Dude! A guy in the front row of the press room, with a huge counter. The kind that makes a BING! noise for every instance.
Rush Limbaugh isn't even worth quoting. At the very least, he's useful as a marker of the fact that Republicans are aware that they're making themselves sound like racists, and trying to backflip their way out of it.
Have they confirmed that Fats Domino is safe?
Yes.
List of New Orleans musicians who are safe.
Allan Toussaint was on Letterman last night! That was cool.
Canadians beat U.S. Army to New Orleans suburb: [link]
Oh man, the Canadians are showing us up.
Oh man, the Canadians are showing us up.
Dude, that's not even news. That's just the way it is.
Yeah...well, my grief is somewhat mitigated by not having to be locked in a closet with pervy Uncle Rupert, mos def, but still...
And yeah, Hec, would hate to lose job and reapply for the benefits but would love to list "punched McClellan in the mouth" under "Reason for Dismissal. He'd probably cry like a little bitch, too, and not like one of ours. Nuh uh. Not good enough. Wanna see him and "Brownie" as Oz-Style "prags", complete with make-up. Schillinger optional.
ETA: Five words for Rush: Social. contract., you. junkie. asshole.
(Mostly I'm fairly forgiving of such personal weaknesses, but he's totally gotten Special handling over it, and it turns my stomach.)
I actually know more words to "Who's to blame?" (and I like it) than the others. It is just the usual frustration of my rare earworms: I want to finish the song. And I can't. Cause I can't recall lyrics fershit.
In other news, I read David Brooks's op-ed piece today, against my own wisdom.
Someone award Nutty a Congressional Medal of Freedom, stat!