LiveBlog for Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Hey everyone! While Steph and the Mooks are on vacation this week, Hal Sparks will be filling in! And, here’s a fresh new LiveBlog sandbox for you to play in. Enjoy!
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Goood morning all! Thanks ProducerChris for taking care of us!
Can you say SENATOR Franken? HAHAHAHAHAAHAHA
Of course Bill-o was nowhere to be seen, but Glenn Beck had to get his much-less-than 2 cents in. He thought that he could make a comparison saying no-one should want HIM in the Senate. Well guess what, Glenn. OF COURSE no one would want a madman like you in the Senate. Now a guy who happens to have a degree in political science – that’s totally different.
I could not bear to FF the TiVo to see what Hannity said, if anything. It wouldn’t have been coherent anyway.
i had al stewart’s “last day of june” stuck in my head all day for nothing. i see by the title above that the month is looping… probably only the latest bizarre tactic by norm coleman to delay al franken. – especially bizarre since mark trail took something like [checks watch]… no time at all to apologize to franken’s partner, tom davis. — and dont misunderestimate the entertainment value of the hannity. hannity has declared the 5/4 supreme court decision in the news to be essentially 9/0. — and with predictable clarity and originality, rush plaigiarized (or was assigned) exactly the same talking point.
“Work” starts early today, and I get to make things go “poof”. *drools*
Enjoy the show. Hal, you rock!
“poof”? – you mean you have a gay agenda?
For a sec, I thought ProducerChris had gotten all Groundhog Day on our asses (Header says “Live Blog for June 1, 2009). Then I realized he’s still rubbing the sleep from his peepers. Go back to bed, Chris, we’ll be fine!
#5 Okay, he posted this last night. Still, it made for a good story.
Congratulations to Senator-elect Al Franken!!!!!!
Finally, Minnesota will be properly served in the Senate. And, I’ll add, thanks to former Senator Norm Coleman for graciously conceding (albeit after a lot of poor sportsmanship).
good morning, blogistas!
SENATOR AL FRANKEN
Good morning, live blogospherians! And a Happy June 1 Repeat Day to you all!
And congratulations to Senator Al Franken (D), MN.
since steph is being replaced by the COOL babysitter, hal bonaduce, thi sprobably means we” get to have banana splits with frankenberry for breakfast.
good morning, LC and flom -
got any deep fried almond joys left?
BTW, some of the strongest criticism of Obama’s continued implementation of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell came from Keith Olbermann last night. Particularly catch the last few seconds of his segment with Dan Savage, where Keith says Obama is “g*ddamned wrong”:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036677/
11: how ironic; i was just about to ask for a taste of your mounds.
i’ll go see if we need any more count chocula in the penalty box.
Good morning blog. Yea! Senator Franken!
#12, I’m really hoping we see some movement on The Agenda now that Al will be taking his seat, but I’m not gonna get eager, cuz, well, cuz of democratic dysfunction.
#12 I was kind of surprised by the strength of his criticism, and pleased. Somebody needs to keep Obama’s feet to the fire on this. As was pointed out, if a cabinet member can order her department not to enforce a law she wants changed, Obama can do exactly the same thing for DADT.
#15 Are you implying that Democrats can’t agree that the sky is blue?
hey everyone!! I don’t have time to liveblog (stupid work!!) but i just want to say how BRILLIANT Hal Sparks is and I wish he had his own show. I’d definitely buy a Halcast for $7.95/month!!!!!
For once, I will be sad when they come back from vacation! I love the SMS, but wish he had his own show, too. He’s amazing.
#16, agreed.
We need to STOP throwing good soldiers out of the military and re-instate a few we threw out. (can we do that?)
Hal is right, too, about Obama wanting us to get a “fire in our belly.” I’m more of an ALLY for GLBT community then I ever was. Not laid back about it anymore!
#19 I don’t know if we CAN do it, but we should do it. Everybody knows what HST would have said to anyone in the Pentagon who complained about integrating the military. Obama should act like Truman.
I don’t like DADT, but it is also refreshing to have a President who doesn’t think he gets to decide which laws to enforce and which not to, for a change.
Obama is too meek about certain issues. He should simply tell Democrats, “There WILL be a public option on health care.” He should tell the Pentagon, “You will NOT force gays out of the military.” Period.
#22 Apparently Janet Napolitano has that right, though.
#18 Hal has been a treat. Like I said yesterday, he’s a freakin’ genius and very funny. If he had his own show, I’d recommend a sidekick to bounce comments with. I notice he’s keeping his call-in guests on for longer than Mama usually does, which gives him that conversational opportunity.
Again, great job, Hal. How about a shout-out to your friends on the LiveBlog? (Hey, Frangela did it for us!)
21: sounds like a plan. hal and family really do have quite a lot on the ball.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewsKMu4w66Y
24, I think restoring a more balanced relationship between the Presidency and Congress is very valuable.
Shaf, does he see the liveblog? I love the way he talks to callers – scheduled call-ins and listeners. He speaks to them with such respect and gives them time. I friggin love it. I like him by himself. Maybe someone like on Randi. Just a few comments ya know, and laughs.
Hal, please get a radio show — you are incredible!
23: a more accurate term here than meek would be “timid”, since meek actually translates to “educable”. this is the only reason it was said that the meek shall inherit the earth. – it’s still so disappointing that there was a high school administration perverse enuff to give dubya a speaking engagement. the old proverb lives on: dont let your schooling interfere with your education.
*dancing on sunshine*
enjoy the show, emookateers!
#29 Timid is definitely a better word. At 8:00 a.m. it wasn’t forthcoming from my brain.
ok gotta get to work ciao
#28 I have a feeling he’s too busy to be reading the LB. Maybe Becks is scanning it and passing on comments. Maybe not.
Hey, it’s Sparks Time!!!!!!
WTF was that?
Loving HAL SPARKS…dare I say more than Frangela….???
Although it occurs to me that if Obama gives power back to Congress, it doesn’t really belong to them, a future Rethug President can just take it back again. Then their side gets the benefit of a strong President and we don’t.
I love them equally but in different ways.
Morning everyone. Morning Hal!
Anyone saw Bill O’Reilly’s head explode? So happy that Franken got his seat.
Hello peoples…so…yeah…
“Senator Al Franken” – just vaulted onto my list of three favorite words.
Hal found a mook!
Oh yay! Chris!
Bono? He doesn’t sound Irish!
A mook named Chris!
Was Sonny Bono Irish?
“California passes the state budget” will be my next five favorite words.
Say it Bill-O! Sen. Al Franken! Morning all, was June so bad we’re starting it over?
good morning
OMFG
GBCFOX
read this … listen to the video!!!!!!
It’s actually “Bonno”, with one extra N for our pleasure.
#46 I’m in my own state without a budget. Dem. Gov. wants to hike the state income tax. Republicans, who are needed for any budget to pass, want cuts in services. No one wants to compromise.
since lavort has implemented time travel skills to repeat june 1, perhaps we can also get another “al franken decade”.
2. Cheers and Jeers: Wednesday
tee hee
BTW, I met Al when he came to Columbus several years ago to do his radio show. A really nice guy. Also, I met his first co-host, Katherine Lanpher.
48 – Today’s Fox secret word is “Valium”
shaf —
instead of “Miller Time” it’s “Sparkin Time”
(yeah an it’s a ode to Sanford
)
Am I the only one who gets a kick out of the fact that there are comedians out there who are more politically savvy than actual politicians? Al, Hal, Janeane Garofalo. They’re so smart and informed, I love it.
I met Katherine a few years ago, in NY. She is a sweetie.
3. Citi increases credit card rates. Why is it allowed to do so?
45: bono definitely had the skill of the irish, and the luck of the last king os scotland. amin it. skiing into a tree was definitely a valid response to some of cher’s attempts at singing.
#55
Yes, Sparkin’!
But don’t cross that line!
Good morning, bloggers! I had a great time catching up on the podcasts, Hal had me doubled over with his health-care-as-car-that-backs-over-you analogy.
Great montage, Ken, just ducky!
Fantastic news from MN — say it, Bill-O, Senator…Al….Franken! Actually, Norm Coleman has always reminded me of Willem Dafoe as the Green Goblin in the Spiderman movies. A definite win for the people of Minnesota– I just stumbled on a link yesterday to a website that had raised $185,000.00 to help Franken with the appeal and to convince Coleman to concede:
http://www.NormDollar.com
Hal is great…Love him, smart as hell.
My only problem is, he is much funnier as the Third Mook. Much able to just say random stuff, do random voices. I miss his Glenn Beck.
But, Hal is great. he deserves all the credit.
Sadly…Hate to say this…but better than Frangela.
48, Holy Sh*t!
“The only chance we have as a country right now is for Osama bin Laden to deploy and detonate a major weapon in the United States.”
OMFG!!! Fox aired that? OMFG!!!
Hal, I’d be surprised if you can get 55 Dems in the Senate to agree with each other and stop a filibuster.
We had fun last night watching the breaking news about Al Franken with our Minnesota house guests. Whoopee!!
56: i too derive a kick of it. – indeed, intrinsic to humor is an epiphany that reveals a disproportion. – notice for example, lenny bruce transcripts show no jokes at all, just prosaic reports of cultural perversities, and yet the cultural satirist is labeled, just as mark twain, charles manson, and bertrand russell have been, as a humorist.
#62 I totally agree
Bernie Sanders is excellent.
Even Al said don’t get hung up the magic “60″ number. Some Dems may cross over to vote with Rethugs, and vice-versa. Don’t always assume Al will go along with every legislation that comes along.
# 63 – did their heads explode after that? Too bad we can’t nuke Fake News.
4. Scientists Visit the Creation Museum
LOL
#69 Don’t assume that ANY Democrat will go along with any legislation that comes along. After all, they’re Democrats.
67: I know, I’m sooo torn. Cause when he’s Third Mook, he’s funny as hell, funnier than Jim! if that’s even possible.
But as the lead, he’s like…smarter than Thom…it’s scary.
FCC? Hello FCC? Treason against Fox News?
5. Dan Choi recommended for discharge; KO: “Goddamned Wrong” (VIDEO) (updated x7)
69: what a lovely piece of serendipity for the mention of a magic number.
# 69 Then we need to vote out any Democrats who cross over with the Evil Party. Don’t become like California, where we live under the tyranny of the Republican Minority.
Boom Stick!
Hello FCC? Congress? Time to repeal the Telecommunications Act.
Re: astute humorists: Don’t forget Will Rogers who may have invented alot of what today is known as observational humor.
Paraphrasing one of my favorite Rogers’ quotes: “You can’t say civilization don’t advance, because every war they figure out how to kill you in a new way.”
71: there is definitely a market out there for remedial level studies in “quit while you’re only behind”.
EVIL DEAD!
yayness.
we should always refer to it as Treasonous Fox News
‘Ullo
hope yer all doing well. Hal just nailed it re Littul Joey
Blabberman… scum in sheep’s clothing, private agenda,
mainly centered around… Joey Blabberman
Dems don’t need 60 votes, they need balls and a spine…
I thought the show was sponsored by Flavin™.
# 63
http://www.fcc.gov/
Time that Fox News gets invistiaged and in trouble… for once.
I think we’ve found today’s worst person in the world.
# 84
True.
Hal, speaking as an occasional Connecticut person, we know Joe’s gotta go– hence his creation of the “Connecticut for Lieberman Party” (which apparently has no members, not even him) when he lost the Democratic primary to Ned Lamont based on his Blue Dog Democrat voting record. Read the fascinatingly weird and checkered history of the C-for-L party if you need a chuckle:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connecticut_for_lieberman
But three years ago Joe managed to scare a lot of people who hadn’t been paying attention to his recent gravitation rightward and remembered him as the Joe Lieberman who had been Gore’s running mate in 2000. He scared them about losing his accumulated power on various high-ranking committees and about losing defense industry jobs, which he has gone to bat for. The latter may well still have some impact with during these economic times, although one can always hope.
73: if it turns out that hal also dances better than kryptonite, acts gay almost as well as val kilmer, and does “go-go-gadget-tongue” better than gene simmons, it may take a kryptonite venetion blind to adjust the dosage for human consumption.
90: okay they did it again – they left the typo in until AFTER i hit “submit” and looked up, which is not a very good editing technology at all, so to make post 90 sensible, please understand that it should have said “dances better than USHER…”
48 Faux News calls for a false flag, agent provocateur,
state terror Operation to continue the growth of the Police
State and the Empire. Where are the Organs of State Security
raiding the network offices and rounding up these evil filth?
Osamo was never anything but a pig’s head on a dress dummy,
in Evil Dick’s basement. And he still is.
89: at the very least, they could cover the lamont/sanford campaign on foxx.
I think if Fox can successfully argue for the right to mislead their audience, I doubt this will get the attention (and consequences) it deserves.
Can you imagine if someone from the “Left” had said something like that during the Bush Reign of Terror?
the chair is not my son.
6. It’s ALWAYS been about Sex, NOT the Fetus
7. LMAO@ “GOP”
8. This Is Why Insurance Companies Fear The Public Option(Updated)
#63 Here’s the clip of the treasonous quote (from Michael Scheuer on Glenn Beck’s show):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HtSb7kwTFE
it would be a blast if MJ had gotten the wings canon. the flighty trajectory of the will would neverland.
okay that’s it for me today … I gotta play “Mommy’s Summer Taxi” and in Berkley, MA they can’t hear you scream . . .
well, actually, you can’t get the progressive radio station
# 97: Nice! LMAO
Bye, Cindy. Have a great day!
and lastly again in case you missed it .. Hal needs to play this on air
OMFG
GBCFOX
read this … listen to the video!!!!!!
media matters clip in there too
#101: That bites. Must be Crazy Scott’s part of MA where there is no progressive station.
Have a great day.
97: that pacman really gets around. also does an excellent slam dunk.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aiHbUplz3k
# 104 When did this air (what time?)
This is another thing to bug Congress about.
Connecticut for Lieberman… now that IS humorous.
Lessee, Friends Of Joey Lieberman: Skull’N'Bones Society,
Eric Prinz, Dick Cheney, The Association of Far Right
Israeli Rabbis, The Coalition for A Bigger Military/Industrial
Complex, Democrats for Jeb Bush 2012, Sarah Palin, who else…
Neverland is the new, more gauche Graceland?
I have it! Have a drive through public viewing. Lay MJ out in front of the house and just keep the traffic flowing.
(oh, yeah…)
Hiya, Bloggoes!
109 nevergraceland?
110: truly an off the wall idea. mui ben.
107, it was on glen beck, what time is he on?
One of my friends was saying that all those Motown artists were selling records out of the trunk of their cars until Michael Jackson came along. Score one more gull for the revisionists.
I saw something on a news station “Fallen Hero” re MJ. It
really did piss me off cause there are plenty of real actual
fallen heroes who are mostly ignored. While we’re mired in
these evil fake wars with real dead and maimed this kind
of thing is unacceptable.
For those of you who heard it, please contact the FCC. Or give the details: what show? what time? What signal?
#115 Yeah, I remember Diana, Smokey, etc. selling their records from their trunks back in the ’60s…..
He and his whole family are and always have been hucksters. Anything that squeezes more bucks out of the foolish public is the absolute truth. There’s such darkness in that way of thinking.
So we still got the 4000 pound elephant in the room
that’s not mentioned: in case you haven’t looked lately,
we’re f#$Ked. The dirty war drags on, the Empire still
exists, we’re still without jobs, pensions, homes, health
care, hope… Rethug Bastards still roam free, Rats on the
High Street at noon, no one breathes a word. I still like
Obama, Franken makes the right kinds of noises, it’s not
all doom and gloom but we got a whole lotta stable cleaning
still needs doing. On a hopeful note the corrupt dirt bag
Monica Conyers will no longer get to try to kill what’s left
of Detroit in order to line her pockets with the skins of
the poor… she’s going to Prison. That and poor old Bernie
Madoff going away for the rest of his miserable life. So
not everything is bad…
#93 flombaye: “at the very least, they could cover the lamont/sanford campaign on foxx.”
Morning everybody.
Does Governor Sanford want to be booted from office? He dissapeared, confessed his affair, and then got ignored by the media because Michael Jackson drpped dead. If he had just kept his mouth shut he could have finished his term in peace. Instead he’s confessing that he cheated on his wife a lot, and the Argentinian is his soul mate, but he’s trying to fall back in love with the Mrs… why did he have to tell us this? He’s just begging to be recalled/impeached/whatever they do to bad governors.
117 I will be contacting the FCC with a complaint. And I’m
thinking, the FBI.
#122 He crossed “some lines…but not the ultimate line.” WTF?????
115: not the first time that revisionists have tied themselves into such a berry berry gordian knot.
#104 Is Scheuer sitting by the phone, desperatly waiting for an Al Queda rep to call? Or maybe he figures it’s Faux News, so no one will take him seriously?
121 Aunt Esther is the campaign manager.
Grady is the real brains of the outfit
# 114, Beck is on 5 PM ET on Fox News; probably a rerun. Somebody who saw it first needs to report the details – as I don’t watch Fox News (ever).
122 — Amy, I think you’re probably right. It’s been speculated on elsewhere. I think the guy wants to get off the merry-go-round entirely, and somehow can’t be honest about it. I think like most hypocritical republicans, he’s in an inescapable shame spiral.
Good MORNING All!!!! Joining in late as is my current M.O. So apparently Air America is back on the DC airwaves. Is this old news? It’s new to me. I did check their website for the line-up and, alas, Bill Press is NOT on the AM slot. It’s LIONEL (not a big fan, I must say). But Randi will doing the afternoon show which is cool.
122 let’s just hope the citizens of S. Carolina dump his
moronic ass. He has no integrity; he will not resign. Good!
Cripple the state and the Rethug party there for the next
18 months. Wallow in yer crapulence, scumbag. Tell us more
about your whores and your Christian Family Values.
118: …just like pagliacci did. they tried to keep their 8-tracks hid,
in there under that spare tire, and in the lonely gloom aspire,
to court something supreme, but does it souter to dream?
129 inescapable shame spiral
I like it
#129 You’re making an assumption that he has shame. I’m not willing to concede that for any of those hypocrites.
Oh but we’re supposed to allow him to find redemption, remember. (Not that those self righteous Family Values politicians ever extend that opportunity to anyone without an (R) after their names…)
134 — Rick sanford wants to be punished. He’s been a very, very bad boy. Spank him! Spank him hard!
#124 It’s the Clinton defense; we fooled around but never bumped uglies. I guess the rules are if there’s no chance of conception, it’s not the worst kind of cheating.
I hope Mrs. Sanford has the domestic staff packing up her husbands things so she can throw him out. No way should she give Mr. “trying to fall back in love with my wife” another chance.
In order to have redemption, you must be a right wing Christian. We all know that all those people with a (D) after their name are godless Commies or Socialists or Fascists or something.
130: lionel? the first one or the second one? – is the voice quality sort of wheezy, by george?
#139 There’s more than one Lionel?
And Al Franken is right, Bill O’Reilly is lair
Hal Sparks speculation of Steph and the Mooks on vacation
is hilarious. The whole gang, on the road together, all
sleeping in one room, pillow fights, sharing each other’s
deodorant/toothbrush, gossiping, etc
O’Riley you arent’ a liar, you are the archetypal liar,
reincarnation of Joey Goebels
137: j ensign peterman should take mark trail to premise-keepers.
#130 I mentioned it last week on here, but I’ve not seen any advertising or any sort of news about it. If you don’t stumble across 1050 on your dial, you’d never know progressive radio had returned to DC.
Plus they don’t carry the Stephanie Miller Show and every evening show is preempted to hear the Nationals lose again, so it’s not the great news that it could be.
No Glenn, you’ve lost your mind!
139 — I liked the first Lionel better. I think Richard was actually referring to the 3rd Lionel.
140: yes, and more than one darin too. weirdly, nobody around them noticed the switch. – and what’s up with that alt-chris partridge?
Scary thing is Glenn Beck (depending on the state he lives in) could run and get elected senator.
And yet… Jesus would have been a pacifist and a socialist.
We don’t get Lionel here except for a “best of” sometime in the wee hours during the weekend.
Keith Ellison is from Minnesota… but Rush was probably thinking about Michigan (where the Dearborn school cafeterias are Hallal), but can’t tell the difference between Michigan and Minnesota. They’re both midwestern M states filled with his dumb fans, he doesn’t need to know anything else.
150: perhaps a train of lionels could be arranged.
I love Lionel trains!
it’s as if they dont know the difference between “franken privilege” and “going postal”.
how’s life of o’reilly? appaled, well stoned.
148, the state would have to be full of absolute morons to elect someone like Glenn Beck.
Go to go to work, have a good day everyone!
Franken is Senator Elect? And O’Reilly was nowhere to found?
Search the Psych wards!
polenti of room to rove without that bridge.
book idea: “talking points for dummies for dummies”
158 — Pawlenty fried in butter?
Other Franken books that won’t get written, since he got elected Senator:
Glenn Beck is a dellusional dry drunk.
Sean Hannity is a pasty whiney rich bitch.
Tales of Ann Coulter and her Adam’s apple.
and the long awaited sequel: Rush Limbaugh is a big bald fat drug addled deaf idiot.
149 Jesus is coming back, with his Lawyers. No more Mr. Nice Guy.
There gonna be a shit hemorrhage of an apocalyptical accounting.
Run but you can’t hide, Rethug skum, hypocrite Christians,
Warmongering profiteers. Jesus got a whole bag o’whup ass for ya.
A foot up Harry Reid’s ass is a great start!
163 — won’t work. I’m already hearing whining that the “supermajority” is only on paper. “Kennedy and Byrd aren’t voting much these days”.
*smnfg*
Al Franken my prediction will make a great senator
165: Absolutely
#164 The “super majority” isn’t how Congress will be operating from now on, it’s just a talking point for the right wing. They love their scare tactics, but just because there’s a D after your name doesn’t mean you automatically vote for Obama’s bill.
But the reality of the situation (more iikely bills get passed but nothing’s guaranteed) isn’t as terrifying as a “super majority that will pass everything Barack Hussein Obama sends to them.” It’s not like the right wing is based in reality anyway.
163 YES! and go upside his head with the Goon Hand while yer at it
167 — I’m worried less about what the Repubs are thinking than what the congressional Dems are thinking. I heard the thing I mentioned before as an excuse for further wimping out.
Dems can do a lot of good. Just as long they don’t get arrogant like the rethugs, and keep blue dog dems down to a limit. The people have to stay alert and active.
#148 Considering that people in Minnesota’s 6th congressional district re-elected Michelle Bachmann, anything’s possible (including electing Beck).
On track for SPARTA
Checking to see who went into the trash heap so far this year:
One cry-baby ex-senator (Coleman?) CHECK! Two Lotharios (Ensign and Sansom?) CHECK! Two Righties who bash gays for “Family Values, and turned out be closet gays, (Ted Haggard, Mark Foley?) CHECK!
One so-called “Family Values” party that is anything but? CHECK!
nit picky me wants to correct you, George. “Sansom” is, I think, “Sanford” and Haggard & Foley were last year.
Still, all good news, right?
#171 Speaking of Bachmann, her request for people to not complete their Census survey (and her personal vow not to) may have the unintended consequence of the 6th congressional district being lost (i.e merged with an existing district) if there is an undercount in the Census.
Oh, how deliciously ruthless! *Stewie voice*
175 — we should totally support Bachman’s efforst to disenfranchise herself and her constituents!
162: oh, hey jesus… what up, dawg? – what’s the big-assed barrel of “smite-thee” for?
thanks Madduane! By the way, that’s a nice avatar you have!
Why thank you, George!
Norm Coleman will be played by Chris Cooper in the movie.
evil unscrupulous men. Men who hold a viciously
social-Darwinist Malthusian world-view. Men who
cynically run a system of murder, torture and slavery
in order to protect and expand their own wealth and
power. Those who hold and act on their belief that to
the most rapacious and amoral go the spoils. Those who
want and fight for absolute Power. Rule by the wolves
Selling guns, selling dope, selling souls: it’s just
bizness. as usual.
That’s what scare some Dems too. Franken isn’t owned. So here’s yet another reason for campaign reform.
“Big bag full of mashed-up jackass” Love it!
177 hee hee Jesus it the Original O.G.
Hello all. It’s a glorious day for comedians and writers everywhere. One of our own has made it into the Senate. (I consider myself an amateur comedian and amateur writer on some days.)
I expect Beck to slip into Seinfeld-mode and yell, “What’s the deal with that!”
Seems Hal’s been reading the live blog.
… and then we changed our name to the New Originals
the nice thing about the Right is that they are evil,
they look evil, they smell evil, they can’t hide their
evilness, they aren’t even trying anymore. If you got
eyes you can see.
I’ve had an opportunity to meet Al Franken at one of his book signings. He had done a live Air America show at the house of blues and then stayed to sign books afterwards. He was very nice, approachable, and let me take a picture with him. Passionate, serious and putting his money where his mouth is by serving his country – he’s the real deal. I’m so happy he’s finally on his way!
Thanks for playing the clip, Hal. Treasonous!
181—That’s one thing I could never figure out about so many born again Christians. They say they are creationists but when it comes to the economy or how to run a business, they are Social Darwinists 150%.
Survival of the fittist and let single moms figure out how to survive on $8 an hour.
Glenn Beck… needs to be in jail, he’s giving away
the Strategy of Tension, False Flag, State Terror
Agent Provocateur, Burn the Reichstag Marinus van der Lubbe Game.
And Evil Dick ain’t gonna like that.
OBL has always been the hero of the right, Hal.
189—I saw him at a Dem event a few years ago. Didn’t get to meet him but he is so funny and yet also so well-informed! He’s very admirable on both fronts.
I love what he says about his marriage. He says “Franni and I have been together for _____ years; many of them happy.”
#193 Yep, he’s the Go-to Bogeyman.
Which will be the bigger GWB legacy? Thousands of dead soldiers in an unneccesary war, or triggering the implosion of his political party?
I’ll just sit here and watch.
192—No jail for Beck. Just let him go sell cars somewhere.
“The end of America as we know it.”
Isn’t that what this last election indicated the majority of America wanted? That the way we knew it was dead wrong and *needed* to be changed?
What a whackadoodle.
191 they are the ones Jesus was talking about… ‘whited sepulchers’,
I believe he mentioned vomiting them out of his mouth… they
are not Christians, they are the opposite of Christians, just
running around flying false colors… under the Color of Christianity
they whorship evil. Greed, hatred, xenophobia, hypocrisy… they’ve
got it all, the embodiment of evil
#198 There never was an America the way the wingnuts know it.
197 let Glen Beck sell cars… in hell
Not only is the Practically Posh woman annoying, but it’s July 1st and she’s talking about winter fashion? Bring back Jen Chapin…
202 — “get it while it’s hot” takes on new meaning…
188—-I disagree. I have met many on the Right who are so very charming that they can hide a lot of bad stuff.
Haven’t you ever met people like that in real life? They are so sweet and nice and warm and then after you get out from under their sweet talk and start reading the fine print of whatever deal you got into with them you realize you’ve been suckered.
But they were so sweet and nice all the while you were being screwed.
196 the Bush legacy continues to unfold. Will it be the end
of the GOP or the USA? it’s a race to the crapper. We can
only support the President, hold the Congress feet to the fire,
and watch out for the rich skum who’ve still got cards…
OMG! IT’S SCOTT!
Scottzi?!
It’s Scottzi, our resident Nazi lover.
NOOOO DON’T LET SCOTT ON HAL!
oh, you had to throw in International Jewish Bankers, didn’t you?
you some kinda real Klown. Ass-Klown. go back to yer mom’s basement.
scott….nooooooooooooooo
Take him down, Hal!
Until the caller can prove that GWB was Jewish, SHUT UP.
And Hal, you shouldn’t have thanked him for the call.
201—LOL…”in hell” can be added to the end of anything to make it sometimes humorous.
Just like “fancy” can be added to any term as a positive adjective.
“Fancy maggots.”
You gave him way too much time, Hal.
Scottzi, ties his shoes in littul nazis…
Madoff’s victims were Jewish Charities, fer Chrissakes!
Ah Scottzi we always knew you had no klew
Just read a great piece about Henry Fairlie written in Newsweek by Jeremy McCarter and titled “Reagan Was Wrong” – the conservative who foresaw the GOP’s fall. Loved it, especially his description of today’s so called “conservative”. http://www.newsweek.com/id/202620 scroll down for article
Scottzi must’ve been on meds. He was usually tame.
#176 & #175: Madduane:
This episode of Bachmanoia reminds me of an episode of “Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy,” where a big tough security robot is tricked by a defenseless android into shooting himself!
Dear Lord it’s Rightwing Caller Scott :-O
Palin/Bachmann Overdrive!
214 — That’s the name of my new band! How did you know?!
usually=unusually
Yeah, Al Franken was wearing an overcoat yesterday while he was talking to the crowd. What’s up with that? It’s July!
204 I’m a foole for being skrewed while sweet-talked.
214 Geo W. Bush is a dandy, a fancy
dandy… circumcised w/pinking shears…
#225 Don’t you know, Minnesota has only two seasons: Winter and Road Construction.
We’re expecting a high below 70 in Chicago today. So it’s just that much colder in MN.
196—lol
Libertarians – Republicans who like to smoke pot and get laid.
“A libertarian is a Republican who wants to smoke weed and have sex.”
225 yeah but Franken was nekkid under the overcoat… cut off
pants legs held up by those sock garters, ala playground perv-o
hee hee just kidding, it’s Norm Coleman who’s the playground perv,
not Al
Yeah, get laid. Brain is slow today.
Hal’s doing great! Great topics! Fun comments…
Just one pet peeve…
“Hey are you there?”
“Yeah, I’m here”
…completely stomps on any momentum the new guest is going to bring to the conversation. Please try to get that pattern out of your head, Hal!
Get off the Ron Paul wagon. The guy is looney tunes.
227—My brother lived in MN for a while and I suggested that I buy him a place to live there, really cheap, and he could go resettle there rather than living here where life is so expensive. He said “no” immediately.
He loves the people there but fears the weather. Is southern MN any better?
#227 About as much better as South Dakota is from North Dakota.
234—I disagree. Anyone who knows what they want to say will not be deterred by the host simply making sure they have the right caller on the line.
once I was a Libertarian. But the ground moves under your feet.
We live in a society where there in not enough government.
The Corporations have run amok and government hasn’t been
there to stop them. look up “Jennifer Government”
@228 Expecting 80’s in rainy Seattle today and 90’s by Friday….blech
Three reasons that Minnesota race was close (IMO)
1) A pretty strong Independent candidate up against them. Barkely
got allot of Franken votes.
2) Coleman ran a VERY negative campaign up until 2 weeks prior to
the election. Low information voters believed his b.s. and Franken
did not effectively counter attack any of that. (jokes about rape,
not paying his taxes etc) Franken should have been much stronger
to counter Colemans lies.
3) Franken campaign could have used their volunteers to better effect.
I volunteered early on and never got a call to help. I ordered
a Franken sign and never recieved it. Coleman signs were everywhere. Again, low information voters see that.
There were people that wanted to help and never got the call.
Well I have to go. Have a good day all. Drink Ovaltine!
239 — Another interesting kinda cyberpunky book that works well with those ideas is Neal Stephenson’s “Snow Crash.”
I’m mired in an unending existential cataclysm
stuck with a twisted outlook
trying with increasing desperation not to get drunk
again
substitute coffee and long-coated chihuahuas for being FUBAR’d
at least you all are there
thanks
Oh ya, I got the fireplace on this morning. But no one appreciates
nice weather like we do.
I never missed a show of the Al Franken Show. I am so FN happy for Minnesota!
I’m so proud of Minnesota for getting Franken in. Fox news said
this morning that Franken in Senate is “terrifying”. God, that
made my day!
247 — strikes me that it’s time to sscare the bejeezus outta them Republicans.
Back in time for you-know-what, y’all. What’d I miss??
oh yeah….. SENATOR AL FRANKEN!!!!!
You think BillO is somewhere right now practicing saying those words without throwing up while doing it???
#242 Ovaltine! (images of Nurse Diesel in my head now)
Fox also said, “we don’t know how Franken stands on health care”.
Well do some research you idiots…he’s only been talking about
it since Feb 2007. Minnesotans KNOW where he stands.
243 I’ll look it up, thanks
I worry about the underlying psychology of people who listen to the Treasonous Fox News…they must be adrenaline junkies to need such conspiracy hyperbole fed them all the time.
Hal is straight acted gay on queer as folk took a job away from
a gay actor… lolololololol
Dennis Miller sold out.
Dennis Miller was funny? Oh yeah, it was when he was doing somebody else’s material.
“His prostate is bigger than his brain” HAHAHAHAAAAAAA!!!!
Fox plays off all of the right wing fears. I know a guy that
only watches Fox and he breaks out in hives from listening.
253 nice point, it’s porn for ‘Christians’, Friday the 13th
nitemare on elm st right wing Phobia
that’s why I shop at The Fearmonger Shop, Serving Your Phobia
Needs since… 1956. Check out our Coupon in this weeks
newspaper… buy one right wing nutjob sky is falling theory,
get one free!
255 256 That’s why Stephanie denies Dennis is her brother…
Remember, the FCC doesn’t really care about what goes over a cable network, since it’s not broadcast. I haven’t seen what everyone’s referring to (most streaming sites are blocked and/or net nannied), though if Beck said it….
If you wish to change that, Congress will have to do it.
Hairy Reed, Nancy Pelosi… the sources of our discontent.
They can GO, with Joey Lieberman. We don’t need no fake progressives.
261 Troj, Beck openly called for a terror attack in the US in
order to put the right wing back in power.
Diane Feinstein can take a hike too.
WOW~! ‘Snow Crash’ sounds eerily prescient!
I gotta find this one at the libbery. Thanx again
will we SPARTA? I think we will.
#266 We’re on about the same track to hit Sparta that we were a few times last week.
I’ll probably hit it on 299.
265 — y’welcoime, Mark!
238: it’s the constant repetition of the phrase that pushes it out of the realm of “Good Radio”… same reason that Rebekah tells callers not to say “Hi Steph howyadoin” as their lead-in (of course, Steph herself often asks the same question… so the caller can sometimes be left a little confused).
I think as Hal gains confidence in the technology and mechanics, these little verbal tics will go away and he’ll be more likely to get HIS OWN SHOW!!!
Bilderberg?! where did that come from, Bohemian Grover?
Steve in Cupertino! How’s the new liver treatin’ ya?
SPARTA???? Yes We Can!! Yes We Will!!!!
Didn’t I say on Monday that Hal needed a Replacement Mook and VOILA…
#261 Several links to it on YouTube, Paul. Here’s the link to Media Matters:
http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/200906300039
#272 We’re the smartest kids in class, Richard.
isn’t there some kind of action allowed citizens in the case of suspected treason? kind of like ‘citizen’s arrest’ — my remembery is not so good this morning…
S
#265 Def get a copy of “Snow Crash”… very cool book.
271: I’m not *that* one… “Steve” is legion.
S-P
call to the Stephanie Miller Show
Hi Steph howyadoin? oh, sorry I asked… ok, I wuz calling
to talk about Nazi Skott’s comments… what? oh, sorry, let
me turn it down… so anyway blah
blah
blah [dial tone]
S-P-A
#274 I always knew it, Tom!!!
S-P-A-R
S-P-A-R-T
I’m going to the libbery this after, gonna get Snow Crash
and mebbe something by Carl Hiassen, that guy is so funny
S-P-A-R-T-A
Sparta is in the air.
We fight better in the shade…
Just don’t confuse him with Mark Sandman.
yes. we must give Hal his first SPARTA!
Snow Crash is awesome. I’ve heard Diamond Age is even better
#287 Is that what I smell?
I love the smell of Sparta in the morning. It smells like Flavin!
Sanford has had other affairs? Shocking and hard to believe. Totally didn’t see that coming. Right…
Totally didn’t see that SPARTA coming, either.
#293 Yep, it’s “Do as I say, not as I do”-brand of GOP hypocrisy.
Sparta yet?
RFSPARTA
SPARTA!!!!!!!!!
ummmmm… Island Girls.
Aegean Islands
more Ouzo with your Saganaki? OPA!
This Sparta is for Sparks!
Sparta…NOW
sparta again
I try to SPARTA and all I get is…
Sparks Sparta!
LIVERRRRRRR!
I mean…
SPARTAAAAAA!
SPARTA!!!!!!!!! (take 2)
And the little mole wins again!
nuttin’
Good job LC!
No, the smell was the fuse I just blew.
Yay, LeftCenter! *bows*
woo… left center… today you rock!
Way to go, LC!!!! You were NOT 299 after all.
Ummm! Moussaka… have some greek salad
Yay, leftcenter! winner of today’s Leonidas Cup™
Thank you, everybody…and the mole thanks you, too.
Yep, we’re easily amused.
Your best is good enough, Hal.
I goes to the boxes now. You kids make me happy. Enjoy the rest of your day, and since I’m not likely to be back, have a GREAT Independence Day and drive safe this weekend!
Love you, Bloggoes!
Buh Bye!
Al and Frannie….a love story.
You’re great Hal!
Taking up a suggestion by Keith Olbermann:
Picture an ad for a local band, your choice of cities:
NOW APPEARING AT STEINERWALDS AT HANNIBAL SQUARE! THE SEX LINES! ALSO PLAYING: THE BUTTAFUOCOS AND DEAD HAGGARD! Sunday through Friday! Two drink minimum. ID required.
my idle daydream, when not imagining life w/Steph in the suburbs
[funny how that fantasy always turns into a nightmare] is owning
a bicycle/skooter rental on Santorini, a la the ending to
The Bourne Identity
273
Thanks, shaf.
Wow, what a great guy – treasonous bastard. And Beck gets to infest not only his own show, but O’Rlys as well.
Maybe this guy would like to sacrifice his family first…..
Except that McCain didn’t select Palin. Wm Krystal did supposedly.
Bye madduane! Have a great Independence Day!
Palin/Bachmann 2012!
dreadful Sara Palin
ah hA! howdumbcanrethugsbe?
keep backin’ that railroad jawed white trash
washilla hillybilly idiot
see how that works for you
Dr. Drew did a great analysis on Randi Rhodes yesterday of Mark Sanfords addiction to not sex, but romance. Like a teenage mentality…
Another emotionally crippled Republican.
“try to fall back in love with my wife.” And that is why Mrs. Sanford should be directing the staff to move him from the governor’s mansion.
Another great Fred Sanford line directed towards Aunt Esther:
“You’re so ugly, you’re like the part of the Polaroid picture you tear off and throw away.”
Yeah, it’s very dated. Does anyone use Polaroid Instant cameras anymore?
I seriously doubt that she is willing to take him (Sanford) back after all that he’s said in public. He doesn’t know when to shut up.
Marky Sanford.
One dim bulb
see how he runs
ha ha ha
where the f#%K you goin’?
oh yeah, right. Argentina.
ha hah hah hah! keep on foole, destroy the rethug party in S. Carolina,
you pseudo christian toole
nice drop Hal!
Sanford should at least have the decorum not to embarass his wife like that. She should ‘demand respect and allegiance’ not emotional compromise…
331 nice ancient history ref Richard
the kids these days, they don’t know
#328 Is he a romantic? Perhaps. (channeling Tappy McWidestance)
331
We have an X-Ray machine for testing electronic parts that still uses the B&W Polaroid film (the stuff you have to coat with the lacquer afterwards)
Yeah, well Aunt Esther gave as good as she got. She would say “Fred Sanford, I’m gonna send you out the door with 3 shoes. Two on your feet and one up your a–!” Think I have that as a sound wave if anyone wants it!
So now SC has a First Lady and a First Soul Mate.
I think Sanford is mentally unstable. Too go out in the public
and bleat your undying love and go on and on and on….well
it’s just plain weird. And I love the sordid details as much
as anyone but jeez…he sounds like a stalker.
Aunt Esther as the character “Female Clown Barfly”
in the movie Shakes The Clown
while drinking with the other hard core alcoholics
at the clown bar
watching the clown show
delivers the best line ever in a movie:
“As soon as that camera is off, he gonna fuck that little dog.”
tho Adam Sandler also had a great line: [just before punching
out a mime in the park] “You silent mother fuckers!”
#340 – he’s not fit to be the Gov, that’s for sure. Incompetent!
340 I think you’re right, sanford is mentally ill.
He was actually boasting of his affair during his ‘apology’
I’ve got to run off to a meeting. Have a great day, everyone!
Hal, as always, you Rock!
I’ve got to get the transcript of that foole delivering
his christian crap while running for governor. Family
values, indeed. you couldn’t make this s#%t up…
Sanford is feeling so sorry for himself. He is rhapsodizing about his soul mate. He has a sole mate already – who is, apparently, meaningless to him.
345-He is the worst. Multiple times over.
okay, this is ad hominum but Sanford looks like a pencil-necked geek
awright HAL! channeling Johnny Cash!
great job! that must be in the archives
She grabbed a knife, I crossed the line…
Hey Sarah!
How’s the ocean today?
I wanna go body surfing
Yuck…no thanks. Craig and Sanford just need to leave politics!
Well then, Governor Sanford, if you did your best, your best sucks. Shut up or give notice, everybody wants to talk about Michael Jackson anyway.
Democrats don’t need this guy! Christians don’t need him! Those poor boys don’t deserve him.
You can teach your little boys Christian values without actually following them….
The clarion call of truth, justice, blah, blah, blah.
The Governor’s Orifice
Christian Values, cough cough
Sole Mate
too bad about the four young children
and the State of S. Carolina
and the wife
but I must be Free! Free to roam! God loves me!
Hey, we need Jim’s God to offer a rebuttal
#353 Amy,
Concerned Women For America “which promotes Biblical values and family traditions” has 10 news stories on its web page. 3 are about Satomayor, and NONE are about Governnor Sanford. This guy dissapears from work, cheats on his wife, confesses while invoking the bible, then continues to talk about cheating on his wife and trying to love her again… and they have nothing to say. So much for biblial values and family traditions.
Mark-
Here’s your surf report for Wed. in Santa Cruz:
2-3 ft+ knee to chest high with occasional 4 ft and fair+ conditions
This morning’s dawn patrol: Clean, inconsistent surf on tap this morning. Most sets are running in the waist-chest high zone, with a few shoulder high+ walls sneaking through at times.
WEATHER:
Overcast with light/variable flow. 58 degrees right now.
358 that would be grate, can’t wate til Jim brings it
gonna miss Hal, hope he continues to hang around next week
and beyond.
Got to run out, evvybody have a grate after
Amy-Why am I not surprised?
I love the sound of SENATOR Franken. I really really really want to hear Rush and Bill-o say it out loud!
See you tomorrow!
Hal, you are my favorite guest host.
Great show folks! See you tomorrow!
Great show again, Hal! See you tomorrow!
360
Amy, the concern trolls are VERY concerned.
Thank You for the surf update Sarah!
I miss the coast so much
the lakes in Michigan just aren’t the same.
miss you all til tomorree
Adios, bloggerinos! Gotta podcast tomorrow, hope to be back Friday. Great show — loved the Ballad of Mark Sanford