Yesterday I only made a small dent in my chores, because I was still tired and sore. I hope to catch up today. Here I am current on replies. It was a slow day for news, because Osama’s death still dominates, but I found a couple items of interest.
Jig Zone Puzzle:
Today it took me 3:18 (4:24 average). To do it, click here. How did you do?
Short Takes:
From Daily Kos: When George W. Bush took office in Jan 2001 there were 111,634,000 private sector jobs. When he left office in Jan 2009 there were 110,981,000 private sector jobs.
When Bush took office in Jan 2001 there were 20,835,000 government sector jobs. When he left office in Jan 2009 there were 22,582,000 government sector jobs.
That means during Bush’s eight years in office, we lost 653,000 private sector jobs and gained 1,747,000 government sector jobs.
I guess that explains why Republicans want to return to the Bush/GOP policies that got us here.
From TPM: President Obama has ‘pounded his chest’ too much and taken too much pride in the success of the mission to take out Osama bin Laden, according to, of all people, George W. Bush’s former Chief of Staff, Andrew Card.
The irony here is that Card is the fool that orchestrated the Crawford ChickenHawk’s Mission Accomplished strutting in his flight suit.
From Huffington Post: Republican Rick Santorum got credit for showing up and won a 2012 presidential straw poll of party activists in the crucial early voting state of South Carolina, organizers said on Saturday.
Of course that “Man on Dog” was the only potential candidate that showed up for the event had nothing to do with his selection. 🙄
Cartoon:
On this special day, call a Republican a mother … never mind. (That was not intended to be a factual statement.
4 Responses to “Open Thread–5/8/2011”
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Come on, TC – Andy Card is categorically correct.
Obama should have NEVER flown that jet out to the USS Abraham Lincoln supercarrier (especially since it was stationed was just a short helicopter ride away) in that flight suit with the built-in cod piece, and then give a speech in front of that humongous “Mission Accomplished” banner.
He should have simply gone to the WTC Memorial to lay a humble red, white and blue wreath honoring the fallen of 9/11 at the Survivor tree, and give his heartfelt thanks to those involved in actually accomplishing this great feat.
Oh – wait a minute …
Careful folks. Dr. Nameless has been rooting in the drug locker. 😈 😉
4:17 I just couldn’t get going on this one. I’m 44 out of 128 (344).
I have days like that, and whenever I do, you get an easy win. Today will be tough, but possible.