Weekend Update - December 6

• We've been gleefully waiting for Michael Moore to weigh in on this big-three automaker bailout scheme, and here it is. But is his tirade too much? Michael Moore typical-over-the-top too much? Here's another thought from Detroit writer Toby Barlow.
• Mark Morford's been sick this week, so no words of wisdom from him. But here's a good one from last month I didn't pass on, and it's about Detroit.
• So, on LBJ's new tapes just released, he's overheard yelling "This is treason!" Yeah, he was talking about Dick Nixon. Okay, this shows how desperate we are for news, I admit.
• People say Carolyn Kennedy is interested in the Family senate seat being vacated by Hillary Clinton? What? Sources say the family is urging her to take it, but wait a sec. Who is she? Yeah, yeah, I know all that, but really, who is she?
• Georgia's Shame: Electing Saxby Chambliss. (Couldn't have said this better...)
• When it comes to protecting George W. Bush and his administration, Attorney General Michael Mukasey is stretching legal arguments as far as his predecessor Alberto Gonzales ever did – now even invoking the “Nixon Defense” for justifying presidential wrongdoing.
• Amsterdam unveiled plans on Saturday to close brothels, sex shops and marijuana cafes in its ancient city center. There were brothels, sex shops and marijuana cafes in Amsterdam? And we went to Wally World last year? Shit.
• Oprah Winfrey has decided not to seek a cabinet post in the Obama administration. I was going to write something else to accompany this announcement, but my brain just went into a kind of a Max Headroom moment. Seeking medication.
• Will somebody PLEASE tell me if Barak Obama is an actual U.S. citizen? Really, this is important!
• So what'dya think, Liberals? Now that his wife has been appointed Secretary of State, should William Jefferson Clinton stop talking for money? Or does the former 2-term President of the United States have a right to talk to anyone he wants to? Drop us a line here and let us know. eprush1@aol.com .
• And here's the winner of the Bad Hat Statement of the Week Award, professor of political science and communication, Scott Althaus, who said "I think that it raises the question of whether or not we can trust the government to maintain public records of things that were said or done that later prove embarrassing." Apparently Official White House documents have been found to have been altered. Gosh, what a surprise. And we've got a feeling this is just the beginning.
• Keeping Our Fingers Crossed Dept.: How's our man Al Franken doing in Minnesota as of Friday? The latest: The discovery of uncounted and missing ballots has complicated the final days of the recount in Minnesota’s U.S. Senate election, the closest Senate race this year.
• We greatly admire veteran reporter Helen Thomas. She says Hillary Clinton could be a peacemaker. We agree.