tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-360431692024-03-13T16:59:42.591-04:00Rip and ReadA Quick Look at the News of the Day. Perhaps a fast rant or two...if I have time during coffee...
Or sometimes
We just skip the news and talk about feelings and crap.Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17718142945396444639noreply@blogger.comBlogger360125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36043169.post-23744754277512068142014-04-29T19:31:00.003-04:002014-04-29T19:35:26.730-04:00Speech is Free...but not free from consequences.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Yes, just as we saw when poor old Paula Deen <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paula_Deen#Racial_epithet_controversy" target="_blank">put her foot in her mouth</a>, we are hearing some people protest that poor old Don Sterling is being abused.<br />
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WHAT ABOUT HIS RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH????? (<a href="http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/readersrespond/bs-ed-donald-sterling-letter-20140429,0,7565261.story" target="_blank">Here's one</a>, I've seen others on Facebook)<br />
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So, here it is: the first amendment in all it's glory (no, this is NOT sarcasm). <br />
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Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or
prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of
speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to
assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution#cite_note-1">[1]</a></sup></blockquote>
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<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1"><span style="font-size: small;">That means that you have the right to say what you will, to express your opinions without getting arrested.</span></sup><br />
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<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1"><span style="font-size: small;">That does not mean you have a FREE PASS to run your mouth like an Idiot and make people sit still and listen.</span></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1"><span style="font-size: small;"> IE- Speech is free, but carries consequences.</span></sup><br />
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<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1"><span style="font-size: small;">So, just a review for any of out there who are STILL TOO STUPID to understand how this works.</span></sup><br />
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<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1"><span style="font-size: small;">1) Yes, you (and Paula Deen and Don Sterling) have the right to express your opinion without getting arrested.</span></sup><br />
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<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1"><span style="font-size: small;">2) Yes, I (and the news media, and NAACP, and the President, and the busboy at the local Denny's) also have the right to call you a RASCIST PREJUDICED ASSHOLE...</span></sup><br />
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<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1"><span style="font-size: small;">3) We further have the right to say that, we will not associate with you, that you have the right to your backwards opinion, but that we have the right not to Employ You, Like You, or Buy Your Stuff.</span> </sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></sup><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1">YOU</sup></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1">DON'T</sup></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1">GET </sup></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1">A </sup></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1">FREE </sup></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1">PASS</sup></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1">TO</sup></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1">BE</sup></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1">A </sup></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1">JERK-</sup></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1">EVER! </sup></span></div>
<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1"><br /></sup>
<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1"><span style="font-size: small;">All you are promised is that you won't go to jail for being a jerk, unless you hurt somebody. </span> </sup><br />
<br />Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17718142945396444639noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36043169.post-58130952017544885732012-08-12T15:30:00.002-04:002012-08-12T19:57:12.379-04:00Ray Gaster: Sign of the TimesSomebody just sent me an email with a picture in it. It says it shows a sign, posted outside of Ray Gaster's Georgia Hardware Store.<br />
Here's the photo:<br />
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So, I wrote my friend back with my response to Ole Ray....<br />
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<span id="yui_3_2_0_1_1344782634920955">Humm-</span></div>
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I
seem to see a ROAD out front in that there piture- that must be what
the customers come on to get to Ray's place...did Ole Ray build that by
hizmself? ( Oh I know he pays taxes, 'cause his kind don't never stop bitchin about their damn taxes...but do you think he paid for it ALL by himself...heck, does he even think GEORGIA paid for it by itself...no sir, I betcha some of that there road money came down from wealthier states like New York and Massachusetts...simple fact is, them liberal Yankees pay even MORE taxes than Ray...you can look it up.)</div>
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Ray also
seems to be in the lumber biddness...I'm thinking that timber must have
bin brung ta to him on Gov't build roads, or by Gov't subsidized
rail...hum, maybe BOTH...or do you reckon Ole Ray went out to Seattle to
get that wood hizself?</div>
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I'm
assumin' that ole Ray has some help at that there lumber yard. I
betcha most of them boys he got workin' for him can prolly read and
write at least enough to deal with a loadin' slip, or packin invoice,
and they can maybe run a cash register, too.
You recken Ole Ray waited 18 years to open his store while he taught
them kids who work for him reading, writin' and 'rithmatic?</div>
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Oh,
and I was just thinkin'....lumber's expensive, seems to me people might
just take it if it weren't for all them gov't paid cops in them gov't
cars on gov't roads...and it's dangerous working with them saws and
all...but I betcha Ray does all his own doctorning and fire
departmentering, too, huh?</div>
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Now Ray MIGHT keep all his money that he made, after doing everything hizself without any help from his tax payin fellow citizens, in an old Bucket out behind the shed. But just Maybe
Ray keeps his money in a bank and earns interest on it...he may also have
had ta borrow some to finance that there store...now, who keeps the
banks from collapsing every time there's money trouble...which seems
like always...maybe it's Ray, er, maybe it's the FDIC. (That'd be
FEDERAL Insurance Deposit Corporation).</div>
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Did
Ray loan all them people the money to build or add on
to their homes or new construction? How 'bout them small business loans,
did Ray make em? Unless Ray owns a hell of a lot more than one
lumberyard in Georgia, I'm thinking that might be a bit outta Ray's
reach. But I betcha Ray's real happy to take their money when they come into the store fer lumber an sich....</div>
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And don't
tell Ray about all the kids that went on to college to learn how to keep
the electricity on, build a faster saw or better, cheaper paint to
sell, trucks to drive in, or computers to keep track of his
inventory...a lot of them kids at least got a Gov't loan to that, if not
an out right gov't grant.</div>
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We
don't even need to talk about the billions and billions of dollars the
Government spends every day to keep the the bad guys on their side of
the ocean...</div>
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Hell's
bells, Ray don't even have to deal with food riots, 'cause, although we
only spend about 8
percent of our money on what Ray would call "Welfare", it's enough to
keep most of them folks feed and quiet (hell some of them kids even grow
up to go to school on the Gov't's dime and make stuff fer Ray's
biddness).</div>
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My
thoughts on Ray are this: he's entitled to his opinion, and I'm entitled
to mine...and my opinion is that Ray's opinion of himself and his
abilities as an EntrepRayneer are just a lettle bit inflated...I don't
know Ray, but judging by how his sign seems to indicate he thinks he's
holdin' the sky up all by hizself, I'm thinking he prolly thinks his
turds smell like Roses, too.</div>
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Ray...you think you did it all by yourself...and I think you're full of shit. Me and three hundred million other Americans helped make the world safe and ready for your buisness...you could at least say: Thanks instead of bitchin all the time.<br />
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WAKE UP...AMERICA IS A TEAM SPORT!</div>
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I'm Alex Ball<br />
and I approve THIS message.<br />
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PS- Ray, if you can prove you did all this by yurself, I will gladly drive to Georgia and kiss your ass. <br />
<br />
Here's another great take on this story- with an annotated photo:<br />
http://irregulartimes.com/index.php/archives/2012/08/05/ray-gaster-built-his-business-with-a-lot-of-government-help/Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17718142945396444639noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36043169.post-49347814531462437802012-06-08T20:33:00.001-04:002012-06-08T20:46:22.906-04:00Mitt Romney wants it both ways.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWIwuyEfh94LZJmBQdbSf8OjJ1ewZUbwET2wmQUsAW8jyC99kpcnKTpT0ZlMaEjBWGmUYDrC8th4Wa33CltPawz28UyNaG-1z7xcnne5K6os3O5jdUNkFfeqhwG4CGIwQ28FyI/s1600/Romney-Red.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWIwuyEfh94LZJmBQdbSf8OjJ1ewZUbwET2wmQUsAW8jyC99kpcnKTpT0ZlMaEjBWGmUYDrC8th4Wa33CltPawz28UyNaG-1z7xcnne5K6os3O5jdUNkFfeqhwG4CGIwQ28FyI/s200/Romney-Red.jpg" width="100" /></a>
My Republican friends love to tell me: "You can't just keep blaming George W. Bush. Sooner or later, you've got to take responsibility for your performance."<br />
<br />
Well, <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/06/us/politics/obama-romney-and-economic-slumps.html" target="_blank">Mitt Romney has been trying to have it both ways</a>. On the one hand, he lambasts the President for poor job performance. On the OTHER hand...he explains away his terrible record in Massachusetts when it comes to job creation by saying that he inherted the mess and that he really shouldn't be held responsible for his first three years in office. <br />
<br />
Here's a great little counter punch from the Obama Campaign.<br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/0vw6NrnbXhM?rel=0" width="560"></iframe>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17718142945396444639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36043169.post-20787817099133261552012-03-19T10:19:00.001-04:002012-03-19T10:19:34.745-04:00MWMB 35: Worse than Dead Fish<div class='posterous_autopost'><div style="color: #000; background-color: #fff; font-family: tahoma, new york, times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">After two weeks in an open can, not many things are worse than dead fish. A podcast about politics is one of them however. Due to laziness on the part of our producer, MWMB weighs in on things that happened eons ago...before St. Paddy's day, even. STILL, in every clod of dirt is at least one small shiny thing....so, skip to the end and find out why we REALLY have daylight savings time and what giant crickets had to do with it. Enjoy.<br /></div><p><div class='p_embed p_audio_embed'> <a href="http://mwmb.posterous.com/mwmb-35-worse-than-dead-fish"><img alt="" src="http://posterous.com/images/filetypes/mp3.png" /></a> <div class='p_embed_description'> <span class='p_id3'><strong>Mwmb 31: Like Fishheads</strong> by Mwmb</span> <a href="http://mwmb.posterous.com/mwmb-35-worse-than-dead-fish">Listen on Posterous</a> </div> </div> </p><p><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <img alt="Mwmb35_deadfish" height="252" src="http://getfile5.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/mwmb/LJ1MjD4jJlPUQmnynEhr1LmWUxphjxHmUyhImxEH41nVmgEEoBc2MjzbFSFt/MWMB35_DeadFish.jpg" width="252" /> </div> </p></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17718142945396444639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36043169.post-63895137475100816212012-03-05T20:43:00.001-05:002012-03-05T20:43:23.200-05:00MWMB 34: Rush to Judgement<div class='posterous_autopost'><div style="color: #000; background-color: #fff; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Talk politics with your virtual friends as MWMB returns to the webwaves after a month long hiatus. Alex learns that he missed Strauss Kahn going to jail in France, the warm friendly hand of Putin caressing the Russian voters, and of course, we talk about how Rush Limbaugh put his foot in his mouth. Sandra Fluke offered the Testimony that she was not allowed to give on the floor of Congress and Rush calls her a nasty, nasty word. <br /></div><p><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <img alt="Mwmb34_rushtojudgement" height="252" src="http://getfile7.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/mwmb/WnTMbR6fPiIWJWh1YYllHRCDWy0UIOiLIzU7imHJA225bI840yFGxGDtiSVX/MWMB34_RushToJudgement.jpg" width="252" /> </div> </p><p><div class='p_embed p_audio_embed'> <a href="http://mwmb.posterous.com/mwmb-34-rush-to-judgement"><img alt="" src="http://posterous.com/images/filetypes/mp3.png" /></a> <div class='p_embed_description'> <span class='p_id3'><strong>Mwmb 34: Rush To Judgement</strong></span> <a href="http://mwmb.posterous.com/mwmb-34-rush-to-judgement">Listen on Posterous</a> </div> </div> </p></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17718142945396444639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36043169.post-73661594271476979682012-02-19T08:37:00.001-05:002012-02-19T08:37:01.718-05:00MWMB 33: The Wilhelm Scream<div class='posterous_autopost'><div style="color: #000; background-color: #fff; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><p />CHECK IT OUT! Episode 33 is up at http://mwmb.posterous.com/ <br />This show, while less than fresh (I got ambushed by a lot of real work, so it's been in the can a while), is still fun. Romney says that being 62.3 times richer that Barack Obama means he's "more in touch" with the American people. Barack Obama then says that JESUS wants you to pay more taxes. Cabbage Patch Geoff catches a Giant Bass. And you don't want to miss Jim the Hammer reading a letter from Jourdan Anderson...a former slave who's master has asked him to return to the plantation. As always, it's a crazy world, and we're just two regular guys trying to keep up...it's enough to make you want to give the WILHELM SCREAM.<p /><br />Links<br />One Million Homophobes...uh, sorry, Moms<br /> <span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: TimesNewRoman;"><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/one-million-moms-pushes-j-c-penney-drop-172100041.htm">http://news.yahoo.com/one-million-moms-pushes-j-c-penney-drop-172100041.htm</a></span><p />Obama: Who Would Jesus Tax?<br /><a href="http://money.cnn.com/2012/02/02/news/economy/obama_tax_rich_jesus/?hpt=hp_t2">http://money.cnn.com/2012/02/02/news/economy/obama_tax_rich_jesus/?hpt=hp_t2</a><p />Romney In Touch<br /><a href="http://articles.boston.com/2012-02-02/nation/31013447_1_mitt-romney-campaign-manager-republican-candidates">http://articles.boston.com/2012-02-02/nation/31013447_1_mitt-romney-campaign-...</a><p />The Jourdan Anderson Letter<br /><a href="http://www.lettersofnote.com/2012/01/to-my-old-master.html">http://www.lettersofnote.com/2012/01/to-my-old-master.html</a><p />The Wilhelm Scream Compilation<br /><iframe allowfullscreen="true" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/cdbYsoEasio?rel=0" frameborder="0" height="315" width="420"></iframe><p />Cletus Take the Reel<br /> <div><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Zfs3BJZxKkc?wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen frameborder="0" height="417" width="500"></iframe></div> <br />And the song it's based on: Jesus Take the Wheel.<br /> <span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Times New Roman;"><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/lydBPm2KRaU?wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen frameborder="0" height="417" width="500"></iframe><p /><br /></span><p /><p /><br /></div><p><div class='p_embed p_audio_embed'> <a href="http://mwmb.posterous.com/mwmb-33-the-wilhelm-scream"><img alt="" src="http://posterous.com/images/filetypes/mp3.png" /></a> <div class='p_embed_description'> <span class='p_id3'><strong>Mwmb 33: Wilhelm Scream</strong> by Mwmb</span> <a href="http://mwmb.posterous.com/mwmb-33-the-wilhelm-scream">Listen on Posterous</a> </div> </div> </p><p><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <img alt="Copy_of_copy_of_dadsbigfish" height="276" src="http://getfile9.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/mwmb/jzGPDDe2mWw83FonPMIMvLCvRRtbieIaPwNrpYhcsSPWDZWVKBmzNOadhrCR/Copy_of_Copy_of_DadsBigFish.jpg" width="448" /> <a href="http://getfile3.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/mwmb/CA2P8IPWHPjuz4X8BvI1tzniANRM6sgZx23KaMqERn2Pfk3BFvEC67C59ahU/African_American_slaves_Planta.jpg"><img alt="African_american_slaves_planta" height="625" src="http://getfile4.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/mwmb/fIj1oNoJM6j4wunzphcwrR0qLtGWmyCCXfd4vtsnWsZbvfzowvK48WqNl3s4/African_American_slaves_Planta.jpg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" /></a> <img alt="Mwmb33_thewilhelmscream" height="252" src="http://getfile8.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/mwmb/5wPMblVZa6BHv0Kn0YsGMpGRnWGyFOBSkWJ0Zk826z1JOqUn6cDwlwUZRJwx/MWMB33_TheWilhelmScream.jpg" width="252" /> <div class='p_see_full_gallery'><a href="http://mwmb.posterous.com/mwmb-33-the-wilhelm-scream">See the full gallery on Posterous</a></div> </div> </p></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17718142945396444639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36043169.post-7988614437480728582012-01-31T07:03:00.001-05:002012-01-31T07:03:20.917-05:00Fw: MWMB 32: So Far Away...<div class='posterous_autopost'><div style="color: #000; background-color: #fff; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div><div style="color: #000; background-color: #fff; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">And away we go...FAR AWAY. This week, the boys see if they can fight in a bipartisan manner while separated by two continents and the world's largest ocean...that's almost as far as the distance between the Republican and Democratic sides of the Aisle. Jim tells us how the good people in the Republic of Georgia are reacting to the GOP Primaries...Canada throws it's hat into the American Presidential Race...and Jim and Alex fight over Obama...again. Please listen, we need the clicks. 10 more new listeners and we get a star on <a href="http://NowDefunctSearchEngine.com" target="_blank">NowDefunctSearchEngine.com</a><br /> </div></div><p /> </div><p><div class='p_embed p_audio_embed'> <a href="http://mwmb.posterous.com/fw-mwmb-32-so-far-away"><img alt="" src="http://posterous.com/images/filetypes/mp3.png" /></a> <div class='p_embed_description'> <span class='p_id3'><strong>Mwmb 32: So Far Away. </strong> by Mwmb</span> <a href="http://mwmb.posterous.com/fw-mwmb-32-so-far-away">Listen on Posterous</a> </div> </div> </p><p><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <img alt="Mwmb32_sofaraway" height="252" src="http://getfile2.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/mwmb/qfA2cAhvOs1eGdzTNP3Ogi8RHgeFy30Xt1z8k6NBtJvwssYAEJh9PZIoQcH5/MWMB32_SoFarAway.jpg" width="252" /> </div> </p></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17718142945396444639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36043169.post-85152737018069576662012-01-22T11:50:00.001-05:002012-01-22T11:50:44.094-05:00MWMB 31: The British Are Coming (The Italians Are Sinking...)<div class='posterous_autopost'><div style="color: #000; background-color: #fff; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">MWMB welcomes Ru and Jon, two British Subjects, who school Alex and Jim on why America drives them crazy. Jim and Alex enjoy <span style="font-style: italic;">ALL</span> the fun of a down home South Carolina Primary (and MITT ROMNEY SPEAKS FRENCH). And Alex risks going to hell eternal without possibility of parole (or pasta) by ridiculing the idea that an Italian should have EVER been made a ship captain. Cabbage Patch Geoff sings a little love/hate song to Mitt Romney. <span style="font-style: italic;"> </span><br style="font-style: italic;" /><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span> <div class="almost_half_cell" style="font-style: italic;"><div style=""><span class="short_text"><span class="hps alt-edited">Mangia</span><span class="">!</span> <span class="hps alt-edited">Mangia</span><span class="">!</span> <span class="hps">Buon divertimento!<p /><br /><span>LINKS:</span><br />Mitt's Worth:<br /></span></span> <div><a href="http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2007/moneymag/0712/gallery.candidates.moneymag/6.html">http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2007/moneymag/0712/gallery.candidates.moneymag/6.html</a></div> <br /> <div><a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/elongreen/whats-mitt-romney-really-worth-4yyh">http://www.buzzfeed.com/elongreen/whats-mitt-romney-really-worth-4yyh</a></div> <br /><span class="short_text"><span class="hps alt-edited">Je m'appelle</span> <span class="hps">Mitt</span> <span class="hps">Romney<p /><a href="http://www.kansascity.com/2012/01/14/3370576/tv-ad-wars-tell-new-story-in-gop.html">http://www.kansascity.com/2012/01/14/3370576/tv-ad-wars-tell-new-story-in-gop...</a><p />BRITISH BIAS<p />Kentucky Chuch:<br /><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/dec/01/kentucky-church-bans-interracial-couples">http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/dec/01/kentucky-church-bans-interracial-...</a><p />Skipper:<br /><a href="http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/01/20/what-the-costa-concordias-captain-can-tell-us-about-bravery-or-lack-thereof/">http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/01/20/what-the-costa-concordias-captain-can...</a><br /></span></span></div></div> </div><p><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <img alt="Mwmb31_thebritisharecoming" height="252" src="http://getfile5.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/mwmb/qYi9DY22uRt9W5knKVQiUGeCGZf0BpGXgzP2EqQgtTrrV6ILJZIJFiQ8a6Z1/MWMB31_TheBritishAreComing.jpg" width="252" /> </div> </p><p><div class='p_embed p_audio_embed'> <a href="http://mwmb.posterous.com/mwmb-31-the-british-are-coming-the-italians-a"><img alt="" src="http://posterous.com/images/filetypes/mp3.png" /></a> <div class='p_embed_description'> <span class='p_id3'><strong>Mwmb 31: The British Are Coming</strong> by Mwmb</span> <a href="http://mwmb.posterous.com/mwmb-31-the-british-are-coming-the-italians-a">Listen on Posterous</a> </div> </div> </p></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17718142945396444639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36043169.post-61583834636370965012012-01-13T13:12:00.001-05:002012-01-13T13:12:56.219-05:00MWMB 30: Peeing On the Taliban!<div class='posterous_autopost'><div style="color: #000; background-color: #fff; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Peeing on the Taliban. Math gets Racist. Obama's Bush Doctrine. Cabbage Patch Geoff's "Ode to Mitt Romney & the Pink Slip". Jim held captive in Canada. Plus: Driving Miss Daisy to the Ho-House and a spoon swallowing dog. It's week 30 of MWMB. Like us on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/pages/MWMB/172919632788125) , listen to us on your iphone, elect us President. We'll do the rest. <p /><br />LINKS:<br />Peeing On the Taliban:<br /><a href="http://www.usatoday.com/video/index.htm?bctid=1385251955001&csp=ipmpv#/Marines">http://www.usatoday.com/video/index.htm?bctid=1385251955001&csp=ipmpv#/Ma...</a>+probe+video+allegedly+showing+urination+on+dead+Taliban/1385251955001<p />Racist Math:<br /><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2012/01/georgia-school-investigates-slave-math-problems/">http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2012/01/georgia-school-investigates-sla...</a><p />MItt Romney Firing People:<br /><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=newssearch&cd=1&ved=0CC8QqQIwAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.poconorecord.com%2Fapps%2Fpbcs.dll%2Farticle%3FAID%3D%2F20120113%2FNEWS04%2F201130317%2F-1%2FNEWSMAP&ctbm=nws&ei=KXAQT8KUOsWosAL-p8n8Aw&usg=AFQjCNGYv7amrRRqbHgOvfV_5O95lqCB-g&sig2=qzeKB84dfcksCgG2N0WNpQ">http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=newssea...</a><p /><p /><br /><p /> </div><p><div class='p_embed p_audio_embed'> <a href="http://mwmb.posterous.com/mwmb-30-peeing-on-the-taliban"><img alt="" src="http://posterous.com/images/filetypes/mp3.png" /></a> <div class='p_embed_description'> <span class='p_id3'><strong>Mwmb 30: Peeing On The Taliban</strong> by Mwmb</span> <a href="http://mwmb.posterous.com/mwmb-30-peeing-on-the-taliban">Listen on Posterous</a> </div> </div> </p><p><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <img alt="Mwmb30_peeing_on_the_taliba" height="252" src="http://getfile6.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/mwmb/CBfUxkGMa4L6d0jbOMjFVukWJelEzQ9rL7L0KBQHMLXQOQquEV8UvQsi0E9q/MWMB30_Peeing_On_The_Taliba.jpg" width="252" /> <img alt="Peeing_calvin" height="375" src="http://getfile0.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/mwmb/0aYBHtDYBp5EfpOBgktKICQ1DtZk2SiA0HExSHOXihQ4YTraxeRXfvostNNQ/Peeing_Calvin.jpg" width="332" /> <div class='p_see_full_gallery'><a href="http://mwmb.posterous.com/mwmb-30-peeing-on-the-taliban">See the full gallery on Posterous</a></div> </div> </p></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17718142945396444639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36043169.post-67475800221575612032012-01-06T09:24:00.001-05:002012-01-06T09:24:36.848-05:00Fw: MWMB 29: New Year..Same Old S#*t!<div class='posterous_autopost'><div style="color: #000; background-color: #fff; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div>Join us dear listener...MWMB discusses what a bummer 2011 was, the EVIL of Canada, a recap (or is that: kneecap?) of Iowa...and Jim, perhaps surprisingly, ends up being a LOT more worried about the police powers in the new defense bill than Alex was...will Obama lock us up in Gitmo? Could be. Geoff (who was actually READY for the Christmas show that we didn't do) gives us "Pipeline for Christmas" and Jim and Alex have three candidates for this weeks salute Also, we answer the question: what can you do with stolen batteries, make-up, and power bars? Answer: What CAN'T you do? Give us 20 minutes of your time and we'll give you....this show! PLUS Alex Geofferies and Jim the Hammer let slip their real identities...you'll be amazed at who they are. (Such a deal.)<span><br /></span></div><p /> </div><p><div class='p_embed p_audio_embed'> <a href="http://mwmb.posterous.com/fw-mwmb-29-new-yearsame-old-st"><img alt="" src="http://posterous.com/images/filetypes/mp3.png" /></a> <div class='p_embed_description'> <span class='p_id3'><strong>Mwmb 29: New Year. Same Old Sh - T!</strong> by Mwmb</span> <a href="http://mwmb.posterous.com/fw-mwmb-29-new-yearsame-old-st">Listen on Posterous</a> </div> </div> </p><p><div class='p_embed p_file_embed'> <a href="http://mwmb.posterous.com/fw-mwmb-29-new-yearsame-old-st"><img alt="" src="http://posterous.com/images/filetypes/unknown.png" /></a> <div class='p_embed_description'> <strong>MWMB29_NewYear-SameOldSh-t.psd</strong> <a href="http://getfile2.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/mwmb/JbKZV453grWCZpcNtUjl6jL7jpGPU9JYtUEC50eWpqmvrHvMXI0qhpuQfXRS/MWMB29_NewYear-SameOldSh-t.psd">Download this file</a> </div> </div> </p></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17718142945396444639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36043169.post-78563188446308286822011-12-12T23:58:00.001-05:002011-12-12T23:58:02.953-05:00MWMB 28: Another Day in the Saltmines<div class='posterous_autopost'><div style="color: #000; background-color: #fff; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Join us, dear listener...we've got really bad tasteless humor, Rick Perry's weird anti-gay ad, Blogo goes to Jail, the TSA goes to town on an old lady, Cabbage Patch Geoff sings, and Alex reveals just how very, very tired he is of business as usual here in the good old USofA...can Jim pull him out of it? Listen and find out.<br /><p /> </div><p><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <img alt="Mwmb28_saltmines" height="252" src="http://getfile9.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/misterbell1987/4fQyKkmwcsYJZIjEz4CkxGA1OYGCFqN713WI7f6SBBvFqQ99odKoM6pq61oP/MWMB28_Saltmines.jpg" width="252" /> </div> </p><p><div class='p_embed p_audio_embed'> <a href="http://misterbell1987.posterous.com/mwmb-28-another-day-in-the-saltmines"><img alt="" src="http://posterous.com/images/filetypes/mp3.png" /></a> <div class='p_embed_description'> <span class='p_id3'><strong>Mwmb 28: Saltmines</strong> by Mwmb</span> <a href="http://misterbell1987.posterous.com/mwmb-28-another-day-in-the-saltmines">Listen on Posterous</a> </div> </div> </p></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17718142945396444639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36043169.post-84746796351239504262011-12-02T10:01:00.001-05:002011-12-02T10:01:22.847-05:00MWMB 27: Black Friday<div class='posterous_autopost'><div style="color: #000; background-color: #fff; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div>Death on Black Friday. Robot prison guards. Newt Gingrich at the top of the polls. Plus Ronald Reagan smokes pot and Dick Nixon is Tanned Rested and Ready for 2012. Political Talk, Lame Humor...it's just like an evening with friends. Pop open a beer and join us for the 27th Episode of Middle Aged White Men Bitching. <span></span></div><p /><div>Links:</div><p /><p /><div>Clinton Praises Newt<br /></div> <div><a href="http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/11/27/bill-clinton-says-gingrich-surge-a-result-of-thoughtful-positions/">http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/11/27/bill-clinton-says-gingrich-surge-a-result-of-thoughtful-positions/</a></div> <p /><div>Robot Prison Guards<br /></div> <div><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-15893772">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-15893772</a></div> </div><p><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <img alt="Mwmb27_blackfriday" height="252" src="http://getfile2.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/misterbell1987/W6kkdBHgRFBSrH8PMEcGjQkVzMDO4uzjaxXhuRC51H3d5ukEWT6abcTzNKGj/MWMB27_BlackFriday.jpg" width="252" /> </div> </p><p><div class='p_embed p_audio_embed'> <a href="http://misterbell1987.posterous.com/mwmb-27-black-friday"><img alt="" src="http://posterous.com/images/filetypes/mp3.png" /></a> <div class='p_embed_description'> <span class='p_id3'><strong>Mwmb 27: Black Friday</strong> by Mwmb</span> <a href="http://misterbell1987.posterous.com/mwmb-27-black-friday">Listen on Posterous</a> </div> </div> </p></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17718142945396444639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36043169.post-39630497635630989152011-11-17T21:40:00.001-05:002011-11-17T21:40:40.625-05:00MWMB 26: Work without Reward<div class='posterous_autopost'><div style="color: #000; background-color: #fff; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">This week...Work Without Reward. Feel like everybody is getting bailed out but you? So does MWMB. This week, Jim and Alex discuss an article which claims that Americans on both the Right and the Left are looking for a government that ties work and rewards together. Plus, fun from Herman Cain, Rick Perry, Barack Obama and Cabbage Patch Geoff favors us with a verse as well....OH YES, find out why the state of Vermont Sued ITSELF! It's all here on MWMB...join us, won't you?<br /><p /> </div><p><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <img alt="Mwmb26_workwithoutreward" height="252" src="http://getfile5.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/misterbell1987/JC4srYVmEXeMT0eOwuaHNSAGfxvg1knijKirQvalN8eO1qtVwr5Ro7Vcruwv/MWMB26_WorkWithoutReward.jpg" width="252" /> </div> </p><p><div class='p_embed p_audio_embed'> <a href="http://misterbell1987.posterous.com/mwmb-26-work-without-reward"><img alt="" src="http://posterous.com/images/filetypes/mp3.png" /></a> <div class='p_embed_description'> <span class='p_id3'><strong>Mwmb 26 Work Without Reward</strong> by Mwmb</span> <a href="http://misterbell1987.posterous.com/mwmb-26-work-without-reward">Listen on Posterous</a> </div> </div> </p></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17718142945396444639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36043169.post-47150533903708171212011-11-09T15:02:00.001-05:002011-11-09T15:02:22.342-05:00MWMB 25: Pizzza, Sex & Tax Free Booze<div class='posterous_autopost'><div style="color: #000; background-color: #fff; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Please listen! We're your friends! MWMB is back this week. Jim and Alex discuss the Herman Cain scandal, debate if Rick Perry is drunk or just weird, and bring you a great story about a forklift robbery! Geoff sings! Comet barks. And we have a special salute to the Marines! Join us! What have you got to lose?<p /> </div><p><div class='p_embed p_audio_embed'> <a href="http://misterbell1987.posterous.com/mwmb-25-pizzza-sex-tax-free-booze"><img alt="" src="http://posterous.com/images/filetypes/mp3.png" /></a> <div class='p_embed_description'> <span class='p_id3'><strong>Mwmb 25: Pizza, Sex & Tax Free Booze</strong> by Mwmb</span> <a href="http://misterbell1987.posterous.com/mwmb-25-pizzza-sex-tax-free-booze">Listen on Posterous</a> </div> </div> </p><p><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <img alt="Mwmb25_pizzasexbooze" height="252" src="http://getfile2.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/misterbell1987/cggONwDVLr1FpRHaZc3C3vZhNaXsAryjjdegI6xAzxY77PEow3eiBWp3Jeqj/MWMB25_PizzaSexBooze.jpg" width="252" /> </div> </p></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17718142945396444639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36043169.post-19942783823194261242011-10-25T14:34:00.001-04:002011-10-25T14:34:52.288-04:00MWMB 24: The Comet & Geoff Show<div class='posterous_autopost'><div style="color: #000; background-color: #fff; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div>Alex was at the <span style="font-style: italic;">Al Franken Cry-Babies Anonymous Vegan Bar-B-Que and Air Force Bake Sale</span> this week, and Jim was at an undisclosed location with the <span class="yshortcuts">Montana</span> Militia somewhere near Mount Limbaugh. Honestly, we'd just planed on picking up the show next week. Imagine our surprise when we returned and found this tape from <span class="yshortcuts">Cabbage Patch</span> Geoff and Comet the Conservative Talking Wonder Dog....seems like the end of Kadafi was worth a song....right on!</div></div><p><div class='p_embed p_file_embed'> <a href="http://misterbell1987.posterous.com/mwmb-24-the-comet-geoff-show"><img alt="" src="http://posterous.com/images/filetypes/unknown.png" /></a> <div class='p_embed_description'> <strong>MWMB24_Comet-Geoff.psd</strong> <a href="http://getfile8.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/misterbell1987/2wFZ8JwIMDl45kbYqr6BaFxYut1AwYnG3kdeGLXdF6N0j0jRGx3uHjsUyOXZ/MWMB24_Comet-Geoff.psd">Download this file</a> </div> </div> </p><p><div class='p_embed p_audio_embed'> <a href="http://misterbell1987.posterous.com/mwmb-24-the-comet-geoff-show"><img alt="" src="http://posterous.com/images/filetypes/mp3.png" /></a> <div class='p_embed_description'> <span class='p_id3'><strong>Mwmb 24 Comet & Geoff</strong> by Mwmb</span> <a href="http://misterbell1987.posterous.com/mwmb-24-the-comet-geoff-show">Listen on Posterous</a> </div> </div> </p></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17718142945396444639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36043169.post-65309597328422239062011-10-25T09:12:00.006-04:002011-10-25T09:25:02.749-04:00A New Bumper Sticker for you...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2NPQPqMQGrDcZ4EKUGmoTcAC6FfI5lwqI09UsobLGwyomnPBD5NvjexCAYrTkCFUIQp-8wpxW3eRbPNRp7BmMZBfCx3H9W4RhEaQgvcRxf33bc2WyMW73ewLuT1YVWr_n7Im5/s1600/Christian-Bumpersticker.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 133px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2NPQPqMQGrDcZ4EKUGmoTcAC6FfI5lwqI09UsobLGwyomnPBD5NvjexCAYrTkCFUIQp-8wpxW3eRbPNRp7BmMZBfCx3H9W4RhEaQgvcRxf33bc2WyMW73ewLuT1YVWr_n7Im5/s400/Christian-Bumpersticker.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5667419221966400338" border="0" /></a><br /><br />This morning, as I was driving my wife to work, I fell in behind a car covered with bumper stickers...anti-choice, tea party, Jesus, and a bumper sticker that said "I [heart] my wife"...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4MzO2TD_SfeddRiChNy28r_ZP8RR-NDCDldy0l-y5ClVfahjRO0aJBzMNFS6TXWJnmYpjRWIx8pl_Sks18xwrfs4lpQmbbWkce55j83igJCuMUXLeQirUOjLKTcdOKHnrhJkn/s1600/Love-Wife.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4MzO2TD_SfeddRiChNy28r_ZP8RR-NDCDldy0l-y5ClVfahjRO0aJBzMNFS6TXWJnmYpjRWIx8pl_Sks18xwrfs4lpQmbbWkce55j83igJCuMUXLeQirUOjLKTcdOKHnrhJkn/s200/Love-Wife.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5667419000427579714" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Wow, I [heart] mine too...but putting it on a bumper sticker seems, well, kind of icky. Of course, I recognized it as being from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Promise_Keepers#Criticism">Promise Keepers</a>...<br /><br />Anyway, I realized that, what this person REALLY needed was ONE bumper sticker that covered it all. So, Rip and Read has fashioned the one you see above...Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17718142945396444639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36043169.post-52573826637487523132011-10-20T11:24:00.001-04:002011-10-20T11:24:22.219-04:00MWMB 23: Wiener Nation<div class='posterous_autopost'><div style="color: #000; background-color: #fff; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><p /><div>We’re back!<span style=""> </span>Right Wing Jim and Liberal Alex return as Middle Aged White Men Bit---er, Complaining (It’s a Family Show).<span style=""> </span>Comet the Talking Conservative Wonder Dog visits “Occupy Wall Street”.<span style=""> </span>Jim and Alex discuss the merits of Canadian Beer. President Obama hits the road again and Cabbage Patch Geoff<span style=""> </span>regales us with song.<span style=""> </span>Plus, this week’s MWMB Salute leads Jim to speculate: Has the US become a nation of wieners?<span style=""> </span>Join us, won’t you?</div> <p /><p /> </div><p><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <img alt="Mwmb23_weinernation" height="252" src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/misterbell1987/2umTb6JoQ7xZiNBiYydQWnugJSlfkFmc4dLTSOao026kja8xHx8xF5zTf3aL/MWMB23_WeinerNation.jpg" width="252" /> </div> </p><p><div class='p_embed p_audio_embed'> <a href="http://misterbell1987.posterous.com/mwmb-23-wiener-nation"><img alt="" src="http://posterous.com/images/filetypes/mp3.png" /></a> <div class='p_embed_description'> <span class='p_id3'><strong>Mwmb 23: Wiener Nation</strong> by Mwmb</span> <a href="http://misterbell1987.posterous.com/mwmb-23-wiener-nation">Listen on Posterous</a> </div> </div> </p></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17718142945396444639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36043169.post-87028711053810418182011-10-12T17:28:00.001-04:002011-10-12T17:28:03.864-04:00MWMB 22: ...or Are You Just Happy to See Me?<div class='posterous_autopost'>PRESS PLAY! It's MWMB's 22nd episode. This week we learn what Comet's favorite edible endangered species is (Comet is a Conservative Talking Wonder Dog). Jim and Alex look at the, ahem, "stiff" competition for the open Senate seat in Mass, where one of the candidates posed nude for Cosmo. We wonder if Herman Cain put his foot in his Pizza Hole with his "If you're out of work, Blame Yourself" comment. Geoff sings on behalf of the 99% and Jim reveals the horrible secret behind Alex's bow tie...OH, and the Salute this week is a doozy- do you know who to root for? Because we don't. Turn up your speakers and join us for MWMB, won't you? <p /> Links to this week's stories: <p /> Brown-Warren <br /><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/scott-brown-elizabeth-warren-spar-over-nude-photo-200932590.html">http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/scott-brown-elizabeth-warren-spar-over-nud...</a> <p /> Herman Cain <br /><a href="http://www.thegrio.com/politics/cain-on-poor-and-jobless-blame-yourself.php">http://www.thegrio.com/politics/cain-on-poor-and-jobless-blame-yourself.php</a> <p /> Salute <br /><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2789183/posts">http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2789183/posts</a><p><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <img alt="Mwmb22_happytosee" height="252" src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/misterbell1987/1NTX5jqLQ2yQUy9huXnChfr22sZRTJ3GQG6i1lORcsJZsAVBZJ17Rb3UEoFT/MWMB22_HappyToSee.jpg" width="252" /> </div> </p><p><div class='p_embed p_audio_embed'> <a href="http://misterbell1987.posterous.com/mwmb-22-or-are-you-just-happy-to-see-me"><img alt="" src="http://posterous.com/images/filetypes/mp3.png" /></a> <div class='p_embed_description'> <span class='p_id3'><strong>Mwmb22: Or Are You Happy To See Me?</strong> by Mwmb</span> <a href="http://misterbell1987.posterous.com/mwmb-22-or-are-you-just-happy-to-see-me">Listen on Posterous</a> </div> </div> </p></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17718142945396444639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36043169.post-79321809303793572522011-10-07T07:09:00.002-04:002011-10-07T07:11:59.790-04:00A PC says GOODBYE to Steve JobsAs I watched the candle light vigils and saw the grief I was reminded of...well, Princess Diana actually.<br /><br />Here is my tribute to Steve Jobs.<br /><br /><iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Lcq6ohjWCCg" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17718142945396444639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36043169.post-49537288279229875532011-10-06T01:22:00.001-04:002011-10-06T01:22:58.150-04:00MWMB 21: It's Liberal Season<div class='posterous_autopost'>Please Listen, we don't exist unless you listen. Jim and Alex are back with another batch of home-brewed political commentary. Grab yer guns, 'cause Jim has declaired it open season on Liberals. Comet runs off with a girl beagle...are they running for president or just out hunting Commies? Jim and Alex touch on Obama's Jobs Bill, Steve Job's passing, Christie says "No Means No!" and, as promised, a discussion of Herman Cain's 9-9-9 tax plan. Cabbage Patch Geoff cheers on the Wall Street Protesters, and we do a VERY SPECIAL SALUTE to a VERY SPECIAL YOUNG MAN...yes, that's right, Kagan the Zucchini Shootin' 9 year old has done it again! Don't miss MWMB, your source for homemade rhetoric.<p><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <img alt="Mwmb21_liberalseason" height="252" src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/misterbell1987/R0qlm0ZBKnThgYbEhmRzuIuaOXfRaYLx77XxOi9acsht8xDnzKbGCRf5tedk/MWMB21_LiberalSeason.jpg" width="252" /> </div> </p><p><div class='p_embed p_audio_embed'> <a href="http://misterbell1987.posterous.com/mwmb-21-its-liberal-season"><img alt="" src="http://posterous.com/images/filetypes/mp3.png" /></a> <div class='p_embed_description'> <span class='p_id3'><strong>Mwmb 21: It's Liberal Season!</strong> by Mwmb</span> <a href="http://misterbell1987.posterous.com/mwmb-21-its-liberal-season">Listen on Posterous</a> </div> </div> </p></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17718142945396444639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36043169.post-78150008499078743662011-08-17T09:04:00.008-04:002011-08-17T09:52:58.688-04:00MWMB: Hello Kitty Pistol and Putin on the Ritz
<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgabmZQlYZxBm5E7FHx7Nj-mE_UsoIYwwfC-xVoK15G7Qyf83DPPgUsdf9hLmoD0N2rGN1fmylv5VP3cnjSVbsxfQL_YfQa5l9hloJ0RVTGUU51GVElYIyaxt_Z6xDy0GQKuOaE/s1600/MWMB_Putin.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgabmZQlYZxBm5E7FHx7Nj-mE_UsoIYwwfC-xVoK15G7Qyf83DPPgUsdf9hLmoD0N2rGN1fmylv5VP3cnjSVbsxfQL_YfQa5l9hloJ0RVTGUU51GVElYIyaxt_Z6xDy0GQKuOaE/s200/MWMB_Putin.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641813442902172050" border="0" /></a>Not much blogging lately, but pod-casting continues unabated. On <a href="http://misterbell1987.posterous.com/">M.W.M.B. Jim the Hammer and Alex Geofferies</a> (Played by yours truly) have had two weeks of fun hashing it out over Rick Perry's 30,000 person Prayer Rally - a "non-political" event in which he blamed "Government" for the recession.
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<br />We ALSO tackle Vladimir Putin and Dmitry Medvedev and their political rivalry. ONE of them will run for President next year. Putin WAS president for two terms, couldn't run again right away, and so he put his little buddy Medvedev in office to keep the chair warm while he, Putin, did a stint as Prime Minister. But it seems that young Padawan Dmitry LIKES the job and might want to stay.
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<br />The girls of "Putin's Army" are trying to press him to run by taking off their clothes. Meanwhile, Medvedev's girls are supposedly on an anti drinking campaign. For each liter of beer the boys pour in the tank, another article of clothing comes off. Ah, politics.
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<br />Oh, yeah, and there's the HIT SONG in Russia "<a href="http://youtu.be/gncW1zqMFgs">I want a Man Like Putin</a>"
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<br />And that was just LAST WEEK....
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<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiglG26U73XdyPPeyY7f0gwNAnaWqNVaRLJOiyoV2zrKWPCQARgJ6QL_l-YTFo62dGcFxQ22UImiVZoEE6rDeb9b3sApSAj1qqI3ksgp970U263SBVLFC1xeyfidff8S8nphVbD/s1600/MWMB_HelloKitty.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiglG26U73XdyPPeyY7f0gwNAnaWqNVaRLJOiyoV2zrKWPCQARgJ6QL_l-YTFo62dGcFxQ22UImiVZoEE6rDeb9b3sApSAj1qqI3ksgp970U263SBVLFC1xeyfidff8S8nphVbD/s200/MWMB_HelloKitty.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641822442146981906" /></a>In <a href="http://misterbell1987.posterous.com/mwmb-15-the-hello-kitty-pistol-show">THIS WEEK'S EPISODE: </a>
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<br /> We head to the Iowa Straw poll to find out that Michelle Bachmann has won hands down with a whopping <span style="font-weight: bold;">28%</span> of votes cast.
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<br />Meanwhile, the the guy who sounds like a BAD GEORGE W. BUSH imitation, Rich Perry of Texas, left his <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/07/us/politics/07prayer.html">"non-political" prayer rally</a> to head straight to New Hampshire and get started with his Presidential bid....
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<br />AND in Arizonia, a nice young man shot himself with a pink pistol.... but you have to listen to the show to find out where.
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<br />Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17718142945396444639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36043169.post-11714568901676111052011-08-06T10:42:00.009-04:002011-08-06T11:56:56.939-04:00Writing on the Wall: S&Ps Credit Rating Downgrade<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOmbt91wwOBNogbK8SinNX0NteEQvB4m7t3uZDHhdOKpajx8b9ZPaR4oU54RfIUMClOn_DM4R3F67YzTcoL6L8qyjEf-8015PXwLQ7xWVNY5VzaSaCCovIDJT4xazXo4e0l3dW/s1600/Writing+on+the+Wall.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 152px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOmbt91wwOBNogbK8SinNX0NteEQvB4m7t3uZDHhdOKpajx8b9ZPaR4oU54RfIUMClOn_DM4R3F67YzTcoL6L8qyjEf-8015PXwLQ7xWVNY5VzaSaCCovIDJT4xazXo4e0l3dW/s200/Writing+on+the+Wall.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637772343585272386" /></a><br />Can you hear that? That odd noise that sounds like a fiery finger scratching on the palace wall? That's the sound of the US Credit Rating being downgraded. Earlier this week, in an event that passed unnoticed by those of us who do not belong (at least professionally) to the chattering class...the <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2011/BUSINESS/08/02/china.us.debt/">Chinese credit rating company Dagong said</a> it is sending our credit rating down to an A rating based on our ridiculous looking account books.<br /><br />At the end of the week came an event that garnished more attention: <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-08-06/u-s-credit-rating-cut-by-s-p-for-first-time-on-deficit-reduction-accord.html">Standard & Poor downgraded the US Debt from AAA to AA+.</a> The other two large firms, Moody's and Fitch, say they will hold the AAA rating for now...but have put us on notice that they will be watching.<br /><br />Last week, the Republicans rammed a debt deal down the throat of Democrats...despite the fact that they still hold the White House AND the US Senate (by a whisker).<br /><br />Is this the end of America? No...but it definitely feels like we're <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_writing_on_the_wall">sitting down to dinner with Belshazzar</a>: The writing is on the wall.<br /><br />Of course, after the S&P downgrade, both <a href="http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/44043408/ns/politics/#.Tj1bnmH5mSo">political parties started to get their talking points out</a>: Michelle Bachmann said Treasury Secretary Timothy Gietner should resign and House Speaker John Boehner (pronounced "Boner"...we still speak English here at Rip and Read, not German) said Democrats can't run anything. (This despite the fact that Republicans have been in charge for MOST of the past 30 years, during which this crisis grew.)<br /><br />Meanwhile, the Obama administration...ever inspiring...began to whine about the fact that S & P should not have so petty, adding that it was really mean, and pointed out a 2 trillion dollar accounting mistake in Standard and Poor's numbers...<a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-08-06/u-s-credit-rating-cut-by-s-p-for-first-time-on-deficit-reduction-accord.html">according to Bloomberg</a>, an unidentified spokesman from S&P responded that the mistake speaks for itself...which I can only presume means that, when a debt is SO LARGE that two trillion dollars can be overlooked....then your country doesn't really have a leg to stand on at the complaint department window.<br /><br />(Vladimir Putin , by the way, weighed in...calling the <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/putin-parasite-united-states-2011-8">US a Global Parisite</a>...such a sweet guy.)<br /><br />In the end, of course, this has been the natural result of the long term Republican Strategy of "<a href="http://www.dlc.org/ndol_ci.cfm?contentid=251788&kaid=127&subid=170">Starving the Beast</a>"-- George W. Bush rammed through a tax cut AND fought two wars...when the Republicans seized Congress, they did away w<a href="http://rip-and-read.blogspot.com/2007/01/paygo-back-on-menu.html">ith PAYGO</a>- a measure put in place during the Clinton years which required Congress to find new funding to pay for ANY new programs OR Tax increases.<br /><br /><a href="http://rip-and-read.blogspot.com/2009/02/recession-battle-lost.html">Back February of 2009, I wrote that the Democratic party had lost the battle for the latter half of the 20th Century</a>...the GOP is halving everything it's own way, despite Barack Obama's victory in 2008, despite the recent lesson of the cost of the Bush years...<br /><br />We who are just to the left of center are going to need to come up with a new strategy... otherwise, the handwriting is on the wall.<br /><br />In the meantime, we got a debt Ceiling bill last week that does NOTHING to solve the problem... Emmanuel Cleaver (D-MO) called it a "Satan Sandwich"...<br /><br />Here's my take...<br /><iframe width="425" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/c5nFnaJl7aw" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17718142945396444639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36043169.post-55337851815220522362011-07-01T06:43:00.002-04:002011-07-01T06:45:37.956-04:00A new Episode of MWMB<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifhref="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpZUmQlkt9RrUFtuSsRI-EKciqRPREUXcbJOGP7lF_Uup-1L5d57ZngwVqsUPNf14TFReH8fSJrBerFlYqM7dAHap9efLX6IXm5sVCFwNAoijzKCoGOmet07YH5HMBRnG_ZU-r/s1600/MWMB_Canada4th.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpZUmQlkt9RrUFtuSsRI-EKciqRPREUXcbJOGP7lF_Uup-1L5d57ZngwVqsUPNf14TFReH8fSJrBerFlYqM7dAHap9efLX6IXm5sVCFwNAoijzKCoGOmet07YH5HMBRnG_ZU-r/s200/MWMB_Canada4th.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624333015225341714" /></a><br /><a href="http://misterbell1987.posterous.com/mwmb-11-canadian-4th-of-july">This week's program </a>is not for the faint of heart. First, Jim and Alex start fighting so fast over the Minnesota Government Shutdown that we don't even get to the opening credits until 5 minutes into the show. And then, we digress into a long rambling conversation about Canada Day...and Alex reveals a surprisingly bitter aspect to his personality while Jim takes the high road. Along the way, we discuss the fact that Goldman Sachs is off-shoring to Singapore after having said "yes please" to a $10 Billion Dollar US Taxpayer Bailout and we wonder how to solve the problem of turtles on the runway at JFK. Geoff gives us an old fashioned prison song and a good time is had by all. Tune in! Also, MWMB is going on summer hiatus....we'll be back on July 22 or there abouts....watch your Facebook pages.Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17718142945396444639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36043169.post-45407904193962579592011-06-24T11:17:00.004-04:002011-06-24T11:24:44.261-04:00MWMB: Chillin' with the Newspaper<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifhref="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLzxSduJvmT7b43bxtkmdlE-QF0L4dVaCY4JRFmuPQiKLPTzrWGwQgFU370BVBV0dei-4Wk9myUkTc-OBuTed3iNo3_aDNFwyD33ehFOR-mnZbmZ4_m5KW_RLifINRDoPi8bOd/s1600/MWMB-small.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 63px; height: 63px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLzxSduJvmT7b43bxtkmdlE-QF0L4dVaCY4JRFmuPQiKLPTzrWGwQgFU370BVBV0dei-4Wk9myUkTc-OBuTed3iNo3_aDNFwyD33ehFOR-mnZbmZ4_m5KW_RLifINRDoPi8bOd/s200/MWMB-small.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621806224540570978" /></a>MWMB is BACK for another week of fun, fun, fun. <a href="http://misterbell1987.posterous.com/">Find Us HERE!</a> No intense political debates this week. Instead, Alex and the Hammer go on a stroll through the front pages of America's newspapers and discover the secret to getting babes to like you and learning how to have more fun in prison. Plus, we uncover more unpleasant facts about the French (what a surprise) and Alex unveils a new mind control device and learns that he can't say the polite word for "fart". DON'T MISS IT-- head on over and, please, LEAVE a comment!Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17718142945396444639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36043169.post-31472181051508586692011-06-17T01:39:00.005-04:002011-06-17T01:46:48.327-04:00MWMB: God Goes to SchoolMWMB returns, now that I'm back from Vacation. This week we talk about why Minotaurs make the best pets for Republicans, touch on Michelle Bachmann, take a few pokes at Weiner and then settle in for a discussion of Separation of Church and State.... the Rutland Herald,of Vermont <a href="http://www.rutlandherald.com/article/20110611/THISJUSTIN/706119866">reported last week that the class</a> valedictorian reported he was not allowed to deliver half of his speech because he was not able to publicly thank God for his academic success. He said that the Law and not the school was to blame.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>So I guess that casts me in the roll of Godless liberal...<br /><br /><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/wccn3Tf-FAU" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="349" width="425"></iframe>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17718142945396444639noreply@blogger.com0