It's interesting to note that a computer glitch had played hob with the paychecks for teachers in the Los AngelesSchool District recently. Is "computer glitch" the Internet version of the old clichà � "the check is in the mail" excuse? Gees if the Republican governor has run things down to that extent, why doesn't he just explain that he inherited some very bad computer hardware from the previous Democratic governor and thus "the governator" is blameless?
Anther guy in the bar was a fellow of Chicano heritage (he was a roadie for a rock band composed mostly of Irishmen and hence he is knowledgeable about all the <em>pugue mahone</em> topics) who was concerned about the fact that he is owed money from his days of service in Vietnam and thinks that doesn't augur well for the members of the military who are being injured in the Middle East now.
The bar tender (is a woman called a bar tenderess?) noted that half of her customers are in need of jobs and the only thing they wanted to hear the President say was what his plans are to stimulate the economy and create jobs. Anything else is just what the Irish call blarney.
Since the Great Depression coincided with the Prohibition era, the effect of hard times on taverns then and now can't be computed accurately.
The bar didn't stay tuned for the Republican rebuttal. Gees if you can't peddle malarkey to the denizens of an Irish bar, who are those folks who do tune in to it?
So how did the post game show on Fox go? Did they have a St. Paul moment and shower his performance with superlatives or was it just their usual golden shower of negativity?
It seems that if a columnist assumes that the Fox Hounds followed the corporate directives and delivered the traditional dog and pony show actually monitoring their bullshit would be a waste of time and effort. On the other hand, if it wasn't a stellar presentation of classic conservative brain farts, then our crystal ball may be in need of an overhaul.
Quite likely the conservative response followed their regular game plan: show Obama to be ineffective (Thank you Republican sit-down strikers in the Senate), weak on defense (What we still haven't bombed Iran?), and almost effeminate (How many Republicans in the audience underscored that point by having a purple heart pinned on their business suits over their hearts? [Who has won more Medals of Honor? Women or Republican men? One woman has been awarded a Medal of Honor, but uncando (that is a real word if you remember AP speak for use on inter bureau teletype messages) the statistics for how many Republicans have]).
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