Bush-League Politics

Okay, so Gonzales lied. I mean he lied. He lied about where he was, what he said, and what he did. Pretty clearly. With few apologies.

I'm confused. He lied. To Congress. Multiple times. About political firings of attorney generals. But Bush is backing him against a no-confidence vote? I mean, has he COMPLETELY lost his mind - or is he just afraid of what will be revealed in Gonzo's tell-all book post-firing?

On A TV Show You Didn't Watch

Rosie O Donnell went at it with that blond woman with a stick up her posterior. Entertaining, but also, sort of strange.

In the full clip (linked above - don't watch it unless you have some time on your hands) the quarrel starts out when Joy Behar brings out a lengthy list of the failures of our current president. About 5 minutes into the quibble between Elisabitch and Joy, Rosie chimes in. I'm no fan of Rosie O Donnel, but I mean, the Hasselbeck chick is CRAZY! Like a chihuahua.

What's stranger is how the general media is framing this argument, implying that Rosie O'Donnell was the instigator (she jumps in well after Elizabeth is frothing at the mouth), and that she was bullying "poor innocent Christian Elizabeth"(O'Donnell's words, not mine). I mean, come on people. No one loves her, but really.

Jem!

Ah, how I miss the pink star over the eye days.

And Surprising No One I

The presidential candidates are richer than 99.9999% of you.

Well, most of the major contenders anyway (Duncan Hunter does not, for our purposes - or the purposes of the primaries, count).

Panda was recently talking to me how unfair it was that presidential candidates are judged on the basis of their looks ("Michael Douglas looked like a president on screen, would people vote for him?"- ALERT: Michael Douglas reference 1). Looking at this article, it appears that a more imminent prerequisite to wanting to become Mr. Free World Leader is wealth. I mean, there are a lot more rich folks on that list than pretty ones. Again, surprising no one.

What I think is, perhaps, more interesting, given how expensive presidential campaigns are to run, and looking at the speaking fees even former mayors command, is that the general riffraff we call the media are just that - surprised. I realized this this morning, when on The Today Show, Meredith Viera asked Laura Ingraham if she thought people would find that kind of wealth "hypocritical."

Apparently, the key to winning your nomination, is finding explanations for that $500,000 yacht, and the trust fund for your heirs. John Edwards, recently, played right into that sentiment when he said he only (I'm paraphrasing here) worked at a hedge fund to "understand financial markets."

Right. John Edwards is trying to explain why he took a high-paying job in the four years when he was doing nothing between his presidential runs, but isn't it self-explanatory? To pimp his ride and support Elizabeth's hospital bills. But I mean - "trying to understand how the financial markets work?" You don't see Mitt Romney saying he was at Bain Capital to understand how Gordon Gekko worked.(ALERT: Michael Douglas reference 2)

How fair is this? I'm not sure that I have the liberty of time or knowledge to expound upon the implications of this. I just thought I'd point it out.

I Need Direction

So, I think I may be back to blogging. I mean, look, it's a pain in the butt. For one, my life ain't that interesting folks. I mean, I wake up at 6:30, go to work, come home, and go to sleep. Rinse, Repeat.

Therein, dear readers, lies my problem. Some people blog about their lives, which, for fear of boredom, is out of the question. Indexed is a charming collection of clever/witty/snarky hand drawings on index cards. Also, quite out of the questions. Others like Panda blog about the cool and interesting things that they may or may not be reading. Hmm. This I can do.

Let's try that for now. Maybe I'll find an overwhelming interest, and then we can change the name again.