And what did the morning shows call her? “Brave, courageous Brangelina?” How brave is it to whip out a checkbook & write one for tens of thousands to cover a procedure not available to to the great majority of women in the country that have insurance that doesn’t cover the tests! I’ll bet it’s OK for her to shop at “Abercrumby & Filtch”!

The IRS going after Tea Party orgs: Good for them….keep ‘em in line. Our Speaker of the House….John….says someone should do real time for that! Well….since he thinks the GOP runs everything anyway….let’s start with them! I’d like to sit on that jury….I could use the sleep!

John Dean, former white house counsel has written about GOP obstructionism and how it can be ended:

“Republican obstructionism is once again controlling Washington. The GOP refuses to negotiate ­other than on their own terms ­regarding the “sequester crisis” with its thoughtless spending cuts, which have been imposed on the nation notwithstanding what will likely be a disastrous impact on our economy, if not a danger to our national security….

“President Obama was overwhelmingly reelected and campaigned on adopting a balanced revenue-raising and spending-cut approach to our fiscal problems, given our recovering economy after Bush II’s tax cuts and his unfunded and unnecessary wars. Yet the GOP Congressional minority has refused to allow the President to implement the policies on which he was elected, and which are much needed to get Americans working again….

“Those of us who live in California have seen the Republicans play this game at the state level, year after year, because California required a two-thirds majority to enact a simple budget, which enabled the GOP to obstruct the Democratic majority in running the state. Republicans’ refusal to pass budgets almost destroyed the California state government, at one point even preventing the state from issuing checks and requiring that temporary IOU vouchers be substituted to pay state employees and contractors.

“Now, the Republican Party is over in California. Before Republicans do more similar damage to the nation, others should study the California example….

“..ending GOP obstruction in California was a five-point process: (1) Mass organizing effort to expand the electorate; (2) Ending the super-majority procedural rules of the Assembly; (3) Making voting easier via online registration and voting by mail; (4) ending gerrymandering; and (5) clearly identifying the problem: GOP obstructionism….

“Today, there are no statewide Republican officials in California. Democrats control both houses of the California Assembly, as well as the governorship. California now has an opportunity to show how the Democratic Party, supported by labor and progressive independents, can govern. The GOP is now irrelevant in California….

“…California has long been considered a political trend-setting state, regardless of whether the state has had a Republican or Democratic as governor at a given time. Hopefully, its success in dealing with Republican obstructionism can serve as a model for the nation, and maybe even set a trend. While California has not solved all its problems ­no government ever can­ at least it has eliminated one, and it is the same problem that Republicans in Washington are now imposing on every American.

“Radical crackpots ­(yes,those are the correct words­) control today’s Republican Party. They want to destroy government, not govern.
Karl Rove recently journeyed to California to lecture the Republicans on how to rebuild. Probably the most important advice he gave them: “Get off your ass.” They will; they always do. So Democrats must do the same, and end GOP obstructionism before the GOP ruins the country with their misguided­, indeed, crazed ­ideology. California has shown how to do it, and why.

John W. Dean, a Justia columnist, is a former counsel to the president.

http://verdict.justia.com/2013/03/08/end-republican-party-obstructionism

That is why I practice polygamy, stone to death unruly offspring and insist my wife be obedient to me.

In the mid 50′s….when I was 12 or 13 I used to love Portland Wrestling! Tough Tony Borne, The South Sea Islander Jimmy Snuka, etc. Gramma loved them too. So I would go to her house after school on Fridays, we’d go to wrestling that night, and several of the wrestlers would come over late that night & bring a bunch of wine & party with Gramma & Poppy, who just got off work as a bus driver. The Priests would come over after last mass Saturday morning & finish all the leftover wine. One bottle or 6….they would finish it all! Anyway….I ramble. That was my first memories of the Catholics.

As for me…I plan to go kicking & screaming the whole way. But if I do keel over….I want to be sure they will at least beat on my chest for a while!