Snort Bites – January 2013
OUTGOING
SECRETARY OF STATE HILLARY CLINTON TESTIFIES IN CONGRESSIONAL HEARING
INVESTIGATING THE BENGHAZI EMBASSY ATTACK
The
Congressional Committee Comprised of Old Men Who Think They Know Everything
About Everything More Than Anyone Else (trust me there probably really is a
Congressional committee with this title) listened to Secretary of State Hillary
Clinton accept full responsibility for the Benghazi attack. Many committee members voiced their deep
respect for Clinton’s many years of public service (from First Lady to Senate
to cabinet position) and acknowledged that she is widely respected around the
word. Then everyone revealed the knives
they were concealing behind their backs and chucked them at the person they
just completed praising to the high heavens.
Just another
day inside the Beltway, America!
Foremost
among Clinton’s praisers/backstabbers was Senator John McCain (who was having
a busy week; see below), who stated that he found her response
“unsatisfactory”. WTF?!? The woman accepted full responsibility for
what happened on 9/11/12 when four Americans were killed! What more do you want?
I’m guessing
that when McCain really said Clinton’s remarks were not satisfactory, he really
wanted to say, “Hillary, don’t be a martyr. It’s not you we want! We want
Obama! Sure he gave you the consolation prize of a cabinet position when he
beat you in the 2008 primaries, but you don’t owe him anything! Tell us he was an incompetent leader who
failed you and his country! Give us
something so we can deliver his head on a platter to the American people!”
However,
Clinton took the high road, proving once
again why she deserves more respect than most people in this country have
accorded her since the 1990s. She may
be leaving the President’s cabinet, but it’s no secret: she
will be back!
Meanwhile,
on another part of Capitol Hill….
GEORGIA
SENATOR SAXBY CHAMBLISS DECIDES NOT TO RUN FOR RE-ELECTION IN 2014
The two term
Senator cited his disgust with Congressional partisanship as his reason for
retiring. Really, Senator? I’m sure you had nothing to do with setting
this partisan tone when, in running against the incumbent Max Cleland 12 years
ago, you equated your opponent with being no better than America’s then
enemies: Saddam Hussein and Osama bin-Laden. This is the same Max Cleland who sacrificed three (out of four) limbs in
service to his country in Vietnam. Even
the aforementioned John McCain expressed disgust at your campaign tactics, and
that’s saying something!
In light of
those campaign tactics, and in light of your unmemorable Senate tenure in the
interim, we can only say that your two terms in Congress was two terms too
long. Godspeed, Mr. Chambliss, godspeed!
Meanwhile,
on another part of Capitol Hill….
SENATORS
ANNOUNCE BIPARTISAN SUPPORT OF IMMIGRATION REFORM
Really? My, this was sudden! Wherever did this issue suddenly crop
up? It’s not like it’s something that’s
been debated, put on the back burner, canned and kicked down the road for the
last…oh, let me see, 12-20 years!
Senator John
McCain was featured prominently in the announcement that a proposal had been
agreed to. This latest proposal allows illegal immigrants a path to citizenship,
which McCain has not always been in favor. When he was up for re-election, he came out in favor of
strengthening the border patrols and expanding the fence between the US and
Mexico. So why the sudden change of
heart?
As McCain
explained it, his party is losing the Hispanic vote, and Republicans need to
make themselves more attractive to this growing demographic. Gee, I would have thought that illegal
immigrants should be given a path to citizenship because the immigrants are
good workers who contribute a lot to our country in our quest to be
competitive in the global markets. I
guess helping out people for a wrong reason is better than not helping them at
all.
PHILADELPHIA
MOURNS THE PASSING OF THEIR FAVORITE CHILDHOOD TELEVISION HOST, SALLY STARR
Our Gal Sal
passed away early on the morning of January 27. Anyone who grew up in Philly in the 1960s tuned into Starr after school
or later, before we went to school. She
introduced us to a cartoon sailor with a jones for spinach. Then she would play comedy shorts starring
three “gentlemen” (Who came in?) that continue to entertain the masses to this
day: The Three Stooges.
Starr’s
program was cancelled some 40 years ago, but her fans grew up and always
remembered her with fondness. In the
intervening years, she would make personal appearances, and, until two years
ago, hosted a weekly country music radio program from her home in southern New
Jersey. I got the chance to see her at a
Stooges convention two years ago in Ft. Washington, Pennsylvania. She was feeble then, and hard of hearing, but
God love her, she was still willing to overcome all that to see her fans, the
children she adored all those years ago.
Those
children are now middle aged and some are even preparing to retire. We grew older and the times changed. So now she is gone, and another
slice of our childhood innocence is gone with her. Still, we have those memories of sitting in
front of our televisions, perhaps sitting too close, and hanging on every word
she said. May God bless you, Sally,
wherever you are today.
(Thank you
for reading! “Love, luck and lollipops”
to everyone who watched Our Gal Sal!)