Amy Poehler does an awful Hillary Clinton (not surprising as Saturday Night Live has been terrible for going on fifteen years), but she manages to sum up Clinton's arguments pretty succinctly.
By the way I'm down in DC for the next couple of days, home on Tuesday, and in NYC on Wednesday.
During the 1994 baseball strike, which began on August 12, Winfield was traded to the Cleveland Indians at the trade deadline on August 31 for a "player to be named later." The 1994 season was cancelled two weeks later, so Winfield did not play for the Indians that year and no player was ever named in exchange. To settle the trade, Cleveland and Minnesota executives went to dinner, with the Indians picking up the tab. This makes Winfield the only player in major league history to be traded for a dinner.
He proceeded to hit .191 the next season for Cleveland, so I hope dinner wasn't expensive.
Albany, NY -- The Bushie Take on "The Aristocrats"
The author of a blog called Driftglass has a new spin on the "dirtiest joke ever." It's genius:
The Republican Party walks into the American People's living rooms, and says, "We're the Family Values Party, and we'd like to represent you."
The American People say, "Sorry, but we're a little leery of Family Values parties. They tend to be scams run by demagogues."
Republican Party says, "But this is really special."
The American People says, "Okay, well what's the act?"
The Republican Party replies, "Well after the worst attack on American soil in history, we hijack the nation's grief and rage to plunge us into a war with entirely the wrong country.
"Then we let the actual terrorist responsible for the attack to sit in a comfy chair on the edge of the stage and laugh and laugh and laugh for the duration of the performance.
As Saturday Night Live prepares to do a special of its Best of the '90s (of which only about 30% will be good), I figured I'd share an oldie but goodie:
A blog which covers the life, thoughts, and writings of Jason Brzoska. Among the topics discussed: politics (poverty, health care, war, terrorism, foreign policy), the state of the Jewish community, and the City of Albany, New York.
