So, it looks like Obama is considering appointing New Hampshire Republican Senator Judd Gregg as Commerce Secretary. Seeing as NH’s Governor is a Democrat and gets to appoint a new Senator, that sounds like a pretty good move to me. Once Al Franken is finally sworn in, that would give Democrats 59 Senate seats. If you add the two Independents (Bernie Sanders and he who shall not be named), that would give the Democratic caucus 60 votes. I hesitate to call that filibuster-proof, since getting Democrats to all vote the same way is tougher than herding cats, and we all know what a traitor that Independent from CT is.
Still, it’s a move that would at least piss off the Republicans, so that’s worth it all by itself. Of course, Republicans are already putting the screws to Gregg to keep him from accepting the job if offered. NH tends to be a pretty independent-minded state, but Republicans generally do what they’re told. I don’t know if there’s more potential graft available as Commerce Secretary than as a NH Senator, so it’ll be interesting to see how this plays out.
Otherwise, it’s the end of another long week. We’ve got a bit of a reprieve from the snow (not much yesterday and nothing predicted for today), but there a couple more storms brewing for next week. We’re up over the ten foot mark for the season, so I’m hoping we can pull out another 80 inches before summer gets here and break the 200 inch mark.
First off, though, gotta get this week over with.
Bleh. Every morning at about this time, the lo-cal news channel runs a commercial for A&E Surgery Center, which apparently specializes in getting rid of cellulite or something. As proof of their skills, they show before and after photos of somebody’s big fat cellulite-covered ass in a thong. :yuck: This is not what I want to see at 6:30 in the morning (frankly, even the “after” photo is no prize-winner). I don’t want to look at my own big fat ass, let alone somebody else’s. Good thing I don’t eat breakfast.
I feel the same way waking up to the Ever Cleanse commercial on the radio talking about the lbs. of spackle-like paste lining my intestinal walls.
“(he who shall not be named)”
“big fat cellulite-covered asses in thongs
and lbs. of spackle-like paste lining intestinal walls.”
This is the friday “toxic materials” thread is’nt it?
quick, i need some gorguss birds and parks
or at least a cute dog or cat pic.
Three cheers for Exxon! :yippee:
It snowed on Shelter Island, then we drove on it, then it thawed a bit, then it froze leaving a driveway and front lawn suitable for ice skating but very scary for driving. Walking isn’t too easy either and poor Emily can’t do anything but slide even with 4 paws on the ground. I guess the house will get cleaned today, as it is unlikely we’ll be going anyplace.
Sneaky Clifford cat tried to run out only to put his paws on slippery cold ice. He was quite annoyed, loudly proclaiming so as he retreated inside.
GOP bipartisanship:
Senate Judiciary ranking member Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) is calling on President Barack Obama to renominate a handful of former President George W. Bush’s circuit court nominees, arguing that the candidates had support from Democrats and Republicans.
http://www.demconwatchblog.com/diary/711/specter-asks-obama-to-renominate-3-bush-judges
GIULIANI: I remember when I was mayor, one of the ways in which you determined New York City’s budget, tax revenues, was Wall Street bonuses. Wall Street had a billion, two billion in bonuses, city had a deficit. Wall Street had 15 to 20 billion, New York City had a 2, 3 billion surplus. And it’s because that money gets spent. … It does have a reverse effect on the economy, if you somehow take that bonus out of the economy. It really will create unemployment. It means less spending in restaurants, less spending in department stores. So everything has an impact.
Even as he was pushing for more billions to be handed out to failing businessmen, Giuliani railed against President Obama’s tax cuts for the poor: “That’s not stimulating the economy, that’s solving some kind of social agenda.†He was more explicit last week, condemning the tax cuts as “welfare†with Fox News’ Sean Hannity
http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/30/giuliani-wall-street-welfare/
In case you forgot what a nasty SOB he is!
400 richest Americans’ incomes doubled under Bush.
speechless, vern?
That is the most moronic reasoning I’ve ever heard. Those people don’t cut back on eating out because they didn’t get a fuckin’ bonus big enough to finance my lifestyle for 5 years. It’s the middle and upper middle class that cuts back on eating out (And poor folk are eating the dollar menu items at Wendy’s, Taco bell and Mc D’s) If you’re middle then you start eating at home and eat at places that offer lunch specials for less than $7 . If you’re upper then you eat at cheaper restaurants. Giuliani is a fuckin’ idiot!
If you get a bonus for being a complete failure, you are keeping the economy going. If you get money from the government to help you eat that’s theft. Rethugs are nauseating!
I keep hoping this song comes true:
Opposite Day
“Those who can’t quite function in society at large, they’re going to wake up on this morning & find they’re in charge. While those who are set up for, who are really doing quite well, they’re going to wake up in institutions, in prison or in Hell. In prisons or in Hell.”
For Herr Blogmeister: