It took 8 years to get into this mess and by the sounds of it – Morning Joe panel from earlier today (3/6/09) – the media is quick to think everything should be fixed in 30-60 days. Thoughts?

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I’m going with less than 12 months since this recession has already lasted longer than the average recession lasts.   If not, I’ll venture to guess we’ll be living in bush’s depression by 1/1/2010.

Yeah, yeah – there’s a tired and old argument that the democrats controlled the Congress from 2006-2008.  Keep in mind, Congress didn’t have enough of a majority to do anything constructive as the Titanic (us) took on water.

National Debt Reminder:

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/05/gupta.surgeon.general/

Pot Smokers (and Michael Moore) collectively exhale.  Does this deserve a blog posting?  Why not – but, then I’m getting out of here!  Here = work.

I ain’t got no love for Gupta:

https://bcclist.com/2009/01/08/stop-sanjay-gupta/

Does it deserve a blog post?

Why not

Here’s Tim Gibbons on Twitter…

UPDATE:

Here’s a link to a story…

http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2009/03/seinfeld-cast-t.html

What’s the #1 thing  programmers can’t do?  Write…

http://digg.com/whitepapers/recommendationengine

Things that made sense (because an editor obviously worked on the first few paragraphs and closing sentences)…

People love Digg because it’s a place to discover and share great content from around the Web. The Digg homepage always has the most popular stories, but many Digg users find their content in the Upcoming section, which gets over 15,000 new stories a day. To help users filter this enormous amount of content, we have created a new feature: The Digg Recommendation Engine.

When you Digg a story, you tell the Recommendation Engine two things: that you recommend the story to other users and, less obviously, that the users who Dugg the story before you are good at finding content. The Recommendation Engine keeps track of users who Dugg particular stories before you did, and it recommends you the stories they Dugg. The more content you Digg, the smarter the Recommendation Engine becomes.

and…

We hope you enjoy using the Recommendation Engine and look forward to helping you uncover even more great stories on Digg!

Digg on!

Things that didn’t make sense…

Everything else.

http://statenews.com/index.php/article/2009/03/spartans_fend_off_hoosiers_64-59_clinch_outright_big_ten_title

http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-03-02/looking-for-mr-far-right/full/

My god, somebody get Meghan McCain some medicine and/or a reality check.  And I quote…

The election killed my personal life.

OK, maybe killed is a bit of an exaggeration. But it does seem to be on life support. Of all the things people warned would happen post-election, no one ever said anything about how complicated dating would become. Especially if your dad loses the election. There are things that have been difficult, but nothing quite as tough as dating. I fear the election has destroyed my ability and desire to date.

and…

But when it comes to dating, it’s become an entirely different subject. And I promise, no one is more surprised by this revelation than I am. If I am adult enough to understand that voting is one of the most personal things a person can do, why am I letting it affect how attracted to someone I am? I know that no one can really explain sexual attraction and why you are drawn to someone or not—but at this point in time, nothing kills my libido quite like discussing politics.

and…

Nothing makes me more ill than the idea of some guy bragging to his friends that he was going to go on a date with “John McCain’s daughter.” (Unfortunately this has happened more times than I would like to count and each time I can sense it within the first 30 seconds of meeting them.) One extreme fan of my mother’s recently told me I could be “his Cindy.” And then asked me if I ever wore pearls because they probably would look as good on me as they do on my mother. No, I’m not kidding. Any guy that has a fetish for older women in pantsuits and large pearls obviously only finds my last name attractive about me.

Wow, for the first time ever I have nothing to say.

Well, maybe I do. My wife just emailed somebody whose name rhymes with “jill cares” regarding a job at a Chicago based University. As in, she sent an email to this individual’s personal email address. Maybe she could be palling around with terrorists – thanks sarah – if the cards align themselves. That’s pretty fcking cool.

…to Michigan Ave.

Wow, Qik is awesome but data uploads on the AT&T network FAILS. Hence, the choppiness of the video.

Push play, pause it for a minute or two so the video can load, and push play again. Polly meets a friend with about 1 minute left in the video. Dude wasn’t as scary as the video makes him seem…

Jonathan did better than bobby jindall.  This is the gop’s future.  A 13 year old named Jonathan Krohn.  How wacked out are his parents?

This clip comically puts things into perspective.  Funniest thing I’ve seen in a long time.  You can check me off as somebody that’s definitely guilty of biatching too much…

Angela, thank you.

Wow, bobby jindal recounting an exorcism he was present for in 1994 hasn’t got much press as you’d expect. Weird…

http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2008/06/11/jindals_exorcism/

“Strangely, I found myself repeating the Hail Mary until it became a chant. Being a recent convert to Catholicism, I had yet to accept the Catholic doc trines concerning Mary and considered any form of Marian devotion to be idolatry. Though I had never before prayed a Hail Mary in my life, I suddenly found myself incapable of any other form of prayer. Somehow, Mary’s intercessions allowed me to find peace during that long night; I knew that I had sur vived the worst and that I would exit with my faith intact. It terrified me to recall how close I came to turning away from Christ out of fear.

The crucifix had a calming effect on Susan, and her sister was soon brave enough to bring a Bible to her face. At first, Susan responded to biblical pas sages with curses and profanities. Mixed in with her vile attacks were short and desperate pleas for help. In the same breath that she attacked Christ, the Bible’s authenticity, and everyone assembled in prayer, Susan would suddenly urge us to rescue her. It appeared as if we were observing a tremendous battle between the Susan we knew and loved and some strange evil force. But the momentum had shifted and we now sensed that victory was at hand.

While Alice and Louise held Susan, her sister continued holding the Bible to her face. Almost taunting the evil spirit that had almost beaten us minutes before, the students dared Susan to read biblical passages. She choked on certain passages and could not finish the sentence “Jesus is Lord.” Over and over, she repeated “Jesus is L..L..LL,” often ending in profanities. In between her futile attempts, Susan pleaded with us to continue trying and often smiled between the grimaces that accompanied her readings of Scripture. Just as suddenly as she went into the trance, Susan suddenly reappeared and claimed “Jesus is Lord.”

With an almost comical smile, Susan then looked up as if awakening from a deep sleep and asked, “Has something happened?” She did not re member any of the past few hours and was startled to find her friends breaking out in cheers and laugh ter, overwhelmed by sudden joy and relief.”

I’m done discrediting jindal. It’s way too easy. I can’t wait until the gop tries to prop up a new puppet on the stage.

palin – fail. jindal – fail. who’s next?

Conor, thank you for the link.

P.S. I’ve gotta admit that I’m slightly scared of Pawlenty in 2012 but I think he’s too “normal” for the gop base to rally behind.

I backed my DVR up half a dozen times to make sure I didn’t mishear something.  Keith Olbermann (see update below) sounded so exasperated.  9 second mark…

P.S.  Why is Bobby Jindal such a boner?

Update: It’s not confirmed the voice was Olbermann’s.  Regardless, it was an awesome and fitting intro for Bobby.