LiveBlog for Friday, June 26, 2009

As with the rumor that Obama is weakening on a public option there is a rumor being spread that Kerry is "pushing for triggers" That undocumented story sounds like a lie. I live in Mass and call Kerry, Kennedy and Tierney's offices every couple of weeks because the situation is fluid. All three are ALWAYS for a robust public option. Lots of rumor noise going on to divide public option supporters. Please dont take the bait.

Well, I seem to be alone here! Bye eMooks. Have a great weekend.

I like someone for president who can see a problem coming long before the rest of us. I like them to see the BIG issues and come up with real solutions.

That was Al Gore, for sure. I thought John Edwards had that quality.

Sometimes I THINK Obama has it. Sometimes I doubt him.

Amy,

Yeah, another Post Office fan! How old school of us!

I get Netflix and you can exactly track the mail. I get two to three DVDs a week, for two years.

ONE -- yes, only ONE, has been late. By one day! (And it's not even 100% that's the Post Office's fault.)

I doubt FedEx or UPS could beat that and they would charge a fortune.

The Republicans think that Kerry looks too French, that's why it was easier for them to attack him.

Al Gore was my first-choice for president -- that hardly ever happens.

But John Kerry wasn't even in my top-ten. A decent guy, I'm sure, and WAY better than Bush. But not my kind of president.

Have a great week off, Chris, Jim and Mama (in absentia).

Hal, looking forward to hearing you next week. As my departed mother-in-law was fond of saying, "You did good!"

#468 I agree about the post office. You know how when you get a bill, they provide an envelope? Where the stamp goes, it used to say something like "post office will not deliver without postage". Now a lot of them say "save time and money, pay online."
I prefer to pay my bills by mail so that when I need to send a package, the post office will still be in business.

Will there be a live blog next week, ProducerChris?

Well, Hal did great for a first-timer. I expected he would.

He needs to cut-down on the preaching a little bit and control the topics a little more but that's no big deal.

Happy weekend, Guys & Gals.

I voted for John Kerry. Then I wanted to send him back to Vietnam.

Killer John Kerry joke, John!

It's so bad here, that I think even Disney site are block at my work place.

>> Liberal Hussein Smurf says:
>> The Repubs want to privatize everything including the post office and the military.

They damn-near HAVE privatized the military -- there are more mercenaries in IRaq than US soldiers.

I am so happy they haven't succeeded with the Post Office. It is a tremendous service -- on time, affordable, dependable.

Hal and Chris sittin' in a studio...

#465 Probably. Thanks to some coworker abusing resources, youtube doesn't work on this computer.

#458 Wasn't it Mad TV that did the Black or White parody?

This?:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1W32-rr-rj0

The Repubs want to privatize everything including the post office and the military.

Thank you for getting the word out Hal, John, and Chris!

Let's bug our Congresspeople!

Hal, you rawk AND your're pretty and have a political conscience! (swoon)

Health insurance through the federal goverment. Like FEp(federal Employees) Blue, for example.

John's a trooper!

#441: Rush will say MJ didn’t want to live to see the government take over his healthcare.

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And Ed McMahon and Farrah Fawcett decided to die for the same reason.

I believe it was In Living Color that had a great "Black or White" parody. They had someone as Michael Jackson smashing up the taxi cab and grabbing himself, then the cops came. Michael Jackson said "Tell me officer, am I black or white?" The officer replied with "You're under arrest." So Michael said "Oh, I guess I am black." :smile:

I was at a party one-time with Ed McMan. I didn't talk with him but he seemed like a decent guy.

Everyone should have the healthcare that the rest of us federal employees have, including Congress and the Supreme Court.

For those people who think Michael Jackson took himself too seriously, he was always happy to have "Weird Al" spoof him.

>> PeterW the Robobagpiper says:
>> #431, Al Gore and Obama have been playing into the same misconceptions about SS as everyone else in Washington.
>> Washington has become used to SS subsidizing the general treasury - the fact that the flow of money is about to reverse terrifies Dem and Repub alike. But Gore’s talk of the “lock box” was deceptive.

Didn't Al Gore's "lock box" plan exactly address that problem?

He got mocked for that, but he seemed to see the problem coming long before most politicians. That's leadership, IMHO.

#441: Rush will say MJ didn't want to live to see the government take over his healthcare.

Hal Sparks is Bad!!

>> shāf says:
>> #423 Yeah, I can see that. Hal is much more than just being a funny guy. He’s very smart and a great conversationalist. Kudos!

I thought someone else might see the similarity. There are differences, of course. Allen didn't act much, did he? Does Sparks write books?

As a kid, I idealized Steve Allen. He was so witty and self-confident.

Bye all have a great weekend!

It's kind of suspect that playa Sanford is staying away from pronouns, I think that he is scared s**tless for the real truth to come out and it will.

#431, Al Gore and Obama have been playing into the same misconceptions about SS as everyone else in Washington.

Washington has become used to SS subsidizing the general treasury - the fact that the flow of money is about to reverse terrifies Dem and Repub alike. But Gore's talk of the "lock box" was deceptive.

The fact that Obama's proposal to remove the FICA cap requires a "hole" between 100k and 250k tells you something's up. The correct solution is to increase income taxes on the 250k+ income bracket by 7.6%, rather than removing the FICA cap. It's the same amount of money, but it's more honest. But Obama has never had the political courage to say that - he only had enough courage to say "let Bush's tax cuts expire".

But by talking up "fixing Social Security" as the coward's way of fixing general revenue shortfalls of the future, Obama, like Gore and everyone else in Washington (regardless of party) is feeding the very dangerous - and false - meme that Social Security is in trouble, and won't be there for us when it's our turn. The SS Trustees' reports prove that to be false.

Yay! Substance!!!!!

Here's the latest on the elusive Maria Belén Chapur:

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/200...

443-But he wasn't with a woman!

Redacted e-mails. They must have been discussing national security. ;-)

Our gay mayor here in Portland was tangled in a sex scandal within about a week in office. So, it's not just a hetero thang.

You know how we all snigger a bit when celebrities get hospitalized for "exhaustion"?

I wonder if that actually was a serious issue with Jackson?

Michael Jackson's death must be Barack Obama's fault. Isn't everything Barack Obama's fault?

#423 Yeah, I can see that. Hal is much more than just being a funny guy. He's very smart and a great conversationalist. Kudos!

Monkey love

#406 Well, I agree that we’ve got to stop raiding the Social Security lockbox.

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They keep raiding social security, and they say the program is going broke. How 'bout you stop stealing from it. Then it won't go broke.

#422 They call it a staycation.

"Ben" was a guilty pleasure of mine, even though I was just a kid.

I like the original movie -- was it called Willard? But I remember "Ben" as being a disappointment. Still, the song was good in a smaltzy way.

428-I think she wasn't interested in marrying again. She said as much in Alana Stewart's documentary.

Right on, John! The lucky ones get to have an old age.

#418---Farah Fawcett---fantastic actress who could hardly get work. Another sad story. And all actresses suffer simply from the sin of aging.