BC Bowl: "Gladys, I’m going to the strip club … for a flu shot"

The Batshit Crazy Bowl between Florida and Texas seems to be winding down, as racy mind has been busy and I anticipate I soon may be too busy to keep up myself. But then I keep finding these great nuggets of “only in Florida” activities. Like this one:

Rachel’s Gentlemen’s Club opened its doors on Tuesday to older residents of Casselberry [near Orlando] to give free flu shots.

The club is known for the scantily clad women who dance there, and it gives out the shots every year as a way of giving back to the community.

The shots were free for anyone over 55, and if you were 65 and older, you got a free shot and a free lunch.

There was no free entertainment.

What? No free entertainment? Not even a coupon for a lap dance? No early bird special? Viagra samples? Nothing?

T-shirt idea: “I Went to Rachel’s and All I Got Was A Lousy Flu Shot (And Lunch)”

Macroeconomics, by Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.)

Buried in this article about Drunky McStagger’s veto of SCHIP today is this little nugget dealing with funding the quagmire in Iraq:

On Tuesday, the chairman of the House Appropriations Committee said that if there is a spending problem, it is the White House asking for nearly $200 billion in war funding.

“If the president is really concerned about stopping red ink, we are prepared to introduce legislation that will provide for a war surtax for that portion of military costs related to our military action in Iraq,” Rep. David Obey (D-WI) proposed.

If President Bush does not like that cost, he added, he can shut down the war.

Most Republicans derided the idea of a war surtax.

“You pay for the war by winning the war,” said Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC). “This is not an accounting exercise. How did we pay for World War II? Everybody rolled up their sleeves and did the best they could.”

They also paid a war surtax.

But House Speaker Nancy Pelosi gave the idea a thumbs down; so did Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.

“The speaker said that is not what she wants,” Reid explained. “That’s good enough for me.”

Try that out again: “You pay for the war by winning the war.” So, now not only are Republicans unable to define “victory” … they can’t define “payment in full” either.

UPDATE (12:44 pm 10/3/07): Many of my friends at Eschaton have further insight:

“You pay for the war by winning the war,” said Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC). “This is not an accounting exercise. How did we pay for World War II? Everybody rolled up their sleeves and did the best they could.”

And, of course, paid their increased income taxes.

And volunteered even when not drafted.
NTodd

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“You pay for the war by winning the war,” said Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC).

I’ll never get the hang of “fiscal responsibility.”
Phila, Pizen Sarpint

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“You pay for the war by winning the war,” said Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC).

So, when the IRS comes calling I’ll just tell them “I’m winning” and confirmed bachelor Lindsey will agree with me.
cosmosis

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we won WW2 and still had to pay for it so i dont follow the good senator’s logic.
euphronius

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Lindsay Graham for dumbest ass of the day:

World War II

Even before the United States entered the Second World War, increasing defense spending and the need for monies to support the opponents of Axis aggression led to the passage in 1940 of two tax laws that increased individual and corporate taxes, which were followed by another tax hike in 1941. By the end of the war the nature of the income tax had been fundamentally altered. Reductions in exemption levels meant that taxpayers with taxable incomes of only $500 faced a bottom tax rate of 23 percent, while taxpayers with incomes over $1 million faced a top rate of 94 percent. These tax changes increased federal receipts from $8.7 billion in 1941 to $45.2 billion in 1945. Even with an economy stimulated by war-time production, federal taxes as a share of GDP grew from 7.6 percent in 1941 to 20.4 percent in 1945. Beyond the rates and revenues, however, another aspect about the income tax that changed was the increase in the number of income taxpayers from 4 million in 1939 to 43 million in 1945.lusion of a surtax, tax rates ranged from 13 percent on the first $2000 of taxable income to 82 percent on taxable income in excess of $200,000.

(Courtesy, you know, the U.S. Department of the Treasury).
sdf (Stu), now with more shril

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“You pay for the war by winning the war,”

That really makes no sense.
Snow, Liberal

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“You pay for the war by winning the war,” said Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC). “This is not an accounting exercise. How did we pay for World War II? Everybody rolled up their sleeves and did the best they could.”

Yup. My kid’s out there collecting scrap aluminum even as we speak. I’ve got a nice victory garden growing. Bought my War Bonds, paid my taxes. The missus, she’s out there in California building Liberty Ships. Joe and Tad, well, they’re Over There, and we never stop prayin’ for them. And me, well, don’t drive much, what with rationing and all, but I’m proud to do my part.

Only question is, does Lindsey Graham have the slightest idea that the comparison of World War II to Iraq is, shall we say, forced?
ProfWombat

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So that was Lindsay Graham’s version of the Chewbacca Defense?

‘Cause it sure didn’t make any sense.
Gummo

Pretty much sums up the idiocy, doesn’t it?

The "C" in CBS stands for "Columbia," not "Child"

An ongoing child sex solicitation sting has nabbed a freelance technical manager for CBS, who was in town to cover the Dolphins game last weekend.

[Daniel] Barron, 56, from New Jersey, was arrested Saturday and charged with solicitation to commit sexual battery on a child under 12. Barron, still jailed, couldn’t be reached for comment and it was unclear whether he had an attorney.

Barron was in town helping a CBS crew cover a weekend Miami Dolphins game, according to an arrest report.

LeslieAnne Wade, vice president of communications for CBS Sports in New York, said Barron was a CBS freelance technical manager. That’s contrary to a police news release that incorrectly identified him as a producer, she said.

The arrest report stated that Barron told [St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office detective Neil] Spector in a chat room he wanted to perform a sex act on a child. Spector posed as a father willing to let a stranger have sex with his 11-year-old daughter. When Barron arrived at an arranged meeting at a Fort Lauderdale parking lot, several agencies helped nab him.

Maybe this will help distract CBS from all the bad press about Katie Couric. See, so this can only be good news for CBS (and Republicans) …

Today’s Daily Schadenfreude: Keith Wasserstrom

Well, this is getting to be fun.

I started covering disgraced Hollywood City Commissioner Keith Wasserstrom just last week, but he’s having an even tougher go of it this week. Seems he’s asking for help from his pals via e-mail, just as Blowin’ Bob Allen did not too long ago … but he didn’t mean to let everyone know he was asking for help. Whoops.

Earlier this week, Wasserstrom sent an e-mail to family and friends asking them to write letters of support to Broward Circuit Judge Joel Lazarus, who will determine Wasserstrom’s sentence.

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The e-mail was sent to hundreds of people who were on Wasserstrom’s contact list and was not meant to be public, said Todd Michaels, Wasserstrom’s defense attorney.

In the message, Wasserstrom makes comments about the charges against him and the jury’s decision to find him guilty, writing in the introduction that “I have been convicted of two felonies (something to do with filling out forms improperly — neither the jury nor I am sure exactly what I did wrong — no joke).”

The lighthearted tone in the letter was meant to bolster the spirits up of the people Wasserstrom sent the note to, Michaels said.

“He is not taking this lightly at all. Keith is a very optimistic and good-natured person,” Michaels said. “He’s done a lot of good for a lot of people in the community. He is trying to remain upbeat for his friends and family, who are going through one of the roughest periods of their lives.”

But Wasserstrom’s light-hearted jab at the jury and the charges against him might not go over so well with a judge, said Bob Dekle, a University of Florida legal skills professor and former prosecutor.

While asking for supportive letters is common practice for defendants after a conviction, Wasserstrom’s e-mail shows “a tremendous amount of brassiness” and could cast him in a bad light, Dekle said.

“A lawyer who had a client who did that just might want to tear his hair out,” said Dekle, a former prosecutor who worked on the case against serial killer Ted Bundy.

Wasserstrom faces a possible, albeit unlikely, 10-year sentence for his conviction on felony corruption charges, but he believes that supportive e-mails and letters will make any jail time at all “even more remote.” Well, good luck with that, Keith. Doesn’t help much to piss off the judge.

On the other hand, maybe a hearty Blast Off! congratulations will be some solace. So … congratulations, Keith! Today’s Blast Off! Daily Schadenfreude is for you!