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Date / Time: 12/10/2009 4:00 AM UTC
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Date / Time: 12/3/2009 4:00 AM UTC
As always, it was another incredible all-new episode of Probably Uncalled For, the internationally acclaimed talk radio hit on Blog Talk Radio! The 3rd Season may be winding down, but that hardly stopped us, as we tore into the great new street drug in Britain, with the not so great side effects, Sarah Palin quitting yet something else over the Thanksgiving holiday, life imitating art in Palo Alto, California, a mind-boggling new Dumb Import, a twinbill of bank robbery fails, El Rushbo committing sedition on his radio show once again, Michael Vick, Twilight, and a great escape down in Texas, among other scintillating topics to be announced! Come find out what the world is listening to!
Date / Time: 10/31/2007 12:42 PM UTC
...while we constantly hear jokes about the nanny state in Britain...one is hard pressed to argue with the results of the "confiscate and warn" policy regarding marijuana the UK instituted in 2006...the plan would no doubt yield the same results here in the United States, but you know somewhere, the private prison industry is helping to keep a thumb on s*** like this...too much capital in railroading non-violent drug offenders...this would drastically cut no only jail overcrowding, but provide a much needed relief to an already insanely overtaxed legal system...I mean, come the f*** on...wouldn't America like to make some progress on some front in one of its many wars?...
...yeah, nothing like adding a little artistic flare to your cannibalism...lime juice?...sorry, pal, I don't think the "feeding her to the dogs" s***'s gonna fly...Jose Luis Calva, the 38-yr old suspected of killing three of his girlfriends...and having a light lunch on the third, so to speak...failed to make a plea in his first court appearance, saying he couldn't get his mind together at the moment...the whole "traumatic childhood" schtick fails to impress, as well...so you got buttslammed by some guy when you were 7...so what?...so f***ing what?...why didn't you go eat him, instead?...
...I think we may have to nominate Georgia strip club "victim" Tommy Salter to our 2007 Probably Uncalled For Man of The Year Award race...spending $53,000 in a strip club...even if you didn't necessarily mean to do so...is quite an accomplishment when you are neither rich or famous...at any rate, enjoy the interest payments on all that sex in the champagne room...
...as for Anthony Merino, the sick little jerky douchebag that got caught throwing a humping on a deceased 92-yr old woman in a New Jersey hospital morgue...here's to hoping he gets plenty of live action, should he go to jail on second degree desecration of human remains charges...competent or not, we can think of no one who deserves a size 12 a**hole more than this mook...
..."Eat it! Lick it! Snort it! F*** it!"...this is what Britney Spears had to say to the media during her recent child custody hearing in L.A. last Friday...good plan, ya fucking rocket surgeon...how about "Clean it! Load it! Cock it! Fire it!" instead...this is key, now...you must have the barrel in your mouth...let us know how it works for you...
...think it's safe to say that Time magazine does not know dick about movies...we'll keep our little silly "Person of the Year" thing you pulled...but come on, Bambi as the 25th top horror movie of all time?...WTF?...how can anybody take your freakin magazine seriously anymore?...
Original Air Date: 10/31/2007 12:00 AM UTC
Date / Time: 10/26/2007 11:56 AM UTC
You know you are heading into one of these weekends when you see the numbers in a report from the Congressional Budget Office. According to the CBO, the United States has spent roughly $604 billion on the military efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the tab is estimated to hit $2.4 trillion over the next decade. And to think, you were probably sitting here, feeling all good because you just made an Internet payment on your student loans. Yeah. Good for you.
Word from the Democrats seems to be they are not going to do anything on President Bush's $196 billion request for war operations until early 2008, which seems to fall right in line with the present modus operandi of not doing very much of anything of all. The train of thought limping down the tracks on this is that the Pentagon can foot the bill through March by borrowing against its annual budget. Correct me if I'm wrong here, but when the parent lets the kids borrow against their allowance, doesn't it result in a lot of wasted money? Besides, who would be surprised if the Pentagon's budget were to suddenly be increased by the exact same amount they had borrowed?
Officials in the industry say the beginning plan would cost other programs, like base support and training, increasing the costs on down the road. Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI), head of the Armed Services Committee, said the Dems were looking at approving dough six months at a time, to increase pressure for a timetable, as well as dodge a "negative message to the troops." Yes, sir. Nothing would increase pressure on a timetable like continuing to pay for the wars. The only timetable President Bush is interested in starts in January 2009, when he can get started on his Presidential Liberry. One year, six months, week-and-a-half, what exactly is the difference? As for the troops, I'm sure enough of them already have a negative message of some sort, regardless of how much more money is spent to not equip them. Speaking of negative messages, not one Republican member of the House Budget Committee showed for a Thursday meeting on the cost of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Something tells me somebody is pretty comfortable not only wit the cost of the wars, but the idea they are, in all likelihood, going to get the money one way or another and in some sort of eventually. And from what we've sen, why shouldn't they be anything but comfortable?
Date / Time: 10/25/2007 2:58 AM UTC
It's a video gamer's world, baby. Around the same time the statistic came out that more people in the United States are playing <em>World of Warcraft</em> than farming, Britain has instituted their latest high-profile recruiting tool, by way of advertising in online game sessions for PC and console gamers, including titles such as <em>Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent</em>. Call me crazy, but sound it sound like a good move recruiting from <em>that</em> title? I'm just saying.
The new advertising effort, ostensibly to bring in candidates with better technological skills and the ability to think on their feet, or couch or living room floor, if need be, to the British intelligence community. The Government Communications Headquarters, Britain's intel listening post, is behind the campaign, which seems a little more like <em>The Last Starfighter</em> than <em>Patriot Games</em> to me.
Not that I am unsupportive of video gamers. I myself own an Xbox 360, but I do not consider myself a gamer, for reasons of time, not some odd form of elitism. Even as someone who grew up in the age of paddle controllers (ask your parents about that if you need to...it's okay), I can't say I have the utmost confidence in this idea. Sure, I get that times are tough. Even MI6, the House of Bond, resorted to taking out a "help wanted" ad in the newspapers. I can only imagine how some of these calls went down:
"Good afternoon, MI6. How may I direct your call?"
"Lovely, mate. I'm calling about the ad for operatives."
"Very good, and what leads you to believe you would be a good fit in foreign intelligence?"
"well, guvnah (I love that accent, I do), I'm scared ****less by heights, and I can barely speak the language we're speaking, but I have beaten all three <em>Halo</em> titles in one sitting on nine occasions."
"Brilliant. What time can you come in for an interview?"
A little exaggerated, to be sure, but you know it had to have happened at least once. You know it. I know it. Some jerk on his smoke break in some south-end London call center knows it. Way of the world. I mean, there's really not that much to do there while you are waiting for Amy Winehouse or Pete Doherty to screw up again. While the international intelligence racket may be a bit of a joke, it is still hardly a game. Just because you can dominate on XBox Live, that does not mean you are the one to monitor situations in hot zones. No reset button out here. However, if one of you should happen to find the cheat code...be sure to hit me up with an email.
Original Air Date: 10/24/2007 12:00 AM UTC
Date / Time: 10/22/2007 10:19 PM UTC
I kind of figured it was time for another high-profile resignation of some sort from the Republicans. On October 19, Sen. Mel Martinez (R-FL) announced the end of his tenure as general chairman of the Republican National Committee, eleven months after being named to the post by President Bush. The move, which came earlier than GOP officials has counted on, comes in light of decreasing dissatisfaction with the junior senator's performance. Martinez, a former secretary of Housing and Urban development serving his first term in the Senate, has seen his approval slide from 48 percent to 28 percent in recent months.
In a statement, Senator Martinez said "since my election as General Chairman of the Republican Party, we have accomplished remarkable things." Yep. The GOP has managed to drill for democracy and strike quagmire in Iraq, prove more or less that they do not like sick children, and remain optimistic of their chances with a president so utterly clueless as to name-drop WWIII at a press conference. Remarkable, yes, but not for the right reasons. Oh, and just in passing, Senator Martinez was not elected, but appointed. A win is a win, but don't call a forfeit a knockout.
More from Martinez: "We have worked hard to articulate the Party's core values on vital national issues ranging from funding out troops to winning the War on Terror to the promotion of fiscally conservative policies. Even as a devil's advocate, it would be hard to go with calling that even hitting one out of three. We've grown accustomed to 'give us our way, or you are unpatriotic,' as it pertains to funding withdrawal, or pretty much anything to do with Iraq. The War on Terror, at face value, is in danger of becoming as relevant (and as ultimately successful) as the War on Drugs, and that parallel, coupled with the decision to band together against SCHIP expansion (at the mere cost of 40 days' worth of quagmire), proves that fiscally responsible depends greatly on who's slinging the cash.
Sen. Martinez did accomplish big things cash-wise for the party, even though the success still failed to live up to the glory days. Raising $61 million for the period ending in September (still over $17 down from the same time two years ago), the RNC is the only national party committee to scrounge up more dough than their Democratic party counterparts in 2007. I guess the GOP has hit a peek in their kool-aid market.
Friends and Republican officials close to Martinez and the situation said the Senator, who was sharing the chairmanship with Republican National Committee Chairman Robert M. "Mike" Duncan, had grown tired of handling both positions. Martinez had even told some he was only planning on keeping the job for about a year. The RNC said the job would not be refilled, returning the group to a single chairmanship. One thing I am trying to figure out- does anyone in the Republican National Committee even know how long Martinez was general chair, or when he took the gig? According to Mike Duncan, Martinez took over in January, but in the Associated Press article, they mention Martinez being general chairman for ten months, which puts this back to December. In the very same piece, it says President Bush named Martinez to the position last November.
For however long Mel Martinez was RNC General Chairman, and in spite of the monies he pumped into the Republican war machine, I will give credit where credit is due. While I can't say much he accomplished could be construed as much as a success, he did do a heckuva job, so to speak, holding the wheel through turbulent waters. Besides, how can you not love a guy who jumps the hell off the boat in plenty of time to miss the iceberg?
Original Air Date: 10/17/2007 12:00 AM UTC
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