Monthly Archives: October 2008

McCarthy Redux

October 17, 2008
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Minnesota Republican Congresswoman Michelle Bachmann told Chris Matthews today that members of Congress should be investigated by the press to see whether they’re pro-American or anti-American. And this is the party of small government? Here’s her exact quote: “What I would say is that the news media should do a penetrating expose and take a look. I wish they would. I wish the American media would take a great look at the views of the people in Congress and find out if they are pro-America or anti-America,” she said. Let me get it straight. She thinks that people who...

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George Bush on Global Warming

October 17, 2008
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Hey, people, nature needs to listen to us! See more funny videos at Funny or Die

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live from the Lyle Lovett, John Hiatt show in Mobile

October 12, 2008
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LL: The older we get, the longer things stay new. LL and JH talk between songs about the English penchant for equestrian eroticism, the heroism of the guitar, and why musicians can never grow up. Update in the middle of the music: LL sings it like nobody else can: One bad move can turn your world upside down. It’s such a shame cause you’ve been so good up to now. Memo to the class of 88: if this gives you an “uh-oh, he’s right” sort of feeling, maybe you had one martini too many at the Skyview Lounge.

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Monday a.m. Channel 5

October 12, 2008
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I’ll be stopping by the 9:00 a.m. show at WKRG, channel 5, on Monday, Oct. 13. for a quickie segment…will be sure to give a shout-out to the class of 88.

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Mobile State of Mind

October 12, 2008
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How deeply the quiet sets in here…you can stand on a street corner at noon and hear nothing but the trees. One has the sudden desire to sleep all day and get up for beer and oysters just before sundown.Time takes on the woozy contours of a sloe gin fizz. When I first met my husband, who is from San Francisco, he said I walked more slowly than anyone he’d ever known. He said that in the time it took me to traverse a city block, he could read the New York Times cover to cover. Now I understand...

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