Clusterf*ck to the Poor House: Daily Show

I have not had time to look at the 14 page pdf that shows cuts and revisions to ARRA, so I won't be posting on them.

If you have been directed to this site looking for information on ARRA, click here.

Frankly, I am utterly drained by the whole thing.

And I am despondent by the fact I found out yesterday that Bill O' and I went to the same undergraduate institution of higher learning. Even though I attended many years after he departed, it still makes me feel dirty and contaminated somehow knowing that man got his journalism degree from an excellent communications program and he's starting to run his show like his former glory days as an Inside Edition correspondent. If you had any doubt as to Bill's professionalism, please watch the following short clip.



Here's John Stewart's reaction last PM to the lack of bipartisanship on the part of the Congressional GOP:

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I am totally embarrassed that I am from Indiana every time I see Mike Pence.

If it's worth anything, he's not my representative.

Hope you all have great Tuesdays.

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TGFB (Thank Goodness for Bloggers)

I have about 13 weeks to get the dissertation finished and ready to defend, so if I'm more scattered than normal, I'm ready with a bevy of excuses why.

After looking through my most recent posts, I noticed a certain turn toward the oh-so-serious (justifiably) but thought I would end this work week with a bit of a giggle.

A few things I have learned in my few months of blogging:
1. There's lots of people who share my world view. Cool people. Strong people. Smart people.

2. People from all over the world are interested in the blogosphere. I have folks visit regularly from Saudi Arabia, Iran, Syria, Greece, Finland, Egypt. Why not leave a comment, you fellow citizens of the world? I, for one, would love a comment about the state of world affairs from someone other than Wolf Blitzer, Brian Williams, Bill O'Reilly (*gag*) , and Chris Matthews. Or even a funny story if you don't want to talk geo-politics. A hi even.

3. There are some tremendous blogs out there. I love looking into the vast netscape and seeing the variety of approaches people take to make their blog THEIR blog. Some have themes, some are self-promoting, some are random (like this one, I think). What's exciting to me is the outpouring of SELF that is happening online. Perhaps we may better know ourselves and each other in this vast web experiment.

4. Committing to a blog is not as hard as I thought it would be. I have three others that I started years ago (that's why my profile member date is so old) that just didn't do it for me. In lots of ways, I am still finding my cyber voice. But, one thing I can guarantee is that the information I present here is researched and verified. And honest, no matter how hard it may be.

5. Last, but not least, laughter from a computer screen (while not a great as having a good belly acher with someone in the same room) is great for the soul.

To all my e-pals, e-friends, e-peeps.

Thanks for stopping by and reading my little wisps of thought.

How's this for a funny? (Pay no attention to the price of gas *sob*)



I wonder what the permission slip for this field trip looked like?

Words for today: If you know a good joke, tell it to a stranger today. That simple act of sharing a laugh could change someone's life.

Here's mine: Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes.

Happy Friday all

Random PS: Is it just me, or is Marie Osmond starting to look more and more like a hooker?

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Ann Coulter is a huge dick

I. cannot. stand. this. woman.

She. is. a. huge. DICK.

I know I'm not the only one who feels this way. EEEWW she just gives me the creeps.

Come on. How can someone like her sleep at night knowing how destructive she is to the common good will of others? I dread the times her books are getting ready for release because then she has that nasty mug all over the tv box thingy.

Why does the media give her so much horsey-face time?

From Dispatches from the Culture Wars

Category: Politics
Posted on: January 7, 2009 9:30 AM, by Ed Brayton

Would it surprise you to find out that Ann Coulter includes a bushel of lies in her new book? I would certainly hope not. Media Matters documents a whole bunch of them. And you have to listen to Sean Hannity's fawning, sycophantic interview with Coulter where her fake persecution complex is in full cry, as she claims that "liberals are always pretending that they're being victimized, oppressed by right wingers and fascists and frat boys with rich daddies" - while simultaneously pretending to be victimized by the media that ignores her AND simultaneously promoting her appearance on the CBS morning show the next day. Irony meters just aren't strong enough to withstand the blow of a woman who calls presidential candidates "faggots" and then calls the media an "attack machine" that "smears" people.

You also have to see this Worldnutdaily article where, as usual, she engages in obvious psychological projection in accusing her critics of doing exactly what she's doing:

"These people pretend to be victims in order to advance, attack, and oppress others."

Stunning, but hardly surprising. What a loathsome fraud."

Warning: This video might make you gag, throw up, give you hives, uncontrollable fits of rage, anger, and/or frothiness. Why don't Coulter and O'Reilly just bite the bullet and get hitched?



Hope you all are having good Mondays.

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