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From the GREAT STATE OF MAINE...
Today C&J is moving voluntarily to the diaries to make room for Johnrobertspalooza on the front page.
My initial thoughts: Nobody cleared Roberts with me, so I'm working my back channel contacts to make sure Bush read the right prompter last night. I was sure it would be a liberal judge from Massachusetts.
On the upside: At least Bush didn't nominate Oral Roberts.
More inside.
Cheers and Jeers starts in There's Moreville... [Swoosh!!] RIGHTNOW! [Gong!!]
Cheers and Cheers for Wednesday, July 20, 2005
Note: Reading Cheers and Jeers will generally produce a bowel movement within 12 hours. Your results may vary.
By the Numbers:
Days `til the Windsor Fair: 39
"Official" unemployment rate: 5%
Probable actual unemployment rate: 6.5% to 8.7%
(Source: Marketwatch.com)
Communities that have enacted local anti-Patriot Act resolutions: 381 (Norwalk, Connecticut is the latest, says The Nation magazine)
Average consumption of ice cream by Americans in 2004: 21½ quarts Quarts!!!
(Source: Newsday via The Week magazine)
Net worth of Bush's Supreme Court nominee John Roberts: $3.7 million
(Source: The Raw Story)
Your Puppy Pic of the Day: Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Well...most of the time. Eagghhhh....
"Him":
JEERS to John Roberts. Bush picks a 50 year-old white male elitist D.C.-insider millionaire country-clubber who will probably allow fundy Christian tentacles to slither further inside government, will oppose reproductive rights, and smack down minorities...all with boyish charm. David Souter this ain't.
CHEERS to cooler heads than mine. Senator Harry Reid on Jones: "The President has chosen someone with suitable legal credentials, but that is not the end of our inquiry. The Senate must review Judge Roberts¹s record to determine if he has a demonstrated commitment to the core American values of freedom, equality and fairness. The nominee will have an opportunity to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee and make his case to the American people. I will not pre-judge this nomination. I look forward to learning more about Judge Roberts." Okay, Dad...but being petulent is more fun.
JEERS to John Roberts' case record. From what I've read, you could fit it inside a thimble. No wonder Bush likes him so much.
CHEERS to the silver lining. With the leaking of Roberts' nomination yesterday evening (the White House is so good at that), at least we didn't have to watch Bush make the announcement.
CHEERS to unfinished business. Hey Preznit, what about Rove Rove Rove Rove Rove Rove Rove Rove Rove Rove Rove Rove Rove Rove Rove Rove Rove Rove Rove Rove Rove Rove Rove Rove Rove Rove Rove Rove Rove Rove Rove Rove Rove Rove Rove Rove Rove Rove Rove Rove Rove Rove Rove Rove Rove Rove Rove Rove Rove Rove Rove Rove Rove Rove Rove Rove Rove Rove Rove Rove Rove Rove Rove Rove Rove Rove Rove Rove Rove Rove Rove Rove Rove Rove Rove Rove Rove Rove Rove Rove Rove Rove Rove Rove Rove Rove Rove Rove Rove Rove Rove Rove Rove Rove Rove Rove Rove Rove Rove Rove Rove Rove Rove Rove Rove Rove Rove Rove Rove Rove Rove Rove Rove Rove Rove Rove Rove Rove Rove Rove?? Hey...I'm just asking.
The rest:
CHEERS to piling on. The latest American titan to condemn the outing of CIA operative Valerie Plame: President Ronald Reagan. The GOP wankers responded: "Yeah, but...but...you...guys! Stop digging that stuff up!"
JEERS to bad news. Maine's Brunswick Naval Air Station---scheduled to be downgraded---is now likely to be closed altogether. Downside: loss of a pillar of the community, and jobs. Upside: at least now the town can develop the property. We suggest they break ground on a campus for a lovely new liberal think tank.
CHEERS to One Small Step. "The Eagle has landed." 36 years ago today, at 10:56pm, John Kennedy's vision to have a man on the Moon within 10 years was realized when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the lunar surface. Meanwhile, Bush's vision has hit a snag---he still can't locate Mars in his Rand McNally United States Atlas.
P.S. Tang, anyone?
CHEERS to co-habitation. Oh, this is positively Scandinavian: the divorce rate in America is falling...mainly because more people are shacking up without wedding bands. Hey...you try sleeping with a tuba sticking in your back.
CHEERS to pushing back. America's governors say national ID cards are a great big suck-o-rama and they're mad as hornets. Says Mike Huckabee, Republican from Arkansas, "They have created a national nightmare and they'll probably be driving up the cost of the driver's licenses by three- or four-fold." To be continued...right, guys?
JEERS to dissing the troops. General Barry McCaffrey says our military is so depleted that the next wave of troops we send to Iraq will be the "bottom of the barrel". Hey...not very nice to talk about America's 2nd-grade students like that.
JEERS to playground bullies. Newsday Cartoonist Walt Handelsman looks into the pre-pubescent past of Karl "I AM A Crook" Rove. And all we can think is: his poor parents.
CHEERS to cushiony softness. Look, we don't mind the new Daily Show set, but the Office Depot chair for the guest is just tacky. So we agree with these bloggers when they shout: "Bring Back the Couch!!" A guest should never have to swivel.
JEERS to life in Hell. When you live a life of greed and avarice and petulance, this is where you go. And if you're really bad you gotta live between the Goebbels and the Goerrings.
CHEERS to getting high. Sir Edmund Hillary, the first guy tough enough (and lucky enough) to reach the top of Mount Everest, turns 86 today. These days he plants a flag every time he makes it to the top of the stairs.
C&J Flashback: July 20, 2004...
CHEERS to Discerning Readers. After only one week, "Michael Moore is a Big Fat Stupid White Man" drops out of the New York Times best-seller Top 10. More proof that right-wingers don't know the meaning of the word "funny." Or "factual."
JEERS to getting fooled. Turns out Iran, not Iraq, was the big supporter of Al Qaeda terrorists, including 10 who orchestrated attacks on 9/11. So...anyone up for another military "liberation?" I mean, since we're in the area... Anybody?
And just one more...
CHEERS to visual metaphors. What do Karl Rove and this BMW have in common? If things go as we hope they will, plenty.
Floor's open...What are you cheering and jeering about today?
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