Bonus sketch: the Nazis interrogate that total jerk Lyle Waggoner:
King Beauregard
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Pretty good old "Carol Burnett" sketch, with Sammy Davis Jr, starting at 2:01 and going on for about 10 minutes:
The episode WAS kind of about everyone being out-of-sorts, so hopefully it'll be more back to normal next week.
"One reason the GOP has had struggled coming up with a decent replacement is that ACA is partly based on a conservative blueprint."
I figure McCain cast his surprise vote because he didn't like how the world was calling him a coward and an evil lackey. The Maverick cares a lot about his reputation.
Right on the money, as usual.
Exactly. He's not used to getting pilloried over being a toady, but that's what happened earlier this week, and now he is forced to do the right thing to salvage his reputation.
Full disclosure, I fail the test of doing nearly enough. Beginning of this year I had aspirations of getting actively involved in groups, then Too Much Life got in the way, and now my efforts can honestly be described as little more than looking for opportunities to yell at overt racists. Got into a pretty good…
He left the ship on several occasions, most notably "Who Mourns for Adonais?" and OH GOD LOOK WHAT YOU'RE MAKING ME DO
"A red shirt means you're an EXTRA SPECIAL helper! You know how you never see any red shirts on the ship? That's how extra special you are!"
The worst part is, their followers are willing to die on that hill too. All the opposition to Obamacare all these years … the Republican fan base is every bit as messed up.
I for one am sick to death of not calling people evil. I have heard too often "oh that's just how he was brought up" / "you have to understand Republican philosophy" / "they don't have the wealth of world experiences that" … how about, if they weren't shtty people through and through, they would not be as they are. …
They don't want to cede anything to the Democrats, not even the observation that the government could and should get involved in health care.
After the 2008 election, there was a political cartoon I wanted to see: there's a high shelf on which sits a trophy labeled "electoral victory through respectable ethical campaigning", and Obama is able to easily reach up and seize the trophy, while McCain can't even raise his arms above his head.
Or maybe, just this once, his "Marverick" shtick wasn't working. Normally he makes his principled-sounding noises and that's what everyone remembers, even as he slinks off and votes like any other Republican.
We even celebrate the fire with music festivals:
The thing about Cleveland is, you learn to own it — the river fire, the jokes, the lack of anything most cities would brag about. So for example:
Specifically it was chemical spills ON the river, as opposed to the water being flammable as its typical condition. It's a small detail that is worth getting right, I think.