Is This A Great Week, Or What?

I'm happier than a pig in shit, let me tell you...

First, the enviroweenie summit in Copenhagen is a disaster of near mythical proportions. The combination of Gore-effect inclement weather, typical United Nations planning and efficiency, and equally typical anarchist/communist/socialist tomfoolery hasn't managed to overshadow the fact that neither India, China nor the continent of Africa have any intention of giving the U.N. or Al Gore jack shit. On top of the Climategate emails, this is the beginning of the end of the Global Warming Industry.

Second, Barack Obama's health care, er, insurance reform is circling the bowl. If nothing else, Joe Lieberman has demonstrated beyond rational denial that Barack Obama couldn't care less about either meaningful health care reform or the progressives who helped elect him. All Bambi cares about now is getting something to sign. Now that Nancy Pelosi has stated there will be no bill passed in 2009, it's only a matter of time before the Democratic Party begins implosion.

Third, it's finally dawned on progressives that Barack Obama is a world-class pussy. Even his most dedicated apologists are finding it difficult to swallow the Big Cave to Joe Lieberman. Given that Obama has already caved on LGBT issues (DOMA, DADT), financial sector regulation and removing U.S. troops from either Iraq or Afghanistan, the Lieberman cave-in seals Obama's reputation as a gutless wonder. But then, the non-delusional among us already knew that.

Fourth, it's finally dawned on progressives that Barack Obama is a sell-out. The fact that it's taken this long is proof of the power of wishful thinking... because the history was already there: He sold out the grandmother who raised him and his pastor at the drop of a hat. Then there was Van Jones. And now, after ignoring the deal sealed with Billy Tauzin and PhRMA for half a year, progressives are shocked, shocked mind you, that Barack Obama intends to protect corporate profits at the expense of the progressive agenda.

Fifth, the polls are starting to panic non-progressive Democrats. Obama's approval numbers are tanking, as is the support for health care reform, as is his approval rating on the economy. Democrats are looking at the numbers and it is starting to dawn on them that if Obama doesn't change his act between now and next November, it's going to be a bloodbath.

Plus...

We found out Andrew Sullivan doesn't write a healthy proportion of the posts on his "intensely personal" blog. Sullivan has drones doing about 40% of his posting, not including the "Mental Health Break" and "View From A Room" posts. Wouldn't it be cheaper to can the drones and hire a stoner to roll Andrew's spliffs for him? That would free up a fair amount of time for posting about Sarah and Trig, you know. Besides, it's not like he doesn't write like he's stoned anyway. You kinda have to wonder how long The Atlantic is going to allow Sully to sully the brand before showing him the door.

Howard Dean decided to tweak Barack Obama. Howard getting some ideas about running again, or what? Make no mistake, I think Dean's a goof, but hey, you can't harsh anyone too much for flingin' feces at The One, now can you?

Michael Moore called for a boycott of Connecticut. He's working on the theory that all citizens of Connecticut should be punished for electing Joe Lieberman over Ned Lamont. What Moore didn't explain was what Connecticut could possibly have that is worth boycotting.

"As good as it gets" for Charles Johnson is Alan Colmes' radio show. Yep, that's what Charles' big "I'm leaving the VRWC behind" wingding got him: Half an hour with Alan Colmes. Alan. Colmes. He he!

Damn good week. Damn good.

Comments

[CJ]

On top of the Climategate emails, this is the beginning of the end of the Global Warming Industry.

This is not the end, nor is it the beginning of the end. It is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.

[Dennis The Peasant]

I'll take what I can get.

[David]

"Besides, it's not like he doesn't write like he's stoned anyway."

A grave insult to stoned writers.

"You kinda have to wonder how long The Atlantic is going to allow Sully to sully the brand before showing him the door."

Too late for that, don't you think Dennis? Granted, I don't read the entire stable of Atlantic bloggers regularly, but when normal includes Yglesias and AS, the horse's ass has left the barn. I'm not sure what to make of McCardle, partially because I know little of economics and find Objectivism silly . . . and MM seems to be the child of those parents. Surely this proves me a dunce.

"Michael Moore called for a boycott of Connecticut."

He intends to replace it . . . with himself.

Agreed this has been a great week. And it's only Wednesday. Dare we hope for a picture of Tiger Woods in a threesome (Ambien-fueled, of course) with Nancy and Michelle by Friday?

[Tim P]

Yes, it has been a good week! Thanks for the trenchant recap. Let's hope for more.

I love the look of fear, loathing and panic on the progressive's faces almost as much as their denial and bleating about how the country's becoming ungovernable. Funny how that happens when the tide turns against them.

The only thing that would be even better would be to see the voters turn out the republicans too and elect some one, anyone with a shred of fiscal sanity and ethics. Wait! Now I'm writing like I'm stoned!

[Simon]

I give the week a solid B+.

[Dan from Madison]

I would also like add that Blago's attorneys are making noise that they will subpoena the president if this thing goes to trial. Tee hee!

[ThomasD]

He sold out the grandmother who raised him and his pastor at the drop of a hat.

Inapt examples. He never gave two shits about either. He resents Granny for being a lame bourgeois substitute for the kind of parents he truly deserved, and the Rev. Wright was never anything more than a prop in some street theater designed to gain cred with the little people of Chicago.

[DonnieDarko]

Alan Colmes has a radio show? First I've heard of this.

[Guesst]

God Bless Us, Every One!

[Allen]

You left out Obama's Home Depot bit, which was my favorite bit of pathetic posturing.

"Insulation isn't sexy but I find it exciting." Bwahahahaha! Cash for Caulkers, yeah that's going to turn the economy around, weatherizing. I wonder if anyone has told him that the American people picked up on reducing their energy bills by doing this a long time ago.

Then again, when tire pressures is his idea of energy reform what can we really expect of him?

I honestly never thought any President could be more vapid and pathetic than Jimmy Carter. Showed me.

[Dennis The Peasant]

Allen-

Clearly Bambi is channelling Carter. Remember the whole "Turn the thermostat down to 68 and put on a sweater" thingy Jimmah came up with to defeat the oil embargo?

[DonnieDarko]

Now I see why I've never heard of Alan's radio show, it is only on 3 stations in Texas; Dallas, El Paso and Waco.

Coast-to-Coast with George Noory (a radio show about UFOs, psychics, Black Helicopters, etc.) is on 18 stations.

Even backwater goobers from Vidor Texas think that UFOs are more believable than Alan's mindless rants.

[Allen]

I sure do Dennis. What a call to arms, "shiver in the dark." Clearly, we need a sterner sort of leftist these days. This current crop doesn't seem to have a whole lot of spine. It would seem their forte is in large papier mache heads and bad protest signage.

Pushing legislation is such hard work...

[richard mcenroe]

Oh,and Jimmy Carter's slow kid is running for office.

[Masturbatin' Pete]

Sixth, Roger Simon is still a douche.

[Masturbatin' Pete]

Please tell me that Sullivan criticized Palin's book for being ghost-written. Pleasepleasepleasepleasepleaseplease!!

[Mike C.]

Wander on over the The Royal Chaz Memorial Swamp now and take a look. Praise for O's performance at Hopenhagen, and, as God as my witness, he takes a poke at James Randi. Are you fucking kidding me ?

Of course, Randi did appoint that Kool-Aid drinker Phil Plait to be second-in-command. But Randi's 80, for Christ's sake.

The wheels have all come off this "climate change" cart, and all we're going to see from now on is industrial-grade CYA.