May 25, 2004

HOUr Two

Ellen Ray & Bill Schapp-- Institute for media analysis and founders of COVERT ACTION MAGAZINE

JG was trying to argue her case re; the koch interview with Bill Robb-- of course he's going to side with her...

Posted by majority at May 25, 2004 09:03 PM
Comments

Woohoo!

Posted by: Vosh at May 25, 2004 09:03 PM

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Posted by: MajorityChatter at May 25, 2004 09:03 PM

www.axisofeve.org

"weapons of mass seduction"
panties available here

(Lysistrata walks in, looks at their website,
over my shoulder, smells nice, smiles,kisses me
on head, gets back to work, singin heart songs.

Posted by: Sunshine Jim at May 25, 2004 09:03 PM

Bush's favorite Show Tunes (Continued from Hour 1 Blog):

"I've Got Evil To Do?"

Posted by: petemoon at May 25, 2004 09:04 PM


HOT KOCH ACTION!

Posted by: at May 25, 2004 09:05 PM

anti-bush game... starring hulk hogan, mr. t, michael moore, christopher reeve, and many more. Enjoy! http://www.emogame.com/bushgame.html

Posted by: at May 25, 2004 09:06 PM

Bush's favorite Show Tunes (Continued from Hour 1 Blog):

Wouldn't even ahve to alter:

"The Lobely Goatherd"

Posted by: petemoon at May 25, 2004 09:06 PM

woot!

Posted by: citizen frolik at May 25, 2004 09:06 PM

Bush's favorite Show Tunes (Continued from Hour 1 Blog):

Tomorrow, tomorrow!

Lil Orphink Annie

Posted by: Sunshine Jim at May 25, 2004 09:06 PM

Mine Every Mountain?

Posted by: petemoon at May 25, 2004 09:06 PM

A Leftist Group Calling Themselves the Bikes Not Pretzels
are claiming responsibility for George Bush's most recent fall.
Government officials are still working on confirming or denying.

A Group Calling Themselves the Bikes Not Pretzels are
claiming responsibility for George Bush's most recent
fall.

What follows is transcript of the threat.
Unknown sources cannot confirm the authenticity.


dEar miZstR Busch,
y0u bEtT3r b3 haVinG a sis5ybar on th@t bi-cycl3 of y0vrs.
w3 r3arrang3d U'r f@c3 yesterDaY in r3sp0ns3 to y0ur smug
fvvking @titvd3 tow@rd 3v3ry-1 fr0m th3 p00r t0 th3 br0wn 2
th3 iraki!!!
s0 4g3t ab0ut th3 pR3tz3l, w@tc4 0ut 4 U'r tr@nsp0 d00d.

si9n3d,
BNP (bikes not pretzels)

________________________________________________________
Nothing Further Follows

Posted by: last time, I promise. :) at May 25, 2004 09:06 PM

Janeane my Queen is a weapon of mass seduction.

Posted by: terry wilke at May 25, 2004 09:07 PM

Bush's favorite Show Tunes (Continued from Hour 1 Blog):
Wouldn't even ahve to alter:
"The Lobely Goatherd"
Posted by: petemoon at May 25, 2004 09:06 PM
============================================

That wasn't a veiled ear joke.

Meant:

"The Lonely Goatherd"

Posted by: petemoon at May 25, 2004 09:07 PM

Mooses wit bicycles!

Posted by: Sunshine Jim at May 25, 2004 09:08 PM

'US intelligence fears Iran duped hawks into Iraq war'

http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,1223998,00.html

don't they mean israel?

Posted by: jojo at May 25, 2004 09:08 PM

no, I am not doing again... you are confused...

I make no claim that big word implies big mind... I do imply that there tends to be a relationship between big minds and those people with large vocabularies... and these vocabularies need to be used...

Posted by: Betsy at May 25, 2004 09:08 PM

Do you mean David, instead of BIll, Robb on the blog?

Posted by: HK at May 25, 2004 09:08 PM

"since i is a rich man..."

Posted by: citizen frolik at May 25, 2004 09:08 PM

haha knight rider!!!!!

Posted by: citizen frolik at May 25, 2004 09:09 PM

oooh.

Posted by: citizen frolik at May 25, 2004 09:09 PM

Or a big splashy end-of-act-1 number with the kids accused of committing the torture:

"Six Teens Going On Seven Teens?"

Posted by: petemoon at May 25, 2004 09:09 PM

I know what you mean, it just sounds like something a conservative would say!

Posted by: terry wilke at May 25, 2004 09:09 PM

a little bitter, sam? :)

Posted by: Quing at May 25, 2004 09:09 PM

I'm Gonna Wash Saddam Right Out Of My Hair?"

Posted by: petemoon at May 25, 2004 09:10 PM

A co-worker just told me that Bush Senior also suffers from Korsakoff syndrome. He claims he's seen it in print but doesn't recall where...can this condition be hereditery (like alcoholism can be?)?

Posted by: joan in nyc at May 25, 2004 09:10 PM

Maybe corporate entities really shouldn't be treated as people under the law? (hmm...)

Posted by: at May 25, 2004 09:10 PM

"he tried to kill my daddy"?

Posted by: jojo at May 25, 2004 09:11 PM

"getting to know you, using draconian methods.."

Posted by: citizen frolik at May 25, 2004 09:11 PM

SAM:

I'LL WRITE THE MOVIE!!!

Is there going to be some sort of contest to see who gets to write it? I know I could do it! I'm a creative writing student and I'll be in New York for a while. E-mail me, or something.

Posted by: Rachel at May 25, 2004 09:11 PM

Maybe a soulful Bush solo about a second term:

"This Nearly Was Mine!"

Posted by: petemoon at May 25, 2004 09:11 PM

My Uncle is a Trucker...he's stupid white trash

Posted by: Dexter at May 25, 2004 09:12 PM

"Climb every mountain"
by Sissyfus

Posted by: Sunshine Jim at May 25, 2004 09:12 PM

Bush Show Tune: "I love an air-raid"

Posted by: Bushleague at May 25, 2004 09:12 PM

No cargo = Better gas mileage = BIG SAVINGS for the US of A.

Couldn't be simpler.

Posted by: KellogBrownAndRootWorking4You at May 25, 2004 09:12 PM

"diebold as love"?

Posted by: jojo at May 25, 2004 09:12 PM

Freed Iraqi truck-driver hostage Thomas Hamill is secretly the voice of Boomhauer on 'King of the Hill' -- you've heard it here first.

Posted by: jeff at May 25, 2004 09:12 PM

Hey - $100,000 to drive a truck in Iraq isn't enough -

KB&R may be ripping off America, but don't drill-down to the amount a 'trucker' is making in that hell hole.

Posted by: airhead at May 25, 2004 09:12 PM

The Music Of The Bombing In The Night?

Posted by: petemoon at May 25, 2004 09:12 PM

OOOOOO...Oh-ho-sama where the wind comes sweepin' down the plain
Where the CIA flies
And you'll be atomized
If they catch you standing six foot three!

Posted by: thehighercritic at May 25, 2004 09:13 PM

Put the hammer down.

Posted by: Vosh at May 25, 2004 09:13 PM

The punchline is the truckers refered to their cargo as "sailboat fuel"

Posted by: Kev at May 25, 2004 09:13 PM

"jesus told me to kill you: the texecutioner theme"

Posted by: jojo at May 25, 2004 09:13 PM

all my truckers gettin riped off fer xtra $500 bucks a month west coast! Feul cost ripoff eh?

Posted by: Sunshine Jim at May 25, 2004 09:13 PM

Who are they talking to? Barry who?

Posted by: Vosh at May 25, 2004 09:14 PM

Who are they talking to? Barry who?

Posted by: Vosh at May 25, 2004 09:14 PM

lose the sound effects sam

THEY SUCK!!!

Posted by: at May 25, 2004 09:14 PM

Oh, well if it's security we better just leave it to the experts.

Posted by: at May 25, 2004 09:14 PM

dEar miZstR Busch,
y0u bEtT3r b3 haVinG a sis5ybar on th@t bi-cycl3 of y0vrs.
w3 r3arrang3d U'r f@c3 yesterDaY in r3sp0ns3 to y0ur smug
fvvking @titvd3 tow@rd 3v3ry-1 fr0m th3 p00r t0 th3 br0wn 2
th3 iraki!!!
s0 4g3t ab0ut th3 pR3tz3l, w@tc4 0ut 4 U'r tr@nsp0 d00d.

si9n3d,
BNP (bikes not pretzels)

________________________________________________________
Nothing Further Follows

Posted by Militant Leftist Group Making New Threats at May 25, 2004 09:02 PM

ROFL!!

Posted by: Catharine at May 25, 2004 09:14 PM

How about 'If I only had a brain' by the Scarecrow on the Wizard of Oz

Posted by: William Hyden at May 25, 2004 09:15 PM


again, cheney

"ya gotta have heart... lotsa cold unfeeling, failing heart..."

Posted by: citizen frolik at May 25, 2004 09:15 PM

lose the sound effects sam

THEY SUCK!!!

Posted by: at May 25, 2004 09:14 PM

don't leave em off sam, just get em together!

Posted by: terry wilke at May 25, 2004 09:16 PM

Don"t Cry for Me Haliburton

Posted by: RWiley at May 25, 2004 09:16 PM

Bush Show Tune: "I love an air-raid"
Posted by: Bushleague at May 25, 2004 09:12 PM
==============================================

I LOVE IT!!!!

Or, maybe, "Don't Rain On My Air-Raid?"

Posted by: petemoon at May 25, 2004 09:16 PM

A co-worker just told me that Bush Senior also suffers from Korsakoff syndrome. He claims he's seen it in print but doesn't recall where...can this condition be hereditery (like alcoholism can be?)?
Posted by: joan in nyc at May 25, 2004 09:10 PM"""

COPY OF ARTICLE UPBLOG!

Posted by: Sunshine Jim at May 25, 2004 09:16 PM

"singing in the air-raid"

Posted by: jojo at May 25, 2004 09:16 PM

Don"t Cry for Me Haliburton
Posted by: RWiley at May 25, 2004 09:16 PM
=============================================

Another Winner!!!!!

Posted by: petemoon at May 25, 2004 09:17 PM

Trouble...Right here in Sadar City

Posted by: RWiley at May 25, 2004 09:17 PM

Did I miss the Koch interview?!!

Posted by: Roxy66 at May 25, 2004 09:17 PM

dEar miZstR Busch,
etcetcetc
si9n3d,
BNP (bikes not pretzels)

ROFL!!
Posted by: Catharine at May 25, 2004 09:14 PM

*****
great. now we're gonna be called the "media 1337."

Posted by: thehighercritic at May 25, 2004 09:17 PM

'If I only had a heart'
'Tin Man Chainey'

Posted by: Sunshine Jim at May 25, 2004 09:18 PM

fancy-pants 1337istz

Posted by: thehighercritic at May 25, 2004 09:18 PM

Bush show tune? "Springtime for Hitler"....

except he doesn't know its a joke.

Posted by: airhead at May 25, 2004 09:18 PM

"if I only had a brain"

Posted by: Liberal-at-large at May 25, 2004 09:19 PM

Bush is trying the same trick again. He is trying to justify his failed and unnecessary war in Iraq by parading, once again, the corpses of those murdered by Osama bin Laden and his followers in New York, Washington and Bali. The shamelessness of George W. Bush is matched only by his contempt for the intelligence of the American people.

http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/05/25/bush_reacts/

Posted by: at April at May 25, 2004 09:19 PM

Alla yr baaaze r blong 2 uz!! ; )))

Posted by: Sunzhine13 Jim at May 25, 2004 09:20 PM

It is really not surprising that Bush and his fellow crazies in the administration would end up with diseases that involve senility or embarassing incontinencies. (Remember Reagan? well he doesn't. Lies generally result in Alzheimer's and similar diseases) Even if there is a biological origin to them, they are karmic payback ... divine justice. Of course, most of us are not patient enough to wait for them to fall apart since thousands have died already and the fate of the world lies in their hands.

Posted by: Catharine at May 25, 2004 09:20 PM

Bye Bye Buusshhiee
So long you sweetie pie
I'll cry Buusshhiee
But you've got to FLY

Posted by: clueless in VB at May 25, 2004 09:20 PM

Send in the Clowns.....ooops..they did

Posted by: RWiley at May 25, 2004 09:21 PM

OMFG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'VE READ THIS TWICE AND I STILL CAN'T UNDERSTAND HOW THIS COULD HAPPEN!!!!!!!!

Military confirms soldier injured during training at Guantanamo
By BRETT BARROUQUERE
Associated Press Writer
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The Army confirmed Tuesday that a former military police officer was injured while posing as a prisoner during a training session at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, last year.
But Maj. Laurie Arellano, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Southern Command in Miami, said Spc. Sean Baker’s medical discharge last month was not related to the head injury he received during training at the detention center, where the U.S. government is holding suspected terrorists. She declined to elaborate, citing medical privacy laws.
Arellano’s comments came a day after Baker said he posed as an uncooperative prisoner and was beaten so badly by four U.S. soldiers that he suffered a traumatic brain injury, requiring a medical discharge.
Baker, of Georgetown, said the soldiers only stopped beating him when they realized he might be American.
Baker was with the 438th Military Police Company when the unit was deployed to Guantanamo last year. Officials said the injury occurred when he volunteered to take part in a training exercise for another unit — the 303rd Military Police Company based in Jackson, Mich.
Arellano said Baker was taken to the military hospital on the base, where a medical exam and brain scan cleared him to return to duty.
A few months later, Baker was sent to Walter Reed Medical Center in Portsmouth, Va., for an unrelated “medical consultation,” Arellano said. He stayed at Walter Reed until his discharge from the military in April, she said.
Attempts to reach Baker Tuesday were unsuccessful.

Posted by: lsoltow at May 25, 2004 09:21 PM

Several states once seen as "solidly" behind Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry, including Michigan and New Jersey, have turned into battlegrounds where President Bush is a serious contender.
Months ago, Michigan and New Jersey, which are heavily unionized and voted for Al Gore in 2000, were considered beyond Mr. Bush's reach. Now, despite the president's falling national approval rating for his handling of the Iraq war, pollsters say the economic recovery and perception of the president as a strong leader have turned both states in his direction.

http://washingtontimes.com/national/20040524-103201-6925r.htm

Posted by: at May 25, 2004 09:21 PM

It is really not surprising that Bush and his fellow crazies in the administration would end up with diseases that involve senility or embarassing incontinencies.


I think it's because GOD hates them ;)

Posted by: terry wilke at May 25, 2004 09:21 PM

(Allah,) yr baaaze r blong 2 uz!! ; )))
Posted by: Sunzhine13 Jim at May 25, 2004 09:20 PM

***

the BF:DC version!

Posted by: thehighercritic at May 25, 2004 09:22 PM

The Moonie Times Is Smoking Crack

Posted by: The Moonie Times Is Smoking Crack at May 25, 2004 09:22 PM

J-

It's pron'd "COAL TER"

Posted by: clueless in VB at May 25, 2004 09:22 PM

yeah, doesn't that make you think there's NEW covert groups?

Posted by: jojo at May 25, 2004 09:23 PM

Office of Speacial Plans, perhaps? (now defunct)

Posted by: jojo at May 25, 2004 09:24 PM

Is it a girl? Oh my lord, my little boy met someone on eharmony.com! Soon you'll be bring over the grandkids...

Look at their FAQs, they claim they don't hook up same sex couples since their research into compatibility was only with heteros. Didn't realize homos and heteros got along for different reasons. That is just what the homophobes want us all to believe (it's all about sex!!!!!!! SEX!!! SEX!!!! SEX IS BAD!!!!!!!!! They don't know how to love!!!)

Barf.

I say, take their ad money and use it against them!

Posted by: Robyn at May 25, 2004 09:24 PM

Your local Democratic Revolutionary Cell wants you. Join today!

Posted by: Cool 'Disco' Dan at May 25, 2004 09:25 PM

The CIA used to operate the airline with the most planes in the world.. the airline was called Air America

Posted by: at May 25, 2004 09:25 PM

I am the very model
of modern US president
I cannot eat a pretzel
or ride a bike without an incident

Posted by: Freship at May 25, 2004 09:25 PM

"Let Me Please Detain You!"

Posted by: thehighercritic at May 25, 2004 09:25 PM

Don't Cry for Me...Al Jeezera....

Posted by: RWiley at May 25, 2004 09:25 PM

the IF I ONLY HAD A HEART...I thought that too
but by RUMSFELD

Posted by: Dexter at May 25, 2004 09:25 PM

I have a few minor questions to the Majority Report staff. First, at the beginning of your show, does the announcer say "the truth doesn't stand a chance"? Just what is that supposed to mean? Second, with regard to the ad in which the female voice says that Article 2 of the Constitution requires "honorable conduct" of the President at all times, and concludes that therefore he is under oath when delivering the "State of the Union" - it is not immediately obvious to me how that conclusion would follow. At any rate, I don't find the referenced phrase in the first place??? What is up with that? Lastly, the Shell Oil ads that claim how good the company is with the environment are at the very least questionable.

Posted by: Ray at May 25, 2004 09:25 PM

everyone should these if they haven't already:

http://www.ebaumsworld.com/gijoe.html

Posted by: jojo at May 25, 2004 09:25 PM

Ann Coulter is in desperate need of a sandwich..lol

Posted by: semajjj at May 25, 2004 09:26 PM

Let Janeane pronounce satan's name whichever way she wants. Pronouncing "coulter" wrong is a kind of insult. Churchill used to intentionally mispronounce "Nazi" (he pronounced it "nah-zee", instead of "not-see"). He thought that mispronouncing it was a kind of put down.

Posted by: Jdog at May 25, 2004 09:26 PM

I am the very model
of modern US president
I cannot eat a pretzel
or ride a bike without an incident
Posted by: Freship at May 25, 2004 09:25 PM

*****

(raucous uproar!)

Posted by: thehighercritic at May 25, 2004 09:26 PM

http://washingtontimes.com/national/20040524-103201-6925r.htm

Next, it'll be a reference to NewsMax,
then the NY Post
then the Heritage Foundation
then, oh I give the fuck up.............

Posted by: Liberal-at-large at May 25, 2004 09:26 PM

The military is sooo inept they can't even train torturers without nearly killing one of their own!

Posted by: lsoltow at May 25, 2004 09:26 PM

they talk openly on tv about such organizations as the Office of Special Plans, FBI, CIA, NSA, DIA, etc. they even talk about "billions of dollars going into black-op Pentagon plans, which no one can account for". if those are the openly addressed offices and organisations, of course there are secret ones too.

Posted by: queaern at May 25, 2004 09:26 PM

queaern, right on, even PNAC is probably a front for the real think tank.

Posted by: jojo at May 25, 2004 09:27 PM

Robyn,

"and you'll grow up to be an executive, you'll look so good in a suit."????


PUKE

Posted by: terry wilke at May 25, 2004 09:27 PM

Yeah Sam... extract of Wormwood.

Posted by: at May 25, 2004 09:28 PM

Your local Democratic Revolutionary Cell wants you. Join today!
Posted by Cool 'Disco' Dan

"I ain't a Communist necessarily, but I been in the red all my life." - Woody Guthrie

hey dan, haven't seen your tag around the city lately...

Posted by: Robyn at May 25, 2004 09:28 PM

Don Rumsfeld's swan song: 'If I only had some courage'

Posted by: MidwestLiberal at May 25, 2004 09:28 PM

you mean the super think tank, where God beams messages directly through interstellar cellphones to PNAC's superiors?

Posted by: queaern at May 25, 2004 09:28 PM

Meet me in Saint abu Gharib
Meet me if you care

Don't tell me you're gettin' tortured
Anyplace but there

Posted by: clueless in VB at May 25, 2004 09:29 PM

also from wizard of oz: "a terror threat of a different color"

Posted by: jojo at May 25, 2004 09:29 PM

P2OG-ccording to a classified document prepared for Rumsfeld by his Defense Science Board, the new organization--the "Proactive, Preemptive Operations Group (P2OG)"--will carry out secret missions designed to "stimulate reactions" among terrorist groups, provoking them into committing violent acts which would then expose them to "counterattack" by U.S. forces.

In other words--and let's say this plainly, clearly and soberly, so that no one can mistake the intention of Rumsfeld's plan--the United States government is planning to use "cover and deception" and secret military operations to provoke murderous terrorist attacks on innocent people. Let's say it again: Donald Rumsfeld, Dick Cheney, George W. Bush and the other members of the unelected regime in Washington plan to deliberately foment the murder of innocent people--your family, your friends, your lovers, you--in order to further their geopolitical ambitions.

CounterPunch

November 1, 2002

Posted by: Sunzhine13 Jim at May 25, 2004 09:29 PM

Robyn, I hope he grows up to be gay, REALLY, REALLY gay!!!!

Posted by: terry wilke at May 25, 2004 09:30 PM

love that jo jo

Posted by: Robyn at May 25, 2004 09:30 PM

Just read this article--http://www.fair.org/extra/0405/npr-study.html--guess it's time to screw pledge week. Good thing we've got true liberal radio--Air America--our salvation. Thanks.

Posted by: DL at May 25, 2004 09:30 PM

>> Office of Speacial Plans, perhaps? (now defunct) Posted by jojo at May 25, 2004 09:24 PM <<

I don't think it's defunct, knowing how active the media is being manipulated. I suspect it's renamed and hidden under different cover.

Posted by: wanda at May 25, 2004 09:31 PM

Sorry, Final Show Tune...can't believe nobody did this one, unless I missed it: "People, people who beat people...."

Posted by: Bushleague at May 25, 2004 09:31 PM

SAM AND J:

YOU'VE BEEN INTERVIEWING THESE PEOPLE FOR 15 MINUTES AND WE STILL HAVE NO IDEA WHO THEY ARE. WHEN INTERVIEWING:

LET THE GUEST TALK!

THANKS.

Posted by: misty at May 25, 2004 09:31 PM

I'm curious, what were you all doing on the night of the 2000 election? I went to the party sponsored by the Texas Democratic Party at the Hyatt in Austin. I was there until after 2AM and I (and everyone there) was absolutely devastated when I saw that shithead was declared the victor. This year, I plan to go their party again. I just hope for a much different result.

Posted by: Jdog at May 25, 2004 09:31 PM

a gooder Jimbo

Posted by: Liberal-at-large at May 25, 2004 09:32 PM

"someday they'll find it, the Monarch connection -- the sleepers, their Masters and me..."

Posted by: citizen frolik at May 25, 2004 09:32 PM

re the Koch interveiw, the site says (under hour 1) it will be on at 10...

Posted by: Robyn at May 25, 2004 09:32 PM

The Bush Congregation Singers: [singing] Now is a time of great decision / Are we to stay or up and quit? / There's no avoiding this conclusion: / This war is turning into shit. Amen.

Posted by: Who Would Jesus Bomb? at May 25, 2004 09:33 PM

Sam and Jeanine really need to fix their interviewing skil. Good grief.

Posted by: wanda at May 25, 2004 09:33 PM

can anybody tell me what happened with rhandi rhodes? did she quit? or just refer me to an article or something that explains it?

Posted by: roy at May 25, 2004 09:34 PM

Come on this is a bit, these people aren't for real.

Posted by: Nick at May 25, 2004 09:35 PM

Attacking Cuba? Is he insane?

Posted by: wanda at May 25, 2004 09:35 PM

I don't think the October suprise will be the US attacking anyone. I think that, for some reason, America will come under attack and, naturally, we'll have to strike back!

Posted by: Vosh at May 25, 2004 09:35 PM

yeah, if bush attacks cuba he needs to be killed and i don't mean castro.

Posted by: jojo at May 25, 2004 09:35 PM

what is with this woman's voice

Posted by: cate at May 25, 2004 09:35 PM

joan in nyc said above:
"A co-worker just told me that Bush Senior also suffers from Korsakoff syndrome. He claims he's seen it in print but doesn't recall where...can this condition be hereditery (like alcoholism can be?)?"

http://www.ninds.nih.gov/health_and_medical/disorders/wernicke-korsakoff.htm

From the web site above:

What is Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome?
Wernicke's encephalopathy is a degenerative brain disorder caused by the lack of thiamine (vitamin B1). It may result from alcohol abuse, dietary deficiencies, prolonged vomiting, eating disorders, or the effects of chemotherapy. Symptoms include mental confusion, vision impairment, stupor, coma, hypothermia, hypotension, and ataxia. Korsakoff's amnesic syndrome-a memory disorder-also results from a deficiency of thiamine, and is associated with alcoholism. The heart, vascular, and nervous system are involved. Symptoms include amnesia, confabulation, attention deficit, disorientation, and vision impairment. The main features of Korsakoff’s amnesic syndrome are the impairments in acquiring new information or establishing new memories, and in retrieving previous memories. Although Wernicke’s and Korsakoff’s may appear to be two different disorders, they are generally considered to be different stages of the same disorder, which is called Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome. Wernicke’s encephalopathy represents the “acute” phase of the disorder, and Korsakoff’s amnesic syndrome represents the "chronic" phase. :0

Posted by: at May 25, 2004 09:35 PM

Ellin Ray is drunk isn't she?

Posted by: World as Will at May 25, 2004 09:35 PM

October Surprise = Tossed Salad + Ice Cream

Posted by: Freship at May 25, 2004 09:36 PM

she was back on live today, check her message board, i couldn't find any explanation, but she was talking a little about it on the show today, but I didn't hear all of it, so i don't know what happened She didn't quit

Posted by: Robyn at May 25, 2004 09:36 PM

Insane??? He was already talking about putting more enconomic santions against them for humanity related issues.

Posted by: Bushleague at May 25, 2004 09:36 PM

I believe the word "confabulation" is a nice way of saying "lying"...

Posted by: at May 25, 2004 09:36 PM

October surprise: 'We got em'! Osama bin Laden has been brought to justice.

Posted by: midwestliberal at May 25, 2004 09:37 PM

I heard Randy Rhodes doesn't like the way AAR operates and wants to go back to Floriduh.

Posted by: at May 25, 2004 09:37 PM

Cuba --- Dumby's Oct. surprise, hmmmmm?

Posted by: Liberal-at-large at May 25, 2004 09:37 PM

I like Randi okay -- but she's cruel and unusual to callers. i think she misses florida where she's revered.

Posted by: MISTY at May 25, 2004 09:37 PM

The TV is making a big deal over "highest" concern for a terrorist attack since 9/11. Gee are they preparing us again?

Posted by: at May 25, 2004 09:37 PM

oh ok

Posted by: roy at May 25, 2004 09:38 PM

October Surprise = Cheney Impeachment

Posted by: Sunzhine13 Jim at May 25, 2004 09:38 PM

everybody check out william blum's "killing hope: u.s. military and CIA inteventions since world ii." i heard about it on, guess what, air america. it is surprisingly fun to read for a subject of such darkness and contains huge heaps of useful stats and other information.

Posted by: thehighercritic at May 25, 2004 09:38 PM

I LOVE Randi Rhodes, she pulls no punches. And she makes me laugh...

Posted by: Robyn at May 25, 2004 09:38 PM

she sounds like Diane Rehm, don't she?

Posted by: jojo at May 25, 2004 09:38 PM

screw the terrorists in the White house -- I'm going about my biz! Orange alert my azzzzzz!!!

Posted by: citizen frolik at May 25, 2004 09:38 PM

they've already started slowly releasing information about "cuban operations" on TV news outlets, to get people used to the idea of waging war on Cuba. the amount of information will slowly increase over time, until the issues are directly addressed and polls will be taken on how many americans want to wage war on Fidel and his "terrorist regime", etc.

Posted by: You at May 25, 2004 09:38 PM

Attacking Cuba? Is he insane?

Posted by: wanda at May 25, 2004 09:35 PM
------

Yes, Wanda, yes he is.

Posted by: Joel C. at May 25, 2004 09:39 PM

yes.....two weeks ago at a fund raiser Bush promised a Cuban regime change.....

Posted by: RWiley at May 25, 2004 09:39 PM

Ahh, the Isreal connection - never miss an opportunity to put Isreal into a conversation.

Posted by: Crackercon at May 25, 2004 09:39 PM

If Bush loses again in 2004, will he arrest John Kerry as an "enemy combatant" and send him to Gitmo?

Posted by: at April at May 25, 2004 09:39 PM

Wow, I'm impressed! Someone is finally talking about the huge white elephant in the room...Israel.

Posted by: Bushleague at May 25, 2004 09:40 PM

ellin ol lady w/ slight speech impediment
brain sharp as razor in that frail body

Posted by: Sunzhine13 Jim at May 25, 2004 09:40 PM

> she was back on live today, check her message
> board, i couldn't find any explanation, but
> she was talking a little about it on the show
> today, but I didn't hear all of it, so i don't
> know what happened She didn't quit
>
> Posted by: Robyn at May 25, 2004 09:36 PM
>

Randi was down in Florida for her Niece's Graduation this last weekend. She's been kinda homesick for Florida lately...

Posted by: ITBearMI at May 25, 2004 09:40 PM

misty, if she let them talk a little longer, you would see they are neocon cracker chickenhawks, she's just more practiced at it.

Posted by: terry wilke at May 25, 2004 09:40 PM

How about this for an October Surprise....

Reagan Dies...and the Bush administration makes the funeral a big Reagan-Love Fest...thereby getting Reagan-Domcrats, who might vote for Kerry, to give the sympathy vote to Bush.

Maybe Rove will arrange it...pull the plug, if you will.

Posted by: Theo at May 25, 2004 09:41 PM

“no one can terrorize a whole nation unless we all are his accomplices” – Edward R. Murrow

Posted by: Catharine at May 25, 2004 09:41 PM

WWCJWD? What would Captain Janeway do?

Posted by: Vosh at May 25, 2004 09:41 PM

//If Bush loses again in 2004, will he arrest John Kerry as an "enemy combatant" and send him to Gitmo?

Posted by at April at May 25, 2004 09:39 PM//

Haha! Well, he'll have to arrest the 60+ percent of the country that votes fer Kerry too!

Posted by: citizen frolik at May 25, 2004 09:41 PM

thanks bear!

Posted by: Robyn at May 25, 2004 09:41 PM

also, they're housing osama til we need him again.

Posted by: jojo at May 25, 2004 09:41 PM

pay no attention to the Israel behind the curtain!

Posted by: queaern at May 25, 2004 09:41 PM

October surprise---high threat from terrorists---attacking Cuba---more talk of WMD's in Iraq---hhhmmmm what could all this mean?

Posted by: at May 25, 2004 09:41 PM

crackercon at least you got a sense of humor.

Posted by: terry wilke at May 25, 2004 09:42 PM

I love fact based theories, oh wait

Posted by: Crackercon at May 25, 2004 09:42 PM

> I heard Randy Rhodes doesn't like the way AAR
> operates and wants to go back to Floriduh.
>
> Posted by: at May 25, 2004 09:37 PM
>

Don't go spreading rumours... where did you hear that from. Post the link.

Posted by: ITBearMI at May 25, 2004 09:42 PM

>>>October surprise---high threat from terrorists---attacking Cuba---more talk of WMD's in Iraq---hhhmmmm what could all this mean?

that the u.s. is as occupied a country as iraq.

Posted by: jojo at May 25, 2004 09:42 PM

What ever happened with Ayman El Zawahiri being cornered. That story just kind of went away.

Posted by: World as Will at May 25, 2004 09:42 PM

“no one can terrorize a whole nation unless we all are his accomplices” – Edward R. Murrow

Posted by: Catharine at May 25, 2004 09:42 PM

About the Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome theory: The symptoms are consistent, but it's quite rare and usually limited to low-income drinkers who don't eat well, if at all.

I've seen a lot of film footage of GW in his thirties, and I noted how relatively articulate he was. The comparison to present-day was astounding.

The cognitive deficits related to Wernicke-Korsakoff are strikingly similar to those of Multiple Sclerosis (MS), though, especially word-finding problems, difficulty pronouncing words, lapses of memory, brief periods of confusion (I've got MS, it sucks.)

So maybe Bush has MS, like President Bartlet on The West Wing. That's where the similarities end ... Martin Sheen is more of a President than GW.

Posted by: trace at May 25, 2004 09:42 PM

> I heard Randy Rhodes doesn't like the way AAR
> operates and wants to go back to Floriduh.
>
> Posted by: at May 25, 2004 09:37 PM
>

Don't go spreading rumours... where did you hear that from. Post the link.

Posted by: ITBearMI at May 25, 2004 09:42 PM

I actually think the Cuba idea ain't so crazy.

1-Wins the cuban vote in Florida, a key state.
2-Totally distracts everyone from Iraq.
3-And the Repubs get to claim they are fighting Communism. Americans LOVE to fight communism.

Posted by: Lucky Maria at May 25, 2004 09:42 PM

Janeane. How do you do that? By raising whole generations in school. The state raises the kids. They grow up into state robots collecting a pay check. Indifferent.

Posted by: Vosh at May 25, 2004 09:43 PM

Randi was at her daughter's graduation... doing what our president couldn't do...

Posted by: Betsy at May 25, 2004 09:43 PM

I am glad Moore won at Cannes. Do you think the French know that giving him the nod will guarantee that the US sees the movie, thus sabotaging Bush? Those sneaky French.

Posted by: Novakane at May 25, 2004 09:43 PM

++++++++++++++++++++++
+++++ H E Y _ S A M +++++
++++++++++++++++++++++

Here’s a compendium of the “best of the blog”
Bush’s Favorite Show Tunes
(in case you have some time to fill at the end)


Some actual lyrics:

I am the very model of modern US president,
I cannot eat a pretzel or ride bikes without an incident.

Meet me in Saint Abu Ghraib, meet me if you care,
Don't tell me you're gettin' tortured, anyplace but there.

Some titles didn’t need changing:

I Won't Grow Up
If I Only Had A Brain
Send in the Clowns

A couple that need some ‘splainin’

Cheney sings "There Are No Strings On Me," while Bush lip synchs
Bush solo about a second term: "This Nearly Was Mine!"

And, the puns:

Everything's Coming Up Bodies
I Just Bombed The Street Where You Live
How Do You Solve A Problem, Condoleeza
You Can't Get Saddam With A Gun
Booze Glorious Booze
I Say Torture, You Say Abuse
I'm Just A Country That Can't Say No
What I Did For Money
Tragedy Tonight
Gonna Wash Saddam Right Outta My Hair
Chalabi With The Fringe On Top
Bombmaker, Bombmaker
How To Succeed In Torture Without Really Trying
Hello Young Prisoners
Open A New Prison
You've Got Trouble, Right Here In Abu-Grumb
See me, Feel me, Vote for me
The Bombs In Spain Blow Mainly Railroad Trains
I Could Have Bombed All Night
Get Me To Baghdad On Time
I've Grown Accustomed To Disgrace
The Shia And The Suni Should Be Friends
Luck Be A Cheney Tonight
On A Clear Day You Can Lie Forever
I've Got Evil To Do
Mine Every Mountain
Since I Am A Rich Man
The Music Of The Bombing In The Night
Don’t Cry for Me Haliburton
Don't Rain On My Air-Raid
Let Me Please Detain You
People, People Who Beat People

Posted by: petemoon at May 25, 2004 09:43 PM

October surprise... Bush pulls way ahead of Kerry in the polls.

Posted by: at May 25, 2004 09:43 PM

i like randi rhodes because it's nice to know there's somebody out there who's as pissed as i am, and she can be hilarious.

i DISlike randi rhodes because she doesn't listen to her callers. sometimes i think she should just monologue; i'd still listen.

Posted by: thehighercritic at May 25, 2004 09:44 PM

I know this quote has made the rounds lately, but let me recall, one more time, words from the Nuremberg trial. No, not Hermann Goering, commander of the Luftwaffe, who said, before being sentenced to death, "The people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country." (Smart guy, that Goering. He must have written some books before he was hanged, because Bush, Rumsfeld, and the whole cabal running this country into the ditch today are obviously fervent disciples of Mr. Goering's philosophy.)

Posted by: Catharine at May 25, 2004 09:44 PM

i like randi rhodes because it's nice to know there's somebody out there who's as pissed as i am, and she can be hilarious.

i DISlike randi rhodes because she doesn't listen to her callers. sometimes i think she should just monologue; i'd still listen.

Posted by: thehighercritic at May 25, 2004 09:44 PM

After that can you blame Randi for wanting to go back to FL?

Posted by: Nick at May 25, 2004 09:44 PM

Sam, please,please, the country is not EYE-raq just as your co-host is not an EYE-talian!!!!!

Posted by: alvinop at May 25, 2004 09:44 PM

Randi should move back to Florida and continue to broadcast on AAR from there. She should also read Suzanne Somers' book, "The Sexy Years". She could use a good dose of hormone re-balancing. She's also one of the best researched and smartest commentator in the media.

Posted by: Kip Humphrey at May 25, 2004 09:44 PM

Sam and janeane:

First, Counterspy and CAIB wrote about HOW to identify the CIA personnel in your country, they didn't finger Welch.

Second, they and Agee were about exposing, not SPIES - who gather information - but COVERT OPERATIVES - agents provacateurs, assassins, thugs, mercenaries, terrorists. There's a huge difference between intelligence and covert operations - 9/11 resembles a large-scale CIA operation more than anything else.

Posted by: Marion Delgado at May 25, 2004 09:45 PM

THE OKKKTOBER SURPRISE!!!!!

RIGHT BEFORE THE ELECTION THE SAUDI"S FLOOD THE OIL MARKET!!!! so it's LIKE 30-35$ A BARREL, THANK YOU OH BANDAR BUSH.

....THE FIX IS ALREADY BEEN IN

Posted by: UBERDUDE333 at May 25, 2004 09:45 PM

Petemoon: BRAVO!

Posted by: Bushleague at May 25, 2004 09:45 PM

You don't have to sabotage Bush. Kerry has already been slated to take the office. Bush is just too much work to coach and he's a lightening rod for Middle Eastern ire, so Kerry is in.

Oh, wait, you thought it was based on your votes... snerk, phphp - I'm sorry - pphiif, bwa ha ha ha ha ha hah ahh ah ah ha ha ha ha ha...

Posted by: Vosh at May 25, 2004 09:45 PM

Invade Cuba? What did Castro strike oil?

I wouldn't put it past our Prez. actually. It would be a quick little war to get all his wignut buddies whipped into a fever pitch in time for the election. Canada would probably be outraged, but I doubt The Chief would care what they think. They're only our neighbor and biggest trading partner.

Posted by: dharmabum at May 25, 2004 09:46 PM

>>What ever happened with Ayman El Zawahiri being cornered. That story just kind of went away.<<

It was fake. Musharaf plays Bush like a violin.

Posted by: wanda at May 25, 2004 09:46 PM

sad but true, vosh

Posted by: jojo at May 25, 2004 09:46 PM

Also, being a Randi fan, I think people need to realize that [whether real or imagined] Randi is playing up the - 'I'm so cool and this is such a backwater radio station' feelings. I think it's a way of giving her a schtick and helps listeners relate to her about something.

She has stated over and over that her dream has been to take her show national. She feels it's her mission in life to bring her Democrat/Liberal message to the nation. I think she's determined to get this to work. IMHO, the whining is a device used by tons of performers to bring the listener to their side. Helps create loyalty.

Now back to Sam and Janeane.

Posted by: Lucky Maria at May 25, 2004 09:46 PM

those guests were terrible. Get them off and just let Jeaneane talk!

Posted by: scamp at May 25, 2004 09:47 PM

yikes. sorry for the spam.

Posted by: thehighercritic at May 25, 2004 09:47 PM

Mmmm.. .Jem HR music.. sexay!

Posted by: citizen frolik at May 25, 2004 09:48 PM

Bush: I got it. I got it. We'll work up a "Number 6" on 'em.

Rumsfeld: "Number 6"? I'm afraid I'm not familiar with that one...

Bush: Well, that's where we go a-ridin' into town, a whampin' and whompin' every livin' thing that moves within an inch of its life. Except the women folks, of course.

Rumsfeld: Do you spare the survivors?

Bush: NAW. We torture the shit out of them in Abu Ghraib cell block #6!

Rumsfeld: Marvelous.

Posted by: Who Would Jesus Bomb? at May 25, 2004 09:48 PM

Randi said she compares our corrupt government to The Sopranos & GodFather.

interchangable

bye the bye-was that a great sopranos on sunday or what!

Posted by: clueless in VB at May 25, 2004 09:48 PM

We love you to SAMMY!!!

Posted by: terry wilke at May 25, 2004 09:48 PM

I'm not surprised Janeane. He loves Bush. I had to turn off bloomberg radio. I don't know how you even talked to him

Posted by: at May 25, 2004 09:48 PM

I like it when she cuts off the dolts, cause she has a fine-tuned bs-meter. I also like that she doesn't give any credence to the way-out there conspiracy theories, instead arguing with facts (with sources!!) Everything I've looked up that she has said i've found to be right on. The truth is much more powerful than the paranoia and fear the Bushies are spreading.

Posted by: Robyn at May 25, 2004 09:49 PM

"I love New York -- it's an exploitation"

Posted by: citizen frolik at May 25, 2004 09:49 PM

Janeane,

You forgot that he used to ask everyone "How am I doin'"

Posted by: World as Will at May 25, 2004 09:49 PM

I don't watch shows like the sopranos because I don't think thugs are neat.

Posted by: Vosh at May 25, 2004 09:49 PM

should let Randi get a hold of him
I would love to hear that conversation

Posted by: at May 25, 2004 09:50 PM

koch was never a Dem, he was a republican pretending just like zel miller.

Posted by: Janet at May 25, 2004 09:50 PM

Payola is NOT OVER Janeane!
It's worse than ever
there are middlemen you have to pay to get your songs played
read Hit Men!

Posted by: Marion Delgado at May 25, 2004 09:51 PM

I used to love Ed Koch! What the hell is wrong with this guy! He used to be one of the good guys.

Posted by: Jdogq at May 25, 2004 09:51 PM

Did you join your local Democratic Revolutionary Cell yet?

Each membership comes with a free visit from John Ashcroft*.

*FBI or Secret Service agent may arrive in John Ashcrofts place. Substitutes should be expected.

Posted by: Cool "Disco" Dan at May 25, 2004 09:51 PM

Lot's of ppl. have this psychology, "thugs make me neat". That's why I'm working 'round the clock making repairs to my space ship. Primitive bone heads....

Posted by: Vosh at May 25, 2004 09:51 PM

Did anyone else ever notice that the oil industry is like a narcotics ring? The pushers push something that is not good for us until we are hooked and then they jack the price up. And every once in a while when they get a whiff that we are going to kick the habit they lure us back in........

Same timeless marketing techniques

Posted by: Catharine at May 25, 2004 09:51 PM

bloomberg switched too

Posted by: Janet at May 25, 2004 09:51 PM

off topic:

refers back to the revisionist comments earlier.

There are people in Washington that were trying to remove the statue of FDR in the wheelchair and put up one of him standing. WTF??? Let's just forget that the man overcame limitation to be a great President.

Posted by: Dexter at May 25, 2004 09:52 PM

Randi reminds me too much of Lynn Samuels. I wish someone better was on in the middle of the day.

Posted by: scamp at May 25, 2004 09:52 PM

Randi is great, but her voice makes me teeth chatter after a few minutes. If she could write, and have Wilford Brimley read her comments, I'd listen for hours.

Posted by: Novakane at May 25, 2004 09:52 PM

quinn is an ass!

Posted by: Janet at May 25, 2004 09:52 PM

November Surprise:

Supreme Court Suspends Election,
'equal protection' problem with voting

Each State uses different voting machines and procedures, potentially exposing George Bush to the same loss of equal protection as allowing the Florida votes to be counted in 2000. Therefore the office of President will be awarded by the court to George W. Bush.

Individual States are permitted to allow voting to occur, but under no circumstances shall there be any counting of votes.

The Court rules that the 14th Amendment principle of equal protection when used in the context of elections only applies to the person of George W. Bush. It does not apply to the voters or any other candidates. Just as in 2000.

-Mark

Posted by: nmark at May 25, 2004 09:53 PM

I can't think of any politician who deserves a PIE IN THE FACE more than that idiot ED KOCH.

Posted by: Lumpy at May 25, 2004 09:53 PM

I am *SO* tivoing Tough Crowd tonight!!!!!

"tivoing?" Dear, God!!! What has the English language come to (he asked, ending his sentence in a preposition)?

Posted by: petemoon at May 25, 2004 09:53 PM

Petemoon - sorry I missed the show tunes -

How about: King of the Toad? Sunday, Bloody Sunday?

Posted by: Lucky Maria at May 25, 2004 09:54 PM

...........CAN YOU FINISH your thought please!

stop branching off all over the damned place.

Posted by: wanda at May 25, 2004 09:54 PM

Haha Janeane is EVIL!

You are wicked, janeane, wicked and spiteful!

You she-deviless!

Posted by: Marion Delgado at May 25, 2004 09:54 PM

GOP going to NY, Crowds protesting, Traffic jamming, al-Qaida salavating.

God, I hope I'm wrong.

Posted by: at May 25, 2004 09:54 PM

Bush is going to have that awful prison torn down.....someone please remind him to remove the prisoners first!!!

Posted by: RWiley at May 25, 2004 09:54 PM

Good lord get to the point what ever it is!

Posted by: Nick at May 25, 2004 09:55 PM

Dennis Miller has some Nascar loser on his show. I guess that's what all the trolls are watching right now. :)

Posted by: Jdog at May 25, 2004 09:55 PM

Randi is great, but her voice makes me teeth chatter after a few minutes. If she could write, and have Wilford Brimley read her comments, I'd listen for hours.
Posted by: Novakane at May 25, 2004 09:52 PM

***

my girlfriend said something similar, but she used henry rollins. i'd go with jennifer tilley.

Posted by: thehighercritic at May 25, 2004 09:55 PM

Love Randi. Love, love, LOVE her!
She saves the mid day for me.

Posted by: Cocky-with-Christ at May 25, 2004 09:55 PM

One atta-boy on the compendium, Pointman.

*don't take that fucking literally :)*

Posted by: Liberal-at-large at May 25, 2004 09:55 PM

Hey Janeane--how are your dogs doing?

Posted by: scamp at May 25, 2004 09:55 PM

I can't decide who I find more attractive. Katherine or Janeane.

Posted by: at May 25, 2004 09:55 PM

It would be nice to have someone on the air with a more pleasing voice that Randi Rhodes', like Fran Drescher.

Posted by: World as Will at May 25, 2004 09:55 PM

RWiley,
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

Posted by: Cocky-with-Christ at May 25, 2004 09:57 PM

You throw neocons to Randi like red meat to pitbulls.

Posted by: terry wilke at May 25, 2004 09:57 PM

Thehighercritic, I LOVE Jennifer Tilly! She's so underrated!

Posted by: Jdog at May 25, 2004 09:57 PM

What's wrong with Randi's voice? She sounds like someone from the Bronx, ya gotta problem wid dat?

Posted by: nmark at May 25, 2004 09:57 PM

another name for pirate treasure is bootie

Posted by: Adam Weishaupt at May 25, 2004 09:57 PM

Oh MY GAWD! Please don't compare Randi to Lynn Samuels. Randi's voice is less than 1/10 as annoying as Lynn. And she's not nearly the patsy that Lynn Samuels is.

Posted by: sjbnj at May 25, 2004 09:57 PM

--...........CAN YOU FINISH your thought please!

stop branching off all over the damned place.--

It's called bouncing around like a fart in a hot skillet. LOL

Posted by: bcw at May 25, 2004 09:57 PM

Interview (e-voting):

Dr. Avi Rubin
Professor, Computer Science
Technical Director, Information Security Institute
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland

Posted by: PEACE IN at May 25, 2004 09:58 PM

Bush is trying the same trick again. He is trying to justify his failed and unnecessary war in Iraq by parading, once again, the corpses of those murdered by Osama bin Laden and his followers in New York, Washington and Bali. The shamelessness of George W. Bush is matched only by his contempt for the intelligence of the American people.

He is going by his intelligence. Judges all by that.

Posted by: ToniD at May 25, 2004 09:58 PM

WHat is Focus groups?

Posted by: Tim the Democrat at May 25, 2004 09:58 PM

Investors in Lib Radio have made horrible blunders.

Posted by: at May 25, 2004 09:58 PM

This Prez is shameless. Yesterday I saw an ad touting his no child mandate all the while he refuses to fund it. It is truly unreal what he is allowed to get away with.

Posted by: rhonda miller at May 25, 2004 09:58 PM

The rapport, the repartee, the banter rock severely. And when you mock David Brooks, I can't help it, I'm forced to moan extensively with pleasure.

Posted by: dawn at May 25, 2004 09:58 PM

The main reason Bush is doing what he said he is going to do in the speech last night, going back to the UN, etc, is they are doing what Kerry said he would do, to take away Kerry's plan for Iraq (Not that I think it's great). That way they can continue saying Kerry has no plan for Iraq.

Posted by: Sundog at May 25, 2004 09:58 PM

Well, so far, in however many weeks AAR's been on the air there hasn't been one illustration of what the difference is between the dems and pubs (other than Bush can't talk).

When Kerry is Pres. you'll have something to yak about because he won't do the things you hoped he would (just like for all of history) and when a pub is elected in however many years from not you'll have stuff to yak about...

I'm outta here.

Posted by: Vosh at May 25, 2004 09:59 PM

There has been a little bit of a debate about whether it is beneficial (to the cause to unseat Bush) or not to have all of the RNC protests in NY. Against it is that the mainstream media will only choose to show the extreme whacko's and broadcast that to the rest of America. On the other hand the police and firefighters are likely to protest - if only the media would show that

Posted by: Catharine at May 25, 2004 09:59 PM

I fell in love with Randi when some lady called from NJ and said, "My nephew is in Iraq..."

That's as far as she got. Randi just kept hammering, "What unit, where's he stationed?"

Randi made it so obvious that the woman was lying that when she tried to continue with her point she just sounded ridiculous. Randi then had mercy on her and hung up with, "You're a liar."

Posted by: Lucky Maria at May 25, 2004 09:59 PM

Thehighercritic, I LOVE Jennifer Tilly! She's so underrated!
Posted by: Jdog at May 25, 2004 09:57 PM

***

"Masochistic. It means she likes pain."

"She likes pain?!? What the hell is she, retarded?"

Posted by: thehighercritic at May 25, 2004 10:00 PM

Hey, so do we know for sure that the AirAmericaRadio Tough Crowd episode is airing tonight?

If not, I would sure like to know when it will...


(i'd hate for someone to be 'tivoing' the wrong show)

Posted by: turner at May 25, 2004 10:00 PM

Hmmmmm... Both Kerry and Bush are closely related to the the royal family of england.

Posted by: Adam Weishaupt at May 25, 2004 10:00 PM

AND SO IT BEGINS...


Terrorists planning summer attack

-by Curt Anderson


May 25, 2004 | WASHINGTON (AP) --


U.S. officials have obtained new intelligence deemed highly credible indicating al-Qaida or other terrorists are in the United States and preparing to launch a major attack this summer, The Associated Press has learned.

The intelligence does not include a time, place or method of attack but is among the most disturbing received by the government since the attacks of Sept. 11,

2001, according to a senior federal counterterrorism official who spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity Tuesday.

Of most concern, the official said, is that terrorists may possess and use a chemical, biological or radiological weapon that could cause much more damage and casualties than a conventional bomb.

"There is clearly a steady drumbeat of information that they are going to attack and hit us hard," said the official, who described the intelligence as highly credible.

Posted by: JBklyn at May 25, 2004 10:00 PM

this is NOT a democrat


Former Democratic Mayor Ed Koch will serve as chairman of a drive to attract 8,000 volunteers to aid visitors during the Republican National Convention this summer.

The volunteer drive will feature an advertising campaign in newspapers and on billboards with the tag "Be a part of it," a line from the song "New York, New York."

Asked whether recruiting GOP convention volunteers might be difficult in a city in which Democrats outnumber Republicans by a 5-1 ratio, Koch and Republican Mayor Michael Bloomberg tried, with varying degrees of success, to minimize the convention's political significance.

"It's nonpolitical from my vantage point, even though what's happening is one of the most political of events," said Koch, who earlier this year crossed party lines to endorse President Bush for re-election.

Posted by: at May 25, 2004 10:00 PM

lucky maria, so you get it then? not everyone does!

Posted by: terry wilke at May 25, 2004 10:01 PM

Thehighercritic, how about Drea De Matteo (Adriana from the Sopranos) to be Randi's replacement? She's available (as anyone who saw Sunday's episode knows). :)

Posted by: Jdog at May 25, 2004 10:01 PM

Dr DABrooks and W Safire are on assignment. Their assignment is to write a pro-Bushie piece whether or not it makes them puke. That it is so wrong as to make us vomit in the meantime is just nor relevant.
Similarly the NYT assignment for Ms Dowd and Mr. Hebert must also be taken with a pinch. The set- up is just too pat, too contrived, too balanced, to be real.
The press is not free. It is fraught with gatekeepers whose password is: "Do you want to keep your job?" Here is your assignment.

Posted by: Silli O'Phart at May 25, 2004 10:02 PM

i'm a liberal and i find your show excruciatingly annoying. all you guys do is shout over each other and constantly interrupting each other while attempting the most stupid intellectually condescending humor, never letting each other finish your sentences or points. i think you show would be so much better with just one of you and not two of you. it's a terrible terrible format and the sounds of your voices is extremely nasally and whiny and annoying. get rid of one of you and get rid of the constant interrupting, it gets you nowhere in your efforts to make your points and makes your show extremely hard to follow.

p.s. i also think it's weird that you have commercials from shell oil company, the navy, and drug companies. what's up with that????

Posted by: nichole at May 25, 2004 10:02 PM

>> WHat is Focus groups?
Posted by Tim the Democrat at May 25, 2004 09:58 PM <<

It's usually a group of people with some statistical attribute to test some product and ask their feedback.

eg. a parfume advertisement may be tested in 'sub urban women 30-40K income focus group before being release to public.

Posted by: wanda at May 25, 2004 10:02 PM

RWiley,
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

Posted by: Cocky-with-Christ at May 25, 2004 09:57 PM

" " " " "

Posted by: clueless in VB at May 25, 2004 10:02 PM

how much control iraqis will have? how much control do WE have in our own country?

Posted by: jojo at May 25, 2004 10:02 PM

terry, I probably shouldn't post it here, but Randi has ended up being my favorite show.

Posted by: Lucky Maria at May 25, 2004 10:02 PM

Randi won me over when i heard a little bit of the interview with Nader on day 1. man, that was great.

Posted by: mpalacio1 at May 25, 2004 10:03 PM

Thehighercritic, how about Drea De Matteo (Adriana from the Sopranos) to be Randi's replacement? She's available (as anyone who saw Sunday's episode knows). :)


....and what about the people who DIDn't see the episode, you bastard?

Posted by: Novakane at May 25, 2004 10:03 PM

Randi sets up traps for them, they stumble ignorantly into them, and she rips them to shreds. Kind of fun huh?

Posted by: terry wilke at May 25, 2004 10:03 PM

Well, the guys who fired the shell didn't know it had sarin before, they sure as hell know now.

Posted by: Freship at May 25, 2004 10:04 PM

nichole - what shows do you like on Air America? Do you listen to any others?

LM

Posted by: Lucky Maria at May 25, 2004 10:04 PM

The commercials are simple... Air America is the other side of the political coin that is flipped by the corporate oligarcy.

At Franklin and Janeane make me laugh.

Posted by: Adam Weishaupt at May 25, 2004 10:04 PM

sorry, i don't have a tv (just a big monitor for movies). i swear i'm not a snob about it, just bored with it.

how about meryl streep in the randi rhodes story? blair butler, maybe?

david paymer as al franken...

Posted by: thehighercritic at May 25, 2004 10:05 PM

i'm a liberal and i find your show excruciatingly annoying. all you guys do is shout over each other and constantly interrupting each other while attempting the most stupid intellectually condescending humor, never letting each other finish your sentences or points. i think you show would be so much better with just one of you and not two of you. it's a terrible terrible format and the sounds of your voices is extremely nasally and whiny and annoying. get rid of one of you and get rid of the constant interrupting, it gets you nowhere in your efforts to make your points and makes your show extremely hard to follow.

p.s. i also think it's weird that you have commercials from shell oil company, the navy, and drug companies. what's up with that????

Posted by: nichole at May 25, 2004 10:02 PM


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Nichole, this isn't NPR. We LIKE the way the show is. Perhaps you might want to listen to another show if this bothers you...

Posted by: ITBearMI at May 25, 2004 10:05 PM

Novokane, Adriana was whacked by Silvio (Stephen Van Zandt from the E Street Band) after it was discovered that she was informing on the family to the FBI. Sorry for those left in the dark. :)

Posted by: Jdog at May 25, 2004 10:05 PM

I got no problem with AAR running Shell commercials. Let's get as much of their windfall profits as we can! Same for the fake diet drugs.

Posted by: nmark at May 25, 2004 10:05 PM

definitely a repuke trait

The cabby, Carl Essel, was fuming mad yesterday after Koch's bodyguard unintentionally injured a cyclist as he was getting out of a cab - and, before the cops showed up, the former mayor and his escort took off, the hack said.

"He saw the accident. He ignored it," Essel told The Post. "I thought a former mayor would care."

Posted by: at May 25, 2004 10:06 PM

That's soooo mean, jdog

Posted by: Robyn at May 25, 2004 10:06 PM

....and what about the people who DIDn't see the episode, you bastard?


Posted by: Novakane at May 25, 2004 10:03 PM

that's why i didn't say more--sorry for bringin' it up tho.

Posted by: clueless in VB at May 25, 2004 10:06 PM

luckymaria, that's because you're a girl, without testosterone poisoning, so Janeane’s cans don’t affect you!

Posted by: terry wilke at May 25, 2004 10:06 PM

Jdog, I had that episode taped, and was going to watch it later. You ruined my evening.

Posted by: Novakane at May 25, 2004 10:06 PM

Not only did Koch cross party lines to endorse Bush, he also endorsed Republican Michael Bloomberg over the progressive Mark Green.

What a jerk!!!!

Posted by: Lumpy at May 25, 2004 10:06 PM

Hey, so do we know for sure that the AirAmericaRadio Tough Crowd episode is airing tonight?
Posted by: turner at May 25, 2004 10:00 PM
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Al said today that it would be on tonight.

Posted by: petemoon at May 25, 2004 10:07 PM

My state (Nebraska) is very, very conservative. It's a pleasure to listen to AirAmerica on the web. I like Al & Katherine, I like Janeane and Sam, but Randi is my favorite. Great voice... unbelievably sharp wit... and she has no problem ringing bullshit. It's no surprise she kicked Rush's ass down in Florida...

I hope these comments on the blog are rumors and nothing more...

Posted by: coondog at May 25, 2004 10:07 PM

I'm so sorry (sincerely). I thought you wanted to know, Novokane. :( I sincerely apologize. You should still watch the episode though. It's one of the best I've ever seen.

Posted by: Jdog at May 25, 2004 10:08 PM

Poll Question: Who has the cuter colon, JG or Katie Couric?

Posted by: rusty at May 25, 2004 10:08 PM

new thread is up

Posted by: Lucky Maria at May 25, 2004 10:08 PM

Nichole, these AAR folks are not conventional liberals. They are hate driven nasty people.

Posted by: bcw at May 25, 2004 10:09 PM

Perceived violence does not sell well with middle america and independants. As a former SDSer, I'm certain that a very large anti-war demonstration in NY City during the Republican convention carries a high risk of perceived violence broadcast to middle america. This carries the risk of galvanizing and freezing middle american support for GW - a bad thing for Kerry in November.

Posted by: Kip Humphrey at May 25, 2004 10:09 PM

Bush's show tunes

I could while away the hours, consultin' with the flowers, conversin' with the rain....

Ah, hell, you know the rest. :)

Posted by: trubblemaker at May 25, 2004 10:09 PM

luckymaria, that's because you're a girl, without testosterone poisoning, so Janeane’s cans don’t affect you!

Posted by terry wilke at May 25, 2004 10:06 PM


mmmm cans

Posted by: Adam Weishaupt at May 25, 2004 10:09 PM

No they're not. They're just making up for all the years of Right-Wing talk media...

Posted by: ITBearMI at May 25, 2004 10:09 PM

Janeane, I don't know why you keep insisting Brooks is soooo smart. Unless you actually thought Bobos was clever. Personally, I don't see it. On the other hand, as I keep saying, the guy is definitely a master ironist. I find reading him fun, if you assume that everything he writes is tongue-in-cheek.

As for colonoscopies: My favorite part is the air
bubble part. What's yours?

Posted by: Adamo at May 25, 2004 10:10 PM

So next time Americans die here in the US it won't be the fault of Islamic terrorists it will be because someone put panties on the head of an Iraqi prisoner.

This is the type of analysis that guarentees AAR will continue its record growth.

Posted by: Nick at May 25, 2004 10:10 PM

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Posted by: Sunzhine13 Jim at May 25, 2004 10:10 PM

Janeane has been alittle cranky lately.

Posted by: Adam Weishaupt at May 25, 2004 10:10 PM

Is this filler "comedy"

Posted by: Crackercon at May 25, 2004 10:11 PM

I wonder if God turns up Zepplin every time he hears Ascroft sing.

Posted by: Adam Weishaupt at May 25, 2004 10:12 PM

PEACE IN, I saw an interview with Avi Rubin on TechTV a few months ago. The guy had a good demonstration on how voting machines can be hacked. I think he'd be a good guest here. A clip of the TechTV interview can be found on this page:

http://www.suddenlyeverythingsucks.com/video/

Posted by: Ann Coulter Sucks at May 25, 2004 10:12 PM

Maybe they'll attack Boston, thanks DNC

Posted by: Crackercon at May 25, 2004 10:12 PM

--Janeane has been alittle cranky lately.--

Maybe her check from AAR bounced.

Posted by: at May 25, 2004 10:13 PM

If they really want to strike at the fat-encrusted heart of America they'd simultaneously blow up all the Krispy-Kream franchises at the same time...Or maybe that's just me.

Posted by: Adamo at May 25, 2004 10:14 PM

Hey A.W., i heard her yelling "eiwige blumenkraft"!??....whaddaya make of that?


Posted by: Gordon Brown at May 25, 2004 10:14 PM

I thought i heard her yell "Jacques deMolay will be avenged!!!"

Posted by: Adam Kadmon at May 25, 2004 10:17 PM

Why do right wing leaning trolls keep turning up here to tell people how bad this show is? That's the equivalent of going into a bar where everyone's having a good time, and saying in a really lous and abnoxious voice "I hate it here! This music sucks! You guys are all jerks!" A guy like that is quickly going to gain a reputation for being a dick. You don't like it, go to the sports bar down the other end of the street. The one with the big screen TV and the pinkfaced, rollnecked crackers in Penney shirts.

Posted by: deadeyed at May 25, 2004 10:17 PM

We thought, maybe so. Now we know. Sam admires Janeane's cans.

Posted by: ted at May 25, 2004 10:18 PM

"loud and obnoxious," what I was trying to say.

Posted by: deadeyed at May 25, 2004 10:18 PM

>>A guy like that is quickly going to gain a reputation for being a dick.<<

To find the answer to your query, change the verb "being" to "having."

Posted by: Adamo at May 25, 2004 10:20 PM

I think - or like to think - that Randi is faking - or exaggerating - her iritation most of the time. She's a radio pro, and knows what makes radio fun to listen to - pissed off hosts. So I imagine she focuses on the little things that irritate her most - Franken's smarmy smugness, and exclusion from the publicity machine. Her grievances may be legit - but blown up a bit. Sam and janeane, however - there's no doubt that the anger is genuine. Sometimes it's over the top, but the honesty of majority report is what makes it unique to air america - there's so little scripting here. Randi is rough, and fun, and smart. She wouldn't go. She's the backbone.

Posted by: bartCopFan at May 25, 2004 10:27 PM

this is NOT a democrat


Former Democratic Mayor Ed Koch will serve as chairman of a drive to attract 8,000 volunteers to aid visitors during the Republican National Convention this summer.

He sold out. Was promised something. Arrogant bastard isn't he?

Posted by: ToniD at May 25, 2004 10:31 PM

Commonsense is the realised sense of proportion.

Posted by: at May 26, 2004 06:28 PM

~~Why do right wing leaning trolls keep turning up here to tell people how bad this show is?~~


Because they are scared.

Posted by: magic 8 ball at May 26, 2004 06:32 PM

~~Arrogant bastard isn't he?~~

My answer is yes

Posted by: magic 8 ball at May 26, 2004 06:32 PM
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