Today is a momentous day indeed. My dad would have been 89 today, if it hadn’t been for him dying and all. It’s too bad he isn’t still around. Martin Luther King Jr would have been 80 today, if it hadn’t been for him getting shot back in ’68. Tough year, 1968. And this day is the day that George W. Bush has picked to sully with his farewell address to the nation. It would be pretty funny if none of the networks carried whatever he has to say (except for Fox News, of course). Maybe he’ll apologize for fucking things up so bad. Maybe he’ll tell us the real story of the pretzel incident. Or perhaps he’ll tell us he’s sorry he never caught Osama. Or maybe he’ll go out being the same arrogant piece of crap that he’s always been.
Whatever. Personally, I won’t be watching. I just wish the asshole was gone already. And I wish he hadn’t picked my dad’s birthday for this.
Time to look for a job in Peru, I think.
Bush is going to cancel the inauguration and declare martial law so that he can remain in office for life.
“This is my buddy Marshall. He’s in charge of the law. Anybody got a problem with that?”
In other news, it sucks to be Patrick McGoohan. First you die, then Ricardo Montalban knocks your ass off the top of the obituary page the same day.
Montalban will be buried in a casket lined with soft Corinthian leather.
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This has been Morning Remembrance. Who’s chopping onions?
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Actually, according to the current CNN “most viewed” stories, Patrick McGoohan is the number 2 story, and Ricardo Montalban is number 3. Both are behind the Kellogg Peanut Butter Crackers salmonella warning.
Good job, Kevin. It reminds me how much I miss Morning Sedition. It really helped to laugh on the way to work.
Best Ricardo Montalban-related item (IMHO), was when, in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Khan says:
Except Chekov wasn’t yet on Star Trek in “Space Seed” (the original Khan episode), which was in the first season. The character of Chekov didn’t appear until the second season (in Catspaw, IIRC).
Yeah, I’m a geek.
The How-To on my Google page this morning has ways to deal with an inappropriate crush. My favorite part is the last part about how to deal with your failure to deal with said crush.
http://www.wikihow.com/Stop-Having-An-Inappropriate-Crush
I’m fortunate, in that nobody in the world would have a crush on me – inappropriate or otherwise.
In the ongoing quest to find and properly archive missing e-mails, the White House acknowledged that little has been done to make sure that all records will be properly preserved, despite previous rulings by federal judges.
The outlook is grim for a complete accounting of the Bush administration’s official communications, said Sheila Shadmand, counsel for the National Security Archive. “The White House admitted it did nothing to stop people working in the White House from disposing of memory sticks, CDs, DVDs and zip drives that may have been the sole copies of missing e-mails on them,” she announced. “We believe our ability to get a complete restoration of the White House record from 2003 to 2005 and evidence of what went wrong has been compromised.”
http://rawstory.com/news/2008/White_House_admits_negligence_in_finding_0114.html
I dunno, PJ. We’re going to have to ask RG about that!
Jeff Beck, Metallica to enter Rock Hall of Fame
Not a bad crop this year.
Is DJ Fontana any relation to DC Fontana?
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted overwhelmingly on Thursday for Hillary Rodham Clinton to become the next secretary of state, with Democrats predicting her leadership would mark a turn from warfare toward diplomacy.
The 16-1 approval by the committee paves the way for a full Senate vote after President-elect Barack Obama takes office on Jan. 20. Clinton is not expected to hit any major roadblocks, with Republicans and Democrats alike praising her acumen on the issues.
But concerns about her husband’s charitable fundraising overseas remain. Sen. David Vitter of Louisiana, who was among several Republicans who raised the issue at her confirmation hearing earlier this week, cast the lone opposing vote.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/15/clinton-nomination-passes_n_158132.html
How totally appropriate for Diapers Vitter to be upholding the ethical standards of the
wingnutsRethugs.Doubtful, pj.
However, PJ Soles and Steven Soles were once married.
Official Obama presidential portrait released
By SilentPatriot Wednesday Jan 14, 2009 7:30pm
Wow, what a crappy job C&L did resizing that photo.
There, that’s better.
OK, how do you post a picture. Speak slowly so that I can understand.
A plane with 150 passengers aboard went down in the Hudson River. No one was hurt and no one is claiming that terrorist did it!
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/15/plane-crashes-into-hudson-river/
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No guarantee. Sometimes I have to try several times.
Thanks again Vern, it worked!
I guess we were all wrong after all.
Bush’s last talk. Where is the chat session when you need it PJ?
Oh well, I am chatting away sending inane Twitter comments to #hhrs, which is Hugh Hewitt’s radio show. The recipients of these comments of mine are definitely steamed. Twitter is not so good at banning people 😀
He looks worse than Jobs was looking.
:fu:
Bushy hopes we agreed that he made tough decisions.
Always nice to annoy the wingnuts, Web!
Thank you kindly Ms Sue. Pert near my responsibility, I reckon.
OMG, you guys are watching that baboons ass? I don’t know how you can take it. It’ll be bad enough with Stephy and Thom and everyone replaying clips over and over. Though, I don’t play talk radio in the green house. I’m afraid it will upset the plants.
KP, It only lasted a few minutes. My recount of what Bush said:
Danger. Watch out. Look behind you. Booga booga. Now watch this swing. Fore!
MOST IMPORTENTLY– thank god (small g) for the pilots experience, competence and calm. Cool will get you through a lot. (the obama rule)
thank g that everyone survived.
Thank fate that it made the smirking chimp even more irrelevant.
We downed some scotch, spoke unspeakable curses, toasted his (hoped for) horrible end and had a wonderful dinner of porkchops with tomatoes and onions.
Eat the rich.
You forgot the “he he”, Web.
It was actually good to watch Chimpy. He finally can’t do any more harm. He’s just a shadow leaving the stage.
I guess over at Fox they’re slobbering over the eloquence and clairvoyance of Chimpy’s last words.
Rachel Maddow renews with Air America
Rachel Maddow has reupped with Air America Media. “The Rachel Maddow Show†will air as a one-hour morning drive time show on the network’s affiliates and streamed on airamerica.com.
“Rachel is a unique talent with an unlimited future,†said Air America CEO Bennett Zier. “We are delighted that Air America remains her radio home.â€
Simultaneously, “The Ron Reagan Program†will expand to three hours, airing weekdays from 6-9pm EST, also beginning 2/2.
congratulations to Auntie Heron and
thanks Kp for the 😮
Tonight I personally thanked the teevee Gods for Tivo. I could fast-forward through the man-whose-name-I’m-sick-of-hearing’s speech. Besides, that ditch in the Hudson was much more interesting. The failure-in-chief aka War Criminal in Chief will soon be gone. And I believe the rule of law should be followed and trials should start. Jonathan Turley is right-on.