Random Shots in the Dark (13)

I'll start off by announcing the winner of the Rachel Maddow look-alike contest, which is... Tim Geithner.









(Tim's the one with the tie.) That outta wake 'em up, eh boys?

If I get this straight, the Geithner-Obama plan is now for the government to buy up all the toxic assets of the banks (didn't they do that already?), and if that doesn't work-to nationalize the banks. I'm sure one of those two ideas will work (law of averages, you know). But if it doesn't, we can always blame Rush Limbaugh.

For a guy who a lot of folks think should be fired, Treasury Secretary and Rachel Maddow look-alike Tim (Turbo Tax) Geithner sure seems to be asking for a lot of power. Does he really want to seize big companies in danger of failing and regulate bonuses by companies not getting federal funds?

Meanwhile, out here in Der Demokratische Volksrepublik of Kalifornia, Governor Screwupernator is pushing a new proposition on the May ballot. It's called the "Spending Cap Initiative". What it really does is extend the newly-passed 2-year tax increases another two years. Slick packaging, eh? I remember about 5 years ago when a lot of Republicans wanted to change the law about presidents having to be born in the US so this boob could run for the White House someday. How many times do I have to point out that Austrians don't know to run other countries.

Have you heard about the California bonds we are now being asked to buy? I'm not making this up. I heard the first commercial a couple of days ago on the radio. And believe it or not, there has been talk about state tax refunds being replaced by IOUs!!

Tuesday night's Presidential press conference: zzzzzzzzzzz

Obama first reads his statement from the back wall screen (Look Ma! No teleprompter!) then takes 13 questions and dances around them with a bunch of mumbo-jumbo trying to justify a 3.6 trillion dollar budget while Helen Thomas sits there in the front row decomposing on national TV. But according to MSNBC cheerleaders, Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews, it was the Gettysburg Address.

Matthews: "'We can't wait.'" A great line! I love that line!"

Then the "analysis" continued with Olbermann interviewing Sr White House Advisor David Axelrod for his reaction to Obama's press conference!! After that, it was on to a mysteriously greying Howard Fineman talking about Obama's "great win-win" before Keith segued on to Countdown and the usual Bush/Cheney/O'Reilly bashing.

Fair and Balanced segment: Sean Hannity, seconds after calling Jud Gregg "Jed Grugg", takes Obama to task for mispronouncing the word "Orion". Wake up, Sean. Your show was better with Alan Colmes arguing with you.

Who in the House of Representatives is reading my posts on Barney Frank....hmmm?
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Has anybody checked to see if Helen Thomas is still sitting in the East Room of the White House?