LiveBlog for Thursday, August 20, 2009
• The Rude Pundit (Lee Papa) joins us live in studio at 11:05am Eastern for an entire hour of rudeness about the day’s news!
• Rep. Allyson Schwartz (D-PA), Rep. Joe Sestak (D-PA), Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) will all be calling in TOMORROW to talk about health care reform.
• Comedian John Fugelsang joins us in studio at 11:05am TOMORROW to hang and talk about all things politics and pop culture.
• Under the menacing threat of violence from the Taliban, Afghans headed to the polls today in the war-ravaged nation’s second-ever national election. Thousands of NATO and Afghan soldiers provided security at the polls and more than 30 observer groups were on hand to monitor the voting.
• President Obama appealed yesterday to faith-based groups to help garner support for his plan to overhaul the nation’s health care system. Obama urged the listeners to reject information about his plans, noting, “There are some folks out there who are, frankly, bearing false witness.”
• A cancer-stricken Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA) has written a poignant letter to Massachusetts leaders asking that they change state law to allow a speedy replacement of him in Congress, instead of the special election now required. Kennedy wrote, “It is vital for this commonwealth to have two voices speaking for the needs of its citizens and two votes in the Senate.”
Tags: Afghanistan, Allyson Schwartz, Barack Obama, Bernie Sanders, Health Care Reform, Joe Sestak, John Fugelsang, Lee Papa, Ted Kennedy, The Rude Pundit
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Gooooood morning all!
This might seem a bit sacreligious and cruel, but after seeing the massive cluster-fark in MN, if Senator Kennedy’s condition prompted him to write that letter, maybe he should think about….oh I don’t know…resiging (pending the results of a special election)? Gov Patrick and the Legislature have enough problems without poking the hornet’s nest even more with “special legislation”. The Commonwealth is one viable candidate (especially one with the backing of the healthcare industry) away from going back to a Republilcan governor.
I’d very much like to have two Senators represent me, thank you.
that’s resigning – no coffee this morning.
Hi Paul.
I’m too busy crying about Teddy and the letter to respond. I’m also waking up with the flu. sch**sse!
Rush Limbaugh Makes Gay Joke About Barney Frank: “He Spends Most Of His Time Living Around Uranus” (AUDIO)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/08/19/rush-limbaugh-makes-gay-j_n_263405.html
It’s time for the TrueGayRay political might to drop on Rush.
#2 Ain’t no big deal, trojanrabbit. I dig your rap.
Good body, every morning! (Sorry. On four hours of sleep, I revert to ‘Morning Zoo’ mode.)
Last night, Columbus saw the premiere of a bunch of awesome short movies, made in 48 hours or less (okay, there were a few late entries). I am proud to say that we saw work that rivaled anything Hollywood can do, given time and budget constraints. So West Coast, keep your eye on your rear view mirror. Columbus is closer (to overtaking you) than it appears!
I’m assuming that with Steph in NYC, that we’ll get to hear the sausage being made on the Live Stream (at the top of the hour).
So sad that Sen Kennedy is talking about his succession. One can only assume that he is nearing the end of his life (since he couldn’t attend his sister’s funeral last week). I just hope he can hold on long enough to see an overhaul of health care/insurance signed into law.
“I just hope he can hold on long enough to see an overhaul of health care/insurance signed into law.”
me, too, shaf.
David Carroll has released a sequel to his “United Breaks Guitars” video
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/08/19/united-breaks-guitars-son_n_262943.html
Canada’s got talent, too!
4: on limbaugh obsessing over uranus,
the facts of the case are as follows.
the reamark may or may not be an attempt
at a gay joke; that’s not certain until
dennis miller issues an official chuckle.
in any event, many a woman is
also equipped with an anus.
let those with a clue do the math.
the ruling planet of aires (barney frank) is mars.
the ruling planet of aquarius (including IgnorAnus limbaugh) is uranus.
Dancing Drunky McPukeShoes is not wasting his time trying to parley his re-found notoriety into more political punditry:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/08/19/tom-delay-joins-the-birth_n_263532.html
Yes, the idiot is riding the Birther Bus (thats so last month, Tommy Boy). I love his demand that Obama produce his ‘Gift Certificate’. Sounds like he’s been down to Barfy’s Bar & Grille again!
3,5,6
Yes, I do fervently hope he is around long enough to see something he has fought so hard for come to pass.
But I also hate to see the Commonwealth’s corner office fall back into Rethug hands.
I’m with ya, tj.
oy!
Lockerbie Bomber Abdel Baset al-Megrahi To Be Released, Say Reports
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/08/19/lockerbie-bomber-abdel-ba_n_263366.html
9: epithets such as “drunky mcpukeshoes” and “tommy boy” do not reflect the recognition befitting tom delay’s tasks and efforts. – surely, you would not be so unfair. if you must hurl epithets at the likes of delay, then please have enuff regard for what delay has accomplished and tried to accomplish, to give proper weight to sexual enslavement of children, and forced abortions. tom delay, a massive parcel of extraneous pasty cytoplasm positioned to drain the public coffers to get salaried for an unnecessary existence, has done perhaps more than any other such anthropoid to demonstrate that in some cases (NOT ALL), antagonism of abortion choice is only about opposing choice. the proper legacy of tom delay is already established. please do not allow a well-earned reputation to be diluted.
#13 Fair enough, Ha!
just one example derived from a search engine,
from “tom delay / child sex slavery”
a good antidote for your happiness
http://www.worldmag.com/articles/15011
My wife is starting to freak out a bit with forecasters starting to worry about a possible visit from Hurricane Bill on Sunday.
Even though most forecasts point to it just skirting Cape Cod, since today they’re starting work on the roofs in our condo complex, I wouldn’t be a bit surprised if Bill decided to shift course.
16: at least it’s not hurricane monica. that would really suck.
Morning all! I’m hoping I can stay and chat today… but lets see how the morning plays out I guess…
#17 …and blow (all at the same time)
#17, etc and then be gone by morning leaving a huge mess
and …. one of the pundits who best publicized the tom delay conflict
of interest with propagation of sweatshops and child sexual slavery ….
http://www.dallasdancemusic.com/forums/awareness-politics/208786-ralph-hall-r-tx-denies-attacking-child-sex-slave-congressional-record-however.html
…. was comedian al franken.
long may his grotesque but sort of wholesome strawberry cereal pour !
Good morning, you beautiful SMS LiveBloggonists!
Remember Rush Limbaugh has long been referred to as Lush Rimjob by the rude gay community..
Did you guys see the NRA moron on Chris Matthews yesterday? Insisted that he’d be perfectly fine with a high school stadium full of gun packin’ “good Americans” at a presidential townhall. And couldn’t be pinned down on his Birther position! Typical.
In the 60s, when I was in high school, I was an NRA member. It was primarily a gun safety/hunter training organization back then. Later it went ultra right wing in its political stances, and Eddie Eagle was invented to entice the youts..
These are the same idiots who give gun owners a bad name, with their fantasies about being modern Minutemen, i.e. “taking the country back” or “nourishing the Tree of Liberty with the blood of patriots and tyrants”. Actually, it’s a modern day fantasy wank wherein they all fuel up their huge SUVs, load up the chips and beer, and ammo, and head for the hills to stalk pursuing ABTF agents and other evil government entities. Of course, when the military shows up, the show is over, they wouldn’t last five minutes.. It’s all academic anyway, because they’d run out of beer and chips first, and burn up their ammo shooting “varmints”
and rocks and pine cones and stuff..
Hey, Miller time coming up!
Good morning, ProducerChris!
Good morning, live blogospherians!
I’m only here for about the first 30-45 minutes. Then it’s off to beautiful Evanston, IL to see Thom Hartmann live and in color.
Steph, put on your earphones!
And beep you, too!
Flombaye, nothing inconsistent there – hell’s there’s a BUCK involved, some further enrichment of the rich is in order, the Republican credo.
Hi, Mama!
oh yes!!! i forgot !! backchatter :0) please say bad words
New York City, hello!
Good morning, blog people!
Thanks for the sausage-making stream, ProducerChris.
How now brown cow….
Hey guys, your mics are hot.
Yep, we can hear you over the bumper music.
ummm…is their mic on? i hear throat clearing
hehe
hi guys!
jim is here?
in the kitchen
steve, they do that on purpose when she’s somewhere else
Love the belches, Steph!
Nice belch, Momma!
this is hilarious
yes waxman
someone might want to check out the blog….
looooong yawn
Did Mama fly Screaming Baby Airlines again?
MORE BAD WORDS YAY
Oh, that’s right, Mama’s in NYC today and tomorrow, right?
yes you are!!!
I can’t hear them yet. KTLK news and ‘mercials I do hear.
Any body curses, you’re banned!
oh shit
Indeed. It’s Miller Time!
Ivan – only through the stream from the web…
Good Morning Board!
#4 – it would be great if some of Rush’s buggering of underage boys could come to fore. Apparently its been talk radio legend for years that Rush-O is a big fat closet queeen.
41
SBA, the official Airline of the Stephanie Miller Show.
#45 Ivan, the back-chatter is only on the SMS Live Stream (not KTLK).
GAIMAN THE SYSTEM
there was a deliciously fun, admittedly schadenfreude-laden aspect to the mccain palin debacle, in watching it thru the spectacles of celebrity endorsements. let’s see… obama had …. everybody and their dog …. maccain had, oooh, nice! intellectual climbers britney spears, one half of big and rich (whether it was hutch or oates, i cant remember at the moment …. okay, we’ll round off and say it was “the other guy from wham”, and the most extraneous baldwin brother !
- – - bearing in mind just how much fun that [everybody and their dog / 3] ratio had become, i just want to point out that the endorsement game seems to have metastasized from the minor celebrities to the superstars. yesterday, somebody provided a post indicating that no less than neil gaiman is firmly endorsing (as one might expect), advancement beyond the 1600s icelandic model of healthcare. and of course, in hawking their special comprehensive retardations, the retardates against public option …. how can i put this delicately ? …. went about hawking the wrong wheel-man for their impropaganda.
– thus we have GAIMAN and HAWKING both explicitly on the side of common sense. – and the question i would encourage all the pose to the posers at every opportunity is this: where is your champion ? – can you produce any superstars to endorse your position. – i’m going to sit back over here for now and watch. this should be good.
22: Guns make the repugs feel safe, because they are afraid of so much.
No screaming babies? Mein Got!
so who is going to ask President Obama for his “gift certificate”?
The bipartisan ship has sailed, and sank on the reef..
I love it when the White House talks out of both sides of its mouth simultaneously.
Did I wake up in opposite world today???? WTF????
it’s political warfare…
blue team go! blue team go!
#57 …and blown-up by Navy Seals, acting on orders of the GOP.
Hope you get out of town before Bill hits, Mama.
The thing to remember: Everything any Republican says is a lie.
Neat! This is my first show where I get to hear how the sausage is made!!! Thanks to Shane for the tip!!!
i did!
that’s the secret. obama is not really gifted.
Does the gift certificate also have to be in a baggie??
no, jim, he didnt think he was on wheel of fortune. he cant see things that grimley.
I want the dog statue.
Drunkie McPukeshoes on Highball-er, Hardball
these are fabulous!!
#66 There’s a “Blazing Saddles” joke in there. (the remainder of the exercise is left for the student to complete)
steph has turned me down, but at least didnt waste a whole mouthful at that time.
You can just hear how annoyed Chris is…
Tom Delay needs to be beaten severely about the head and shoulders..
Wuzza differensh?
hi…i’m tom “the-lay”
get it…hic…”the-lay”
chris…man…i love you…you are my bestest friend ever
i don’t care what rush says about you…you are awesome
someone tell me why we have two cameras on me…
and why is a giant lizard working it…?
I’m uploading a picture of me with my Gift Certificate to StephSpace!
Jeeze, the one day I miss Hardball…
72: “what do you like to do?”
“well, i like to play chess while the repugs are playing checkers…
visit hawaii …. screw …”
“WELL, LET’S PLAY CHESS WHILE THE REPUGS ARE PLAYING CHECKERS !!!”
most men don’t…
alcohol abuse! bad mama!
ProducerChris needs directions to Mama’s box? Who knew?
We should play dodgeball with the Republicans. Do some real damage.
Shaf! your avatar has been commandeered! Are you OK?
84: why oh why are you carrying those buckets full of wrenches ?
84…
if you can dodge a question…you can dodge a ball
Not the way I play, I use bowling balls..
Speaking of health insurers, anybody catch Olbermann last night? Baucus’s committee is considering allowing them to raise the amount we have to pay out of pocket to 35%.
Mr. Coloratura? Oh, I get it – as in Coloratura SOPRANO!
The Sopranos, get it?
#85 It’s good. I just switched to my mug.
cap cap cap
Coloratura – Lirico – Spinto – Dramatico
(four categories of Opera Sopranos)
87: can i do these cartwheels all day, now that our uniforms got mixed up ? – well jeepers gooly, you dont play dodgeball with the uniforms you want. you play dodgeball in the leather gimpsuit that fits. holy mackerel this is fun ! – watch this action, chuck norris. KERBLOOKIE ! wow – that was great. did you see how my lesbo-american teammate got that guy right between the eyes ? golly cripes !
88: your ping pong serve must be abnormally intimidating.
I always thought Delay looked like he was made out of wax or plastic. Not human. I know the bastard isn’t human when it comes to acting human.
i dont have a tv, but had i the choice, i would watch “dancing with the stars” without delay.
Ping pong, we use pinballs..
every farmer knows that the worst kind oh boner to have is a “green acher”.
More people insured, less denials of coverage = more drugs sold. PhARMA’s smart to join in the effort.
Once the insurance companies are on their knees, we’ll take on PhARMA.
96: I think he inhaled too much of his bug spray.
What happened to Boner’s bronzer?
That’s probably more true (the PharMA bit) then we probably want to admit.
103: used it up covering the green acher. – hmm … i wonder how many total achers oliver wendell douglas had.
#104, yeah, but PhARMA and the health insurance companies are natural enemies.
Well, I’m off to see Thom Hartmann. Work starts tomorrow, so I’ll see whoever is here on Labor Day, when I assume there will be a substitute host.
It was a fun summer, and a lot of it was because of this group. See you in a couple of weeks!
Hey bloggers!
Howdy, Skywawk!
Wishfull thinking (re: Senator Sestack)
Does a Boehner implant come with free undercoating?
I have yet to be polled on health care. No one I know has been polled.
110: if you can dodge two wrenches.
I would look at any pool, even Ed Schultz’s, with a jaundiced eye.
111: i was okay. then i got polled twice. being bipolar is interesting because for one thing, it helps one to stay really focused, but th
THAT’S NOT THE CASE!!!!
There, I said it. Now, let’s get health care reform without the joke of bipartisanship.
That should be poll.
113: but there’s already yellow in ed schultz’s pool … sorry. i couldnt wait.
116: addendum to 117: in that case, what i meant to say is, I KNOW NOTHING
Park Place is where I’d rather be!
117: Nice, flombaye.
119: then why are you making such an ill nois ?
#119 New York is where I rather stay. I get allergic smelling hay.
Bi-Partisanship would work if there were more moderate conservatives. However, since most were chased out by the rwnjs the White House doesn’t seem to understand this. We need more Barney Franks on the Dems side.
119: are you going to expect us to believe it was just stephanoid ventnor box ?
I’m so angry about the Health Care issue and how the Democrats are fumbling the ball. It almost makes my head explode that the White House thinks they can get the Republicans to come along.
Max Baucus would be arrested for taking bribes in any other industrialized nation.
When I think that we didn’t take to the streets over the Iraq war, but over health care reform—even if they are bought and paid for—we get protesters. Is it because liberals are too busy working to get out there. One thing is that we probably wouldn’t get any press if we did protest.
What we should organize protests in front of TV and Radio stations. Block the reporters from leaving or entering the buildings until they listened to us.
122: is it that sultry voice ? does it have you huffingtons of the stuff ?
You guys trying to make up for not Spartaficating yesterday?
127: not i – i plenty of much more urgent agendae for which to attempt compensation. – anybody know where i can buy a terex pickup truck ?
Morning, all. Hope you’re having a good day. It is going to be a triple H day here in the DC area. But we should get some relief with thunderstorms in the afternoon.
We got some bad news on the jobs front this morning. Next up is the leading indicators index. Hopefully that will be good news, because without a recovery, there can be no return to jobs growth.
..We interrupt this LiveBlog to annoy you, and make things generally irritating..
just to increase tom delay’s chance, i’ve had a new CHANCE card printed up. “go to hell. go directly to hell. do not pass go. do not collect 200 dollars”.
130: march 29 1970, MPFC. – next…
132
..We interrupt this LiveBlog again a) to irritate you and b) provide work for one of our announcers…
whutup?
cool and cloudy here in Detroit. A 6′2″ 12-YEAR-OLD has murdered
a woman here while robbing her. O’course she was ‘interviewing’
for a job as a ‘dancer’ after midnight in a car when she was
shot to death. But the 12 year old is ‘not beyond redemption’
I just f#%king love Detroit. And you all. And Momma.
somebody here is one sick trojanpuppy.
There are clearly two factions in the White House, and it’s part Obama’s fault. He wanted Dems with experience in government, he wanted serious Village bona fides, so he brought on the most deeply corrupt corporatist DLCers; and few good-government progressives. This isn’t just Health Care, it’s the bank bailout, it’s the sidelining of Dean for Emmanuel and Warner.
134: the hannitized analysis: was it an obama motors car ?
135
Considering that “trojanrabbit” used to be my CB handle, yeah, I’d say I was pretty sick…
and old..
136: in retrospect, i feel sort of silly being the only applicant who stood in line all those hours with the full feathered headdress.
137
I’ll believe it’s Obama Motors when they come out with a subcompact named Sasha or Malia.
It’s official… I’ve appeased the “Gifters.”
whut did Stephanie’s interview for the position at the Itchy Kitty
in Racita consist of? Was it conducted in a car after midnight?
Did her act at the Itchy Kitty include a parrot?
#136, the DLCer faction is the one leaking to the Village idiot press like Political, with the “left of the left”, “we thought we could keep the progressives happy with a goody bag of mandates, so we could ditch Public Option”, and so on.
These people may or may not represent Obama’s opinion. But they do represent a major faction whispering in his ear.
Hi, Chris!
#140, I thought it was the tradition, when naming a car after your daughters, it was reserved for sportscars.
140: of course, even the anti-healthers are glad to see a car named after TESLA. – it’s not every day that oklahoma gets enuff recognition. – pasta la pizza.
Again, the slam on the DLC. I don’t understand why so many in the democratic party are so pissed off at an organization from which the only two term democratic President came from. Before the DLC, democrats put guys up like Mondale and Dukakis. What was the result? Ideological purity, but big losses. Hell, man, Mondale almost lost his own damn state!
The country as a whole is not as progressive as you would like. You need to accept this reality and accept that in some parts of the country, a DLC type democrat is going to be considered the liberal candidate. And that we’ll be lucky to get them in office.
I know you hate the DLC, but it’s produced wins. Oh, and 22 million jobs.
Poor Chris. He suffers so!
Thanks, Mama!
bad words please
“ack” is not a bad word
morning all…is open mike now a new feature..lol
Tequila!
My advice is that you start drinking heavily.
And on that note, I’m out. Have a good day.
The Locherbie bombing: has the truth come out YET?
Possible that the bombing was NOT done by Libya, but
by US intell services to get rid of a whistleblower…
BBC News WORLD Lockerbie: Conspiracy theories
“An internal investigation by Pan Am is believed to
have found that the bomb planted on Flight 103 was put
on the plane during a stop-over in Frankfurt… The Pan
Am report is believed to have concluded that the bomb
was not aimed at the killing of Americans in general,
but was targeted specifically to kill a small band of
DIA operatives that had uncovered a drugs ring run by
a ‘rogue’ CIA unit in Lebanon… The drugs-ring and
the connection to Hezbollah is said to have been set
up by Israeli Mossad agents.”
Yeah… Somebody drop an f-Bomb before it’s too late!!!
david, just when Stephy on location
#147, the DLC isn’t about centrism, despite your protestations to the contrary. It’s about big money.
And while the country isn’t as progressive as we’d like it to be, this in no way implies that they would knowingly support the schemes of big business and their shills.
And the DLC gave us a Republican Congress, a 2000 election close enough to steal, NAFTA, “welfare reform”, and job and wealth creation that was tepid by historical standards for a Democrat.
#152 Only when there are live remotes.
157: ahhh
That is exactly why I pay extra…love the pre show chatter!
i can’t afford the stephcast anymore. my ipod’s basically busted anyway
very bummerific.
Afghanistan: why are we there? What is our objective?
This is madness.
“to find Osama bin Laden and other high-ranking al-Qaeda
members and put them on trial, to destroy the whole
organization of al-Qaeda, and to remove the Taliban regime.”
Iraq: no WMD, no connection to 911, NO EXIT!
Afghani: No Osamo, no reason to be there, NO EXIT!
my buddy leaves Sept 1 for Afghan. Hope he still has a wife and
kids when he gets back, if he gets back alive.
That’s it, an Ireland Occupation. Operation Irish Loot.
#70 Chris just stole Juliet Hussein Bravo’s joke!
Yay, got a shout-out from ProducerChris on the Highball!
Pony Tax!
Drunky McPukeshoes!
Love you Steph, yer so smart. What is that outfit you’re wearing
this morning? Thigh-high leg warmers? Really? Gloves with no fingers?
I guess the spangly tuu-tuu does tie it all together.
Hi all! It’s been a while. Question- What happened to Fridays with Frangela? Did mama and the girls have a spat?
#165 Thanks for the attribution, shaf, delighted to oblige, steal away!
#167 He’s a maniac… maniac, for sure!
Vacuum-packed!
you got a placenta in yer pocket?! I gotta prehensile penis!
Pocket placenta!
#168 I believe they were too busy guest hosting for Randi Rhodes.
Where and why is mama in nyc…it is soo hot humid and muggy
I love it when the Queen says “Hoo-ha”!
Here’s the Miriam Webster Online:
mook
One entry found.
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Main Entry: mook
Pronunciation: \ˈmük\
Function: noun
Etymology: perhaps alteration of moke
Date: 1930
slang : a foolish, insignificant, or contemptible person
Learn more about “mook” and related topics at Britannica.com
See a map of “mook” in the Visual Thesaurus
She’s not Stephie from the Block? The drop music says otherwise.
Yes you did, Mama. We heard you scheming!
Here’s the Miriam Webster Online Definition:
Main Entry: mook
Pronunciation: \ˈmük\
Function: noun
Etymology: perhaps alteration of moke
Date: 1930
slang : a foolish, insignificant, or contemptible person
Mook
Mookie
Mookette
Hoo-ha barkpark Sheboygan Guy Lafluer
Momma and her gigolo’s My Old Kentucky Home
sorry just babbling here. Another day, another chance to get
freaking wasted.
#180 BTW, I was getting caught up on episodes of Castle and the cops ran thru a litany of slang terms for perpetrator and ‘moke’ was included in the list.
Re: the NRA nut on Hardball who would allow assault-rifle-toting citizens at Presidential events:
The gun-rights crazies always cite the “law-abiding citizen” meme when they advocate their right to bear arms. But what they never care to discuss is that it only requires one violent act to switch categories from lawful to unlawful. America’s prisons are overflowing with criminals who have abused their gun rights by committing murders, armed robberies, batteries, etc. and each one had to cross that line at one point. The NRA shill on Hardball seemed to support the arrest of those who commit crimes with firearms but only after the fact, never before. Others have noted that BushCo wouldn’t allow citizens with political T-shirts to attend Presidential events let alone those packing heat. Odd isn’t it that the NRA is asserting their rights in this unusual way now that Obama is President?
Yah here that Mooks?!
” foolish, insignificant, or contemptible” persons!
180 George I do second you on the Dick ‘Dick’ Morris
Prostitute toe-sucker amoral loyal to none but Dick Morris and money
being given the name Snotty Boy. But I want him to share it with
George W. ‘moron’ ‘C#%Ksucker’ ’scumbag’ ‘idiot’ Bush
Need to send all Dem Senators and the DCCC a message: no money from me unless they STEP UP and support the President. I am SO sick of dun letters from these do-nothings.
Thank you Paul!
Mook, arrested for Mopery. Mopery with Intent To Creep.
Mopery defined as ‘exposing yourself to a blind man’s dog on a
public highway’
183 Scooter:
“law abiding citizens?” The minute you point a gun at someone, even if unloaded, and threaten someone, you are a criminal. Even Rebecca of Donnybrook Farm becomes Ma Barker if she uses her gun in domestic violence.
What was the full name of that Paul guy?
#183, first, we have to remember that the two incidents so far seem to be associated with the same group of AZ Paultards who were doing this as a stunt for right-wing radio.
At the same time, Obama (to his credit) has told Holder not to push the issue of gun control; and the Dems in Congress have no appetite for it either.
So with the Dems not interested in altering the status quo on the gun debate, how will the NRA, which thrives on gun owners feeling that their rights are threatened, keep tensions (and donations) high? By either ginning up controversies themselves (the guns in national parks issue), or taking advantage of incidents to do so.
No, IMO, it’s not odd at all. In a way, the NRA has won on the gun issue. Thus, their political arm is no longer necessary, and is thus flailing around trying to justify its existence.
Little Known Fact: Steph once worked as a Cockteaser at Rooster-Rama.
Her job was to enrage the battling bantams before the big bouts.
#189, and if these Paultards had pointed their guns at anyone, they’d be dead. The cops were on them.
FYI… My wife, Peggy, is also a big fan of South Park.
Here’s the article from Think Progress (on Ridge’s admission):
http://thinkprogress.org/2009/08/20/ridge-politics-terror/
Bipartisanship is – when polled – among dead last among things the American people want.
The Village punditry, however, absolutely fetishizes it.
#195 Keith Olbermann called it in his special report on the Nexus of Politics and Terror.
185 Mad drunken biker:
Okay, but that won’t get Dubya on “Back in the Barnyard!” Bessy the Cow won’t like it, though Otis won’t mind!
190: Paul Begala
The GOP’s definition of “bipartisian” is complete capitluation by the other side.
It goes nicely with their definition of “socialism”, which is anything supported by the Democrats or President Obama.
The famous Stephanie Miller, stepping one day from a house
where she had made a short visit in her SUV, saw a great crowd
assembled, and her mook all bloody and dirty; the fellow
being asked by his mistress, the reason for his being in that condition, answered, “I have been fighting, madam, with an
impudent rascal who called your ladyship a whore.”
“You blockhead,” replied Mrs. Miller, “at this rate you must
fight every day of your life; why, you fool, all the world
knows it.”
“Do they?” cries Chris Lavort, in a muttering voice,
after he had shut the SUV door, “they shan’t call me a
whore’s mook for all that.”
— with apologies to Henry Fielding
#189 Understood and why I included “battery” in the list on unlawful gun uses. Another thing. The NRA shills have asserted that the gun-toters never posed a threat because they were not actually close to the politician or inside the townhalls in question, they were just down the street a ways. Huh? A lucky shot with that one gun I saw could probably kill someone from two miles away. It’s a gun!
Caller at NASA Johnson must be working with engineers, not scientists (who are all over at Goddard).
Aerospace engineers are incredibly right-wing; and the caller understates the irony – most of the money flowing to their industry is government largess, whether it be NASA or the DOD.
I’d rather listen to Steph than O
It’s time for Obama to break out the big guns… but Oprah? That’s the Vulcan cannon.
198 Otis! happy drunken Otis…
I thott Bush had gone back to the barnyard… what was
that joke Laura told about him? That he jacks off horses
while thinking he’s milking them? oh that was no joke…
185 Mad drunken biker:
Nicktoons won’t like it either.
“Arithmetic is being able to count up to twenty without
taking off your shoes.” — Mickey Mouse
or to twenty one without opening your pants — me
#202, I have an unscoped AR-15 like the tard everyone’s talking about. From a standing position, I’d be lucky to hit a person from 50 yards with a snap shot even with a clear line of sight. And I’m not a bad shot.
Firing from a rest is different, with a scope even more so, but a guy in a crowd with a slung rifle with cops watching him like vultures a wildabeest on the Serengetti isn’t going to get an aimed snap shot off, much less a prepared shot from a rest.
You’re really exaggerating.
the easily-swayed need 30-second clips, not hour-long shows. I think the Dems should have “Public Working Sessions” showing the paragraphs that were, er, challenged and say: OK, even though this paragraph says No Illegal Aliens … what words should I add to make it clear enough for you? They could white board the changes, then say they’ll ship it to Congress. Keep it neutral and emphasize they’re trying to be inclusive. The hardliners won’t bite, but the fence-sitters will feel it’s the right approach.
Bush can do what he wants at the barnyard! Wasn’t “clearing brush!”
Anyway, DICK MORRIS IIIZZZZ SNOTTY BOY!!!!!!
WATCH FOX! CHECK LOCAL LISTINGS FOR NICKTOONS AND “BARNYARD!” BRING YOUR FOUR-YEAR-OLD AS AN EXPERT CONSULTANT!
THE EVIDENCE IS CONCLUSIVE!
DICK MORRIS IIIZZZZ SNOTTY BOY!!!!!!
Roto-Reuters?
Caller’s right. There’s House Tri-Committee, Senate HELP; Senate Finance is still TBA (and likely DOA).
#193 I understand that the handful of gun-toters were under close watch, but the guy on Hardball had no problem with EVERY attendee and townhall protester having a gun. What if even 100 showed up with weapons?
You’re right about the NRA having won.
#212 for when the news channels on the intertubes get clogged?
Screaming Baby Household?
209 PeterW:
The thread was implied. He may as well have been brandishing that weapon!
According to the show, approval of the Democratic party is falling right now.
Why assume, as many do, that this is because people are believing Republican lies on health-care reform? Isn’t it equally likely that Democratic popularity is falling because their supporters are angry that they are not fighting the Repulicans hard enough and seem to be catering to the insurance companies.
I’m a life-long Democrat; my friends are all Democrats. And we’re really angry with the Democratic party for caving to the Republicans on just about everything.
Hi all. I had some fun this morning over at Yahoo Answers. A whole bunch of RWers are over there posting all sorts of fear and hate so I posted some logical questions for them to ponder. You can read them here:
http://answers.yahoo.com/my/profile?show=S8IWEG13aa
Many of them responded to my questions by telling me I’m stupid. What a great crowd.
#214, I imagine the event would be canceled by the Secret Service.
It varies by jurisdiction, the laws regarding “brandishing” involve the display of a weapon with intent to intimidate. The people who brought guns to the events (while still outside the security cordon) were treading on that, but police exercised discretion not to arrest them so as not to play into their trap.
If 100 people showed up with weapons, whether they be guns, knives, broken bottles, truncheons, pointed sticks, bananas or bagpipes, you can be sure there would be a strong police response.
A proper elderly English couple visited Australia and decided
to rent a car to see Outback.
“We know it’s rough country, but it’s safe and decent, isn’t
it?” the husband asked the rental-agency manager. Upon being
assured that it was, the couple drove off. Later that day,
they returned, upset and angry.
“You said it was decent country,” the Englishwoman upbraided
the rental agent, “but we hadn’t driven too far when we saw a
man in a field copulating with a kangaroo!”
“And not too long after that,” complained her husband,
“a one-legged aborigine leaning against a tree by the side
of the road waved at us with one hand while he brazenly
masturbated himself with the other!”
“Guv’nor,” responded the Aussie, “yer wouldn’t expect a poor
bugger like that, with only one leg, to catch a ‘roo, would
you?”
Site that shows who supports and who does not support public option.
http://www.standwithdrdean.com/
Morning all. Bill Press has info on which blue dogs to contact
http://www.billpressshow.com/
219 Spiff it sounds like great sport, but those RW nutjobs are
impervious to reason and they become tiresome. I do like screwing
with their heads, but in a short time I just begin to loathe them.
No, strike that. I loathe them all the time. Anyway good on ya
for doing the Lord’s Work over there, better you than me, I
just
can’t
freaking
stand
them
Peter Marshall is still alive? Who knew?
Having dealt with the criminal justice system for years, it’s common for many to complain that the judge is being lenient in favor of the criminal. Then–BAM–a tough conviction & sentence. I think Obama may be doing this. When it is all said and done, nobody will be able to complain that all efforts were put forth to include a bipartisan decision.
Peter Marshall over ASSA. Seems appropriate.
Medicare for all. That should be the talking point.
I wonder what insurance plan Peter Marshall has.
211 ok, from now on we won’t mention Dick ‘Dick’ Prostitute
Toe Sucker Amoral Sellout To The Highest Bidder Morris
without including the sobriquet Snotty Boy
nor will we mention Momma without mentioning her Spectacular Ass
#219 Fun answer to Spiffy’s question about the public library being Communist:
“Libraries are required to report to the government every book you ever checked out if asked. Most of us quit using the “public” library long ago.”
One thing that I was wondering is why can I only find video clips of the town hall meetings for each of the senators? Why can I not find full videos of the town halls. The clips have to come from somewhere and are edited, so is there any place I can go to find all the town hall meetings in their entireties?
Mmmm, oatmeal!
Hey, I had four hours of sleep last night. Just sayin’
speaking of Momma’s Spectacular Ass, where does she keep him?
Has he his own Manger at the Compound? Does Chris hafta feed
him and shovel out his poop? Is he a Happy odd-toed ungulate?,
living as he does on Momma’s estate? what’s the deal?
218—-Obama is starting his admin. with an olive branch. That was nice of him. The problem is the RW LOVES war. That’s why they loved Bush. These are people who still revere John Wayne, a guy who, to the best of my knowledge, never really hunted with a gun in his real life.
Now he is learning just who the other side is. I think he will change his approach now that he knows what they love—war.
Fur slipper would have had a whole different spin, wouldn’t it.
236 the rethugs worship the gods of war chaos death and destruction
they really do, it’s not hyperbole.
Jim, what job are you doing today (if you can say).
damn, once again I didn’t win Powerball.
Hello… hello… hello… Echo… echo… echo…
218—He’s also learning just how ignorant some people are in this country, and how gullible they are.
Obama is a very smart guy. It is HARD for very smart people to understand those among us who do not grasp logic and rationality easily the way he does. I have been blessed with 3 officially “Gifted” kids. The schools tested them and put all 3 of them in the GATE programs. I remember having many talks with my smartest one, my oldest, trying to explain to her how many of her peers think (or don’t think). She still doesn’t understand many of them.
I too have this problem. I’m not a super brain but I frequently get frustrated with employers who just don’t get it! My great prayer now is that no matter where I end up getting employed next, please God give me a boss who is at least as bright as me. That’s not arrogance! That’s just hoping for some grace!
Obama is now learning just what he’s working with here.
just heard you all before the show began–interesting!!
Steph/Chris exchange re Her Box
LOL!
Chris don’t even know where the button is
Drunk in Columbus? Zounds!
Jim
too much information re door slot/love interest
#224—I was just trying to make them THINK. The RWNJs on the radio and TV have got them all stirred up in a tizzy. I just asked some questions to try to make them actually think about what our side wants and how it’s really no more different or “evil” than Medicare.
I bet Hal Sparks could hit that button.
Steph should take her box with her at all times, especially on the Ed Show. Take that, CNN! FAAAARRRT!
231—Yes, some of the answers are pretty funny. Theya re just so angry. They don’t want to think. They want kill, kill, kill; die, die die!
Why isn’t Delay in jail?
Gawd, could you imagine Drunky and Chimpy on a bender?
I think we need to write to Jiffy Lube, GM, etc. and ask them to tune their waiting room TVs to something other than Faux News.
The “How ’bout that?” is priceless. He was soused!
#234—you are posting a bit loopy. The 4 hrs. of sleep explains that.
Steph’s done that with dog poo from her limo.
wow, back before Sparta.. and I manage to catch the Rude Pundit! NICE!
Wow, if I threw feces every time my day didn’t go well, I’d be hip-deep in doo-doo!
#209 PeterW, sounds like I’m a better shot than you! My favorite show for a time in my childhood was “The Rifleman” and I don’t know how many cartons of shells I went through trying to replicate his rapid-fire [fake Hollywood] skills. Anyway, I’m familiar with guns and their ranges. There’s a rifle propped up against my CPU right now. I don’t hate guns, just the goofs who use them to make idiotic political statements.
#238—well ya know, in business you gotta have that killer instinct. translate that to a town hall and what can they do to overcome their competition? That’s why they brought the guns. To show off their “power”.
We really need laws written about that in many states.
Rude Louise Pundit!
Sorry if someone else already posted this.
Here is the website to check where your member of Congress stands on the public option.
http://standwithdrdean.com/where_congress_stands
Here’s that commie marxist liberal site they just advertised:
http://www.patriotmajority.com/
people are afraid to piss of the health insurance companies if they have coverage – Stockholm syndrome little bit
Keith had the guy from the Southern Poverty Law Center on about the resurgence of right-wing militias….scary stuff!
I see the new facebook group as “Lets see if we can get 1,000,000 Nazi’s for Obama”
#266—lol. There is a 1,000,000 Against Sarah Palin page on Facebook which is doing well.
I am in a red district in a blue state – un-represented by the reprehensible Christopher Lee (NY26) He’s one of those “self-made small business man” types who can outspend all comers from his own deep pockets, i.e., buy the seat. Despicable.
Someone should play Rush’s “I’m a Nazi”
It’s not just the RW militias…it’s the internal private army Cheney wanted to build…probably some line item in the Pentagon budget.
267… I know… I’m a member!
When are the true skin heads going to go public with their outrage? They take their Naziness very seriously, now the word is being thrown around willy nilly. They should be pissed off, rise up, and show the right wing what a Nazi really is.
268—If he is “self-made” ask him if he ever got an SBA loan, or money from anywhere to start his business, or if he ever got any kind of a tax credit to help him in the beginning.
Ask Bachmann : where do I apply to get a job on the Death Panels?
Obama should visit hospital emergency rooms and talk to the people there and make a video of THAT.
Steph totally did this story just to be able to say ass alot
ASSA? The organization should fail solely for picking that name.
Willie Tyler.
Willie Tyler and Lester.
OMG…she mentioned Kenny Byrd – a Lockport homeboy who used to do ventriloquism….
I see ProducerChris losing his health care.
277… or succeed if it has as great of an ASSA as Steph!
Black ventrilloquist on HS:
Willie Tyler & Lester.
#279 George Bush doesn’t care about black puppets.
#272 the enemy of my enemy is … a Nazi? Yikes.
Steph, time for an accidental cooter flash to get you on the front pages.
Steph and Ed share wonder-twin liberal powers!
absent the Fairness Doctrine…can’t they at least restrict bannering programs with the word News if they’re pure propaganda?
One can dream Ruth… sigh…
Sparta count down??
anyone? anyone? Buler? Buler?
cowards + money = bullies = Republicans
well..
288
Nope, Faux News has already been given the right to lie on their “newscasts”
oh sparta??
It’s the quiet before the Sparta!!!
ow, my phone’s vibrating. sparta
Sparta!!
sparta
Ok, perhaps I was a bit early… SPARTA!
Missed it by “THAT” much….
OK, which one of you got my wife to call me just as SPARTA was drawing near.
LOL… that’s the second time I’ve got sparta when I was bitching about missing it…
Well played, Drunken one!
Congrats Danielle!
Well, if I couldn’t have it, at least the lovely Danielle did.
bows
thank you all!
Steph is in the PTA !!!
Accidently like a Sparta (apologies to Zevon).Congrats!
It doesn’t matter what progressives do, the media won’t cover it
well, off to a meeting… why do evil people schedule them during my lunch time… lol… at least it meant I got more Steph time!
Have a great one all!
AARP sold out seniors during Bush medicare “reform”
It’s Massachusetts and she’s a Kennedy, there’s a good chance they’ll go for it.
Bye all. Steph and Rude – work that box!
#209… makes no sense to have guns brought to presidential events… period. for that matter makes no sense that people think being strapped at all times is somehow “safer”