Sunday, January 30, 2005
OK, I may not wear the tool belt. . .
Don't forget to come and say "hi!" on Saturday, February 5, 2005 at the Old House-New House Home Show at Pheasant Run in St. Charles. I'll be strapping on my tool belt and giving away some great WLS items, and if you say the phrase that pays (as heard on my 1/30/05 show), items from my personal prize closet. As always, the number of prizes is limited and all prizes are given away on a first-come, first-served basis and in my sole discretion (never doubt me--it's for the best).
Don't forget to come and say "hi!" on Saturday, February 5, 2005 at the Old House-New House Home Show at Pheasant Run in St. Charles. I'll be strapping on my tool belt and giving away some great WLS items, and if you say the phrase that pays (as heard on my 1/30/05 show), items from my personal prize closet. As always, the number of prizes is limited and all prizes are given away on a first-come, first-served basis and in my sole discretion (never doubt me--it's for the best).
Sunday, January 23, 2005
Didn’t catch last week’s show (1/23/05)? We missed you!
And speaking of missing, here’s some of what you missed …
*The Inside Story on the SpongeBob SquarePants controversy—the MSM tells us it’s all about respect, tolerance and loving thy neighbor. Who but a bunch of narrow-minded, bigoted right-wing nutjobs could be against that? No one, except that’s not what this story is really all about. In typical fashion, our friends in the media have committed journalistic malpractice, and failed to report on what’s in the teachers’ guide that accompanies this cutesy video. Can you say stamping out “compulsory heterosexuality?”
* This Week’s “Who Said It?” featuring Evan Thomas on John Kerry and Mark Shields on “apologist” Condolezza Rice
*The Mainstream Media Mantra of the Week—pick your favorite one from the inauguration: a) with all this security, it’s like an armed camp, not a celebration of freedom b) Dick Cheney told Don Imus that we’re going to attack Iraq or c) even Peggy Noonan thought the speech was “over the top”
*2nd Amendment Update: After he allegedly abducted and murdered a 19-year-old Walmart employee, Johnny Lee Williams was shot by retired New York fireman Richie Chapman, who learned to shoot at his high school rifle club. The shooting by this brave armed citizen led directly to Williams’ apprehension. We won’t hear much about that, but how long will it be before we hear that Mr. Williams’ service in Iraq “changed” him, and how the stress may have led to the shooting?
*Obama on Oprah—is it time to repeal the 19th amendment?
And speaking of missing, here’s some of what you missed …
*The Inside Story on the SpongeBob SquarePants controversy—the MSM tells us it’s all about respect, tolerance and loving thy neighbor. Who but a bunch of narrow-minded, bigoted right-wing nutjobs could be against that? No one, except that’s not what this story is really all about. In typical fashion, our friends in the media have committed journalistic malpractice, and failed to report on what’s in the teachers’ guide that accompanies this cutesy video. Can you say stamping out “compulsory heterosexuality?”
* This Week’s “Who Said It?” featuring Evan Thomas on John Kerry and Mark Shields on “apologist” Condolezza Rice
*The Mainstream Media Mantra of the Week—pick your favorite one from the inauguration: a) with all this security, it’s like an armed camp, not a celebration of freedom b) Dick Cheney told Don Imus that we’re going to attack Iraq or c) even Peggy Noonan thought the speech was “over the top”
*2nd Amendment Update: After he allegedly abducted and murdered a 19-year-old Walmart employee, Johnny Lee Williams was shot by retired New York fireman Richie Chapman, who learned to shoot at his high school rifle club. The shooting by this brave armed citizen led directly to Williams’ apprehension. We won’t hear much about that, but how long will it be before we hear that Mr. Williams’ service in Iraq “changed” him, and how the stress may have led to the shooting?
*Obama on Oprah—is it time to repeal the 19th amendment?
Wednesday, January 19, 2005
What you missed last week?
Where were you? You missed some great stuff, such as:
*This Week’s “Who Said It?” featuring recycled bachelorette Jen Scheff, actor James Woods and local gal makes good Paula Zahn (making what is arguably the stupidest remark ever uttered on television)
*The President’s Agenda-do you agree with Sen. Kennedy and our own Eddie Haskell aka Sen. Dick Durbin that the president has no mandate? Isn’t the current Social Security system immoral? Our friends in the MSM don’t think so.
*Nightline does feature on “Young in Gay in Real America,” and Illinois Passes SB 3186, the so-called “gay rights” bill—isn’t this law an invitation to nuisance suits and shakedowns? Why don’t legislators have enough spine to stand up to political correctness?And why do MSM reporters behave like foreign correspondents when they go to Oklahoma?
* Prince Harry’s Wardrobe Malfunction-He should have just said he was auditioning for “The Producers.” Failing that, he should have chosen a romantic left-wing murderer like Che.
* The Mainstream Media Mantra of the Week—the president does have regrets “despite what he said before the election”
*Michael Moore’s Latest Stunt-A cautionary tale that reminds all of us of the hazards of public toe picking
*Golden Globes Cat Fight-will you watch Star and Kathy or Joan and Melissa? Or don’t you care?
Sounds great, and it was even better with the soundbites, bumper music and your comments, so don't miss this Sunday's show!
Where were you? You missed some great stuff, such as:
*This Week’s “Who Said It?” featuring recycled bachelorette Jen Scheff, actor James Woods and local gal makes good Paula Zahn (making what is arguably the stupidest remark ever uttered on television)
*The President’s Agenda-do you agree with Sen. Kennedy and our own Eddie Haskell aka Sen. Dick Durbin that the president has no mandate? Isn’t the current Social Security system immoral? Our friends in the MSM don’t think so.
*Nightline does feature on “Young in Gay in Real America,” and Illinois Passes SB 3186, the so-called “gay rights” bill—isn’t this law an invitation to nuisance suits and shakedowns? Why don’t legislators have enough spine to stand up to political correctness?And why do MSM reporters behave like foreign correspondents when they go to Oklahoma?
* Prince Harry’s Wardrobe Malfunction-He should have just said he was auditioning for “The Producers.” Failing that, he should have chosen a romantic left-wing murderer like Che.
* The Mainstream Media Mantra of the Week—the president does have regrets “despite what he said before the election”
*Michael Moore’s Latest Stunt-A cautionary tale that reminds all of us of the hazards of public toe picking
*Golden Globes Cat Fight-will you watch Star and Kathy or Joan and Melissa? Or don’t you care?
Sounds great, and it was even better with the soundbites, bumper music and your comments, so don't miss this Sunday's show!
Monday, January 17, 2005
Alternate Headline: UN Security Council Chief Says to President “We Girls Must Get Together”
On Friday, January 14, 2005, you couldn’t escape hearing about the new CIA report that states categorically that Iraq is the new terrorist breeding ground. In fact, that was the headline of Dana Priest’s Washington Post article (“Iraq New Terror Breeding Ground,” 1/14/05). The subhead was even better: “War Created Haven, CIA Advisers Report.” MS-NBC screamer Chris Matthews, who isn’t known for his reliance on original sources—just ask the Swift Boat Vets--, no doubt got his information from this WaPo article, and trumpeted the news at the top of his hour-long show on Friday.
Reading the first two paragraphs of Ms. Priest’s article, you learn that Iraq is the new Afghanistan, a place where terrorists can mingle, train, gain technical skills and then return home to put what they’ve learned into practice, you know sort of like one of those corporate workshops or a jihadist fantasy camp. At least that’s what David B. Low said at a “rare briefing” on the 119-page report released by the National Intelligence Council. Having a briefing, one that promised snacks I’m guessing, was probably the only way those who seek to undermine the president’s plans could get the press to show up and do their dirty work. And people wonder why Porter Goss needs to kick butt and take names?
On reading these first couple of paragraphs, my first reaction was “as if!” as in “As if Iraq wasn’t a terrorist breeding ground all through the 1990’s, back when Bill Clinton was telling us how dangerous Saddam Hussein was.” (Those of you who doubt that fact should check out Steven Hayes’ book “The Connection.”) My second reaction was that if their going to go home and do terrorism, we ought to inject every single captured enemy combatant with one of those microchips that we can use to track them, just like dogs.
Then there was this:
“President Bush has frequently described the Iraq war as an integral part of the U.S. efforts to combat terrorism. But the council’s report suggests the conflict has also helped terrorists by creating a haven for them in the chaos of war.”
That darn Bush! Too bad he didn’t listen to those geniuses at the CIA. Oh, wait, he did, back when they told him that finding WMD in Iraq was a “slam dunk.”
And of course, Dana didn’t want to miss the opportunity to repeat the threadbare mischaracterization of the impossibility of a link between Saddam Hussein and Al Qaeda:
“Before the U.S. invasion, the CIA Said Saddam Hussein had only circumstantial ties with the several al Qaeda members. Osama bin Laden rejected the idea of forming an alliance with Hussein and viewed him as an enemy of the jihadist movement because the Iraqi leader rejected radical Islamic ideals and ran a secular government.”
Really? Is that why in 1998, Ayman al-Zawahiri of Egyptian Islamic Jihad was in Iraq, negotiating training arrangements, and collecting $300,000 from the Iraqi Intelligence Service? Is it also why in March of 1998, two weeks after bin Laden issued his your-duty-as-a-Muslim-is-to-kill-every-single-American fatwa, an envoy arrived in Baghdad to meet with the IIS? No wonder on February 17, 1998 Bill Clinton warned that Saddam Hussein’s Iraq was a “rogue state with weapons of mass destruction ready to use them or provide them to terrorists.”
This statement by the former president was widely reported, including in Ms. Priest’s own newspaper, which she apparently doesn’t read. (“A Plot to Deceive?” by Robert Kagan, Washington Post, 6/8/03)
There’s something else that maybe she didn’t read, the National Intelligence Council report that she deceptively describes in her worthless article.
Here’s what you find out when you go to the link and read the actual report. It is an attempt by these supposed experts to predict the future. I don’t want to disparage them or their expertise, but let’s face it, even the smartest, most prescient super-genius is going to have a tough time predicting what the world will look like in 2020, and that’s what this report attempts to do. This thing is a work of unrestrained imagination, albeit in some instances tempered with research. Obviously the writers were given complete carte blanche to indulge in their wildest fantasies, especially when they devise a series of possible scenarios for the future. One entitled “Pax Americana,” is presented in the form of a journal entry dated September 11, 2020 by a fictional 2020 UN Security Council General. After describing the current struggles over GMO’s and human cloning, he laments the “vicious fight” he’s in over staying in New York, caught between the “America-firster groups” and Europeans who think the UN is too much under the thumb of the United States, he writes:
“I often wonder just how much real progress there has been. I must talk to the US President about this the next time we "girls" get together.”
Say what? What is up with that?! Maybe I should say “she writes,” when I refer to this fantasy official.( I shudder when I imagine any other possibility.) And maybe Dana Priest should not present anything that contains those sentences as if it were written on stone tablets.
The same writers who came up with that elaborate fiction wrote the words upon all the liberal media have seized up, hoping to use them as a cudgel against the President:
"The al-Qa’ida membership that was distinguished by having trained in Afghanistan will gradually dissipate, to be replaced in part by the dispersion of the experienced survivors of the conflict in Iraq. We expect that by 2020 al-Qa’ida will have been superceded by similarly inspired but more diffuse Islamic extremist groups, all of which will oppose the spread of many aspects of globalization into traditional Islamic societies.
Iraq and other possible conflicts in the future could provide recruitment, training grounds, technical skills and language proficiency for a new class of terrorists who are “professionalized” and for whom political violence becomes an end in itself."
Wait a second—Iraq “could provide recruitement,blah blah blah?” says the report. Ms. Priest writes “Iraq provides terrorists with “training ground, a recruitment ground, blah blah blah.” Seems to me that there’s a big difference between “could” and “provides.” Maybe I should give Ms. Priest a call. We girls need to get together.
.
On Friday, January 14, 2005, you couldn’t escape hearing about the new CIA report that states categorically that Iraq is the new terrorist breeding ground. In fact, that was the headline of Dana Priest’s Washington Post article (“Iraq New Terror Breeding Ground,” 1/14/05). The subhead was even better: “War Created Haven, CIA Advisers Report.” MS-NBC screamer Chris Matthews, who isn’t known for his reliance on original sources—just ask the Swift Boat Vets--, no doubt got his information from this WaPo article, and trumpeted the news at the top of his hour-long show on Friday.
Reading the first two paragraphs of Ms. Priest’s article, you learn that Iraq is the new Afghanistan, a place where terrorists can mingle, train, gain technical skills and then return home to put what they’ve learned into practice, you know sort of like one of those corporate workshops or a jihadist fantasy camp. At least that’s what David B. Low said at a “rare briefing” on the 119-page report released by the National Intelligence Council. Having a briefing, one that promised snacks I’m guessing, was probably the only way those who seek to undermine the president’s plans could get the press to show up and do their dirty work. And people wonder why Porter Goss needs to kick butt and take names?
On reading these first couple of paragraphs, my first reaction was “as if!” as in “As if Iraq wasn’t a terrorist breeding ground all through the 1990’s, back when Bill Clinton was telling us how dangerous Saddam Hussein was.” (Those of you who doubt that fact should check out Steven Hayes’ book “The Connection.”) My second reaction was that if their going to go home and do terrorism, we ought to inject every single captured enemy combatant with one of those microchips that we can use to track them, just like dogs.
Then there was this:
“President Bush has frequently described the Iraq war as an integral part of the U.S. efforts to combat terrorism. But the council’s report suggests the conflict has also helped terrorists by creating a haven for them in the chaos of war.”
That darn Bush! Too bad he didn’t listen to those geniuses at the CIA. Oh, wait, he did, back when they told him that finding WMD in Iraq was a “slam dunk.”
And of course, Dana didn’t want to miss the opportunity to repeat the threadbare mischaracterization of the impossibility of a link between Saddam Hussein and Al Qaeda:
“Before the U.S. invasion, the CIA Said Saddam Hussein had only circumstantial ties with the several al Qaeda members. Osama bin Laden rejected the idea of forming an alliance with Hussein and viewed him as an enemy of the jihadist movement because the Iraqi leader rejected radical Islamic ideals and ran a secular government.”
Really? Is that why in 1998, Ayman al-Zawahiri of Egyptian Islamic Jihad was in Iraq, negotiating training arrangements, and collecting $300,000 from the Iraqi Intelligence Service? Is it also why in March of 1998, two weeks after bin Laden issued his your-duty-as-a-Muslim-is-to-kill-every-single-American fatwa, an envoy arrived in Baghdad to meet with the IIS? No wonder on February 17, 1998 Bill Clinton warned that Saddam Hussein’s Iraq was a “rogue state with weapons of mass destruction ready to use them or provide them to terrorists.”
This statement by the former president was widely reported, including in Ms. Priest’s own newspaper, which she apparently doesn’t read. (“A Plot to Deceive?” by Robert Kagan, Washington Post, 6/8/03)
There’s something else that maybe she didn’t read, the National Intelligence Council report that she deceptively describes in her worthless article.
Here’s what you find out when you go to the link and read the actual report. It is an attempt by these supposed experts to predict the future. I don’t want to disparage them or their expertise, but let’s face it, even the smartest, most prescient super-genius is going to have a tough time predicting what the world will look like in 2020, and that’s what this report attempts to do. This thing is a work of unrestrained imagination, albeit in some instances tempered with research. Obviously the writers were given complete carte blanche to indulge in their wildest fantasies, especially when they devise a series of possible scenarios for the future. One entitled “Pax Americana,” is presented in the form of a journal entry dated September 11, 2020 by a fictional 2020 UN Security Council General. After describing the current struggles over GMO’s and human cloning, he laments the “vicious fight” he’s in over staying in New York, caught between the “America-firster groups” and Europeans who think the UN is too much under the thumb of the United States, he writes:
“I often wonder just how much real progress there has been. I must talk to the US President about this the next time we "girls" get together.”
Say what? What is up with that?! Maybe I should say “she writes,” when I refer to this fantasy official.( I shudder when I imagine any other possibility.) And maybe Dana Priest should not present anything that contains those sentences as if it were written on stone tablets.
The same writers who came up with that elaborate fiction wrote the words upon all the liberal media have seized up, hoping to use them as a cudgel against the President:
"The al-Qa’ida membership that was distinguished by having trained in Afghanistan will gradually dissipate, to be replaced in part by the dispersion of the experienced survivors of the conflict in Iraq. We expect that by 2020 al-Qa’ida will have been superceded by similarly inspired but more diffuse Islamic extremist groups, all of which will oppose the spread of many aspects of globalization into traditional Islamic societies.
Iraq and other possible conflicts in the future could provide recruitment, training grounds, technical skills and language proficiency for a new class of terrorists who are “professionalized” and for whom political violence becomes an end in itself."
Wait a second—Iraq “could provide recruitement,blah blah blah?” says the report. Ms. Priest writes “Iraq provides terrorists with “training ground, a recruitment ground, blah blah blah.” Seems to me that there’s a big difference between “could” and “provides.” Maybe I should give Ms. Priest a call. We girls need to get together.
.
Friday, January 14, 2005
Harry Just Chose the Wrong Murderous Thug
Everyone has their underwear in a bundle over royal bonehead Prince Harry’s decision to wear a Nazi uniform to a costume party. No doubt people will be quick to attribute this unfortunate choice to inbreeding, and show of hands—who thinks the Queen couldn’t resist suggesting that Harry is his mother’s son, rebellious and disrespectful snot that she was, if only just once? In two weeks the British, and the rest of the civilized world, will commemorate the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Aucshwitz, making this stunt the worst case of bad timing since January 2004 when Al Gore gave a global warming scare speech in New York on the day after the worst snow storm that city had seen in years.
Situations like this require quick thinking, which sadly, doesn’t seem to Harry’s strong suit. If it were he wouldn’t be in this mess in the first place! If he were quick on his feet he could have come up with something like “You think I’m dressed like a Nazi? Well, technically you’re right, of course, but it’s not what you think. I’ve just come from auditioning for the London production of ‘The Producers.’ Isn’t that a lark, Old Bean (or whatever those upper-class Brits say)?” Sure, most people wouldn’t buy it, but it’s better than that lame apology his flaks came up with. Speaking of ‘The Producers,’ why exactly is it perfectly acceptable, even hilarious for one to dress up like a Nazi on stage, but a horrific social error to attend a party so attired? I’m not excusing Harry, who clearly suffers not only from IDD (Intelligence Deficit Disorder) but also YCRS (Youngest Child Rebellion Syndrome). I’m just asking.
Another question occurs to me. Last fall I was in a shop in my little town, which I affectionately call the “hippie store” because it sells tie-dyed shirts, incense and leather bracelets. Back in the day, we would have called this place a “head shop,” which would probably confuse people no end today in this post-Bill Clinton era. Anyway, a small section of the store was devoted to t-shirts, hats, headbands and other items emblazoned with the image of none other than Che Guevera. I asked the young man working there if he knew much about this character, and he said no, but continued that they had lots of cool Che stuff. I asked “Do you have any with blood spattered on them?” If we’re going to celebrate murderous thugs, why not have some bin Laden shirts and some Pol Pot mugs while we’re at it?
I share the disgust of those who are sickened by trivializing the symbol of the Nazi war/murder machine. I just wonder why everyone doesn’t share my disgust with the terrorists and murderers on the Left. Instead they are romanticized Latin lover revolutionaries riding around on motorcycles like Marxist Marlon Brandos. Note to Harry: Next time you need a costume, dress up like Che, and you will be celebrated by elites in London, New York and L.A.
Everyone has their underwear in a bundle over royal bonehead Prince Harry’s decision to wear a Nazi uniform to a costume party. No doubt people will be quick to attribute this unfortunate choice to inbreeding, and show of hands—who thinks the Queen couldn’t resist suggesting that Harry is his mother’s son, rebellious and disrespectful snot that she was, if only just once? In two weeks the British, and the rest of the civilized world, will commemorate the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Aucshwitz, making this stunt the worst case of bad timing since January 2004 when Al Gore gave a global warming scare speech in New York on the day after the worst snow storm that city had seen in years.
Situations like this require quick thinking, which sadly, doesn’t seem to Harry’s strong suit. If it were he wouldn’t be in this mess in the first place! If he were quick on his feet he could have come up with something like “You think I’m dressed like a Nazi? Well, technically you’re right, of course, but it’s not what you think. I’ve just come from auditioning for the London production of ‘The Producers.’ Isn’t that a lark, Old Bean (or whatever those upper-class Brits say)?” Sure, most people wouldn’t buy it, but it’s better than that lame apology his flaks came up with. Speaking of ‘The Producers,’ why exactly is it perfectly acceptable, even hilarious for one to dress up like a Nazi on stage, but a horrific social error to attend a party so attired? I’m not excusing Harry, who clearly suffers not only from IDD (Intelligence Deficit Disorder) but also YCRS (Youngest Child Rebellion Syndrome). I’m just asking.
Another question occurs to me. Last fall I was in a shop in my little town, which I affectionately call the “hippie store” because it sells tie-dyed shirts, incense and leather bracelets. Back in the day, we would have called this place a “head shop,” which would probably confuse people no end today in this post-Bill Clinton era. Anyway, a small section of the store was devoted to t-shirts, hats, headbands and other items emblazoned with the image of none other than Che Guevera. I asked the young man working there if he knew much about this character, and he said no, but continued that they had lots of cool Che stuff. I asked “Do you have any with blood spattered on them?” If we’re going to celebrate murderous thugs, why not have some bin Laden shirts and some Pol Pot mugs while we’re at it?
I share the disgust of those who are sickened by trivializing the symbol of the Nazi war/murder machine. I just wonder why everyone doesn’t share my disgust with the terrorists and murderers on the Left. Instead they are romanticized Latin lover revolutionaries riding around on motorcycles like Marxist Marlon Brandos. Note to Harry: Next time you need a costume, dress up like Che, and you will be celebrated by elites in London, New York and L.A.
Didn’t catch last week’s show? Here’s Some of What You Missed …
* In Our New Feature: “Who Said It ?” This week featuring Kiefer Sutherland, Alan Dershowitz and Teri Hatcher
* The Wacky World of Chris Matthews, featuring his “War Council.” We learn that it was the election of Abraham Lincoln that started the Revolutionary War, and that the Spanish Civil War ended because the left has no taste for bloodshed. We also hear the memorable question “What happens if the Shia majority [in Iraq] operate the way the president of our country has said he is going to operate, which is my way or the highway?” Scroll down to the part of the transcript where General Downing replies to one of Chris’ delusional questions “No. No. No. Stop.”
* Pinkie Promise—What the heck is going on out there? Are more female teachers behaving like sexual predators? If so, why? My theories and yours. Admit it—you LOVE the theme song “Pinkie Promise,” and you won’t hear it anywhere else.
* In the “As if! File: Council on American Islamic Relations has its underwear in a bundle because “24” depicts terrorists as Islamic. What are they suppose to make them, Norweigans?!
For links to some of the above, please check out “Recent Show Topics” links right on the homepage at http://www.teriobrien.com (you’ll have to scroll down a bit). What—no soundbites, commentary and great listener calls? Right--that’s what you get for not listening, so please try not to miss this week’s show!
* In Our New Feature: “Who Said It ?” This week featuring Kiefer Sutherland, Alan Dershowitz and Teri Hatcher
* The Wacky World of Chris Matthews, featuring his “War Council.” We learn that it was the election of Abraham Lincoln that started the Revolutionary War, and that the Spanish Civil War ended because the left has no taste for bloodshed. We also hear the memorable question “What happens if the Shia majority [in Iraq] operate the way the president of our country has said he is going to operate, which is my way or the highway?” Scroll down to the part of the transcript where General Downing replies to one of Chris’ delusional questions “No. No. No. Stop.”
* Pinkie Promise—What the heck is going on out there? Are more female teachers behaving like sexual predators? If so, why? My theories and yours. Admit it—you LOVE the theme song “Pinkie Promise,” and you won’t hear it anywhere else.
* In the “As if! File: Council on American Islamic Relations has its underwear in a bundle because “24” depicts terrorists as Islamic. What are they suppose to make them, Norweigans?!
For links to some of the above, please check out “Recent Show Topics” links right on the homepage at http://www.teriobrien.com (you’ll have to scroll down a bit). What—no soundbites, commentary and great listener calls? Right--that’s what you get for not listening, so please try not to miss this week’s show!
Monday, January 03, 2005
We all heard the President's press conference this morning (carried live on WLS), announcing that he had selected his father, former President Bush, and former President Bill Clinton to lead disaster relief. I don't have a lot to say about this yet, at least nothing that serious because all I could think of as I watched President Bush, flanked by these two ex-presidents, was of the respective packing lists of the two.
President George H.W. Bush:
• Extra pairs of socks and underwear
• Pictures of Barbara and the grandkids
• State Department Briefing Book on the Tsunami disaster
President Bill Clinton:
• Extra condoms
• Pictures of applicants who want to work at the Clinton Library (no, I didn’t say headshots, but I could have)
• Travel Guide, “Thailand’s Spiciest Resorts (and We’re Not Talking Food, Pal)”
President George H.W. Bush:
• Extra pairs of socks and underwear
• Pictures of Barbara and the grandkids
• State Department Briefing Book on the Tsunami disaster
President Bill Clinton:
• Extra condoms
• Pictures of applicants who want to work at the Clinton Library (no, I didn’t say headshots, but I could have)
• Travel Guide, “Thailand’s Spiciest Resorts (and We’re Not Talking Food, Pal)”
Didn’t catch last week’s show? Here’s Some of What You Missed …
*In Our New Feature: Who Said It ?Did Carson Daly Pull a Hillary? That is, is he trying to become mainstream by staking out a conservative position on the celebrity culture?
*Hot off the Presses—the U.N.’s Jan “America is Stingy” Egelund appears on Chris Wallace’s Sunday morning talking head show, and continues to make amazing, and infuriating, statements
* Tollway Rage-Is anyone surprised? Show of hands—I wasn’t the only one who thought it was dangerous for them to give out free coffee, was I?
*Chicago Dad Gets the “Locking-the-Barn-Door-After-the-Horse-is-Stolen” Award (and his 15 year-old high school freshman daughter delivers first baby of the new year, after her mom drops her off at the hospital)
*More Proud Moments for Illinois
o The Squirrel Dude—how long before one of his furry friends chews threw an electrical cord and burns his house down? Who will he sue then? Are there really people who BREED squirrels? Who decided that that’s necessary in life?
o Carol Moseley-Braun once again demonstrates the radiant intelligence and outstanding people skills that made her such a great senator. Kudos to Debra Pickett for pointing this one out, but based on my familiarity with Debra’s writing and her politics, I suspect that she would have been one of those back in 1992 encouraging us to “make history” by voting for the incompetent Ms. Moseley-Braun. Ironic? I think so!
o Gov. B and Lisa Madigan, two demagogues and their respective crusades against video games and decongestants. I saw that series in the Sun-Times, including the photo of the crank user. They should have just required that her photo be posted on the shelf next to the potentially-abused medications. Wouldn’t it have been just as effective at discouraging pill abuse without inconveniencing millions of allergy and cold sufferers? But that wouldn’t let Lisa M emulate her hero, the grandstanding Attorney General of New York, Eliot Spitzer.
*Mainstream Media Meltdown on the Year
So many candidates, so little time …
*ANOTHER New Feature: MSM (as in Mainstream Media) Mantra of the Week
This week, they tisk, tisk over the money spent to defend freedom in Iraq, which could be spend to help victims of the tsunami disaster. No—wait—first it was that, then it was comparing the dollars spent on assisting hurricane victims in Florida, but when that didn’t fly, they went back to the Iraq rant.
*2nd Amendment update—A Shocker
The National Academy of Sciences omits data that shows benefits from right-to-carry laws. Fortunately, thanks to John Lott, they did not get away with it.
*Yet Another New Feature: The Show Behind the Show
This week, we heard some theme song candidates for a story on disgruntled aging hippies protesting the No Child Left Behind Law by producing a CD of folk songs. Oh, yeah, there’s a chartbuster. We ended up not doing the story, but the songs were too funny to live without.
For links to some of the above, please check out “Recent Show Topics” links right on the homepage at http://www.teriobrien.com (you’ll have to scroll down a bit). What—no soundbites, commentary and great listener calls? Right--that’s what you get for not listening, so please try not to miss this week’s show!
ONE MORE THING: PLEASE DON'T FORGET TO LISTEN TO DON WADE AND ROMA---I KNOW YOU DO ANYWAY, BUT JUST IN CASE--ON WEDNESDAY MORNING TO LEARN HOW YOU CAN HELP THE TSUNAMI VICTIMS AND MAKE SURE THAT YOUR FINANCIAL GIFT GETS TO THE VICTIMS. YES, I SAID FINANCIAL GIFT. AS I SAID YESTERDAY ON THE SHOW, SOME GUY IN INDONESIA WITH NO WATER DOESN'T NEED YOUR OLD RUNNING SHOES.
*In Our New Feature: Who Said It ?Did Carson Daly Pull a Hillary? That is, is he trying to become mainstream by staking out a conservative position on the celebrity culture?
*Hot off the Presses—the U.N.’s Jan “America is Stingy” Egelund appears on Chris Wallace’s Sunday morning talking head show, and continues to make amazing, and infuriating, statements
* Tollway Rage-Is anyone surprised? Show of hands—I wasn’t the only one who thought it was dangerous for them to give out free coffee, was I?
*Chicago Dad Gets the “Locking-the-Barn-Door-After-the-Horse-is-Stolen” Award (and his 15 year-old high school freshman daughter delivers first baby of the new year, after her mom drops her off at the hospital)
*More Proud Moments for Illinois
o The Squirrel Dude—how long before one of his furry friends chews threw an electrical cord and burns his house down? Who will he sue then? Are there really people who BREED squirrels? Who decided that that’s necessary in life?
o Carol Moseley-Braun once again demonstrates the radiant intelligence and outstanding people skills that made her such a great senator. Kudos to Debra Pickett for pointing this one out, but based on my familiarity with Debra’s writing and her politics, I suspect that she would have been one of those back in 1992 encouraging us to “make history” by voting for the incompetent Ms. Moseley-Braun. Ironic? I think so!
o Gov. B and Lisa Madigan, two demagogues and their respective crusades against video games and decongestants. I saw that series in the Sun-Times, including the photo of the crank user. They should have just required that her photo be posted on the shelf next to the potentially-abused medications. Wouldn’t it have been just as effective at discouraging pill abuse without inconveniencing millions of allergy and cold sufferers? But that wouldn’t let Lisa M emulate her hero, the grandstanding Attorney General of New York, Eliot Spitzer.
*Mainstream Media Meltdown on the Year
So many candidates, so little time …
*ANOTHER New Feature: MSM (as in Mainstream Media) Mantra of the Week
This week, they tisk, tisk over the money spent to defend freedom in Iraq, which could be spend to help victims of the tsunami disaster. No—wait—first it was that, then it was comparing the dollars spent on assisting hurricane victims in Florida, but when that didn’t fly, they went back to the Iraq rant.
*2nd Amendment update—A Shocker
The National Academy of Sciences omits data that shows benefits from right-to-carry laws. Fortunately, thanks to John Lott, they did not get away with it.
*Yet Another New Feature: The Show Behind the Show
This week, we heard some theme song candidates for a story on disgruntled aging hippies protesting the No Child Left Behind Law by producing a CD of folk songs. Oh, yeah, there’s a chartbuster. We ended up not doing the story, but the songs were too funny to live without.
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ONE MORE THING: PLEASE DON'T FORGET TO LISTEN TO DON WADE AND ROMA---I KNOW YOU DO ANYWAY, BUT JUST IN CASE--ON WEDNESDAY MORNING TO LEARN HOW YOU CAN HELP THE TSUNAMI VICTIMS AND MAKE SURE THAT YOUR FINANCIAL GIFT GETS TO THE VICTIMS. YES, I SAID FINANCIAL GIFT. AS I SAID YESTERDAY ON THE SHOW, SOME GUY IN INDONESIA WITH NO WATER DOESN'T NEED YOUR OLD RUNNING SHOES.