“Leaving On A Jet Plane,” Peter Paul and Mary. RIP bassist Dick Kniss.
“ The greatest competition of idiocy and ignorance that has ever been ”
Fidel Castro on the Republican primaries
“ Now, the banks aren’t bad people. They’re just overwhelmed right now. They’re overwhelmed with a lot of things. One is a lot of homes coming in, that are in foreclosure or in trouble, and the other is with a massive new pile of regulations. ”
Mitt Romney facepalm of the day
TheGloss: I’m Never Giving Up My Childhood Stuffed Animal
He was in a plastic bin. A plastic bin was no place for such a handsome alien. He was neon green, and had gold stars all over his belly. I liked how he was weird. I liked how he seemed like he didn’t even know that he had shiny stars all over him, his head just tilted up, looking so gentle and quizzical. I liked him because, unlike the assembly line of Barbies and Cabbage Patch dolls, he seemed like he had character. And he seemed like he was looking at the sky, and he wanted to go home.
Here’s the Mitt Romney facepalm of the day, via Wonkette:
Uhh, okay, we will not argue with you that much, Mittens:
INGRAHAM: You’ve also noted that there are signs of improvement on the horizon in the economy. How do you answer the president’s argument that the economy is getting better in a general election campaign if you yourself are saying it’s getting better?ROMNEY: Well, of course it’s getting better. The economy always gets better after a recession, there is always a recovery. […]
INGRAHAM: Isn’t it a hard argument to make if you’re saying, like, OK, he inherited this recession, he took a bunch of steps to try to turn the economy around, and now, we’re seeing more jobs, but vote against him anyway? Isn’t that a hard argument to make? Is that a stark enough contrast?
ROMNEY: Have you got a better one, Laura? It just happens to be the truth.
Pebbles and Bam Bam, “Open Up Your Heart (And Let The Sun Shine In)”
Phil Ochs, “I Ain’t Marching Anymore.” Phil Ochs was a protest singer in the ’60s who wrote many iconic songs, both political and lyrical, and committed suicide in 1976. Here is his greatest song. It’s always the old to lead us to the wars, always the young to fall. Now look at all we’ve won with the sabre and the gun. Tell me is it worth it all? Tomorrow, Jan. 23 at 10pm, PBS will be airing a documentary about his life, “There But For Fortune.” Please watch.
