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[cassandraleo]

so the bailout passed the Senate. Sigh. You can still write your representative and tell them to shoot it down.

Glenn Greenwald has an excellent takedown of Steven Pearlson (and by proxy, everyone else who thinks the bailout needs to be passed immediately) which points out again just how little support there actually is for the idea. Robert Reich

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[king_bahamut]

I wrote part of a song today that you may or may not like:

(to the tune of The Wreck of the Old 97)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VMSGrY-IlU

"The Ballad of Sarah Palin"

There was a young girl up in rugged old Alaska
Whose dreams were as tall as the hay
Her mother used to tell her as she tucked her in,
"You could be president some day."

That girl was Sarah Palin and as she grew older
Her dreams had to take a back seat
She had her some kids, but she couldn't shake the feeling
There were still some liberals to beat.

----Well, she's a fightin' gal, ain't she a fightin' gal
----Like she's straight from the Bible Belt
----She will fight the right fight for the fight forever
----Until the icecaps melt.

Well, in the years that followed there was a failed car wash
And a mayoral race she won
It's a good thing she joined the old PTA
Cause that's the same thing as Washington!

Ten years gone, she's the governor of Alaska
And she reigns from her snowy throne
She sure keeps on an eye on Vladimir Putin
Against him she's all alone.

Now I'll take you away a bit to Arizona
With McCain and the Republican brass.
This elitist black guy sure is beating me badly
Think I'll throw a Hail Mary Pass!

They talked up her resume and showed the people
How experienced she was
How she balanced her checkbook, used her right-wing conscience
To defy those silly little laws

Well at first the people, they adored her madly
For she saved the McCain campaign
Oh, what a brilliant move, Johnny, using this woman
For nothing but political gain.

Well, pretty soon the people got a little wiser
Smelled the stench of conservative games
Governor, you know you're no Hillary Clinton
For you've got no feminist aims.

Wouldn't it be great if we had a vice president
Who could hunt and field dress a moose
Oh, but Johnny doesn't realize that the only thing he's doing
Is tightening up his noose.

Well some folks say that the joke is over
This charade has gone on too long
But we've got an election in thirty-three days
I'll have to wait to finish this song.

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Still needs some work, but the folks here in Edinburgh liked it tonight.

[cassandraleo]

lulz