But her sister Peggy is an Obamacan, in this case meaning a Republican who voted for Obama.

What Peggy says–

Peggy thinks the president has done fine managing W.’s messes in Iraq and Afghanistan. And she lights up at the mention of his vice president, Joe Biden. But she thinks Obama has to get “a backbone” if he wants to lure her back to the fold. “He promised us everything, saying he would turn the country around, and he did nothing the first year,” Peggy says. “He piddled around when he had 60 votes. He could have pushed through the health care bill but spent months haggling on it because he wanted to bring some Republicans on board. He was trying too hard to compromise when he didn’t need the Republicans and they were never going to like him. Any idiot could see that.

“He could have gotten it through while Teddy Kennedy was still alive – he owed the Kennedys something – and then the bill was watered down.

“He hasn’t saved the economy, and now he’s admitting he’s made very little progress. You can’t for four years blame the person who used to be president. Obama tries to compromise too much, and he doesn’t look like a strong leader. I don’t watch him anymore. I’m turned off by him. I think he’s an elitist. He went down to the gulf, telling everyone to take a vacation down there, and then he goes to Martha’s Vineyard. He does what he wants but then he tells us to do other things.

Emphasis mine.

Turn Left racing from Richmond, Twist Neck Whackball from Flushing Meadows- Women’s Final if either of those things excite you.

Prepare to be amazed beyond all expectations. After all it is what I do.

• ABC Family– Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Aladdin
• A&E– The Glades marathon
• AMC– Wild Wild West x 2
• Animal– Pit Boss (premier)
• Bravo– House marathon
• Comedy– Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
• E!– Heartbreakers
• ESPN– Penn State at Alabama, Stanford at UCLA (College Throwball)
• ESPN2– Oregon at Tennessee, Mississippi at Tulane (more College Throwball)
• History– 9/11, 9/11, 9/11, 9/11, 9/11, 9/11, 9/11, (tired of it yet?  I sure am)
• Nick– New iCarly, we meet Sam’s Mom.
• Oxygen– Pretty Woman x 2
• SciFi– Jules Verne’s Mysterious Island, Mandrake
• Style– How Do I Look?, Whose Wedding Is It Anyway? (premiers)
• TBS– Hitch
• Turner Classic– White Heat, High Sierra (gangsta)
• TLC– Cake Boss marathon
• TNT– The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
• USA– NICS marathon
• Vs.– Bullriding! marathon

Later-

• ABC Family– Richie Rich
• AMC– McLintock! (Marion)
• FX– The League marathon
• Lifetime– Project Runway (this week’s)
• SciFi– Man-Thing
• TBS– My Boys marathon
• Turner Classic– Captain Horatio Hornblower
• TNT– Rizzoli & Isles (this week’s), Gladiator (Well Joey?)
• USA– Covert Affairs (2 most recent)

SNL has Peyton Manning and Carrie Underwood.  Adult Swim is showing Boondocks The Story of Gangstalicious (Season 1, Episode 6), Stinkmeaner 3: The Hateocracy (Season 3, Episode 5) and GitS:SAC Jungle Cruise and Portraitz (Episodes 10 and 11).

Look at me. I’m fat, black, can’t dance, and I have two gay fathers. People have been messing with me my whole life. I learned a long time ago there’s no sense getting all riled up every time a bunch of idiots give you a hard time. In the end, the universe tends to unfold as it should. Plus I have a really large penis. That keeps me happy.

Zap2it TV Listings, Yahoo TV Listings

Evening Edition is an Open Thread

1 Greek PM vows to stay on course as 20,000 protest cuts

by Isabel Malsang, AFP

42 mins ago

Tax Cuts May Prove Better for Politicians Than for Economy

By DAVID KOCIENIEWSKI, The New York Times

Published: September 10, 2010

The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office  this year analyzed the short-term effects of 11 policy options and found that extending the tax cuts would be the least effective way to spur the economy and reduce unemployment. The report  added that tax cuts for high earners would have the smallest “bang for the buck,” because wealthy Americans were more likely to save their money than spend it.

…

“It may have some small impact along the margins, but firms don’t hire based on tax breaks; they hire based on demand,” said Roberton Williams, a senior fellow at the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center. “So a lot of the tax breaks are likely to be rewarding people and companies for that they were going to do anyway.”

…

Edward D. Kleinbard, former chief of staff of the bipartisan Joint Committee on Taxation, said the reliance on tax expenditures had distorted the budget process because it induced the public to overlook the fact that – unless they are accompanied by spending reductions – tax cuts have the same effect on the deficit as additional spending. It also allows politicians to make unsubstantiated claims about the power of tax-cutting to accomplish other economic goals, he said.

“The thought that tax cuts pay for themselves or that tax cuts alone can turn around this economy is magical thinking,” said Mr. Kleinbard, now a law professor at the University of Southern California. “The debate has become so unrealistic it makes you want to scream.”

My emphasis, because the Gray Lady doesn’t do that.

Race 14 of 19 and the last one in Europe this year.  Monza is reputedly the fastest track and has hosted more races (60) than any other.  Like most of the classic tracks it’s been shortened considerably though it is still 3.6 miles a lap.  They’ve added some chicanes in recent years but it’s still full throttle most of the way around.

All the teams have reworked their aero for this race and during yesterday’s practice most were sporting a ‘Flow Viz’ paint job that subtly ripples under pressure so the engineers can see where the air is going.  There are 2 aero strategies going on, one using the F-Duct to spoil the downforce on the rear wing and the other simply using a noticeably smaller wing.  McLaren tested both, sending out Button with the F-Duct and Hamilton with the small wing.

It’s also notoriously tough on brakes and the drive trains, but those are most likely tomorrow issues when they’ll be carrying 300+ pounds of fuel at the start (unless, of course, someone blows up or parks it today- FLAMING CHUNKS OF TWISTED METAL RULZ!).

Being Monza the stands will be packed with Ferrari fans.  The final ruling by the World Motor Sport Council is that the $100,000 fine for the Team Orders violation at Nurburgring is the only penalty they will suffer for that incident.  In other off track news, no new Team qualified to participate next year (leaving it at 12) and they officially added a race in India bringing the total number of races to 20.

The results at Spa were pretty devastating for Vettel and Button who find themselves 31 and 35 points (respectively) behind the leader Hamilton.  On the other hand they were pretty good for Alonso who is only 10 points out of third.  In the Team standings McLaren is but a single point behind Red Bull, with Marlboro UPC a distant third.

As always don’t let my prattle keep you from making your own observations.  I have to take notes because Richard gives a quiz after the race.  bmaz’s F1 trash talk is here.  There will be no re-broadcast of qualifying, tomorrow’s race package starts with GP2 at 6 am, pre-race at 7:30, start at 8, all on Speed.

The more I do this the more I realize just how repetitive and unimaginative most TV is.  That’s why sports stars are worth every penny they’re paid.

Another season ending surgery for Johan Santana.

Formula One Debrief and a repeat of this morning’s practice at Monza on Speed starting at 12:30.

• AMC– The Dead Pool x 2
• CNBC– Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
• ESPN– West Virginia at Marshall, Texas-El Paso at Houston
• Food– Chopped Champions (repeat of Round 2)
• FX– Spiderman 3
• History– 9/11, 9/11, 9/11, 9/11, 9/11
• MSNBC– Friday Night Thurber, Rachel, Brian Williams on New Orleans (hey, it’s better than prison porn)
• Oxygen– Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous x 2
• SciFi– Eureka (last week’s and new), Haven (premier)
• TBS– Ocean’s Eleven x 2
• Turner Classic– Beach Red, Leave Her to Heaven (Cornel Wilde night)
• TNT– The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
• Toon– Clone Wars (3 episodes)
• USA– Liar Liar, The Game Plan
• Bravo– Bad Boys x 2
• Discovery– Man, Woman, Wild (last week’s and new), Beyond Survival With Les Stroud (premier)

Let me tell you something, Callahan. People… people are fascinated with death and violence. That’s why my films make money. They’re an escape, a vicarious release of fear. Same thing with this game. Nobody takes my films *or* the dead pool seriously.

Later-

• AMC– The Terminator
• MSNBC– Back to prison porn
• MTV– A Knight’s Tale
• Turner Classic– A Song to Remember (more Cornel)
• Toon– Childrens Hospital, American Dad, The Mighty Boosh (Artic), Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace (episode 1 of 6)

Evening Edition is an Open Thread

1 Medvedev warns of parliamentary democracy ‘catastrophe’

by Stuart Williams, AFP

Fri Sep 10, 11:56 am ET

Umm… breaking.

This is a Federal Court ruling in the 9th Circuit on an injunction sought by the Log Cabin Republicans, but it applies nationwide.

Judge Virginia Phillips ruled on First Amendment grounds (Free Speech and Assembly) and cited a “direct and deleterious effect” on the military.

So Barack- put up or shut up about your “fierce advocacy”.

Thursday night Throwball, Favres @ Saints.  bmaz thinks this is the second coming of the apocalypse, I think the Mets have the day off which is almost as good as rain.  Last chance for Dave and the Boys this week, ditto Keith and Rachel all night long.

• ABC Family– Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (Gene Wilder)
• AMC– Sudden Impact x 2
• Comedy– Futurama marathon (comeback season episodes)
• Disney– Phineas and Ferb
• Discovery– Mythbusters marathon
• ESPN– College Throwball, Auburn @ Mississippi State
• Food– Extreme Cuisine With Jeff Corwin, Ace of Cakes (premiers)
• FX– Two and a Half Men, XXX: State of the Union
• History– 9/11, 9/11, 9/11
• Lifetime– Project Runway (last week’s and new)
• TBS–Stomp the Yard
• Turner Classic– Cornered, Act of Violence
• Toon– Repeats of this week’s Total Drama World Tour, Regular Show and MAD (Series Premiers)
• TV Guide– Tin Cup (a really good movie, otherwise I wouldn’t give TV Guide the time of day)
• TNT– Men in Black

It’s hard to believe that “Go ahead, make my day” scores higher with the AFI than this-

I know what you’re thinking. “Did he fire six shots or only five?” Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement I kind of lost track myself. But being as this is a .44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world, and would blow your head clean off, you’ve got to ask yourself one question: Do I feel lucky? Well, do ya, punk?

Later-

• AMC– Mad Men (this week’s)
• FX– Terriers (repeat of last night’s Series Premier)
• SciFi– WCG Ultimate Gamer
• Turner Classic– Point Blank, Get Carter
• USA– White Collar (this week’s)

Dave hosts Jack Hanna and Jamey Johnson.  Jon has Meghan McCain, Stephen Jim Webb, Joshua Bleill, Lt. Col. Brent Cummings (???, you should click this link), and John Legend as the conclusion of his tribute to the Troops.  Alton does tinned Tuna.

Adult Swim has a repeat of the Delocated Season Premier and my second favorite episode of Boondocks Season 3- The Red Ball.

Evening Edition is an Open Thread

1 Suicide bomber kills 16 at Russian market

by Dina Teziyeva, AFP

26 mins ago