Since we cats don't set clocks or tell time, we have decided we're going to blissfully ignore the whole "spring forward" thing. Unless, of course, our owners forget to feed us at the right times.
And speaking of rituals, because the fabled Gridiron Dinner is closed to the press, we are always sorely tempted to dismiss it — even if it is top-hat-and-white-tie-and-tails. We just think that it's time for the Gridirons and the Supreme Court to get with it, and let the cameras in.
But in the meantime, President Obama was apparently very funny at last night's G.D., so we feel obligated to pause and salute him. Also Senator Amy Klobuchar, who pushed the edge of the envelope (as defined by the easily shocked elite males who make up most of the Gridiron audience).
What we didn't really care for was Governor Bobby Jindal's bit, which appears to have been almost entirely race-based. Ugh. Once again, Jindal thought he was going to nail it, but it sounds like he just ended up looking like a member of the Stupid Party.
Yes, Governor Jindal, we agree with you that the Gridiron is surely a thrilling event of yesteryear. But that doesn't mean you need to stoop to pandering to 50-year-old attitudes — especially when your party is having such problems appealing to people of color. It makes us cats cringe, and we HISS.
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