The Rivett Report 02.05.07

Posted by Joe Rivett on 02.05.2007

Senator Obama shows judgement, Bush sings Kumbaya with the Dems, and February is Black History Month...

Welcome Ladies and Gents to another awesome edition of the Rivett Report.

February is Black History Month

Joe Rivett presents black people of genius

(Black people of genius)

Today we salute you Edward W. Brooke.

(Mr. Edward W. Brooke)

You ran for the House and lost
You ran for secretary of state and lost

But unlike the Buffalo Bills, you won the big one.

(No, not the Super Bowl)

You became the first black senator post reconstruction

(Free at last)

You were known as a Liberal Republican

(Or a RINO for short)

You spent your time giving Nixon hell on his judicial nominees

(Fuck the Southern strategy)

After losing your seat, you took on quite a checklist

You took on urban housing, check
The world policy council, check
Defeated breast cancer, checkmate.

(Lay off the funbags)

So crack open a nice Bud Light for all your hard work Senator Brooke, after all you did receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom and that is why today we name you a real black person of genius

(Senator Edward W Brooke)

Bush Joins the Democratic Retreat

For the first time since 2001: Bush joined many Democrats at their yearly retreat. Now that the campaign is over he had this to say: "These are tough times, but there's no doubt in my mind that you want to secure this homeland as much as I do." Apparently, after the election Bush does not want to call the Democrats as the Party of defeat. Here is some more from the retreat taken from CNN:

"I listened to many members here, I listened to members of my own party, I listened to the military and came up with a plan that I genuinely believe has the best of succeeding," the president said.

He received applause for repeating his insistence that Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's government in Baghdad must show tangible improvement on the political front.

"I do know we agree on some things and that is that the Maliki government is going to have to show strong leadership," Bush said. "There's benchmarks that they have got to achieve."

Iraq was hardly the only topic on which Bush sought to win over a crowd of skeptics with flattery and acknowledgments of differences of opinion. With Democrats now in charge in the House and Senate, he had little choice.

Among the "big things" he singled out as prospects for bipartisan cooperation were balancing the budget, tackling budget-busting entitlements, immigration overhaul, health care, education and alternative energy production. He also frequently complimented the Democrats for their out-of-the-gate accomplishments since the session began in early January.

"I look forward to working with you," he said. "I know you've probably heard that and doubt whether it's true. It's true."

Already, Bush has granted several of the new majority's demands. He has acknowledged making mistakes in Iraq, fired Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and surrendered the fight for John Bolton to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.

Reflecting the target set by Democrats, Bush has promised a plan to balance the budget by 2012 after presiding over record deficits and tax cuts. Also, the president tentatively has agreed to increasing the federal minimum wage. The House and Senate have passed competing versions of this legislation.

All I have to say to Mr. Bush is that actions speak louder than words. Do something!

Hey Kid! Ever Drink Urine for Weed

No, you probably wouldn't for weed. On the other hand, you might consider it for Meth. From Fox News:

Police in New Mexico recently discovered meth users running "urine extraction" labs, reported Minnesota's news station WCCO.

The first indication of the new trend came when deputies opened up a smelly rented storage locker where they found 50 1-gallon jugs of urine. Police told the owners to throw away the contents, which made them physically ill.

A week later, Narcotics Sgt. Becky Howell received the report on the incident.

"I said, 'Oh my gosh, this is a meth lab. This is a urine extraction lab,'" Howell told WCCO.

It's the newest way to access meth. Some users drink the meth-tainted urine to get high while others use the cooking process to filter the drug back out.

"I'm not 100 percent sure what this guy was doing," Howell said. "Five years ago, I probably would have been surprised at that. But now, knowing and understanding methamphetamine and an addict's addiction to it, it doesn't surprise me."

Sunday Show Talk

I was watching Meet the Press and Tim Russert pointed out this comment by Senator Obama:

MR. RUSSERT: Another opponent in the Democratic race for the presidency is Barack Obama of Illinois. In October of 2002, he was a state senator in the Illinois legislature. He came out against the war, and I want to share his words with you and our viewers. " I know that Saddam poses no imminent and direct threat to the United States, or to his neighbors, that the Iraqi economy is in shambles, that the Iraqi military is a fraction of its former strength, and that in concert with the international community he can be contained until, in the way of all petty dictators, he falls away into the dustbin of history. "I know that even a successful war against Iraq will require a U.S. occupation of undetermined length, at undetermined cost, with undetermined consequences. I know that an invasion of Iraq without a clear rationale and without strong international support will only fan the flames of the Middle East, and encourage the worst, rather than best, impulses of the Arab world, and strengthen the recruitment arm of al-Qaeda. I am not opposed to all wars. I'm opposed to dumb wars." His judgment was on the money.

(This is Joe talking) Although Senator Obama may be inexperienced, he appears to have a brain that functions so maybe all this talk about experience is bullshit when what is important is competence.

A Good Column To Read

Speaking of Senator Obama, this week I enjoyed the column written by Dan Labbe. I don't mind that Rush Limbaugh picks on his name but referring to him as a HALFrican American is inappropriate. And rarely does anything offend me.

Preview of the Greatest Column Ever

Hey, if Jeff Jarrett can claim to be the greatest Intercontinental Champ ever than I can do the same with my column. This week I will be posting the many emails sent to me and commenting on them. You may call me a slacker for doing that, but I think what I received is interesting and sometimes what my readers have to say can be better than what I say.

Bye!