Ham and Legs Show #053
It’s our first show of our 2nd season! And, as Ham will do, she screwed up. We know, you are shocked! Once it was fixed, ….they moved on.
The Health Care Reform bills passed this week!!! Woo HOOO!!! Now the real work begins…single payer/public option…unless, of course, you are the GOP. They wantto repeal the legislation…but which part? The ban on rescission? The ban on denying care for people with pre-existing conditions? Seriously, what part of this legislation will they try torepeal first?
But, wait…the Tea Party movement has an idea, how ‘bout they scare the crap out of everyone or even better, why don’t they give out the address of a congressman, to let him know how his constituents feel, only togive out the guy’s brother’s address… and then someone cut his brother’s gasline…and it’s called collateral damage. Words mean a LOT. The GOPand the Tea Party leaders need to make sure their followers tone it down. But alas, no…Eric Cantor. ‘Nuff said.
Rachel Maddow for Mass Senate! YAH! Only,she’s NOT running, though Scott Brown is raising money with using her as hisadversary. If only!
Student loans that are guaranteed by the Feds will now be funded by the Feds. That’s bad,why?
McCain….he said the GOP will NO LONGER work with the Dems from this moment on, after the Health Care Reform bill was signed. When has the GOP been working with the Dems so far??? Nice threat. One more thing: Happy Birthday Speaker Pelosi! She got around 2600 roses from, mainly, DailyKos readers, here's where some of them went...Speaker Pelosi gives some of her Birthday Flowers to Walter Reed
And there is much, much more! Enjoy. And thank you, as always for listening.
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Is Jason Mattera the new Mike Drudge? Both boring hacks.
The GOP needs a massive overhaul. If you're gonna argue, bring statistics, bring facts, bring testimonials. The PowerPoint presentations (just the mere fact that they're using Vista should be a red-flag), the lack of criticism and/ or admonishment of Tea Party groups, Palin, Bachmann, Boehner, Beck, and Limbaugh is just getting old, let alone trite. Reagan was an idealist that believed that his party would do the right thing and reign itself when all they did was become master of their own domain (yes, that was a Seinfeld reference).
Well, it appears that Jason Mattera has a following. So does Cholera. And like the disease his tactic of 'journalism' is obviously one that he learned by watching Punk'd with his soft approach only to be followed by non-stop verbal diarrhea. His questioning of Sen. Franken was not only Bush-League and unprofessional, but shows he's wanting to be famous for being famous. Even Paris Hilton found that moniker old. I'm hoping never to see Jason doing a Carl's Jr. commercial. But if the head of the RNC, Michael Steele, can't lead, won't lead, and it appears his testicles are somewhere locked away in a pantry, it shouldn't surprise me that some dumb-ass like Jason Mattera is given a microphone and camera.
Social discourse. That's what I want. I want people to question our leaders. Not yell, shout names, and threaten. I want facts, figures, and testimonials. Getting mad is one thing. Getting angry is another. I can be mad at my son. Getting angry with him serves no one. Yelling, shouting, or threatening my son is absolutely futile. And it should be the same when we have an audience with our leaders.
The 'Party of No' should not be graded on a curve, it should be graded for what they are: Failing.
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So...
You're at a funeral.
Your son's funeral.
He was killed in combat. He died doing something that I don't have the guts to do, defending himself, his fellow soldiers, his country.
You're not supposed to bury your kids. They're supposed to bury you.
At a time of pain, suffering, at need, there are those that are outside protesting.
What are they protesting? No, not our far reaching philosophical militaristic strength. No, not some stray Tea-Baggers looking for a town hall meeting to shout down. No, no.
It was a fundamentalist church group out of Topeka, Kansas.
Was Lance Cpl. Matthew Snyder a satanist? Nope.
Did the Lance Corporal not tithe enough when he was on leave? I doubt Matthew even attended the church.
So, what was pastor Fred Phelps and his cult protesting? Apparently it has something to do with, God punishing the United States for "..the sins of homosexuality' through events such as soldier's deaths.
Was Matthew gay? Dunno. Don't care. Again, he was doing what I wouldn't do. If he were still with us, he'd be welcome at my Sunday table any time.
So, the God loving, God fearing people got to sue Matthew's father, and won. Free speech strikes again.
The judges in the case ruled in favor of Mr. Phelps and his cult, then promptly had Matthew's father pay a fine of 16,000-dollars. I know, what?
The court rule I agree with. But the judge on the case had every opportunity to lay down a fine of 1-dollar. He would have been able to send a message that, yes, the court will always rule in favor of free speech, but dumb-ass cults spewing hate should take notice, "You will not be subsidized by tax paying citizens for your asinine behavior."
Yes. I am perfectly aware what I just wrote.
I am in favor of free speech, not stupid cults.
Why is Mr. Phelps and his band of idiots, 'stupid'? Because free speech allows me to say so. And much like what my friend Mike commented, "If this happened at MY son's funeral? They're going to be burying more than just my son."
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