LiveBlog for Friday, August 21, 2009

Rep. Allyson Schwartz (D-PA) calls in at 6:30am Pacific to talk about health care reform.

Rep. Joe Sestak (D-PA) calls in at 7:05am Pacific to talk about health care reform and Afghanistan.

sandersSen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) calls in at 7:30am Pacific to talk about health care reform and his town hall meetings.

fugelsang• Comedian John Fugelsang joins Steph in studio in NYC at 8:05am Pacific for more discussions of everything politics and pop culture.

President Obama took his health care message to talk radio yesterday, telling listeners of a Philadelphia host that he wants to overhaul the nation’s health care system out of necessity rather than politics.

• Senate health care negotiators agreed late last night to ignore the increasingly strident rhetoric from GOP and Dem leaders and to keep working toward a bill that can win broad support from the rank-and-file in both parties, according to sources familiar with the talks.

Former Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge says he successfully countered an effort by Attorney General John Ashcroft and Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld to raise the nation’s terror alert level in the days before the 2004 presidential vote.

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Exactly how much did Bush cost (is costing and will be costing) us in tax dollars? And, please tell me what did we get? I would like the numbers to reflect his entire administration as I feel that eight entire years were wasted away - our money - eight years wasted - not even to mention the little thing like the war and oh, there is the other thing called our economy. Can someone please make this point the next time someone is complaining about what Obama is costing us. And let's see - what are we getting again - Umm, oh yeah, healthcare, sanity in the finanical district, improved education, better standing in the world, must I go on and on?

have a great weekend evvyboddy

Steph: "dance Voice Monkey, dance!"

#339, it depends on your distance.

The time for the blast to reach you is given by

t = (E/(p*r^5))^0.5, where t is the time in seconds, r is the distance in meters, p is atmospheric density (kg/m^3), and E the energy of the blast (joules).

This equation can be derived on a napkin, oddly enough.

Catch Frangela on KTLK on Saturday and Sunday if you can get their streaming software to work right.....

Bye, gang! Have a great weekend!

Bye all! Have a great weekend. Safe trip, Steph. Take something from the Bonfire apt. They'll never notice. :twisted:

Have a great weekend, everyone!

Have a good weekend everybody!!

Have a good weekend everyone!

Well, at least Steph and the mooks will be back next week - it sucks when She AND Randi are on vacation the same week.

Shame on you, Steph. Jim need a few seconds to prepare.

The writers and A-listers had their strike and got theirs.

How about the A-listers using their talents to promote health care for those who don't make $8-10 mil per picture (e.g. caterers, craftsmen, tour guides)?

BloggenMooksters, buh bye!

God Bless, have a fine weekend, and don't you dare change a thing!

L.

#334 I see Fox News on big screen TVs in Jiffy Lube, fast food, car repair waiting rooms...all over Illinois.

Hey caller Marlene...
1. We don't care how long you were on the line waiting.
2. One point per customer.
3. Then before she gets to her three points - she does a "before I get to my three points I want to say something else!"
4. And for the record, in case you call again, never tell me what you told the screener.

Skyhawk I yield to thee and reveal my inner self.. (see photo I just posted)

314 - Hmmm... me likee :)

333 thank you
Welfare is Wrong unless it's Corporate Welfare for the rich
Socialized Medicine is wrong unless it's for fat cat Congress
critters with their gold plated public funded healthcare for life

332. Duck and Cover II. You have 20 seconds to get behind something from when you see the flash. You have another 20 seconds before the fallout starts in which to get underground.

Poor Chris, he suffers so!

Ted Kennedy and Laura Bush went through the justice system and got their sentences.

Karl Rove hasn't. Yet.

#332 Not really a shout-out. Just have a great memory for the bit.

331 yer only confusing me more
Momma with a 42H raq... and her Spectacular Ass... mmmmmm

btw nobody has clarified for me if her Ass has his own manger
or if he stays in the house with the dogs

Yeah, but pretty much no one watches Fox outside the South. Rearch2000 polled viewership on it: http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/8/17/0453/7...

OK I think Grassley should reach out to his “get the government out of my life crowd” and propose legislation to cut all those pesky agricultural subsidies to Iowa farmers.

328 that's alreaddy bin done, see Duck And Cover

shout out Shaft! 323 way to go Shaf!

327. Noooo. 42-inch High Def TV. Wine rack accessory. Wine-bra's are for work, silly.

327 325 thank you shaf I was also confused in the same way,
thinking Momma would be wearing a 42H wine smuggling bra,
sadly deflated as Momma can't help herseff from drinking
it all before the show comes on...

#328, kiss your ass goodbye.

324. I heard a commercial on radio about a series upcoming on Spike TV about what to do if under nuclear attack. WTF? 8-O

#325 I'm confused. By 'wine rack' do you mean the bra that lets you hide your vino? The 42(H)D tripped me up. ;)

Charles Grassly, Douchebag

Mama's too big for the small screen. She needs at least 42# HD with acompanying wine rack to really get her.

First you have to attack Iowa with Depleted Uranium munitions. Then you declare war on cancer.

They say that cat Barack is a bad mutha...

Think about it -- CNN probably "banned" radio talk show hosts because they read the news all day long so they are well-informed on news topics and therefore effective and articulate guests. It's a backhanded compliment to Steph et al. that they were being so effective in their criticism that CNN had to get rid of them on that lame-o pretext. :evil:

SurveyUSA polled the public option, making sure to use the word "choice" (dropped from the last WSJ/NBC poll).

When you explicitly mention the choice of the public option as well as its role in competition with private plans, 77% of Americans are for it.

If you don't explicitly mention choice, but emphasize only competition, only 42% of Americans are for it.

You have to remind Americans that his is about choice. Choice. Choice.

Why does Jim DeMint hate America? The issue is healthcare, not making the president look bad. If only his supporters would call him out... oh wait, they all agree making the president look bad is way more important than healthcare reform. I doubt a lot of them are struggling with COBRA payments or medical bills from a procedure their insurance decided not to pay for.

they won't let Momma on the TeeVee
cause she's so smart and snarky
and cute

I missed her on the Ed Show last night it reran at 3 am
so I've got it tivo'd but someone tell me she ditint get
bumped for once

Grassley needs to change his last name to Massengill.

Chuch Grassley/Rich Asstley

Obama you bin Chuckrolled!

Thought I heard a massive gassive on SMS..

#304, even Conrad's been parsing. He keeps talking about how the votes aren't there for cloture, he talks about how he might not vote for it on the floor, but he never talks about HIS cloture vote.

It's because he knows that there won't be one bridge or road built in his state with federal dollars if he votes to sustain a Republican filibuster.

Skyhawk seems to get it a lot. One day you'll notice his screenname changed to Spartahawk. :wink:

Steph killed TV for the radio stars

And Skyhawk wins again.

bows

If I only didn't post so fast.... I was told to slow down the posts... lol..

Yes you did, Skyhawk! *bows*