Daily Archives: December 21, 2009

I don’t know about you, every day I get maybe eight or ten emails from different Democratic organizations and even from the “President” himself.� (Although, barackobama.com isn’t actually affiliated with the president)� Most of the time they tell me how great a job they are doing and how they need more money to “stop” the Republicans from doing the things Republicans naturally do. Tonight I got one of those emails written in the first person by Obama.� This is some of what he told me: DJ – Early this morning, the Senate made history and health reform cleared its most important hurdle yet — garnering the 60 votes needed to move toward a final vote in that chamber later this week. This marks the first time in our nation’s history that comprehensive health reform has come to this point. And it appears that the American people will soon realize the genuine reform that offers security to those who have health insurance and affordable options to those who do not. I’m grateful to Senator Harry Reid and every senator who’s been working around the clock to make this happen. And I’m grateful to you, and every member of the Organizing for…

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Missing Elf: brewed by Rinkuskiai, Lithuania Written by Ye Olde Scribe This Elf is REALLY missing. Missing the style. Missing taste, except alcohol that clings to the roof of the mouth like some half dead, elf-like bat. That’s why this Elf goes on Scribe’s naughty shelf. Did anyone ever say Lithuanians made great beer?

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Written by Ted Rall NEW YORK– Citibank is suspending foreclosures and evictions for 30 days, until after the holidays. Mighty white of them. Who knew bankers could be so amusing? In an interview, Citi mortgage czar Sanjiv Das acknowledged that “moratoriums are not permanent solutions” and said his company was looking for “some long-term fundamental alternatives” to throwing people out of their homes because they’ve fallen behind on their payments. But he didn’t offer a specific example. Here, allow me. There’s one “long-term fundamental alternative” that’s righteous, makes sense, and legal: Let’s foreclose on the banks. It’s time for the U.S. government to show Mr. Das and his buddies down at the country club who is the boss. Seriously. Yes we can. But first, let’s go back to February 2009.

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Nashville, TN area Hello All, I am writing to let you know that the January MCB meeting will be at the Battleground Brewery on January 9th @ 2:00. The address is 108 Bridge Street, Franklin, TN 37064 Please respond and let me know if you are going to make it so I can give Fred a figure of how many are going to attend. Thanks, Jonathan Adams Brandon Jones was nominated to the presidency for next year at the meeting before the Christmas party. The only objection was a drunk elf in the corner of the room. He suggested a troll named Flibber McFlea who hasn’t been seen since the Orkin man treated his space underneath the bridge in Nashville near the clothing store, a method better known in debugging idiom as “Bridging the Gap.”

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