Ha. Looks like we’ll get to see footage of John McCain’s big macho shopping trip in Baghdad on 60 Minutes next Sunday. I hope they got a good shot of the hundred soldiers and the Blackhawks, of course, but I’m really keen on seeing the Apache gunships. They’re pretty cool helicopters (and I should know, since I used to fly my Apache Longbow flight simulator all the time). Pretty lethal too.

Happy Passover to everyone. I hope you had a pleasant Seder last evening, and another one tonight. Bit of bad news yesterday, as my mother-in-law broke both of her wrists. This unfortunately not only means that we’re having Easter dinner here, but also that I’ve been volunteered to cook it. So, I reckon I’ll have to figure out what to cook. None of these heathens seem to like ham, so I’ll have to come up with something else. A good excuse not to do my school work, I guess.

So, here comes another week. Last week pretty much sucked. Well, it sucked at the beginning, but got better toward the end. Hopefully this week will just be a good week. Or at least not a really shitty week. Sometimes, you just gotta lower your expectations (which is how my wife wound up with me). I hope your week starts well, and ends better.

Gee, April Fools and the Sunday talking head shows. How appropriate.

This week, Timmy Potatohead tells us he’s ashamed of being a disgusting shill, and vows to start speaking truth to power. His guests on Press the Meat this week are Joe Lieberman, who admits what a pathetic piece of shit he’s become, then resigns from the US Senate, and Senator John McCain, who discloses that that shit in his cheek is actually an alien symbiont. McCain then begs somebody to shoot him before they hatch. Fellow Vietnam Vet Jim Webb is happy to oblige. Over at Fux News, an apparently inebriated Chris Wallace begins the show by sobbing out an apology to his dad for growing up to be such a failure, admitting to wearing women’s underwear, and saying he’s through with being a Republican propagandist. He also calls Rubert Murdoch the incarnation of Joseph Goebbels, tells him to go fuck himself, and then walks off the set, drastically in need of a diaper change. Bill O’Reilly – glassy-eyed, and still wet from the shower – rushes to fill in, still holding what’s left of a soggy falafel in one of his meaty little fists. At CBS, Bob Schieffer decides to turn the tables; instead of facing the nation, he moons it. George Snufalufagus, hosting a special roundtable, tells Cokie “the Cryptkeeper” Roberts that she makes him physically ill. He then yanks the toupee off Sam Donaldson’s head, and shoves it down George Will’s throat, leaving both his hand and Will’s lips covered in black shoe polish. Over at CNN, they change the name of the “Situation Room” to the “Position Room,” and Wolf Blitzer dutifully assumes the position. Later, on 60 Minutes, Morley Safer tells Andy Rooney he’s tired of his whining, bitch-slaps him a few times, and then spits in his face. Rooney responds by squeaking out, “did you ever wonder why people have to spit in the drinking fountain? It never goes down the drain, and then the next person coming along has to bend down and just about put their nose in it, just to get a drink of water.”

April Fools!

OK, now the real April fools….

On Press the Meat, the Potaoheaded one hosts Pat Leahy, who will hopefully choke the shit out of Gonzo apologist, Orrin “down the” Hatch. Also, Charlie Rangel will be on to hawk his new book.

Meanwhile, it’s more Gonzo and a little bit of Iraq over at CBS, as Bush buddy Bobby Schieffer hosts Chucky Schumer and Arlen “all talk” Specter, plus Bush “Counselor,” Dan Bartlett.

Over at Fux News Sunday, Weaselface Wallace hosts Mitch “the prick” McConnell and Senator MBNA, Joe Biden. The topic? Will our brave president be allowed to give our soldiers what they need to fight his glorious war, or will the godless Democrats be allowed to starve them to death, by insisting on a non-binding timetable to pulling out of this mess?

On the Goebbels network, it’s more Dan Bartlett, this time on with Dick Durbin to talk some more Gonzo, and a little Iraq. Then, for reasons know only to Mickey and Goofy, its’ freakin’ Tommy Thompson, on to pretend he’s got something relevant to say, and to talk about his presidential aspirations (lotsa luck,Tommy; just what the Republicans need, another loser in the race). Then, at the Roundtable, it’s Fareed “token” Zakaria, graduate of the NPR school of hackery, Martha Raddatz, and George :jerk: Will. And then Cal Ripken apparently has a book to hawk, too. To quote Archie Bunker, “whoopdie-doo, whoopdie-doo, whoopdie-doo.”

Over at CNN, the only people that look interesting from Wolf Blitzer’s Late Emission are Mick Ware and Al Sharpton.

Later, on 60 Minutes, Steve Kroft reports on how the pharmaceutical industry lobby bought off Congress to foist the despicable Medicare prescription drug law on us (better late than never, eh, Steve?), Lesley Stahl does a story on whether, if crime scene DNA is matches a suspect so closely that the odds are the perpetrator is in the suspect’s family, the cops be allowed to investigate family members (would the answer be, “duh?”), and Scott Pelley breaks a big story: Global Warming is real! Who knew?

Now, get out there and fool at least some of the people some of the time today.

Let’s see, thirty days hath September, yada, yada, and Novermber, all the rest have…. OK, I guess it’s still March. Anyhow, much like Atrios, I know I’m supposed to have something to say, but I got nothin’. Except to say that this whole deal with Seder really sucks, and apparently AAR isn’t even big enough (or honest enough) to come out and tell their loyal listeners (and soon to be former loyal listeners) what’s going on. All that promise, and just one disappointment after another.

All signs appear to be pointing towards us losing another show today. I used to listen to the Majority Report (it was the main reason I switched from XM – which pulled the last hour in order to put on Alan Colmes, fer chrissakes – over to Sirius, back in the day), but have really come to like Sam’s show much more. Maybe it’s just because my situation these days puts me near a computer while he’s on most of the time.

So, assuming this goes down today, I don’t know what I’ll listen to now. If AAR puts on a show that sounds worth listening to, I suppose I’ll give it a try. What that would be, I couldn’t guess. Maybe they’ll put Greeny and Army on from WWRL, and move the Turds into Sam’s slot. Maybe the Greens are Lynn Samuels fans (or Alex Bennett, who’s already on Sirius in the 9-noon slot). Beats me. Odds are, I’ll just go back to music again (again).

Of course, then there’s the mysterious “you AAR people are gonna be very, very happy” comment from Malloy a couple weeks back. Does this mean that NovaM had an “option” to pick up Sam in the even that AAR dumped him? If that’s the case, then I’ll definitely follow him to his new time. It’s not like I get AAR on my regular radio. And I’ve still got my Sirius equipment, so maybe I’ll start up with them again. Now, when’s Maron coming back on?

I wonder if John McCain and Joe Lieberman would still like to volunteer to lock arms and saunter around Baghdad?

Yesterday was a really bad day, for reasons I won’t bore you with. I hope today is better, but I have my doubts.

“The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it always to be kept alive.”
– Thomas Jefferson

Had a series of thunderstorms roll through last night. I used to enjoy watching them, but, unfortunately, they scare the poor dog. Every time I’d get him settled down, another storm would come through. Having 80 pounds of dog curled up on top of you kind of limits your ability to move around. Makes me wish winter would come back.

It’s Monday, and for a plethora of reasons, that really sucks. I sure hope another Bush Administration scandal breaks soon to cheer me up.