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Monthly Archives: September 2009

Beauty, Eh?

Roland Hedley tweet  re “Going Rogue”:
Stoked to read Palin’s memoir, “Going Rouge”, about the cutthroat world of beauty pageants on regional, state levels.

Good Movie-Promotion Line

From comic Dana Gould:
“Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs” – the timeless combination of weather and meat.
(Note: This might also apply to Sen. Ben Nelson).

They’re After Mad-Money Max

Radio host nonpareil Thom Hartmann played a clip of a video a pro-public option group is running on TV in Montana, featuring a terminally ill guy who can’t get insurance. But Sen. Max “The Well-Dressed Humanoid” Baucus can get insurance “coverage” — a ridiculous  $2.9 million, which is  more than walking-around money in a state [...]

Funny New Nickname for Capt. Wingnut Beck

From The Seattle Times report on GB’s Hometown “welcome” in Mount Vernon, WA:
“One group made an enormous sign playing off the Mad Hatter pouring a cup of tea, only their sign said “Mad Hater” — a reference to Beck and the national “tea-party” protests.”

My HuffPost Review of Ken Burns’ New PBS Series

“The National Parks,” is here…
Definitely worth watching…if possible, in high def.  Glacier Bay, which we just visited:

A Good Nickname

Sen. Chuck “Snake In The” Grassley.
Catchier than Sen. John “Horse’s Ass” Kyl.

It Was Tempting…

I was actually in Juneau, Alaska, the other day.
When I saw a city-limits sign, I had this silly urge to grab a sharpie and write:
“Now…Palin-Free”
BTW, the state capitol behind the pleasant Governor’s Mansion looks like a utility’s headquarters, circa 1955.

God, I Hope These People Are Joking (But They’re Probably Not)

This Pretty Much Says It All…

Dancin’ DeLay (Please Restrain Gag Reflex)

The Times’ Maureen Dowd on Toxic Tom DeLay, now dancing on network TV:
“The former exterminator drove the loony Clinton impeachment, pushed the nutty Terri Schiavo legislation, gutted the House ethics committee, engaged in gerrymandering schemes, enhanced the pay-to-play political culture and made the Republican Party so sulfurously partisan, ethically suspect and God-centric that voters [...]