Craig Crawford's Trail Mix

Did he read the quote seriously or was he being goofy? Do you have him so pigeonholed as a comedian that you can not see him as otherwise?

"...who came here because you believe in what this country can be and because you want to help us get there..."

BHO forgot to add..."and because you want to see Beyonce, Bruce and Stevie in concert(and Steve Carell, too!!)...".

Took the words right out of my mouth, Linda.

HBO had a two hour compilation , excellent job. I enjoyed seeing it...I am a fan of U2 and Bruce, but see Beyonce was great, too...god, she's beautiful.
I recall a few years ago that Pete Seeger was in bad shape. He looked great Sunday, RUNNING off the stage, even. It was a good show, but Carell was a surprise!
I thought Mellencamp's "Little Pink Houses" was a poor song-choice...who the hell decided on that one?
This HAD to be the first time a President-elect and his wife both were so hip as to bop their heads in perfect timing with the music, too.

oh...you had to love Bettye LaVette and Jon Bon Jovi singing together...I always loved the Sam Cooke tune they performed:
"I was born by the river
In a little tent
Just like the river I've been runnin' ever since
It's been a long long time comin' but I know
Change gonna come, yes it will
It's been too hard livin' but I'm afraid to die
Cuz I don't know whats up there beyond the sky
It's been a long long time comin' but I know
Change gonna come, yes it will..."

"This HAD to be the first time a President-elect and his wife both were so hip as to bop their heads in perfect timing with the music, too."
--Dexter Johnson

I thought the Obama family looked adorable!! I was only slightly disturbed, when Barack and Michelle rose to their feet, in response to Jamie Foxx shouting, "Chi-town, stand up...". Biden looked mortified.

garth brooks was a surprise... a pleasant surprising surprise. warmed up those poor freezing folks with some very "moving" gospel, all that stomping and waving got the blood circulating. but moving most of all was old song "this land is your land" (could see woody smiling down from heaven on that one). course you can't top that finale of "crown thy good with brotherhood"

more timely phrases to note, considering this mess we're in:

"....Confirm thy soul in self-control,
Thy liberty in law!

.....Till selfish gain no longer stain
The banner of the free!"

Soon the control of the show will be over and the real world will come flooding in.....
Soon we will discover which Barack is showing up.... and what will be show and what will be real....

How to deal with the un planned events that will indeed strike
Which Barack and what capability...
How will the show go on?

I was elated when I saw this headline -- until I found out it wasn't Hannity or O'Reilly:

Fox News Anchor Arrested in Florida

Turns out it was Russell Rhodes, the morning news anchor for Fox 13's Good Day Tampa Bay, arrested for drunk driving.

Ping,

This can help with your evaluation of which Obama shows up.

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/

PolitiFact has compiled about 500 promises that Barack Obama made during the campaign and is tracking their progress on our Obameter. We rate their status as No Action, In the Works or Stalled. Once we find action is completed, we rate them Promise Kept, Compromise or Promise Broken.

Wouldn't know because the concert wasn't televised. On PPV later?

Sooo tired of Spike Lee. Hey, Spike. The Obama girls could also see that anything is possible for them if a woman had been elected. And with the parents they have, I think they would know that they needed to study and be their best even if their parents were just lawyers. And now, only now, can young, black men see that anything is possible? Doctors, lawyers, astronauts. Hello. Just soooo tired of his whining.
What is he gonna whine about after tomorrow?

Bowmanc - very cool......

Thanks.....
Off to work...... A very exciting week!

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/01/18/clinton-thanks-supporters-prepares-for-new-supporting-role/

"Clinton thanks supporters, prepares for new supporting role"

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/19/us/19recruits.html?_r=1

"More Joining American Military as Jobs Dwindle"

http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-01-18/the-coronation-of-king-obama/

"The Coronation of King Obama"
by Katty Kay

"Obama's Presidency is unlikely to produce such fine pickings for the tabloids. Still, there is a more serious problem with treating Barack Obama as an elected monarch; one that affects us journalists, in particular. Put a man on a pedestal and suddenly it's hard for the press to drag him through the political wringer. It happened in 2003 in the run up to the invasion of Iraq and risks happening again."

last paragraph of Wm Faulkner's nobel acceptance speech, Dec. 10, 1950

Until he relearns these things, he will write as though he stood among and watched the end of man. I decline to accept the end of man. It is easy enough to say that man is immortal simply because he will endure: that when the last dingdong of doom has clanged and faded from the last worthless rock hanging tideless in the last red and dying evening, that even then there will still be one more sound: that of his puny inexhaustible voice, still talking. I refuse to accept this. I believe that man will not merely endure: he will prevail. He is immortal, not because he alone among creatures has an inexhaustible voice, but because he has a soul, a spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance. The poet's, the writer's, duty is to write about these things. It is his privilege to help man endure by lifting his heart, by reminding him of the courage and honor and hope and pride and compassion and pity and sacrifice which have been the glory of his past. The poet's voice need not merely be the record of man, it can be one of the props, the pillars to help him endure and prevail.

for entire speech:
http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1949/faulkner-speech.html

Tony, do you have a link for the Kathy Kay article?

there were a series of back and forth articles in Esquire Magazine between Wm Faulkner and Martin Luther King on integration......i think in the fifties......very interesting exchanges between them...........

i'll see if i can find a link.......

Sorry Tony, you did list the link and I guess my morning brain didn't notice

Dorothy Parker:
Her will was plain and simple. With no heirs, she left her literary estate to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. She'd never met the civil rights activist, but always felt strongly for social justice. She named the acerbic author Lillian Hellman as her executor.

Just sent Mrs Clinton a final $100 to help her close-out her campaign account. Also messaged her saying how proud I am of her for her continuing willingness to serve despite the election's outcome.

I guess I'll invite her over for Scrabble, too.

Oh, big news! Winter storm watch for tonight in Columbia, and a 70-% chance of snow for tomorrow. The generator is full of gas and three back-up tanks, as well. The Tracker is gassed and I'll do the Sidekick this morning. Bring it on!

An off-beat inaugural incident--for anyone else who may enjoy ---"Top Chef"

Tom Colicchio---Hero--he used the Heimlich maneuver to save a choking Joan Nathan, another well-known cook/author--at a D.C. party this weekend.

http://internetfoodassociation.wordpress.com/2009/01/19/tom-colicchio-hero/

An off-beat inaugural incident--for anyone else who may enjoy ---"Top Chef"

Tom Colicchio---Hero--he used the Heimlich maneuver to save a choking Joan Nathan, another well-known cook/author--at a D.C. party this weekend.

http://internetfoodassociation.wordpress.com/2009/01/19/tom-colicchio-hero/

Good morning all. Truly enjoyed the concert. Tom Hanks did one of my favorite "patriotic" pieces with his narration of Aaron Copland's "Lincoln Portrait". The orchestra was great.

Bush is reall getting the, "Here's your hat, what's your hurry?" treatment from the newspapers of the world

http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE50I2OV20090119?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews

Flatus,

All your talk of Scrabble - One of the best "play by email" sites is the Pixie Pit

http://www.thepixiepit.co.uk/scrabble/index.htm

It is $12.00 per year, but worth it for the full 200 square boards (Super Scrabble) and the service with full maintenance of the boards, tracking of games, and no junk mail as a result of playing there.

You can play as many people as you want, but each new player needs to subscribe. I play with two people regularly (What do you mean it isn't a blood sport?)

Hello from Harpers Ferry. Just popping in for a quick comment. Yesterday was awesome!!! I hate that word and rarely use it but it fits the bill this time. The concert was outstanding. We had a pretty good place to stand on the opposite end of the reflecting pool from the stage.

The speakers were mostly so-so, how much money did they have to donate to be allowed to speak? The music was fantastic, but the best part was the crowd. It was the bst behaved super large crowd I have ever been in. Everyone was dancing and singing and having a good time. I didn't think it was cold at all. Of ourse, I am coming from sub-zero temperatures, too. I wouldn't have missed this experience for the world.

Now, it is time to be off to my Congressman's office to pick up the swearing in tickets. I will be back later to tell you about the party last night.

Thre Reverend Wright you didn't hear during the campaign spoke at Howard University yesterday.

http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-politics/20090118/Obama.Jeremiah.Wright/

Flatus.....one of these days I fear I shall have to meet with you on the field of Scrabble......you have caused me to revisit my scrabbleous leanings and to recall past victories thereof........

Flatus .... Did you by your loaf of bread and gallon of Milk...
Oh the joy of real snow in the south.....

......you can always tell when a redneck tries to use proper english.............lol

Jeremiah Wright at Howard University
"the murder of civilians in Gaza is a matter that calls our faith into question," and he spoke of "civilian Palestinians who are systematically stamped out by a military machine second to none."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/18/AR2009011802086.html?hpid=topnews

Bowmanc,
Interesting link above

Bowmanc,
Should have read: interesting PolitiFact link above

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/01/overcoming-your-own-hype.html#comment-190746

"...one of the goofiest comedians on the scene today quoting Thomas Jefferson???"

craig, is it being "goofiest" or "comedian" that bothers you? are there not a few of the former among the current folk you cover? and as to the latter, how will you handle a franken given the typical senate floor speech full of rhetorical ruffles and flourishes?

furthermore, i take umbrage at any hint that the quality of jefferson's words would not transcend the poorest delivery, even tho it were by a so-called goof. neither is this desparagement up to your usual standard of graciousness. disrespecting our fellow goofs (gooves?) disrespects us all :)

good morning gang....
didn't watch the concert.... watched the football playoffs.... they both were good competitive games....

Flatus..... LOL!.... we got 11 inches of freshly fallen snow yesterday.... it's so dry and light & fluffy..... Rick is off skiing in it today with his dad.... who, BTW, is a rare member of an elite club... the 80+ ski club.... he's 81 and still skiing.....

sturg.... Faulkner isn an American Treasure....

Zoey.... thanks for posting your experiences at the inaugural ..... enjoy!

The last day of the George W. Bush's term.
I can't believe it's here.

Glory Halliuah !

beyonce was good, but i sure miss ray

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCEOgMAgmv4&feature=related

What have you got against 40 year-old virgins, Craig?

Thought for the day :
" There is as much greatness in acknowledging a good turn, as there is in doing it. "

0570 Mohammed Islamic prophet (Koran)
1809 Edgar Allan Poe Boston, author (Pit & the Pendulum)
1935 Tippi Hedren Minnesota, actress (The Birds, Marnie, Bold & Beautiful)
1936 Ursula Andress Switzerland, actress (She)
1938 Phil Everly Brownie KY, singer (Everly Bros-Wake Up Little Susie)
1943 Janis Joplin Port Arthur TX, blues rock singer (Down on Me)

1886 Aurora Ski Club, 1st in US, founded in Minnesota
1903 1st regular transatlantic radio broadcast between US & England
1903 New bicycle race "Tour de France" announced
1915 Neon Tube sign patented by George Claude
1919 "Tidal wave" of molasses 15 meters high x 25 meters wide kills dozens, Boston
1922 Geological survey says US oil supply would be depleted in 20 years
1955 "The Millionaire" TV program premieres on CBS
1955 1st Presidential news conference filmed for TV (Eisenhower)
1955 "Scrabble" debuts on board game market
1984 California Supreme Court refuses to allow quadriplegic Elizabeth Bouvia to starve herself to death in a public hospital, she appeals and is later granted the right to die
1985 "Born In The USA" by Bruce Springsteen peaked at #9

Former Swedish tennis player Stefan Edberg was born on this day in 1966.

Deep Thought

Obama is unelectable.

--Josh Marshall

thanks for the post Craig- a well needed dose of pepto bismol.

Barack Obama exhorted all Americans to pitch in. "Given the crisis that we're in and the hardships that so many people are going through, we cant allow any idle hands," he said. "Everyone has got to be involved."

Obama Visits Troops At Walter Reed

Off for the day of service
http://www.usaservice.org/page/content/eventsearch

not too late even for those of you on the east coast

NEW THREAD

Huge difference between engaged in government and the Hollywood bs. Go attack Craig, its his post.

Windows worm numbers 'skyrocket'

Anti-virus firm F-Secure estimates there are now 8.9m machines infected

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7832652.stm