cleek - April 14, 2009 | 6:19 pm · Link

beef rib roast, med-rare, 1" thick: is it the best food ever ?

Zifnab - April 14, 2009 | 6:21 pm · Link

King rack of lamb, garnished with the tears of my enemies.

Blue Raven - April 14, 2009 | 6:28 pm · Link

Cookbook? Cookbook? But citizen, you don’t understand. In the FEMA camps, you eat what you’re given by a state bent on twisting you to their way of seeing things.

Of course, if you’re planning the kitchen’s cookbook, 101 Ways to Prepare Tofu is a must-have.

Polish the Guillotines - April 14, 2009 | 6:32 pm · Link

Sad day for the Guillotine household. We had to put down our oldest cat, Abby. She was a beautiful black Persian who lived an astonishingly long life for a purebred—18 years. Fortunately, my wife found a great mobile vet so Abby could remain at home to the very end.

Abby was one of the sweetest cats I’ve ever known, and the fact that she took to me immediately probably sealed the deal for the missus back when we were dating.

We’ll all miss her, but we’re also relieved that she had a peaceful exit after a very long, happy life.

R.I.P. Abby.

Media Browski - April 14, 2009 | 6:42 pm · Link

I believe that Brick Oven Bill’s bet about Obama’s Gallup polling comes due tomorrow. Unless he has an overnight 12 point drop, BOB owes somebody something . . .

http://www.gallup.com/poll/113.....roval.aspx

Regards,
MB

smiley - April 14, 2009 | 6:57 pm · Link

R.I.P. Abby.

I think most of us here are with you. @Polish the Guillotines:

R.I.P. Abby.

I know, condolences to you and your family.

Cat hair everywhere - April 14, 2009 | 7:01 pm · Link

I have been a daily reader for several months, (love this blog) and finally had to comment on the teabagging silliness. I live in a very, conservative area (I still see W stickers on peoples’ cars) and I am just sick to death of these morans. If anyone feels up to some teabagging-related mischief, the folks at Wonkette are having fun. I was laughing so hard at the comments, I started wheezing.
http://wonkette.com/407784/loo.....or-hijinks

Dennis-SGMM - April 14, 2009 | 7:03 pm · Link

@Polish the Guillotines:
My condolences on losing Abby. When we lose a pet we lose a little bit of our song.

Laura W - April 14, 2009 | 7:08 pm · Link

Apropos of nothing but Open Thread petty drivel, this is the second time I’ve seen Candy Crowley on Dobbs this week and wanted to shout: "Lookin’ Good!" Maybe she’s taking better care of herself now that the campaign’s over and losing some weight, but whatever…she looks a lot better lately and I wanted to give her props for whatever she’s doing. (Word has it she lurks here.)
Kangoo Jumps, Candy?

WereBear - April 14, 2009 | 7:11 pm · Link

@Polish the Guillotines:

Sorry about Abby. But having lived a long life full of love, and leaving in as gentle a way as possible…

we should all be so fortunate.

Elie - April 14, 2009 | 7:18 pm · Link

Polish the Guillotines:

My best to you and your family and here’s to celebrating Abby’s life

My old guy, Bill is 17 and hanging in there—but you never know. I just love him up and hold him and give him more or less what he wants. He still has some spunk and gallops around once in a while with my other cat, Buddy.

Its always good to have shared love. After my father passed, I realize how eternal love and soul are and how little it matters how long ago the love one was in this material existence. In the universe, all time collapses into an infinity that combines past and present—you never lose that

Dave_Violence - April 14, 2009 | 7:19 pm · Link

Beef Encilada MRE - it’s one of the good ones.

Elie - April 14, 2009 | 7:33 pm · Link

I’ve been reading "The Great Deluge" by Douglas Brinkley about Katrina and the Gulf coast.

There was so much f——-d up decision making and lack of responsibility. So many suffered—some unavoidable but so much was the result of poor and indifferent governance from every level of government. The poor,of course, suffered the most, but everyone suffered from the lost of faith in our system and it definitely made many of us curl our lips in contempt and shame for our country.

What makes me just shake my head in disbelief however, is the knowledge that after such a monumental failure of leadership, Louisiana takes some sort of award for rewarding the failed leadership at the local (Nagin was re-elected), State (though they kicked out Blanco, they have Bobby Jindal – hardly an example of someone who could step it up to take care of things since he doesnt believe in government. At the national level, Louisiana went red—almost rewarding the party that gave them Bush and his great handling of that disaster.

I am sorry, I have a very hard time trying to understand such complete inability to tie consequences with actions and I have to say, as much as I love New Orleans, Louisiana dropped a bit in my esteem. How could such devastating failure be ignored? Don’t get it. Sick

gwangung - April 14, 2009 | 7:41 pm · Link

I am sorry, I have a very hard time trying to understand such complete inability to tie consequences with actions and I have to say, as much as I love New Orleans, Louisiana dropped a bit in my esteem. How could such devastating failure be ignored? Don’t get it. Sick

Hm. Wouldn’t a lot of the folks who bore the brunt no longer live in New Orleans?

MikeJ - April 14, 2009 | 7:58 pm · Link

my vet told me i would see my cat again in heaven. i wanted to throttle her.

My cat’s a hindu, you you insensitive clod!

Svensker - April 14, 2009 | 8:02 pm · Link

Since FEMA Camp is obviously leftie re-education, ya gotta start with organic yoghurt smoothies and free trade coffee in the morning. For lunch, arugula salad with first press French olive oil and warm California goat cheese. Dinner? Hmmm, don’t want them to be enjoying themselves, too much, so maybe juiced arugula with organic chiogga beets.

No dessert.

joes527 - April 14, 2009 | 8:06 pm · Link

Evidently, Glen Beck has doubled down on crazy.

It is looking like "Glen Beck has doubled down on crazy" is going to be the most overused phrase of the year.

Litlebritdifrnt - April 14, 2009 | 8:08 pm · Link

@Polish the Guillotines:

My deepest sympathies. But as you said, she had a long and happy life, and left this world safe and at home. hugs

Fencedude - April 14, 2009 | 8:12 pm · Link

@joes527:

Oh thats just lovely.

demkat620 - April 14, 2009 | 8:17 pm · Link

Richard Wolffe discussing teabagging with KO.
Oh my.
@Polish the Guillotines:
Bless you and Mrs. Guillotines. These are the hardest of days and the hardest decisions. R.I.P. Abbey.

Litlebritdifrnt - April 14, 2009 | 8:18 pm · Link

Are there any history buffs on here, specifically English execution history? If so I have a question re: HBO "The Tudors" Ta very much.

omen - April 14, 2009 | 8:29 pm · Link

@Elie:

i don’t know why mayor nagin keeps getting cut slack.

HyperIon - April 14, 2009 | 8:33 pm · Link

@Polish the Guillotines:

a great mobile vet so Abby could remain at home to the very end

this is an excellent idea.
i called a mobile vet for my aging cat a couple of years ago.
it was a bit pricey though. maybe $150.
of course, i don’t know what the cost of this service is when done in the office.

HyperIon - April 14, 2009 | 8:36 pm · Link

@Litlebritdifrnt:

re: HBO "The Tudors" Ta very much

i was reading the wiki article yesterday.
it’s pretty informative.

Ash Can - April 14, 2009 | 8:42 pm · Link

@Polish the Guillotines: Abby sounds like a wonderful cat. My deepest sympathies.

@Cat hair everywhere: Holy moly, that’s a RIOT! Thanks for the link! I hope the hooligans here at BJ follow that link to Wonkette and on to the RNC; there’s some serious talent here and it can be put to good use with this silly little widget.

Mischief, anyone? ;)

Litlebritdifrnt - April 14, 2009 | 9:24 pm · Link

@HyperIon:

Thanks but it didn’t help. Here is the deal, my boss was watching yesterday and it is the episode where some Yorkshire guy (Carpenter?) was executed by means of having a red hot poker stuck up his rear end. He thought this was bogus because like I he believed that the standard execution for a traitor was to be hung, drawn, and quartered. He had never heard of this execution before. I HAD heard of it, but I had always thought that it was the execution method for homosexuals, other than that, I did not think that it would be used on a prominent member of the English aristocracy at that time. I have been searching all night and cannot find any evidence that this was the case. I am assuming at this point that the writers just made it up. (as they did with many other aspects of the series).

asiangrrlMN - April 14, 2009 | 10:00 pm · Link

@Polish the Guillotines: I am so sorry to hear about your dear Abby. I have a fondness for all things feline, especially black cats, and I am sending vibes your way.

Run swiftly to the other side, Abby.

Robertdsc-iphone - April 14, 2009 | 10:13 pm · Link

I gotta say it. The President, in his econ speech today, says that the people who are responsible for the financial meltdown will be held to account. Really, Mr. President, who I respect so much? Then I hope the first thing you do when you get back to the White House is tell Larry Summers to GTFO posthaste. He, along with Phil Gramm, is responsible for setting the table that Wall Street fed on until they burst.

Tim Geithner can’t be dismissed, but Summers sure can.

AnneLaurie - April 14, 2009 | 10:36 pm · Link

I am sorry, I have a very hard time trying to understand such complete inability to tie consequences with actions and I have to say, as much as I love New Orleans, Louisiana dropped a bit in my esteem. How could such devastating failure be ignored? Don’t get it. Sick

One very wise person said you have to think of Louisiana voters as abuse victims—they’ve been immersed in the Crazy for so long that they’ve come to believe it’s normal.

Elie - April 14, 2009 | 10:43 pm · Link

#46 omen—
That number (the number of people who died with Katrina) was never published and never given. I am still reading Brinkley and I hope he gives it (with the appropriate qualifiers) but I am going to be a major bitch on email if he doesnt.

We NEVER mourned that number—whatever it was/is. At least 3,000 by some counts – Dead. From.a.major.American.city. Never had public expression of sorrow. Never had the jazz funeral. We just went on like nothing happened. Nothing.

The ancient Greek Gods, will curse this and us until we make this right. Unburied, unacknowledged—read the Greek tragedies—- hell to pay…

omen - April 14, 2009 | 11:21 pm · Link

@Elie:

the guy is an opportunistic turncoat. never trust a pol who changes party before running for office. the oldest black newspaper in the city opposed his re-election and warned people not to trust nagin simply because he’s black.

iluvsummr - April 14, 2009 | 11:34 pm · Link

@Brachiator:

And then there’s "Heck-of-a-job" Brownies. Hmmm. Delicious.

LOL!

Elie - April 15, 2009 | 12:28 am · Link

1. 61 and 62—
   omen—
   coming to terms—that is what has not happened for New Orleans or the rest of our country—- though I feel for the rest of the country, we are at least starting..our organs of empathy and mercy are shaky and feeble from lack of use, but we try to wobble forward

We are so uncomfortable with what it means to reconcile the difference between empire and supplicant…between looking forward with hope and taking care, honoring the dead.

Though Nagin has escaped the immediate period—I would not rest easy if I were him and had read any of history or was acquainted with opera and literature. Last acts in opera are notorious for great drama, catastrophic collapse and memorable, scenes of suicide and murder..

Our challenge is understand who we are a little better, comfort each other and wait for the judgement of history.

J. Michael Neal - April 15, 2009 | 1:09 am · Link

Condolences on Abby.

My old guy, Bill is 17 and hanging in there—but you never know. I just love him up and hold him and give him more or less what he wants. He still has some spunk and gallops around once in a while with my other cat, Buddy.

My oldest is 15, and I’m dreading it. At this point, though, she has more energy than any of the rest of them. She is the most enthusiastic chaser of the laser pointer dot. She keeps getting scrawnier and scrawnier, but there’s no sign that it has anything to do with health. She’s just always been tiny.

Maybe she’s using Eddie as her picture, like Dorian Gray.