Looney-Tune Nation

This is not about Libya. Although I couldn't tell who Qaddafhi was trying to imitate with his 30 second spot last night with the umbrella--the Pink Panther, 70s Bob Dylan with the headgear, Lionel Ritchie, Snoopy? We'll wait to see if Muammar gets to become a martyr like he wants. Fidel Castro says NATO is going to invade Libya. If you read Paul Wolfowitz's reappearance in the Wall Street Journal you would think so. Wolfowitz reminds us of all the terrible things the King of Kings did in Africa. But Paul did't remind us that Libya was his ally on terror during the last administration.

Michelle Bachmann says that Glenn Beck could solve all of our nation's economic problems. This was said after Beck the same day recounted how down and out he had become after a drug binge, which ended with him believing his dog was talking to him. Apparently, it still does. Beck says that Satan is behind the labor unrest in Wisconsin. Limbaugh, who is trying to steal beck's audience, said that the unions were godless, which also tracks with Mike Huckabee's analysis. Maybe they are right. Remember in Woody Allen's "Sleeper", Al Shanker of the AFT had nuclear weapons. Besides Al was a shachtmanite--a peculiar brand of trotskyism.

David Wu, Democrat from Oregon, appears to be suffering from some mental issues. But he is the first known congressperson who actually is a "furry".

Michelle Bachmann is in South Carolina testing the waters for a presidential run--believe it or not. She got off the line--"Obama makes Jimmy Carter look like Rambo."

Doug Brooks' mancrush on John Thune ended today. Senator Thune announced he would not run for president in 2012.

Chris Christie also said he was not running in 2012.

Mike Huckabee is giving out more vibes he is not. He criticized the tea party and said that if GOP contenders took some loyalty oath to that platform they could never beat Barack Obama. He also said that closing the government down was a good thing.

Bob McDonnell,Christianist Governor of Virginia, said he would accept being vice-president in 2012. The idea is that he would prevent Obama from winning Virginia again.

John Danforth has re-emerged to voice concern about the Republican Party. What really bothers him are the attacks on Dick Lugar and the threats of the tea party to primary him. The latest attack on Lugar is that when he returns home to Indiana he stays in a hotel.

John Boehner's House really a great sense of timing. With the entire Arab world demonstrating, the House cut foreign assistance. With his own party attacking Barack Obama on border security, they not only cut funds once for border security but actually doubled down and cut them again.

Karl Rove is putting out the new line that "birtherism" is a trap laid by Barack Obama himself to make the Republicans look bad. Well, I guess it worked.

Wonkette. com, America's best investigative reporters, discovered that the Facebook entry of "Lou Sarah" was created by Sarah Palin to post praise for Palin's own Facebook comments. Clever, heh?

Frank Baily's "Blind Allegiance to Sarah Palin" is being circulated. Baily served her during the run for the Governor's office and later as she ran for Vice President. Using e-mails and diairies, he tarpedoes her mavericky reputation as well as a host of nationally known conservative pundits who fell for her. He concludes she is a dangerous, vindictive, incompetent, congenital liar who has no business in public office. The book is being handled by my old literary agent Carol Mann, who I have not seen in 25 years.

Rick Scott, the felonious governor of Florida, is facing recall. Floridians are outraged he turned down the high-speed rail funds, which would have linked Tampa to Orlando and would have created 22,000 jobs. Apparently the Republicans in Florida, especially the mayors, were looking forward to the project since it had been a dream in the state for the last decade.

Back in Wisconsin,the city and county governments are protesting that they never wanted the state to interfere with their collective bargaining with unions. It seems Walker just put all levels of government in the bill all his lonesome.

Democrats in Indiana are hightailing it to Illinois to escape their legislature's vote on union busting. There is a precedent--Abraham Lincoln escaped through the window of his hotel room to avoid a vote in the Illinois legislature. Or the Texas Skeedaddle where Democrats fled the state when Tom De Lay was trying to redistrict for the Republicans.

Just a reminder--Jacob Law, the new OMG director, repeats that Social Security does not add to the deficit or debt. This was also stated by President Obama.

House Republicans are saying that Obama could avoid a government shutdown if he simply agreed to all their cuts. This seems to be the new GOP strategy--it's my way or the highway. This is sooo conducive to strengthening the idea of a common good.