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Tonight! Who thinks Congressman Boehner’s gonna cry on television before the end of the week? I do.

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  • gypsysoul

    >>>Who thinks Congressman Boehner’s gonna cry on television before the end of the week?oh, how i wish to see that!anyone else seen the palin has started a fundraising committee, maybe for 2012?! praise be to allah…

  • ElMystico

    >>>Who thinks Congressman Boehner’s gonna cry on television before the end of the week?Nah… his tan might start running.

  • JG

    The greatest con job the right wing has perpetrated is creating the idea that we have a liberal media–

  • jane

    I will take a chubby for the team and volunteer to help Boehner cry faster.

  • Packy

    Gypsy,Here ya go , in case you want to donate:http://www.sarahpac.com/

  • http://hedonistperspective.typepad.com Alexander Rose

    Live from dinner in Asheville, NC.I’ve long thought ‘liberal media’ was code the Jews run everything. :)

  • http://unrelatedcontent.com Travis D

    I will take a chubby for the team and volunteer to help Boehner cry faster.

    Hmmm

  • emsique

    Hey, Mr. President! You tried. You really really tried. You were nice to them and gave them the stupid stuff that won’t work and they are still being big babies, so FUCK ‘EM!Yank the stuff that is watering down our recovery plan and roll over them. Action now! Then put together REAL fucking health reform. If the Dems don’t grow some balls and start really being the party of the people, then I will be forced to stay in this totalitarian country teaching English forever. Although I like it here. The banks are solvent, they are already pouring billions into infrastructure putting unemployed factory workers to work, and there aren’t any Republicans!

  • Packy

    Heh. Jane said “chubby boehner.”

  • http://unrelatedcontent.com Travis D
  • gypsysoul

    you’re in my hometown area axl…where are you eating?packy, i just might donate!

  • Redmond

    Thanks for the Palin link, Packy. I’m getting my donation ready now.Anyone know if PayPal accepts a picture of my left testicle as currency?

  • ceu

    and why can’t the very serious newsreaders learn how to pronounce something BEFORE saying it on the air?? Tweety’s struggling with Al-Arabiya & it’s painful to watch. Seriously – ASK someone how it’s said rather than looking like a nincompoop on national TV.

  • Kat

    Jane, my mind is swimming with ideas of how you are going to make Boehner cry. Whips? Chains? Ball gag? Frilly pink panties? Oh, scratch that last one. He’d probably like that.

  • jane

    Kat, he liked it last time.

  • ceu

    whoa Tom Hartmann on Keith….

  • Kat

    Yea to Keith for getting Al-Arabiya right.

  • ceu

    I love beards – Thom Hartmann has a nice one. just saying’

  • Kat

    Hey Packy, what’s going on in your state tonight?

  • gypsysoul

    you feeling better kat? that sweat shop position is still open! hehe…

  • http://unrelatedcontent.com Travis D

    Where’s the I HATE THOM HARTMANN SO MUCH guy tonight?

  • jane

    Kat, he liked it last time.

  • emsique

    Oh Jane! You made me forget about what I was mad about. It will be hard for Boner to make any stupid comments with a red rubber ball in his mouth and a gimp mask on.Jane: You have been a naughty boy, Mr. Minority Leader.Boner: Mmmmf!Jane: Have a taste of my minority whip! *snap!*Boner: MMMMMMMFFFF!!!!I need a cold shower!

  • jane

    Kat, he liked it last time.

  • Kat

    >>>Kat, he liked it last time.You got pictures?

  • jane

    I will stop saying “he liked it last time” when type pad or moveable type or whatev refreshes properly, apparently.And I likey Minority Whip.

  • ceu

    Kat – here

  • emsique

    Thanks, Travis. The Repubes (just had to add that word to my spell check dictionary) have blown it, and hopefully we can move on and make real change. Now I need to watch “Pulp Fiction” and eat some yummy Chinese little custard pie thingies.

  • Kat

    Thanks for the link, Chris. Slightly scary, but that is a totally cool picture.

  • theo

    Holy shit! I didn’t post the GDAB QOTW yesterday! It’ll be up over the FB in just a few moments, and I won’t post it to twitter unless someone asks for it.

  • emsique

    Jane, since China has banned so many porn sites, this is all we have left! Before I moved here, I wonder how many of the steamy Skype calls with my wife the NSA listened in on? I demand royalties!

  • ceu

    it’s beautiful, right? but I’d be moving right on out at the first rumble….New England – no volcanoes. It’s one of our better natural features.

  • Kat

    Blago is going to be on Rachel?!?!?!?!? That should be interesting.

  • jane

    Heh. “Buffoon and a jerk.” -David whatsisname, MSNBC, re: Blago.

  • emsique

    Blago is the Britney Spears of politics. Except she seems to be getting better.

  • jane

    Have we seen Blago’s abs? Red?

  • Kat

    At least her abs are, emsique.

  • ceu

    I made QOTW! I AM somebody!!

  • theo

    ironically, ceu gets the first QOTW…

  • veralynn

    Did I hear that right? Blago blamed his unpopularity on the econ crisis??? I want whatever he is smoking, in my long tenure as a pot smoker, I never had anything that good…..

  • ceu

    It was the beard comment, wasn’t it?!

  • theo

    nah, it was “I AM somebody!”The general rule is, anything that makes me laugh out loud (not just a giggle, a full out laugh) gets on QOTW.

  • Kat

    Blago is trying to say that he was going to exchange Obama’s seat for health care?!?!? What?? I seriously want a list of all medications, legal and illegal, this boy is taking.

  • jane

    Kat, and Vera, I cannot remember *any* drugs that made me say such things.Maybe Vitamin D.

  • ceu

    well, damn, Theo. That wasn’t even mine.In the voiceover, did you get the feeling Rachel was having a hard time keeping a straight face?

  • veralynn

    lol, I need to get me some D!

  • http://hedonistperspective.typepad.com Alex Rose

    Damn that food was good…Now it’s time to catch up.

  • http://unrelatedcontent.com Travis D

    lol, I need to get me some D!Posted by: veralynn at January 27, 2009 9:05 PM

  • ceu

    Apparently he tried to have editorial writers fired to save Wriggly Field.

  • Alan4s

    The general rule is, anything that makes me laugh out loud…

    Do you know why the cowboy bought a dachshund?

  • Kat

    Blago’s lack of an upper lip freaks me out. Among other things.

  • veralynn

    lol Kat, his lower teeth are bugging me in the same way

  • veralynn

    why Alan?

  • jane
  • The Minx

    Hey All, I’m getting just a bit nervous here in the Midwest… All of these fucking (ahem! Pissing) contests! Do these kiddies need to learn to play together or are we undergoing birthing pains of something better??!!?What do all of you think??

  • Kat

    I almost didn’t click, Jane. Your links terrify me.

  • SillyGit

    Minx – I think we are watching the death throes of neoconservatism (more properly called neofascism).

  • jane

    Kat, hover first. Then decide. (Always good advice, actually.)

  • http://unrelatedcontent.com Travis D

    Trust, but verify

  • Kat

    Does Blago walk around with a copy of “Barlett’s Quotations” with him or something?

  • jane

    (They like it when you hover.)

  • The Minx

    Neoconservatism, Git? Please explain in short words…BTW, changed my hair color to red! Although may go to dark purple next time…

  • jane

    I think Blago’s the poster boy for Clean Living: Look What Your Imagination Can Do (If You Don’t Kill Brain Cells)!

  • emsique

    Jane, are you hovering with your minority whip?

  • jane

    emsique, heh. I’ll let you picture it (you know, the Moral Firewall way).

  • The Minx

    This means that we need to kill our brain cells before they betray us!

  • http://hedonistperspective.typepad.com Alex Rose

    To add to emsique:Say yes Jane cause that would be awesome.

  • jane

    Virtual Porn. So close (and yet not!!!) to the Real Thing.

  • Kat

    I wonder which minority Jane’s whip is?

  • jane

    Axl, don’t beg for a whuppin’.That costs extra.

  • The Minx

    A question for emisque… How did you meet/marry your wife? How long were you separated?

  • veralynn

    Rachel seems to be enjoying herself

  • http://hedonistperspective.typepad.com Alex Rose

    @ Jane:I give them dear… not take them. ; )I just happen to think chicks with whips are awesome.

  • Kat

    Totally right, veralynn. She’s practically cackling with joy…if my darling Rachel would be capable of something as unsexy as cackling. Which of course she is not.

  • jane

    They are, Axl, and I’ve seen your fab pics, Damn right, you should be chargin’.

  • jane

    You sexy thang.

  • Kat

    Where you from?

  • jane

    Aha! Victory! If I even hold up the water sprayer the Kid runs away from his potential mistake.Now what to do when I’ve left the room? Dumbass cat.

  • http://hedonistperspective.typepad.com Alex Rose

    @ Jane:Haha…On another note, I want to donate to Sarah’s new PAC.

  • veralynn

    Can you imagine what Blago’s oldest daughter must be going through? Poor kid, school must be awful for her, I didn’t realize she was as old as she is

  • The Minx

    More questions… Can I Really Chill the Fuck Out Because My President’s Got This?? Forget nervous, I’m a little scared…Signed,About to Hit the Valium (or the Vitamin D)

  • Kat

    It would be so wonderful if Rachel’s interview is used as evidence! Then it will be shown everywhere, and people will realize how amazing she is, and then they’ll get rid of Stretch on MTP and then…..Well, a girl can dream.

  • Alan4s

    Because everyone kept telling him: “Get along little doggy.”Hah! QOTW material right there!

  • veralynn

    lol Alan

  • theo

    erm, no comment.I rule with an iron fist!

  • jane

    You rule, Theo. Or so I heard. ;)

  • Alan4s

    Kids nowdays! No respect for the classic humor. Harumph!

  • Kat

    I heard that both Jane and Theo were in charge of the PTT. Speaking of which, am I current on my monthly payments? I don’t want you guys to show up at my house again. You freak out my neighbors with that baseball bat.

  • SillyGit

    Minx – neoconservatism is ideology of the neocons (neoconservatives aka Reagan Republicans).Neocons are only social conservatives. History show that they are the exact oposite of fiscal conservatism)I call them Borrow and Spend Republicans.They call themselves neoconservatives in order to hide the fact that they are not really conservatives at all. They are fascists by another name. When you compare the policies of fascist governments such as Germany and Italy in the 1930s, you will discover that neocon policies are identical.Rove can call himself a neoconservative all he wants, but I know a fascist when I see one.

  • theo

    oh, Kat, we’d never show up ourselves! risk breaking a nail? never.

  • emsique

    Minx, I met my wife the modern way, online. In my searching I met women everywhere from Florida to Moscow. Kind of cool, actually. When I met my wife, we emailed for almost a year. It was kind of amazing connecting with someone who you actually don’t see or talk to. We met in person in China and really did hit it off. I returned and we got married. I kept coming back and hated leaving. Now I am here instead of there because I have work here, and my wife is here and our immigration system sucks. New life, new adventures and change you can believe in. Much better food, no wimps, no Republicans.

  • jane

    Yeah. We have goons.

  • http://unrelatedcontent.com Travis D

    God if only I had the money for a russian bride.

  • theo

    hey, jane, what should the name of our goons be? one has to be named moose.

  • veralynn

    theo—bull and mooseor is that too Teddy Roosevelt?

  • GItheScholar

    Jane!!!!

  • Alan4s

    I vote for Moose and Squirrel. Because the Rocky and Bullwinkle Show was the best.

  • http://hedonistperspective.typepad.com Alex Rose

    @ theo:Trig and Track

  • jane

    Joe!!!!!!

  • theo

    oh, man, alan, you just became my favorite person ever.Jane: we’re gonna need a lot of goons for all these names.

  • GItheScholar

    Sorry, I have been feeling a little lurky lately and wanted to give a shout out to my favorite leather wearing liberal.

  • jane

    WTF kind of goon would be named “Squirrel”??

  • Kat

    Boris and Natasha?

  • SillyGit

    Blagojevich is in serious need of psychiatric care.Rachel is just too goddamn awesome for words.

  • jane

    I reject a goon named Squirrel. Srsly.

  • Kat

    Yes and yes, Git.

  • jane

    Squirrel sounds like a Steve Buscemi kind of character.

  • Alan4s

    So wait theo – you like Rocky and Bullwinkle, but you didn’t appreciate the cowboy joke? Totally in genre. Classic Bullwinkle line.

  • veralynn

    Does karl Rove actually think President Obama would extend privelge??? He must be smoking whatever Blago is

  • http://hedonistperspective.typepad.com Alex Rose

    They must be smoking too much of the shit I had last night…I mean… what?

  • emsique

    Travis, international dating is fraught with peril! Russia is full of really bad scams, and most of who you meet online are not who they say they are and will do what they can to part you with your money.It wasn’t until after I married and started doing some belated research that I found out how lucky I was.

  • jane

    Once again, I state my belief that Blago has too many imaginationary brain cells to be a pothead.

  • theo

    Alan: I’m a huge Rocky and Bullwinkle fan, but I haven’t watched it in a long time, which is probably why I missed the joke.Jane: That leaves us with Moose, Bull, Trig, Track, Boris and Natasha. Good set o’ goons.

  • jane

    Ooh, a female goon. How cool. How 2000s of us.

  • Alan4s

    BTW, and way off any topic, 8 fucking babies? Did you hear about that? That’s a friggin litter – are both parents human?

  • veralynn

    I miss smoking….the good ole days how I miss them

  • emsique

    I just tried to watch Blago on Rachel. I can’t do it! I would rather watch my favorite Chinese show, “The Monkey King”. He looks a little like Blago:http://images.china.cn/images1/200606/320087.jpgHe has magic powers, wants to be immortal, and one of his companions is a pig.

  • jane

    Alan, I’m just wondering (not enough to bother googling) if fertility drugs are to blame. Tired of acting like that’s some feat.

  • http://unrelatedcontent.com Travis D

    Travis, international dating is fraught with peril! Russia is full of really bad scams, and most of who you meet online are not who they say they are and will do what they can to part you with your money.It wasn’t until after I married and started doing some belated research that I found out how lucky I was.

    Someone in Russia running a disreputable business enterprise?I was mainly kidding anyway. I’m too frugal to pay for it. Or maybe it costs too much. I dunno.

  • Alan4s

    The doc’s aren’t saying if fertility drugs were involved – the parents want to remain annonymous (yeah, like no one’s gonna notice the Hummer size baby carraige in the supermarket diaper aisle).I’m thinking there must have been some kind of drugs involved. I really hope for the best for all the kids and the parents, but wow, I thought one kid was expensive to raise.

  • jane

    Emsique, you do monkeys a disservice, comparing Blago to a monkey.

  • jane

    Well, Alan, drugs or no, people who have three or more tend to get a lot of money and attention via these innerwebs. (Which if it is a freak accident from drugs, is a waste of money, in my opinion.)

  • http://unrelatedcontent.com Travis D

    Please please please don’t let the family with 8 kids be evangelicals.

  • SillyGit

    jane – how about ‘squirrelly’, most goons are.Or is squirrelly only a SE PA thing?Rocky and Bullwinkle is the greatest cartoon show of all time.How can you not like a show that has characters with names like Captain Wrongway Peachfuzz.

  • The Minx

    Yep, fertility drugs– they were planning for 7, number 8 was a surprise. It looks like they’re all going to make it.

  • veralynn

    nite all

  • Alan4s

    Please please please don’t let the family with 8 kids be evangelicals.

    On this I’ll agree with you 100% Travis!

  • jane

    Fuck Those Breeders. They’ll get a shitpile of money because they wanted a baby (our baby!!!) but couldn’t be bothered to help a kid in foster care or up for adoption. Also they probably object, with no sense of irony, to embryonic stem cell research.

  • http://unrelatedcontent.com Travis D

    “Fuck Those Breeders” needs to be on a t-shirt

  • The Minx

    No word on the evangelical angle, Travis.

  • SillyGit

    The goons’ boss must be named ‘Fearless Leader’, I insist.

  • http://hedonistperspective.typepad.com Alex Rose

    Or the Decider.

  • theo

    I’ll be Fearless Leader, Jane’s The Decider.

  • The Minx

    Good Night, VeraLynn. Sweet Dreams of soft blankies and warm bed partners…

  • The Minx

    Hey emsique– Thanks for letting me pry into your life! How is the reaction in China to the new President?? What’s the word at the squid shop?

  • ceu

    And what about the batik??

  • jane

    BATIIIIIIK! dammit.

  • The Minx

    Yes!! What about the Batik that we were promised?!?Do we need to send out Trig and Natasha?

  • emsique

    Batik!!!!! I have not gotten a site or blog or anything, but I will I promise. Yunnan Province is north of Indochina and borders Viet Nam, Laos, and Myanmar. There are lots of ethnic tribal people there and they are famous for their fabrics. There are some really cool tapestries that I can get and I will eventually have a blog and will probably try to sell this stuff via the tubes.I will let you know when I get a site up, I swear!The Chinese people I talk to are pretty excited about Obama, although one friend doesn’t trust him because he is black, even though she has never even met a black person. They all really hated Boooosh. I can get them to toast him. “OBAMA!” makes a great drinking cry.We’ll see what happens. I read today that the Obama administration may take a harder stance against some of China’s actions, starting with their monetary policies. Booosh was kind of hands off in most regards. It would be nice if the US could start leading the way in climate change and pollution control. I think China would follow, since the people here really don’t like having cancer be the #1 killer.

  • The Minx

    Thanks much, Emsique! It’s unbelievably cool to have a friend on the other side of the world to give us the lowdown on squid, Chinese cartoons and Batik. I would be delighted to send money your way for silk and Batik (Chris would as well, and I’m sure there’s others…).

  • The Minx

    Well, Good Night all… As always, anyone that wishes to join me under the Slanket ™ for Pinot Grigio, cuddles and shallow conversation is welcome!