White House is Putting on Lipstick and Selling Some Guns

PLUS: Your mommy makes less than your daddy...Bush plays politics with lives...Spielberg is growing less sweet and more sour on Beijing...Really, put down your Blackberry...Cigarettes cure cancer...Cheney’s had a change of heart...And you could be us. Seriously. It’s July 30th...is this thing on?

Celebration Excuse

Balty gets salty, democracy’s a’flourishing and color comes to cartoons. It’s July 30th, here’s why we trust God:

1619

The colonists in Jamestown, Virginia get their democracy on in the first representative assembly in the Americas, the House of Burgesses.

1729

B-more! The city of Baltimore, Maryland is founded.

1932

Walt Disney’s Flowers and Trees is the first cartoon to use Technicolor.

1954

The just-as-colorful Elvis makes his public performing debut.

1956

Dwight D. Eisenheur signs a joint resolution from the U.S. Congress making “In God We Trust” the national motto.

1975

Labor leader Jimmy Hoffa disappears in a Detroit restaurant parking lot, never to be seen or heard from again.

1990

The first Saturn car rolls out of the factory.

2006

The BBC’s Top of the Pops, the world’s longest running music show, says goodbye after 42 years on the air.

Of course we remembered your birthday

1818: Wuthering Heights author Emily Brontë
1863: Automobile titan Henry Ford
1936: Legendary blues guitarist Buddy Guy
1947: The Governator, Arnold Schwarzenegger
1956: Professor, author, and scandal survivor Anita Hill
1958: British chick-rocker Kate Bush
1961: Morpheus! Matrix actor Laurence Fishburne
1963: Hilarious Friends star Pheobe, Lisa Kudrow

Daybook

POTUS

11:25 AM

The President holds a joint press conference with British PM Gordon Brown following their first official meeting.

2:25 PM

Smilin’ for the cameras at a photo op with the March of Dimes National Ambassador.

PEOPLE

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice travels to Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt along with Defense Secretary Robert Gates.

STUMPIN’

Senator John McCain looks for campaign cash in Pittsburgh.
Senator Barack Obama holds a town hall meeting in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Tommy Thompson holds meetings around Iowa.
Fred Thompson hits up his supporers in Washington, DC for funds.

INSIDE THE BELTWAY

8:00 AM

Veteran’s Affairs Department- meeting of the Veterans’ Advisory Committee on Environmental Hazards to discuss medical and scientific papers concerning the health effects of exposure to ionizing radiation.

11:00 AM

Center for American Progress- forum on “Should Congress Override a Veto of the Homeland Security Funding Bill?”

10:00 AM

The Heritage Foundation- discussion on “Border Security and Immigration Reform: What’s Next?”

TV TIME

Tune in at work

The Oprah: Dr. Oz Answers Your Burning Questions
The View: Jason Priestley, Sugarland, guest co-host Nancy Grace
Regis and Kelley: Jim Belushi,
Ellen: Ryan Seacrest

Stay up late

Stewart: Alistair Campbell
Colbert: Evan Osnos
David Letterman: Andy Samberg
Leno: the still-fly J.Lo
Late Late Show: Drew Carey, Nellie McKay
Conan: James Blake, Marc Broussard
Last Call: (Repeat) Jeanne Tripplehorn, James Morrison
Kimmel: Hoopstar LeBron James, Velvet Revolver

 

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They totally snuck beer into the prom.

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LAT: For the DeLorean, it’s back to the present

USAT: Tillman’s comrade recalls former NFL player’s final moments

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ABC: Beat the Airport Blues

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