I just got a tweet from Barack Obama that said simply "Yes we can."
heh
About fucking time.
Young Simon: So... how'd the Independents cut us off? Young River: They were using dinosaurs.
'Safe'
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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Burrell - Mar 21, 2010 7:22:23 pm PDT #17759 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
DavidS - Mar 21, 2010 7:37:08 pm PDT #17760 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Nancy Pelosi kicking legislative ass.
******
At three critical points in the health care debate, Pelosi delivered.
First, she assembled a center-left coalition around the original House bill in November by pushing through a controversial amendment related to abortion that brought moderate Democrats on board with the legislation.
Second, when many Democrats, including top presidential advisers such as Rahm Emanuel, contemplated breaking up the bill after the Massachusetts election, Pelosi stood firm and defended holistic reform.
She "kept the steel in the President's back," Democrat Rep. Anna Eshoo told Politico. Finally, in the past week she displayed the kind of vote-gathering skills that have been displayed by legendary figures such as Speaker Sam Rayburn of Texas.
P.M. Marc - Mar 21, 2010 7:45:33 pm PDT #17761 of 30001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
She's just freaking awesome. OVARIES OF STEEL. [link]
DavidS - Mar 21, 2010 7:46:41 pm PDT #17762 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Yeah, that's my Congresswoman.
P.M. Marc - Mar 21, 2010 7:49:52 pm PDT #17763 of 30001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
You lucky sonofa!
I get Jim McDermott. He's reliable, I'll give him that, but he's no Pelosi.
megan walker - Mar 21, 2010 7:50:49 pm PDT #17764 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Yeah, that's my Congresswoman.
I just realized, she must be mine now too, right?
DavidS - Mar 21, 2010 7:51:15 pm PDT #17765 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I'm totally not worthy of her. However, I've twice had the good fortune to be represented by the Speaker of the House, Nancy and Tip when I was in Boston.
DavidS - Mar 21, 2010 7:51:34 pm PDT #17766 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I just realized, she must be mine now too, right?
I think so.
DavidS - Mar 21, 2010 7:54:50 pm PDT #17767 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
You wanna know how you can tell Nancy Pelosi is awesome?
When you google her one of the first thing that comes up is "Fire Pelosi" for the GOP main website.
Yeah, fuck you Boehner. Even your name means "dick" and you're the color of an Oompa Loompa.
megan walker - Mar 21, 2010 7:56:09 pm PDT #17768 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Yep, it looks like I'm now in the 8th. Although, as strong women go, Jackie Speier from the 12th wasn't half bad either: [link]
Speier's first husband, Dr. Steve Sierra, died in a car accident in 1994 at the age of 53. At the time, she was two months pregnant with their second child, a daughter named Stephanie. They also had a son, Jackson Kent, to whom Speier gave birth in 1988 while she was serving as a member of the California State Assembly, the first woman in that legislature to do so. Speier then supported her children as a widowed single mother before marrying Barry Dennis, an investment consultant, in 2001.
Speier served as a congressional staffer for Congressman Leo Ryan. Speier was part of the November 1978 fact-finding mission to investigate allegations of human rights abuses by the Reverend Jim Jones and his Peoples Temple followers, almost all of whom were American citizens who had moved to Jonestown with Jones in 1977 and 1978... Several Peoples Temple members ambushed the investigative team and others boarding the plane to leave Jonestown on November 18. Five people died, including Congressman Ryan. While attempting to shield herself from rifle and shotgun fire behind small airplane wheels with the other members of the team, Speier was shot five times and waited 22 hours before help arrived.