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| Monday, November 13, 2006 |
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67% Anti-American
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 Just when you thought this country couldn't sink any lower than kicking the Republicans out of the House and Senate last Tuesday, it turns out 67% of America is now populated by anti-American Bush-bashers! Okay, technically they just disapprove of the job Bush has done as president, but just think...it's wartime! What kind of message does this send to the world, and more importantly our troops, that we think our leader is incapable? How is the soldier in the field supposed to fight with passion when we say the war has been mismanaged, may have been needless and is a waste of capital? And then we throw out our number one tactician, Donald Rumsfeld, whom our wise leader swore to stick by to the end? Please, my fellow Republicans, our great Lord and Saviour George W. Bush needs you now more than ever! Rally! Rally!
Oh, wait...that "wartime president," "support the troops" crap doesn't wash anymore? Geez...
Yes, it was quite a joy to see the country come to its senses last week. Even Neal Boortz began speaking sensibly:
The Republicans worked very hard for this defeat. They've earned every lost seat...In 1994 we were promised less government. Over the next 12 years the Republicans more than doubled the size of the government. We were promised control over runaway spending...We were promised fiscal responsibility. We got a bridge to nowhere in Alaska....The Republicans, in full control of the government, couldn't even manage to stop the Mexican invasion. How many Hispanics invaded our country across the Mexican / American border in the last 12 years? Twelve million? Twenty? Funny, but I don't remember pressing 1 for English in 1994.
When did Neal Boortz and I start agreeing? Though some of Boortz' comments resonate, he can't stop talking crap entirely. As I drove home Tuesday evening I heard him saying he thought America was sending a bad message to the jihadists, based on the early results favoring the Democrats. Then in the same Neal's Nuze linked above he admits he voted straight Libertarian. So throwing your vote away on a party you know is going to lose sends a better message than voting for Republicans? I guess if you want to send a message to the jihadists that you want to kick their ass while letting the Republicans know you would also like to kick their ass, it's hard to communicate two messages in one vote.
He also says he thinks talk radio may be in its final days if the Democrats have their way. "They hate this talk radio stuff," he says. Odd that a group that (foolishly) invested millions in Air America would "hate" talk radio. I later realized what Boortz was referring to was the fact that a re-implementation of the Fairness Doctrine could be underway. The Fairness Doctrine was in effect for much of the 20th century, saying that if a broadcast station aired one political point of view it had to give equal time to the opposing view. It was scuttled in the mid-`80's because it was believed there were enough diverse media outlets for all opinions. Now there's been a centralization of media power and a proliferation of right-wing talk show hosts. The hosts execute classic techniques of manipulation while mouthing Republican talking points, an unsuspecting audience is persuaded, and before you know it the budget surplus is wasted so we can turn a small country that never attacked us into rubble.
Yep, Tuesday, November 7th was a great day for Michael Moore, Natalie Maines and I. But to say it was great for us is narrow. Whether the last 33% realize it or not, it was a great day for all Americans.
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Bobby McFerrin Raped My Grandmother
If you're like me you gave up on getting even a smile out of Saturday Night Live nearly 20 years ago, save for a few skits from Mike Meyers, Adam Sandler and Will Ferrell. But last night I paused long enough to catch some of Alec Baldwin's 13th guest-hosting spot and, for just an hour, it felt like Saturday Night Live was back!
The title of this section refers to the best skit of the night, where Baldwin and a cast member played co-workers who were carpooling together for the first time. Throughout the skit they learn they're most innocuous remarks stir each other's bad memories. This culminates in what had to be the best line of the whole skit, when Alec Baldwin bites his knuckles and says, "Did you say, 'Don't worry be happy?' Bobby McFerrin raped my grandmother!" I wish to hell this was on You Tube already so I could show you. I'll keep an eye out for it. I literally laughed until tears were uncontrollably streaming down my face, and I haven't laughed that hard in years. Baldwin also turned in an amazing impression of Tony Bennett, even compared to the real Anthony Benedetto who was sitting right next to him.
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Metal Up Your Ass!
In other entertainment news, I returned the silver Sony DVD player I got for a black version of the same model. I had wanted black in the first place but when I returned to the store after checking prices and Epinions.com I found they only had silver left. Two weeks later, after I took home the sliver, there was a fresh stack of black, so I returned the silver. The debate still rages: Black? Silver? Black? Silver? Such torments plauge my mind night and day.
Anywho, Metallica's A Year and a Half in the Life... DVD just arrived this evening. Woo-hoo! And this blog has been typed to the sounds of Dokken's Breaking the Chains, which also just arrived. "Live to rock! Rock to live!," sings Don Dokken. No wonder many call him the Bob Dylan of pop metal.
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Posted by Art | 9:38 PM EST |
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And for Christ's sake, don't listen to talk radio! Watch CBS news instead...30 second of headlines then a 20 minute "For your health" segment.
I feel better already, comrades!
As far as the war goes, Bill Maher put it really well on Larry King. How do you cleanly exit a civil war? It's inherently messy, and they're gonna scrap no matter what we do. Of course if Bush and Cheney hadn't started with this crap we wouldn't have the anti-American Sunni majority climbing to power (Saddam had `em under control) and creating a perfect ring of anti-Israeli nations surrounding Israel.
And Willoughby, you've made the very mistake so many make. You have compared infotainment to an actual news program. Many people think Limbaugh and Hannity are actual news shows and the hosts do nothing to discourage that image - until they get caught in an error or misleading the listeners, at which point they say, "Hey, I'm an entertainer. This is just a show, like wrestling." Although I've heard Rush says he'd like to sit down with Nancy Pelosi and heal the rift (he helped to cause) in the nation. Kumbaya...
For instance, I discovered through talk radio that the country's first Muslim Congressman's victory speech was interrupted by shouts of Allah Akbar.
Wasn't touched by traditional news outlets. I think it's important. Others may disagree.
I wasn't aware that Bill Maher declared the Iraq War a "civil war." That changes everything, much as Rosie pointing out the similiarities between Christianity and Islam caused me to convert.
When is Gene Simmons of KISS going to weigh in on the trade deficit?
Hezbollah has operated freely in this country for years. They are preparing simultaneous attacks throughout the U.S. They will not do so if they believe the price of retribution is too high. If they believe the price is bearable, they will not hesitate.
How many of the several million muslims in this country are terrorists? Probably betwween 1% and 5%. How many, in raw numbers, is that? Whom will you blame when 15,000 car bombs go off around the U.S. on Christmas morning, or Easter Sunday?
Our failure to project power around the world renders the having of the power useless.
Okay, Jack...Sunni, Shia, Tomatoe, Tomahto, let's call the whole thing off. All I know is we have a much less USA-friendly group running the show in Iraq these days. Projecting power abroad means little when the enemy walks among us on our shores. Local and state law enforcement will be a much greater detriment to domestic terrorism than trying to hold down a civil war abroad.
Yes, I've been looking forward to the Umprhey's show. I'm thinking maybe Mr. Boston should accompany us.