A Few Words in Honor of George Carlin

Wow, I could hardly believe the news that he had died in LA of a heart attack.  Here is the yahoo news article.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080623/us_nm/carlin_dc

A huge loss for us all of this comedy legend, especially when our freedom of speech is in more peril than ever.  A truly sad day.

George will be greatly missed.  Prayers go out to his family.

Heart disease is an evil beast… and this a few days following the loss of Tim Russert….Wow.

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A Few Words Honoring Tim Russert

I was really blown away today at the news of Tim Russert dying. In addition to hosting one of my favorite Sunday news shows (Meet the Press), he seemed like a decent regular guy.

He was one of a handful of really talented journalists and no doubt will be missed by his many fans.

My prayers go out to his family.

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Roy D. Mercer…

This is a super funny radio bit from Phil and Brett at KMOD in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It’s usually a prank call where Roy is trying to convince someone to help with his bill or insurance deductible….or he might have to go down there and whoop someone’s ass.

Roy’s wife got some bad popcorn and somebody’s gonna get an ass whoopin http://www.last.fm/music/Roy+D.+Mercer/_/Bad+Popcorn?autostart

Then a Poodle named Kenny G ate some nuts and bolts and passed away and Roy tries to get an insurance claim through to build a monument to the dog that saved a boy by… haha..getting him to cough up the tater tot he was choking on.
http://www.last.fm/music/Roy+D.+Mercer/_/Insurance+Claim?autostart

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Ms. Clinton…It’s Time to Sit Down Now…

On Saturday, June 7, 2008, Hillary Clinton will finally be done…we hope.

Let’s see how that goes…

More as we know it…

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Personal Helicopter in Japan…Very Cool

The Gen H-4 from Gene Corporation in Japan is a personal helicopter.
Looks like it is capable of 1000 m (600 ft ) altitude and 59 mph for 30 mins.

Here’s a link to the story that Newlaunches.com has.

http://www.newlaunches.com/archives/the_worlds_smallest_one_person_helicopter.php

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Check out the Possible Side Effects for this…

Possible Side effects for this allergy medicine include… nosebleed or nasal sores. Nasal fungal infection, glaucoma, or cataracts may occur. Have regular eye exams. Do not spray in eyes.

Gee dad, maybe I can tough out those allergies one more summer…. http://www.veramyst.com/

There was one medicine a few years back that included “Gas with oily discharge” I have to look that one up. I think it was a medicine for erectile disfunction or hair loss… But hey

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Due Process? Good Morning…Texas!

Ummm, where is the Due Process in the situation where Texas Rangers raided a Polygamist ranch in Texas?

Innocent til proven guilty? Really?

Amendment V
No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia, when in actual service in time of war or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.

Is there any real proof of any wrong doing? much less anything rising to the level of hundreds of kids being forcably removed from all of the parents…not just a few. Was there a need to use armored personnel carriers as if there was a war? and a true need for a Janet Reno.. Waco style SWAT teams? Really?

The whole child protective services entity seems illegal and out of control.

The alleged girl making a call claiming she was abused mysteriously has never been found…. Really?

Where is the public outrage for our out of control government?

More to come on this as it develops…

*** Well looky here….

“Appeals Court Rules Against Texas in Polygamy Case”

Seems that a ruling by three judges of the Third Court of Appeals in Austin revoked the state’s custody.  Here’s the link the New York Times story

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/22/us/22cnd-polygamy.html?em&ex=1211688000&en=bb624bf2373778e1&ei=5087%0A

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Adam Carolla on Dr. Drew Live…post DWTS

Adam reviews the experience on Dancing WIth The Stars with Dr. Drew.

It’s the 11AM segment and about 36 mins in.

http://www.1260.am/programming/podcasts/?date=04/09/2008

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Adam and Julianne Get Bumped in the Fourth Week

Adam Carolla and Julianne get bumped from Dancing With the Stars in the Fourth Week.

Great job! Now on with the Hammer….

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Adam Carolla on TalkShow with SpikeFeresten Tonight

Yep, wake the kids, phone the neighbors…

On FOX after MadTV, the Aceman’s pretaped appearance will air…

and of course … go see The Hammer… Adam’s new movie. on the left coast…for the moment…

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Funny bits…paraphrase
Spike notes Adam had twins and now Spike is having kids…

Adam:
“I thought you were gay… not sure if it’s the frames… or…
What did you use a surogate? haha
Was it Joanie Baez?

Adam notes that he thought his dad’s junk was huge…
but that maybe all kids do that…like you thought the pool was huge as
a toddler…
so he plans to get out of the shower one day …maybe a lil baby oil on
so they see a one 5 Mississippi…so the kids at school go
Hey Mr C… Yeah….

and getting the Stern Show spot in LA was
like getting a chance to be with Jennifer Anniston
and how often is this gonna come around…
so jump on it….

Hopefully this will be on spikes myspace or on Fox.com
or hulu.com… or perhaps someone will post something

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaLw1k3HpaM

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New Dashboard Colors and UI on WordPress.com

Lite turd brown and robin egg blue…  That’s in this spring…

Umm I vote we roll this feature addition back to the old one…

kthxbi

But nice link to post audio and media… Hmmm

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Carolla and Julianne Survive Second Week.

“My grandpa always told me, ‘Son, if you want to learn an Argentinian dance about prostitutes, speak to a Mormon.” ..quips Adam about his partner from Utah.

They survive the second week with a Tango as Steve Guttenberg and Anna Trebunskaya are sent home.

http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080401/ENT03/80401033

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Another Company Planning Consumer Space Trips

Xcor is working on a consumer space trip rocket glider vehicle called the Lynx.

http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/?rn=3906861&cl=7143540&ch=4226722&src=news

Also see the company’s website

http://www.xcor.com/

This a similar venture to Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic.

http://mrobvious.wordpress.com/2007/08/09/virgin-atlantic-airlines-and-virgin-galactichow-cool-is-that/

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Carolla and Julianne Survive First Week.

Props to the Aceman for surviving the first cut. Adam Carrolla and his partner Julianne Hough stay in.

Monica Seles and Jonathan Roberts are the first couple dismissed as were Penn Gillette and Kym Johnson

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Here’s a cranky article not showing any love for the Aceman.

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/channelthis/2008/03/dancing_with_the_stars_the_wor.html

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The Adam Carolla “Germany or Florida” Award goes to…

Meadowbrook Middle School in Orlando, Florida…

Teacher says hold it or whiz in a lunch box!

http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/?rn=3906861&cl=7033362&ch=4226713&src=news

See the Loveline Archive for the Greg Proops show on 3/30/2004 where Adam had a “decorative popcorn tin” to defecate in via his step mom.

http://lovelinearchive.com

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The Handyman’s Secret Weapon… Duct Tape

Red Green would be proud.  Even the Space Shuttle has it…

http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/?rn=6229032&cl=7018796&ch=6229032

See my props for the RedGreen Show.

http://mrobvious.wordpress.com/category/red-green-show/

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Charlie Rose… Bear Stearns… and You

Firstly, I had a terrible day, but not as bad as Charlie..who was sporting a black eye on the left side. His comment was that he tripped and fell on the pavement. Yikes.

He did a show on how over the weekend JPMorganChase has agreed to buy a failing BearStearns bank for $2/share in some super conference call involving the FED and other major banks.

Something about liquidity (available cash) being in jeopardy as some had demanded their money investments back from BearStearns.

The word “recession” keeps getting said but now “depression” and “run on banks” is creeping more and more into these discussions.

It seems that everyone is in a “wait and see” mode as more and more of the foreclosures in the housing markets come to completion.

Frankly, I didn’t come away with much hope about the economy for the next few years. Not good…

I would love to hear Bill Maher or Michael Savage discuss this…

*** This just in… the blogsters are reporting that Charlie took a fall and saved the new “Mac Air” and instead landed on his face…  Ouch. 

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Adam Carolla … Lovelines Reunion

Holy crap, the Aceman returneth… Tomorrow night 3/13 on Lovelines ,

Lovelines with Adam Carolla Right now on KUPD Tempe AZ http://www.streamaudio.com/site/Stations.aspx?format=5

That’s Adam Carolla… and that’s Dr. Drew… Board Certified physician…and addiction medicine specialist….

yes in deedy D….

*** Anyone get the whole show? I heard the last 3/4 and Adam only stayed the first hour…. weenie. Oh, he had to get up again… ok

Did I mention the jack off trucker hat fee you have to pay to get downloads of the new Lovelines?,,,, Cough Cough Chicken S…whatever…. Maybe Adam will T that up for a tasty rant…just like back in the day when he was pissed about Westwood trying to keep the leather chairs…..

Oddly enough, Adam’s new movie is called Jack Off Trucker!

No, no…. The Hammer…and it opens….Mar 21

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See the http://mahalo.30.forumer.com

You need to register for free and there are some clips

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Heidi Fleiss on Eliot Spitzer… Nightline Terry Moran

A very surreal interview where Terry Moran checks in with Heidi Fleiss to better understand the recent alegations and public acknowledgements of the Democratic governor from New York.  What drives a man to do this?

What I learned was…

- It’s been going on since Adam and Eve (Eve was a hoe? wow…)

- Men just wanna get laid (check)

- She wants a governor that gets laid (me too)

-  It’s every man, men think about sex 99% of the time (I barely have time to eat…)

- Her issue with what happened was that he was a zealot and then involved in it (fair enough)

- He could have gone the Bunny Ranch (Where is that again?)

- prostitution needs to be regulated, make it fair

That Terry Moran just clears it right up.

http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=4427996&affil=ktrk

*** Heidi Fleis was just in the news in Nevada a few weeks back btw….

http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSN0742475720080208

*** This just in… fifty super delegates just switched their votes  to Eliot Spitzer

More to come on this as it’s available.

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Clinton, Clinton, Obama ticket…Um No

Barack Obama rejected the second place candidate telling him he could run for Vice President.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080310/ap_on_el_pr/obama_ticket

More on this as it develops…

This just in…

A new brand of face mud…

and another book deal for her post race gigs…

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What Could You Do With $42 Million Dollars?…

The IRS just spent it to send you a letter stating what you VERY likely already know in announcing that your stimulus is on the way and that you have to file an income tax return.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080307/ap_on_go_ot/dear_taxpayer

Just to throw out some ideas on productive uses of such a chunk of change.

- Could that “announcement money” be used to help in cities that have high populations of poor and homeless?

- Could that “announcement money” be used to help in cities that still have significant damage from natural disasters?

Frankly, it’s a lot of money, but not enough to make any dent in the infrastructure issues that came to mind. But humanitarian aide as cited above seemed to be the most likely better use.

Looks like Linda Stiff is serving as acting Commissioner at the IRS and that Henry Paulson is head at the Department of Treasury that the IRS is under. It’s not clear who/what group was immediately responsible for this spending decision.

Perhaps you’d like to contact your senator or house representative for your state to let them know how you appreciated the use of this public tax money.

Department of the Treasury
1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20220
General Information: (202) 622-2000
Fax: (202) 622-6415

For contacting your state’s representative:

http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm

https://forms.house.gov/wyr/welcome.shtml

Im not even gonna ask how much is being spent to run that commercial about TV’s not working without a converter box or replacement after Feb 2009. And how could we better use that money?

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Fed Announces Yet Another Rate Cut…

now the rate that banks charge each other has gone NEGATIVE… O no… O yes, and instead of getting a rate of return for money… There’ll be a a negative rate of KEEP.

Huh… Yep, instead of receiving a pittance for the money left in your savings each month, now you’ll have to pay the bank monthly if you want to leave that worthless overprinted green in their safe.

*** While rates are obviously not negative…yet…  This is in lampoon of the horrible state of the economy.

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Job Ad Tip-off…

that THIS job would suck.

“There are two paid 10-minute breaks and one unpaid 18-minute lunch break”

Yes, that’s 18 stop watch minutes..

Any moron would have the decency to call it a 20 min lunch.

Let’s see $4.20 gas in California, this jewel of an employer and Hil or Mex McCain…. Good Times….

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Need Nader to Pick a Strong Running Mate…

What a horrible day. More screeching to come from Hill as she edged out Obama in Texas and Ohio. Straight Mex McCain runs off Huck.

What a mess…

I will watch Nader more closely now. It would be very cool to see him pick up Huck or someone of substance to finally have a respectable third party option.

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Improve Office Efficiency…

with Terry Tate, office linebacker…

Props to a classic parody of office efficiency consultants.

The Terry way…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fXpFUexi50&feature=related

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He’s F-ing Ben Affleck…

Kimmel rocks the post awards with a We are the World cast…

in response to the Sarah Silverman/Matt Damon video and few weeks back.

The We are the World style… “Im F-ing Ben Affleck” included Huey Lewis, Cameron Diaz, Robin Williams, Macy Gray, Don Cheadle, Brad Pitt and Harrison Ford…haha

(and that was Joan Jett… Thanks to Adam and T for filling that in on Adam’s show) Here’s the vid..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZKZPYVvk3A

and..People unfortunately NOT in the video…

-drummer from Rage Against the Machine
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Wilk

-Senator Larry Craig…

Mahalo

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Check Out the Little Hall of Presidents…

An artistic approach to some of the former leaders. Hopefully it will bring a chuckle.

http://www.geocities.com/meonjaiku/index.html

Click the Play triangle to hear him talk. 

Make a voki at

http://voki.com

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Another Positive Media Story…Wow (ABC News)

The story involved how a voice enabled computer was able to help Carly be able to communicate with her parents, doctors and now a wider audience about her experience living with autism.

I try to applaud good and inspirational stories in the media… There are so few it seems.

Prayerfully Carly will be able to work with her doctors to be understand autism as doctors search for a cure and treatment. She is an inspiration to us all.

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=4311223&page=1

Bravo ABC news for another positive story!

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Castro Retires… (Gets Talk Show Gig)

Can you retire from being an oppressive dictator? And what about that hella 401k, huh….

There’s more comedy hiding in this than just the bonehead media comments. He retired…he stepped down…

Perhaps Fidel will do that cranky night time talk show that Saddam passed on……

“Later with Fidel and Friends…”

World leaders come on and bitch about Bush… Maybe have Rosie Odonnel, Andy Dick or Bill Clinton stop by to yuck it up with angry world leaders.

Good Times!

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Hey Hey, we’re the Monkees!

A very cool blast from the past at a time when your other choice was to hear Walter Cronkite drone on about Nixon or Vietnam…

Mickey Dolenz, Davy Jones, Peter Toek, Mike Nesmith…
An opening clip with the theme

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0FUvLfxyp0

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Project Dave (On hold) … TalkShow with Spike Feresten

I recently submitted a dream guest list to Spike Feresten which contained numerous celebrities that had… yet to appear… on the show.

One of which (and no doubt the hardest to book, scheduling, etc) was legendary talkshow host (and Spike’s former boss) David Letterman.

I was encouraged however in that my past years repeated lobbying of Spike to have on Adam Carolla, perhaps yielded some fruit….as the Aceman will indeed be on in March 2008 (show already taped) as he promotes the wide release of “The Hammer” movie.

So…… Spike always the smarty…. politely replies to my submission with… “I’ll have Dave on. Call him and set it up.”

seeing how I, as a regular person and not in the biz, would have like a 0.000001% chance of pulling this off, much less get a call through to Dave.

Dave has been on with Oprah (finally) and Conan and with Johnny Carson…and with Spike?

So…. stay tuned… I say Dave will be up for great fun in freaking out Spike…

More to come as the story develops.

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On 2/16/2008 Spike gets around to telling me that the second season taping is wrapping and perhaps said challenge will be for late summer when season 3 would start.

Dave as first guest for season 3 ? quips Spike…

So… looks like all the fun is on hold til we know about the logistics of the show getting picked back up, etc.

So…once again..more on this as it becomes obvious.

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Tom Green on Jimmy Kimmel Live…

Tom and Jimmy reviewed how it is to have a TV show….in your living room.

Jimmy quipped that Tom… is actually on house arrest with an ankle bracelet.

Tom related some stories from back in the day when his parents car was decorated and how the new technology on cam corders helped document things.

and another story from back in the Bill C administration where they had Monica Lewinsky up to Ottawa and his dad met Monica to shake hands in the middle of the night…..and dad (used to Tom’s antics) just took it all in stride.

They looked at a clip from a recent guest on Tom’s show…. Flava Flave…. Tom bustin some serious rap too…. I need to go check that out on

http://tomgreen.com

*** Jimmy to be on Tom’s show Monday February 18, 2008

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A Positive Media Story…Wow…(ABC News)

ABC news ran a very cool positive news story tonight giving Walgreens corporate, credit for their HR strategy in staffing a distribution facility in Anderson, SC. They simply hired people that could do the job.

Bravo to Walgreens corporate for giving many people with various health and development situations the chance to earn a living and have a since of accomplishment.

Also, jobs stayed in the states and done by legal workers….wow….

Bravo to ABC for giving us a positive, story that builds one up instead of the usual dose of anger and negativity and shock.

I was quite encouraged, uplifted and impressed….something that the media and corporate America rarely rarely deliver… Do more of the positive stories ABC!!!!

http://abcnews.go.com/WN/story?id=4272981&page=1

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