Yesterday I pulled a dumb move. I forgot to check my Oxygen before I left for pulmonary boot camp. It ran out right after Lady Torquemada (She’s really a sweetheart, and I tease her without mercy.) put me through my paces. In completing my errands, I walked over a mile without oxygen and by the time I returned home, I was fried. So my backlog of comments is still waiting and will be answered today. I hope to put a dent in visiting as well, because I have a hellacious week coming up next week. I had something special planned for today’s lead article, but it’s not available yet. If it becomes so, I shall add a third post.
Jig Zone Puzzle:
Today’s took me 4:28. To do it, click here. How did you do?
Short Takes:
From The Washington Independent: CBO estimates that enacting both the Senate-passed health reform bill and the reconciliation bill (which contains the fixes to the Senate proposal) would cut the federal deficit by $138 billion over the next decade.
Needless to say, Republicans continue to parrot the lie that the bill costs too much. Michael Steele, referring to the CBO report, said, “It’s a lie.”
From TPM: A few hours after Rep. Dennis Kucinich switched his support to become a critical vote for the health care bill, he took to the House floor to ask wavering colleagues to join him. Astonished colleagues pointed to Kucinich (D-OH) darting from member to member on the House floor yesterday, saying privately they’d never seen him get so involved in whipping a vote.
Go, Dennis, Go!!
From Think Progress: Fox News host Glenn Beck on his radio show this morning — said the timing of the vote is unholy. He warned that Democrats intend to “take away the liberty that we have right from God” on “the Sabbath, during Lent.” Beck agreed, calling the Sunday vote an “affront to God,” and something “our founders would have never” done “[o]ut of respect for God”.
If the Faux Noise goose steppers in the House object so much, they should honor their convictions and not attend. 😀
Cartoon:
TGIF!!
2 Responses to “Open Thread – 3/19/2010”
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Oh please give me a fucking break. The Repubs never called anything for a Sunday vote because they only worked Tues-Thurs so they could be home with their “families”. I call bullshit on that.
Me too.