Babble-Oh 7

Really, Really, T.G.I.F.

The Arrogance of The Long Distance Runner - Is everyone else as tired of hearing about Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich as I am?  If so, skip ahead, but if you are hanging on every soap-operatic moment, then read this Associated Press article on Yahoo.  Blagojevich was out jogging when he heard of today's vote to impeach him (114-1).  He, presumably non-ironically, compared his situation to that depicted in 'The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner', stating that the impeachment will be a 'long-distance run'.  What an arrogant ass.

That Experience Thing - Critics came out in force to protest President-Elect Obama's choice of Leon Panetta as head of the CIA.  It seems that Mr. Panetta has no experience in spying.  Who did they expect Obama to choose, Valerie Plame? 

A Quantum of Craig - From the 'what the heck was his manager thinking?' department:  Daniel Craig, fresh from his triumphal role as James Bond (007) in Casino Royale, and while the sequel to that hit, Quantum of Solace is still in theaters, has appeared in a movie (Defiance), which has him acting in a distinctly non-Bond accent.  Plus it's a war movie which has him looking tattered and generally not kempt (at least it's so in the trailers).   Good luck with the sequel ... (A Quantum of Defiance? The Defiance of Solace?)

Oh, Mama! - Barack Obama has shown the first flaw in his decision making.  He has somehow agreed to let his mother-in-law live in the White House.  What the consequences of this monumental blunder may be only time will tell, but if I were Obama I'd keep open an ambassadorship to some faraway place, just in case.  Senate confirmation would be assured and swift, most likely.

The 7.2 % Solution - Slightly more potent that Sherlock Holmes's favorite recreational medication, the latest number released for percent unemployment in the US shocked the markets today.   What's worse?  About half of the jobs lost in December were in service positions.  What that means is many of us  have been laid-off from jobs we probably hated, but were all we could get (despite that MBA from UOP).  Watson! The Needle!