Stephanie Miller

LiveBlog for Thursday, June 11, 2009

woolseyRep. Lynn Woolsey (D-CA) calls in at 6:30am Pacific to talk about health care reform and the supplemental spending plans for Iraq and Afghanistan.

mmfaEric Boehlert of Media Matters for America calls in at 7:05am Pacific to talk about Bill O’Reilly and the rise of fanatical, supremacist hate groups and crimes.

starkRep. Pete Stark (D-CA) calls in at 7:05am Pacific to talk about health care reform and the stimulus package.

vanhollenRep. Chris Van Hollen (D-CA) calls in at 8:05am Pacific to talk about health care reform and the accelerated stimulus package.

A rifle-wielding white supremacist entered Washington, DC’s Holocaust museum yesterday afternoon, fatally shooting a security guard before being wounded himself by the return fire from other guards. Law enforcement officials identified the suspect as James Von Brunn, an 88-year-old neo-Nazi from Maryland.

President Obama urged lawmakers yesterday to work through partisan differences that are threatening health care legislation just as it starts moving through Congress. He insisted they pass a bill this year that reins in costs and helps provide coverage to nearly 50 million uninsured people.

The Obama administration issued new regulations yesterday that set pay limits on companies that receive TARP assistance, with the toughest restrictions aimed at seven recipients of “exceptional assistance.”

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483 Responses to “LiveBlog for Thursday, June 11, 2009”

  1. trojanrabbit says:

    Gooood morning fellow Millerites and Mooketeers.

    Another drive-by this morning as I impersonate a teacher for another day. Sad panda…. ooops …. sad rabbit.

    My office phone continually says I have a message, I pick it up, log in and it says I don’t have any, can’t turn the blasted message light off. Whatever, stupid phone. Must be running Vista.

    This will be interesting, Eric Boehlert and Rep Stark calling in at the same time.

    Ah…more right-wing religious terrorism. When I say “the only good Republican is a dead one”, the tongue is planted a little less firmly in cheek every day.

    There, I’ve lobbed in my little steaming pile. Gotta go for now.

  2. flombaye says:

    i was afraid of that. – phone problems back at the trojan briar patch. – i was hoping the trojanrabbit could tell me where i could get a copy of that awesome mark levine ringtone. – it’s a very compelling voice; i rather enjoy knowing that the asthmatic mafia used to torment young mark relentlessly. it explains a lot. levine was the only person ever to fail an audition as underdog avatar “shoeshine boy”, by failing to pass the physical. – AND with no further ado, a new feature: the mark levine news flash: a factoid that has somehow evaded all media except for mark levine: on 2009-6-10, mark levine announced that obama has not given ANYBODY a tax cut. – okay class, discuss.
    bonus points for interpretive dance.

  3. Carol in Central Mass says:

    Hello?????
    ok,
    *interpretive dancing*

  4. Carol in Central Mass says:

    I’m a big fan of this woman, and now, I respect her even more.
    There was a time in my life that I was so sick, I watched daytime TV, meaning Queen Latifa’s talk show and Stephanie Miller on Oxygen as host of I’ve Got a Secret. Also, I watched Blind Date, that’s how under the weather I was.
    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/10/queen-latifah-i-was-sexua_n_213977.html

  5. trojanrabbit says:

    Hi Carol, flombaye. My “student” hasn’t arrived yet, but I expect him shortly. A lazy day in store otherwise, got the good news that we’re all taking a pay cut, in addition to getting two vacation weeks (without pay of course). Guess it beats the alternative, though.

  6. Carol in Central Mass says:

    wow, Paul. I am sorry.

  7. trojanrabbit says:

    Thanks, Carol. Like I said, the pain’s being spread evenly, and we all know what the alternative is and as far as I know, none of us contractors are getting cut.

    Hmmm, a day behind on my SMS listening, with no one around, I’ll break my player out. MMMMMMMM Mama.

  8. Random says:

    Holy crapola batman.

    How is everyones?

  9. Carol in Central Mass says:

    good belly laughs as Dave responds to an outraged Sara Palin:

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/11/letterman-responds-to-pal_n_214128.html

  10. Carol in Central Mass says:

    Hi Random

  11. trojanrabbit says:

    ‘morning Random.

  12. Carol in Central Mass says:

    Paul, think there is merit to the idea of opening the next day’s blog the night before, so we podcasters can put comments in to start the new day?
    or would that be asking another favor of Chris?
    I listen at night, too.

  13. shāf says:

    Good Morning, my early morning risers. Good Morning, Team Steph.

    I’ll need to exit after hour one, due to meetings. But, I’ll listen to the rest of the show via Stephcast (only $4.95 per month when you buy a year in advance *ding*)

    BTW, Peggy and I toured the Holocaust Museum shortly after it opened. It’s a very moving experience. It saddens me that now, we need to be concerned for our own safety as we ponder the tragedy of the past (and sadly, the intolerance of the present). This morning, I heard a quote from Museum Director, Sara Bloomfield that this unfortunately underscores the need for places like this museum if we are to live in peace.

    There is a responsibility on the part of broadcasters, publishers and bloggers (like us) to show respect and tolerance, even as we express our differences of political and social opinions. We cannot wish harm of another human being, no matter how repugnant their viewpoint. We can ask that their megaphone be turned off for spewing hateful words, but we must not give in to hate and wish them harm. We are better than that (aren’t we?)

  14. Random says:

    No comment…cause I have no idea what to say.

  15. trojanrabbit says:

    Well, he’s already setting this thing up around 4AM. I’d think even producers need their sleep. The other blogs are always open, as far as I know. Then there’s always the message boards, which don’t really seem to be getting much use at all.

    If I had a hankering to comment on today’s blog when I woke up, it would have to be there at 2AM Pacific. That’s probably too much to ask.

  16. trojanrabbit says:

    12
    If you’re commenting on #1, yeah it’s probably crossing the line a bit. Then again, I’m in a really pissy mood.

  17. Carol in Central Mass says:

    mornin’ shaf. Yep, you said it well. The haters have the right to free speech, but not a microphone. FCC regulations can’t come soon enough for me.

    And now for more funny, breaking news from the Onion:

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/09/obama-drastically-scales_n_213251.html

  18. trojanrabbit says:

    17

    I don’t think there’s much FCC can do in regards to what is put out on cable. Not that they seem to care much about anything these days, except auctioning off useless spectrum space, fining people for wardrobe malfunctions or allowing the complete trashing of two broadcasting bands for the profit of one company.

  19. trojanrabbit says:

    Oh, sorry, good morning shaf. Aboot time to move out to the Fortress of Solitude. Ahhh, somewhat fresh air.

  20. good morning all

    I have to go and take my son a change of pants… seems he spilled his hot chocolate on his crotch and doesn’t want to go around school today with that stain there. ;-)

    but before I go and before I come back this is a MUST READ DIARY and you may just want to send it out to friends, family and rwnj

    Dr. Satan! Come Out!

    if you have a dkos account please recommend it too

  21. Good morning, BlogginMooksters. I hope you are all doing well.

    I have to leave shortly for doc appointment, will be in listen-only mode.

  22. Liberal Hussein Smurf says:

    Morning, Guys & Gals.

    How does the president think taxing health care will bring the cost down?

  23. Tony says:

    Good morning, all. It is going to be a rainy and wet day here in the DC area. There will be a chance of showers and thunderstorms all day long.

    Anyone seen the prices at the gas pump lately? Sure have jumped a lot since the beginning of the year, huh?

    I blogged about this and the potential effects of this on the eventual recovery at Recovery in Demand for Oil Begins According to IEA

    If the tax cuts that we got put $50 billion into our pockets but increased oil prices will take $90 billion out, how can we expect consumers to spend more?

  24. LeftCenter says:

    Good morning, live blogospherians. I come in peace, and I promise not to show the soles of my feet when I talk to you on the phone.

  25. Liberal Hussein Smurf says:

    Joy Behar gets a TV show, but Steph doesn’t. Sheesh! I hope Behar enjoys following Nancy “Guilty No Matter What” Grace.

  26. Sue says:

    Good morning Bloggers! Back for another day since my job is still on the picket line. Stephanie always helps with the funny. While I was on the line, the “Lying Sack of Crap” jingle kept going through my head…

  27. Carol in Central Mass says:

    Hi Ivan

  28. my pooer's dad says:

    The “Morning Joe” show has decided to take on “The Daily Show.”
    Typical bringing a knife to a gun fight.

  29. LeftCenter says:

    Fortunately I don’t know who Joy Behar or Nancy Grace are.

  30. Liberal Hussein Smurf says:

    Showtime!!!

  31. shāf says:

    It’s Miller Time, y’alls!

  32. Carol in Central Mass says:

    #31, Hi Left, Joy Behar is funny, very funny. She’s on the View, does stand up, subs for Larry King alot. I should say, subbed. Now she will be competing with him.

  33. LeftCenter says:

    #34 Thanks. I guess I don’t know who she is because I don’t watch Larry King except when Steph is a guest.

  34. Liberal Hussein Smurf says:

    Considering the number of right wingers going on shooting sprees, I think Julie Brown should start working on the Carrie Prejean version of, “The Ex-Beauty Queen’s Got a Gun”.

  35. shāf says:

    I have two works for Carrie Prejean, “You’re Fired!”

    And also, too, “HA, HA!”

  36. shāf says:

    works = words (wake up!)

  37. flombaye says:

    millard fillmore

  38. flombaye says:

    or was it taft? – one of those was skinnier.

  39. LeftCenter says:

    I wonder how skinny Lincoln was after splitting all those rails.

  40. LeftCenter says:

    I think Taft weighed about 460 lb.

  41. LeftCenter says:

    I’m glad I drink Coke Zero…no sugar to tax.

  42. flombaye says:

    why did every school have that one kid that could pull their own body weight up a rope ? – it seems beyond coincidence that each and every school had ONE.

  43. shāf says:

    William Howard Taft was the heaviest President, weighing in at 332 pounds.

  44. flombaye says:

    martin van buren, and his older sister “dear abby” … werent they also very thin?

  45. flombaye says:

    45 (109.2): check out the big brain on shaf – cause of the metric system. that’s right. – you a smart motherf— [SHUT YOUR MOUTH] – - – i’m just talkin about shaf.

  46. Skyhawk says:

    Hey bloggers!

  47. Dan The Man says:

    Good Morning Board!

    Just like Jim, I had a brief period of thinness. Best plan is Weight Watchers – still. Maybe should go back . . .

    . . . this and had an Old Fashioned Doughnut with morning coffee . . . oh, well. . .

    Happy Birthday Gene Wilder (76). “I’m hysterical . . . I’m wet, and I’m still hysterical . . . I’m in pain, and I’m wet, and I’m still hysterical!” [Leo Bloom in Mel Brook's original "The Producers" - still the greatest comedy on film].

  48. Liberal Hussein Smurf says:

    It was the crowning of Miss USA.
    The Donald chose Carrie to win the day.
    Men were all excited,
    What a sexy choice!
    Her only flaw
    Was that inarticulate voice.

    When she talked,
    The pageant went to hell
    All of sudden
    Donald Trump yelled:
    “You’re fired!”
    Everybody run!
    The ex-beauty queen’s got a gun!
    Everybody run!
    The ex-beauty queen has got a gun!

  49. LeftCenter says:

    #50 My favorite line from “The Producers”! Thank you!

  50. flombaye says:

    49: that portrait makes a VERY solid case for the moral ascendancy of quaker oats. is carlos alazraqui available to do the rap that goes with the picture?

  51. Tony says:

    I’m glad that Carrie Prejean was stripped.

    I just wish it was of something other than her crown.

  52. Liberal Hussein Smurf says:

    Bill O’Reilly needs a late-term lobotomy.

  53. Liberal Hussein Smurf says:

    Hee-Hee

  54. my pooer's dad says:

    56 – I think he already had it.

  55. flombaye says:

    the current situation really leaves no obstacle to carrie prejean hooking up with mark levine in their own “ambiguously gayly androgenous” honeymoon echonomic strategery nest. – they’ve each somehow had their fifteen minutes stretched out far beyond any conceivable justification. rather than question it, they seem to believe they deserve more. – so beware. this confluence could happen, bringing rush’s “excrement in broadcasting” to a whole new ambiguously androgynous sector.

  56. Liberal Hussein Smurf says:

    If this guy dies, I won’t cheer, but I won’t shed a tear either.

  57. trojanrabbit says:

    They’re mowing the grass out at the Fortress. MMMMMM Fresh mowed grass….. don’t feel like working all of a sudden…

  58. Tony says:

    How would Jews destroy the white gene pool? They’re white themselves!

  59. Liberal Hussein Smurf says:

    Prejean has definetely become a hero of the ignorant.

  60. trojanrabbit says:

    59
    Another Fixed Noise bimbette. Or another member of ‘Fox and Fiends’ maybe the Saturday version.

  61. phillysdad says:

    For God sake, STOP ADVERTISING CRAZIES WBSITES!!

  62. flombaye says:

    obama’s focus on nutrition is just in time. – the holocaust museum shooter obviates the extreme scenario by seeking an extrasomatic cure for an intrasomatic problem. – makes rush look good by comparison. he dealt with extreme loneliness by stealing a kiss from a woman recently, which was amazingly exploitive and inconsiderate, but at least nobody was murdered … yet.

  63. Good Morning All!!!! Late start for me today. What did I miss??? Who’s got the Cliff Notes??

  64. Tony says:

    65…I resent you calling my website a crazy site…..oh, wait, you weren’t talking to me.

  65. flombaye says:

    65: that plan wont do. i need my website up to sell all these holsters and ammo and other “pro-life” edition goodies.

  66. LeftCenter says:

    #67 The world ended at 8:25 a.m. CDT. Other than that nothing much happened.

  67. Tony says:

    smurf….he’s 80 years old. I wonder how aggressive they’ll be in trying to keep him alive.

  68. flombaye says:

    67: that’s random’s department.

  69. Liberal Hussein Smurf says:

    Are Democrats moving too fast on Sonia Sotomayor’s high court confirmation? This is the current quick vote question on CNN’s website. So far, 44% say “Yes”. Obviously, these people don’t know how the process works.

  70. I thought the museum shooter was 88 years old..

  71. LeftCenter says:

    We need a vote on single payer just so we know which blue dogs are gonna throw a monkey wrench into health care.

  72. #70 Was THAT what that noise was???? I was wondering. Oh well… we had a good run. Bring on the Return of the Dinosaurs!!!

  73. trojanrabbit says:

    67
    Hello, the, er, show so far…well it all started with the organist losing all his clothes as he sat down at the organ, and after this had happened and we had seen the titles of the show, we saw Biggles dictating a letter to his secretary, who thought he was Spanish, and whom he referred to as a harlot and a woman of the night, although she preferred to be called a courtesan. Then we saw some people trying to climb a road in Uxbridge. And then there were some cartoons and then some lifeboatmen came into a woman’s sitting room and after a bit the woman went out to buy some cakes on a lifeboat and then a naval officer jumped into the sea. Then we saw a man telling us about storage jars from Bolivia, then there were some more cartoons and a man told us about what happened on the show so far and a great hammer came down and hit him on the head. I don’t remember that?

  74. LeftCenter says:

    #74 I heard 88, too.

  75. Liberal Hussein Smurf says:

    smurf….he’s 80 years old. I wonder how aggressive they’ll be in trying to keep him alive.

    ———————————————————————
    They have to draw on all their training to keep him alive. I’m assuming they’ll do that. But I won’t be sorry, if he doesn’t make it.

  76. #74 I heard he was 89!!! (he gets a little older every time the tale is told).

  77. (sarcasm ON) Well, you DO know that all the Repubs need time to individually read and review all of the thousands of cases Ms. Sotomayor has.. (sarcasm OFF)

  78. flombaye says:

    77: was he tinking of etting a third shed?

  79. Tony says:

    Sure they do, smurf…but at a certain point, if you’re a doctor, you say, you know, we can spend a lot of time and effort and money trying to keep this guy alive, or we can let him go peacefully. He is 80.

  80. trojanrabbit says:

    82
    He’s getting rid of all his sheds.

  81. Liberal Hussein Smurf says:

    Harry Reid is such a piece of soggy toast. That’s why he’s going to lose in 2010.

  82. #77 We listening ot the same show??? I like the sound of yours better. Much less filled with Gun Toting RW Loons and Idiot Beauty Pagent Homophobes.

  83. shāf says:

    Yeller Bear Billy Mays!

  84. Say, shouldn’t that 80/88/89 year old TERRORIST who just shot up the museum be shipped off the Guantamo, and held without formal charges or access to legal counsel or family contact for several years?

  85. flombaye says:

    find the statistical implication. – i do not know anybody who will ever buy a billy mays product.

  86. Skyhawk says:

    Will there be a squelch for Fux News?

  87. LeftCenter says:

    They’ve been griping about ads being louder than the programming since the ’50s.

  88. Liberal Hussein Smurf says:

    Loud ads make me much less likely to buy the product. I punch the mute button, and don’t watch the ad.

  89. shāf says:

    HOW DO WE DO IT? VOLUME! WE’RE LOUDER THAN EVERYBODY ELSE!

  90. LeftCenter says:

    There’ve been a few nights this spring in ball parks where I wondered I wondered how effective a Snuggie would be, and then I remembered how irritating the ads were and just shivered a little more.

  91. If you think what I said was ludicrous, ask yourself, if the shooter had been a MUSLIM, where he would be headed by now.

  92. flombaye says:

    88: the extradition will have to wait until after wiener von brunn serves as the “most not-quite-adequate man” at the elopement of carrie prejean and mark levine. flintstones theme for a wedding march? why not. we’ll have a gay old time.

  93. LeftCenter says:

    #95 Who thought what you said was ludicrous? I was thinking the same thing.

  94. Rocky Mountain High, Colorado says:

    88 don’t forget the torture.

  95. trojanrabbit says:

    86
    Yeah, but right now my head hurts something awful. ;)

  96. Liberal Hussein Smurf says:

    Will there be a squelch for Fux News?

    ———————————————————————
    I deleted Fixed Noise from my line-up, so they can be as loud as they want.

  97. flombaye says:

    94: surely, the cold that infests a ballpark is the ghost of president william howard marley, impelling you to get into motion.

  98. What pisses me off on radio ads (in addition to extra 3-6 dB volume) are repeats of phone numbers. On the fourth one, I always chime in loudly, that’s 1-800-SUCK-MYD*CK!

  99. Rocky Mountain High, Colorado says:

    I have TIVO, the only time I ever am exposed to an add any more is when I don’t notice it because I’m on the computer or something. They should realize that they have to be stealthy now to get people to forget to skip them.

  100. LeftCenter says:

    #102 I usually listen to the radio while driving in my car. I’m certainly not going to write down the phone number, and repeating it does no good because the next guy that pulls out in front of me erases the phone number from my memory.

  101. Skyhawk says:

    Nepolitano shouldn’t have apologized for the report. The fact that the Bush administration did the study should have raised flags with the rw.

  102. SOCK!!!!!! Bring back the Sock Song!!

  103. Right on CUE!!!!!

  104. flombaye says:

    98: most torture IS hard to forget. – i once had a radio on in a room where i was sleeping. – this forced me to hear all 3 hours of “do that to me one more time” by captain and tenille, ever after i had sectioned the radio in the dream into very small pieces. – i often envy those at gitmo.

  105. Liberal Hussein Smurf says:

    I wonder if Sock is still alive? He sounded pretty old when Steph called him.

  106. LeftCenter says:

    It’s time for Sock!

  107. trojanrabbit says:

    102
    Not really that bad on radio, there’s already so much processing going on to make the sound “loud” so as to keep the transmitter at maximum power. The really big jump in volume is on the TeeVee.

  108. Skyhawk says:

    Time for Scottzi or rw Jerry to call in.

  109. Liberal Hussein Smurf says:

    If being threatened gets Keith to say her name, imagine what Keith would do if Steph got shot. :-p

  110. LeftCenter says:

    Hmmm…Hitler was a frustrated artist….

  111. trojanrabbit says:

    112
    I must have missed Scottzi on our local station a couple of nights ago. A caller was mentioning how Henry Ford was friends with Hitler and the host wondered if Scott would have been friends with Hitler.

  112. flombaye says:

    115: SScottzi woulda hava thunk so, but actually it would be a burns/von smithers relationship.

  113. shāf says:

    From reports, von Brunn double-parked his car and just walked in and started shooting in the entrance of the museum. Good article at the Washington Post that acquaintances noticed his change of behavior:

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/10/AR2009061003495_pf.html

  114. Linda S says:

    Congrats Steph for having Keith mention your name. He actually mentioned my name on May 20. He read a letter I had written to the editor of our local newspaper. It was about the coward sean not agreeing to be waterboarded. I was shocked. I know how thrilling it is to have Keith say your name.

  115. flombaye says:

    repeating vile stereotypes about jews is wrong. – somebody tell al franken that he is wrong.

  116. LeftCenter says:

    This ad on the live feed sounds like it was recorded inside a toilet bowl.

  117. Sue says:

    120, LeftCenter and I thought it was my computer…

  118. LeftCenter says:

    #121 Your computer is a toilet bowl?

  119. TR – I agree on the audio processing.

    I have a feeling that I’m not the only one who despises Billy Mays and that screeching voice of his. I emailed Discovery and told them that the Pitchmen series sucks the bag as well..

    The other irritation are the “bugs” particularly the animated ones placed on the bottom/corner of the screen during the program (already in progress!). Can these greedy bastards figure any other way to pollute us with their damned advertising? It’s not enough that they whore out their non-programmed hours to infomercials, which somehow do not get counted as advertising content!

    Sons of bitches.

  120. flombaye says:

    121: now why in the world are you keeping your computer inside a toilet bowl? – does it have a 56 K commodem? – is the tidy bowl man trained in CPU ?

  121. Is it an old computer? A Commode – Door? ;-> (geek humor)

  122. LeftCenter says:

    #124 The Tidy Bowl man is trained in CPR in case you stick your face too far into the toilet bowl.

  123. There’s a little man inside your computer..

    And one of these days he’s going to cut you into little pieces!

  124. k to the g. says:

    123. Amen. I was watching a movie with subtitles and the stupid advertising popped up and wiped out part of the dialog. MORNING ALL! 1-800-STEPH-1-2 1-800-STEPH-1-2 1-800-STEPH-1-2.

  125. Liberal Hussein Smurf says:

    Wild Thang 2

  126. Liberal Hussein Smurf says:

    I love this Palin vs. Letterman thing. Letterman doesn’t sweat Palin or her right wing goon supporters. This can only get funnier.

  127. LeftCenter says:

    Of course Letterman was talking about Palin’s 14-year-old daughter getting knocked up. Of course that’s who he was talking about since her 18-year-old daughter already has had a baby and therefore would not be the subject of “knocked up” jokes.

  128. flombaye says:

    130: “robin” squared off against “kato” one time, so why not?

  129. Sue says:

    No. It’s an Old Compaq that likes to shut itself off on occasion (122, 124, 126 and 127)… LMAO!!!

  130. Ameire says:

    Hey Steph!

    There is a bill that John Conyers and Dennis Kucinich. It is HR 676 single payer start promoting this bill. It covers all pre-existing conditions including Autism. http://www.hr676.org read the bill at that website

  131. trojanrabbit says:

    123
    TV Land’s latest grab for more ad time is to start the next show in one half of the screen while playing the end of the previous show in the other half. Or just scrolling the credits REALLY FAST at the bottom while the new show’s starting. But I’d be willing to bet you’d still find more of the show “on the cutting room floor”. All those lost bits. sniff. WHO WILL SPEAK UP FOR THE LOST BITS (and bytes)!

  132. Tony says:

    Okay, folks. I am out of here. Have a good day and do check out my blog. See ya!

  133. flombaye says:

    extremist movement ! quickly ! – move the compaq!

  134. Liberal Hussein Smurf says:

    repeating vile stereotypes about jews is wrong. – somebody tell al franken that he is wrong.

    ———————————————————————
    Speaking of Franken, when is the MN supreme court going to rule?

  135. flombaye says:

    138: currently, marina orlova rules,
    so whenever marina gets tired of it.

  136. Liberal Hussein Smurf says:

    Of course Letterman was talking about Palin’s 14-year-old daughter getting knocked up. Of course that’s who he was talking about since her 18-year-old daughter already has had a baby and therefore would not be the subject of “knocked up” jokes
    ———————————————————————
    Knocked-up by A-Rod. Laugh out loud funny.

  137. flombaye says:

    140: and why hasnt david axelrod complained ? – this remains unanswered.

  138. LeftCenter says:

    Obama is a Fascist Nazi Marxist who will take away your guns so he can impose socialism on the country. Anybody with half a brain can pick up the internal contradictions of this statement. Too bad those far-right extremists don’t have half a brain.

  139. Sue says:

    137, Flombaye, not really… the Compaq just doesn’t like streaming video, audio, but surprisingly, it does like the Stephanie Miller show since it hasn’t shut off on me yet.

  140. Yep, It’s all out in the open now. It’s a big part of the character of this country. We hate and we terrorize. Disagree and get m owed down.

    Hiya, Bloggoes! :mrgreen:

  141. trojanrabbit says:

    Hey madduane. How’s it going?

  142. flombaye says:

    weird even by oreilly substandards, to imagine they would go for the coit tower; the taliban get their jollies by killing maximum numbers of people.

  143. Hiya, Paul. Not too bad! Good to see ya (or your avatar, more specifically!) :D

  144. flombaye says:

    hold your breath or not, it’s still triple the legal limit.

  145. Hiya
    wow, bad night, barely slept til way late, now getting up after
    10 am, missed first hour.

    Combination of dead tired from many, many miles on the bike
    yesterday [yay!] and being kept awake by horrible itching as
    pink/orange sunburn/sunpoisoning peels…

    nazi rw murdering basterds… I’m with Jim, keep Sporks away
    from them…

  146. right wing talkers and Fox CAN’T dial it back because you can’t put the evil back in Pandora’s box, and it would mean they would have to accept responsibility

    and while what Sarah Palin said was benign by comparison she WAS A STEP or two on this road

  147. Popeyes has The Spork!!! For your yummy side dishes.

  148. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO … the spork started by Taco Bell and then because KFC is owned by the same company (YUM) it migrated there

    Taco Bell has sporks

  149. Skyhawk says:

    If you looked at some of the McCain-Palin rallies they were practically a Klan gathering.

  150. flombaye says:

    149: the advice of george carlin would have saved you that torment. in what was posed as an economic strategy, carlin pointed out that kilometers are shorter than miles, so take your next trip in kilometers.

  151. LeftCenter says:

    #152 Red beans and rice tastes so much better when eaten with a spork.

  152. k to the g. says:

    Someone should put together a video juxtaposing Fux News and other wingers spewing their hate with scenes from the recent killings, and then show the grieving families of the victims.

  153. Sue says:

    Sporks, ewwwww…….

  154. Liberal Hussein Smurf says:

    Shepard Smith is Fox’s token journalist. They can’t fire him.

  155. As if White Aryan Resistance doesn’t listen to Michael Wiener or Glenn Beck!

  156. Shane-O says:

    ProducerChris – stainless steel spork set of 12 – $21.49: http://www.ecrater.com/product.php?pid=450298

  157. Harry says:

    Get a TITANIUM spork! http://www.rei.com/product/660002

    Replaces dozens of plastic forks and spoons. You’ll need titanium chopsticks too!
    http://www.tistix.com/cart/

  158. Liberal Hussein Smurf says:

    Push in Steph’s bush?

  159. notice there are only plastic sporks.
    I’d like to see granma’s good silver set
    out for Thankgiving dinner and including
    sporks. Come to think of it my mother’s
    good silver does include a spork, it’s
    a large serving spork. Spork. next I’ll be
    blathering some hockey players name

  160. gabby hussein hayes says:

    SPORKTAN

  161. Liberal Hussein Smurf says:

    Some people should only be allowed to have rubber eating utensils.

  162. Shane-O says:

    the question is – 135 to go — will we reach “Sporkta”?

  163. gabby hussein hayes says:

    I love to go to canada. All the speed signs on the 401 and the 403 say “100″

  164. flombaye says:

    153: i just checked the wiki on lear. the runcible spoon, a term often synonymizing the spork, appears in the 1871 poem, “the owl and the pussycat”. taco bell came later.

  165. Hitler Youth Einsatzgruppen RW Extremist lil’Kampfer kit,
    includes sharpened spork

    The country has drifter into very dangerous waters, reefs
    and shoals abound. The elite that practices scorched-earth
    tactics, the great unwashed mass of rw morons who eat up
    the lies of the media axis of real evil, rush-hannity-levine-et al

  166. How long did Fox proffer the idea that it was a Muslim that walked into the Holocaust Museum?

  167. gabby hussein hayes says:

    most salad tongs have a decidedly sporklike shape

  168. flombaye says:

    STARKA

  169. LeftCenter says:

    But they can’t be religious extremists. They’re Christians! They’re killing for Christ!

  170. Liberal Hussein Smurf says:

    A terrorist is a terrorist regardless of which religion they claim to speak for.

  171. gabby hussein hayes says:

    Lear does not appear to have had any firm idea of what the word “runcible” means[original research?]. His whimsical nonsense verse celebrates words primarily for their sound, and a specific definition is not needed to appreciate his work. However, since the 1920s (several decades after Lear’s death), modern dictionaries have generally defined a runcible spoon to be a fork with three broad curved prongs and a sharpened edge, used with pickles or hors d’oeuvres, such as a pickle fork.[6] It is occasionally used as a synonym for spork. However, this definition is not consistent with Lear’s drawing, in which it is a ladle, nor does it account for the other “runcible” objects in Lear’s poems.

  172. Liberal Hussein Smurf says:

    I thought that was Rumsfeld Spoon

    ———————————————————————
    Rumsfeld eats through a straw.

  173. “In the board game Kill Doctor Lucky, a runcible
    spoon is one of the weapons players can use to
    kill Doctor Lucky.”

    WTF is ‘Kill Doctor Lucky’ and is he an abortion dr?

  174. rumsfeld shpoons with rove and they share a shoda w/two shtraws

  175. left wing media wants to ignore world wide terrorism????

    wasn’t it Lynn Cheney who ignored an uptick on world wide terrorism, only paying attention to our “lack” of terrorist attacks (because of her hubby) on TDS??

  176. A spork is a piece of dinnerware like a camel is a horse. A camel is a horse designed by a committee..

    And I do remember – Caca Bell had sporks..

  177. flombaye says:

    you dont catch a fly with the swiss army spork you want; you catch a fly with the chopsticks you can carve from available antennae cannibalized from essential communication equipment. THAT would be a rumsfeld spoon. – BONUS FACTOID: david carradine is the only person to successfully create the sound of one chopstick catching a fly.

  178. gabby hussein hayes says:

    whimsically themed greasy spoons are often named “the runcible spoon.” In the same vein, a pizza place might call itselt “Piewhackit” after the cat familiar in “Bell, Book and Candle” to appeal to movie buffs or “the irregardless café” to appeal to english majors, probably

  179. Liberal Hussein Smurf says:

    Welcome back to the Steph crapfest!

  180. Owl and Pussy cat was concept
    Taco Bell was concrete! ;-)

  181. flombaye says:

    181: makes one wonder why their bed needs all the porkchopsh and appleshaush.

  182. 184 did Carradine SPEAR the fly w/the chopstick?

    Pushed the old Sportster up over 100mph for a bit out
    on I-75 yesterday, and exhilarating feeling for sure,
    better than putting your wango in a suzy-bake oven
    according to some. The thing howls, the foot pegs and
    handlebars sing, which gets damned uncomfortable, feet
    and hands don’t like that kind of vibration for any
    length of time.

  183. flombaye says:

    187: is that why stoners like it so much?

  184. 189 Prison flateware… now THATs what these rw toole ought
    to be using, IN PRISON

  185. Liberal Hussein Smurf says:

    We need single payer. The president isn’t considering single payer.

  186. BUT is it health care WITH A PUBLIC OPTION with NO triggers

    Public Option is the only hammer these insurance companies understand

  187. flombaye says:

    190: some witnesses claim that carradine actually did the marge simpson voice and “wrangled” the fly onto the chopstick. – why no way? – because old man? – this guest sounds very rational. buddha provide.

  188. 185 Piewhackit! nice ref Gab!
    Or as I like to call him, Pugwhackit

  189. Shane-O says:

    so tired of the phrase “access to affordable healthcare.”

    Both sides of the isle are using it.

    Please define access. Please define affordable.

    Also – wondering how much Harry and Louise are now liking that socialized medicine known as Medicare — that they must be on by now?

  190. Software Diplomat says:

    1. If we get a public option for health care, one question on the public health care registration form should be:

    Did you ever complain about this being socialism in the past?

    And if they answer yes, their application should be marked Hypocrite!

  191. 191 194 good links Cindy

    194 the kidney link… bad, gross, feel so sorry for the person
    My dad had dialysis 3 days a week the last two years of his life
    I was happy for the chance to see him, spend time with him

  192. 202 Nice one. And those Hypocrites get to go to the back
    of the line.

  193. Software Diplomat says:

    2. I am tired of anyone comparing this to Canada. We are 37th in the world in terms of health, according to WHO. Canada is 30th. This country was founded on stealing the BEST ideas, not the ones that get us to 30th on the list. We should be copying the Japanese, German, and Swiss systems, taking the best parts of each.

  194. flombaye says:

    a folding titanium spork sounds dangerously crunchy.

  195. Skyhawk says:

    Titanium sporks! Perfect for Terminators on the go.

  196. Sue says:

    ok… what are sporks? I’m an airhead…..

  197. 204 Cindy now yer harshing my buzz

    That story of ‘Danny’ is heartbreaking. There is so much
    suffering in this sad old mortal coil it’s overwhelming.

    it does put my petty problems in perspective

  198. gabby hussein hayes says:

    A spork might be perfect for eating spam

  199. LeftCenter says:

    Spork your Spam!

  200. 213 you didn’t miss much Sue, a spork is a combination spoon
    and fork… I dunno how we get so hung up on silly stuff like
    this… oh yeah I do know…

  201. gabby hussein hayes says:

    without the suffering, how would you know when you eventually go to heaven?

    without dogs, how would you know when you eventually go to hell?

  202. OI’ve heard this Nazis were left wing before. The reasoning seems to be that left wing = pro-government. The Nazis had a strong central government, so therefore left wing!

  203. Liberal Hussein Smurf says:

    Damn Barack Obama! Damn him for having a black father! (serious sarcasm)

  204. RUSH LIMBAUGH has argued that nazism and Hitler was left wing since the 1990s …. because they took the name SOCIALIST .. see, they are left wing because they used the term socialists

    asshats

  205. flombaye says:

    223: even more bizarre, because the nazis were rivaled by the democrat-scialist party.

  206. LeftCenter says:

    When does right wing ranting constitute shouting “Fire!” in a crowded theater?

  207. dogs

    Buster has such joie de vivre, he’s always happy to see you,
    ready to caper and clown

    life’s too short to loose your joie de vivre

  208. Liberal Hussein Smurf says:

    I’m a left winger. I was angry at George W. Bush for almost eight years. I didn’t even consider going out and shooting anybody.

  209. Rocky Mountain High, Colorado says:

    She’s not the sharpest spork.

  210. Craig in Seattle says:

    Beck, O’Reilly, Limbaugh, et. al. want ratings at any expense. There needs to be some limits when people begin getting killed!!

  211. Rocky Mountain High, Colorado says:

    213 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spork

  212. a political spectrum with more gov’t on one end and less on the
    other?

    Stephanie for Wine Czarina!

  213. Liberal Hussein Smurf says:

    Steph could probably enter into a sub-prime marriage. They seem to be easy to get.

  214. flombaye -

    yeah and IF they were really socialists they wouldn’t have treated the communists so badly

  215. from the wiki entry on Political Spectrum:

    Socialists (socialism) – Freedom ranked 1st, Equality ranked 2nd
    Hitler (fascism) – Freedom ranked 16th, Equality ranked 17th
    Goldwater (capitalism) – Freedom ranked 1st, Equality ranked 16th
    Marx (communism) – Freedom ranked 17th, Equality ranked 1st

  216. Liberal Hussein Smurf says:

    Bush spent all the money. That’s why we need pay-as-you-go.

  217. shut up SEAN … you mean like Bush did for the cost of the war

  218. Shane-O says:

    #228 – HA! — Bachmann – “not the sharpest spork in the drawer”…

  219. Rocky Mountain High, Colorado says:

    Madduane, Nazi stands for National Socialist. These morons can’t figure out that they were lying when they called them selves “socialist.”

  220. gabby hussein hayes says:

    I’ve never known a left winger who had particular affection for government. If you want to see people marching up and down in favor of government, you should go to Fox News during a republican administration. Most left wing people want to run their own lives–make their own decisions about their bodies, whether to serve in the military, what to study in college, what job to take, and so forth.

  221. gabby hussein hayes says:

    Not the sharpest spork in the KFC.

  222. LeftCenter says:

    #240 You have to have a brain to figure that kind of thing out. These idiots have no brains.

  223. Liberal Hussein Smurf says:

    Wild Thang 3

  224. k to the g. says:

    Sporks are not gay or French – they’re the new symbol of American prosperity, as we will be eating fast food with sporks as we live in our cars.

  225. from twitter

    nprnews Rev. Wright: ‘Them Jews Ain’t Going To Let’ Him Talk To Obama http://tinyurl.com/mkh7yv
    6 minutes ago from twitterfeed

    can he just GO AWAY

  226. 243 — I appreciate the sentiment, and yeah, some of them ARE stupid, but actually, many of the folks I hear spouting this garbage are known by me to be moderately or actually quite intelligent. It’s a conundrum. What to do with all the deluded people?

  227. Charlie in St. Paul says:

    I think that the World Health Organization needs to hire former Health and Human Service Director Tommy Thompson to get a handle on this whole pandemic thing. They could even give him the title of ‘the WHO’s Tommy.’

  228. 245 — will they be making luxury model smartcars with walk in showers soon?

  229. k to the g. says:

    Will Hal Sparks come out with a line of sporks?

  230. from twitter

    plutoniumpage RT @daveweigel: @newtgingrich Do you still want the person who drafted the DHS “rightwing extremism” report to be fired? // Answer plz Newt.

  231. Sarah in Santa Cruz says:

    Good morning!
    The girl turned 14 yesterday, and today she graduates from 8th grade. Big doings.

  232. Skyhawk says:

    I’d buy some Sparks Sporks.

  233. Sarah in Santa Cruz says:

    250-He makes me laugh. I’ll buy what he’s selling.

  234. Hiya, Sarah! and congrats & happy birthday to “the girl”! :D

  235. flombaye says:

    249: perhaps a smart-pinto hybrid with shower and crematorium in one.

  236. Liberal Hussein Smurf says:

    WHO has declared a swine flu pandemic. Everybody hide in your basement. :roll:

  237. Shane-O says:

    #253 – Hal did mention his survival training/skills — sounds like a great marketing plan…

  238. 256 — all activated by the same button conveniently placed on the dashboard next to the CD player.

  239. flombaye says:

    250: WALKENIZED RESPONSE: “that would be as queer as spoon.”

  240. gabby hussein hayes says:

    My dad used to tell a joke (he NEVER told a joke less than several times) about an old veteran who’d lost his right arm in the war and supported himself by making a utensil he’d designed himself by sharpening the edge of a fork so that it could be used as a knife. He sharpened it to such a high degree that it would cut through gristle and sinew with ease. “They used to call him ‘Lefty,’” Dad would say, “But now they call him ‘Big Mouth.’”

    It’s a little obscure so I will explain: his utensil cut the corner of his mouth over and over again as he ate, until his mouth became big.

  241. Sarah in Santa Cruz says:

    255-Hi yourself!

  242. Liberal Hussein Smurf says:

    Happy Birthday to Charlie Rangel!!!

    And Ray Nagin was released from qurantine just in time to celebrate his birthday.

  243. from twitter

    NARAL AZ bills that would restrict abortion are moving forward: http://twurl.nl/kb5667 #p2 #fem2

  244. LeftCenter says:

    #261 My brain is warped enough that I needed to explanation.

  245. gabby hussein hayes says:

    often couples spoon in bed, but if you are porking your partner at the same time, I suppose that would be sporking.

  246. LeftCenter says:

    Referring to #265 NO explanation.

  247. (was away for a while) We’re STILL going on about SPORKS!!!!

    THIS IS…… SPORKTA!!!!

  248. Liberal Hussein Smurf says:

    Approaching Sparta

  249. LeftCenter says:

    Muslins are not a race.

  250. Sarah in Santa Cruz says:

    266-funny, gabby, you little devil.

  251. flombaye says:

    263: how cruel is that? of all possible names, new orleans gets the one public official homophonous with “rain again”. the gods are on glue.

  252. #266 Nice One!!!!!!!

    *giggles immaturely*

  253. Skyhawk says:

    Time to push for stricter gun registration. Screw the NRA, and review the Telecommunications Act! Faux News and rw talk shows know full well they are stirring the pot yet slither behind the first amendment.

  254. gabby hussein hayes says:

    I have a tool I bought at the checkout register at the local wine store that contains a knife, a can and bottle opener, and a corkscrew. I call it my Souse Army Knife.

  255. LeftCenter says:

    Suddenly I can’t type. Muslins? Muslims!

  256. Shane-O says:

    If Frangela is back, does that mean Hal Sparks is being bumped at the end of the month as the SMS fill-in? :(

  257. trojanrabbit says:

    All you Spartans, line up to the left!

  258. flombaye says:

    270: racing in muslin can be fun.

  259. Sarah in Santa Cruz says:

    A left-wing SPARTA is coming.

  260. k to the g. says:

    266. :lol: good point! (that’s what she said)

  261. LeftCenter says:

    #274 I fear that nothing will be done until one of these crazies takes a shot at the President.

  262. trojanrabbit says:

    Shane-O, Frangela will probably need the whole summer to recover from that ordeal. ;)

  263. 261 that reminds me of an amusing story of a cat who
    would walk backwards into the room, known as ‘old one-eye’

  264. Sarah in Santa Cruz says:

    I’ve missed Frangela (Sparta), but I’ve really enjoyed Hal (Sparta).

  265. SpiffyHussein says:

    Hello all. Can’t stay long. I see I have arrived just in time to sparta.

  266. gabby hussein hayes says:

    The Spartans were well known liberals. So was Xerxes.

  267. trojanrabbit says:

    Sure, Spiffy. Just in time to Sparta. Uh huh…..

    :D

  268. flombaye says:

    285: weird name for a room.

  269. SpiffyHussein says:

    286—I have enjoyed Hal too, but also look forward to Frangela returning. I didn’t watch that show they were on after the first episode of bug eating.

  270. gabby hussein hayes says:

    Hal and the girls will all be on in the third hour tomorrow. Where will they get all the mikes and headphones? Everyone will be sitting on everyone else’s lap.

  271. trojanrabbit says:

    Sparta sporka sparta

  272. flombaye says:

    it’s that easy ? really?

  273. LeftCenter says:

    Sporkta? Sparta!

  274. SpiffyHussein says:

    219—I was up til like 2 in the morning last night. Couldn’t sleep. Sparta

  275. trojanrabbit says:

    Thus Spork Zarathustra

  276. flombaye says:

    yayezz

  277. Sarah in Santa Cruz says:

    The Frangela duo has suffered enough lately. If I am lucky enough to Sparta, I will dedicate the win to them.

  278. Shane-O says:

    Sporkta?

  279. gabby hussein hayes says:

    sparta?

  280. SpiffyHussein says:

    OH! S P A R T A

  281. Sue says:

    Let’s see if I can get me a Sparta….

  282. Sarah in Santa Cruz says:

    Congratulations, trojanrabbit!

  283. Liberal Hussein Smurf says:

    They’ll never apologize to Janet Napolitano. She could be attacked by some right wing loon, and they still wouldn’t apologize.

  284. SpiffyHussein says:

    300—Is is sparta if you didn’t write sparta?

  285. Sue says:

    oh… crap. Too late…

  286. LeftCenter says:

    Congrats trojanrabbit! My two-day reign has ended, and you now take up the banner.

  287. Skyhawk says:

    Wow! That Sparta just flew by me. Congrats T-Rabbit!

  288. gabby hussein hayes says:

    I had the feeling frangela were not that popular with the other celebrities. They had a sort of “whatevah” attitude.

  289. Liberal Hussein Smurf says:

    Sparta rockets by again. trojanrabbit seems to have the magic touch.

  290. Shane-O says:

    Paul – Also Sprach, and a multi-utensil — plus Sparta –

    Triafecta!

    :bows:

  291. Way to go, Paul. Nicely done.

  292. SpiffyHussein says:

    I have a relationship question:

    Have you ever met a man or woman who has spent so many years purely focused on business and on running their own business that they treat all other relationships like businesses too?

  293. BTW, can anyone explain this Sparta thing to me? :mrgreen:

  294. flombaye says:

    * (zoroasterisk): today’s sporktation was accomplished with the assistance of 4 rabbit feet.

  295. SpiffyHussein says:

    314—you have a cute icon. Just saying….

  296. Who’s dumber? Bachman or Beck?? Gotta go with Bachman by a nose.

    Wouldn’t who’s @#$%ing CRAZIER be a better question??

  297. Nathan Hale says:

    Hearing about Glen Beck’s views on the Nationalist Socialist Party not surprising, he closetly agrees with them. The Nazis had a group they disliked, the equivalent of the Log Cabin Republicans and when it was convenient for the leader, the `night of the long knives’ removed them. Beck seems to want a pure race, so did the Nazis. And popular disagreement…Beck is missing the Bush reign already.

  298. shāf says:

    HUUUUUUUGE!

  299. Sarah in Santa Cruz says:

    Miss California got dumped by The Donald.

  300. k to the g. says:

    Great Sparta! Congrats!

  301. LeftCenter says:

    #324 Thanks, I think. That’s Avogadro. He’s a mole. I teach chemistry.

  302. Liberal Hussein Smurf says:

    Considering the number of right wingers going on shooting sprees, I think Julie Brown should start working on the Carrie Prejean version of, “The Ex-Beauty Queen’s Got a Gun”.

    It was the crowning of Miss USA.
    The Donald chose Carrie to win the day.
    Men were all excited,
    What a sexy choice!
    Her only flaw
    Was that inarticulate voice.

    When she talked,
    The pageant went to hell
    All of sudden
    Donald Trump yelled:
    “You’re fired!”
    Everybody run!
    The ex-beauty queen’s got a gun!
    Everybody run!
    The ex-beauty queen has got a gun!

  303. Shane-O says:

    YAY Ken!

  304. #322 You serious, Duane? You’ve been here so long I thought you would have figured it out by now. It’s in reference to the movie “300″.

  305. SpiffyHussein says:

    My son, the funky music playin’ white boy, LOVES Jimmy Hendrix.

  306. Skyhawk says:

    The Prejean bit was HUUUGGE!

  307. Skyhawk says:

    Good work Ken!

  308. Liberal Hussein Smurf says:

    She thinks she earned the Miss USA title as well. Wackadoodle.

  309. shāf says:

    Oh Mama, you are such the tease!

  310. I gotta go take son#1 to work

    have a great day everyone

    I won’t be back before the show is OVER

  311. SpiffyHussein says:

    Hey! I was just trying to look up sparta in the Stephipedia and IT’S NOT THERE!

    http://stephipedia.com/index.php?title=Special:Allpages

  312. El Kahouna says:

    Sorry. This white supremissist is more representative of an insane asylum inmate than any political organization. Unless, when Reagan oppened the insane asylum gates he was actually freeing his followers… Can insanity be demon posession. Ronald Wilson Reagan 666… Scary theory, but one that explains alot.

  313. Sue says:

    266: Gabby Hussein Hayes, well explained.

  314. k to the g. says:

    Should we prepare for a violence spree from de-throned right-wing beauty queens now? Attacking with curling irons?

  315. trojanrabbit says:

    I’m not worthy…..blushes

  316. LeftCenter says:

    #337 It takes a lot of work to have implants paid for by the pageant and getting up there in a bathing suit and high heels and negatively answering a question about gay marriage that came from a gay man. She worked really hard.

  317. SpiffyHussein says:

    330—I have no idea what a mole has to do with chemistry.

  318. Steve Ripple says:

    Subject: Companies returning TARP money not good.

    Greetings Steph, Chris, and Jim:

    Love you all, but, have to complain about just
    one thing. Bank and other entities returning TARP
    money is not a sign of stability but a way to avoid
    limits on executive compensation. The government
    remains on the hook via F.I.D.C. and other guaranties
    and the executives go back to giving themselves huge
    (yes Donald Trump, HUGE) obscene compensation packages.

    A solution? Even companies that return TARP money
    have to restrain executive compensation for a period
    of 2 years, subject to extention if necessary. Check
    with the legal beagles but I believe such a rule can
    be passed retroactively.

    Warm Regards to the three people who make the sun shine,

    Steve

    p.s Now that Jim Ward (truly a voice deity) is a successful
    CD producer when is he going to take pity on the rest
    of us lesser vocal types and release the highly anticipated
    instructional DVD: “How To Be A Voice Deity Like Jim Ward”?

    I personally would be willing to cough up about $70 bucks
    for the 5-volume set.

  319. flombaye says:

    330: you teach chemistry? how do you feel about these TUM anti-frog supplements which are believed to shield against the power of 47 times their weight in evil spells against the inner humors? – are these fashioned from the same holy metal as the shamwow?

  320. Sarah in Santa Cruz says:

    334-The girl is just discovering Hendrix and Clapton. She’s already a fan of Harrison. It’s fun to listen to the practicing. (I embarrass her by singing all the guitar solos. But I don’t stop!)

  321. Sarah in Santa Cruz says:

    349-of course. Everybody knows that.

  322. LeftCenter says:

    A mole = 6.02 x 10^23 particles of matter. It is the key to chemical calculations.

  323. Liberal Hussein Smurf says:

    Miss California got dumped by The Donald.

    ———————————————————————
    He must have been distracted by his daughter’s new low-cut dress. :mrgreen:

  324. Liberal Hussein Smurf says:

    Or in Steph’s case, burnt chicken.

  325. Sue says:

    Food for thought: do Mama and the Mooks ever discuss the fact that Sparta is done here???

  326. LeftCenter says:

    #349 All antacids work pretty much alike.

  327. flombaye says:

    352: your mention of molarity explains why the show is getting mo larious.

  328. LeftCenter says:

    #355 I’ve never heard it, but I miss about 9 months of shows each year.

  329. Sue says:

    Come on, Steph, say the L-word….llll…..lesbian.

  330. Sarah in Santa Cruz says:

    355-If so, I’ve never heard it.

  331. Nathan Hale says:

    Prejean appeals to her new employers, Fox! Maybe afterwards she’ll become a future octomon?

  332. LeftCenter says:

    #352 Molarity is cool. Molality is just freaky.

  333. Liberal Hussein Smurf says:

    I wouldn’t buy Kelly Clarkson’s records. But I’d spork her anytime.

  334. Heather Graham + ANY KIND of sex = SQUEEZY!!!!!

  335. flombaye says:

    i cant imagine a better flavor than heather-graham

  336. SpiffyHussein says:

    350—-It’s pretty weird that the music I grew up with is the classic genre in rock and roll. But it does make your kids respect you a little.

  337. 355 — never heard that happen. Which to my mind is a good thing. It would be too much to explain for no reason.

  338. Sue says:

    Tantric sex… I will personally congratulate anyone who goes on for 8 hours straight….

  339. Liberal Hussein Smurf says:

    I’d take my kid to see Larry King, before I’d take he or she to see The Lion King.

  340. SpiffyHussein says:

    363—-Love Kelly Clarkson’s singing abilities but wouldn’t buy her CDs cause I don’t think her songs are all that great.

  341. #355 Not that I’ve ever heard. They mostly ignore us over here. Sure, we get the occasional shout-out. Once in a Blue Moon.

  342. Sarah in Santa Cruz says:

    Smurf, she’s a talented girl. But she’s called a lesbian solely because she’s gained some weight. That being said, I don’t buy her music, either.

  343. SpiffyHussein says:

    369—-The Lion King (Theater version) is actually quite good. Lots of spectacle. Good dancing, great costumes.

  344. Dan The Man says:

    Sitting here at work and laughed out loud at Sascha seeing Larry King and not the Lion King!

  345. Sue says:

    True, now that I can think of it, 357 (Madduane)

  346. 369 — why? The Lion King is an awesome stage spectacle. wonderfully designed show!

  347. LeftCenter says:

    #372 So gaining weight makes a woman a lesbian?

  348. Liberal Hussein Smurf says:

    Tantric sex… I will personally congratulate anyone who goes on for 8 hours straight….

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    Where’s Lisa Edelstein when I need her?

  349. gabby hussein hayes says:

    a runcible sprach?

  350. #366 I remember the day I heard a rock song I thought was really cool when I was a teenagae on a CLASSIC ROCK station!!! One of the very first times I felt OLD.

  351. flombaye says:

    368: about the 8 hours… does it HAVE to be straight?

  352. Dan The Man says:

    Don’t get the concept of Tantric sex. Don’t you folks have jobs?

    I guess you can’t do it unless you’re retired, and by that age, what’s the point?

  353. SpiffyHussein says:

    372—-I think people here sometimes think I’m a lesbian because I don’t have a BF, I like to wear pants rather than dresses, I don’t get a manicure (mostly ’cause I don’t want to pay for it), and I know a lot about tools and repairing houses.

    All that apparently equals lesbian in the eyes of stereotypers everywhere.

  354. Sarah in Santa Cruz says:

    I think I’m going to miss my Frangela. The boss says he’ll be here in 2 minutes.

  355. LeftCenter says:

    #380 I feld old when they said a couple of years ago on the radio that it was the 40th anniversary of Sgt. Pepper being released.

  356. Sue says:

    368, (yes, I know it’s my comment) that’s if they don’t pass out first.

  357. trojanrabbit says:

    355
    ProducerChris will give us shoutouts once in a while. I think Mama’s posted here once and Rebekah’s been here a few times as well. Don’t think Jim’s been here.

  358. flombaye says:

    382: are you not from here ? – do you actually know people who still have jobs ? – and it’s certainly no secret that intimacy improves with age.

  359. SpiffyHussein says:

    377—-Yes. Those women who are chunky are automatically lesbians. Don’t you know that? ;-)

  360. gabby hussein hayes says:

    I need to call him. Does anyone have avogadro’s number?

  361. LeftCenter says:

    I was quoted by Frangela on Memorial Day.

  362. flombaye says:

    385: time off for good behavior can do wonders.

  363. Sue says:

    377, if that’s the case then I must have been one since I was 18 and I’m as straight as they come (not that there’s anything wrong with being a lesbian…)

  364. LeftCenter says:

    #390 I know the Pope’s phone number: Et cum spiri 220.

  365. 387 — yeah, remember that day when Steph posted on the liveblog? I felt almost indecently validated. It was all a tease, though…

  366. Liberal Hussein Smurf says:

    #372 So gaining weight makes a woman a lesbian?

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    And when she turns a guy down. Bizarre.

  367. SpiffyHussein says:

    378—maybe that’s a Saturday for some people.

  368. flombaye says:

    393: awesome. how are things in beirut?

  369. gabby hussein hayes says:

    lesbianism (theoretically) is caused by the fetus being bathed in male hormones in the intrauterine environment. It results in an odd contouring of the body among other things–narrower hips, thicker belly, more upper body strength, smaller breasts.

  370. SpiffyHussein says:

    380—yup. We are officially the peers of Mozart in the rock music world.

  371. #387 Wasn’t Jim here once plugging his website??

  372. gabby hussein hayes says:

    I have noticed that as I get older, fatter, and uglier, balder, hairier, there seem to be a lot more lesbians in singles bars.

  373. Liberal Hussein Smurf says:

    Steph has Larry King on the brain.

  374. SpiffyHussein says:

    387—Jim was here a couple of times. Or so the poster said….?

  375. trojanrabbit says:

    401

    Yeah, I think you’re right.

  376. shāf says:

    #387 Actually, Jim posted a few times here when he launched his ABT site.

  377. Liberal Hussein Smurf says:

    Patti Blagojevich is a hottie.

  378. flombaye says:

    387: would you really know if jim was posting? remember, jim can disguise that voice.

  379. LeftCenter says:

    Blago at Second City…I’ll be sure to miss it.

  380. Liberal Hussein Smurf says:

    As long as Torrie Wilson is still in the jungle, I’ll keep watching.

  381. trojanrabbit says:

    403
    Hey, when’s Stephanie doing the fill-in for the Lar?

    And when is Tic-tac brain getting waterboarded?

  382. El Kahouna says:

    #341 So does anyone want to respond to my theory? That is: Is the right wing base composed largely of previously confined insane asylum inmates who may actually be demon-posessed zombies? Why doesn’t anyone use the word “crazy” anymore.

  383. Dan The Man says:

    Swirly music!

  384. Nathan Hale says:

    Patti, a babe…well…Stephanie in comparision is a goddess;)

  385. Liberal Hussein Smurf says:

    The only geography Steph understands, is where the liquor stores are located.

  386. Sue says:

    411. I think Tic Tac brain is full of crap.

  387. Liberal Hussein Smurf says:

    403
    Hey, when’s Stephanie doing the fill-in for the Lar?

    And when is Tic-tac brain getting waterboarded?

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    Not happening in this universe, apparently.

  388. LeftCenter says:

    #415 Is any other geography necessary?

  389. flombaye says:

    WALKENIZED COMPLIMENT: “if stephanie miller were a president, she would free the slaves, and be a babe at the same time.”

  390. scooter says:

    Re: Geo goofs: Yesterday Steph y mookitos referred to the island nation of Palua several times as “Palau-ee”. Sort of a combination of Palau and Maui?

  391. Sue says:

    The day Tic Tac Brain goes waterboarding is the day I will stand naked in Macy’s window in NYC. Neither is likely to happen.

  392. 415 — Hey! She knows about the Beaver Corridor!

    416 — You might be right. ;)

  393. Liberal Hussein Smurf says:

    411. I think Tic Tac brain is full of crap.

    ———————————————————————
    He’s full of Limbaugh juice. Oh, gross. I’m sorry I said that.

  394. flombaye says:

    420: you are one confused puppy. you’re thinking of kalua-matata, a resort town down under in the center of austria.

  395. Nathan Hale says:

    If you want to know beaver, asks Canadians, the country was founded on beaver:) They like beaver so much, they even put it on their money.

  396. #421 Especiallly after what happened with that so-called “Mancow” guy. I’m sure Tic Tac waterboarded his boxers when he saw that clip.

  397. LeftCenter says:

    #425 My wife and I went to Canada on our honeymoon. I spent much of the trip pointing out all the beavers to her.

  398. shāf says:

    #412 I think the zombies deserve an apology for that comparison (to Republicans).

  399. SpiffyHussein says:

    412—I think the reality is that the RW is composed of traditionalists who are also control freaks. When they see things changing it produces such anxiety within them. Then they start to devise business plans to stop the changes.

    I speak from experience. I spent yesterday afternoon with a traditionalist. I think they very much want things to remain the same so they don’t have to deal with the stress of learning new things.

    That’s my kind version of the description of the RW.

  400. Skyhawk says:

    Civilized zombies use sporks.

  401. Sue says:

    Here’s an update as to what’s been going on. I have been participating on the liveblog since I have been locked out of work due to a contract dispute. However, I was just informed that I will be back at work in the morning. In the meantime, enjoy this picture:

    http://www.nj.com/bayonne/index.ssf/2009/06/lockout_continues_at_bayonne_m.html

  402. 412 Terminally Stupid
    deliberately ignorant
    willfully uninformed
    yahoos
    but zombies? Zombie got more integrity

  403. Nathan Hale says:

    You could make a good movie by having all the zombies being former republicans;) Glad you appreciated all the beautiful beavers Canada raises.

  404. 425 do you know where I can find any pictures?

  405. #427 We did get a Double Sparta not that long ago. Can’t remember what it was that got us in such a tizzy that day. Something big happened.

  406. Amy "Pro-Life is Forced Birth" Outside of DC says:

    You see where it says Do Not Write Below This Line? Mr. Simpsons wrote “OK”. We can disqualify her!

  407. LeftCenter says:

    #433 I hope that means the lockout is over. If so, congratulations.

  408. Skyhawk says:

    433- That’s one fierce skunk.

  409. SpiffyHussein says:

    Well, I must depart. Have a nice day. What else was I going to say? I forget…do well!

  410. Liberal Hussein Smurf says:

    She hasn’t admitted to being stupid and racist. Therefore the questionaire is incomplete.

  411. flombaye says:

    434: too much cuteness in one place. thank you.

  412. Amy "Pro-Life is Forced Birth" Outside of DC says:

    #438 Puppy Mills and Torture. I think it was after Nancy Pelosi claimed the CIA lied to her.

  413. Amy "Pro-Life is Forced Birth" Outside of DC says:

    #434 Small world. Her dad was my pediatrician when I was a young ‘un.

  414. #427 It might have been the day we had this HUUUUUUUUUGE debate over New York vs Chicago pizza. Maybe.

  415. shāf says:

    No one expects the Grammar Inquisition!

  416. Karl Rove rumored to enjoy killing puppies.
    Evil Dick KNOWN to

  417. LeftCenter says:

    #447 Chicago pizza is far better.

  418. Sue says:

    Yesterday, we had a rat. My song to admin: They’re lying sacks of crap.

  419. Nathan Hale says:

    Can we have a debate over Montreal vs New York bagels?

  420. gabby hussein hayes says:

    The right wing is a pack of idiot-savants without the savant part.

  421. Liberal Hussein Smurf says:

    We keep coming back to Palin, because she’s very entertaining.

  422. 446 any truth to the internet rumor I just started that
    Stephanie Miller’s pediatrician was Dr. Suess?

  423. flombaye says:

    447: that’s almost as scary as the people who believe thay can taste differences between different brands of burgers or burritos.

  424. PALIN 2012!!!!!!!!!

    PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAASE MAKE IT HAPPEN!!!

    Would be the funniest year of the new millenium.

  425. Skyhawk says:

    Liberals laugh a good joke, that’s why we go after Palin.

  426. shāf says:

    #433 Too bad y’alls couldn’t have found a giant beaver. ;)

  427. 453 I’m going to steal that one, it’s too good

  428. Amy "Pro-Life is Forced Birth" Outside of DC says:

    #452 There’s no debate. New York bagels over all others.

  429. Sue says:

    451 (yes, my comment again) 441, refer to 451… they’re lying, scheming sacks of liquid crap!!!!

  430. Nathan Hale says:

    Ohhhh, please run Palin, the Hillbilly ticket is sure amusing;) Very, very evil laugh

  431. #452 I have heard that Montreal bagels are far better.

  432. Dake Hussein says:

    THERE IS JUSTICE IN THE WORLD! Read on:

    LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) — Carrie Prejean has been dethroned as Miss California USA for “contract violations,” including missing scheduled pageant events, according to a state pageant official.

    Donald Trump poses with Carrie Prejean in May. Prejean was removed as Miss California USA on Wednesday.

    Prejean, 22, retained her title last month despite a controversy over topless photos, missed appearances and her statements against same-sex marriage.

    Miss USA pageant owner Donald Trump decided to fire Prejean a month after he gave her a second chance.

  433. Liberal Hussein Smurf says:

    Everybody in Bill Maher’s green room was looking at Steph and thinking, Why’s the cleaning lady in her now?

  434. Amy "Pro-Life is Forced Birth" Outside of DC says:

    #464 That may be what you heard, but you don’t listen to bagels, you eat them. New York bagels uber alles!

  435. Skyhawk says:

    Gingrich-Palin 2012
    Gramps and the Vamp v.2

  436. ‘Til tomorrow , y’all. Have a good one!!!

  437. El Kahouna says:

    #431 Perhaps you’re right. Then I appologize. Remember, I’m only trying to explain the extremist wackos that defy explaination by any other means; not the misguided patriots that make up the majority of Republicans in their midst. They are as much victims of their associates scenseless violence as Muslims are or Muslim extremests. Still the leaders of the party and the press must still be held accountable for exploiting their weekness.

  438. Liberal Hussein Smurf says:

    bye, all.

  439. 466 & why is she drunk and wearing that ridiculous get-up?

  440. Skyhawk says:

    Have a good day everyone!

  441. LeftCenter says:

    See you Monday (on the road tomorrow)!

  442. shāf says:

    Good show (at least what I heard of it). I’ll catch the rest via Stephcast.

    Have a great day everyone!

  443. Nathan Hale says:

    It’s been good, tomorrow.

  444. flombaye says:

    455: that is not truthy with box wine,
    for with merlot served in a stein,
    nay, nor more truthy, while you’re shaggin’
    cause the flagon with the dragon,
    spilled the brew that’s blue, it’s truthy not,
    while hearing calls from SScott.

  445. 477 one fish two fish
    drunk fish Steph-ish

  446. Sue says:

    It was fun spending the morning with you guys. And the Stephanie Miller show stayed on for the whole thing for me. Will send updates via the liveblog and will check the blog for responses. You made me laugh along with Steph and the mooks… catch ya at another time…

  447. ach, time to go
    miss you til tomorree

  448. trojanrabbit says:

    Bye all. Catch ya early tomoree

  449. gabby hussein hayes says:

    On September 1st, 2007, China’s State Administration on Religious Affairs implemented a new law called Order No. 5 which states that Tibetan Buddhist teachers, including the Dalai Lama, cannot be reincarnated without the permission of the central Chinese government. Order No. 5 is a direct attack on Tibet’s ancient spiritual traditions and is meant to undermine the Dalai Lama’s influence in the region, which is perceived as a threat by Chinese authorities.