Trouble publishing guys.
So I'm going to do this a bit at a time
 
WOW!
 
Has it really been a year? What a Freakin' year. I want to say thanks to all the regular MF'ers as well as the occasional MF'ers too. And to all the newbies, sit back and enjoy.
 
The inspiration for Mojo Friday came in two steps and two posters. Buhdydharma and his ********** **** ************* ***! and Pastordan's Why I Hate Daily Kos.
 
As well as a desire for the absolute most mojo possible, so here we are.

After last week's overwhelming response how do you follow it up? Do I tackle serious again? As many told me, don't worry about it, just write something. Okay, so here we go.

Breakfast is supposed to be the most important meal of the day, so how did you start your's? I had oatmeal. Sometimes I have toast and honey with OJ. And always Tazo Chai Latte, I'm spoiled that way. I did coffee in the past  but the Dr. told me to cut back on my caffeine. I probably eat a better breakfast when we have guest because we'll add yogurt and fresh fruit to the menu.
 
When do you eat the best breakfast? At home, vacation or business travel?
 

Yesterday Troutfishing wrote a diary about the veritable smoking gun needed to make impeachment not just possible but imperative. His diary was based on a piece reported by (OMG) ABC News (Holy Shit). And over at Docudharma, Valtin has written a piece on the National Lawyers Guild's call for the firing of John Yoo from his position at UC Berkeley's law school. And then trying him for war crimes.
 

For those of you who don't follow us on Friday, several weeks ago we decide to keep Mojo Friday open as a week long open thread. You find 15-20 regular MF'ers making comments there all week. It has been used as a non candidiary free zone. No politics unless you're beating up a GOPper.
 
Well, due to the volume of comments last Friday's MF diary has just bogged down. The problem was created by some of the games being played there. Word association, song lyric tag, along with some of the old caterpillers. We had 200 or more comment threads, ouch. There have been other Mojo Friday diaries with more comments but the combination of long threads and right wall banging was killing anyone who tried to open the whole monster. Some of us were opening a comment at a time just to make it easier. That can be funny by itself, a comment hanging out there out of context.

There is no specific topic today mostly just some house keeping.
 
I want to thank jlms qkw for filling in for me last week. And while I'm at it announce that next Friday we are in for a treat, Sarahnity will be posting a Mojo Friday/Frugal Friday combo post. The topic tentatively will be on last minute tax filings etc. We're hoping to give her just a little more exposure than usual.
 
If you missed it, Ninepatch posted a special edition MF yesterday requesting your further assistance in writing our Armed Forces personnel. Check it out and support her and our troops with a note to let them know you care about them.

Ah, College Basketball and March. I love this time of year, the excitement and anticipation of what's to come. And as a Tarheel the expectations tend to be higher. And considering they are currently ranked No. 1, those expectations are even higher still. Tough life.
 
Mojo Friday has engaged in it's own March Madness. Through the perseverance of some of your hardy fellow MF'ers Mojo Friday has attain the status of No.1 of all time diaries with the most comments. At the time of this posting  the count was 3209. If you want to see where we rank look here.
 
Another thing that has happened for the second week in a row is the comments came all week long. Ten to fifteen MF'ers have used it as a combination delayed IM, open thread and a continued safe haven from the candidiaries. Join us this week.

So, let me get this straight. We can impeach Democrats over their sexual peccadilloes but we can't impeach Bush for war crimes? Give me a fucking break. Does this not scream of a political witch hunt? The fact that the NY GOPpers immediately jump on the concept of impeachment is just odious.
 
Now don't get me wrong, Spitzer's behavior put him where he is, but his behavior doesn't remove the smell of this whole "affair". Having read several comments in other diaries about this I know I'm not alone in this feeling that this was an investigation in search of a crime.

With the GOPpers having definitely decided on their guy and the Dems down to two. I thought we might cover the previous Second Fiddles. Also known as VPOTUS (Vice President of the United States). Did you know that one of our Veeps was indicted for murderedand later accused of treason? And he was succeeded by a Clinton, first name George. Scary ain't it? Names intertwined, situations familiar 200 years later.
 
There have been 43 Presidents but 72 Vice Presidents. That's because until the last 4 two term Presidents it was more common to dump the VP for the second term. Thirteen Vice Presidents went on to become President. Nine ascended to the office four were elected on their own. Of the nine that ascended only four were re-elected and Teddy was the first of these. Two VPs served two different Presidents. Four of the VPs that ascended had no VP during their term as President.

Sydney J. Harris Quotes
 
I love quotes. The wisdom that come from just a few words someone has uttered. Most of the time we are acquainted with either the quote or the person being quoted. Sydney J. Harris was not someone I had heard of before. Whether that's my ignorance or an situation of his notoriety is something we'll possibly discover here today. I ran across him through an email from Carissa Picard, President of Military Spouse for Change.
 
The quote used by Carissa that made me want to know who Harris is/was?
 

Patriotism is proud of a country's virtues and eager to correct its deficiencies; it also acknowledges the legitimate patriotism of other countries, with their own specific virtues. The pride of nationalism, however, trumpets its country's virtues and denies its deficiencies, while it is contemptuous toward the virtues of other countries. It wants to be, and proclaims itself to be, 'the greatest,' but greatness is not required of a country; only goodness is.

If you haven't signed up with VoteVets you may not have seen this ad yet. When you go to VoteVets and signup and/or donate you'll get an opportunity to see some of their ads before they're broadcast or if they are targeted it may be your only chance to see them.
 
I just received the latest in an email from Jon Soltz. The email had a brief description;

The ad features, for the first time, a female Iraq veteran and her small child. Rose Forrest served 12 months in Iraq, and gave birth to her little son, when she came home. In the ad, Rose challenges John McCain to tell the truth about what endless war means for her child, and all of our children. Senator McCain needs to give us some straight talk about how much endless war in Iraq is going to cost. We don't have an endless pot of money, or an endless supply of troops and equipment.

Last year one of our fellow kossack ran a series of demographic diaries. He asked about the different levels of education, where we lived, ethnicity, religion and many more. But what I don't recall him asking is shower or tub.

That's right, do you take a shower or do you fill your tub to take a bath? And there are many other related questions to ask. We'll hit those on the other side.
 

First some clarification on what we do here. This is meant to be a light-hearted diary where we have fun and gather mojo. The only objects of political humor here are GOPpers. Jokes even if they are not meant to be harsh on a Democrat will probably be taken that way, so;

NO JOKES OR DEROGATORY COMMENTS ABOUT DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES HERE, PLEASE.

I'm always fascinated when I hear the phrase; This Day In History. I always wonder if there is something I've been involved in or witnessed that will be the topic of that phrase years from now. Have you been part of something that a Keith Olbermann of the future will use as an example of This Day In History?
 
To get us started let's do some births on This Day In History;

0037   Claudius Drusus Germanicus Caesar Nero emperor of Rome (54-68)
1519   Pedro Menéndez de Aviles explored Florida - founded St Augustine FL
1564   Galileo Galilei Pisa, Italy, astronomer/physicist
1797   Henry Engelhard Steinway piano maker (Steinway)
1809   Cyrus Hall McCormick inventor (Mechanical reaper)

Jon Soltz just sent out an email requesting help in stopping another Bush cronyistic maneuver. And of course it involves the Pentagon. And of course it involves our soldiers safety. Helmets, that's right helmets.
 

 
VoteVets is requesting you sign a petition requesting hearings on this. Let your voice be heard, don't let the noise of the day distract you from this important issue.

I don't know about you but I'm way over it with candidiaries, so in honor of the end of candidiaries for this election cycle let's talk pie. After all, surely pie can't be that divisive... or can it? Well now's the time to discover if we can discuss savory pie without separating into different camps.
 
Chicken pot pie, chili pie, shepherd's pie or you name it. Throw out your favorite recipe. And before you ask, we did sweet (or dessert, if you prefer) pies before Thanksgiving.

Super Bowl, Super Tuesday, Super This, Super That, Super...  I think we overuse the term to the point there is nothing significant about it. Kinda like New and Improved or simply NEW.

 
Super
n.
An article or a product of superior size, quality, or grade.

adj.
Very large, great, or extreme:

Excellent; first-rate: a super party

Yep, you read that right, Mojo Friday has apparel. The proceeds from the sale of this apparel will be used to support the efforts of another kossack. That kossack being Ninepatch. Many of you read her diaries and mailed off your own Care Packages as she discussed, but she does much more than just care packages.
 
Ninepatch is a seamtress, so she also does many projects for the troops that involves her sewing skills. She makes sandscarves and coolties. The material for these items and the special requests of some of her recipients are where the proceeds will go. Best case scenario, there will be a need for these items for at least two more years.
 

This weekend brings a confluence of events together, Friday is Iraq Moratorium Day No. 5 and Monday is Martin Luther King Jr. Day. So what are your plans this weekend? Are you doing anything for Iraq Moratorium? Do you have plans to attend any of the MLK events in your area?
 
The Iraqi Occupation is coming up on it's fifth year. The assassination of Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. is coming up on it's fortieth anniversary. I'll let others comment on the greater meaning of these events coming together this weekend. I'll just make some notes.

O M G, some here have lost their mojo (TU status). It seems the load from all the candidiaries and the traffic they generated caused ct to do some adjustments to the site and it's caching. I didn't notice a thing in my status. That's not to say that I could be marginal, but nothing has happened yet. All I can say is to all the regular Mojo Friday participants; spread the word tell everyone to come to MF and follow the Guidelines and they'll get their MOJO back. You know how that goes, you tell two friends and then they tell two friends and so on. Only make that five friends. For today let's see if we can get 400 unique commenters.