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Yes, thanks to Evil Bobby, I now know that my blog is rated:

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Wow. And how did I bring this R rating upon myself, pray tell? Well, the makers of this gadget say:

This rating was determined based on the presence of the following words:

• death (3x)
• bitch (2x)
• screwing (1x)

Yep, I’m a notoriously naughty old bawd, ain’t I? Don’t answer that. C’mon, let the nice old lady enjoy her racy reputation for just a moment.

Posted: December 1st, 2007 under General.
Comments: 6

From Media Matters, 09/21/2007:

Before MoveOn’s “General Betray Us,” there was Limbaugh’s “Senator Betrayus”

Summary: Rush Limbaugh has called the MoveOn.org “General Petraeus or General Betray Us?” advertisement “contemptible” and “indecent,” but months earlier, on his radio show, he told his audience that he had a new name for Senator Chuck Hagel: “Senator Betrayus.” Though Limbaugh has taken exception to accusations that he has attacked the patriotism of his political opponents, the “Senator Betrayus” remark is one of several instances in which Limbaugh has done so.

On September 10, MoveOn.org’s much-discussed advertisement headlined “General Petraeus or General Betray Us?” critical of Gen. David Petraeus, appeared in The New York Times. On the September 11 broadcast of his nationally syndicated radio show, Rush Limbaugh called the advertisement “contemptible” and “indecent.” However, months earlier, on his radio show, he told his audience that he had a new name for Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE): “Senator Betrayus.” On the January 25 broadcast (subscription required) of his radio show, Limbaugh broke from his commentary on an interview of Vice President Dick Cheney on the January 24 edition of CNN’s The Situation Room to say: “By the way, we had a caller call, couldn’t stay on the air, got a new name for Senator Hagel in Nebraska, we got General Petraeus and we got Senator Betrayus, new name for Senator Hagel.” A day earlier, Hagel had sided with Democrats on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in voting to approve a nonbinding resolution declaring that Bush’s escalation in Iraq was against “the national interest.”

In a September 10 blog post, Politico senior political writer Ben Smith reported that the General Betray Us ad “appears to have been borrowed indirectly from Rush Limbaugh and noted that “[a]ccording to a Free Republican [sic: Free Republic] diary, Rush took a call in January from a listener who suggested he contrast General Petraeus with Senator Chuck Betrayus — i.e., Hagel.” In the January 26 post Smith cited, Free Republic commenter “Recovering_Democrat” wrote that “Rush said on his show yesterday that a caller suggested the new name for Senator Hagel.”

Indeed, on the February 4 edition of ABC’s This Week, host George Stephanopoulos told Hagel that Limbaugh “calls you ‘Senator Betrayus.’ ” On the February 5 broadcast of his radio show, Limbaugh played an audio clip of Stephanopoulos telling Hagel that Limbaugh calls him “Senator Betrayus.” Limbaugh didn’t disavow the characterization; in fact, Limbaugh said in response to Hagel’s comments: “But note he doesn’t comment specifically on what I say. ‘Well, you know, Rush has to be somewhere, he can say whatever he wants,’ but didn’t dispute the substance of my point.”

On the September 14 edition of Fox News’ Fox & Friends, former Clinton White House special counsel Lanny Davis responded to questions about the MoveOn.org ad by suggesting that the ad was no less outrageous “than some of the hatemongering that I hear from Rush Limbaugh and some of the people on the right questioning the patriotism of people like MoveOn.org” and asking “why are you not questioning Rush Limbaugh attacking patriotism.” Fox News co-host and weatherman Steve Doocy said, “I’m sorry, but I don’t know what you’re talking about. I haven’t heard Rush Limbaugh do that. Later that day on his nationally syndicated radio show, Limbaugh played audio from Davis’ Fox & Friends appearance, and said: “I hope Fox does a program on me. I won’t participate in it because I don’t do that, but — what have I said? What in the world have I said? All I said was that they’re invested in defeat. I’ve said that it’s just — it’s unacceptable, it’s indecent the way they attack General Petraeus.”

Read the rest HERE

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Posted: September 24th, 2007 under Betray Us-Betrayus, General, MoveOn.org, Rush Limbaugh.
Comments: none

When last we checked in on Norm Coleman — Republican,  senator, and unstoppable juggernaut of, um, something or other – we were calling and emailing him last Wednesday morning to encourage him to support Amendment S. 2202 (same text as the Habeas Corpus Restoration Act (S.185) to the DOD Auth bill (HR 1585). 

And what was that all about?  

It was about restoring the writ of Habeas Corpus.  

And what’s that again? 

What’s Habeas Corpus?  Oh, just some stuff about the government not being allowed to detain you without telling you why you’re being detained, and also not being allowed to detain you indefinitely.

Wow, that Habeas Corpus thing sounds like a pretty good thing to have.  You mean we don’t have it anymore?  Since when?  

Since October 17th, 2006, when President George W Bush signed the Military Commissions Act of 2006.

OK, so last Wednesday there was a vote in Congress for or against Amendment S. 2202, which is also known as the Restore Habeas Corpus Act, correct?

Yep.

And how did Norm Coleman vote on it?

He voted against it. 

Seriously??  Wow.   Heckuva job there, Normie.

 

Norm-mentum!

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Posted: September 24th, 2007 under General, Habeas Corpus, Norm Coleman.
Comments: none

Hey, forget that lame, tired-ass TLAP crap. It’s so 48 hours ago! Are you ready for Pretend You’re a Time Traveler Day??

These are apparently the official rules, (via Koala Wallop):

Pretend to be a Time Traveler Day

You must spend the entire day in costume and character. The only rule is that you cannot actually tell anyone that you are a time traveler. Other than that, anything’s game.

There are three possible options:

1) Utopian/cliché Future - “If the Future did a documentary of the last fifty years, this is how badly the reenactors would dress.” Think Star Trek: TNG or the Time Travelers from Hob. Ever see how the society in Futurama sees the 20th century? Run with it. Your job is to dress with moderately anachronistic clothing and speak in slang from varying decades. Here are some good starters:

- Greet people by referring to things that don’t yet exist or haven’t existed for a long time. Example: “Have you penetrated the atmosphere lately?” “What spectrum will today’s broadcast be in?” and “Your king must be a kindly soul!”

- Show extreme ignorance in operating regular technology. Pay phones should be a complete mystery (try placing the receiver in odd places). Chuckle knowingly at cell phones.

2) Dystopian Future - This one offers a little more flexibility. It can be any kind of future from Terminator to Freejack. The important thing to remember is dress like a crazy person with armor. Black spray painted football pads, high tech visors, torn up trenchcoats and maybe even some dirt here or there. Remember, dystopian future travelers are very startled that they’ve gone back in time. Some starters:

- If you go the “prisoner who’s escaped the future” try shaving your head and putting a barcode on the back of your neck. Then stagger around and stare at the sky, as if you’ve never seen it before.

- Walk up to random people and say “WHAT YEAR IS THIS?” and when they tell you, get quiet and then say “Then there’s still time!” and run off.

- Stand in front of a statue (any statue, really), fall to your knees, and yell “NOOOOOOOOO”

- Stare at newspaper headlines and look astonished.

- Take some trinket with you (it can be anything really), hand it to some stranger, along with a phone number and say “In thirty years dial this number. You’ll know what to do after that.” Then slip away.

3) The Past - This one is more for beginners. Basically dress in period clothing (preferably Victorian era) and stagger around amazed at everything. Since the culture’s set in place already, you have more of a template to work off of. Some pointers:

- Airplanes are terrifying. Also, carry on conversations with televisions for a while.

- Discover and become obsessed with one trivial aspect of technology, like automatic grocery doors. Stay there for hours playing with it.

- Be generally terrified of people who are dressed immodestly compared to your era. Tattoos and shorts on women are especially scary.

And that’s it. Remember, the only real rule is staying in character and try to fit in. Never directly admit you’re a time traveler, and make really, really bad attempts at keeping a low profile. Naturally, the dystopian future has a little more leeway. And for the record, I’ve already tried out all of these in real life, in costume. It is so much fun you want to pee yourself.

I’ve set the tentative date for December 8th. Who’s in?

– Dresden Codak at Koala Wallop

(Yeah, I finally found the name of the guy who came up with this idea)

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December 8th? But that’s always Curtiss A John Lennon Tribute Day. Can’t you reschedule? Can’t we get Superman to fly around the earth real fast or sumpthin? Where’s my Delorean? I mean, the one with the flux capacitor? Come on, people, think!

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UPDATE:  Welcome, Stumble Upon visitors!  Wow, what a lot of traffic for one silly little post.   I have to apologize for the non-working link above (initially when you clicked on the “Time Masheen” picture, it launched a YouTube video snippet from the great, rapidly becoming a cult film IDIOCRACY.  Then the videos were yanked from YouTube — by the studio, probably — and the link doesn’t work anymore.)  Sorry.  Just go rent it; you will NOT be sorry.  ~

 

Posted: September 21st, 2007 under General, PYATT day.
Comments: 6

Via Spot, recently returned from an entire week spent refreshingly sans-intertubes.  Lucky dog… 

There will be a vote on cloture tomorrow morning, Wednesday at 10:30 AM, on the Habeas Corpus Restoration Act. There are still votes needed to overcome a filibuster on this important legislation. One of the fence sitters is, you guessed it, Norm Coleman. Please call and email Senator Coleman to vote to cut off debate and proceed to a vote on the bill.

You can reach Coleman as follows:

DC Office:

Main: 202-224-5641
Fax: 202-224-1152

St. Paul Office:

Main: 651-645-0323
Fax: 651-645-3110
Toll Free: 800-642-6041

Email webform  

CALL NOW! To reiterate what Spot said, this must be done NOW –the cloture vote is happening at 10:30AM Eastern Time this morning.

Please call or email Norm NOW about this very important vote.

Feel the Norm-mentum!