Last of August Mayhem

++Despite pundits claiming that Kerry and Hagel are pissed at President Obama for taking it to Congress,they report they're delighted. Liberal organizations who oppose intervention in Syria applauded the President for his daring in going to the Hill. The GOP leadership seems split on the issue.

++But I digress, the world lost a great man of literature this week with the passing of Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney at the age of 71.

++The White House dinners of Republicans and Democrats to has out budget differences ended this week and there appears no likelihood they will convene in the future.

++John Boehner says there are no budget deals. The Speaker will face a contentious Syria vote,a budget vote and a debt ceiling vote when he returns. 

++Rand Paul says Boehner will be ousted if he accepts any immigration reform that will resemble the Senate's bill in the least. Teabag resistance to immigration reform didn't explode like people anticipated but yesterday they heckled Marco Rubio.

++Over 100,000 attended the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington. In my opinion, President Obama made an effective, but not electrifying speech on the agenda that remains uncompleted. He had the cadences at point but downplayed so no one would compare his oratory with Martin Luther King. Naturally, everyone criticized him for his speech, which was marred by a poor sound system. Presidents Clinton and Carter also spoke. 

++After a powerful ceremony, the biggest whiners were Republicans who claimed they had not be invited. Of course, five weeks before the event, every Republican Congressman and woman was invited, the leadership was invited to speak. But the GOP complained that the African-American Senator from South Carolina, Tim Scott, had not been invited to speak. Of course, it was untrue. Boehner was at fundraisers and Eric Cantor was in North Dakota at the behest of the oil lobby. Republicans did have a luncheon to commemorate the event with Jack Kemp's son,and minority representation. 

++Teabagger candidate for New Jersey Senator,"Blind Steve" Lonegan decided to attack Cory Booker as gay. 

++Pat Robertson said that gays spread AIDS by cutting people with special rings.

++Liz Cheney said she was against same sex marriage in response to an incoherent attack by Mike Enzi who suggested she was for pedophiles. Her system Mary, who is married to her long-term partner, said Liz was nuts.

++The two largest counties in New Mexico have decided to marry same sex couples because that state's law is so unclear that it does not prohibit it. GOP lawmakers are up in arms are trying to intervene to stop it.

++Ruth Bader Ginzberg will be the first Supreme Court judge to perform a same sex marriage.

++The IRS said it will recognize all same sex couples in any state whether marriage is prohibited or not.

++The Veterans Administration was ordered by the court to give benefits to same sex couples.

++The federal government has ordered the extension of Medicare to same sex couples.

++Eric Holder ordered the DOJ to recognize or tolerate the legalization of marijuana in Colorado and Washington State. Earlier he had ordered a review of sentencing guidelines for drug convictions.

++America's congressman Louie Gohmert appeared as guest host for the Focus on Your Family,not Mine Radio Show with former Teabag congressman West. Louie told the audience that global climate  change was a hoax promoted by Bill Gates to promote population control. This agenda included getting people to vaccinate their children so the population could be "culled".

++I guess the Ross Perot Foundation heard that and donated $1 million to Planned Parenthood in Texas.

++One benefit of global climate change has been the discovery of a canyon in Greenland that is longer and deeper than the Grand Canyon. The canyon had never been seen in all of human existence until the glacier sheet over Greenland melted.

++The Snowden leaks produced the first public disclosure of the Intelligence community's black budget. The AmazonPost printed the story. Frankly, I thought it was larger than that.
Among the revelations is that ,despite this huge amount of money, key areas of strategic concern are simply unknown. Another revelation is that we have been in an intense state of cyberwarfare.

++There were a lot of revelations about the whole Snowden event this week. Next week, I'll try to examine them.