Rush Limbaugh has lacatation envy

Discussing Rep. Nancy Pelosi's (D-CA) speech following her election as the country's first female speaker of the House, nationally syndicated radio host Rush Limbaugh noted on the January 5 broadcast of his show that Rep. Heath Shuler (D-NC) said that, in Linbaugh's words, "his 2-year-old daughter ... is inspired by Nancy Pelosi's ascension to the speakership." Limbaugh then commented, "His 2-year-old can't possibly know who Pelosi is other than as a cartoon figure on television. Maybe Pelosi breastfed him, I don't know, when the kid was pregnant. Who knows? She's capable of doing everything else." Limbaugh later added: "[L]ook at Ms. Pelosi. Why, she can multitask. She can breastfeed, she can clip her toenails, she can direct the House, all while the kids are sitting on her lap at the same time."

The above is noted by Media Matters in "Limbaugh on Pelosi: 'Why, she can multitask. She can breastfeed, she can clip her toenails, she can direct the House'" (that's an excerpt, there's more at the link including audio).

Our opinion? Give Rush Limbaugh a break. His breasts are so huge due to his enormous girth and yet, no matter how he might play with them, they produce no milk. He's probably got a bad case of lactation envy. As for the toenails remark, does Media Matters realize how long it's been since Rush Limbaugh saw his feet? For all he knows, they don't exist under his giant belly. And the belly could explain his jealousy over the fact that Nancy Pelosi has a lap while he has none.

It's hard to be a (hopefully) recovering drug addict. And having those big, saggy boobies and not being able to get them to lactate is obviously one of Rush Limbaugh's greatest frustrations. Feel for him. (But don't feel him up, he'd probably enjoy that.)

The Nation's sense of perspective

Sunday December 31st, the 3,000 mark for US troops killed in Iraq in the illegal war was reached. You might think that would register with independent media. It didn't.

At The Nation website, where they have a real time blog, The Notion, as well as "online exclusives" and a blog by the editor/publisher (Katrina vanden Heuvel), no point in looking for anything Sunday night or Monday, for that matter. Ruth, addressing this silence, wrote last Monday:

A perfect example would be the passing of the 3,000 mark in US military deaths in Iraq yesterday. Check The Nation's website currently and you will find nothing on it. Did everyone get so intoxicated on New Year's Eve that no one could post today? Better question, why is there nothing noting the impending marker? It is not as though, on Sunday, 100 US troops died or were announced dead. The 3,000 mark did not come out of thin air. It is now one day since the milestone. If and when The Nation chooses to tell readers about it, it will be even more distanced.

Apparently they were that intoxicated or else just didn't consider it news. Mike noted that on Tuesday (6:20 p.m. EST), it was kind-of, sort-of, finally 'covered'. In a post of 35 lines about gays and lesbians serving in the military, Richard Kim managed to note, as an aside: "Though the US death toll in Iraq just hit 3,000, President Bush remains adamant about sending a "surge" of up to 40,000 new troops to the region." That is The Nation's coverage of the 3,000 milestone in full.

Pat Roberston goes into crackpot mode again (if he ever leaves) and The Nation's in rapid response mode. The 3,000 mark is reached and there is only silence followed by a mention in one sentence? We don't think that cuts it. And for those thinking, "Okay, they're staying silent because they're planning a fiery editorial on the subject" -- well think again. (The topic is "The Democrat's First Big Test" -- more and more of The Elector every issue.)

Is a milestone a "milestone" if it goes unnoted? Or is it that the left magazine with the largest circulation continues to disappoint with their superficial shout-outs that pass for coverage of the Iraq war?

3,000 dead. And it's worth one line of text to The Nation, two days after the fact. You make the call.

For those having any troubling figuring it out, The New York Times not only did a story on Monday, January 1st, they ran it on the front page, and they made it the center headline of the upper half of the front page.

Democracy Now!'s sense of perspective

Sunday December 31st, the 3,000 mark for US troops killed in Iraq in the illegal war was reached. You might think that would register with independent media. It didn't.

Tuesday, January 2nd, Democracy Now! noted this in their headlines (fifth and sixth items respectively):

U.S. Death Toll in Iraq Tops 3,000
In other news from Iraq -- the U.S. death toll has topped 3,000. One hundred thirteen US soldiers died in December making it the deadliest month in two years for the U.S. and the third deadliest month of the war.
Protests Held to Mark 3,000th Death
Demonstrations are being held in scores of cities around the country to mark the 3,000th death. In San Francisco, 10 peace protesters were arrested in Nancy Pelosi's home district on Monday as they attempted to walk across the Golden Gate bridge. In New York, Grandmothers Against the War gathered at Rockefeller Center to read the names of soldiers killed in the war.

That's all it amounted to for Democracy Now!, a few lines on the mark, a few more lines on some of the protests (no footage of the protests, no reports of the protests -- what is Amy Goodman and her brother David wrote about why people were shouting at marches -- because they weren't invited by the media to share their stories?).

There just wasn't time to give it more than that. There were too many important stories to cover, apparently. For instance, James Brown was still dead. From the Tuesday, January 2nd, in their headlines:

Thousands Pay Tribute to James Brown in Augusta, GA
And in Augusta Georgia, thousands gathered on Saturday to pay tribute to the Godfather of Soul James Brown who died last week at the age of 73. The Rev. Al Sharpton oversaw the proceedings.
Rev. Al Sharpton: "Today is the end of a long journey, and the beginning of a new journey. We come to thank god for James Brown."
Pop star Michael Jackson made a rare public appearance.
Michael Jackson: "James Brown is my greatest inspiration. Ever since I was a small child, no more than six-years-old, my mother would wake me no matter what time it was, when I was sleeping no matter what I was doing, to watch the television to see the master at work. And when I saw him move, I was mesmerized. I have never seen a performer perform like James Brown. And right then and there, I knew that was exactly what I wanted to do for the rest of my life because of James Brown."

8 lines of text (don't count what we've italicized, it's not read by Goodman) for the 3,000 mark and protests and 13 lines of text to tell us that, yes, James Brown is still dead.

Still dead? Well walk backwards with us to see how much coverage the death of an entertainer (who wasn't political) had already provided.

For intance, the headlines for Friday, December 29, 2006 (the last show with headlines before Tuesday, January 2nd -- Januray 1st was a canned, pre-taped show) we were informed:

Thousands Visit Apollo Theatre for James Brown Viewing
And finally, here in New York, thousands of people passed through Harlem’s Apollo Theatre Thursday for one last look at the Godfather of Soul, James Brown. Brown died Monday at the age of seventy-three. Brown’s golden casket was carried through Harlem by horse-drawn carriage and displayed for public viewing on the Apollo stage. Spectators braved five-hour waits to get a final glimpse at the man who revolutionized popular music.

Five lines of text. For those keeping track, James Brown's death had now received 18 lines of text while the 3,000 milestone was only worthy of eight. But that's not all, from Thursday, December 28, 2006's headlines:

James Brown's Body to Lie in Repose at Apollo Theatre
And finally, the body of the late Godfather of Soul James Brown will lie in repose today at Harlem’s Apollo Theatre. Fans will be able to file past Brown’s casket starting at one PM eastern time. A horse-drawn carriage will take Brown's body through Harlem this morning to begin three days of wakes, remembrances and a funeral. Brown died Christmas morning at the age of seventy-three.

That's now twenty-three lines of text to tell you that James Brown was still dead. Wait, wait! We're not done yet. From the headlines for Wednesday, December 27, 2006:

Body of James Brown to Lie "In Stage" at Apollo Theatre
And finally here in New York, a crowd of people gathered outside the B.B. King Blues Club Tuesday to pay tribute to the Godfather of Soul, James Brown. Brown passed away Monday at the age of seventy three. He had been scheduled to perform at B.B. King’s on New Year's Eve. James Brown fan Michael Cason spoke outside the club.
Michael Cason: "What you've got to realize about James Brown coming back up during the sixties, during a lot of racial tension, James Brown, say it loud, I'm black and I'm proud, gave a lot of African-American Negroes, back during that time, a lot of pride."
On Thursday, James Brown's body will lie in state -- or rather, lie in stage -- at Harlem's legendary Apollo Theatre. The Apollo is credited as the theatre that gave Brown his show business start. Fans will be able to file past Brown’s casket on the Appolo stage for one last look at the man who revolutionized popular music. The Reverend Al Sharpton will be officiating Brown's funeral. Rev. Sharpton said: "His greatest thrill was always the lines around the Apollo Theater. I felt that James Brown in all the years we talked would have wanted one last opportunity to let the people say goodbye to him and he to the people."

That's 20 lines of text taken up by headlines for one death. For those keeping track, the tally is now James Brown's death worth 43 lines of headline text and the 3,000 mark worth only 8.
Sadly, we're still not done. This is one person's death and we've got another headline for you. From Tuesday, December 26, 2006:

James Brown Dead at 73
James Brown -- the Godfather of Soul -- has died at the age of 73. He died early on Christmas morning as a result of congestive heart failure caused by pneumonia. Over the past 50 years James Brown revolutionized popular music.

Three more lines of text for headlines bringint he total to 51. James Brown's passing is worth 51 lines of text noting it in headlines but the death of 3,000 US troops is worth only 8. That's over five times more than the attention the milestone received.

As if all the above wasn't enough entertainment coverage, Democracy Now! also felt the need to air a segment devoted to James Brown, a lengthy one, on Friday, December 26, 2006 entitled
"James Brown In His Own Words: Democracy Now! Airs A Never-Before-Broadcast Interview with the Godfather of Soul from 1980 on Race & The Music Industry."

That was so embarrassing, the taped interview. A week later, Democracy Now! would giggle over William Rehnquist's claims that the CIA were after him, but Friday, December 26th, they were all about the-world-out-to-get-James-Brown in 1981. We had a lengthy thing disproving the comments (noting Aretha Franklin's own career lows that she was only recently emerging from in 1981 as well as many other examples) but we realized that, like Democracy Now!, we were putting more weight on James Brown than on the 3,000 mark by responding. So we've deleted all of that and we'll just note that when Papa Tries To Sell The Same Bag from 1956 forward, most either already own it or aren't that interested to begin with.

At one point, when Ted Koppel helmed the anchor desk at Nightline, the show was praised for noting 721 deaths of US troops (ABC, April 30, 2004). We reach the 3,000 mark and Democracy Now! not only doesn't think the rallies and demonstrations are worth exploring in a segment, or the meanings of the count, but within their headlines they're more interested in providing 51 text lines on James Brown than they are in the 3,000 milestone?

Cedric's "The comics: Nouri al-Maliki, Amy Goodman, Deb Riechmann" and Wally's "THIS JUST IN! GET YOUR 2007 YA-YAS!" joint-post last Tuesday attempted to "explain" the emphasis on show biz:

TODAY ON DEMOCRACY NOW, THE ISSUE OF THE 3,000 MARK FOR U.S. TROOPS WHO HAVE DIED IN IRAQ WAS REDUCED TO A HEADLINE AND NOT JUDGED WORTHY OF A DISCUSSION. NOT ONLY THAT, BUT IN THE HEADLINES MORE TIME WAS GIVEN TO "COVERING" THE FUNERAL OF JAMES BROWN THAN TO NOTING THE 3,000 MARK.

WHEN ASKED OF THAT, AMY GOODMAN, HOST OF DEMOCRACY NOW, EXPLAINED THE PROBLEM WAS WITH A NEW CAMERA OPERATOR. SAID GOODMAN, "HE WAS SUPPOSED TO ZOOM IN ON MY LEGS RIGHT AFTER WE PLAYED MICHAEL JACKSON's LONG QUOTE. I'M GOING FOR THE MARY HART ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT AUDIENCE THESE DAYS!"

Cedric and Wally take a humorous look in their joint-posts and while we laughed at their take on take on it, none of us (including them) think it was appropriate that an entertainer received non-stop attention from the program that bills itself as "the war and peace report" while the 3,000 milestone was something to be quickly noted and moved on from.

How to throw a civil war

How to throw a civil war?

Ask the Bully Boy, he knows how.

You decimate a country with bombs and invade it. Then you destroy the economy (see Naomi Klein's "Baghdad Year Zero" from Harper's magazine). You provide no jobs and destroy the basic infrastructure (electricity, water, etc.). All while asking Iraqis if they are Shia or Sunni?

Having underscored that you see a division between the two, you then leave them to compete for the very few resources that there actually are.

Destroy whole cities (Falluja) and reduce the residents to living in tent cities to increase the hostility.

In the times of woe, encourage the rush to extreme religion by offering no other outlets.

'Secure' (ha ha) only the capital and encourage further resement.

Having pitted them against each for the very few limited resources, now stand back and watch the blood bath while pretending to be shocked that it happened -- while maintaining that there is no civil war yet.

Repeat with greater psuedo-shock as needed ("as needed" means endlessly).

The New York Times snubs Coretta Scott King one last time

This features comes about when C.I. was sorting through what could be recycled and what couldn't. C.I. stops and looks at The New York Times Magazines for December 31, 2006, walks over to Jess and Ty, tosses it to them and ask, "Do you see a problem?"

Yeah, they did. We all did when we found out. No, it's not just C.I. On the cover, the names of sixteen people who passed away in 2006 are listed. Not among those listed: Coretta Scott King.
The sixteen all get write ups inside the "magazine." (Come on people, it's a high brow version of Parade -- it's not really a "magazine.")

The 'magazine' compounds the insult in the intro on page 11 where they write:

This is our 13th annual Lives They Lived issue. Many notable people died over the last 12 months, among them Coretta Scott King, Robert Altman, Ann Richards, Wiliam Styron, Caspar Weinberger, Jeane Kirkpatrick, Red Buttons and Augusto Pinochet.

We think everyone listed in that paragraph, even Weinberger and Kirkpatric whom we had no love for, deserve an apology for being classified as "notable" along with butcher Augusto Pinochet.

But that's it for Coretta Scott King.

For those who missed it, when she passed away, the paper was all over every topic in the world. They ran no editorial on CSK, though playwright and pal of then op-ed page editor Gail Collins. Wendy Wasserstein got an editorial. Wasserstein also gets remembered in the issue, for two pages, by Frank Rich whom apparently had no thoughts on Coretta Scott King. No one did, none of the columnists. Bob Herbert, in a column on something else, slipped into a sentence noting she had passed. And? That was it. Paul Krugman couldn't be bothered, Maureen Dowd didn't have the time, Thomas Friedman, David Brooks, go down the list. And the paper saw no reason to commission a column by someone outside the paper on Coretta Scott King.

Now for those who think the paper wasn't interested in the King family, shortly before the death of CSK, they were filing tawdry articles about the fate of the King Center. That's the sort of coverage they gave to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. as well, in real time, when it mattered. Long after his death, they would trot out his name for 'race' issues, segregating his life to the sixties civil rights movement with a focus on the south, while bending over backwards to ignore his larger concerns about civil rights throughout the nation, his activism on Vietnam, and anything that couldn't let him be portrayed as Little Marty who gave a speech about a dream and then basically went home.

Though we've seen nothing in Wasserstein's works to suggest she was a latter day Shakespeare, will assume by the front page coverage of her death, the Gail Collins column and now Frank Rich's that we must be missing something. But it would be a damn big step on the part of the paper if they would admit that they've intentionally ignored Coretta Scott King's legacy in the same way they've spent decades rewriting that of her late husband's.

Green Party: "Alternative Views on the State of the State"

As most long term readers know, five of the core six (Jim, Dona, Jess, Ty and Ava) started out in NY. We relocated to CA this past summer (and announced the move was permanent in August). We still have friends in NY (and still have print copies each week) so we're happy to note NY events, et al. We're also happy to note the Green Party. In fact, consider us the anti-Nation in that we are aware the Green Party exists. (And Jess is a proud member of the Green Party.) So when we get an e-mail from the Suffolk County Green Party from time to time, we do try to note it. Readers are usually positive. Some learn a little about the Green Party, some are already members and glad to see it noted. Some visitors, however, think we've done the unthinkable, the unmentionable. One more good reason to continue to note it anytime they send something our way.

PRESS RELEASE ~ GREEN PARTY OF SUFFOLK COUNTY
Press Contacts:
Roger Snyder, Chair, Green Party of Suffolk Countyhttp://us.f311.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=rogersnyder@pobox.com(631) 351-5763
Kimberly Wilder, Press Secretary, Green Party of Suffolk Countyhttp://us.f311.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=votewilder@yahoo.com(631) 422-4702

"Alternative Views on the State of the State"

The Green Party of Suffolk County is a county organization of the Green Party of New York State, which declined to cross-endorse any major party candidate in the recent governor's race. Instead, the Green Party chose to run its own candidate, with its own platform and vision for New York. The Green Party had a successful petition drive this summer, in order to place its candidate, Malachy McCourt, on the ballot for governor. Because of that success, New York voters may still register as "Green Party" on their voter enrollment forms. A voter must simply write in "Green" on the line that says "other."

Statewide, the Green Party governor candidate received over 40,000 votes. In Suffolk County, the Green Party governor candidate received 2,908 votes. Those vote totals show a lot of support for green values and for the green platform.

The entire Green Party of New York State platform is available at http://www.gpny.org/.

Among the points of the Green Party of New York State's platform which Democrat Governor Eliot Spitzer has failed on are the Death Penalty and Same-Sex Marriage.

Eliot Spitzer's publicly stated position is that the Death Penalty is acceptable under some circumstances. The GPNYS Platform states: "The Green Party of NYS supports abolishing the death penalty. It is ineffective, costly, it is a form of violence, and it is racist and immoral."

The Green Party Governor candidate, Malachy McCourt, during his campaign, was quoted as saying, “I think the state should never be in the business of death. There’s no such thing as a just killing of any human being. And, the death-penalty is a cold-blooded, revengeful thing.”

Our new Democratic governor might take note not only of the 40,000 people who supported the Green Party position, but also the new report from our neighboring state of New Jersey: The New Jersey Death Penalty Commission, after four months of public hearings, has recommended the abolition of capital punishment.

Same-sex marriage is another issue that was highlighted in the recent Green Party statewide campaign. In alignment with its value of social justice, Green Party members believe that the right to marry is a civil rights issue. Gay families should have as much rights to shared healthcare and shared property as other couples.

"As Attorney General, Eliot Spitzer failed to do everything he could have to support the right of same-sex couples to marry," said Roger Snyder, Co-Chair of the Green Party of Suffolk County. As Governor, Eliot Spitzer could potentially change the system and allow for same-sex marriage instantaneously. The New York State Constitution does not forbid same-sex marriage. So, it does not require a legislative remedy to allow same-sex couples to marry.

When you register "Green" at the Suffolk Board of Elections, you automatically become a voting member of the Green Party of Suffolk County. Meetings are held semi-annually. Current projects of the Green Party of Suffolk County include: a "Bring Home the Troops" poster contest; preparations for the annual St. Patrick's Day Fundraiser; and election planning for local, state, and national races.
The Green Party is an alternative to the two major parties. The Green Party believes that voters need an electoral choice other than the Democrats and Republicans. Both of the major parties are funded by corporations, both support war in general and the Iraq War specifically, and both more and more cross-endorse each others' candidates.

The Green Party is different. Roger Snyder, who is also a national committee person states, "Not only is the Green Party a progressive, third party, it is a third party whose candidates accept no corporate contributions. It is also a party which operates with real, progressive values, such as other parties claim to have, but do not uphold." The Four Pillars of the green movement and the Green Party are: Non-violence/peace; Grassroots Democracy; Social and Economic Justice; and Ecological Wisdom.
The Green Party of Suffolk County has a web-site at http://www.gpsuffolk.org/

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Background

Official links:

Green Party of Suffolk County web-site: http://www.gpsuffolk.org/
Green Party of New York State web-site: http://www.gpnys.org/
Green Party of New York State approved platform planks: http://www.gpny.org/?page_id=274 (It is titled "Draft Platform", but all the planks there are approved.)

Outside links:

Long Island web-site for the previous Green Party Governor's race: http://www.m4gov.com/New Yorkers Against the Death Penalty web-site: http://www.nyadp.org/

10 CDs we listened to during this edition

1) Carly Simon's Into White. Just released last week. Do yourself a favor and check it out. This is the CD Kat will be reviewing next.

2) Phil Ochs' I Ain't Marching Anymore. This is part of a double disc set that also includes All The News That's Fit To Sing. A bonus track on I Ain't Marching Anymore is an electric version of the title tune. Check it out.

3) Crosby, Stills & Nash's Greatest Hits. Come on, you know you love "Our House"! "Helplessly Hoping" is calling you!

4) Michael Franti & Spearhead's Yell Fire! an instant classic of 2006. If you haven't heard it, why are you punishing yourself? Get the album. "Revolution never comes with a warning . . ."

5) Ben Harper's Both Sides Of The Gun. Haven't heard it? You really must hate good music. This double disc CD has it all. You'll be listening for hours. Get the deluxe edition and you'll have three discs.

6) Lizzie West & The White Buffalo's I Pledge Allegiance To Myself. Amy Goodman played the track "19 Miles to Baghdad" on Friday's Democracy Now! and we thought we were all discovering a new artist. Then C.I. pointed out who it was and that since spring we'd been told we should give the disc a listen. Jim and Kat listened repeatedly when they got home on Friday and C.I. passed the disc on and we all listened during the writing of this edition, over and over. Give credit to Goodman for sharing some good music last week with this song.

7) Aretha Franklin's Young, Gifted & Black (and that's a fact!). "We'll float a genie from a cigarette . . ." You know that caught your attention. And you know you want to hear her version of "A Brand New Me."

8) David Rovics' Halliburton Boardroom Massacre. "Song for Cindy Sheehan" will blow you away but, warning, like Mike you may feel the need to play "Crashing Down" repeatedly, over and over.

9) Neil Young's Living With War. "Roger And Out" is our favorite track this edition. Usually it's "After The Garden" or the title track but this week, it's "Roger And Out."

10) Ani DiFranco's Reprieve. We agree with Kat an amazing album and "Half-Assed" may very well be DiFranco's best song.

Highlights

These are the highlights of what we think you shouldn't have missed last week. We are Kat, Rebecca, Wally, Cedric, Betty, Elaine and Mike.

"Ruth's Report" -- Ruth's latest and it went up Saturday night. Rebecca called her because we knew Ruth was planning on addressing Ehren Watada and wanted to be sure we weren't going to cover something here that she was planning to grab if she was going to post on Sunday. She said she'd done a lot of thinking about some of the other posts in the community and could get something up quickly. Almost an hour later, she called Rebecca back to say, "It's up." She hates it and would change "disappointment" to "tragic" in the opening paragraph but we love it. We think you will too.

"Egg Drop Soup in the Kitchen" -- Trina's latest with a recipe most of us have already sampled (Mike grew up with it, but the rest of us toyed with it on Saturday) and, as usual, some strong commentary from Trina. You don't want to miss it.

"'The First Factually Challenged Fool" -- Betty's latest chapter in the online novel of Betinna. Betinna's realized that Thomas Friedman (and Nicky K) kidnapped her in New Jersey. She remembers it now and knows she wasn't 'rescued' from a 'backwater village' as Thomas Friedman had long told her. Things are getting ugly and there's more in store. Don't miss the chapter.

"Lizzie West, students, Iraq, etc." -- Kat says she prefers short posts and then, on a night when she's exhausted, she ends up writing an epic. Don't miss this.

"THIS JUST IN! BULLY BOY STARTS 2007 WITH LOTS OF LAUGHS!" & "Bully Boy the cut up and those who prop him up" -- Wally and Cedric's joint-post noting how useless the media is willing to make itself.


"nora barrows-friedman interviewed dahr jamail on flashpoints" -- Rebecca gives an overview of an interview you shouldn't have missed.


"Snooping, Monica Benderman, Jane Fonda, Iraq " -- Mike covers a lot of topics and then some -- a book, Iraq, peace, a movie, you name it.

"Carly Simon, Matthew Rothschild, Jorge Mariscal, Iraq" -- Elaine discussing friendship, Iraq, music and much more.

"What the reaction (press) to the 3,000 mark means" -- Elaine calling it like she sees it and we think she's got two posts worth noting from last week. (At least two!, says Mike.)

"And the war drags on . . ." -- of course C.I. has many entries worth noting but this was our favorite of the week.

"The comics: Nouri al-Maliki, Amy Goodman, Deb Riechmann" & "THIS JUST IN! GET YOUR 2007 YA-YAS!" -- if Cedric and Wally didn't keep us laughing at the media, we'd cry from depression!

"2006: The Year of Living Dumbly (Year in Review)" -- this was a Dallas pick. He does the links and the roundtable is too long. It's not being edited but when it gets too long, it's very hard to go through and add links. The page scrolls down very slowly. Dallas noted that Cedric mentioned this in the roundtable but that he was losing patience on adding the links and wasn't able to include it. We told him we'd note it. C.I. wrote this two weeks ago and if you've missed it, it is your loss. Don't continue to miss it. You'll laugh, you'll be enraged, you'll be engaged.