I just tuned in to Congress standing for the banker who shared his profits with current and former employees and a teacher from South Carolina who wrote the White House (and poor thing looks so nervous even as Michelle tries to reassure her.)
I thought Obama said she was a student at the school.
I caught the second half of the speech. No thoughts about specifics, but my overall feeling is positive. While I'm sure Obama will make his mistakes dealing with everything we have going against us right now, I'm willing to trust he has good, well thought-out reasons behind his decisions, good and bad, which is a welcome change from the last 8 years.
ETA: I have zero interest in watching the Jindal response. I have a feeling it's going to yet another re-hash of the "Deficit! Deficit! Deficit! Pork! Pork! Pork!" yammering we've been getting out of the GOP for the last month. (As a side note, I got a bitter laugh out of Obama mentioning in his speech that he inherited a trillion dollar deficit, which lead to all the Dems jumping up to applaud and all the Republicans sitting on their hands.)
Okay, I totally love that $24 million dollar chair. I don't $24 million love it, but I do love it.
I wish y'all got Project Runway Canada because the ending was totally WTF!! and I have no one to rant about it to. This one chick made the ugliest dress to ever be made and didn't get eliminated. She's been a total bitch, so I suspect they kept her around for drama.
ita, can you link to the Leveraage renewal video again?
Yeah, I get the whole "give him a chance thing". But part of Roosevelt's success was that he constantly got pressure from his left. This is a mistake that needs pushback:
To preserve our long-term fiscal health, we must also address the growing costs in Medicare and Social Security. Comprehensive health care reform is the best way to strengthen Medicare for years to come. And we must also begin a conversation on how to do the same for Social Security, while creating tax-free universal savings accounts for all Americans.
A) That is almost certainly Social Security privatization
B) A recession is not the time to increase savings. Especially when it is probably a depression.
Perkins, you know that problem you had with Hardison in The 12 Step Job? John Rogers talks about it:
This blows by super-fast, but if you watch Hardison fight, he gets punched early, and after that he's mainly tying the guy up with his longer reach, kind of wrestle-grappling. Aldis is very careful about making sure he's still awkward in a physical confrontation.
That said, Eliot's probably giving him some pointers.
I'll find you the video in the next ad break.
My real problem was that I want to see the
teaching him pointer
thing.
Thanks!
Oh, wow, that's Bobby Jindal sounds like? I feel like someone on PBS is trying to teach me how to read. Also what a terrible, terrible speech. (He's against volcano monitoring, by the way.)
What's the downside to monitoring volcanoes?
Perkins, here's the renewal video: [link]
Perkins, there's a lot that I want to see. And I'm terribly suspicious that our team
won't get out of their tangle by the end of the season
which will irritate me. I'll still buy the DVDs, though.
What's the downside to monitoring volcanoes?
$140 million.
I suspect he's the last person to hear about the supervolcano. Also there's like an entire state made out of volcanoes!
Also, PS, Bobby Jindal: lots of people pay for births on credit. That was a terrible intro.
