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LiveBlog for Thursday, September 24, 2009

GRescueInk• “G” from “Rescue Ink” calls in at 6:30am Pacific to talk about his new National Geographic Channel show about tattooed bikers rescuing animals.

palloneRep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ), Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, calls in at 7:30am Pacific to talk about health care reform.

Rep. Bobby Scott (D-VA) calls in at 8:30am Pacific to talk about health care reform.

• At his first remarks to the U.N. General Assembly, President Obama yesterday called on world leaders to work together to effect needed change, and left no doubt that he believes the danger posed by global warming is a real one. Obama was followed by Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, who gave a rambling, 96-minute address.

• Leaders representing 85% of the world’s economic output are gathering in Pittsburgh, PA today and tomorrow. The G-20 will meet for two days to focus on the worldwide financial crisis, and plot how to avoid a repeat in the future.

Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick (D) will announce an interim replacement today at 11am Eastern for the U.S. Senate seat left open by the late Sen. Ted Kennedy.

A vaccine to prevent HIV infection has shown modest results for the first time, leading researchers to believe for the first time that a vaccine for HIV is possible.

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448 Responses to “LiveBlog for Thursday, September 24, 2009”

  1. JanReincarnated says:

    Good morning, Chris! Good morning, you other early birds!

  2. shāf says:

    Good morning, Jan and the rest of the LiveBlog Crew. This is a hi/bye post for me. I have two days of meetings that will keep me away from the blog and listening live. I’ll catch the StephCast later today.

    Have a great day, peeps!

  3. trojanrabbit says:

    Goood morning Jan! Gooood morning all!

    Programmer’s hat on today. Haven’t written a specification for anything in a long time. Gotta shake some rust outta the brain.

    It looks like we’ll have an interim Senator pretty soon (and not Mike Dukakis as many thought). It would have been very interesting if the MA Rethugs did what they said they would do and hold things up. A compromise I would have gone with would have been allowing Curt Schilling to run as a Republican. We’d have competition to unseat Michelle Bachmann as “Nuttiest Legislator”

  4. trojanrabbit says:

    Have a great day, Shaf.

    It seems that more often than not, my participation is becoming Hi/Bye as well. Oh well….

  5. JanReincarnated says:

    Sorry about all the meetings, Shaf, but hope you have a good day anyway! Good morning, Paul!

  6. trojanrabbit says:

    I take it from the last time you were here Jan that you’re working nights and it’s about time for you to turn in?

  7. JanReincarnated says:

    I’m working nights again, yes. Screws my entire schedule up. I should be retiring, but I’ve also contracted a nice head cold and sleeping has been something of a bitch lately. I’m going to stay awake until I can’t, I guess.

  8. JanReincarnated says:

    I’m no longer a cabbie, though. :(

  9. JanReincarnated says:

    I miss it. I work for a cab company, still…but I’m in the office now. Arthritis has claimed my legs. And, thank you, Paul.

  10. trojanrabbit says:

    Our vibration table has been down for the last week and it finally got fixed. Whatever they’re doing over there it sounds like there’s a helicopter constantly overhead. My brain is vibrating.

  11. JanReincarnated says:

    I don’t know if I should even ask what a vibration table is…umm…

  12. Nick says:

    (0_0)…soon we’s will have our Mamma preciousnessssss…

  13. Nick says:

    and does the ‘vibration table’ require quarters?

  14. flombaye says:

    12: that’s the spread sheet of steph’s remaining future husband prospects.

  15. JanReincarnated says:

    :lol: @ Nick and Flombaye

    And good morning to you both!

  16. Mornin’ ya’ll! Sorry to miss Shaf… I’ve been in that hi/bye group pretty often myself lately. Yesterday was a very frustrating day and thus I’m blogging today or I might start to scream!

  17. JanReincarnated says:

    Can anyone tell me how to import my Facebook photo to this live blog?

  18. flombaye says:

    17: make frustration a thing of the past !
    now you can get your early morning collapse done on the
    stephanie miller vibration ottoman !

  19. 18- use the same photo for your avatar… I think it’s avatar.com or something like that… I think Tony on the live blog told me how to do it… if he drops in today he would know better than me…

  20. trojanrabbit says:

    Well, I take some of it back, the table is not fixed. They’re checking it out.

    You could call it a “shake table”. We use it to simulate conditions like a product being shipped in a truck on a very rough road or the vibrations you’d experience in a helicopter in flight (like a MedFlight). Every once in a while they hit some resonance of the room and it’s not a good feeling.

    I suppose we could insert a coin slot, but given what “medical” things cost a credit card reader might be more appropriate.

  21. 19… ummmm…. I’ll be on the vibrating…uh, i mean fainting couch… yeah, fainting couch, that’s it… buzzing sound, what buzzing sound? You’re crazy!

  22. trojanrabbit says:

    20
    Shaf is the offical “avatar advice giver” but the site is gravatar.com

  23. flombaye says:

    21: samsonite used a gorilla in a cage to visually brag of the tuffness of their luggage. problem is, they never showed the luggage being trounced by actual baggage handlers.

  24. flombaye says:

    paul: that WAS you buzzing !
    john: you naughty boy !

  25. trojanrabbit says:

    And it’s not like the table is close by, I’m thinking it’s at least 200′ away. There are ripples in my Diet Coke now.

  26. 23… I wasn’t aware that Shaf held that important title. Tony helped me do that, set up my blog, and even get my Google Adsense going… now if someone would just re-ignite that fire under my ass I’d be great… :)

  27. flombaye says:

    26: that made me think of diet quaaludes, which made me think of dayquil lite, which made me think of glenn beck yesterday. glenn made the public claim of feeling like russell crowe in “a beautiful mind”. – and i can sort of see it…. except for the beautiful part…. and the part about having a mind.

  28. Nick says:

    That vibration was awesome! Anyone have a cigarette?

  29. Nick says:

    Glenn Beck = Dayquil Lite. All the stupor without the drowsiness?

  30. flombaye says:

    i also saw glenn beck a week or two ago (the glenn beck channel stays on in the break room at werk)…. and glenn was playing around with a chess board. i saw a king being placed amidst the opposite color, but was not able to get the audio, because i had randi on the radio. – anybody know what beckers was saying ?

  31. 28…So, Correct me if I’m wrong, but that just leaves the crazy part???? Hmmm…. Yep… I’d say you nailed that one!

  32. flombaye says:

    27: the devotion of these true jim carrey fans !

  33. JanReincarnated says:

    Well, I looked up Gravatar.com and I can’t make heads or tails of it right now. But, hey…thanks for that link to whomever posted it earlier. I’m a little fuzzy this morning.

  34. flombaye says:

    32: [BOWS] pontius is my co-pilate.

  35. JanReincarnated says:

    Well, now there’s a new pick up line: “You ripple my Diet Coke, baby!”

  36. 34… you just post any pic there you want to be your avatar and link it with the email account you use for blogging, then your pic will automatically show up on any sites that allow the avatar. :)

    Flom… that about right?

  37. flombaye says:

    36: needs some refinement; these modern women tend to like a man with strong bones.

  38. flombaye says:

    37: you must have mistaken me for somebody with a degree in computeryness.

  39. JanReincarnated says:

    Flom, I was born in fitty-six. I ain’t modern no ‘mo.

  40. Nick says:

    #38: strong what now?

  41. trojanrabbit says:

    40
    Hey Jan, you is as modern as I am.

  42. Ok. So Bill Press’s tag ling for the show is “The official morning show of the Obama generation.” Does anyone else feel that this should be Momma’s tag, not his? I mean over 80% of the youth voters support Obama… thus I would call that the “Obama generation”…so it goes to follow that young people 1) would not get up that early and 2) would prefer fart jokes to his show ANY DAY!!!

    Thoughts?

  43. JanReincarnated says:

    You know you’re old when you gotta buy Aleve with the “easy-open arthritis cap”.

  44. JanReincarnated says:

    Paulie! Cool! We’re monkeys, according to the Chinese calendar.

  45. 39… Nah, I just wanted to confirm with someone else who had an avatar… thought someone would remember… boy, we’ve all had our minds pickled by Steph’s box wine, huh?

  46. JanReincarnated says:

    Danielle, thank you. You just reminded me to get my ticket for Steph and Bill Press here in Madison.

  47. JanReincarnated says:

    By the way, Thom Hartmann is the kindest man. He stayed for an hour and a half after his live show in Madison just signing books and talking to people and posing for photos. He took one with me and a couple of others who hang out in his chat room. Very nice man.

  48. flombaye says:

    the blog wasnt shabby, but turned into dear abby,
    the vibrating table’s a perk.
    jan was the the cabbie, shaf’s the one to grab, he
    makes the frikkin gravatar work.
    with a diet coke, the TR sat
    and after every number they passed the hat
    crazy fiorina enters the arena.
    in SMS you know where that’s at.
    And no one’s getting fat except meow-meow cats.

  49. 47… can I just say I am green with jealousy!!! I did get to see Steph a couple years ago, but with no station left down here in south florida, I doubt she’ll be making any visits…

  50. flombaye says:

    41: it’s on the wikipedia.
    BONUS ANAGRAM: LEONARD MCCOY = LAME CORNY DOC,
    but after checking the disambiguation,
    you see that bones is something we all used to have,
    before battery acid was such a popular beverage.

  51. JanReincarnated says:

    I’m sorry, Danielle. I am lucky to live near Madison because it’s one of the cities that all the progressive talkers have really high ratings in.

  52. JanReincarnated says:

    Flom, what the hell is in your coffee this morning? :lol:

  53. trojanrabbit says:

    50
    I agree! Some people are so lucky. MAYBE now that there’s a station here in MA she’ll have a reason to make a trip this way some day.

  54. trojanrabbit says:

    45
    Now if we were both Cancers we’d REALLY have something….

  55. flombaye says:

    48: HANNITY: somebody who met him in person described radical elitist thom hartmann as “a poser”.

  56. trojanrabbit says:

    Ugh, that doesn’t sound right. The name of that sign should be changed. Didn’t they used to call them Moonchildren?

  57. flombaye says:

    53: that would be jamaican blue cappucino actually.
    this is from “the fusco brothers”, but it’s perfect:
    i like my coffee the way i like my women…
    cold, pretentious, and in glasses.

  58. Nick says:

    #57: yes they did but then they all started pulling down their trousers & sticking their butts out of windows.

  59. JanReincarnated says:

    Paulie, I’m a Sagittarius. Flom, well of course Hannity would make some shit like that up. But, I can tell you that Thom Hartmann is not a poser. I didn’t get a disingenuous vibe from him at all. He was extraordinarily patient and kind people.

  60. Rocky Mountain High, Colorado says:

    Mornin’ Blog.

    Wow 60 comments before the show even starts? Is there hope for Sparta?

  61. JanReincarnated says:

    58: :lol:

  62. Nick says:

    Sparta Sparta Sparta! It’s always about Sparta!!

  63. flombaye says:

    55/57: i never met a stasis i didnt like, but right, i’ve checked with every other person i’ve known to be lunakinder, and far and away the most mysterious label is the thing about being emotional. no actual moonchild seems to have ever met a moonchild who fits that description. my working hypothesis for now, is that it’s an interpretation from outside of people with short atten

  64. JanReincarnated says:

    WII are the world. WII are the children.

  65. flombaye says:

    60: HANNITY: famed poser thom hartmann was described by former cabbie jan as too elitist to get onto the vibration table. jan said that hartmann gave off no vibe.

  66. trojanrabbit says:

    It is not BBC policy to get cheap laughs with words like bum, knickers, botty or wii-wii ;)

  67. spiffyhussein says:

    Hello Jan! Hello bloggers! AC 360 has found a pretty darn cute dancing baby video:
    http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/bestoftv/2009/09/24/ac.shot.wed.cnn

  68. Nick says:

    Steph’s pronunciation of ‘ethanol’ is correct Mooks!

  69. flombaye says:

    67: well, limeys tend to be bloody tasteful.

  70. JanReincarnated says:

    Yeah…well, if booze is so great for brain injuries—how come it doesn’t help you meet intelligent, attractive, responsible men?

  71. flombaye says:

    steph uses ethanol when prowling in sacramento.

  72. Nick says:

    #67: and ‘semprini’. don’t forget ‘semprini’.

  73. flombaye says:

    73: that almost gave me a thrombone.

  74. 71… it does help us… by making us believe the men we meet are intelligent, attractive, and responsible… you know, they say perception is everything… ;)

  75. Nick says:

    #74: Throm-what-now?

  76. flombaye says:

    75: “they” ? – you believe “they” ? – “they” also say dont go into the water until an hour after you eat…. how am i ever going to get to try the water ?

  77. 78… LOL… yeah “They” sure talk a bunch of crap! :)

  78. flombaye says:

    77: it was something austin powers said…
    but y’know…. barack HUSSEIN obama has one simple wish…
    bekaa valley strains of pomegranate with frikkin laser beams
    strapped to their …uh…. poms.

  79. Rocky Mountain High, Colorado says:

    #45, I’m a monkey too, 1968.

  80. JanReincarnated says:

    #81 Monkeys RULE!

  81. Nick says:

    You can go into the water. It’s just not a great idea to go swimming after eating.
    I love semantics. They’re soft & cuddly.

  82. JanReincarnated says:

    Goooooood morning, Spiffy!

  83. Nick says:

    Oh. Thrombosis.

  84. spiffyhussein says:

    71—I think we are supposed to drink the booze and then all men will seem delightful, responsible and intelligent.

  85. JanReincarnated says:

    This live blog is open to ANYONE? Well, hell…I thought we were the elite strike force of the Stephanie Miller Show. Phooey.

  86. spiffyhussein says:

    The U.N. is a bit of a crazy house isn’t it?

  87. trojanrabbit says:

    Would it be easy to find you on Facebook, Jan?

  88. flombaye says:

    rush said ‘glenny, you know there aren’t many
    who can swing a piece of chalk like you do’ (Let’s go South)
    glenn said ‘rush, hush, you’re such a tub of mush,
    your ditto-heads on banjo are too’
    rush, glenn and wiener sat (at the Night Owl)
    And after every number they passed the hat
    sosa and McGuire just are gettin’ higher
    the S.L.A. of talking point brats.
    And no one’s getting fat except meow-meow cats.

  89. Rocky Mountain High, Colorado says:

    Say, does anyone know what is up with Keith Olbermann? He’s really been off a lot lately. He finally came back on Monday, then he’s gone again for two more days. I’m starting to worry.

  90. flombaye says:

    the proper spelling is “moreandmore gawdawfully”.

  91. JanReincarnated says:

    Obama could say: “The sun rises in the east.” and Fox Noise would have a headline five minutes later screaming: “Obama Pretends To Be All Powerful And Omnipotent”.

  92. flombaye says:

    87: what would an elite strike look like anyway ? – properly spelled and syntaxed protest signs ?

  93. JanReincarnated says:

    #89 Yep, Paulie. Look for Jan Tessier. I know I shouldn’t throw my last name out like that, but I’ve lost the will to anonymity and security.

  94. carein2205 says:

    hi everyone.. crappy week for me too… : (

  95. flombaye says:

    89: i tried. it’s all MARSHA MARSHA MARSHA !

  96. JanReincarnated says:

    #97 I’m sorry, hon. Here’s to you having a terrific rest of the week and an even more terrific weekend!

  97. spiffyhussein says:

    Disturbing statistic from a CNN news story this a.m.:

    “Afghanistan is a country where for centuries women have been considered property — not equals, like the constitution states. They are often beaten, raped and even sold to the highest bidder. There are very few places women can turn to.

    Nearly 90 percent of Afghan women suffer from domestic abuse, according to the United Nations Development Fund for Women.”

    I wonder what is in the war plan to change this part of Afghan society?

  98. Obamarules says:

    President Obama is a ROCK STAR! He is chairing the Security Council meeting and EVERYONE wants to shake his hand and be near him.

  99. spiffyhussein says:

    99—me too.

  100. flombaye says:

    92: sometimes stephy leaves just a dollop of kryptonite in the codpiece. makes him more pliable somehow.

  101. Rocky Mountain High, Colorado says:

    Can I haz caffine?

  102. Rocky Mountain High, Colorado says:

    Hmmm? dead air on the stephstream.

  103. JanReincarnated says:

    #101 Exactly, Spiffy. If our country had any sense, we would join with other countries in offering asylum to women from places like Afghanistan and fight to win the freedom of women all over the world.

  104. Rocky Mountain High, Colorado says:

    Restarted the stephstream, and it got better.

  105. trojanrabbit says:

    I have tried hot caffeine, I have tried cold caffeine. Neither is working yet.

  106. carein2205 says:

    100 thanks, you all keep it together for me !

  107. trojanrabbit says:

    95
    I don’t know much about elite strikes, but an elite spare would be like picking up the 7-10.

  108. carein2205 says:

    is it like the “A” team for animal rescue?

  109. JanReincarnated says:

    I looked these guys up and I just love them.

  110. flombaye says:

    When the Cabbie went to test her security it was messier,
    But she changed her grind one day
    spellings very waffly, while trying to spell “gawdawfully”,
    olbermann’s not feeling okay…
    When glenny met rush he got dry humped
    camels with laser-beams, that’s what the prez wants.
    danielle sits on the fire; pallone is on the wire,
    but that’s what they were aiming at
    And no one’s getting fat except meow-meow cats.

  111. Steph doesn’t know how to set the tivo.
    or if she has one.
    or anything else about it except a picture comes on if Chris fixes it

  112. Nick says:

    #101: I’m sure there is nothing in the war plan:
    We supported Osama Bin Laden in our war against the Soviets.
    We supported Saddam in our war against the newly-Islamic state of Iran.
    We’ve been ‘allies’ with Saudia Arabia since whenever and they practise & export Wahhabism.
    Sorry to be cynical but why are we surprised by our support of the current Afghani leadership (if it can be called that).

  113. flombaye says:

    105: i brewed you a espresso, but i freebaseded it.

  114. Makes me think of my poor mom… 6 kids… all of us always bringing home animals… I look back an wonder how we even afforeded the food… 4 dogs, 2 cats, 2 horses, 4 parrots, numerous reptiles (hey, what are brothers for?), a prarie dog, a pigeon, and god only knows what else… I think we were only missing the partridge and the pear tree….

  115. Nick says:

    is ‘freebaseded’ even a word, Flom?

  116. 109… go get some Cafe Cubano! We make it here everyday and I think it is the nectar of the gods…

  117. Nick says:

    Oh Sarah, Sarah, Sarah. Why won’t you go away?

  118. spiffyhussein says:

    Hillary often tries to bring up that issue, but it’s a man’s world. Women aren’t quite as important as oil yet.

    Now if we could only produce something, then maybe the ladies would get some respect. (she said sarcastically)

  119. Hong Kong! That’s Communist! I mean actually Communist, Sara Pal’in
    around with Commies… just die dreadful Sara

  120. flombaye says:

    109: TR: get thee straight to the fruit plate. get some apple proteins if possible. or pear as a second choice. not a lot needed. just a couple of slices. caffeine is much misunderstood. apple proteins provide the most universal chance of a good rounded wake-up.

  121. JanReincarnated says:

    I adopted a pet three years ago. His name is Donald. He is 6 ft. 3ins., has tattoos, piercings, and long hair and is 47 years old. He’s housebroken and loves to cook.

  122. spiffyhussein says:

    110—I wake up most days believing it’s all got to get better. It can’t get much worse. I hope you can think that too.

  123. spiffyhussein says:

    125—really?

  124. JanReincarnated says:

    That’s all it takes, ladies and gentlemen…FISH BALLS!

  125. spiffyhussein says:

    126—if he cooks he’s a keeper. He also must pick up after himself.

  126. k to the g says:

    morning all! the fish balls are right next to the fish dick, Steph

  127. flombaye says:

    123: yeppers, not only would mccain-palin have fixed the economy by now with accelerated trickle-up therapy, mccain would set a great example that the worlds people should truly dig chicks.

  128. Mugsy says:

    Leno said exactly what I was thinking yesterday about Palin’s speech attacking President Obama while in Hong Kong yesterday:

    “Sarah Palin attacked the President of the United States while on foreign soil yesterday. You know the people who attacked The Dixey Chicks will be all over this!”

  129. JanReincarnated says:

    #130 Ohhhhh, I’m keeping him. :)

  130. flombaye says:

    126: excellent find. wallabees are so awesome !

  131. 133… When that happened with the Dixie chicks, the local country station down here held an event where people could come and throw their merchandise into a wood-chipper… So, one would think now they will be holding a “Palin 2012″ t-shirt burning, right?????

  132. JanReincarnated says:

    #135 He’s a lovely wallabee.

  133. Hiya, Bloggoes! :mrgreen:

    Almost changed my name here to “maddiane” but I’m not ready for that yet. Hey, Jan! Glad you stuck around today. Are ya still here?

  134. 133- hey, caller stole our thunder!

  135. flombaye says:

    128: for reals – too much to explain about caffeine / serotonin / adenosine / sleep cycles…. wiki that when you can… the main things: the dosage makes the poison… sometimes, even melatonin helps one wake more fully, by providing deeper sleep. but then caffeine does allow one to have an income. that’s the only reason i use it.

  136. spiffyhussein says:

    From an article http://features.csmonitor.com/globalnews/2009/09/24/palin-resurfaces-with-speech-in-asia/

    about Palin:

    “During her a lecture Wednesday, she banned the media from attending, leading one critic to quip: ‘Are there other countries that she can see from her window that she doesn’t want us to know about?’ “

  137. Guys . . . . & Gals in D.C. says:

    Listen, you guys…& gals, stop criticizing me! I’m doin’ the best I can, you betcha!

  138. JanReincarnated says:

    #138 DUANE!!! Long time no see! How are you???

  139. MidwestRuth says:

    So what happened to the 70% of surveyed people who thought Palin should just ‘be a mom’ after she left as governor? Who’s going to vote for this woman?

  140. spiffyhussein says:

    140–that’s a good incentive.

  141. 143 — I’m fine. Starting up school again. feeling pretty good these days. Sorry to hear about your knee troubles. Hope you’re doing OK otherwise, though. So glad to see you here!

  142. spiffyhussein says:

    144—25% who still love GW Bush

    10% who are just too ignorant to know what goes on in the world. They may vote for her just because she’s purty and can shoot a gun. She can recite the A-B-Cs in speeches all day long and that’s enough for them.

  143. JanReincarnated says:

    #143 I’m okay for an old mouthy lame broad. :lol: Good for you with the school! You rock!

  144. JanReincarnated says:

    I meant to type 146. :lol:

  145. spiffyhussein says:

    More from the article:

    “Someone snuck a recording device into the talk, and recordings have been leaked to the press. According to the Wall Street Journal, Palin used the talk to criticize President Barack Obama’s healthcare plan, but also showed off some of her newly burnished foreign policy credentials. Here’s an excerpt:

    ‘Asia is at its best when it is not dominated by a single power. In seeking Asia’s continued peace and prosperity, we should seek, as we did in Europe, an Asia whole and free. Free from domination by any one power… ‘ ”

  146. Nec_V20 says:

    Real caviare is really good. Used to get tons of it when I was in Bonn in Germany in the nineties. I worked for various Embassies (such as the Hungarian one).

  147. PJ Squeezy Louise Hussein McFlavin says:

    Good morning! All these new faces!

    SPA?

  148. flombaye says:

    battlin with matalin, sarah keeps on prattlin,
    don’t you work as hard as you play
    suck-ups, phugg-ups, george bush is a dumptruck,
    Guess it had to be that way
    last bastian of loons is a roomful
    hey, there’s our black guy, let’s make the zoom full.
    khan and alexander never won that land war
    afghanistan’s always at bat.
    And everybody’s must fast except meow-meow cats.

  149. #144, the same people as before. Horny middle-aged rural white men who think that if they vote for her, they might get to f&*@ her.

  150. 150 — gawd, she is awesome. She almost makes me want to register as a Republican to make SURE she’s their candidate for prez in 2012 if I can.

  151. tim in madison says:

    Good Morning all . How is everyone in Steph land

  152. JanReincarnated says:

    Good morning, Tim! I live near Madtown, too. :)

  153. flombaye says:

    144/154: the same crowd who wisely observed that dubya would be more fun to huff paint with than john kerry would be. cant really say they were wrong.

  154. Nick says:

    Jan & Spiffy: I’m male, cook, clean and even love my wife. The all men are stupid thing is really old.
    ‘Course I’m also bisexual so maybe that’s it.

  155. JanReincarnated says:

    #159 You rock, Nick! My Donald is bisexual as well. I never believed all men are stupid.

  156. bathroom break! everybody reconvene when the clock on Computor says 6 minutes after the hour.

  157. flombaye says:

    156:….
    Broke, busted, disgusted, the aging can’t be trusted,
    mackenzie wants some undisturbed sleep.
    cats preceeded it, made you acookie but eated it,
    steph steps in adventurously.
    hyped on “yes-we-can” espresso.
    salutin, executin, keepin out putin’s hard
    Duff’s good vibrations, and our imaginations,
    can’t go on indefinitely
    And Carlyfornia Dreaming is becoming a reality.

  158. tim in madison says:

    #154 I know my brother who is a well some what a blue dog dem and a str8 male, thinks Palin is a whore and also thinks she is not very hot nor would wanna fuck her, He said her daughter on the other hand he would screw that until the Plains came home from Russia. I think that any one who would pay to her a pile of liquid crap come out of her mouth and not her ass is dumb. She make trig look like he has an IQ of over 200. I hope she runs in 2012 and get the nomination just for the fact that this and any other speech she does will come out and will destroy her chances. I think the most members of the republican party know this and thats why her career in politics is gone and has to, pretty much whore her self to make money.

  159. spiffyhussein says:

    159—I don’t really think all men are fill-in-the-blank-with-a–negative-descriptor. But I do think L.A., where I live, has more than its fair share of flaky, vapid guys. The East coast and Midwest needs some of our flakes. I hope they can’t find jobs here and will move over there to redistribute the load.

    By the way, many of the women I have met here have noticed the same thing.

  160. Skyhawk says:

    I can hardly wait until Sarah Qadaffi address the U.N.

  161. Nec_V20 says:

    But how is this for weird. I just recently got a crossbow. Nothing strange about that unless you know that airguns are restricted in the UK but this thing can put a 20 inch bolt right through a Leitz folder containing over 600 pages of copier paper at 15 yards, whereas an airgun pellet would bounce off the cover of the same folder at that distance.

    And no I am not one of those who comes from parts of the USA where they have to get at least 32 members of a family together to ensure a full set of teeth, and when asked what kind of music they like, reply, “Both kinds, Country AND Western”.

    In Germany there is a tradition of firearm clubs and nearly every village has a Schützenverein – as Jim can attest.

  162. Skyhawk says:

    Blago/Palin 2012

  163. flombaye says:

    160: this is the reason for thom hartmann.

  164. tim in madison says:

    #165 KEEP YOUR FLAKY GUYS. We here in the mid west do not need them.

  165. Nick says:

    This is just awesome:
    Glenn Beck has inspired a new transitive verb. http://www.pufferfishblog.com/pf/2009/09/word-of-the-day.html

  166. How long before 164 is disappeared?

    Tim —
    there’s a moderator here (producer chris) and he generally dumps diatribes like that, just so you know…

  167. JanReincarnated says:

    Blago and Palin: Two people who just don’t know when to leave the party even though the hosts are yawning, the lights are out, and all the other guests are gone.

  168. Nick says:

    Someday some developer will tear down Sarah Palin & put up a real person.

  169. spiffyhussein says:

    170–I have no control over these things. ;-)

  170. flombaye says:

    163: how sincerely can sarah really be about the stupiditism, naming the kid after a branch of mathematics ?

  171. flombaye says:

    going so low as stephanie miller ?

  172. Nick says:

    Cricketers have balls! Hah!!

  173. flombaye says:

    176: that was actually meant to address 164.

  174. spiffyhussein says:

    174—I think Palin will go the way of Anita Bryant. Retire to FL and live tax-free near the water, ruling a small cadre of house servants. This will fulfill her needs to be in charge, tell others what to do, feel validated, and be near other Republicans who will worship her.

  175. 165- Oh, we’ve got plenty over here on the East Coast too! Perhaps we could trade and see if it improves the situation at all! :)

  176. JanReincarnated says:

    I knew a rugby player years ago who had a bumper sticker on his car that declared: “Rugby Players Eat Their Dead”.

  177. flombaye says:

    166: that would be the only speaker who could speak even more and more gawdawfully than moreandmore gawdawfully hizoneself. but could sarah be as current ?

  178. Nec_V20 says:

    #178

    Actually Cricket players are in constant fear of being “no-balled”. And like Republicans live in constant fear of being caught out.

  179. JanReincarnated says:

    Man…I just so don’t want to hear anymore of this story…

  180. flombaye says:

    167: i thott that guy changed his name to “vas deferens coast guard” or something.

  181. 187 — and I like Mackenzie. It’s so freakin’ sad & weird.

  182. Nick says:

    #180: or Anita Bryant.
    And always remember if Gore was elected Tipper would be 1st lady…and all of the Parents Music Resource Center wonderfulness.

  183. tim in madison says:

    #172 and All, Very sorry, I though it was block. I notice from another blogger that it was censored, So i was thinking it did it automatically. Very sorry all.

  184. I loved that Fame movie. I could never defend loving it, but I did.

  185. JanReincarnated says:

    Oh, for chrissake…Why don’t they just bring back “COP ROCK”?? I need brain bleach.

  186. Hey caller, there’s this new invention called a radio dial… how ’bout you turn it instead of wasting all of our time?????

  187. “Maybe in Hong Kong”… hahaha, ProducerChris, oh snap.

  188. flombaye says:

    188: yeah, that sermon that no one will hear… too bad. it was brilliant.

  189. spiffyhussein says:

    182–I know all kinds are everywhere, but I just think we have more than our fair share of flakes and narcissists. For example, each time I visited NYC I met nice men who had a lot of compassion. From the deli cashier to the subway ticket guy to the cabbie.

    I do not meet nice men with a lot of compassion in L.A. I just haven’t! I don’t know what neighborhoods they live in but I surely must run in the wrong circles.

    Maybe NYC has changed since 9/11 and people, male and female, just care about each other more since then? I dunno.

  190. Caller, meet bag of rocks. Your intellectual equal.

  191. David in Maine says:

    stupid caller says ‘uh?’

  192. Yeah… 1990 what??? You mean when Bush wasn’t president?!?!?!?

  193. oh caller Dim-Bulb you are SO entertaining… Palin Lover,
    Id-iot!
    Keep going you Foole, you really are Funny RW David

  194. trojanrabbit says:

    just had a fire drill…false alarm

    and my wife is meeting me for lunch

  195. 190 — no prob. The subject matter is almost OK, it’s the specific professional jargon that is the problem, as I understand it.

  196. Skyhawk says:

    Will Palin get Dixie Chick’ed? Computer says No.

  197. Please go on caller David
    come on, yer really a Birther aren’t you?

  198. flombaye says:

    191: have you ever truly considered the advantages of suicide as a career move ?

  199. k to the g says:

    Foxtard

  200. Nec_V20 says:

    Oh dear – what was that I said earlier about the 32 teeth?

  201. Oh Jim are you gonna MOCK caller David? please do!

  202. And by leaving the office her voters felt they needed her in??? For whatever dumb-ars reason we don’t know, but hey they voted for her…

  203. Dan The Man says:

    Isn’t it amazing when these pinheads like caller David call in they can never stay on the subject, wander off onto a lot of tangents and never having any evidence to their claims.

    I’m a Chicagoan. We’re not all pinheads like this dud.

  204. spiffyhussein says:

    189—-I agreed with Tipper on that one. Musicians can write what they want but parents have a right to know if the lyrics are explicit. If you wouldn’t say those words in your home then why should you let them come into your house via a CD?

  205. I dated Cindy the love doll. You know, the one with
    Volcanic Action. At first it was great. The sex was
    incredible. I wined her, dined her, bought her roses,
    took her to movies.

    I then it started to go downhill. She’d lay around all
    day, she refused to get a job or do anything around the
    house. I’d come home from a long day at work and find her
    still laying where she was when I left. We argued, we
    fought. The make up sex was great.

    Then I came home one day and found her lying on the couch
    with a box of chocolates and a pile of Cosmos. The dishes
    were still dirty in the sink. The apartment was filthy.
    I just lost it. We had a violent argument. I threw her out.

    Then I thought “What have I done?” Where will she go? What
    will she do? She’d never had a job. She has no skills.
    I walked the streets for hours, looking for her. Then the
    next day I opened the newspaper. She was marrying the
    governor.

  206. flombaye says:

    200: no, but then neither was reagan during the deaver/casey administration…

  207. flombaye says:

    202: apples ! must bring apples !

  208. k to the g says:

    RW David should call Hartmann if he wants substance. I come here for the abuse of substance :-D

  209. JanReincarnated says:

    I do believe that was a group mocking. Well done!

  210. Wow, looks like I’ve missed about half the program, MookenBloggsternators. Hawaii, all?

    I trust you’re all doing well.

    I’m glad I have the subscription so I can hear it all later.

  211. flombaye says:

    211: ANYONE who doesnt save room for peach cobbler is a pinhead.

  212. Nec_V20 says:

    It’s unreal; just when you think you have heard the ultimate in jaw-dropping stupid, there is always someone who digs the hole deeper

  213. bobhuntsman says:

    Enough of this “substance” stuff. . .back to the fart jokes!!!

  214. spiffyhussein says:

    Are we gonna sparta before 8??

  215. Nick says:

    ACORN again? Didn’t we have that for dinner last night?? I’m SO sick of leftovers.

  216. JanReincarnated says:

    Cub fan, Bears fan here. I dig Chi-town.

  217. #212, we could cripple crappy pop music, crappy fashion, and crappy TV in an instant if we prohibited anyone under 18 from spending money without parental consent.

  218. flombaye says:

    217: here’s a nice block of titanium. i’m done gnawing on it. grab thine wiffle-bat and have at it.

  219. spiffyhussein says:

    867-5309 y-ine

  220. Nec_V20 says:

    There was a report that the reason why they invited Sarah Palin was for comedic relief.

  221. flombaye says:

    218: thank you. we also do nude bicycle flash mobs and children’s parties.

  222. Mike in Chicago… are you going to be agreeing with caller David?
    I sure hope so.

  223. 226 thanks Maddy, glad you liked it. It was sad.

  224. JanReincarnated says:

    Cheezuz! Is this National Stutteringly Stupid Radio Caller Day?

  225. scooter says:

    “Let me finish!!”

    Caller is obviously Orly Taitz disguising her voice.

  226. flombaye says:

    221: not after alan keyes. i will climb the world trade center with suction cups, if anybody can identify a substance stupider than alan keyes.

  227. Skyhawk says:

    Kate Jackson was hot. Then again I like brainy ladies.

  228. David in Maine says:

    Perez will slap you silly

  229. Rocky Mountain High, Colorado says:

    Ron Paul is right, we should audit the Fed. When right wingers are correct, I wish they could be articulate.

  230. flombaye says:

    234: it would be okay if they would just talk like pirates.

  231. David in Maine says:

    237: I remember her from Adam-12

  232. Stephie’s got Chris for a bodyguard. Fortunately not too many stalkers
    I guess. Sniper Budget got spent on boxwine.

  233. Skyhawk says:

    Hal will guard your body momma.

  234. I will. I HATE Perez Hilton. Even a bigger parasite than his namesake.

  235. JanReincarnated says:

    *Raising my hand* I would like to volunteer to be Steph’s bodyguard. I’ll wheelchair behind her and bitch slap anyone who gets to close to her.

  236. Nick says:

    #212: I grew up listening to all kinds of music including Cab Calloway. Streetwalker that shoots smack. Or Ashes to Ashes by Bowie. No parental guidance label there.

  237. flombaye says:

    246: please dont bitch-slap me bro-ette ! later on, i have a meeting with steph. we’re going to review some of the portions of “no” that have been causing me so much confusion.

  238. Nec_V20 says:

    It would be nice if they asked Congressman Pallone what he thinks about the Republican Amendment that was supposed to replace H.R. 3200. now there was real comedic relief – watch it on CSPAN.

  239. JanReincarnated says:

    Okay, my friends…Exhaustion has finally set in. I must make another attempt at sleep. Love ya…mean it!

  240. 250 — love you more! Hope we see you again soon, Jan! ♥

  241. flombaye says:

    247: ashes to ashes – already a great song – and quite possibly the most disturbing music video on the entire youtubes.

  242. Ron "McLovin" Luce says:

    About that caller who said the Left is as lying and mean as the Right.

    Do you remember posters of Bush as Hitler?

    A conservative asked me if I remembered those signs and I said “yes” because I assumed there where such signs.

    But, honestly, I don’t remember any.

    Do any of you?

  243. k to the g says:

    Snowe job – wicked witch from the North

  244. tim in madison says:

    I think Perez Hillton and Palin should get together, Two people whos IQ would equal 100

  245. I was thinking, “it’s going to be hard to top Ms. Philips drugging and sexing with Daddy Papa”, after yesterday. But this place is rockin’ & rollin’ this mornin’.

    It’s… REGENERATIVE!

    I love this fizzy state over here, even though I know all the CO2 bubbles aren’t good for the environment, but what the heck.

  246. tim in madison says:

    253… No i dont remember any. I have looked online put i notice that they have all been posted this year.

  247. 253 — I remember a lot of Alfred E. Newman, but I think most Democrats thought the Hitler comparison too true and too obvious to be funny.

  248. flombaye says:

    255: didnt you get in trouble for like – WEEKS – that time that you were a ramone, and your mom found out about it ?

  249. Amy Outside of DC says:

    The most accurate thing to do would be to compare Guiliani to Hitler. When he was mayor of NYC, he was fond of rounding up and deporting groups of people (ie the homeless).

  250. k to the g says:

    sausage is boring

  251. #253, we compared Bush to Hitler plenty. But first we waited until he started a war of aggression, killed hundreds of thousands of civilians, created secret prisons, implemented torture programs, wiretapped and spied on his own population, and ignored the Constitution to rule the country by signing statement.

  252. 259 — I could not be stopped. I did not wanna be learned. I did not wanna be tamed.

  253. flombaye says:

    259: the problem may have been that not enuff people have cats that look like alfred e neumann. pasta la pizza.

  254. Nick says:

    WBZ Newsradio has learned that former Democratic National Committee chairman Paul G. Kirk Jr. will be picked by Gov. Deval Patrick Thursday as a temporary replacement for the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy.

  255. Just looking at the news reports on Dreadful Sara’s ‘speech’.
    Palin/Taitz 2012! Go Rethugs Go!

  256. 262 — I am not gonna hear that! LALALALALALALALALALALALALALALA!!!! *sticks fingers in ears*

  257. Ron "McLovin" Luce says:

    Tim and Madduane,

    Thanks — me too. I do remember the Alfred E Newman one.

    But I don’t remember any pictures of Bush as Hitler.

    I don’t doubt they existed — the left has a extremist wing, for sure.

    How to you BRIEFLY explain to conservatives that it is NOT THE SAME?

  258. Yolanda says:

    I was excited to see the protest thats scheduled for this saturday against Glenn Puke Beck getting the keys to one of our cities in WA state make our local news.

    Said “hundreds of protesters” would be there so I’m going to pretend fox is reporting and tell you guys theres gonna be

    Eleventy-thousand….

  259. Ron "McLovin" Luce says:

    Amy and PeterW

    You both make good points.

    Ashcroft approved rounding-up and detaining ethnic groups (Muslims, not Jews) and it’s hard not to think of the Nazis when governments do that.

  260. k to the g says:

    270. Boycott Mount Vernon, Wa
    http://www.ci.mount-vernon.wa.us/

  261. flombaye says:

    the differences: jane fonda knows big words. john fonda makes words into sentences. jane fonda had something to say.

  262. Actually, I don’t remember a single comparison of GW to Hitler. Mostly we said he was a chimp, which insults chimpanzees who aren’t so stupid. GW is a STUPID man, actually I’m convinced he actually has brain damage from the cocaine and alcohol. GW served as First Stooge, the massive concentration of evil was with Dickhead Cheney, the TRUE “president” of the country during the GW administration.

    The Repubs wanted a stooge at the helm, and they got it with GW. In spades.

  263. We only have an hour and 15 minutes to make 23 posts. CAN WE DO IT!!!

  264. Mugsy says:

    Since Republicans love the idea of a healthcare trigger so much, why not use it to OUR advantage?

    Pass a Public Option with a “trigger” that if it doesn’t lower healthcare costs and improve competition in 18 months, we’ll roll it back and try something else? :)

  265. wanna have some fun type in “Palin is a” on the google. The list
    that comes up is very amusing. There is not one single nice thing
    in the list. It’s all “joke fool quitter moron joke idiot etc”

  266. Yolanda says:

    274: i live a good hour away from Mt. Vernon and I honestly wouldn’t even step foot in Mt. Vernon if it wasn’t for the idiot Myaor trying to give Glenn Beck the key to the city…way to close to home for me.

  267. 275: also, Mizz Palin has never been Barbarella..

  268. tim in madison says:

    269.. Ok i did a very large search on a different search engine, One used for writers, and I did find some but they where never pic of bush with Hitlers face on it. I did find them with Hitler and Bush next to each other saying ” Same $h1t Different Az$hole” but the rest of them have all been posted recently the latest I found was from 8/1/09. Everything else I found was more about Stalin not Hitler

  269. flombaye says:

    273: the difference is, peterw mounts his on a tire-iron, and goes hunting in the petting zoo.

  270. … although I’ve fantasized about Sarah Palin being pleasured to death in an Orgasmatron..

  271. Amy Outside of DC says:

    Busy day for the live blog. Were they talking about puppy mills in hour 1?

  272. Rocky Mountain High, Colorado says:

    263, don’t forget tried to use the judicial system against his political opponents, for the crime of being Democrats.

  273. flombaye says:

    281: good point. mccain realized he had been duped into torpedoing the campaign for naught when it turned out there was no silver lamme swimsuit event in the election process.

  274. 276 thank you Ivan you put it very well.
    Bushie was not even a good stooge.

  275. Nick says:

    #284: she might actually loosen up if she had an orgasm.

  276. cindy in boston says:

    Good Morning Everyone!

    Remember when the right wing threatened the Dixie Chicks due to what Natalie Maines said in London, or Jane Fonda said in Vietnam

    and now there isn’t a peep from them over Sarah Palin’s comments in China

    Well that’s not all the hypocrisy today

    Remember that when we simply wanted to fly the flag upside down during Bush’s rule we’d get threatened

    Chuck Norris – Fly Alternate U.S. Flag or Stain Current Flag with Tea

  277. Despised for the Hitleresque aspect in my experience was the goddam “Patriot” Act, which was a great invention of the Bush Administration for suppressing dissent against the idiocy.

  278. Amy Outside of DC says:

    #284 According to Infomania (on Current TV, it’s like the Soup but more than just reality shows), they made a 30 Rock porn, and the actress playing Tina Fey is the star of Nailin’ Palin.

  279. The PNAC bastard are not neo-cons; they are neo-fascists.
    It’s not an exaggeration. I’m still surprised they allowed
    themselves to be put out of power.

  280. #286, haven’t forgotten Siegelman. And firing prosecutors for not falsely prosecuting ACORN for voter fraud.

    /apparently ACORN has been in their sights since Daddy Bush, who launched an investigation into ACORN’s ties to SEIU – gasp, free association! – which Clinton had the Justice department cancel.

  281. John Ashcroft was pictured often with the Hitler mustache, and full SS uniform in several photoshoppings.

  282. flombaye says:

    prince + long slow walk….. perple walk ?

  283. flombaye says:

    295: time to get over the siegelman thing; it happened in the past.

  284. The Patriot Act and the Military Commissions Act are horrible,
    Bush’s signing statements were criminal

    the 8 years were a national nightmare. And it’s not over we
    are still suffering from it.

  285. Nick says:

    #293: the name of the ‘actress’ is Lisa Ann.
    Don’t ask how I know that.

  286. Skyhawk says:

    Congrats Mark! King Sparta for day.

  287. Steph’s Limbaugh impression is good, but missing the paper rattling..

  288. Amy Outside of DC says:

    #302 It was actually mentioned on Infomania. The whole reason I mentioned where I saw it was to avoid posts like #304. :smile:

  289. Wassila is the county seat of Methamphetamine County I believe

  290. Damn… had to pee and missed Sparta! Congrats Mark!

  291. flombaye says:

    296: the hitler-ashcroft is in fact a better match, and a more important set of insights into that neural-set. chimpy has a little of it, but not the capacity for complex weltansicht to form a good parallel of hitler. – a very important hitlerian aspect, and one that only really showed in chimpy at the “mission accodpieced” flight, was the inability to distinguish between world events, and pageantry.

  292. Amy Outside of DC says:

    No point in throwing Limbaugh under the bus, it would just damage the bus. He’s like a drug addled gas bag speed bump.

  293. PJ Squeezy Louise Hussein McFlavin says:

    How about just letting Wasilla secede from the Union? problem solved?

  294. k to the g says:

    Yay for Mark! Sparta long-time comin’

  295. Rocky Mountain High, Colorado says:

    We should make her an offer to stay in Hong Kong.

  296. 303 thanks SkyHawk, you are the all time Sparta champion I think

  297. flombaye says:

    302: it’s okay. you dont have to protect me. yes, i mutter in my sleep.

  298. And MARK!! Sparta’ed before the start of third hour, very good.

    I yield to thee and bow to Thee, and I reveal my Inner Self to Thee.

    If Thee were female, indeed I would exhibit appropriate gentle affection toward Thee..

  299. flombaye says:

    307: what was the reason you mentioned where you saw it, amy ?

  300. 315 — I remember when capt used to get it about 3 times a week. The other 2 days, Shaf would win. But yeah, Skyhawk (or Harvey Birdman) has been the dude lately.

  301. flombaye says:

    309: yeah, boys have the advantage in aim when it comes to that.

  302. kooky Long-Coated Chihuahuas won’t leave me alone this morning.
    They want their breakfast kibbles. They want to go out. They
    want to be picked up. They don’t know what they want.

  303. How’d those speeches go? “Deny, Deny, Deny, Deny!”

  304. motivational speaker Stephanie Miller: now living in a van
    down by the river

  305. Nick says:

    #312: no we’ll say exactly what Limbaugh, Hannity & the rest said: if you don’t like it – leave!

  306. scooter says:

    #276 Dubya was compared to Hitler quite a bit on various blogs and was depicted as such on protest signs at least occasionally. But as PeterW pointed out, the similarities were certainly there to begin with. I have no problem with good Americans criticizing Obama, but he’s no Hitler.

    BTW, it is illegal to use any Hitler/Nazi symbols in Germany but I have some photos of Bush-as-Hitler pics that were plastered on German street signs during one of Bush’s visits to Germany with the caption: Same story, same BS.
    [I cleaned that up a little.]

    Sparta?

  307. 319…awww…I miss Capt!

  308. Skyhawk says:

    A bloodless coup like Bush v. Gore?

  309. Amy Outside of DC says:

    The right wing can pat themselves on the back, Kentucky is now lynching Federal employees.
    http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_CENSUS_WORKER_HANGED?SITE=WVEC&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

    Easy money that the murderer(s) listen to Beck, Limbaugh, OReilly and/or Hannity.

  310. Amy Outside of DC says:

    #318 Mama was talking about Sarah “the world needs more Trigs” Palin.

  311. flombaye says:

    321: this hack really happened:
    TACO BELL OFFICIAL SITE: “yo quiero taco bell”.
    HACKED AMENDMENT: “… por que sabor como comida de perro”
    (“…. because it tastes like dog food”)
    okay. pasta la for realz pizza.

  312. #325, precisely. To the left, a comparison to Hitler – or any dictatorial regime – is based on substance.

    To the right, it’s simply a way of saying “you’re not one of us and we hate your ass face!”

    What has Obama done that resembles anything any dictatorial regime has done? A tepid stimulus (making him a mere shade of Nazi-vanquishing FDR)? Healthcare? Lily Ledbeter? What concrete policy action is even comparable?

  313. I also miss Capt. And I miss Chris Farley..

  314. for a little dog who barks like a big dog when he’s in the
    front yard long-coated chihuahua Buster squeaks like a little
    mouse when he wants something. I don’t know what it is, I don’t
    know if he knows. But there he is, sitting up like a squirrel
    squeaking like a mouse…

  315. Nick says:

    I am so sick of hearing that Obama is destroying this nation.
    1/ If it weren’t for dissent there wouldn’t be a United States. We’d be like Canada.
    2/ If we didn’t get major assistance from France (that other country under a king at the time) there wouldn’t be a US.
    3/ The founders were well aware of how a theocracy could turn bad and specifically installed the division of church & state.

  316. Ron "McLovin" Luce says:

    >> Mugsy says:
    >> Since Republicans love the idea of a healthcare trigger so much, why not use it to OUR advantage?

    I say, let the trigger roll back premiums to 1994-levels when the conservatives lied to beat-down affordable health care the last time.

  317. why won’t Capt come back? he has to be over whateveritwas by now

  318. #319, I think that’s The Blue Falcon (aka the suave Senior Falcon).

  319. Nick says:

    Also to paraphrase Rush:

    Reagan is dead! His policies may live on, but we’re in the process of doing something about that as well.”

  320. Amy Outside of DC says:

    #336 Look at it this way; destorying this country in less than a year proves he’s not a lazy black man.

  321. flombaye, you are aware that the pun is lowest on the spectrum of humor..

    I know, I know. You like them. But it’s difficult to make puns cerebral, trying to sharpen a dull, crude blade.

  322. these rethug hate mongers are really scary. they are purposefully
    egging on the dumbest and most potentially violent of the yahoos
    out there

    it’s wrong and frightening. We finally got a President who is
    really trying to be a Statesman and these fools do want to see
    him get murdered, I think

  323. “I’m gonna get the world by the tail and wrap it around
    pull it down and put it in my pocket!” — Matt Foley

  324. Nick says:

    #337: Hell back to 1990 levels. All of the well fare programmes are calculated from there (I believe – I could be wrong. It may be slightly later).

  325. Stephie looks good with the tiger outfit on
    today. dig the tail and the ears too
    I guess she’s doing a Josie and the Pussycats thing today

  326. Did you guys see the4 story about the part time census worker who was found hung (lynched) with the word “FED” written across his chest? WTF is wrong with these people? Seriously? Killing a guy for census work?

    Don’t I recall Palin making some comment about how the census is government invasion of our Personal Space or some such crap?

  327. little dogs just ran out into the back yard and now they are
    barking their heads off. a big dog must be getting walked
    past the house

  328. Ron "McLovin" Luce says:

    Scooter,

    I generally avoid comparisons to Hitler/Nazis

    For starters, many American have obviously forgotten who Hitler and the Nazis where.

    I mean, the conservatives confused a rag-tag band of guys wearing flip-flops, living in caves, with the Nazis! How stupid is that?

  329. 348 I saw that headline, didn’t read the story yet
    It sounds sad, tragic.

  330. 349 — there’s something bugging your dogs. I don’t know what it is, but something unusual seems to be going in, imo.

  331. 350 rag-tag band wearing flip flops living in caves… asymmetric
    warfare. we can’t win by outspending them. Our military procurement
    system is so out of whack, whut with the corrupt congress and
    parasite ‘defense’ contractors… they now drive our foreign
    policy to get us into ‘wars’ just to keep selling weapons that
    don’t work… it’s so damned broken and there is apparently no
    way to fix it… the rot has set in.

  332. Yolanda says:

    One of my co workers just told me it makes him squeemish that “he” (our Pres) is liked by somany Arabs and Iranians and people over there…

    I wish i could make this stuff up.

  333. 352 thanx Maddy, you cleared it all up for me. hee hee
    dogs have run back in now, growling a bit

  334. #350, rag-tag is right. The reason the Nazis are the best villains is because they were such snappy dressers.

    A snappily dressed evil army shows it means business.

  335. Ron "McLovin" Luce says:

    Tom Leykus — I am so glad that guy is off-the-air.

    It’s a weird world where a guy can parlay his mommie issues into a career.

    Also, I’m not feeling too bad about Stephanie’s residuals. When I work, I get paid once and only once.

  336. 356 — glad to be of service. Are they missing their favorite show?

  337. I just threw up in my mouth a little.. I pray they’re not in provacative poses, I may really barf!

  338. RW kook women calendar… hilarious
    not sexy though, sorry

  339. Nick says:

    #348 mindane: I think that was Michelle (bucket of extra-crispy crazy) Bachmann

  340. Thank’s Chris- Now I have to get brain bleach!!! OW! OW! OW!

  341. Nick says:

    Laura Ingraham for December! Oh Santa needs a present!!

  342. I’ll remind you of true stupidity – the Bush Administration’s term “Islamo-fascism”. Whatever extremist Islam might be, it is NOT fascist. As for practical fascism, the merger of government and large corporations pushed wildly forward by the Republicans is hard to beat. Repubs claim to fear government taking over industry, but actually crave vice versa, but either amounts to a merger.

    Just as government and religion need to be mutually exclusive, so do government and business.

  343. Ron "McLovin" Luce says:

    Drunken Mark,

    You are so right about the asymmetrical warfare thing.

    I knew that the Right where going to bungle the “war-on-terror” literally minutes after the 911 attacks.

    Newt Geingrich got on Fox and was declaring, “The is Pearl Harbor! This is Pearl Harbor!”

    Never let conservatives fight your wars — they always look back and get it wrong.

  344. **strong urge to beat RW pundit about the head and shoulders**

  345. we talked about the New World Order a bit yesterday.
    IMHO is involved the BushCo turning the United States
    into the Evil Empire. So now we’re moving on to the
    New New World Order I guess

  346. Nick says:

    “Without our [US] leadership the world will be a much worse place”?
    Isn’t that what Britain said around the time of Queen Victoria?

  347. It’s only “leadership” when people follow.

    No one but Tony Blair followed Bush’s “leadership” without a bribe, and even then, not for long.

  348. headline: League of Nations to UN: We were here first!

  349. Ron "McLovin" Luce says:

    When the US up-hold dictatorship in oil-rich countries, are we the foremost defenders of freedom?

    Believe me, live overseas in some of those countries, you hear VERY DIFFERENT stories about America and freedom.

  350. And we know where Fox stands too, you humorless prick.

  351. Yolanda says:

    Walks of Fame= Actually doing his job!

  352. Amy Outside of DC says:

    #348 There’s a link at #328.

  353. The true hypocrisy of the Repubs becomes evident with their war mongering. Notice THEIR kiddies are almost never the ones fighting those wars, nor even rendering any sort of service to the country, let alone military.

    When they want to start these wars so badly, they need to active the military draft to provide the manpower, and EVERY young able citizen should have to line up to become cannon fodder.

  354. 366 thanks Ron
    sometimes it really sucks to be right

    you watch as rats parade down the high street at noon and
    nobody says a word. You want to scream but you have no mouth

    you turn to drink and elaborate fantasies involving
    Stephanie Miller and rabid wolverines but nothing seems to help.

    you crawl to your fellow livebloggers and beg someone to pound
    a spike into your head but you’re dead before the first whack…

    I just hate it when that happens.

  355. Amy Outside of DC says:

    #378 I’m slighty surprised the number is as high as 3.

  356. Nick says:

    the Emergency Medical Treatment Act – where hospitals are required by law to treat & stabilise er patients – was signed by Regan in 1986.
    Jackasses! Learn your own history!!

  357. Krauthammer just sits there in his wheelchair and flings *mocos*.

  358. 372 The Police State is alive and well and working every day
    to eventually devour us all, it’s gaping maw requires fresh
    meat every day

    it’s a giant for-profit Machine, a hideous nightmare that
    never stops growing a cancer a nightmare a shadow over us all

    sorry getting a bit torqued up here

    going to my happy place now
    Hi Momma!

  359. Nick says:

    Is there a term for reaching 400?

  360. OMG, clearly we’ll see SMARTA (400) shortly.

    You commie pinko homo-loving people!

  361. Rocky Mountain High, Colorado says:

    I’m out of here. I’ve got to get to work. See you all later.

  362. Nick says:

    #386 well that answers that

  363. 373 most Americans are so ill-informed they think we are some
    kind of defender of freedom around the world. They can’t understand
    why we are so hated. The swallow the lie that we are just hated by
    these ignorant people because we’re so good and nice and rich…
    while our military and spy orgs trample people on behalf of
    gigantic transnational corporations, and if you try to point it
    out you somehow ‘hate America’

    going back to my happy place

  364. Nick says:

    Michelle Malkin: kinda cute but evil as hell.

  365. cindy in boston says:

    yes cuz the world wants to be told what to celebrate

    and charity is great when we demand props for it

  366. You definitely Suck ’09, whiney right wingers!

    I want to squeeze Hannity’s hairy little helmet until it pops, like the pus-filled human zit that he is..

  367. Nick says:

    Pandering to the worst thugs: GWB & King of Saudia Arabia anyone?

  368. Amy Outside of DC says:

    I’m a huge fan of Afghan Whigs, here’s a sad story of one of the fill in musicians.
    http://fordradio.blogspot.com/2009_07_01_archive.html
    He has no health insurance and a severe gum disease that got so bad he had to get all of his teeth pulled to prevent an infection that could cause cardiac. Of course he doesn’t have enough money for dental implants.
    America sure has the best healthcare in the world.

  369. RW hypocrites like Hannity live with such
    denial, inconsistency, discrepancy

    what’s that term? when something right in front of you is
    a massive contradiction and you are blind to it? help me out here

  370. I believe I could cure Mizz Malkin, maybe even overnight. It involves stuffing something in her mouth and forcing her to watch Keith and Rachel in a loop..

  371. Nick says:

    #397: too right.

  372. Nick says:

    #399: like Clockwork Orange

  373. 397 yes Maddy, an ugly mind, an ugly character are
    really deal breakers. Nobody with an ugly mind is attractive

  374. 399 — it wouldn’t work. She is possessed by a DEMON!!! :evil:

  375. Wow, I got SMARTA and File Not Found! What up w/ dat??? Gotta light?

  376. 399 stuff Limbaugh in Malkin’s mouth? then stuff them
    both in a wood-chipper

  377. Nick says:

    #406: ewwww! another image that I didn’t need.
    It buuuuuuurrrrrrnnnnnnnsssss!

  378. Virtually ALL of the RW pundits are whiney, nasally, snotty little turds. The first step in coexisting with them is to stuff something in their mouths.

  379. Mad Duanne, you’ve achieved SMARTA. Whatever I have to render beyond My Inner Self is hereby rendered to you.

  380. Amy Outside of DC says:

    The GOP doesn’t debate anymore. Remember when Palin told Gwen Ifill she wasn’t going to address her question, and proceeded to recite her talking points? Ifill should have given Biden the win and walked out. What’s a debate without answering questions?

  381. CambridgeKnitter says:

    With respect to American Conservative magazine, please don’t jump to conclusions. The “hit piece” you were badmouthing on the show is an interview with Sibel Edmonds. It is certainly possible that she is misstaken, but you are wrong to assume that this is any kind of smear campaign. For more, see the stories on BradBlog (one of your favorite blogs, as I recall) at http://www.bradblog.com/?p=7427 and http://www.bradblog.com/?p=7429, just for starters.

  382. can’t remember the term. when something is/not is, a massive
    contradiction, staring you right in the face, and you are
    blind to it. kinda the whole hypnotic thing a good chunk
    of the Uhmerican public is caught up in. The way Hannity
    can call out the President for exactly the things BushCo did…

  383. 409
    “whiney, nasally, snotty little turds”

    409 spray cleaner needed in Aisle Two!

  384. Mark goes all Fargo on us! Ewwww..

    That *sound* of the chipper motor loading as the blades engage with a femur..

  385. 415 — actually I usually think of Mark as going all Lebowski on us. That’s just me, though. :D

  386. Amy Outside of DC says:

    Back in 1995 my dad was in the ICU for 3 weeks at 10,000 per day. At today’s prices, we would be losing the house.

  387. OMFG, at the rate we’re going, we might make Double SMARTA (sparta x 1.67). It’s regenerative, we’re accelerating, pushed along by the Dark Energy.

  388. can’t talk to these rw tools, might as well see them in
    the old wood chipper

    they are evil and dangerous, they spread lies, they are
    killing us

  389. .. also referred to as Sparta Mach 2..

  390. 416 the Dude abides… gotta get another White Russian

  391. Heck, all we want is our RUG back!

  392. Cognitive Dissonance!

    that was making me crazy, not being able to remember that term.

    Rethugs live with a gigantic cognitive dissonance which they
    are utterly blind to

    it’s a hypnotic state of denial, an infantile fantasy world
    Goddess help us they are trying to impose it on us, and
    the greedheads at the top exploit it…

  393. 422 hee hee

    we are not nazis, we are anarchists!

  394. I told those f#%Ks down at the league office a thousand
    times that I don’t roll on Shabbos!

    did Glen Beck really boil a poor frog? where are the
    cops when you need them

  395. Amy Outside of DC says:

    I’m not sure about this, let’s try the experiment again. Get in the water, Beck!

  396. Off to lunch! Bye all! Have a great one!

  397. You mark that frame an 8, and you’re entering a world of pain.

  398. PJ Squeezy Louise Hussein McFlavin says:

    Forced us to think?

  399. MidwestRuth says:

    I knew Beck would keep overstepping the lines of decency…hopefully he just lost another 10,000 because of this creepy ‘demo’

  400. Oh Stephie… nice knickers

    she just loves showing them off

    dig the twist

  401. Amy Outside of DC says:

    Beck just made sure the Muppets will never appear on his show. That could have been Robin he boiled.

  402. Nick says:

    I wish the frogs rose up & tossed the boiling water into Beck’s face.

  403. cindy in boston says:

    ASPCA should be called on Beck

    I don’t think it’s a fake frog either because

    1. he seems to not like what he saw in the pan of boiling water and quickly scurries away from it

    2. if the frogs were fake his point wouldn’t be made because they wouldn’t jump out

    3. he is a showman and you can see him quickly trying to turn ths disaster into an assets ie. they are fake

    I’m actually in awe, I wish I could have thought so fast when I was a rep for Princess House Crystal, 25 years ago.

    We had this one demonstration to show how tough our crystal was where we’d toss the stem champagne glass on to the carpeted floor and it wouldn’t break, it would bounce.

    Well after having done that 50 times and it always working the 51st time the glass hit the carpet and shattered. I stood there mouth agape and could not think of anything to pull that demonstration out of the hole.

  404. I so wish Rush, Hannity etc would all hang themselves

    This poor gov’t worker it sounds like he was murdered
    for being a gov’t worker, prolly by some fool yahoo
    egged on by the likes of Taitz/Palin/Beck etc

  405. 437 good story Cindy, did it ruin any potential sale?

  406. bobhuntsman says:

    He WAS found in the far backwoods of Kentucky. . .

  407. Amy Outside of DC says:

    If God put her in, God can take her out. Get to it, Lord.

  408. cindy in boston says:

    Mark – I really don’t remember .. that was 1 marriage and a former life ago

  409. Nick says:

    Hey when Orly Taitz has an orgam does she scream ‘let me finish!”

  410. Jeff in PA says:

    Glen Beck:
    I guess he made a clever switch, and boiled a rubber frog.
    He’s a magician!

    It’s still a tasteless demonstration IMO.

  411. Hasta manana, me lovelies!

    Don’t you ever change a thing.