Lots of shit happens every week, but this week was particularly packed:
National: Some crazy dude at Virginia Tech shot up the school. He killed 32 people before he killed himself. The media has been going ape-shit! It's gotta be the best thing that's ever happened to Don Imus. By the time NBC, got a "multi-media" suicide note delivered on Wednesday, the journalistic orgy of the mass-murder reached a climax. The week before, you couldn't turn on the TV without hearing Imus' pitiful back-peddling, last week while the American media fought for blood-stained live footage, I bet Don Imus was quietly negotiating his next job.
Political: Anyone who wasn't watching 36 hours a day of V. Tech live post-massacre coverage might have caught the nasally snivelling of Alberto Gonzalez. The Attorney General was called before the senate and sworn in by a bi-partisan panel who wanted to know why so many Federal attorneys were fired and if they were fired for their job performance or because they did not put the success and sustainability of the republican party over the success and sustainability of the republic. He denied any illegal maneuvering. He contradicted himself with surprising redundance and regularity. Several Blues and Reds called for his resignation. Dubya said: "You're doing a heck of a job
Judicial: On Wednesday, the states were given permission by the supreme court to tighten abortion laws throughout the land. The ruling was 5 to 4 that a woman's right to chose may become a thing of the past and I'm sure Sandra Day O'Connor must have had to throw back a good stiff drink to get to sleep that night. The feminist outrage I'm experiencing is dampened by a thinly-veiled contempt for the women that helped make "moral values" the only thing that mattered in the 2004 election. In two generations, when your daughters are dying from infections caused by unsafe, illegal abortions, I'm sure it will somehow be my fault for wanting to get legally married. I apologize in advance to my future off-sping and their peeps for not storming and stomping with more fury to prevent Samuel Alito's ascension, but at least when I let this happen without chaining myself to the columns of the supreme court building, I did it from a fair-minded suburb in a progressive state. If I planned to raise you on the great plains, 2000 miles from the closest over-the-counter sale of Plan B, I would have put up a bigger fight.
Sports: Our beloved Bosox beat the Yankees Friday, Saturday, and Sunday night (coming from behind 2 out of three). This is like every season on record so far... but it's a long way to October.
The Weather: Last week's weather was like the alpha and the omega. Early in the week, a nor'easter crashed the east coast dumping many inches of snow or rain. It was cold and wet, flooded and miserable for most of the week. But by this past weekend, it was summery and wonderful. It is 80 degrees and sunny right now. I fully expect a hail storm in the next few days.
Health status: I was sick, coughing, aching, stuffy head and (because I was pregnant) no NyQuil to help me rest. Katy has been shining with health and patience for her sickie spouse all week.
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