illustrated by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke. He looks the other way while the U.S. economy crashes. Millions of people lose millions of dollars and millions of jobs. Does he get fired? No. As a matter of fact, he gets rehired when the term of his job expires.
UPDATE: More here on Bernanke’s history of blowing monumentally important stuff off. Guess he kinda got tired of doing his job. (Makes me feel all the sadder for the Target workers who are so innocent in comparison. The disparity in the way the classes/castes are treated in the United States is despicable.)
Newt Gingrich is Playing it SO Safe
Read his Tweets.
You can just feel him lying low, waiting for the Democrats to commit suicide.
Comcast FAIL, Again
On November 28 I posted about how Comcast was trying to kiss my ass by sending me a coupon that I had to use within 48 hours. One of the responses I got to that post was this, from Comcast’s “Mark Casem,” a “Comcast Customer Contact – National Customer Operations”:
So, have I heard from Mark? No.
Lands’ End Charges $6.00 for a Box?
Hey, I’m all for doing away with boxes as part of the gift-giving process. They’re wasteful and almost anything can be wrapped or disguised without one, but I’m pretty sure Lands’ End isn’t thinking about the environment here when it wants $6.00 for a freakin’ box. (See the bottom of the screenshot below.)
Were’s Time Magazine’s “Top 10″ List of George W. Bush Gaffes?
Time magazine is out with its “Top 10 Obama Gaffes.“
Please, someone, anyone, show me a list of Time‘s “Top 10 G. W. Bush Gaffes.”
Where’s the Christ in Fox Business Network’s Christmas Card?
On Wednesday we learned that Rupert Murdoch, the owner of News Corp., Fox’s parent company, sent an end-of-year email to his employees that didn’t include the word “Christmas” despite the fact that Murdoch’s minions have made the supposed “war on Christmas” their annual stock-and-trade.
Today we see the ah, “Christmas card” Murdoch’s Fox “business news” set out. Yeah, there’s a Santa hat on the fox but where’s the baby Jesus? How about a Christmas tree? The north star? Joseph and Mary? A manger? Some donkeys or camels? Some bedding? Some “wise men?” A cross?
Zip. Nada.
So, note to the “liberal media:” until these guys get it together and walk their own talk, let’s put this “war on Christmas” crap to bed, okay?
