Slow weekend for Seeing Red. But I'm about to fly across the US with G. Gordon Liddy on my iPod. Should be grand. Next up: a review of the conservative talk second team (I'm looking at you Mark Levin).
UPDATE! - Again, underwhelmed by the low level of craziness here. G Man comes off as doddering and talk veered towards medical matters (back pain, hospital visits, medications). Some incomprehensible breakdown of the Chrysler bankruptcy (verdict: will be more complicated than we're being told). But the only real jolt came in a conversation about Justice Souter's replacement, when Liddy described the potential nomination of a Latino supreme court justice the selection of an "illegal alien judge". Classy.
Sunday, May 3, 2009
Friday, May 1, 2009
Day 1: Uh, is this it?
Blood Pressure: Mostly Normal
Maybe it was my high expectations for insanity, maybe it was just a slow Friday, or maybe the conservative arts are so subtle that they escape me, but I am thoroughly underwhelmed by my first day of right wing media saturation. Rush Limbaugh spent a lot of the time advising some hapless freelance consultant (read: unemployed dude) build a campaign strategy against his local congressman--with whom he totally agreed. Sean Hannity worked with some sidekick financial advisers to help listeners guard against the possibility ("Though it's no guarantee...we could find some way through this...") of inflation. YAWN!
Sure, there were passing references to creeping Socialism. And Rush did tell stories about how he turned on every light in his house during Earth Hour ("I will not be a sheep. I am not a lemming"). But the only real shock I received during the 5+ hours of conservative radio I listened to today was a snippet of the Charlie Daniels Band's crazy, crazy reactionary country hit "Simple Man". If you're too lazy (or too busy watching public television) to click the link, here's a lyrical sample:
And I'm madder than hell and I ain't gonna take it no more
We tell our kids to just say no
And then some panty waist judge lets a drug dealer go
And he slaps him on the wrist and he turns him back out on the town
Well, if I had my way with people sellin' dope
I'd take a big tall tree and a short piece of rope
And hang 'em up high and let 'em swing till the sun goes down
So, I'm going to give Charlie Daniels the benefit of the doubt and believe the drug dealer he's imagining in this song is some cracker, cooking meth in his backwoods trailer park. I'm sure that guy deserves to by lynched.
One bit of chat I couldn't reconcile. Rush reminisced for 10 minutes about the $10k Rolex he bought without a second thought while on some Carnival cruise in the Caribbean. A sign he had really made it. But Hannity went on and on about how recently he was buying his suits at the thrift shop and how few pairs of pants he has. Both stories are apocryphal for sure, but what is up with the confusion here? Are these two tag-teaming the remaining Republican constituencies: the insanely rich and aggrieved rural poor? I know this is a small one-day sample, but perhaps this is a glimpse of that political formula that has marginalized the Republican party from mainstream America. Maybe it was an off day.
Quote of the day: "SUVs are big and powerful and they burn a lot of gas, and I love that." Rush Limbaugh
Thing that made me go "hmmm": Gold could be a sound investment. A couple more weeks and I could be investing all of my loose change in precious metals.
Maybe it was my high expectations for insanity, maybe it was just a slow Friday, or maybe the conservative arts are so subtle that they escape me, but I am thoroughly underwhelmed by my first day of right wing media saturation. Rush Limbaugh spent a lot of the time advising some hapless freelance consultant (read: unemployed dude) build a campaign strategy against his local congressman--with whom he totally agreed. Sean Hannity worked with some sidekick financial advisers to help listeners guard against the possibility ("Though it's no guarantee...we could find some way through this...") of inflation. YAWN!
Sure, there were passing references to creeping Socialism. And Rush did tell stories about how he turned on every light in his house during Earth Hour ("I will not be a sheep. I am not a lemming"). But the only real shock I received during the 5+ hours of conservative radio I listened to today was a snippet of the Charlie Daniels Band's crazy, crazy reactionary country hit "Simple Man". If you're too lazy (or too busy watching public television) to click the link, here's a lyrical sample:
And I'm madder than hell and I ain't gonna take it no more
We tell our kids to just say no
And then some panty waist judge lets a drug dealer go
And he slaps him on the wrist and he turns him back out on the town
Well, if I had my way with people sellin' dope
I'd take a big tall tree and a short piece of rope
And hang 'em up high and let 'em swing till the sun goes down
So, I'm going to give Charlie Daniels the benefit of the doubt and believe the drug dealer he's imagining in this song is some cracker, cooking meth in his backwoods trailer park. I'm sure that guy deserves to by lynched.
One bit of chat I couldn't reconcile. Rush reminisced for 10 minutes about the $10k Rolex he bought without a second thought while on some Carnival cruise in the Caribbean. A sign he had really made it. But Hannity went on and on about how recently he was buying his suits at the thrift shop and how few pairs of pants he has. Both stories are apocryphal for sure, but what is up with the confusion here? Are these two tag-teaming the remaining Republican constituencies: the insanely rich and aggrieved rural poor? I know this is a small one-day sample, but perhaps this is a glimpse of that political formula that has marginalized the Republican party from mainstream America. Maybe it was an off day.
Quote of the day: "SUVs are big and powerful and they burn a lot of gas, and I love that." Rush Limbaugh
Thing that made me go "hmmm": Gold could be a sound investment. A couple more weeks and I could be investing all of my loose change in precious metals.
Today's most popular Washington Times story
CURL: Obama looks back in anger
The cerebral president, who most recently shook hands with America-hater Hugo Chavez of Venezuela and plans talks with nuke-happy Iranian leaders, was content to muse philosophically: "Could we have gotten that same information without resorting to these techniques?"
Note of interest: Do Barack and Michelle share a speech writer?
Obama on keeping America safe "That's the responsibility I wake up with and it's the responsibility I go to sleep with."
Michelle on her kids "they're the first thing I think about when I wake up in the morning, and the last thing I think about when I go to bed at night."
Blather, Rinse, Repeat
"...the advance of Socialism and the weakening of our national defense."
trademark that motherfucker. I think I've heard it 10+ times in an hour of Hannity.
trademark that motherfucker. I think I've heard it 10+ times in an hour of Hannity.
Judge for Yourself
Results from Washington Times poll (so far).... Full disclosure: I am one of the 210
Are you glad that President Obama will soon have a Supreme Court justice to nominate?
| Response | Percent | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Yes | 15% | 210 votes |
| No | 82% | 1138 votes |
| Undecided | 1% | 25 votes |
| Other | 0% | 12 votes |
| 1385 total votes | ||
Buyer Beware
Where are the regular people? -- Glenn Beck
I am totally intrigued by the ads so far -- which seem to be selling security. Because I should be investing in gold and non-hybrid seeds in order to keep my family safe. Actually, I am kind of into the non-hybrid seed thing, but more from a position of let's keep food safe for everyone out there.
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