Ron Fournier Makes it Official
Getting an earlier start on June, the AP political writer proves once more that he’s ‘Tool of the Month’ for the DNC.
The Drug is Right
Like millions of other Americans, I’ve got the day off today. I was surfing the TV channels this morning and I stopped on a show I haven’t watched in years. OK, decades. The Price is Right. Let me say, Bob Barker is OLD. Hey, he was old 20 years ago, but now, WOW. Yeah, he can still do the job, but barely. You could really tell that he had trouble hearing the bids, getting names right, etc. Yet, it’s not like they can just get rid of him. Bob Barker IS the show. When he goes, the show will too.
The game is essentially the same today as it was when it first started. But there was one thing that I noticed. Throughout the hour long broadcast, each commercial break contained at least two ads for pharmaceuticals. Drugs for your spine. Drugs for irregularity. Drugs for your asthma. Drugs drugs drugs. During one break, there were three drug spots back to back.
You think the folks at CBS know their demographic?
Oh, and one more thing. Barker’s Beauties look like they average 18 years of age. In my opinion, they’re not nearly as good as Janice Pennington was.
Paul Gleason, RIP
If you can’t place the name, don’t worry. Lots of people can’t either. But one look at this face, and you know who it is.
That’s Paul Gleason playing principal Richard Vernon in the John Hughes movie, “The Breakfast Club“.
Gleason died today at 67.
Gleason died at a local hospital Saturday of mesothelioma, a rare form of lung cancer linked to asbestos, said his wife, Susan Gleason.
A native of Miami, Gleason was an avid athlete. Before becoming an actor, he played Triple-A minor league baseball for a handful of clubs in the late 1950s.
Gleason honed his acting skills with his mentor Lee Strasberg, whom he studied with at the Actors Studio beginning in the mid-1960s, family members said.
Through his career, Gleason appeared in over 60 movies that included “Die Hard,” “Johnny Be Good,” and “National Lampoon’s Van Wilder.” Most recently, Gleason made a handful of television appearances in hit shows such as “Friends” and “Seinfeld.”
In addition to his role in Breakfast Club, I thought he was great in the movie “Trading Places“.
That’s Paul, the “ape” in the foreground.
He’ll be missed.
Townshend Deconstructs
I expected a liberal rant, but what I read was a well thought out analysis of an important song.
In response to a New York Times ranking of rock songs with meaning to Conservatives, rock guitar god Pete Townshend writes a “what it meant to me” blog post about the number one ranked anthem “Won’t Get Fooled Again”.
It’s exactly this kind of two-way communication that makes the blogosphere so great.
Liberals Doubt Bush Sincerity
One of the big headlines today focused on the so-called “Bush Apology” for mistakes he’s made in relationship to the war in Iraq. The media has been wanting him to say he made mistakes about one thing or another for YEARS now, so yesterday, during a press conference with Prime Minister Tony Blair, Bush admitted that he wished he would have toned down his rhetoric a bit. I listened to the audio of him speaking and he was believable.
The MSM has its doubts.
Newsweek’s Richard Wolffe believes Bush’s tone and mannerisms seemed rehearsed.
“And for me the big giveaway was at the end of that answer, I don’t know if you can see it on camera, but the President flashed a big grin to those of us sitting in the front rows. It didn’t seem that he was quite as contrite as his performance.”
There’s no pleasin’ the moonbat media.
NYT Top 50
While I personally can’t stand the leftist agenda propagated throughout the pages of the New York Times, now and then they surprise me by submitting hard hitting relevant news stories that cut to the core.
Today, they satisfy.
The Old Grey Lady gives us the Conservative Top 50 (in song). Those Big Apple liberals can be so clever sometimes.
If you’re wondering, here are my all time faves, not necessarily in order:
1, 2, 4, 9, 22, 25, 33, and 34.
Shots Fired Inside Rayburn
Kimberly Schneider, spokesperson for the Capitol Hill Police said minutes ago that a phone call came into the dispatch center at 10:30 AM EST. The report was that shots had been fired in the Rayburn Garage. Information is still coming in but as of now there is no indication that any member of congress is involved. The police have several tactical groups inside. Their searches haven’t turned up anything. There are no reports of hostages. Reuters reports that there is a smell of smoke in the lobby.
AP report.
UPDATE: CNN reports that two women who ran out of the Rayburn HOB gym said that a gunman is hiding inside. Some say he may be a legitimate plain clothes officer and not the perpetrator. There are other reports indicating that a woman was taken out of the building on a stretcher.
FINAL: Nevermind. Capitol Police say the apparent gunshots that sparked a Capitol shutdown were likely caused by workers using tools.
Senate Passes Immigration Bill
62 to 36. The rhinos are posing for the cameras as we speak.
Now, our hope lies with the will of House members who oppose amnesty. Do they have the guts to stand firm?
Obligatory Enron Post
Guilty.
Duh.
Did we really expect anything else?
Bush Puts the Freeze on Jefferson Docs
After cries of protest from Republicans and Democrats alike, the president ordered that documents belonging to Rep. William Jefferson and seized by the FBI be sealed for 45 days.
The president directed that no one involved in the investigation have access to the documents under seal and that they remain in the custody of the solicitor general.
Bush’s move was described as an attempt to reach a cooling off period in a heated confrontation between his administration and leaders of the House and Senate.
“This period will provide both parties more time to resolve the issues in a way that ensures that materials relevant to the ongoing criminal investigation are made available to prosecutors in a manner that respects the interests of a coequal branch of government,” Bush said.
In a statement, Bush said he recognized that Republican and Democratic leaders in the House had “deeply held views” that the search on Rep. William Jefferson’s Capitol Hill office violated the Constitution’s separation of powers principles. But he stopped short of saying he agreed with them.
“Our government has not faced such a dilemma in more than two centuries,” the president said. “Yet after days of discussions, it is clear these differences will require more time to be worked out.”
This is a good move by Bush. He smartly stays away from picking sides and takes the role of mediator-in-chief.