{"id":1489,"date":"2009-08-27T06:51:08","date_gmt":"2009-08-27T10:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/morningseditionists.com\/msblog\/?p=1489"},"modified":"2009-08-27T06:53:53","modified_gmt":"2009-08-27T10:53:53","slug":"beginning-of-the-end","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.morningseditionists.com\/msblog2\/2009\/08\/27\/beginning-of-the-end\/","title":{"rendered":"Beginning of the End"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Freshman arrived on campus yesterday (life becomes a major pain the ass for those who have to work in the area &#8211; which fortunately doesn&#8217;t include me anymore &#8211; from now until winter break), the NY State Fair opens in less than two hours (it&#8217;s Governor&#8217;s Day, which means throngs of people will no doubt be heading to the fairgrounds to catch a glimpse of our beloved governor; yes, the Gov came in to town last night, and we are tainted &#8211; which is kinda like being t-bagged &#8211; by his presence), and the SU football season begins a week from Saturday (great anticipation over that, though, in reality, it figures to be another long depressing season, where &#8220;success&#8221; will be measured more in terms of progress and competitiveness than in actual wins; still, as of today, we haven&#8217;t lost any games yet).  In other words, the summer of 2009 is pretty much history.   <\/p>\n<p>Rush Limbaugh is proud of himself <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2009\/08\/26\/limbaugh-congratulates-hi_n_269711.html\">for predicting that Teddy Kennedy would be dead before health care reform was passed<\/a>.  Yeah, you&#8217;re a regular Nostrafuckindamus, Rush.  Why don&#8217;t you go ahead and shove a couple <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2009\/08\/24\/kfcs-double-down-sandwich_n_266848.html\">KFC &#8220;Double Down&#8221; sandwiches<\/a> down your throat, you loudmouthed piece of crap?<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of pieces of crap, Kansas Congresscritter Lynn Jenkins says that <a href=\"http:\/\/tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com\/2009\/08\/gop-congresswoman-party-looking-for-great-white-hope.php?ref=fpblg\">Republicans are looking for the &#8220;great white hope.&#8221;<\/a>  Of course, she certainly didn&#8217;t mean that in a &#8220;racial&#8221; sorta way.  Where&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/news.google.com\/newspapers?nid=1291&#038;dat=19801019&#038;id=GdwPAAAAIBAJ&#038;sjid=s40DAAAAIBAJ&#038;pg=5471,4432408\">Gerry Cooney<\/a> these days?  <\/p>\n<p>It really pisses me off to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/sen-harry-reid\/our-lost-patriarch_b_269417.html\">read Harry Reid praising Ted Kennedy<\/a>, because Reid is such a spineless fuck.  Words are great, Harry, but how about you honor Teddy by standing up to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcclatchydc.com\/226\/story\/74426.html\">the corrupt, insurance-industry funded &#8220;blue dogs&#8221;<\/a> and the obstructionist Republicans, and ram real reform though the Senate?<\/p>\n<p>Well, I guess it&#8217;s time to quit lying in repose on the futon, and get ready to seize the day.  Or at least get it the hell over with.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Freshman arrived on campus yesterday (life becomes a major pain the ass for those who have to work in the area &#8211; which fortunately doesn&#8217;t include me anymore &#8211; from now until winter break), the NY State Fair opens in less than two hours (it&#8217;s Governor&#8217;s Day, which means throngs of people will no doubt [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.morningseditionists.com\/msblog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.morningseditionists.com\/msblog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.morningseditionists.com\/msblog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.morningseditionists.com\/msblog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.morningseditionists.com\/msblog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1489"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.morningseditionists.com\/msblog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1489\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.morningseditionists.com\/msblog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.morningseditionists.com\/msblog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.morningseditionists.com\/msblog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}