LiveBlog for Friday, February 20, 2009

about that NY Post cartoon:
Aside from the fact that it's apparently not about President Obama (yeah, right), it doesn't make logical sense as a refernce to the stimulus package.
Here's why:
1. The chimp is dead.
2. The stimulus bill passed.
3. Everyone who worked to create and pass the stimulus bill is alive.
So what is the connection between a dead chimp and a successfully passed piece of legislation?!?!?!?!?
Also, is no one (besides me) upset about the embedded implication of assassinating a "crazed" legislator, whether it be Nanci Pelosi, Harry Reid, or President Obama?
Good satire does occasionally offend. But good satire does not take two randonm pieces of news and smoosh them together in one cartoon without appropriate context, but with great malice and a pointedracial slur. Actors on "Who's Line is it Anyway?" do a better job of uniting disparate pop cilture flotsam into a humorous sketch.

Regarding Randi, I think that is the "hidden message" in the very short bit they started in the first part of the 3rd hour - I was listening on the podcast and repeated it several times - can't be anything else, but by not saying anything obvious I don't think they are helping the situation much... but jobs are at stake, as they all agreed!

I am listening to the podcast and found some info on the grant to those who helped us in WWII in the Phil

H. R. 1—87
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may make a payment
from the compensation fund to an eligible person who, during
the one-year period beginning on the date of the enactment
of this Act, submits to the Secretary a claim for benefits under
this section. The application for the claim shall contain such
information and evidence as the Secretary may require.
(2) PAYMENT TO SURVIVING SPOUSE.—If an eligible person
who has filed a claim for benefits under this section dies before
payment is made under this section, the payment under this
section shall be made instead to the surviving spouse, if any,
of the eligible person.
(A) before July 1, 1946, in the organized military forces
of the Government of the Commonwealth of the Philippines,
while such forces were in the service of the Armed Forces
of the United States pursuant to the military order of
the President dated July 26, 1941, including among such
military forces organized guerrilla forces under commanders
appointed, designated, or subsequently recognized
by the Commander in Chief, Southwest Pacific Area, or
other competent authority in the Army of the United
States; or
(B) in the Philippine Scouts under section 14 of the
Armed Forces Voluntary Recruitment Act of 1945
e) PAYMENT AMOUNTS.—Each payment under this section shall
be—
(1) in the case of an eligible person who is not a citizen
of the United States, in the amount of $9,000; and
(2) in the case of an eligible person who is a citizen of
the United States, in the amount of $15,000.

Not that hard to understand, what burns me is this little conversion:

$9,000.00 in 2008 had about the same buying power as $776.01 in 1946.

We certainly should compensate them, this amount is pathetically small, I hope we could do better.

>> Liberal Hussein Smurf says:
>> Bush also kind of laughed like a gorilla.
>> He picked lice out of Rove’s flesh colored hair.

Ewww!

I'm serious about the gorilla laugh thing, actually.

Gorillas laugh when they exhale -- it's so cute.

It's less cute when Bush does it, but is the least-annoying of his traits. Unless he's laughing at his mean humor.

See ya Monday Mooks! Bye now!

And with that, I'll wish everyone a great weekend.

LET IT BEGIN!!!!!

bye, all. See next time I feel like getting up at insane o'clock.

Shaf,

Be sure not to miss Frangela UNLOAD on that rightwing caller John.

Okay, time to go; had a great Friday morning, all!

ProducerChris didn't mention the live blog today. We have to try harder, I guess.

Good for you Shaf.

oh, boy, reading to do and a podcast for listening.
Have a great weekend, everybadee!

Bye, Everyone. Have a wonderful weekend.

Well, I survived the call. Catching the last few minutes of the show.

I'll replay the Stephcast this afternoon.

Bush also kind of laughed like a gorilla.

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He picked lice out of Rove's flesh colored hair.

Bye, demdame

This guy didn't say what "mixed race" he is.

Anglo AND Saxon?

Bye all. See you in 70 hours!

I don't know why Momma thinks what Chester does is proof of dumb.

My dog barks at me every time I come home. Sometimes when I move from room to room! :)

If you have to explain the joke then it's not funny.

Another complete idiot on the phone.

Bye, kar

YEAH FRANGELLA. NAIL THIS GUY!~

John is performed like a trained rw chimp.

Bush also kind of laughed like a gorilla.

Tonight on C-SPAN 3. The Norm Coleman Legal Fund Telethon. For a $100 donation you receive a bottle of John Boehner's bronzer.

Frangela needs to dogpile on this goofball.

Bye kar and madduane!

I can picture Boner dropping Coleman's legal bills on the desk *THUD*

501 -- the sad thing is that the new ad is way better than the others they've posted. A better mike or some eq or something is definitely the next step in their audio journey!

This caller has it exactly right.

I also think this bigoted sentiment is why so many conservatives are HELL BENT on this birth certificate thing.

They just can not accept that a black man with a Muslim-y name can be fully American.

Bye, madduane!

How do I upload my photo? I should have asked Cindy ... Her wonderful primer doesn't cover that.

Hey, it's about that time! I'm gonna log offa the blog now for the sake of the boxes. Have yourselves a nice weekend & let's bring the liveblog funny come monday!

Love you, Bloggoes!

Buh Bye! :mrgreen:

Can someone tell the "get presale dot com" advertiser that the ad sounds like it was done in Storage Room B?

I've been distracted by cleaning out all my old emails. I totally missed the belch.

I have to go get off to real life. Take care, it's great fun to hang out with y'all, have a great weekend and we will see you Monday!

Coming soon to a theatre near you. Michael Steele and Kenneth Blackwell in "Dumb and Dumber: Urban Harvest"

#469 - when you say "double team" it makes me think the "Urban Dictionary" definition, which leads to a scary mental picture.

>> Skyhawk says:
>> Belch on cue. Steph is there no end to your talents?

I had a girlfriend who could belch just like Steph.

As for my girlfriend, I blamed all the cooky "health" food concoctions she was fond of. Ginko, algae, yeast aloe smoothies, and the like.

When Michael Steele last ran for office he made sure not to have any of his ads (print, radio or tv) mention that he was a Republican. That's why it's such a joke that he now heads the RNC.

John Pigman could belch at will....

You guys need to google Michael Steele and Oreos. It's quite a story!

I'm having problems with the StephSpace, Shane-O. I'll get to you tonight.

That was quite a burp. I've never been able to burp at will.

Homer Simpson in da' house.

Belch on cue. Steph is there no end to your talents?

Yeah for the Friday burp!!!!

"Out of control beast"??????

Okay, that's a MAJOR stretch. I call shenanigans. Or maybe talking points.

Where were these cartoons when the BUllSHit-led administration and Congress was spending like a drunken sailor.

This is a HUGE difference between Dems and Republicans.

Republicans WILL GO TO ANY LENGTH to defend other conservatives.

We Dems, error the other way, and throw our people under the bus, often faster than the cons do.

Sanchez is wrong. Steph is correct. He is defending the indefensible.