Snarky Blogging

December 13, 2007

Busy, Busy Congress: Yep, there’s clearly no time to discuss impeachment. Not when the Dem-controlled Congress is busy debating and voting on bills like H. Res. 847, a bill “recognizing the importance of Christmas and Christianity.” On Tuesday, this bill passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 372-9. Whew. But I’m wondering why they didn’t throw Santa and Rudolph into the mix as well. Fucking Santa-hating Dems. I knew we couldn’t trust them.

But, seriously, hats off to Peter Welch for going halfway on this bill. Instead of joining the more level-headed folks like Woolsey, Lee and Ackerman by voting “no” on it, Welch simply voted “present.” It’s kind of the chicken-shit way of saying I don’t like what’s happening here but I’m too scared to actually vote that way. But, hey, at least he didn’t vote “yes.” Perhaps he, too, was pissed about the Santa exclusion.

I’m just glad that the impeachment issue isn’t distracting them from all this important business.

From the Department of Oops: As all of Vermont knows by now, the magazine U.S. News & World Report has admitted that they made a mistake by listing Montpelier High School (MHS) as the “number 5” high school in the nation earlier this month. Ironically, it was the principal of MHS who found the math error that put the school in the number 5 spot when it should have really been ranked at number 500. And he did the right thing, too, by reporting it – thus putting MHS in the running for one of the most honest schools in the nation.

But here’s where it gets really bizarre [editor’s note: I feel Snarky lurking]. While U.S. News & World Report was double-checking its MHS error, it found some other facts about the state that it wanted to clarify. Here, for your reading pleasure, is a partial list of the other Vermont errors that the magazine would like to clear up:

  1. Vermont is really not a liberal Mecca. Nope. And the editors only offered this as an explanation: “Vermont Yankee nuclear plant, Republican Governor Jim Douglas, and the state’s far-from universal health care plan, Catamount Health.” Checkmate.
  2. Bernie Sanders is not a socialist. Nope. It turns out that the editors of U.S. News & World Report tried to use Sanders’ swimming pool and were told to immediately leave his “private property.” Case closed.
  3. Rusty DeWeese is not a logger. Nope. But the editors of the magazine report that he does make liberal Vermonters feel good about pretending to be close to a working man when they pay to see his show. Of course.
  4. Peter Shumlin never hunted without a shirt. Well, they can’t actually confirm this. They just said that they didn’t want to think about it – or look into it. I get it.
  5. John McClaughry wears a thong. Hmm, I’m not sure what they were correcting here.

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Oprah Update: It just keeps getting better. Now Oprah is telling the media that her recent Double O tour with Obama doesn’t mean that she’s against his primary opponent, Hillary Clinton. Here, exactly, is what she said:

“I’ve always said this, that my being in support of Barack Obama is not my being against Hillary Clinton or anybody else,” Winfrey said. “It’s just that for this moment in time, this is what I know I am supposed to be doing. I feel compelled to do this. So my vote for is not a vote against anybody. It’s just a vote for.“

Well, at least this confirms that she’s a Democrat. Because that’s exactly how they talk about the war. You know, kind of like:

“I’m against the war but that doesn’t mean I’m not for the troops or the commander or the weaponry that is making the war a war. It’s just that for this moment, I’m against the war. That’s why I vote for it.”

Got it.

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Oh hell, I’ve got to go try and find Rusty in the woods….

Posted by M. Colby | Filed Under blog, vt politics 

Comments

3 Responses to “Snarky Blogging”

  1. Truth Seeker on December 13th, 2007 1:46 pm

    Uh oh… Once again there are errors to be fixed!

    Mr. Colby committed yet another logical fallacy: “confusing association with causation.”

    We’re talking grade school level, folks… It’s not that hard to take a position without engaging in a logical fallacy – unless, of course, your position is indefensible.

    Congress hasn’t refused to take up impeachment because they are too busy with other matters. Rest assured, if they wanted to take it up they would have. The simple truth is that it has no support. Heck, they can’t even override a veto on war funding.

    What does this mean? Since Congressmen get elected, it means that they PEOPLE do not want impeachment. This is democracy at its finest.

    The Republicans don’t want impeachment. The Democrat’s constituents don’t want impeachment. And there is no impeachment. Sounds like things are working just fine.

    I know that a democracy is inconsistent with your views on government, but everyone else can be happy that the will of the PEOPLE is being heard. At least in this case, we’ve been protected from a small group on the fringe running the hen house.

  2. Peter Buknatski on December 13th, 2007 2:07 pm

    Bastard. And here I thought almost everything posted on this blog was an intelligent and accurate presentation of the way things are.

    Now what am I gonna do to supplement The New Yorker? Read the Bible?

    Shit.

  3. Peter Buknatski on December 14th, 2007 4:50 pm

    Hey. Get the down and dirty on S-1959 (Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act–now in US Senate) and who’s votin’ for it and why. Before they put you away.

    This is a Big BAD Bill.

    I need names. I’ll put the Black Bird on hold.

    –Bruce Lesbian, Vermont PI

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