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Mr. Ayers Goes To Washington.

I've mentioned Nathaniel Ayers here previously, and his ongoing saga continues to be chronicled by the estimable Los Angeles Times columnist Steve Lopez:

In those early days after we met 5 1/2 years ago, when Nathaniel Ayers slept on the streets of skid row, he was a dreamer. He'd play a two-string violin at the feet of the Beethoven statue and imagine a day when he would figure out how to get the two missing strings, or a day when he might visit a concert hall or play well enough to draw an audience.
But he never would have guessed that one day he'd be invited to the White House to meet the president and to perform at a celebration commemorating the 20th anniversary of the Americans With Disabilities Act.
"It's the most incredible thing I ever could have imagined," Mr. Ayers said a few weeks ago on hearing of the invitation through his sister, Jennifer.
To be honest, I had misgivings about the trip. I tend to err on the side of being overprotective and shielding my friend from stressful situations. Despite remarkable progress, he is still at the mercy of unpredictable storms like those that knocked him out of the Juilliard music school nearly 40 years ago with a diagnosis of schizophrenia.
But the dreamer already had the scene in his head — Mr. Ayers goes to Washington. And he made a passionate appeal to our friendship, asking me please to be there with him.
OK, I said. But Mr. Ayers needed a new set of duds for his big day, so Bobby Witbeck, a longtime Ayers family friend, took him to a Hollywood Suit Outlet. Mr. Ayers knew exactly what he wanted, and when I later asked why he got a white suit, white shoes, white bowtie and white derby, I already knew the answer.
"Because it's the White House," said Mr. Ayers.

The rest is here.

Obama 2.0: "Go For It!"

Obama 2.0...

I like this version.

John McCain Is Still The Lint On Barack Obama's Sleeve.

Barack Obama Schools House Republicans.

140 against 1.

You know the "1." He's the President, the guy derided by right-wingers as "The One."

Well, "The One" won. Live. On TV. Except for Fox News, of course, who cut away because they were busy, um, deciding...

School was in session, and the full video is here.

26% Of Americans Are Out Of Their Freakin' Minds.

Drudge Report Channels Mayan Calendar: The End Is Near!

I routinely point out the hyperbolic headlines on the Drudge Report, as that website acts as a pot-stirrer for the wide array of media mimics on the right-wing fringe. You can be sure that Obama's culturally respectful bow in Japan will be just the latest talking point for Limbaugh, Hannity, Beck, et al, unlike their muted response to his predecessor's cozy canoodling with the oil-rich Saudis.

BTW, righties: isn't Osama bin Laden a Saudi?

Thought so...

UPDATE: Told ya the wingnuts wouldn't like it...at all.

Just Another Band From East L.A.: Los Lobos Rock Barack At The 'White House Fiesta Latina.'

Matt Drudge's Fearful America: "First He's Gonna Kill Grandma, Then He's Gonna Steal My Access To Porn!"

Anyway, here's something about the bill from CNET.

Meanwhile, Back At Lou Dobbs' House...

Dick Cheney Still Thinks He's A Big Wheel.

I thought this Dick said he was going to spend time hunting, fishing and working on his memoirs when his time was (thankfully) up?

This item from Newser.com:

Former vice presidents lose their Secret Service protection 6 months after leaving office, but Dick Cheney is no ordinary former vice president. In a first, his protection will be extended for an indefinite period, CNN reports. Homeland Security chief Janet Napolitano signed off on the move, which was reportedly requested by Cheney. It's not due to any specific threats but rather to his continued high profile, one official said.

According to USA Today, "the Congressional Budget Office estimated that the extra protection would cost about $4 million in fiscal year 2009."

And CBS News says that "Cheney is expected to request another extension when this one runs out. He has been in the news recently for his possible role in a decision to conceal a secret CIA antiterrorism program from Congress."

Hey, Dick: the only money I'd like to see Uncle Sam spend on you is to pay for your prosecution on war crimes.

When Birthers Attack!

Birthers are that itsy-bitsy, disproportionately loud slice along the outer edges of the right-wing who still cling to the discredited notion that Barack Obama was born somewhere other than Hawaii, as his birth certificate clearly shows. They are the type of delusional paranoiacs who think Glenn Beck is a newsman.

That's Delaware Representative Mike Castle in the video. He was trying to hold a town hall meeting until the wheels fell off.

That's a helluva constituency he has there.

The Republican Party might not be a big tent, but it's got plenty of room for its stray nuts out along the fringe.

Limbaugh Says Obama "Throws Like A Girl" And "Bush Is A Man."

Could this obese gasbag even waddle out to the mound?

I guess Big & Sweaty has never heard of Jackie Mitchell...

And, of course, the pitch has been mocked throughout the usual right-wing outhouses. Jon Stewart points out that FOX & Friends' pitch at the truth couldn't find the plate, even while going to the videotape:

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