Banana Split Pancakes and the Blame Game
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Good morning breakfastpoppers. Today is Wednesday, August 10, 2011. It's show time this morning and I hope you are all ready to play "The Blame Game". Let's prepare some Banana Split Pancakes for breakfast and then head for the studio. You will need 2 cups of Bisquick baking mix, 1 and 1/2 cups milk, 1/4 cup chocolate syrup, 1 egg, 1/3 cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips, 2 medium sliced bananas, 2 cups sliced strawberries, whipped topping, chopped nuts, and a maraschino cherry.
Heat your skillet and grease it if necessary. Stir together baking mix, milk, 1/4 cup chocolate syrup and egg. Now stir in chocolate chips. Pour batter into skillet in 1/4 cup spoonfuls. Cook until edges are bubbly. Turn and cook until golden brown. Serve with bananas, strawberries, whipped topping, nuts, syrup and maraschino cherries. Carry your breakfast to the television studio. "The Blame Game" is about to debut.
Welcome everyone to the premier of America's new show, "The Blame Game". Let me introduce the contestants. On team number one, we have Maureen Dowd, from the New York Times, MSNBC's Chris Tingly Leg Matthews, ABC's Cokie Roberts, President Barack Obama, Sen. John Kerry, the proud Democrat from the great state of Massachusetts and Sen. Tom Harkin the proud Democrat from the state of Iowa.
On team number two, we have the Tooth Fairy, Santa Claus, The Easter Bunny and the RoadRunner. Let the show begin. As you know we start off with the lightening round. In fact, it is our only round so let's begin. Team number one has one second a piece to lay blame for our current economic situation on anyone but themselves.
We begin with Maureen Dowd. "Tea Partiers are Cannibal Vampires". Now to Chris Matthews. "Tea Partiers are southern secessionists who want to kill Obama... Politically.". Moving along to President Obama. " Democracy is to blame for our failures". Take it away Cokie. "The problem is the Constitution because it requires people to come together from different perspectives." Good one Cokie. Back to Chris Matthews. "I want my viewers to stand against the Tea Party members and their stay-stay-home blogging cheerleaders." Team One you have two seconds left. Take it away Sen. John Kerry ."This is the Tea Party Downgrade". Not believable, Senator, but nevertheless a good one. Let's end this round with Sen. Tom Harkin. " The Republican Party is a cult." Time's Up!!
Team two, your turn. The clock is ticking. Take it away Tooth Fairy. " Giving you people teeth is a complete waste of enamel". Your turn Santa Claus. "It's coal in your stockings forever and a day". Easter Bunny, to you. You're ugly and your mother dresses you funny." RoadRunner finish up as only you can. "Meep, Meep". Times up.
The studio audience will decide the team that walks away with "The Blamey". Audience press the buttons in front of you and pick a winning team.
The votes have been tallied. Team number one wins "The Blame Game" in a complete runaway victory. Congratulations team number one for proving once and for all that when you really don't have any answers to this nation's gripping problems, just point your fingers and lay the blame for this fiasco anywhere but where it belongs..in your lap...POP...
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Pop,
Allowing professional blame gamers to compete is unfair competition but they arent good for anything else.
Good morning gustaw,
Welcome to the breakfast table. You're right, "The only answer is to repay". Now if only our government would understand that message.
Dear Tom,
Who says anything has to be fair? See you at the Inn. I baked a lasagna and I'm buying with taxlarry's increased debt ceiling!
I think the fix was in. Team 2 had better looking and smarter members than team 1. The Road Runner summed everything up the best. It looks like the audience were socialists who voted members of Team 1 into office. I would think the blame game is the only thing they will win during the next year and a half. Go Road Runner! Let's see if you can beat me to the bar. MEEP! MEEP! BARTENDER..............
Its a shame that no one on the left takes responsibility for their actions any more. I see it from the lowest members of society, you can almost tell when someone is a liberal if the first thing out of their mouth is "It's not my fault someone else did it." Or wait is that describing a child? Perhaps those on the left are nothing but overgrown children.
Rachel
Good morning taxlarry,
Nothing was fixed. Team one knows how to place blame on anyone other than the guilty party. They are pros, there is no way around that. Now I agree Team two was better looking and a whole lot of fun. See you at the Inn. The RoadRunner is coming, 'Meep, Meep". Wow, he just breezed by me on his way to the Inn. Better move it, taxlarry. Oh, by the way. Bring your credit card. I am telling everyone you're buying!
Good morning rachell,
I agree they are children but they are dangerous and belong in juvenile hall. See you at the Inn. We need to catch up.
Pop, and the whole world shakes, I gotta laugh right there the S&P/Vansustran show made that remark on the net yesterday,
whole thing is a frocking joke, mind games against those who fall for anything, keep it rolling and impeach the bum on top who can't find east at sunrise, barkeep!, 50
Good morning, Pop! It's such a shame the president and his playmates seem to enjoy playing this game like a bunch of kids. Can't someone tell him to stop as it is so un-presidential? Otherwise, he might as well not waste air time holding press conferences. We already know what to expect.
POP: Great show! I saw Valerie Jarrett backstage - she thought it was next Tuesday, and wanted to be early to accept her award.
Team No. 1 was great. How can they come up with these remarks so quickly? I hope they will be back to defend their win this week.
I'm going to the bar early. I heard that taxlarry is still spending with his newly increased debt ceiling. Do you think he's a DEM? Someone, please save me a seat....
Good Morning 50,
Sounds like a plan to me! To the Inn. I'm buying with taxlarry's new debt ceiling increase.
Good morning caltex,
I don't think this president would listen to anybody. I am appalled at so much of the stuff he does that is in such poor taste. Running off to play golf right after the downgrade is just one example. Michelle's Spain extravaganza is another. See you at the Inn.
Good Morning Pino,
I saw Valerie Jarrett too. She scared the hell out of me. I am quite confident that Team One will keep the barbs coming. See you at the Inn. Taxlarry is not a Dem, he's just an opportunist!
Great write and some good comments. The time is right for those at the big house to step up to the plate. The old saying if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen applies. A helping of humble pie and truth serum are needed this man and his administration are an embarrassment to the ideals this country was founded. I can't believe he has not already been impeached.
Good Morning Fiddleman,
Humble Pie is definitely not on the menu for President Obama. He only eats cheeseburgers! See you at the Inn.
BPOP - Just the sight of Kerry makes me want to slap the crap out of the guy. Friggin BX hero. They can cast all the aspersions on the Tea Party that they want to. The Dems always need a Boogie Man so I guess we're it.
There was one plan, in particular, that would have satisfied S&P and that was the Cut, Cap and Balance bill that was passed by the House and sent to the Senate where senile Reid tabled it. Why no debate? I know why and so does anyone else with a lick of common sense.
The Tea Party just showed its strength in Wisconsin. Are we going away? NOPE!
The Frog
Great hub and they have taken blame to a fine art. The comments already say everything I am thinking. See you at the inn.
Good Morning Frog Prince,
No way are we going away and these fools know it. I expect things are going to get very ugly because Obama and company are desperate. See you at the Inn.
Good Morning Pamela,
I'm afraid this game will go on and on. That's what happens when you are devoid of ideas and refuse to take responsibility for anything. See you at the Inn. Taxlarry is buying again!
Take me out to the Blame Game
The way they play it's a shame
There’s old Chris Mathews pee-ing on his leg
Harry and Nancy with their kool aid keg
So they’ll listen to old John Kerry’s scam
You know he served in Viet Nam
So we’ll kick that can down the lane
In the Old Blame Game
I would comment, but my mouth is full.
Sounds like team two is at a loss for words...amazing! WB
Good Morning Patriot,
Love the song. I was kind of hoping you would do a parody of the The Name Game, You know Banana Fama Obama...The Name Game! See you at the Inn. Let's have a sing-a-long.
Morning POP...Let me see if I get this straight:
The smartest man in the world, backed up by the brilliant minds of Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi, was run aground by a bunch of old, broken-down, red-necked, uneducated, Bible-thumping, gun-toting, hillbilly Tea Partiers...Either the medias meme for these folks is wrong, or a Harvard degree isn't what it used to be.
Harry Truman had a sign on his desk that read " The buck stops here "...Obama also has a sign on his desk that reads " The buck stops over there "...
Accepting responsibility is the mark of a true leader...denying responsibility is the mark of a true moral relativist...Larry
Good Morning frugalfamily,
Enjoy!!
Good Morning Wayne,
Clearly, Team One has left them speechless with the enormity of their blind stupidity. To the Inn. Team One won't be there, but the RoadRunner will. Meep, Meep!
Ha ha ha! Great show Pop and the message comes through loud and clear! And the pancakes are delicious!
Watch our for that RoadRunner, bp. MEEP! translated is Me Enjoys Eviscerating Politians! If only that were true!
Politics is a circus with the clowns in charge.
Wonderful breakfast!
The Blame Game doesn't sound like a very FAIR Game...the decks are stacked...Ooops, it's suppose to be that way? Oh, Ok, it's Fair! Very Funny Breakfastpops...Who's going to get rid of these Players...Conservatives, Tea Party to the Rescue! Great Pancakes!
Little Sister With Giant Brain.
Tripple AAA girl. This is the message I'm trying to beat into the American mind set. I'll keep it short. I hate it when some one turns a comment into their own hub. I'll just say you're smart and super classy, with an eye for the bulls eye. Good work my friend
jim
Good Afternon Maven,
Obama is incapable of accepting responsibility for anything but a "win". All the rest belongs to Bush or the Republicans and particularly to the Tea Party. He is so flawed that there is no way he will go down in history as anything but a failure. See you at the inn. Taxlarry is buying once again.
Dear Dexter,
Your laughter makes me happy. Thanks for getting it! See you later at the Inn.
Dear drbj,
RoadRunner will be at the Inn later. Let's ask him what he's all about.
Dear Patty,
I never really enjoyed the circus. I felt that the animals were mistreated. Oh wait, that's just how I feel about politics, only we are the animals. See you at the Inn.
Dear b.Malin,
Laughter is better than tears. I figured we might as well have some fun with the idiotic things the Dems and MSM are flinging around. See you at the Inn.
Dear Big Bro With a Big heart and An Even Bigger Brain,
You are the best. See you at the Inn.
Another delicious sounding recipe. I always enjoy your recipes, but i have to tell you i have gotten to the point that when i open your hubs, that is all i read. I cut, copy and past them so i can try them, and i enjoy them immensely. However, i can't read anymore hubs that only continue to add to the major problems of this country. And that is the incessant bashing of one side by the other. It has gotten to the point of sickening and i find it intolerable, by both sides, so i do not read those hubs who are so obviously one sided, prejudiced, and yes, extremely hateful to the point of ludicrous. I will continue to read your hubs because i love your recipes, but hub pages readers have disappointed me to the point of nausea, in this continuous spreading of hatred. Thanks for another wonderful recipe. Everything that is said by the right side about the left, in their hubs is repeated almost verbatim by the other side about them. Ad nauseum. (P.S., yes, i am a registered republican).
Good Morning d.William,
First of all when it comes to bashing, the Dems and the liberal MSM have perfected the art form. I have found that the Republicans are not contributing to this vicious dialogue which is one of the reasons I wrote this hub. I took a humorous approach to diffuse the tension. I am pleased that you like the recipes and I understand political fatigue. I too feel it quite often and I look forward to the day when we truly do have ac commonsense Congress that knows the meaning of bi-partisanship. We don't have that now. We also don't have strong leadership in the White House. Trust me, I don't want this president to fail, but that is what he is doing. So come for the recipes and don't read any further. By the way, I am an Independent, an Independent who once was a Democrat.
Thanks for commenting with your usual dignity and style. I did not mean to belittle either party, and i watch Fox news network, MSNBC and CNN to get a broader perspective of what is being said. I do not find that either party is more biased than the other, but i am burned out with all that hateful rhetoric from both sides. I am going to change to Independent also (from Rep) as i am ashamed of both parties at this time. However, i am kind of wary about changing at this time with the Governor (in Florida) trying so hard to suppress voting rights for anyone not Republican in this state. When will this ever end? I have got my eye of Charlie Crist (independent)(former Rep. gov. of Fla). He may just steal it from both of them. I think it would do this country good to have an independent president.
Good Morning d.William,
I agree an independent president would be fantastic for this nation. Someone who combines the best ideas out there matter where they come from. That would be a dream come true. I doubt we will ever see that happen. Enjoy the day. By the way I like Charlie Crist too.
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gustaw1981 9 months ago
Thanks for the recipe. Believe me it is not only your country leaders that have no answers :). We all in live on debt, to me the only way is to repay.