My month has been insane. I’ve had to deal with some family issues. School has started back up for the kids. I had to take one of our dogs in yesterday for emergency surgery. Today, we loaded up all the doctor’s and dentist’s appointments into one day. Tonight is back to school night for one of the kids. And then we have to figure out how to get our food from the co-op farm and spring the dog from the Vet so we don’t have to pay for another night in the ‘Hospital.’ I haven’t been able to get to writing thank you notes to all the people who made donations this month. I will get to it as soon as I can, but I don’t want to let any more time pass without thanking you all. Thank you so much, your donations are helping to keep us afloat and to keep this blog running.
My questions for today are:
Do you think Kanye West is a jackass?
Do you think the Baucus plan could be any more politically suicidal?
I’m ignoring your questions and asking my own:
If a health care bill gets passed with a form of a public option – something that presumably will placate most of The Left – do you think that progressives will give Obama credit for deftly managing the process, or instead claim that they themselves deserve all the credit for forcing Obama to push for a public option?
Kayne West is definitely a jackass, i.e., a dumb braying donkey. Terry Moran is just an ass. I bet Moran thought Cheney was very Vice-Presidential when he said, fuck.
Yes, Kayne is a jackass.
And the president is not much better for saying so. When is he going to learn there is no ‘off the record’ for HIM? When is he going to learn that all the village will pull him down?
There are ugly under currents running through the media right now. The Serena Williams ‘incident’ is another. Yes, both Kayne and Williams were over the top. But the coverage of both incidents seems to go far beyond the coverage of similar incidents in the past. Particularly with Williams and her apology never quite being good enough.
It’s almost like the media saw Wilson shout ‘You Lie!’ and needed to show American’s that black people ‘do the same type of thing, so America, look at them, make them apologize!’
Almost a pull Obama down by proxy. And once again, instead of saying nothing, Obama involved himself.
nalbar
email me: depending on where the co-op farm is, i might be able to help out with a run.
#1: kanye west is a jackass. what else do you call someone who self-identifies as “a proud non-reader”?
#2: max baucus’s bill could be more politically suicidal and in so many ways. But why wonder? I almost think he’s doing this on purpose so his bill will have no chance of passing.
Thanks, brendan. I think we’ve got it covered, but my stress level is pinned today.
A little something I learned the hard way with vets: when a pet stays the night at the hospital that doesn’t always mean there is an attendant available to monitor your pet during the night. I took a very cute little female kitten in to a well respected vet clinic to be spayed, she bled out during the night-no one there to notice, then in am they caught her just in time, made the repair, talked me into keeping her another night, she bled out again, this time was dead by the time the doors were opened in the morning. So bailing a pet out after surgery and taking home where you can watch over their recuperation is a wise idea.
I’m sorry for you. Losing a pet is sometimes harder than losing a friend. You need another vet. What was the point of keeping her over? To generate another fee for boarding?
They ended up not charging me which was little comfort. Her name was TIMbrrrr mainly because even though she was tiny she could run through a room and descimate it. Silly kitty.
We had a pet rabbit that was old and sick. Vet said she would not survive an operation. Held her on my lap and watched television until she was cold. Had an old dog (17) who was falling apart from diabetes. Had her put down. Vet gave her a massive dose of Quaaludes. I wonder what it felt like. I remember him telling me,”It’s a shame we can’t do this for people.” Remembered that when Terry Schaivo was in the news.
Oh, that’s awful! Luckily, Gracie is home now and looking much improved.
Whenever we have an actual veterinary problem (beyond the regular checkup stuff), we go to the clinic that has the overnight emergency services, and there’s always a vet and tech there. I think I have a 20 year history with them now, and they’ve always been great.
I missed this part during the speech:
http://www.americablog.com/2009/09/newly-uncovered-video-of-joe-wilson.html
yes, Kanya acted like a Jackass
very little could be more suicidal than the Baucus plan
West drinks too much, maybe Baucus should take it up, might help.
Kanye West is definitely a jackass. If he truly felt that Beyonce was better, then fine, that’s his opinion, and he’s more than welcome to it. But to go onstage, and ruin what should have been Taylor Swift’s moment in the sun, is totally unacceptable.
Hey Kanye, do us all a favor and STFU!!!!