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March 18, 2009

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kim

Even Maureen Dowd points out that it took the teleprompter for Obama to work up outrage about AIG.

Her column is full of errors, but I'm glad to see her starting to ridicule him.
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kim

Note while Obama's Administration is still trying to lay as much blame as possible on Bush, Bush in Canada refused to criticize Obama, saying that Obama 'deserves his silence'.
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kim

Dang, I wish he'd said that he deserved a 'moment of silence'.
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kim

OK, that's two people here insinuating that Obama is drinking. What about it? Is he?
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centralcal

Someone here, can't remember who exactly, was wondering what might happen if they could toy with the teleprompter.

Hhmmm . . .

no no no

Did Cowen then run from the podium in a manner recalling Ashlee Simpson's lipsyncing on SNL?

hit and run

kim:
Even Maureen Dowd points out that it took the teleprompter for Obama to work up outrage about AIG.

Note to self: Check for new threads before posting.

kim

Yeah, h&r, unfortunately I read her whole column. It's going to take the rest of the day for me to recover.
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Fresh Air

I'm going on record right now as predicting there will be calls for Zero's impeachment before his first (and surely only) term is up. He is completely incompetent and incapable of doing the job the idiots elected him to do. Except for the Marxism part, of course.

Cecil Turner

How many clowns does it take to run this circus, anyway?

Hey, I see the UK has a shortage--and obviously we are oversupplied--so . . .

Rick Ballard

Kim,

If you can find the clips from Zero's "speech" to business leaders (last Friday, I believe), you can watch him "speak" without a teleprompter and you can watch a man who is "impaired in some way" stumble in a manner which is very recognizable.

I don't have before and after breathalyzer results but 'drunk' fits the observable behavior. I suppose he might be just permanently befuddled though. That or it was a day when that B-12 shot just wouldn't clear those pesky cobwebs.

kim

Well, stress can impair. But I do think 'impairment' should be on the table.

Show me the certiorari. I wonder if it isn't time to start shifting from accusing Obama about birth certificate shenanigans to blaming the Supreme Court for not checking his eligibility when they had a chance. There has got to be a good reason for him to continue to stonewall rather than show his birth certificate. Sandbagging his opponents is no longer useful tactics. His hiding something desperate.

I know few here follow this line of reasoning, but populist anger can fix on this simple issue. It's going to grow. Just like this AIG bonus mess, he should have fixed it already. That he hasn't put this to rest is just more lousy execution. Or he can't put it to rest.
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Aubrey

Maybe Barak's teleprompter can figure out how to resolve the AIG bonus screw-up. It seem to have more smarts than anyone else.

DebinNC

Rick, here's the video if anyone can bear watching it. I can't. No doubt it's noticable when Tellie is turned off.

kim

It's not like a drunk can really hide his behaviour. Not one with the public eye on him like he has.

Is it time to feel sorry for him, yet? As we've known all along, the real evil lies in his stringpullers.
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hit and run

Kim:
Yeah, h&r, unfortunately I read her whole column.

Well, I'm not going to say, "thanks for reading it so I don't have to" because, well, even if you didn't read it, I wouldn't have to.

And wouldn't.

But I wish you well with the recovery.

Because, speaking of which, I just went searching for video of the press conference this post references. Instead, I got video of Obama and Cowen later in the day where Obama talks about his Irish roots and the fun he used to have at St. Pats Day parades on the south side of Chicago.

I'm gonna drown that memory.

Fresh Air

The Teleprompter is now the Oracle of Hi-Fi. Zero's own Magic Cube. Will there be growth in the spring, Chauncey?

kim

Obama is just a fool; Axelrod is the red diaper menace.
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hit and run

Thanks for that link, Deb. I didn't watch but a couple minutes of it (figured I had already done enough damage from the last vid I watched, a couple more minutes wouldn't make it any worse).

Did you see the comments on that blog? The last one was particularly ...uh...what's the word I'm looking for... unsurprising? revealing? disappointing? No, moronic.

Wow, this guy could give a 3 hour speech on foot fungus and I would hang on every word. I didn't think I would actually sit through the whole hour of this video, but I was hooked after 30 seconds. :-)

I sincerely don't doubt the sincerity of this statement and the sentiment it represents, that Obama's foot fungus really turns her on.

Don

Ha ha ha you tedious old frogs: Obama can never hope to compete with Bush for outright stupidity. Here's the master yesterday in Canada:

"I'm going to put people in my place, so when the history of this administration is written at least there's an authoritarian voice saying exactly what happened," Bush said.

Jim Ryan

Is it time to feel sorry for him, yet?

Never. Feel sorry for the little boy of many years ago, but never for this asshat. He is the one who voluntarily checked the box "narcissistic asshat" on the choose-a-career form. And the choose-a-religion form. And the choose-a-wife form.

It just keeps getting better. How could I have been so despondent last November about the fact that completely incompetent leftists were about to take center stage and show American what big government looks like? I wish I could go back to cheer myself up.

kim

Don, don't you miss the old sweetie?
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DebinNC

Here's more about "the master's" private talk in Canada yesterday, showing why his detractors focus on his syntax and not his character. LUN

kim

And read earlier in the thread, Don, where Bush said Obama 'deserves his silence'. Now watch Obama continue to blame Bush for Obama's pitiful execution. The difference in 'class' is going to be obvious to history. A history that will note that Obama is only eloquent in front of a teleprompter and with someone else's words.

Now, why can't you see the difference between these two Presidents?
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kim

Thanks for the link, Deb. Don, you are worshipping a scumbucket.
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narciso

Frankly this is part of the problem, they've already typed us as evil. might as well make a few stabs at defending your policies, or at least suggesting some improvements in the opponent

Fresh Air

No grace, no class, no brains.

ben

The Left Wing Cabal will be meeting tonight to discuss this. One solution being advanced is to have a micro-teleprompter embedded in Obama's brain so he will not have to have a big one in front of him.

Don

Actually Kim, I do give Bush props for not pardoning Libby.

The fact that pissed Cheney off so much is my rock in the down times.

Armadillo

Haven't we seen this before?

And I'm Barack Burgundy. Go f*ck yourself, San Diego.
kim

Wrong again, Don. Libby didn't lie, Russert and Eckenrode did. And Bush wasn't perfect. He should have pardonned Libby. Pitiful rock you have there.
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Susan R

Where is the video of yesterday's teleprompter event?
Why just written accounts?
Did the film get lost, or find itself under the wheels of Obama's Busy Bus?

Charlie (Colorado)

Narciso, there's an old saying to the effect that one's character is shown by what one does when no one is looking.

narciso

I know Charlie, but if it isn't stated, it never happened, those are the rules. This is in part how we got here, outrageous lies
'full of sound and fury, signifying nothing
told by idiots' I changed the last part of the quote, but you comprehend the meaning.

Ranger

You know, you just can't make this stuff up. For Obama's next trick, he invites http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/slideshow/photo//090318/ids_photos_ts/r2538205770.jpg/>Jimmy Carter to the White House! Just what people what to see when they are angry over government mismanagement, the most incompetent president in living memory giving advice to the soon to be most incompetent president in living memory.

kim

He needs advice, Ranger, on how to deal with those pesky Iranians.
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Mo MoDo

And just what errors are in Dowd's column? That's a pretty unsubstantiated claim. Not that that isn't the way to guess, but it would be nice to have examples.

centralcal

Hey, Ranger, all kinds of comings and goings at the White House . . .

Balanof (from Blago fiasco) at Obama's St. Paddy's party . . .

Jake Siewert (former Clinton press secretary) spotted leaving just before 11:00 a.m. today . . .

Any other sightings?

narciso

It's more in the area of errors of omission, anyone who was really playing attention could see what we were facing.
But Mo Do chose to be sarcastic over conscientous; and this was the result.

Cecil Turner

I took that to mean "her column is generally unreliable and I'm not endorsing it," rather than a remark on any particular factoid in that particular piece. If so, it's certainly a valid criticism.

Old Lurker

Play with them at your own risk, Kim.

kim

Dear Mo, MoDo's errors:

-trashing small forwards and shooting guards. This is March, mind you.

-confusing retention bonuses with performance bonuses.

-thinking that Obama can fire Liddy.

-her awkward and incomplete analogy about arsonists and accelerants.

-last but not least, that portrait heading the column.

Now I'm going to go be sick, and it's not the portrait, it's what's behind it. The Portrait of Dorian Dowd.
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Donald

Don is a homo. Kim, it ain't just drinking. I now realize as I stated in the suceeding post that the whole crackhead homo thing is probably true. True enough for me, and I got a good nose about this stuff. Too good, but that's another nightmare.

kim

A sign that the endtimes are upon us; kim read a Maureen Dowd column twice in one day. The same one!

Secret guilt. I liked her column. This evening, maybe I'll reread it.
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kim

Well I for sure knew that Don was not you, Donald. I'd share a foxhole with you. Come to think of it, I have.
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PaulL

Obama, reading Teleprompter: "First, I'd like to say thank you to President Obama."

Sara (Pal2Pal)

They say that Dick Cheney was running some kind of super secret assassination ring, but I don't believe it. I think there is proof positive that this accusation is not true. Think about it. The proof is that Keith Olbermann, Richard Armitage, Seymour Hersch, Pinch, Maureen Dowd, David Axelrod, Kucinich, Pat Leahy, Conyers, Joe Wilson, Valerie Plame, and, of course, Fitzie, plus a host of others, are still alive and well.

kim

Hey MoDo, it's not the size of the forward, it's the mogic of the movement.
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clarice

HEH!

clarice

We seriously have to start recruiting kids to work undercover on the ACORN census project to get it shut down for fraud in a hurry.

narciso

Seriously Sara that would be considered
'epic fail' as the former Texan Rachel Lucas, on the basis of odds they would have gotten one or two

clarice

Here--not just kids--let's start encouraging people to apply and work on the census project--and if they reject all the applicants, we can consider suing them for discrimination in hiring:

https://www.ccioms.org/recruit/recruiting.aspx

Jane

Here--not just kids--let's start encouraging people to apply and work on the census project--and if they reject all the applicants, we can consider suing them for discrimination in hiring:

Love it!

clarice

Let's do it--let's put ACORN on the ropes from the inside--Both sides can play Alinsky's game.
Announce it on the shoe, Jane--If anyone knows anyone without a fulltime job who wants to do this, encourage them.

bgates

I deserve Don's silence. And thanks to the magic of technology, I have it!

Obama 'deserves his silence'.

I deserve Obama's silence too....

matt

Cowen speaks mistake
Obama compounds error
teleprompter suicide

Ignatz Ratzkywatzky

A RICO suit would put ACORN out of business permanently, if any of these public interest conservative legal foundations would attempt it.
But of course conservative billionaires are too busy building yachts and making kids movies to do anything hardball and politically useful.

Jane

Announce it on the shoe, Jane

Loafer - wait - why don't I announce it on the show?

BTW I am getting my own show, in addtion to fwdaj. I can pick the time - I'm leaning toward Fridays at noon - and I'm considering naming it: "Just Jane".

I'm also getting a segment on the morning show with Peter.

Just call me a mouthpiece!

clarice

There is such a suit under a similar OHIO RICO suit pending in Ohio..It is brought by a 501(c)(3) outfit.

clarice

Wow,Jane! How fsabulous..I am so proud and excited for you!!

Mo MoDo

And maybe Obama is really Darby O'Gall.

Jane

Clarice,

Thanks. Now get ready to be a guest once I figure it all out.

MayBee

Jane! That is so wonderful- and deserved.
Yay Yay Yay.

Ignatz Ratzkywatzky

There is such a suit under a similar OHIO RICO suit pending in Ohio..It is brought by a 501(c)(3) outfit.

That's excellent clarice, but it needs to be federal to break them.
They're nationwide and their tactics are the same everywhere; criminal.
Maybe Ohio will open the gates.

Jane

Yeah Maybee but the real question is - do you like the name?

MayBee

At first I misread it, and I thought the name was "Jesus, Jane!" which seemed a tad negative.
I do like "Just Jane". Only Jane. Just Jane. Just us, Jane. Justice Jane. Jane the attorney.
It fits in all the right way and it is cute, which is the most important thing to me.

clarice

federal would have to be okayed by Holder--Don't hold your breath on that.Mukasey didn't have the guts to do it.
http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/why-arent-the-feds-using-rico-to-go-after-acorn/

boris

Jane's Gang

Funk 49 for bumper.

ben

"Obama can never hope to compete with Bush for outright stupidity"

The One is going to be crushed by this....he is trying so hard and putting so much effort into it and here comes Don and says he is failing....the diplomatic gaffes, the bungled appointments, the crashing markets, the squandering of political capital, the Rush Limbaugh "strategy, the AIG debacle..what more can he do???...

Jane

Jane's Gang

LOL - I like it - but there is no gang - yet.

Jim Ryan

what more can he do???

You better get some more popcorn ready, Ben. This is only Act I.

Sara (Pal2Pal)

Jane great news.

Clarice: My Mom worked the census after she retired. They sent her to the ghetto because she spoke rudimentary Spanish. She was in her mid-70s at the time. They were desperate for people that year, but with unemployment what it is, I wonder if staffing will be so difficult now.

I don't think they pay very much, but I don't actually recall as I don't think my Mother was doing it for the money as much as for the experience. I do recall that she was very tired all the time and thought it was a tougher challenge than she'd expected it to be. But then she was assigned an area where the people weren't all that excited about talking to someone trying to count heads for the gov't. seeing as how most of them were probably illegals.

Sara (Pal2Pal)

Good news on the Haditha case:

***BREAKING NEWS*** Chessani Rulings Upheld!!!

JM Hanes

Jane:

Fantastic! Friday noon sounds like a perfect choice. Thank-God-It's-Friday people won't feel guilty about tuning in -- and you get to tee up the weekend conversation.

I'm not so sure about Just Jane, sounds a little self-deprecating, like you got left at the station, but it could grow on me. Offhand, I'd shoot for something more active or mildly provocative. Jane Does Politics, Jane's Weekly Reader (if you want to stick with the FWDJ theme), Janiac, Your Gal Friday, TGI Jane!, Jane's Island, Jane's Island of Sanity, Sane Jane, Jumpin' Jane Flash (just kidding!), Jane's World, This Just In.....

This is the brainstorming part where someone (me) makes suggestions you don't want, but sparks someone else (y'all) to come up with positively AbFab stuff.

How about a couple of signature phrases (like Paul Harvey's "the Rest of the Story")? Jane Does Politics, so You Don't Have To -- where you can substitute the topic of the day e.g. Jane Does Congress, etc. Are you going to do call-ins? If not, maybe break the time up with a couple of regular features/segments that people anticipate, like Insanity of the Week, or Doublespeak of the Week, The Bus Stops Here, Oh That Crazy Congress, Believe It or Not -- something to showcase that super sense of humor you've got -- Jane's Jukebox to give yourself a musical rest stop (somebody here came up with a song that fit Obama to a tee a month or so ago -- wish I could remember what it was!). Workin' for the Weekend can be your theme song. JOM's musical whiz kids could probably supply All that Jazz for weeks on end. Or Golf Talk :-)

I'll stop now because I just previewed this thing. Kudos to you! There's syndication in your future.

JM Hanes

Hi Sara!

Your Chessani link didn't work for me.

Jim Ryan

Hey, Jane, can I hear your show in Charlottesville? Or on the internet?

clarice

Here,jmh. I blogged it earlier:

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2009/03/haditha_update.html

Appalled

JMH:

I think the Obama song is Jesus Christ, Superstar

kim

How about 'Just One Jane'?
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Sara (Pal2Pal)

Here it is again:

Chessani ruling upheld

Sara (Pal2Pal)

I like Justice Jane.

Or you could go with Jane Jargon

hit and run

More Jane radio? This is the best news since ... well ... since Jane livestreaming was given to us this week.

Wait. It's better than that. Waaaaay better than that. Assuming it will be livestreamed.

Jim Ryan

"Jane Says" (Gen-Xers will tune in.)

 Ann

Jane,

I so happy for you! And for me because I will not have to hear Dick for a whole hour.

How about: Real Fun Without Dick! :)

bgates

After Jim and Ann's, there's no need for more suggestions.

Nonetheless:

Hope and Jane.

 Ann

LOL, bgates.

That is perfect!

matt

you could call it "Sweet Jane" and use the Velvet Underground song.

belle


How exciting Jane, and how exciting it will be for jom-ers to be able to say they knew you when. What an exciting adventure for you. It will be such fun to follow your new career. And, BTW, I hope St. Jane's Island is more than a fantasy: I just learned Australia limits immigration to those under age 55, and in some cases 45! I like "Jane's Island". PROMO: Feeling lost in a sea of political double speak, migrate to Jane's Island for one hour of...

DebinNC

Fantastic news, Jane! I hope you'll offer a "listen later" option so your audience can build beyond those who can listen at noon. Just Jane is classic. If you want to be seen as more radical, there's The Jane Mutiny. OTOH, there must be a good reason successful radio talkers use their whole name.

JM Hanes

OTOH, names that folks can associate with you personally (as opposed to the title of a show) are probably good, and short ones like Just Jane or Radio Jane are easy to say conversationally, as in, "Did you hear Just Jane the other day?" or "Tune in to Radio Jane this Friday" or "People are talking about....."

The main thing is probably to pick something you like, because (hopefully) you'll be living with it for a long time! Where you want to end up in the future might be something to think about if it's a toss up between a couple of possibilities. Probably wouldn't hurt to make sure you own it yourself, not the station, because you want it to be portable when you accept that prime time spot.

Jim: Gen-Xers will tune in.
JawJaw with Jane would pull in the liberal anti-war crowd too, i.e. most of Massachusetts.....

Jane

"Just Jane"

"Jane's Island"

"Hope and Jane."

"Jane Says"

"The Jane Mutiny"

"Jane Jargon"

"Just one Jane"

And on and on - you guys are great! JMH, Deb everyone else I have copied and saved those ideas.

The "Just Jane" was a parody on the old Will and Grace "Just Jack". But I don't know if I can resist "Hope and Jane". That is pretty spectacular on so many levels.

And JMH I love all your ideas - and I am going to take calls, and I'm going to sit at my dining room table and practice talking to no one for an hour.

And there will be a podcast and a live feed, and you guys will be really really sick of me before you know it.

Thanks everyone!

caro

Jane, we'll all be saying, "I knew her when...." Many congrats.

Love JMH's ideas on recurring segments. Dennis Miller does the Soup of the Day. Hinderaker does a Loon of the Week, and the Gatekeeper of the Week on an MSM debacle.

TGI Jane gives added info.

And there is just one Jane.

Jane

Caro,

Shouldn't you be on your way here soon? We have a date with Tom Collins when you get here (not the drink but I assume we will do that too).

clarice

Calamity Jane? Heh..Since it's noon you could have a feature called what you could be dining on if you could only cook..

Jane

Calamity Jane?

LOL - I've been called that before.

hit and run

Clarice:
Since it's noon you could have a feature called what you could be dining on if you could only cook..

Or since it's noon, a feature called what you should be drinking ... since it's past noon.

hit and run

See. And on-topic post, given the title.

centralcal

Jane: My earlier post of congratulations got eaten by typepad.

I also voted for DebinNC's "The Jane Mutiny."

Anyway, Congrats and I hope this comment survives . . .

bad

Jane, congratulations!!! I've been name dropping "my friend Jane, on the radio" already, so shall likely become insufferable.

Jane

Geez guys, it's only 12 listeners or so. But I so love doing it.

I need to set up a poll and have a vote on the name - that's a bit narcissistic, isn't it?

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