Rush does not know his Constitution

Rush gave a very impassioned speech to CPAC about what conservatives believe regarding the Constitution. Unfortunately, he was quoting the Declaration of Independence. Details, smetails...

Live Bloggin' The Bachelor & The most dramatic rose ceremony yet

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One rose, two girls...or is it three? In the "most dramatic rose ceremony yet, the current installment of Mr. Wonderful, Jason Mesnick must choosed between Melissa, Molly or if you believe the BS hype machine that is ABC, the Bachelorette that dumped him, Deanna "Big Ankles" Pappas.






A quick pic of Deanna, in case you forgot her...





Deanna is out. She screwed over Jesse "I'm such a fun, good guy that I snowboard and wear psycho jackets" Csincsak. Sorry, Deanna...it ain't happening.



Really...you and this guy didn't work out huh? Shocker.

The other options are Melissa and Molly. Heads up...there is, according to ABC, the most shocking twist yet, requiring them to shoot the last show with no audience. The latest conspiracy theory is that Jason picks one girl tonight, then backs out and changes tomorrow. Check it, there are two "After the Final Rose" episodes. My prediction, he picks Melissa, then switches to my girl Molly.

Here goes...I can hardly wait.

Melissa's date:

8:00 = In case you've been in a coma or are too cool to admit that a show consisting of 25 single men/women throwing themselves at one particular man/woman is the most "amazing" show ever, then you need to know that this season's Bachelor is a single dad. Therefore the final two contestants are getting the all important "kid date" with Jason and his kid Ty.

8:05 = If quality of jokes are any indicator, Melissa loses hands down. And what the hell is with the lamb? Good thing Von is not a finalist. She would have butchered that thing and had made rare chops, with some fava beans and a nice chianti ala Dr. Lecter...

8:11 = Jason "puts Ty down" (which I am hoping means to sleep and not dead) and Melissa meets Jason's family.

8:15 = Me and my family are really close, except when I ask them to come on national tv and completely exposed themselves to laughter and ridicule. Weird, huh?

8:17 = Not for nothing, but how well did gettin' Deanna's dad's blessing work out last time. Maybe its a tad overrated?

8:19 = "She's got such an affection for kids." She's been around the kid for what, maybe 8 hours tops right now. I'm pretty sure she could be faking it. Just sayin...

8:22 = Von points out that Molly has crazy eyes. Good point. I am reevaluating my pick. On second thought, no I'm not. The Bachelors routinely pick the crazy bitches.



Exhibit #1 in Crazy eyes debate: the Runaway Bride, Jennifer Wilbanks. You telling me her fiance did not think her being batshit crazy was a possibility?





Molly's date:

8:27 = "I can't fall in love with someone unless I see them with Ty." That's a little weird. No pressure, right.

8:29 = Ok... Molly not doing so well with the kid. BTW, step up as a dad there Jason, teach the kid the proper form on frisbee technique.

8:31 = Does Jason have his jeans rolled up or are those capris?

8:39 = What are the "right reasons?"

8:40 = Von once again points out the crazy eyes or a Von says "goldfish eyes." And so the brother lives in the house? Conflict of interest...he's probably got some Penthouse letters scenario playing out. $20 bucks says he votes for my girl Molly. Crazy eyes = weird 3-way with brothers.

8:44 = Polygamy! You don't have to let either one go. If its good enough for Chet from Weird Science, it's good enough for you, Jason.



After being such a shit to Gary and Wyatt, Chet found the LDS and moved to Juniper Creek to serve the prophet, Roman Grant.



8:46 = Von and I just decided that Melissa looks an awful lot like Deanna. Ruh-roh for my Molly prediction. And by the way, who has a door sounding alarm in their house? What is that about? Is Deanna walking in to the Bachelor house of the changing room at JcPenny.

Back to Melissa:

8:54 = Uh...phone call with mom and dad ain't gonna cut it.

8:55 = You don't pick a gal with a Panama City license tag to be your kids new mom.



Here Ty...meet your new mom.



9:00 = Uh...phone call to parents or sexy massage with someone who wants to give you 110%. It's all about Molly.

Molly's Date 2:

9:07 = Bow-chicca-wow-wow...

9:09 = the old hand-made gift idea. Molly has bought a few seasons on DVD folks. She came to WIN

9:11 = I'm thinkin' about the old Oak Ridge Boys song: trying to love to women, is like a ball and chain. Trying to love to women is like a ball and chain. Sometimes the pleasure ain't worth the pain. It's a long, long grind and it tries the mind...

Calling Melissa's parents:

9:17 = Notice the call with the parents was "awesome," not amazing. Not good. BTW, it gave him closure...uh, that's not good. Closure does not sound like he plans on talking to them.

9:19 = Cankles Pappas is back? "If I would have followed my heart and my head?" What did she follow? And Von wants to know if she has earrings any bigger.

9:21 = Eff off, Cankles. I don't want a woman who is wearing the headpiece to the staff of Rah on her ears. I'm looking for a soulmate, honey, not the Well of the Souls.



Dr. Jones uses Deanna Pappas' earring to locate the Ark of the Covenant...

9:24 = Can I just say that was an incredible season long build-up for a quick slap down by Jason. Way to go, J-dawg. Notice how Deanna tried to play that shit off...I followed my heart. Uh, too late, honey...you just said 60 seconds ago that you did not follow either your heart or your head. Loser.

9:31 = "It's surrounded by 170 small diamonds..." You can tell these rings are free with that kind of statement to a single dad.

9:33 = Von and I have decided two things. 1) It's the eyeliner that give Molly her crazy eyes. Lay off of it sister. 2) Jason is a wimp. Stop crying. Man up.

9:34 = How do you know someone makes you a better person when your only exposure to each other has been fantasy-like due the fact that all your interaction has been via a damn tv show.

First up for the rose ceremony, Molly:

9:43 = he cuts Molly loose. "I never want to say goodbye to you." Whatever. Loser. Bad decision. Molly: "I don't understand." Von says she should know why...because she got out the limo first. But if the rumors are true...this means Molly is really the one. BTW, after you dump me on national tv, I ain't holding your hand. And stop crying, dude. You're wearing pants. Act it.

9:59 = Melissa gets the rose. For now...

AFTER THE FINAL ROSE I:

10:04 = Is this real? That beginning seems so contrived it can't be real.

10:07 = Does Jason have hair plugs? I mean, what about his dad, then check out the difference between the outside horseshoe of hair and his hair in the middle.

10:15 = Damn! Kicked to da curb. How uncomfortable would it be to sit next to them on the couch for Chris.

10:19 = You are such a bastard. Oh...this is the best Bachelor ever. She's busting out the third person. "You don't want to fight for Melissa."

10:20 = Eff that, girl. He ain't pay for the ring, you keep that shit.

10:24 = Chris is asking if Jason is sure this is his decision. WTF? Ain't no walking away now. Nice of Chris to step away now so they can have some privacy.

10:30 = There is a fine line between being a sensitve man and a menstruating woman.

10:35 = Molly comes out. You know Chris wants to say, Girl...you ain't gonna believe this shit. Wonder if she still wants him after watching him cry like a little girl.

10:41 = You ever hope he changes his mind? Well...get ready, girl.

10:45 = They reunite. How do you fall to your knees and walk up the stairs? DRAMA QUEEN.

10:49 = Wow. Molly's looks over at Chris are great. She's looking over at him like, "Is he serious?" I mean, its like she's looking over at Chris for a line or something.

10:59 = Told you. Molly is da bomb.



That was the best reality train wreck ever.

Tuesday, March 3 2009. "After the Final Rose II"

10:00 = After the party there's the after party and after the after party there's the after after party and...this is taking place 6 weeks after the carnage we watched last night.

10:06 = Right now they are showing the dumpage of Melissa again. I really loved when she went all 3rd person. "Because you chose Melissa. Now you don't want to fight for Melissa." Good stuff.

10:08 = Last night on Kimmel, he was really raggin on Jason. He asked what he thought would happen now between him and Melissa and if they would invite her to the wedding. He said he thought they would be good friends so yeah and Kimmel just started dying laughing and saying no, no trust me buddy, you and she ain't ever gonna be friends.

10:19 = Blah, blah, blah...It's nice to see Stephanie and her foreheard back. Erica sure seems bitter. And Naomi or as Von says, "Eva Mendes wannabe." This just in...Stephanie is a mommy. Really? I had no idea.

10:24 = I just had video of a commercial for "Castle" on ABC, with auido for that "Ted" show. It was probably the best commercial I've seen in a while.

10:26 = Here's Jason which gives us an excuse to play the video one more time. Roll tape. On Kimmel, Jason said they talked about this several times before that show and that she knew when she walked on stage it was over. If that is the case, she put on a bit of a show.

10:29 = What about all those viewers who are mad? Uh...screw 'em. I'm the one that would have to live with this lady. Can I just say, Andrew Firestone would have never done this. (That one is in honor of my old law school bachelor watching buddy Elise, who used to "swoon" over Andrew).

10:37 = Molly-time!

10:48 = People are being mean to Molly. Back off, people. Forehead Stephanie said it was all good. And she's a mom.

10:49 = Chris: "Where are we in this relationship?" Uh...Chris, you ain't anywhere. Or. is. he? Bow-chica-wow-wow.

10:50 = She's moving to Seattle. Just like Meg Ryan. Awww...

10:52 = Chris gives them the tent. That jokester. He is also giving Jason the knife made of glacial ice that was used to cut Melissa's heart out.

10:54 = America, your next Bachelorette: Jillian. Somewhere, Melissa's heart just died a little more.

10:57 = Rumor has it Stephanie was in the running, but with this depression on, ABC could not afford the constant botox injections required for her forehead. I think they should have signed her up, then rented that space as a billboard during the show.

That was quick...Michael Steel Pwned!

See...what had happened was...

Holy crap...Steele couldn't even go a whole day before groveling to to the EIB studio to kiss the ring. I think we have definitively answered the question of who runs the Republican party. As Begala said, "the party of Lincoln is now the party of Limbaugh."

What a punk. It took him less than 3 hours to go on his hands and knees and beg for forgiveness. Seriously, is there any doubt now who runs that party?

As Josh Marshall says, "Rush awards himself sole custody of Steele's testicles."

Turning on their own

Ruh-roh! Looks like it is Michael Steele against Rush Limbaugh in an all-out cage match to decide who's top dog of the Republican party. Here's a full transcript of Rush's return salvo for Steele calling him "incendiary" and "ugly."

Anyone want to take bets on how long before Steele is crawling over to the EIB studio to kiss the ring?

As TPM points out, great work by the Dems on egging this fight on.

Sadly...there will be no more "rest of the story."

I completely missed the passing of Paul Harvey this weekend. Growing up, I remember two indelible radio programs: Leonard's Losers and "The Rest of the Story." Now they are both no longer on the air.

RIP, Mr. Harvey.

2009 CPAC Results: Republicans...here is your "new direction."

So, the 2009 CPAC meeting is over. This was an important meeting for conservatives. They just got their teeth kicked in via the November elections and the latest NY Times/CBS poll shows President Obama with a job approval rating at 63%.

6 in 10 Republicans said they thought the President was trying to work with the Republicans, while only 3 in 10 Republicans thought the Republicans were trying to work with the President.

63% of poll respondents said Republicans opposed the legislation for political reasons, not policy ones. 79% said Republicans should now be working in a bipartisan manner rather than holding fast with their policies. 56% of those surveyed said Mr. Obama’s priority should be following the policies he proposed during the campaign last year, rather than working with Republicans. In case you miss the significance of this, that means almost 80% think the Republicans policies are crap tha won't get us out of the fix we're in and they think the GOP needs to get with the President's program.

So facing a popular president and a skeptical public, Republicans have quite the hole to climb out of. So who does it look like they are turning to for that climb?

How about Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich. Romney, for the 3rd time in 3 years, won the Presidential straw poll. Good luck, Mitt.

Newt was the man who rolled out the Republicans' bold new visionary plan: "American Solutions Winning the Future." I'll save you some time, its nothing but tax cuts, a drill-baby-drill energy proposal and kill-the-unions "workers' rights" program. If this sounds like a blast from the past, uh...it is.

Congrats on the bold, new vision, guys. Way to go. On behalf of all liberals, thank you.

Thai House & Sushi Bar #2 Blessing and Grand Opening

Florence has a new Thai restaurant: Thai House & Sushi #2. It's located on the corner of Dargan and Cheves Street, in the old Cornerstone Cafe building. Today, the owners, Lom and Amy, had a blessing ceremony for the restaurant to which they invited family and friends. The owners happen to be close friends with Von's family, so we went with the Mayor, First Lady and John Wukela.


I can't really do a proper review, as it was the kind of meal where they just served us a whole bunch of stuff. Just as when I eat at my future in-laws, I had no idea what I was eating most of the time, I just know it tastes good. We did get to sample some sushi rolls and they were not bad.













If you want some traditional Thai, this is the place. There are also some Lao items on the menu, like Laab and the Papaya Salad. Needless to say, Von is pumped and you will be seeing us at this restaurant a good deal. I'm excited that some family and friends of Von are now here. It will be like a little bit of home for the old lady, which is nice.


It was pretty cool to get to see the monk blessing and chants. Here are some of the monks:







Don't ask me why the one monk is in a bright orange robe as opposed to the others. I asked Von and after trying to fake an answer for 45 seconds, she gave up and said she had no idea. She says it does not matter. I call BS on that.

Thai House and Sushi Bar #2 is open Monday thru Saturday at 11am. Check. It. Out.