LiveBlog for Friday, February 13, 2009
XM Satellite Radio is now carrying all three hours of The Stephanie Miller Show live from 9am to Noon Eastern!!! Now, even if your city or town doesn’t have a Steph affiliate, you can hear her wherever you go. Be sure to check it out on America Left XM167!
Bark Park Song can be downloaded here!
• Frances Callier & Angela V. Shelton (Frangela) join us in studio at 7:30am Pacific for another edition of Fridays With Frangela!!!
• House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) calls in at 8:30am Pacific to tell us about the progress being made in passing President Obama’s economic stimulus plan.
• The Senate plans to vote on the $789 billion compromise stimulus late tonight after an all-day debate, Majority Leader Harry Reid said yesterday from the chamber floor. The House, which had planned to vote on the package yesterday, delayed it until today after many rank-and-file Dems who were unhappy with some spending cuts demanded time to read the compromise measure.
• Republican Sen. Judd Gregg withdrew his nomination as President Barack Obama’s commerce secretary yesterday, citing “irresolvable conflicts” over the administration’s stimulus bill and the upcoming 2010 census. He’s the second nominee to withdraw from consideration for the post after Bill Richardson withdrew in January.
• The Senate last night confirmed Leon Panetta as CIA director by unanimous consent. Panetta, who served as President Clinton’s chief of staff, now becomes the oldest person to head the spy agency at 70.
• A Continental Airlines plane crashed into a home near Buffalo, NY late last night, killing 44 passengers and 4 crew members. One person in the home was also killed.
Tags: Angela V. Shelton, Bill Clinton, Bill Richardson, Frances Callier, Frangela, Harry Reid, Judd Gregg, Leon Panetta, Steny Hoyer
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Good morning!
Scary Friday the 13th!
Morning capt
Morning all you livebloggers. Goood morning Steph & the Mooks and Frangela!
Is that about it?
Yes, Happy Friday the 13th. I was born on Saturday the 14th, but I feel like it had to still be the 13th somewhere. My aunt & uncle were getting married the same day and lightning struck the church just as the service was starting. Halfway through the ceremony someone came running up the aisle shouting “It’s a boy!”. Or at least that’s what I’m told, I was too young to remember.
“and lightning struck the church just as the service was starting”
*Queue Twilight Zone Theme*
Yep, it’s Friday the 13th. Time for the obligatory release of some more slasher/zombie/honor flicks. *yawn* Wake me in time for Dollhouse and Battlestar Galactica tonight.
Good morning, Blog Warriors! Good morning, Team Steph!
I don’t know if y’alls saw President Obama’s speech at the Lincoln Banquet last night. It made me feel proud to be an American. In case you missed it, here’s MSNBC’s coverage:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036677/#29170751
Morning Shaf!
No kiddin about the speech – another good one.
Happy VD everyone!
Anyone notice that Susan Collins sounds like Katherine Hepburn? I think one of the provisions she slipped into the Jobs Bill was to give her the Aquitaine.
on the 2k9-2-12 personcast of the glenn bolshebeck show, glenn bolshebeck and frank luntz conducted a public mini circle-jerk that left them both grinning. they played various commercials for the employee free rights act, book-ending the airings (if that’s a fair metaphor regarding spokestwats who dont read) with commentary saying this is scary stuff. – one even threw in that it’s divisive. as luntz so eloquently put it, with all the insight and dignity of a front row lemming, “we’re all in this together! we all succeed together, or we all fail together!”. – in other words, bolshevism doesnt change much. that’s a predictable attribute in a behavior whose practitioners are not practicing evolutionists. – i’m thankful every day, for the accident of being born into a century and geographic cul-de-sac that has given free enterprise a chance. i do not and shall not wed my investments to the stock values of those employers who are determined to fail. thank you, spokestwats luntz and bolshebeck, but i’ll continue to take my chances with success.
let’s have a big strapping harrison bergeron sized round of applause for these tried and untrue miscreants. good moanin, friday 13 passengers.
Speaking of evolution:
Astronomers Unveiling Life’s Cosmic Origins
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090212161814.htm
(a little geeky but interesting)
Good morning Charlie and Flombaye!
Another GREAT day in the making
good morning, stephanistas!
Boy, that plane crash near Buffalo chills me. I heard the news around 2 am, which made it worse. My son is home safe, but sometimes he’s on a similar flight to Buffalo.
A 9/11 widow was on the flight.
Good morning Carol!
So sad with such a loss of life – especially after the plane crashed in the Hudson without any loss of life.
http://buzzflash.com/articles/carpenter/311
#12 I see both the lack of bi-partisanship and Gregg’s unwillingness to “play for the other team” as seeds of the Republican Party’s own destruction.
The more they become shrill and strident, the more
star systemsdistricts will slip through their fingers.#13,
*fingers crossed*
I have been more anti-GOP than partisan Dem for – well at least 20 years.
BTW, in addition to the lack of diversity in radio station ownership, the FCC and Congress need to address the dominance of the cellular spectrum by just a few companies.
Verizon Wireless’ merger with Alltel will force Verizon to divest some assets in overlapping markets. Guess who is buying them up? AT&T!
Here’s a good column at pcmag.com about the whole deal:
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2340862,00.asp
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I haven’t even considered voting for a Rethug Presidential candidate since Nixon. And it looks like that streak may continue for the rest of my life.
OK — I gotta get this out of the way…
Arizona St. 74
UCLA 67
HAA-RUMPH!
and a grr…
Congrats to AZ!
Amazing how an online college can put together a team AND win!
(kiddin)
#19 There you go spreading that scurrilous rumor, capt!
#15,
Time to break up these mergers – like the old Standard Oil – too big to be healthy for the consumers.
It’s Friday the 13th ya’ bastids!
And Randi Rhodes is still off the air because the suits at Nazi M Radio want to censor the content of her show.
Censorship SUX!
I like to listen to RR (not as much as Mama but) and she can be a bit much but she should be on the airwaves as a service to the public interests.
Only 8:40 and I’m already falling asleep. Ugh. And I’m working Saturday & Sunday too. 1st shot of coffee didn’t help. Looks like I need to try another caffeine delivery method.
Though it doesn’t help that it’s nice and dark in here and my test subject is behaving itself.
Hey Paul,
WAKE UP!
*passes hot espresso*
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Thanks capt.
But you gotta be careful when you scare me like that.
Coulda spilt the espresso in my lap
Oh Oh OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Joliet JackHammers offer former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich a job on their baseball team
{snip}
The team would celebrate Blagojevich night by giving fans bobblehair dolls (the hairstyle bobbles instead of the head). The club also plans to sell special “golden” seats, an obvious wink to the infamous wiretaps in which he allegedly calls President Barack Obama’s former U.S. Senate seat “[expletive] golden.”
*****
I knew Blago’s hair would live on – you can’t kill a real hair-monster.
ZOMG!
SHOWTIME! Already
Woo Hoo!
*jazz hands & happy feet*
Good morning all. Feeling a bit under the weather, so I may just mostly read the blog and listen to the show.
Speaking of listening, I’m unable to connect to KTLK this morning. Anyone here have better luck?
Hey, can I be Commerce Secretary? Seems like were having some problems finding somebody to fill the seat.
#29 I’m connected to KTLK stream. But, I always use Internet Explorer for the stream.
#4 shaf – We’re also going to watch Dollhouse tonight. Did you catch NPR’s Freshair interview with Joss Whedon yesterday?
#32 No, I play it from the archives this afternoon, though.
Thanks for the tip!
Morning bloggies! XOXOX
Places!
It’s Miller Time!
Think you had a bad day? Some guy got hit by a car and dragged 17 miles.
Good Morning Steph and the Mooks!!!
“NPR’s Freshair interview”
Fres-hair? Is that another Blago joke?
(kiddin’)
At least Rep. Hoyer showed up. Ms. Huffington was a no-show.
32 – I listened to part of it. I’m not a yuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuge Joss Whedon fan, but I’ll probably DVR the show and check it out this weekend.
#36 Poor little guy. He kept up for at least a mile and a half!
(too soon?)
I prefer to refer to the holiday as “Singles Awareness Day”.
Steph should skip “He’s Just Not That Into You” and go see the characters from that movie get butchered like hogs by Jason in the new “Friday the 13th” movie.
Mama could be the spokesperson for SAD.
good morning all
http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/02/11/new.york.body.dragged/
Gregg dropped out because he woke up yesterday morning, and found the severed head of a male prostitute in the bed next to him.
43 – That’s my plan!
With Yahoo knowing if searcher are male of female.. We need to keep in mind that Yahoo is one of the internet search engines that volunteered to turn info over to the government during the Bush administration.
47 – please tell me it was Jeff Gannon please tell me it was Jeff Gannon please tell me it was Jeff Gannon please tell me it was Jeff Gannon
Nice Shane-O, as always
Liberal Hussein Smurf love the new avatar.
#47, so that’s where Jeff Gannon got off to.
Huh huh, I said “got off”.
How does one “pose” as a Taco Bell employee?
Hmmmmmm?
DUUUUUUUUDES!!!
DUUUUDES!!!
Beavis and Butthead did this episode already.
Beaver!
“#47, so that’s where Jeff Gannon got off to.”
And I was thinking he just changed his name to Joe the plumber?
Now I’m confused.
How about some Baked Tostitos, dude?
Is Jim using a megaphone?
Beaver Burrito anyone?
Wow! Taco Bell Stack and Beaver Stack, alll rolled into one!
Mornin’ All!
#62 is that some kind of trans-gendered food?
Btw, was looking through the stimulus package details (huhuhuhuh)…and in one draft saw over $4 billion dollars for what i’m assuming is oil companies developing clean fuels. Dontcha think, o I don’t know, that they have sufficient funds to do that on their own? I was furious when I saw that.
Liberal Hussein Smurf love the new avatar.
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Thanx Straydogma. If I had photoshop I would have added a long beard.
You got your taco in my beaver!!!
I thought is was always a beaver taco?
If it is a burrito one would have to unwrap it to get to the beaver.
I suspect Gregg was “asked” to bow to in an effort to make Obama look bad
goob morink everbuby
Judge Dredd was the wrong pick anyway. He wanted to abolish the very department he was going to run, and is so eager to disenfranchise minorities they had to take the Census out of Commerce.
Obama was naive as hell for nominating him anyway. The whole point was Rahm’s hairbrained scheme to put a Dem in Gregg’s seat, but once Gregg made the nomination of a Repub a precondition to taking the job, there was no raison d’etre for his nomination anymore.
#66- Liberal Hussein SMurf, try http://www.paint.net It’s free!
Gregg dropped out because Ann Coulter threatened to show him whatever’s peeking out from under her skirt.
Good body, every morning!
#65,
We continue to support the poor little oil companies. They just can’t make it on their own – dontchaknow?
What’s with Steph’s voice on that HIV promo? Sounds like her nads just dropped
69–Second that…sounds like a ploy to me….
Did she mention the Western NY plane crash yet? It was in Clarence Center, which is just a few miles from Buffalo. It’s a lovely small town with lots of antique shops and a huge antique center and flea market nearby. Not a very humorous thing to talk about, but she might mention Cheektowaga, which is always fun to say…
“You got your taco in my beaver!!!”
Scissor?
*skates*
Good morning.
I think that if some enterprising reporter was interested in digging the Gregg resignation has something to do with Abramoff.
Just sayin’.
Gregg is more confirmation the GOP is lost and trying ANYTHING.
Keystone Kops time in the GOP.
Wash your hands. You don’t know where they’ve been.
#78, The crash is awful. A friend of mine is a pilot and I’m pretty sure he knew some of the crew.
PeterW … I heard on the radio this morning people somewhat inferring that Obama is Candide … and that aint good
Thanx, Laura. I’ll check out paint.net later.
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Mornin’ Cindy. Sounds like you still have that cold, eh?
#80, it would explain why he also said he doesn’t plan to run for reelection in 2010.
#84, how so (it’s been ages since I read Candide)?
Not sure I’m comfortable with the term “services kids between 8 and 20″. Sounds like Jacko the Whacko.
#80
Judd Gregg & his Abramoff Problem
There you go!
Gregg actually actively advocated for a stimulus package of some sort just a few days ago.
The reasons being given now are Kabuki theater.
Why is Jacko the Whacko shopping at Walmart?
Childrens clothes are half off!
*skates*
The situation cryatalized? Gregg, if you’re not part of the solution, you’re part of the precipitate.
Hey check out the front page of Wikipedia today!
it would take a 67 vote to change Senate Rule XXII
#92,
Oh YOU!
#91- Flavin!
capt @ #89 thanks for the link but it has to be like Isikoff (who is a turd but that’s what he does) or some other member of The Village that does the reporting.
#78, The crash is awful. A friend of mine is a pilot and I’m pretty sure he knew some of the crew.
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Sully’s phone is probably ringing off the hook.
It has been less than a month and OBVIOUSLY Obama has failed . . .
Are these people even serious?
Judd Gregg? I bet that’s shorthand for something else.
Hannity’s brian goes THUD!
Obama was basically punked. This was a set up, pretend to want to be a part of team and then pull the rug out. I respect you O but these are not the same republicans from 40 years ago. You can’t talk to these people. Damn bi-partisanship and do what you need to do.
#101 brain!
Yeah Paul, I thought I was getting better when you an I chatted on dailykos .. but it came back with a vengeance
re: the Candide thing
Candide was an eternal optimist. If that’s the reference, I guess I can see it. Candide surrounded himself with morons. If that’s the reference, I don’t see it.
#98- I wish Sully would speak mroe. What a true hero.
59 definitely, Jim. Franken’s up +249 votes now.
I’m mixed on getting rid of the filibuster. It wasn’t widely used until after the New Deal (which is how Roosevelt got things through in the early days, when his majority was slimmer than it was later). It was most notably used to fight civil rights legislation.
And the Dems don’t have the spine to use it, and last time they considered it, the Repubs have threatened to get rid of it.
Maybe make the cloture vote number equal the size of the majority’s caucus. Basically, you have to have complete party unity, or a number of cross-overs equal to the number of defectors.
Good morning! Good morning! Good morning-ga!
Hola amigas y amigos. Que tal?
Friday the 13th. OMG. OMFG..
#93 – Yes! Sparta!
PeterW- it’s being perceived as if Obama belief in better angels is like Candide’s best of all possible worlds, and too naive to know that he’s getting played like a fiddle by the republicans
Hiya, Bloggoes!
Change goes thud because Republicans are completely unable to imagine anything but their stupid, wrong policies having any effect or relevance?
Republicans ought to listen to how their whole philosophy is going “thud”.
MY brother in lae was born on Friday the 13 and I love my brother in law .. he is absolutely fantastic
Good Mornin’
2 Paul, Thanx for the early mornin’ blast;-) Like your aunt and uncle, I’m getting married tomorrow, and will be sure to toast your birthday with the bubbly, just because you made me blow my teeth across the room before my first sip of coffee. And, one more thing: Tomorrow mornin’ at 7:25 marks the official astrological beginning of the Age of Aquarius.
WoooooHooooo! Hippies are finally vindicated! 7:25 becomes 4:20 *bubbles bubbler*
#105, I think Obama will learn faster than Candide did. I’m hearing the faint whiff of whoopass in his voice now.
I doubt this is part of a grand master plan bit, as some Obamaniacs are claiming, but I’m glad it’s happening. It’s teaching him the hard lessons about who the other side really are, and it’s doing it nice and early. Learning in the trenches.
And every administration has a little drama with several of its nominees, especially in the early days.
Why is Jacko the Whacko shopping at Walmart?
Childrens clothes are half off!
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Q: Did you hear about Michael Jackson’s latest song?
A: “Don’t let your son go down on me.”
108: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=14380
#107 maybe the rebs should just dot the same and threaten to get rid of the filibuster too.
madduane 111- Black holes of suck don’t go thud. They just destroy everything in reach.
If Hannity and his ilk would actually listen to Gregg’s remarks yesterday: Gregg sought the job, Obama didn’t ask him. I agree with #102–O may have been punked here.
It’s not redistricting, it’s reapportionment. The states handle the redistricting.
The Commerce Dept. doesn’t do the redistricting after the Census, the States do it.
Peter – I don’t know about that. He’s whole inference of Abe Lincoln last night to what we face now is nice and has SOME relevance, but Lincoln did not face a party and an ideology of disaster capitalism..
as I said in my blog post yesterday:
(hell, these people will tank/crater/dismember an entire national economy and risk the international economy, thousand and millions of lives just rid the US government of the ability to offer safety nets, provide for education and infrastructure and to make themselves even more obscenely wealthy)
Hannity’s brian goes THUD!
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tic tac’s go THUD?
oh and I should have added risking international INsecurity
You don’t punk Obama very easily. It may seem so, but look how he handles things. I’d bet that Gregg’s exit was really more than HIS idea; behind the scenes, I suspect it was Obama’s idea.
One thing about Obama that is already quite obvious is that he looks at mistakes and owns up to them, and works to correct them.
He’s a cool cat, folks. Thank God, we have a man qualified to be President.
Love the sound FX from Bewitched!
#120 PeterW – jinx!
#122, the problem was his idolization of “Team of Rivals”. It’s been pointed out by historians that the book’s thesis is not actually supported by history, and that the author conveniently ignores all the times the strategy created massive problems.
Who said Hannity had a brain (or brian?)
Silly peeps – brains are for thinking folks!
#127, we’re the DC-metro Process Geek squad of the SMS liveblog.
Oh dear, Mama’s Hannity Problem… I just pray that they don’t become another Matalin/Carville. Please Mama, resist the fate of Cajun Skeletor!
“I suspect it was Obama’s idea”
I read somewhere that Rahm/Barack asked for Gregg to decline after it was obvious he was lying about supporting the president.
FWIW
Peter – was.. was???? That sounds like he’s moved past that and I’ve heard nothing to say that he has.
rush in a burkha and feedbag?
LOL, Rush climbing up hills
#125 I loved Obama’s reference to the Commerce Secretary flack at the top of his Lincoln Banquet speech. The look on his face was “yeah, we got it”.
I wonder if Hannity and Blago share the same hairdresser?
Both have quite a fop, eh?
Republicans in the House = seat-fillers at the Oscars
Hairesy?
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/2/13/01321/3538/762/696910
Morning Vince, I mean Shane-O!
#138
‘mornin’ Capt.
In spite of the obvious – the Republican Party is clearly willing to crater the economy, this country, the planet – all for the further enrichment of the rich.. In spite of that, I think they will fail, and it will mark the end of any relevance of the GOP for a long time.
They are crapping their nests.
Hair-etic?
Good morning Laura
#140, let’s remember that FDR’s recovery work happened in multiple stages too. We need to keep the pressure on.
dont let rush’s position get the boy confused with bin laden; bi laden is dispicable too, but at least wont die a fat stupid virgin.
I am pretty shure that Rush doesnt need a bomb to make his big ass explode… just saying.
Maybe we should call him “Shane-WOW!”.. ;->
Peter that quote was from Krugman
Do you guys want to hear a joke?
147 — I doubt RL is a virgin. Well, maybe for sex he didn’t PAY for he’s a virgin…
“I am pretty shure that Rush doesnt need a bomb to make his big ass explode… just saying.”
Did his anal cyst burst?
*skates*
151 — no
#147- Rush isn’t a virgin, Dominican Republic prostitutes, count!
Please excuse me while I rant.
I’m getting a little tired of the concern trolls at Kos.
Obama hasn’t been in office a month and already there is much gnashing of teeth and rending of garments over there.
Another Obamaism is don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good.
Our new president has accomplished much already.
155: DRPs with OCD? OMG LOLIYGD
#156 Agreed!
Hi all. I think the Rethuglicans called Gregg back. They don’t like this gettin’ along stuff.
lol the drug test ad
they need more examples though
128–Maybe it is Pres O’s plan to write that chapter by keeping up the pressure on the irrelevent GOP to go bipartisan, and call ‘em out.
#150, and that’s Krugman keeping the pressure on!
153—It’s had to tell the anal cyst from his FACE!
I’m glad that Gregg withdrew before he birthed something really hideous.
Acorn. Chicago. Ayers. Wright. Yadda, yadda!
STFU you tool!!
What would you call a man who goes out with Steph?
Desperate!
156 – as a spokestroll for kos concerntrolls local 187, i must remind you that obama’s frat boy behavior is partly responsible for theobama recession. coleman/palin 2012! it’s a no-brainer.
This caller is so warped.
Excellent Sneaky Provision Inserted Into The Stimulus!
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/2/13/9540/01963/682/696990
:::Back peddal:back peddal:::
Give me a break, caller!
All you can do is repeat freakin’ Republitard talking points.
Idiotic, fear-based wingnut.
166: looks like i picked the wrong week to stop tasting wine from stephy’s box.
i spelled that wrong, i believe
LAWLS
This guy is worried about totalitarianism NOW?????
Census. Bingo! Today’s talking point.
Caller doesn’t believe people should be represented if those people don’t belong to his party.
166—that’s mean. Steph is a nice person and she has money. What more could a man want?
the caller is a backpedaphile
oh noes the Democrats are taking over!
WE WON, YOU ASSHOLE!!!!!!
HBK,
“I’m getting a little tired of the concern trolls at Kos”
Somewhere between the concern trolls, the diary police and the uber-elite jerks who think they are the true progressives – I now read very little on KOS.
Rahm Emanuel can’t even sort out his own housing much less game the census.
Thank God! What does she keep these aholes on the air so long?
Rethuglicans think all free elections ARE power grabs.
#184 I kinda like it
183: no fish for you!
black guys!
Steph’s a giver. ProducerChris should have played the chlamydia clip.
I was just thinking….we’re going to have to put up with these right wing nut jobs for the next 8 years aren’t we?
Unless Congress brings back the Fairness Doctrine.
only rush was smart enuff to complain about obama meadowlarking around with terrorists and spear-fishing at camp david. will rush complain next about niggardly tax cuts for billionaires?
#156, I’m equally annoyed with those who think Obama’s name is Obeyme. We will do no better defering to him, attributing to him a genius secret plan, or “giving him space” than the Republicans did the same for Bush.
Obama has surrounded himself with establishment types. Even if his greatest dream is real change, everyone except Hilda Solis that surrounds him will be whispering against progressive change, and pushing back against it.
Those telling us to back off on Obama are giving them free reign to whisper their establishment inertia unopposed.
166—that’s mean. Steph is a nice person and she has money. What more could a man want?
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To keep our heterosexuality.
Morning All!!!! 2 Days in a Row!!! Wohoo!!! Sorry I’m late. Can someone give me the Crib Notes??
What do you guys actually think of representation for DC? I think that Colbert’s favorite Congressperson should actually get a vote, but should DC get Senators? The population of the area is bigger than Wyoming, among other states, I believe.
190 — we’re going to have to put up with these right wing nut jobs as long as we live. I agree with Randi Rhodes, it’s a genetic thing.
193—-are you Chris or Jim? Why are you picking on Steph on the day before Single’s Awareness Day?
Fridays, we can share cooking recipes and pet care tips (instead of hearing right-wingers).
Just kidding!
#194 Richard, you missed something about Rush’s ass exploding and a right wing caller talking about the “blaaack guys”
We’re going to have to always put up with them, but let’s hope they keep hanging themselves so they turn into even more of a regional party.
Fairness Doctrine is an archaic law and would be in effective with today’s media. Repeal the Telecommunication Act to bust up ownership of radio and televisions outlets by a few companies.
I love the latest sound effects! Particularly the riff of the fingernails on the harp (?).
196—no, I think it’s education. It’s been proven that people who get a college degree tend to become more liberal in their thinking because they go to college and learn about people unlike their own little clique.
in a way, it’s sad that rush’s favorite pop group, PRUSSIAN BLUE, have no talent, because you just know that they are relatively experienced.
201–ok, that too.
201: right on!
was just thinking….we’re going to have to put up with these right wing nut jobs for the next 8 years aren’t we?
Unless Congress brings back the Fairness Doctrine.
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The right(wrong) would use the fairness doctrine to get an even tighter grip on the MSM.
#200 They are definitely painting themselves as the Deliverance Party.
We can get past the GOP when people stop abusing children.
All GOPhers were abused children.
Republican-free since 2003
#201 Right On, Skyhawk!
195 — it’s a sticky issue. DC is not a state for a reason, but at the same time the people of DC are unfairly unrepresented. I’d like to see a way forward that allows them to be equally enfanchised with the rest of us, but doesn’t put the nation’s capital under a state government.
Honybearkelly -
I think Obama has invited it. You don’t run a campaign about change, CHANGE, CHANGE and then put the chicago school economist, establishment and DLC people in key positions…
He did that and the effect is to make all of us who want to the country to move left really keep an eye on him
Speaking of the Fairness Doctrine was CNN bought by Murdoch while I wasn’t looking?
208: as ned beatty can attest, it’s not nice to fool with the primal forces of nature.
#195, if Wyoming has 2 senators, with its tiny population (60,000 less than DC’s), then DC can have 2 senators, despite its tiny surface area. Why? Because land don’t vote.
Is it my imagination or are the RW callers getting dumber and dumber?
193—-are you Chris or Jim? Why are you picking on Steph on the day before Single’s Awareness Day?
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I’m not Chris or Jim.
I’m picking on Steph, becasue it’s fun to kick people when they’re down.
#203 correct, the smarter and more educated you are the more liberal.
Tell Steph that Obama is brilliant and the more reasonable he behaves the more outrageous the other side behaves.
Shouldn’t we just start doing a MUCH better job busting up all these monopolies (in whatever form they take). Isn’t it part of the reason we’re in this economic mess too. All these stinking financial insitutions that are “too big to fail”. If they’re THAT big, bust ‘em UP!!!
217 – ’tis the dark side of technology.
(see entry 7)
#203 that is in part why far right people attack universities calling them factories of liberal values.
#213, it was inevitable. The Dem party ran an incredibly charismatic candidate, and that will inevitably lead to a strain of authoritarian following in his support. That’s the last thing Obama needs. He’s got the whole DC establishment pushing him backwards. We have to be behind him pushing him forward. It’s not disrespectful, it’s our job.
As Greenwald points out, that also means taking Moveon and Change for America away from the pure Obama loyalists.
Good morning, guys! and gals! Still catching up with work, so I’m in and out.
IMDB.com says Alice Ghostley also played officious busybody Miss Stephanie Crawford in the 1962 movie “To Kill a Mockingbird” (one of my all-time favorites). By the way, just about everybody was in that movie– the actor playing eccentric recluse (probably autistic in today’s parlance) Boo Radley, slumped behind the door in the final scenes of the movie, was Robert Duvall.
203/219 — But who gets more educated? I know plenty of people who are decently well educated & smarter than me, dammit, who are right wingers. and when you say “education” what do you mean? I suppose you’d say that going to someplace like BYU or SMU means that you’re actually not getting an education.
If that’s what you’d say, I’d say you’re prejudiced.
First:
The “twitch” was always associated with trying to do something good, but with some crazy unexpected result.
The “wave” always seemed to have more negative connotations, and was more associated with Endora. It seems to indicate something negative done on purpose, like turning Darin into a toad. There was also an I don’t really care feel to it, usually laced with a bit of anger.
The “snap” was associated with a simple change, and I feel like it was more associated with Uncle Arthur.
The “grand gesture” was associated with Maurice.
Is it my imagination or are the RW callers getting dumber and dumber?
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I don’t how they could get any dumber. It scares me to think about it.
209—that may be true.
STEPH LIVE BLOGGING PRIMER
http://community.stephaniemiller.com/_STEPH-LIVE-BLOGGING-PRIMER/blog/181047/81991.html
I love this song!
We’re all singing along, “Bark Park”!
224- actually, i was talking with john mccain after the election. the whole point of course was to make absolutely sure to get obama into office… mccain was getting worried by the vast sea of crazies who were just not catching on that his character was supposed to be too far out to consider. he said the obama team was running out of directions to take his craziness.
#226, that’s actually true. The support for liberalism comes from the low and the very high ends of the educational achievement spectrum, at least outside specific regions (rural and southern areas tend to be more conservative at the low end). The middle of the educational acheivement spectrum indoctrinates and invests people in the establishment, which makes them conservative.
Oh, it worked!
As for the previous caller that claimed that Stephanie was implying that “all” people who disagree with Obama are racists, based on Stephanie’s own personal experience (and mine too) that “some” of the Republicans she knows are racist, he was trying to expand her definition from “Some” to “All”. Any idea what logical fallacy this is? I know it is one, but I cannot remember which.
You know this problem with conservatives will always lead to frustration conversations/arguments because by definition conservatives believe that legacy and tradition are the best guide to what you should do going forward. This thought process is not dictated by thoughtfulness but stubbornness.
so my ring tone is annoying? It sounds like an old phone actually ringing
226—I’m just saying that is a survey I heard of which indicated a trend. I have also known college educated Rethuglicans. Yes, it does depend on the college no doubt.
except for when “The Shield” was on final season last year — mine is Chris’ Chaka Khan SM Bump — hmmm… if only they still did SM Bumps — maybe it would be played more
Hey, Laura —
works, too!
I’d never even know what a
Camel Toe was until I saw the movie
“The Weather Man”
not entirely fair comparing repugs with thugs. the thugs mostly killed white folks.
203 that is in part why far right people attack universities calling them factories of liberal values.
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Does that include Liberty? Oh that’s right. Liberty is the Faux News of colleges.
maddaune — no you can get a decent education at BYU and SMU it’s Liberty University, Patrick Henry College, Pensacola Christian College, etc.
That would be so funny if all those Christian radio station had to offer rebuttals from Jews, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, atheists, and everyone else.
National Religious Broadcasters org should be SUED!
the name implies that they are ALL religions but they are only CHRISTIAN
Jews, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, Pagans need not apply
#226 BYU or SMU means that you’re actually not getting an education.
Personally yes I would say that. These are not open universities that purpously expose its student to a wide amount of people and ideas and teach critical thinking to get well rounded free thinking person. They are colleges that have a closed curriculum with objectives of teaching certain things and purposelessly excluding others. Not letting knowledge on its own merit.
sounds like mr robertson’s nay burr hood.
hethens!
#244, actually the thugs mostly killed Indians (as they were themselves Indians). They strangled travelers to honor Kali.
#243 Also, the all-female grunge-metal band L7 played the all-female grunge-metal band Camel Toe in the movie Serial Mom.
I’d never even know what a
Camel Toe was until I saw the movie
“The Weather Man”
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Is it anything like a Hammer Toe?
226 I would say that you receive vocational training as apposed to a well rounded education.
Yay, heathens!
252 – ooh. my blonde! there i go projecting again.
249 — a lot of colleges have a slant one way or the other. I would definitely say I am at a lefty school.
I don’t think there’s anything wrong with that, nor with what they teach at Brigham Young. Every education will start with some sort of cultural standpoint.
way
What about Positive k?
HammerPants and Ice? Sounds like a new cocktail.
260 bananas provide plenty of potassium
#254 Hammer Toe, Hammer Pants… It’s all good.
Gregg dropped out because Young MC wouldn’t perform with Vanilla Ice and MC Hammer in Utah.
#257, a thuggee valentine: http://www.negative99.com/images/valentine-card15.jpg
261 – it’s also condition that sometimes afflicted val kilmer’s character in “real genius”.
Camel Pants
254–No but it is distantly related to moose knuckle…
255 — that’s bullsh**. BYU is a very good school. Their curriculum is well rounded & they turn out fine thinkers. They also have an active Democratic organization on campus, actually.
I prefer my cameltoes to be on a Bactrian (two lovely humps!)
261 — or slapstick comedy
Republican-free day? I get two – Saturday and Sunday.
#258 well I may be biased in that I attend the larges university in the United States of America so you have no choice but to be exposed to every single viewpoint there is. Weather this is formal or informal its unavoidable. So my school cant actually have an agenda one way or any other, you have to find your self in and endless sea of thought presented here.
Ungulates rule!
267: that could lead to way too many humps. pasta la pizza babies.
Good morning.
Just recovering from a very bad day yesterday. I started off with teenage boy problems, and then was so sick I was in bed all day.
Coming this summer to Fox. Hammber Pants & Ice.
Plot Summary: Two police officers battle Mormom cults on the overly friendly streets of Salt Lake City.
I’m not saying that Obama shouldn’t be criticized.
I work in the financial industry and know the POS that Geithner is.
Actually I’m very uncomfortable with all the Rubinoids that Obama has on his economic team.
However, we should give the guy a chance and not jump on him for every perceived slight to liberals.
Obama was never a leftie. He sang that bi-partisan song all through out his campaign. And now people are shocked (shocked!) that he’s acting like the centrist he is.
When FDR first took office he had a meeting with a bunch of liberals (and remember liberals in those days wanted to kill capitalism altogether) and they were going after him about the changes that needed to be made.
FDR responded to them “make me do it.”
He meant that those activists had to keep on his case not let him forget who put him in office.
/rant
He’s a tall oompa loompa
for everyone, especially cat lovers and Jim
http://community.stephaniemiller.com/_No-words-Ill-just-let-the-kid-tell-it/blog/185117/81991.html
Well, he still stands too close to a furnace. The furnace is just Cheney’s hellmouth.
203: I was just going to make the same point that straydogma just did – the Repubs agree that educated people are more liberal but attribute it to indoctrination into marxism by pinko professors..
I know all my engineering, math and physics classes were heavily slanted toward the left.. Things like using the metric system. And Professor Burris, physics, kept steering us toward Wronskians and linearly independent equations, when we should have had our nose to the grindstone, in electron ballistics..
And, worst of all, we had it pounded in our head from the outset to use and trust the scientific method, accept the ideas of respected scientists who had spent their entire lives looking at “data” for such things as atmospheric chemistry.
Clearly, we were being programmed to be liberals.
OMG, I saw that pic and it made me wanna barf!
I thought OctoMom was selling the rights to her story for BIG BUCKS? So how much tax payer money will she actually cost us?
She has money for effing injections but not to take care of ehr kids!
Has everyone seen the Youtube vid “David After Dentist”? I love that and the “Chad Vader after Dentist” response. 2 of the funniest things ever. I’ll post them in Stephspace later…
I like how Jim Ward’s website has a natural moron filter. The other day an acquaintance of mine said that he had tried to find Jim’s website “A Pocketful of Truth”.
Maybe Angie could pay that goofy gal to go away.
#269 well my apologies if I am incorrect on BYU. I will admit that I have never attended there. I do know that right wing universities do exist that are attend by students that all come from the same background and have the same views and these views are then only reinforced by the staff. I have read articles about these colleges and how their founders created them to counter the perceived threat of “liberal” universities.
I’ll bet Squeezy could restore the firmness of her succulent breasts..
The thing that is so crazy about Suleman is that she didn’t have a plan for raising these children other than to live off of her parents and the gov’t.
She is a true Welfare Mom, living off the system. She’s in such denial that when The Today Show asked her is she felt getting Food Stamps meant she was receiving Welfare she initially said “no”.
It’s just sad.
Oh gawd a woman at the Dunkin Donuts who served me my coffee was soooo orange (with the line by her ear) and wrinkled to boot I had a hard time not falling on the floor yesterday AND the shows boner was running through my head
lol, goofy gal
dopey dame
FYI, Batwoman story on io9.com:
http://io9.com/5148820/while-batmans-away-batwoman-takes-over-at-last
There was a Batwoman in the comics back in the 50’s. Yep I’m a comic geek.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batwoman
Pamela Anderson is in a trailer park.
And thus the natural order of things have been restored.
Friday the 13th
Good luck with that
Why is the boner orange? I can’t believe they didn’t
throw this out: it’s cause he lays around watching pornos
and eating cheetoes [rim shot]
284—and when will she find time to write that book while caring for 14 kids?
HAH!
SPARTA!!!
SPARTA!! [for the children]
I find that most people prefer to yell
SSSSSPPPAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRTTTAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!
right about now.
Skyhawk grabs the Sparta mouse and gobbles it whole!!
Test
274 whales were ungulates, so since blue whales
are largest critters ever, ungulates rule
Nicely done, Skyhawk!!
Hmmm. I saw the pix of octopussy as well. Time for some photoshop, folks. No, the hump is big enough. Just add visible little feet sticking pushing out on the surface.
#287 That’s like the movie Apocryphal of Miracles
And it’s Sparta Time!!!!
congrats skyhawk! good sparta-ing!
296- LOL
Yay, Skyhawk! SotD (Spartan of the Day)!
276–how old is your teenage boy?
I’ve noticed that troubled teens either scream and break things (my nephew) or they get all quiet, sulky and depressed (my son). Neither state of being is good.
Spaceball One. They’ve gone to plaid.
Oh yeh, sparta…
Octomom needs a sterilization.
Can California deport her and her litter?
WTF does society have to support this
wackjob loon? She is disgusting.
Two words: sweat shop
312—have you ever seen “Dwight the Troubled Teen” on Letterman? I loved that bit!
to Suleman and the Duggars
the uterus is NOT a clown car
#313, that’s one step below Rush’s “Moving Pictures”. Oh wait, wrong show.
#305 – Um. I thought ungulates are hoofed or pawed critters. Whales walked on land?
Congrats, Skyhawk. You win a lifetime supply of turtle wax, and Rice o’ Roni.
Mike I feel for you … I have two actual teenage boys and one 22 yo boy who thinks he’s still a teenager
315—my only hope with Octomom is that her kids will all grow up to be well-adjusted worker bees who will pay the system back.
Or that the mom’s book sales will earn $2 million dollars and those earnings will be taxed at the new rate of 39% for anyone earning over $250K per year.
Duck Alumni?
I think I figured out the right is attacking Obama on bi-partisanship. I think they believe its part of the Gay & Bi agenda.
I always miss sparta—too busy reading. All hail skyhawk!
319 yes yes whales walked about. They’re the smart
ones actually: our ancestors climbed trees, their
ancestors said “hell no I’m goin’ back in”
Q: What did Michael Jackson order at the Chinese restaraunt?
A: Sum Yung Boy!
#319, yep, whales evolved from ungulates: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution_of_Cetaceans
317 —
actually, they kinda disproved that didn’t they?
congrats Skyhalk by the way
317—LOLOLOLLOLOLOL!
Duck Alumni?
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His wife has an anger management problem, and likes to throw heavy objects.
323 he must of gone to Oregon, Oregon Ducks… dumb
college alumni thing. Now he asks customers if they
want fries with that, and listens to the SMS
Rachel Maddow-themed V-Day cards at: http://ecards.cerebralitch.com/cards/viva_rachel_maddow
PeterW and Mark – I am now smarter than when I woke up.
no madduane they keep trying to see how many they can get out of it
Don’t over sell this package. It will only be the first of several needed.
IT’S BONER TIME!!!!!!!!
317 LOLOLOLOL
337—yes! I am hoping for many more proactive bills like this one! Keep ‘em coming! New laws for a nation begun on the rule of law. What a concept!
Limbaugh no doubt has Teenie Weenie Weinie!
You got your boner in my taco!
Eek!
Shout out to Katey!
335 you can get an education right here!
Dolphins got a bigger brain/body ratio than
humans. Only critter around like that. But
you can still fool em with a fish.
342 ROFLOL
Wah Wah Republicans, go sit in the corner as I nuke your swanson salisbury steak dinner.
#328,319 ect. I missed a discussion on evolution grrrr. I need to pay better attention. lol
Its true Ungulates can come by land or by sea. they just have air left to master. lol.
The Boehner’s tan makes him look like a porn star.
344 — they got them smooth noodle maps.
Bastard People!
344 yeah and they have a language that we can not, so far, figure out.
Did Steph just say that we could come in her pants?
347 Flying whales? cool! er what about the
Star Trek movie with the whale space ship?
Whales in Space. awesome.
Well actually I need to give a great shout out and “thank you” to Rep. James McGovern and Gov. Deval Patrick .. I called the reps office and said no more tax cuts and restore infrastructure and cited playing highway slalom on I-95 trying to avoid the pot holes as an example
that was last week
something must have happened, calls made, etc. because this week there have been crews on the stretch of I-95 I drive patching the holes
352- Oh Snap!
What happened to Right Wing World? I just caught up with my podcasts for the week hadn’t heard it
#352 – The music coming from that party sounded like Frangela’s theme.
Mark –
Ver are your nucleaar wessels?
Oh Stephcha! talk dirty you trollop
354 — That’s awesome! Good job, Cindy, & thank you!
IT’S BONER TIME!!!!!!!!
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The teacher wants you to approach the blackboard and solve the math problem, Richard.
358 Mister Chekov!
in cheesy black leather jacket LOLOLOL
356 — that’s the second greatest mystery in liberal talk radio this week!
#328 evolution can be even stranger. Not only do elephants and Wales share a terrestrial (land) ancestor but drum roll please. Elephants have a direct aquatic ancestor related to manatees.
thus they went from land to sea and back again.
http://blogs.nature.com/news/thegreatbeyond/2008/04/elephants_aquatic_ancestor.html
Is Frangela on today?
#363, and the first?
366 — wtf happened to Randi Rhodes???
maddaune — well it maybe a coincidence .. but your welcome!
353 yeah but whales in space is probably a bad idea.. ever see what happened in the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
warm it up!
#365 Yep. They’ll be on in Hour Three.
la-la-la!
364 hephalumps can’t figgure out where they wanna hang out.
they better scurry back into the water soon or they ain’t
gonna be around much anymore. And manatees are havin’ some
trouble with moron chimp bastards in speedboats, last I looked…
straydogma
well that explains Sean Manatee
367- What do you mean, is she not on? I listened last week and there was a filler host? I usually listen to my podcast at 3
#369 Yep. My guess is that they needed a hotter cup of tea of the Improbability Drive.
369 I keep thinking “whales in space”
to the tune of “girls on film”
yes, whale in space bad in Hitchhiker. sudden ending.
367 – Here’s what I found. http://ltradio.blogspot.com/
Also it’s bad form to shout another talk show host name.
No Repulbicans do NOT .. they want us to suffer more
#375 of = for
#374 i heard she was abducted by aliens.
375 mashup! hotter cup of tea/Warm It Up
Hmmm. lost the intertubes for quite a while, missed SPARTA entirely. Congrats to Skyhawk.
Maybe RWW next hour? I know O’Reilly and Hannity have been their usual complete asses, I see them getting KO’ed on MSNBC every night.
And I want RWW, SUN, and TT back where I can download and save them as MP3s, not just play them on the widget.
Whine, whine..
Dick Morris needs to talk carefully when discussing Stimulus. He’s practically drooling.
379 abducted by… whales in space
The Depression Hits Home
Poor little Dicky Morris. I think the toenail stuck between his front teeth are making him sound a little nasal and whiny?
I’ll be back in a bit, need to hop on a conference call.
374 — Randi has not been on the air since Wednesday last week. There’s a note on the Nova M page vaguely referring to “technical problems”. I went to her message board and found that there’s a rumor going around that Randi is just going to be doing her show on her local West Palm Beach station & there was a link to a notice of a lawsuit betweeen her manager Manzo & Nova M.
Who knows, but it doesn’t sound good.
387- I hate when work gets in the way
Seriously though I joke about Randi because deep down I am worried. I don’t want to see her show disappear.
Esmerelda in the case of the whistleblower provision is Susan Collins. Apparently moderate also means ‘keep your mouth shut.’ Fits for the Dems complicit in Bush administration crimes as well.
Skyhawk gets the SPARTA!
Congrats!
*bows*
umm – no. Signing Statements are not the same as Executive Orders…
Executive briefings I bin privy to this week
points to 5 year downturn of “biblical proportions”
too late to start building an ark.
also big ball of greasy money waits to reenter
the stock market. Expect it to come in once Obama
plan takes effect. Then follows real crash and
real depression. Hey, I’m just telling you what
I was told. And this really did come from high
level, rich-guy VP Corporate stuff I just happened
through no virtue of my own to get to see. I got
nothin to throw in I’m freaking broke and hoping
I get a meager $125 this week so I can afford a
pint…
Okay, I have a lunch at 11:30, and zero time to contribute to this live blog.
Have a good weekend everyone, and see you Monday (or Tuesday, for those who are lucky enough to be off work on Monday).
Esmeralda! how’d they know my secret pet name for Steph?
Ciao MTL!
We’ll miss ya until we see you again.
Straydogma- I just read Randi’s message board. Talks that she moved to DC, didn’t she just move to Florida?
I am not much for conspiracies but… lately with things I have seen going on in liberal radio. I am starting to wonder if something is going on behind the scenes.
anybody buy this that two satellite accidentally ran
into each other? Space is big. This don’t happen unless
it’s done on purpose. The whales. The whales.
Bye Mike the Lib. have a good weekend.
#395 See ‘ya Mike! Have a great weekend.
398 — I hadn’t heard that! So weird. I hope it works out, I think we need Randi on the radio.
Mark –
Ver are your nucleaar wessels?
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Double dumbass on you!
The caller complaining about rescuing homeowners is missing some key points.
1. Many of these people who were sold these 0 down, ballooon payment loans did not know what they were buying. They didn’t understand the paperwork and their mortgage broker didn’t explain it to them.
2. Others who signed up for these subprime loans were told that their increasing house price would allow them to refinance in 2 years. They were not told that the market could also correct itself.
3. The caller misses the fact that when home prices fall to ridiculous levels, as they have in Ohio and Indiana where you can buy a trashed house for $5,000 or less, that hurts the entire neighborhood. Many trashed/abandoned homes in a neighborhood brings down the quality of life for everyone, even though they had nothing to do with this mortgage mess.
4. KEY POINT: the BANKS created these bundled-mortgage shares they sold all over the world. This was a BANKER’s scheme, not a homeowner scheme.
Since it was a Banker Scheme, a giant banker ponzi scheme, the BANKS should be punished, not the consumers.
Mornin’ and Happy Friday the 13th!
#400 I’m more worried about the Visitors and the Cows (old South Park reference, I admit).
405 — yup.
Excellent points, kar.
398 actually thats news to me.
Straydogma- I just read Randi’s message board. Talks that she moved to DC, didn’t she just move to Florida?
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Maybe she did elope with Howard.
399- Randi did mention in her show she was thinking about moving to DC to be closer to what’s going on. So maybe…
404! a colorful methaphor on you! LOLOLOL
#400 – It’s the first alien attack wave. They just don’t want us to know. Forget Independence Day, it’s really going to be President’s Day. Will Smith, STAT!
“Since it was a Banker Scheme, a giant banker ponzi scheme, the BANKS should be punished, not the consumers.”
100% spot on!
#405 Agreed (on all points), Kar.
UFO sightings are up these days.
to get control of the country banksters first
inflate the money supply with massive easy cheap
credit. Next they contract it sharply, causing a
depression. Then they are handed the keys by the
panicked politicians. Kill the FED: it’s the
greatest long con in history.
My wife bought a house before we were married sadly at the top of the bubble and I bought a house a few years before. We got married and now we cant sell either house so we are stuck paying for to mortgages. I need to refinance my house but both our houses’ values are way lower than what we owe. We are freaking stuck! That guy calls and wants no help for people who are in these types of situations he just wants us to loose one or all of our homes so house prices will fall even more??? So even more people will be caught in the same situation. By the way I am an engineer and she is a nurse we can afford the homes but it is puting a lot of finacial stress on us….
405 good work and yup spot on.
394–maybe we should create a StephSpace Safe House somewhere in America?
All the live bloggers and listeners who fall on hard times could come to the StephSpace Safe House and live on general relief and food stamps until they get jobs?
Steph could buy the house. She could buy one for $50,000 in many parts of the country. It would be a great write off for her and a great PR gimmick all in one.
I have a very creative mind…..
405
100% right, kar
421-I’m there.
419—tampa Mark–turn one into a StephSpace Safe House!
That Daily Kos
The Depression Hits Home
is good stuff
thanx
steph I’ll type in yer box honey.
Happy Valentine’s day Momma
I hate the thought of Steph sitting at home alone on Valentine’s Day. That’s what awaits me. I’m even more single than she is. I hope she and her friend enjoy the movie.
Komadore 64 in her box? That Stephanie MIller is a loose broad.
I only wanted to stay in my house for a little while so my mortgage broker told me to go for a 5-year interest only loan and since I have excellent credit I can either sell it for a profit or refinance. No way did I think it would be $20k less than what I paid for it and no bank will refinance it.
421 Yes! I was just wondering if I can
get foodstamps. A Bridge Card. then I
can go to McDonald’s and get an Arch Card
and I’ll be stylin’.
Maybe Momma will let me take her to MickeyDee’s
for Valentines
421 — Dibs on the master bedroom
I’m going to spend Valentine’s Day watching the “Married With Children” marathon on Spike TV.
#421,
“I have a very creative mind…..”
Indeed you do! And with or without Steph, the idea is golden.
I have a friend that is in a similar situation. I feel bad for people that are getting a divorce in this climate to were neither party can afford the house on its own, they cant sell it (in this climate) and end up stuck.
419—There are many people stuck like you two. Most only have one house, but many are totally upside down in their values.
“Judd Gregg (R-N.H.) has withdrawn his nomination as Commerce Secretary in the Obama Administration citing “irresolvable conflicts” … Call me suspicious, but Gregg asked that he be considered for the position. I’m thinking he planned this and was trying to embarrass the president.
429- First you have to give birth to 8 children
“the effigy business”
That’s the name of my new album
428 I’m sorry. this thing sucks. tell the banker
you will be walking away, unless he wants to take
the hit. He can lose 20% or everything. Plus you
can quit paying taxes and the mortgage and stay in
for a year free. Your credit is gonna get screwed
either way. Is there anything else you can do? I
don’t think so. Sit still and they won’t even be
using any grease…
#436 & 7,
lololo
432—I get so frustrated here in SoCal when I see these homeless families with kids and all the vacant condos and houses.
It seems the city/county would be wise to buy these up at auction, put $5,000 into each of them to clean them up, and let the homeless families live in them.
It’s like Match Game. I see a need, I see an empty house that can’t sell. Match them up. Why can’t city leaders see that?
I almost forgot to mention this. You can get the book about Steph’s father, “Bill Miller: Do You Know Me? A Daughter Remembers” from Amazon. It probably makes for good reading in the bathroom.
for Single Awareness Day I volunteered to do some O.T. at work then go home and go to bead early.
They’re repeating again!
We should all send a group Valentine’s Day kiss Stephanie’s way.
blows kiss westward
I have to go have fun with my university’s website. I am creating a new course called “Brain Munching 101″
Wish me luck!
Buh Bye, Bloggoes!
this drive through think rawks
I’m listeing on the Steph Stream and they’re doing the McDonald’s bit again
#438,
I read somewhere – people are being encouraged to become squatters in their own homes.
(so sad for the people in financial crisis)
Hasta, Capt.
I’m going to have to go myself. Hasta, Y’all.
Have a great weekend.
L.
“Everything has been said, and we are more than seven thousand years of human thought too late.” -Jean de LaBruyere
?
Bill Miller a daughter remembers — which daughter wrote it?
I used to report on U.S. divorce statistics (until the funding went bye bye). I won’t be surprised if the divorce rate goes down because it’s too expensive to do. Was this the plan all along – enforced family values?
what’s with the repeating stuff during the same show???? How about some UNrepeated RWW??
444 — Paul, you’re right!
Steph — My Valentine’s wish is that you become lucky, lucky, lucky in love! ♥
and Dick Morris is such the oracle.
Consider “Hillary v. Condi”
429—I just found out I can qualify for the low-cost auto insurance program here in my state. I’m applying.
My brother just applied for food stamps, though they aren’t stamps anymore. It’s a card. Go for it!
A few years ago NYC was hiring its new police recruits that even with salary they could qualify for Food Stamps if they had a kid or two.
A horrible commentary on NYC.
#440 – imagine how we feel here in Ohio with the same thing going on. (our housing market got crushed hard by the way) And on top of that with the blistering record cold weather we had a few weeks ago. Empty house.. & homeless people freezing to death under bridges.
I THINK LIBERAL RADIO IS BREAKING!!!
Shut up Senator JerkHofe.
How many people here are logging in from work?
Bye, Madduane, Ivan – and any others dropping off
Have a stellar weekend – we’ll be here on Monday (DOG willing!)
happy Friday 13th, Happy Valentines All!
gotta go do a thing
#450 well they dont have anything to fill the now empty slot left from RWW bit. oh RWW where have you gone.
Me too (#440)
We should all send a group Valentine’s Day kiss Stephanie’s way.
blows kiss westward
Bill Miller a daughter remembers — which daughter wrote it?
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Libby Fitzgerald Miller
I ordered an autographed copy this morning.
460-I am.
a better cut from Queen would be “you gor mud on your face a big discrase kicking your tail allover the place”
#460… I’m “working”
463-
442—for Single Awareness Day I’m going out with two girlfriends. My friend called me Monday and said she needs to do something or she’s going to “do herself in”. I don’t think she meant it, but she’s depressed. She’s been chasing after some guy who goes out with all the ladies.
So I’ll be at the movies and dinner with my fellow old spinsters.
Happy Valentines Weekend!
Did I miss something during a senior moment or is Steny Hoyer late again?
“Microphone” is Sean’s nickname for what’s peeking out from under Ann Coulter’s skirt.
463- I wonder if it has anything to do with getting rights to the clips they air?
444 — Paul, you’re right!
Steph — My Valentine’s wish is that you become lucky, lucky, lucky in love! ♥
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Does Howard have a brother?
#456 here in Columbus we just laid off our newest police recruits just before they graduated from the academy. Thanks for you hard work and waiting on the list for 1 year but.. yeah we don’t need you anymore.
Happy Valentine’s Day to Steph, Jim, Chris, Rebecca, Angela and Fran!
We love you all!
Woops, I called Frances Fran. Forgive me!
wow . my blog/dairy post yesterday is precient .. also steph and mooks – I learned 2 things yesterday which will go into a new post
1. the former Boston Progressive Talk radio station turned to Salsa music’s ratings are so low now that they’ve disappeared from the ratings book (thanks Paul)
2. Clear Channel is in financial trouble
It’s not about money.. if it were the salsa station would have returned to progressive talk where they HAD ratings
To Richard in DC…
DUDE!!! Right Wing World is still there! It’s strung throughout the entire show. Or did you miss the Dick Morris and Hannity soundbites we just played?
I swear, some people really don’t listen to the show.
what’s with the repeating stuff during the same show???? How about some UNrepeated RWW??
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I’ve been wondering the same thing. I’m all in favor of making changes to the show. But I’m not in favor of hearing the same stuff repeated.
ProducerChris!
Happy V day!
*manhugs*
#460 I am at work.
476—OH that’s AWFUL! They did something similar at LAUSD a few years ago with all their teacher recruits. They hired them, made them go through the training, and then they said, “Sorry, enrollment is down. You don’t have jobs anymore. Go away.”
I love good planning, don’t you?
precient = prescient
479-Clear Channel is run by moroooooons. Progressive talk radio is becoming more profitable all the time.
474–More likely –”lawsuit”
480- ProducerCHris yelled at us!
Thank you for finally explaining it ProducerChris.
The bits have been going through the entire show. You just don’t get the intro.
RWW IS Hannity & Coultergeist & The Boner etc…
“Air America” should be placed on the list of phrases you can’t say on the radio.
I’m a socialcapitalist or capitalsocialist .. I’m still a capitalist!
:skulks away:
I have an overall disdain for the caller.
Ye Gods, are Conservatives so totally hung up on business that they can’t see the forest for the trees. Being against any form of business makes you a left wing tool. OY!
I do not disdain big business but I do disdain monopolies and virtual monopolies because they crush small businesses by unfair, non-capitalistic practices.
It sounds like Frangela had something better to do today.
No Frangela? *sob*
457—yeah, I don’t understand that. I hope this money going to the states will help them deal with the homeless.
However, we all have to contact our city/county leaders and share these ideas with them. I used to think that these leaders had all the answers and were better educated than myself. Lately I’m realizing that no one can know everything and what we all learn just by coping with life day-to-day is stuff that our leaders, many of whom have never struggled much, don’t know.
By the way, I did send my letter to the mayor of Detroit to tell him about these:
http://www.edar.org/
Send them a letter!
Disco biscuits
These ‘DYI Home Drug Tests for Kids’ ads are repulsive.
seriously.
“How to teach your kids to live in a fascist state” 101
If Stephanie is anti capitalism why would she be advertising for chevy pickup trucks and the buick enclave? these right wing folks are just plain nuts!
#474 & #487 – fair use
How do you log on with your StephSpace ID? I’m logged in but I don’t show up as Getzcool. Is this another “Can George fix this” situation or do I need to do something else? Thanks!
Frangela–stuck in traffic?
Right Wing World? You’re soaking in it!
Conference call done, I’m ready to enjoy the rest o’ the show.
A 9/11 widow died in that plane crash. Geez!
506-how sad.
506- Yes, along with 43 others
““How to teach your kids to live in a fascist state” 101”
Hey Kids, Wanna Play Security Checkpoint: The Terrifying Marketing Of Police State Normalacy To Children
*****
Be afraid – be very afraid.
Clear Channel is suffering from a very severe form of indigestion.
Considering what they’ve done for/to radio……
I listen to a station once in a while going home. Totally listener supported, no advertising at all (not that an Adult Standards station could sell any). The owner comes on once a year to start a PBS style begging. His budget is about 80k for this year, HALF of that is for music rights fees. A real blowtorch at 250 watts, so its range is to Boston’s Rt 128. His ratings are far above the salsa station on its best day.
Singles Awareness Day is easier on men than on women. After I get out of Gaelic class, I’ll probably home improve and see a flick.
Hoyer. Steney Hoyer. (:tips hat to Shaf:)
I thought Steny Hoyer would be introduced with the “If you don’t want to party, then you should go home…” rap.
Steny “Warm Chuckle” Hoyer
Two of the three people in the house when the plane hit were able to escape without major injury? Amazing.
#512 Ah, you’ve seen the photo.
Shaf- Ha!
I wonder if he’s wearing a Church Goin’ hat
#480 Sorry Chris. Just not paying attention this morning (stupid JOB!!!). Keep up the AWESOME work!!!!
Steny Hoyer is a friend to business and federal employees. White collar, blue collar, he’s there.
I really believe Gregg planned it this way.
511—you’re probably right about that.
#488 ProducerChris yelled at ME!! I feel so scolded. Gotta watch my Ps & Qs going forward.
515—when I came home from choir rehearsal last night and turned on CNN the news was all about that crash. Very sad. I think we were hoping for miracles every time now.
Gregg dropped out because he doesn’t have a warm chuckle like Steny Hoyer.
#480 ProducerChris thanks for the explanation. I apologize if we got a little crazy here. I heard the bit thought the show but I think in the light of all the progressive radio stations disappearing and the Randi thing, I think we are getting bit paranoid. We where just worried that you guys may have been having pressure from above to change your programming.
Sorry if we offended.
523–what did he yell at you about?
Peter, how is your Gaelic class going?
Joe Bageant, p. 96, “Deer Hunting With Jesus”:
“Noticing that Carolyn had four different kinds of “Support Our Troops” magnetic ribbons on her new Toyot, I said: “Damn, Caroyln, couldnt’ you find space for another ribbon?”
“Actually,” she signed, “there was another one, but somebody stole it – trying to make it look like they donated, I guess.”
“Donated to what?”
“The money from the magnetic ribbons goes to Support Our Troops,” she replied.
“Who told you that?”
…”Why else would they make ‘em?”
I looked at her broad girlish-grown-older face & curly salt & pepper hair and I saw whas not ignorance -though that was there too-but trust in some nonexistent system of ‘the way things ought to be.” … The disconnect in this country can be so damned stunning sometimes that you don’t know whether to laugh or cry, or what to say in the Face of It.
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In four hours, Çarolyn will walk through the doors of the concrete city of night & attach Rubbermaid safety gear onto that beautiful hard body. and she, like Tom & Nance, suspending in the crushing silence inside her noise-protection earmuffs,
will NEVER ONCE ASK HERSELF WHY ANYBODY HAS THE RIGHT TO MAKE HER PEE INTO A BOTTLE ON DEMAND… “
morning all! Judd Greg is Jughead without the pointy hat.
Then LET THEM FILIBUSTER!
Let the GOP explain why they are stopping the bill?
This isn’t rocket science
AAARRRGGGHHH!
PeterW – Hubby attended community meeting last night and it looks like the Highlanders Pub is still on track. I’ll let you know how it is after/if it opens.
#528, slower than I’d like, but that’s my own fault for not spending much time on it outside class. I moved all my students but one to a single day, that frees up my evenings from constant interruption, which was killing both my study and my own practice.
Richard- We all share your pain, if he yeslls at you, he yells at all of us. A piece of me just died
#532, rock! Keep me up to speed on it.
#527 I might have exagerated a tad. More like a stern scolding. I was questioning the existence of R.W.W. I guess I’m still grumpy that it isn’t in the first section fo the show like it used to always be.
531–AMEN!! Capt, amen…
I hope the Democrats grow a pair when it comes to health care. They should let the Republicans stall health care and stand there on the senate floor and tell the American people why they don’t need better health care. Just in time for the 2010 election. Do the Democrats have the nuts to do it? Maybe not without new leadership in the senate.
No loss in DC. The station’s signal was AWFUL.
OK, I must go. Take care, Happy Valentine’s Day, and may the peace and love of this holiday season shower your souls with pink roses.
Should be called the “Fair and Balanced Doctrine”
Good job, Steny! (applause)
531
If you operate from the viewpoint that Pelosi and Reid are just as complicit in the Rethug looting spree because they didn’t do their job and impeach – it explains their “cowardice” in forcing the Rethugs to filibuster.
Shout out!!!
Liberal Smurf, Chris is stealin’ your material!
Next thing you know, it’ll be on the Daily Show.
Hey Laura
is there still a ‘Lost Dog Cafe’ in Binghamton?
533-I’m a Scot by heritage, but I have no facility for language. Spanish makes good sense, but I still have trouble with it. Gaelic would do me in like Russian did in college.
BlueBerry- Yeah, are you in Ithaca?
*(Funny, i was going to go there for lunch today)
#543,
I agree – I fear you are more than right.
We need to stop talking about the Fairness Doctrine since it’s become the Right’s straw man. It’s all about Frequency Ownership by the Few.
no, Toronto, Luv.
I just love the LDC when we’re on roadtrips… such a great co-op-y vibe…
& the tasty bits are terrific.
kar – Here’s a big bunch of flowery wishes for you to have a great day tomorrow.
And to all the rest of you bloggoes, ditto! Wait – not ditto (bad word, baaaad word). Should have ended with ‘, also’. Wait – must not end sentence with ‘also’. Dang you Rush and Sarah! You have seriously affected my grammatical stylings.
I think my allergy meds have messed with me today.
545 stealing? I am sure smurf gave it willingly. Personally I would be honored if Chris was ever to use any of the dribble I spew here in the blog. I would go around the office making everyone listen to the clip and tell everyone one “i said that, i said that and then he played it on the air.” lol i need a life.
#552 Hugs back at ‘ya, demdame!
this guy sounds whiny
Roses to you, demdame!
Genius caller.
Why?
Why?
Why?
#551- Oh, terrific!
The caller is right nobody is listening to steph… like you caller. If nobody listens to progressive radio why did you call steph? hmmm.
#547, once you get past pronunciation, it’s not bad. It’s nothing like Russian. The dative and genitive cases form pretty easily, and there are only 12 irregular verbs (including 2 versions of “to be”). You just have to learn certain idiomatic expressions that literally translate to things like “I’m a’ thinking”, “I’m at the closing of the door”, “I’m in my sitting”, “I am going out for to dance”. The irony being, most of these odd grammatical constructions have made their way into songs, so they’re not too hard to remember.
More Zombie chow?
What is with these callers? Are the callers making a coordinated effort to pretend the old memes are all true?
HA! Fair enough! (Tweety)
This guy’s a douchebag.
BULL — talk about BOSTON
He actually listens to the SM show?
Woot steph mentioned Columbus.
Wanting freedom, justice, and equality for everyone is so whiney.
Left wing radio is whiny when the whiner calls in to whine about whining.
Makes perfect sense!
Corporate control of media is to futher the rightwing political agenda, not necessarily to make money. geesh.
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. . . Mambo Chocolate Love
Clear Channel… what maroons!!!!!
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. . . Grilled Chicken Muffaletta
Liberal Smurf, Chris is stealin’ your material!
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What do you expect from a right wing tool?
Didn’t we have someone else say that no one listened to the show, like a couple years ago?
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. . . is it LUNCHTIME YET?!?
ymmm
571- I went there last weekend and i got that! (I thinik i go there too much)
GO SNARLIN’ ARLEN!
#565 Hey, we (WTPG Columbus) was the first to air Mama’s show in ‘04. So, there’s love for us.
Hey, is this Right Wing World?
you can’t go there too much… !
do they still have that artists’ co-op store in the back?
Don’t give me that wine and dine crap, young lady. Oh, snap!!!
When they had a 1 year anniversary for the at the time progressive wvko 1580 programing the public loved the station so much that they had to turn most of the people that came out away because the venue just wasn’t big enough. They expected a couple hundred and over a thousand showed up.
This Fairness Doctrine might mean something if I felt that the FCC wasn’t trying to kill off AM radio entirely.
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. . . Herb Cherry Chicken Salad
okay, I’ve gotta go make some lunch….
BBP- Hmm, I’m not sure if that’s around. When was the lsat time you were there?
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. . . Bangkok Shrimp Lollipop
Staggering in at the end of the day (I feel terrible!) to try and help make double sparta.
Hey Laura…Is there still Binghamton? You aren’t flooded out are ya?
A large percentage of US personal bankruptcies are directly attributable to catastrophic illness. With universal health care we’d have alot fewer foreclosures etc.
you know didnt that guy call in to whine about progressive radio being whiny? ironic dont you think.
its been a while…
I can’t recall, a couple of years.
We almost made it to doube sparta.
Oh that’s right, I see Double Sparta on the horizon like Putin’s head
Bye happy V.D. day all (dont forget your condoms)
DOUBLE SPARTA
587-We’re limping along. Even though the Governor’s wants us to bedn over and take it in the a!!
Liberal Hussein 591 – does it count after 9:00 AM? Should we keep trying?
#588, that and divorce.
Bye everyone. Have a great weekend. As for me I’ll be at work.
DOUBLE SPARTA!!!!!
Of course it counts Cyndi
scooter says:
February 13, 2009 at 8:58 am
“A large percentage of US personal bankruptcies are directly attributable to catastrophic illness. With universal health care we’d have alot fewer foreclosures etc.”
um, a culture of corruption is pretty damned attributable, too.
you know, if a single nation can create 2 global economic meltdowns in under a century…
something’s *seriously* wrong.
SPARTA X 2
So close! Double Sparta?!
Happy Happy Sparta Sparta!
SPARTA SPARTA
d’oh
I gotta go make an coriander apple-tuna on toasted whole grain or something…
I’m off to rummage through the provisions…
have a great weekend, Cupids!
HAPPY VALENTINES DAY – I love you all with all my heart!
*hugs and high fives*
Until Monday!
Have a great weekend, y’alls!
595- That’ll happen in a lot of towns in a lot of states before we are all done.
Liberal Hussein 591 – does it count after 9:00 AM? Should we keep trying?
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I don’t know if it counts.
609- I know, but people tend to forget that when the stock market crashes it hurts Upstate New York, not just the city.
It hurts everyone, beyond NY, for sure.
Absolutely.
Time for lunch …good Valentines to All
whats with the liveblog this morning. it goes to a strange page
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