OK, so which one's "Pumpkin?"
-Fun with soundbites-
You ever have that experience where you're flipping through the channels, catch something right in the middle and totally out of context, and think to yourself, "Wait, I don't remember dropping acid..."?
That happened to me today. I switched over to CNN, saw Bush standing in the Rose Garden, and heard him say, "After a long, drawn out election season, when the people finally spoke, the name of the ticket sent here to the White House was Pumpkin and Pecan."
Sometimes, catching something out of context is awesome... (White House)
-Headline of the day-
"Judge yelled 'tyrant' before Mukasey collapsed."
When Attorney General Michael Mukasey spoke to the Federalist Society last week, he was apparently struck down by sorcery or something. While it was widely reported that he'd collapsed (apparently just a faint), what proceeded the collapse wasn't so widely reported.
"Mukasey's defense of President Bush's policies on prisoner treatment and their indefinite detention at Guantanamo Bay was too much for Washington State Supreme Court Judge Richard Sanders," the report tells us. "He shouted, 'Tyrant! You are a tyrant!'" Later, AGUS Mukasey made the acquaintance of the floor.
Two points here: First, don't screw around with Washington State Supreme Court Judge Richard Sanders -- he will put the hex on you. Second, be thankful he only uses his magical superpowers for good. (Raw Story)
-Cheer up girls, there's still the puppy-
The cute little Obama girls are expected to help around the house, even when that house is the White House. According to the report, "Incoming first lady Michelle Obama said Malia, 10, and Sasha, 7, will still have the normal kid duties."
Will we see Malia mowing the yard? It's pretty big. Sasha shoveling the walk?
“Just don’t make their beds, make mine, but skip the kids, let them make their own beds," Michelle Obama plans to tell the White House staff. "They have to learn these things."
You know? I disagree with the reasoning here. They're going to be presidential offspring for the rest of their lives, which will probably be a pretty sweet deal. They actually don't have to learn these things. I'll bet George W. Bush never made a bed in his life.
Then again, maybe that was the problem all along. I guess they'd better make their beds. (Politico)
-Station note-
I'm taking a busman's holiday until monday. I'll probably do a roundup for Thanksgiving and friday, but no long posts until then. I plan to carry out a sentence on a turkey who hasn't been pardoned. I've seen it, this is one irredeemable bird. Believe me, the world will be safer. (My Life)
