I was kind of reeling from the auto industry bailout that never was and felt Bush was on the right side, then was kind of amused at the shoe-throwing Iraqi reporter incident, and then I read this. Arrgh! Do the Repubs just not want this country to survive if they aren’t in power? Do they . . . → Read More: Goodbye Dubya, you old asswipe.
On today’s show I talk about Rev. Charles Ellis of Detroit’s Greater Grace Temple who had a service with three vehicles representing the Big Three automakers, asking for God’s help to turn the companies fortunes around. I also talk about the results of the sit-in strike by laid-off workers in the . . . → Read More: Fly121108 – Cars, Money, and Union Busting (678) 368-4935
Not only are the Chinese-made toys you buy from Wallyworld made under horrible conditions, full of lead, and destined to be landfill fodder, but there is a very good chance they are infested with bedbugs! If nothing else gives Americans pause, the sight of their innocent children covered in red, puss-filled welts might just do . . . → Read More: Bedbugs in my Chinese sweatshop-made toys?
The American Family Association wants you to burn a cross in your yard this holiday season!
Let Your “Light” Shine For Christ This Christmas Season!
PLEASE NOTE: This product ships directly from the distributor. If you wish to order other products at this time from the AFA . . . → Read More: Burn a cross for Jeezuss
I remember the original Coleco Cabbage Patch Kids and the horrible demand for these stupid, butt-ugly dolls. My mother had to get one for my baby sister, who ultimately pitched a horrifying screaming fit because she wanted one with a certain type of hair and my mom got the only one she was able . . . → Read More: The Cabbage Patch Riots of ’83
Clifford desperately wanted to eat out and we had some friends coming in from out of town. They wanted to eat at Ryan’s, which is a buffet-style restaurant (most of them are Ryan’s Steak Houses, but this one isn’t). The only thing I can eat on the menu is the salad bar, and that’s pretty . . . → Read More: Dinner out tonight
I rant about runoffs and politicians because Saxby Chambliss beat Jim Martin in the runoffs for the U.S. Senate for Georgia. Politicians are schmucks.
I play my friend Graham Holland‘s amazing song “Never Trust A Panda” from his album It’s a Frog’s Life. Graham has a Very Important music podcast also called It’s A Frog’s . . . → Read More: Fly120308 – Runoffs drive me nuts (678) 368-4935
Last week, Halley came into town and Dwight, Halley, and I all went down to Decatur to do the early vote the night before we went to my sister-in-law’s for Thanksgiving. The lines were long–it was a 45-minute wait from start to finish–and largely African-American, which gave me a little hope that Jim Martin would . . . → Read More: Runoff Election in Georgia
Credits: Conceived and Written (six weeks later than he shoulda) by-Marc Shaiman Directed and Staged by: Adam Shankman Produced by Adam Shankman, Marc Shaiman and Mike Farah Edited by Bradly Schulz and Drew Antzis Cast (in order of appearance) California Gays and The People That . . . → Read More: Prop 8, the Musical!