It’s Labor Day weekend. What the hell are you doing reading this? I’m not saying stop, just curious as to why you aren’t out of your office and on your way to some party or trip for the long weekend. It’s OK, I’ll be your friend for the next few minutes while you read this. If you were busy getting pumped for the blue moon this week, odds are you missed it.
I see him, too!
This week, the Republican National Convention gathered in Tampa, Florida, which happened to get hit by a storm. On the final night of the convention, Clint Eastwood, of all people, was invited to speak and give his tough-guy-cut-the-crap-we-can-fix-this speech. Unfortunately, he instead walked out on stage with his hair messed up and a mangy look in his eye. The then proceeded to interview a chair for over 10 minutes, saying there was an invisible President Barack Obama sitting there, all the while doing his best Bob Newhart impression.
Sequels are never as good
Hurricane Isaac hit the Gulf Coast, including New Orleans, on Tuesday, the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Naturally, the national media made Isaac, a Category 1 storm, sound like the second-coming of the deadliest and most expensive storm in American history, which was a Category 3 when it his the Big Easy. Isaac was actually more like a house arrest. Streets flooded, power went out, and really, that’s about it. We didn’t even get any good shots of Al Roker falling down.
Crap first, ask questions later
But before the convention, Mitt Romney made a campaign stop in Indianapolis. At some point during that trip a Secret Service agent assigned to protect the presumptive Republican presidential candidate left his firearm in the airplane bathroom. This is against FAA regulations, if you listen to the safety thing the attendants say. It got worse when the gun was found by a reporter traveling with the campaign. At least it didn’t fall into the wrong hands.