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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20672818Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:02:56 +0000The Nookular OptionToledo's Best Liberal Talk Radio -- Hosted by Don & Chrishttp://nookularoption.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Nookular Don)Blogger797125politics,liberal,progressive,comedyNews & Politicsnookularoption@yahoo.comThe Nookular OptionThe Nookular Optionnopolitics,liberal,progressive,comedyToledo's Best Liberal Talk RadioThis is the official podcast/blog for Toledo's only local liberal talk radio showtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20672818.post-8744702818529462729Wed, 11 Nov 2009 04:24:00 +00002009-11-10T20:33:01.196-08:00"Will No One Rid Me of This Turbulent Priest?"<meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 12"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 12"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CHP_ADM%7E1%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><link rel="themeData" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CHP_ADM%7E1%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_themedata.thmx"><link rel="colorSchemeMapping" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CHP_ADM%7E1%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_colorschememapping.xml"><style>  </style> <p class="MsoNormal">I love Richard Burton.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Tonight, I spilled some beer on my floor to commemorate what could have been his 84<sup>th</sup> birthday.<span style=""> </span>As I was wondering why I spilled it on my own floor and not someone else’s (or perhaps out the window), I tried to figure out what my favorite Richard Burton movie is.<span style=""> </span>The funny thing is, I love him more for the movies he hated doing.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Go ahead and tell me that you didn’t love him in <i style="">Exorcist 2: The Heretic</i>.<span style=""> </span>Scream at me that he was awful in <i style="">Alexander the Great</i>.<span style=""> </span>Sure, he was fabulous in <i style="">Equus</i>, but did you see him in his spectacular performance as John Molnar in <i style="">The Medusa Touch</i>?<span style=""> </span>Of course you didn’t.<span style=""> </span>Nobody did.<span style=""> </span>Just me and the a-holes who made it.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0.3in 10pt;"><i style="">Actually, I met the screenwriter way back when I was a college student.<span style=""> </span>I can’t remember his name but he was lecturing about his Oscar-winning screenplay for <span style=""> </span></i>Ghandi.<i style=""> <span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span>From </i>The Medusa Touch<i style=""> to </i>Ghandi <i style="">in five years… Only in America.<o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal">My favorite film of Burton’s was <i style="">Becket</i>.<span style=""> </span><i style="">Becket</i> told the story of Henry II (played by Peter O’Toole) and his best friend, Sir Thomas Becket (Burton).<span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span>What a story…</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Becket was the Lord Chancellor and Henry’s best friend.<span style=""> </span>He is also said to have invented the fork… something that still confounded my maternal step-grandmother centuries later.<span style=""> </span>When the Archbishop of Canterbury died, Henry II took the opportunity to install his trusted friend as the new Archbishop.<span style=""> </span>Becket was agnostic.<span style=""> </span>Can you see where this is going?</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Becket ended up taking his new job very, very seriously.<span style=""> </span>Agnostic no more, he bought himself fur underwear – underwear he never took off.<span style=""> </span>That’s right… NEVER.<span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span>He was self-flagellating by flatulating.<span style=""> </span>Seriously, if I go more than a day without changing my 100% cotton boxers, I break out in a rash.<span style=""> </span>Imagine what that was like for Becket.<span style=""> </span>It was said that when he died and they removed his clothing there were all sorts of insects crawling in and out of the underwear and feeding off of his flesh.<span style=""> </span>Yikes.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Anyway, while it usually takes going to prison to find Jesus, it is definitely much rarer to find Him <i style="">after</i> being appointed to the second most important position in England.<span style=""> </span>Perhaps this was why Henry II was beside himself with Becket’s continual refusal to hand over control of the Church to him.<span style=""> </span>He saw it as an utter and perpetual betrayal of his lifelong friendship and sponsorship.<span style=""> </span>The rift widened and Henry II, a big drinker, started getting loud about it around court.<span style=""> </span>One night, during a particularly angry, wine-induced tirade with a bunch of drunken knights, Henry screamed, “Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest?”</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">“Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest?”</p> <p class="MsoNormal">A drunken warrior king, in front of a gaggle of loyal, drunk knights yells, “Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest?”<span style=""> </span>It wasn’t long before knights had invaded the cathedral at Canterbury and murdered Thomas Becket on the steps to the altar.<span style=""> </span>When Henry woke up the next morning to find out that he had inadvertently ordered the death of his best friend, he was heartbroken.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style=""> </span>“Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest?”</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Bill O’Reilly said it until one of his psychotic followers shot and killed abortion provider Dr. George Tiller in his church.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">“Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest?”</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Psychotic Congresswoman Michele Bachmann rants about the (now) evil federal government and invents wonderful stories about FEMA concentration camps and how the Census is designed to control you.<span style=""> </span>In Kentucky, an old man who worked part-time as a Census taker was taken out into the woods and murdered.<span style=""> </span>Carved into his chest was a single word: <span style=""> </span><i style="">FED</i>.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">“Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest?”</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, and Michael Savage call President Obama all the names in the book, including “a racist with a deep-seeded hatred of white people,” a “ communist,” a “fascist” and the man who will rob them of their America.<span style=""> </span>Chuck Grassley, Dick Armey and a whole host of insurance companies preach to a mob of people holding signs of the President as a monkey, or with a Hitler moustache.<span style=""> </span>Hell, to a lot of people he’s not even an actual American…<span style=""> </span>He hired a Puerto Rican woman to replace a white, male Supreme Court Justice.<span style=""> </span>Can you believe the nerve of this guy? Weren’t there any other white men he could have hired?</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">“Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest?”</p> <p class="MsoNormal">How long do you think it will be until all of those unspoken directions are followed?<span style=""> </span>When you have representatives on the Capitol steps urging thousands of angry, disillusioned people to go inside and confront representatives who support government-sponsored health insurance, do you even wonder if even one of them might physically attack someone?<span style=""> </span>When you try to convince millions of people to point their fingers at one man as the reason for all of their problems, how long will it be until someone points something else at him?</p><div style="text-align: center; font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:85%;">“Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest?”</span> <br /> <br /></span></div><p class="MsoNormal">Look, think what you like of his policies, but there needs to be a concerted effort to lower the tenor of anger.<span style=""> </span>It doesn’t take that much encouragement for people to feel uneasy.<span style=""> </span>This type of encouragement to action is more than we’ve ever mounted against any of our country’s enemies. <span style=""> </span><i style="">By the way, did we forget that we were at war?</i> <span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Take it down a notch, people.<span style=""> </span>We don’t need another morning after like Henry II had.<span style=""> </span>Of course, this time that heartbreak won’t last so long. <span style=""> </span>Beck and Limbaugh are on the air every day and they’ll probably just pin it on Pelosi.</p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20672818-8744702818529462729?l=nookularoption.blogspot.com'/></div>http://nookularoption.blogspot.com/2009/11/will-no-one-rid-me-of-this-turbulent.htmlnookularoption@yahoo.com (The Nookular Option)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20672818.post-3654966522317169660Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:42:00 +00002009-11-09T18:51:57.513-08:00tea baggersHolocaustElie WieselTeabaggers to Holocaust survivor: "Stop whining"<span class="post-author vcard"><span class="fn">John Aravosis <a href="http://www.americablog.com/2009/11/teabaggers-attack-holocaust-survivor.html">points out</a> some truly heinous comments by tea-baggers, in response to </span></span>Holocaust survivor and Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel's criticism of a tea bagger. Some highlights:<br /><br /><ul><li>"Rothschilds nothing! Everyone knows that Obama is George Soros sock puppet. Wasn't Soros Jewish once upon a time? May the Schwartz be with you."</li></ul><ul><li>"The jews need to clam up and accept the fact that they are in a Chritian country."</li></ul><ul><li>"This hollowcost thing is totally overblown by the jewish."</li></ul><ul><li>"Eli Wiesel should just go back to Indonesia. I don't see him condemnig the terrorist shooter at Fort Hood."</li></ul><ul><li>"Elie is a whiner. She should stop her whining. You didn't not complane when the libs were calling Bush Hitler."</li></ul><ul><li>"You know what? The fact is that at a time in history, The Rosthchild family controlled practically everything.This is a fact. Not anti semitic. I resent the Jewish outrage at everything. I am a tea partier. obama is a Marxist and takes his orders from George Soros... it is similar and these people need to get a life., Why any Jew would support the Obama administation is a mystery anyway. He is a Muslim sympathizer and the greatest threat to Israel ever to sit in the White House. Wake up Jewish community. Take off the blinders."</li></ul>Stay classy, tea-baggers.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20672818-3654966522317169660?l=nookularoption.blogspot.com'/></div>http://nookularoption.blogspot.com/2009/11/teabaggers-to-holocaust-survivor-stop.htmlnookularoption@yahoo.com (The Nookular Option)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20672818.post-5052209046444066060Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:17:00 +00002009-11-09T18:22:51.063-08:00HealthcareBart StupakDiana DeGetteabortionNot so fast on Stupak?Encouraging words <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/09/AR2009110902194.html">from Rep. DeGette (D-CO)</a> on the Stupak amendment:<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"></span><blockquote style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Although House liberals voted for the bill with the amendment to keep the process moving forward, </span><span style="font-style: italic;">Rep. Diana DeGette</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> (Colo.) said she has collected more than 40 signatures from House Democrats vowing to oppose any final bill that includes the amendment -- enough to block passage. </span> <p style="font-style: italic;">"There's going to be a firestorm here," DeGette said. "Women are going to realize that a Democratic-controlled House has passed legislation that would prohibit women paying for abortions with their own funds. . . . <span style="font-weight: bold;">We're not going to let this into law</span>." </p></blockquote><p style="font-style: italic;"></p>This is going to be quite a battle.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20672818-5052209046444066060?l=nookularoption.blogspot.com'/></div>http://nookularoption.blogspot.com/2009/11/not-so-fast-on-stupak.htmlnookularoption@yahoo.com (The Nookular Option)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20672818.post-8087889397282983108Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:13:00 +00002009-11-08T12:34:26.834-08:00HealthcareDennis KucinichKucinich's NO vote<p>From Dennis Kucinich's website:<br /></p><p style="font-style: italic;"></p><blockquote style="font-family: arial;"><p style="font-style: italic;">Congressman Dennis Kucinich after voting against H.R. 3962 addresses why he voted NO, stating:</p> <p style="font-style: italic;">"We have been led to believe that we must make our health care choices only within the current structure of a predatory, for-profit insurance system which makes money not providing health care. We cannot fault the insurance companies for being what they are. But we can fault legislation in which the government incentivizes the perpetuation, indeed the strengthening, of the for-profit health insurance industry, the very source of the problem. When health insurance companies deny care or raise premiums, co-pays and deductibles they are simply trying to make a profit. That is our system." (<a href="http://kucinich.us/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2838&Itemid=2">continued</a>)</p></blockquote><p style="font-style: italic;"></p><p>I applaud Rep. Kucinich for having to courage to vote against this weak bill. Like so much in this administration, the promised "change" has been tepid at best. We need to be bold in these times, and we need more leaders like Rep. Kucinich. <br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20672818-8087889397282983108?l=nookularoption.blogspot.com'/></div>http://nookularoption.blogspot.com/2009/11/kucinichs-no-vote.htmlnookularoption@yahoo.com (The Nookular Option)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20672818.post-798965641932245422Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:11:00 +00002009-11-08T19:18:34.754-08:00HealthcareHouse of RepresentativesHealth care reform passes the HouseThe House <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/07/house-health-care-vote-br_n_349468.html">just passed</a> the health care reform bill. The final tally was 220-215, with one GOP member voting for the bill (Rep. Joseph Cao from Louisiana). Can't wait to hear how the wingnuts handle him.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">UPDATE</span>: Well, <a href="http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/archives/2009/11/right-wing-unleashes-racism-on-rep-cao.php">that didn't take long</a>...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20672818-798965641932245422?l=nookularoption.blogspot.com'/></div>http://nookularoption.blogspot.com/2009/11/health-care-reform-passes-house.htmlnookularoption@yahoo.com (The Nookular Option)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20672818.post-4808849623146040765Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:37:00 +00002009-11-07T15:38:32.334-08:00chickenhawkKosTom TancredoChickenhawk destroyed<div><iframe height="339" width="425" src="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22425001/vp/33741796#33741796" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe><p style="font-size:11px; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #999; margin-top: 5px; background: transparent; text-align: center; width: 425px;">Visit msnbc.com for <a style="text-decoration:none !important; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999 !important; font-weight:normal !important; height: 13px; color:#5799DB !important;" href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com">Breaking News</a>, <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032507" style="text-decoration:none !important; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999 !important; font-weight:normal !important; height: 13px; color:#5799DB !important;">World News</a>, and <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032072" style="text-decoration:none !important; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999 !important; font-weight:normal !important; height: 13px; color:#5799DB !important;">News about the Economy</a></p></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20672818-4808849623146040765?l=nookularoption.blogspot.com'/></div>http://nookularoption.blogspot.com/2009/11/chickenhawk-destroyed.htmlnookularoption@yahoo.com (The Nookular Option)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20672818.post-368665530578302703Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:42:00 +00002009-11-06T09:44:32.687-08:00Jon Stewart's spot-on Glenn Beck parody<table style='font:11px arial; color:#333; background-color:#f5f5f5' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0' width='360' height='353'><tbody><tr style='background-color:#e5e5e5' valign='middle'><td style='padding:2px 1px 0px 5px;'><a target='_blank' style='color:#333; text-decoration:none; font-weight:bold;' href='http://www.thedailyshow.com'>The Daily Show With Jon Stewart</a></td><td style='padding:2px 5px 0px 5px; text-align:right; font-weight:bold;'>Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c</td></tr><tr style='height:14px;' valign='middle'><a target='_blank' style='color:#333; text-decoration:none; font-weight:bold;' href='http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-november-5-2009/the-11-3-project'>The 11/3 Project</a></td></tr><tr style='height:14px; background-color:#353535' valign='middle'><td colspan='2' style='padding:2px 5px 0px 5px; width:360px; overflow:hidden; text-align:right'><a target='_blank' style='color:#96deff; text-decoration:none; font-weight:bold;' href='http://www.thedailyshow.com/'>www.thedailyshow.com</a></td></tr><tr valign='middle'><td style='padding:0px;' colspan='2'><embed style='display:block' src='http://media.mtvnservices.com/mgid:cms:item:comedycentral.com:254892' width='360' height='301' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' wmode='window' allowFullscreen='true' flashvars='autoPlay=false' allowscriptaccess='always' allownetworking='all' bgcolor='#000000'></embed></td></tr><tr style='height:18px;' valign='middle'><td style='padding:0px;' colspan='2'><table style='margin:0px; text-align:center' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0' width='100%' height='100%'><tr valign='middle'><td style='padding:3px; width:33%;'><a target='_blank' style='font:10px arial; color:#333; text-decoration:none;' href='http://www.thedailyshow.com/full-episodes'>Daily Show<br/> Full Episodes</a></td><td style='padding:3px; width:33%;'><a target='_blank' style='font:10px arial; color:#333; text-decoration:none;' href='http://www.indecisionforever.com'>Political Humor</a></td><td style='padding:3px; width:33%;'><a target='_blank' style='font:10px arial; color:#333; text-decoration:none;' href='http://www.thedailyshow.com/videos/tag/health'>Health Care Crisis</a></td></tr></table></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20672818-368665530578302703?l=nookularoption.blogspot.com'/></div>http://nookularoption.blogspot.com/2009/11/jon-stewarts-spot-on-glenn-beck-parody.htmlnookularoption@yahoo.com (The Nookular Option)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20672818.post-5123125671400130652Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:54:00 +00002009-10-30T15:59:01.109-07:00Healthcaresingle payer healthcareBernie SandersFinally, a Senator looking out for Americans<span style="font-style: italic;"></span><blockquote style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-style: italic;">"U.S. Sen. Bernard Sanders will likely make history this year when — for the first time ever — he brings a bill creating a national single-payer health care system to the floor of the Senate for a vote.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">As a compromise on a public-option plan that would allow states to opt out gains steam in the U.S. Senate, Sanders, a Vermont independent, continues to focus his attention on a single-payer bill, although he acknowledges that there are not enough votes to pass it."</span><span style="font-style: italic;"></span> (<a href="http://www.timesargus.com/article/20091029/NEWS01/910290377/1002/NEWS01">source</a>)<br /></blockquote><br />Even though Sanders admits this bill will fail, I think it's important to at least have a vote. We can get an idea of which Senators support single-payer, and then throw our weight (i.e. contributions) behind them.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20672818-5123125671400130652?l=nookularoption.blogspot.com'/></div>http://nookularoption.blogspot.com/2009/10/finally-senator-looking-out-for.htmlnookularoption@yahoo.com (The Nookular Option)11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20672818.post-5579416666178651009Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:30:00 +00002009-10-27T17:32:00.703-07:00global climate changeNo global cooling<a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33482750/ns/us_news-environment/">Associated Press</a>--"An analysis of global temperatures by independent statisticians shows the Earth is still warming and not cooling as some global warming skeptics are claiming."<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20672818-5579416666178651009?l=nookularoption.blogspot.com'/></div>http://nookularoption.blogspot.com/2009/10/no-global-cooling.htmlnookularoption@yahoo.com (The Nookular Option)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20672818.post-6152985456650488038Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:49:00 +00002009-10-23T15:08:43.469-07:00Mary LandrieuHealthcarepublic optionMary Landrieu's strawman bullshitSenator Mary Landrieu (D-LA) apparently has a hard time responding to polls showing American support for a public option to be included in healthcare reform.<br /><br />Last week, she <a href="http://www.alternet.org/rss/the_wire_provided_by_huffington_post/95666/_mary_landrieu_talks_nonsense:_%22when_people_hear_public_option_they_hear_free_health_care%22/">said this</a> to MSNBC's David Schuster:<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"></span><blockquote style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">"I think when people hear public option they hear free health care. Everybody wants free health care. Everybody wants health care they don't have to pay for."</span></blockquote><br /><br />And today she told NPR <a href="http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/64301-landrieu-blasts-public-option#">this</a>:<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" ><blockquote>"I think if you asked, do you want a public option but it would force the government to go bankrupt, people would say no"</blockquote></span><br /><br />Please Senator, save your bullshit. No one thinks health care is free, and the idea that the government would go broke over a public option sounds like something coming from Sean Hannity's ass.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20672818-6152985456650488038?l=nookularoption.blogspot.com'/></div>http://nookularoption.blogspot.com/2009/10/mary-landrieus-strawman-bullshit.htmlnookularoption@yahoo.com (The Nookular Option)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20672818.post-1612219633811233594Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:12:00 +00002009-10-22T16:19:32.920-07:00Dick CheneyAfghanistanwar crimes"Incompetent war fighter"<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/22/national-security-network_n_330033.html">Retired General Paul Eaton</a>:<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"></span><blockquote style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-style: italic;">"The record is clear: Dick Cheney and the Bush administration were </span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">incompetent war fighters</span><span style="font-style: italic;">. They ignored Afghanistan for 7 years with a crude approach to counter-insurgency warfare best illustrated by: 1. Deny it. 2. Ignore it. 3. Bomb it. While our intelligence agencies called the region the greatest threat to America, the Bush White House under-resourced our military efforts, shifted attention to Iraq, and failed to bring to justice the masterminds of September 11. </span><p style="font-style: italic;">The only time Cheney and his cabal of foreign policy 'experts' have anything to say is when they feel compelled to protect this failed legacy. While President Obama is tasked with cleaning up the considerable mess they left behind, they continue to defend torture or rewrite a legacy of indifference on Afghanistan. Simply put, Mr. Cheney sees history throughout extremely myopic and partisan eyes."</p></blockquote><p style="font-style: italic;"></p><p>I can't think of a better way to tell the war criminal Cheney to STFU.</p><p><br /></p><p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20672818-1612219633811233594?l=nookularoption.blogspot.com'/></div>http://nookularoption.blogspot.com/2009/10/incompetent-war-fighter.htmlnookularoption@yahoo.com (The Nookular Option)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20672818.post-3223747018341007665Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:42:00 +00002009-10-20T17:54:36.107-07:00George W. BushDon't just "think" you can ruin a country---believe it!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BIuB_kpJDuY/St5blfjmDmI/AAAAAAAAAUc/zvb4xNzUJY0/s1600-h/joe-george-bush-picture-1+2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BIuB_kpJDuY/St5blfjmDmI/AAAAAAAAAUc/zvb4xNzUJY0/s320/joe-george-bush-picture-1+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394850103320514146" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">George W. Bush, the <a href="http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2009/10/classy_gig_for_ex-president.php#more?ref=fpblg">motivational speaker</a>? For only $19, you can learn how to waste trillions of dollars by invading countries. </span></span></span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span></span><br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20672818-3223747018341007665?l=nookularoption.blogspot.com'/></div>http://nookularoption.blogspot.com/2009/10/dont-just-think-you-can-ruin-country.htmlnookularoption@yahoo.com (The Nookular Option)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20672818.post-374631229748641491Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:01:00 +00002009-10-20T17:08:26.712-07:00Healthcarepublic optionAmericans still support public optionThe proposed public option "<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/19/AR2009101902451.html?hpid=topnews">wins clear majority support from the public</a>." When will Congress get the message?<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20672818-374631229748641491?l=nookularoption.blogspot.com'/></div>http://nookularoption.blogspot.com/2009/10/americans-still-support-public-option.htmlnookularoption@yahoo.com (The Nookular Option)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20672818.post-430761474836856704Sun, 18 Oct 2009 04:00:00 +00002009-10-18T05:39:28.685-07:00Susan Hermancivil libertiesRichard WolffCapitalism Hits the FanACLUThe Nookular Option: October 17, 2009The podcast of this week's show is now available. You can download (and subscribe to, for free!) the Nookular Option on iTunes. Or, listen on our handy media player, located in the sidebar.<br /><br />Enjoy!!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20672818-430761474836856704?l=nookularoption.blogspot.com'/></div>http://nookularoption.blogspot.com/2009/10/nookular-option-october-17-2009.htmlnookularoption@yahoo.com (The Nookular Option)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20672818.post-8110559969663364540Sun, 18 Oct 2009 03:26:00 +00002009-10-17T20:29:05.595-07:00Goldman SachsSECA cruel joke<a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jIJavgcfFQBgPCc5Lf1HscLwPaOgD9BCASNG0">Associated Press</a>--"<span style="font-style: italic;">A Goldman Sachs executive has been named the first chief operating officer of the Securities and Exchange Commission's enforcement division</span>."<br /><br />Good one.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20672818-8110559969663364540?l=nookularoption.blogspot.com'/></div>http://nookularoption.blogspot.com/2009/10/cruel-joke.htmlnookularoption@yahoo.com (The Nookular Option)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20672818.post-7188759618931297473Sun, 18 Oct 2009 01:28:00 +00002009-10-17T18:29:10.763-07:00The Nookular OptionMinistrymusicWeekend music--MinistryNot for the weak of heart!<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/wB-H7uxYGYc&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/wB-H7uxYGYc&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20672818-7188759618931297473?l=nookularoption.blogspot.com'/></div>http://nookularoption.blogspot.com/2009/10/weekend-music-ministry.htmlnookularoption@yahoo.com (The Nookular Option)0noNot for the weak of heart! The Nookular OptionNot for the weak of heart! politics,liberal,progressive,comedytag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20672818.post-7532179135461497303Sat, 17 Oct 2009 01:22:00 +00002009-10-16T18:28:14.324-07:00Susan HermanThe Nookular OptionRichard WolffACLUSaturday's showTomorrow, Don and I will be talking with Professor <a href="http://www.rdwolff.com/">Richard Wolff</a>. He is the author of a new book, "<i>Capitalism Hits the Fan: The Global Economic Meltdown and What to Do About It</i>." We'll be discussing the causes of credit card debt & stagnating wages. Also, we'll have Don's interview with ACLU president Susan Herman. Join us, won't you?<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20672818-7532179135461497303?l=nookularoption.blogspot.com'/></div>http://nookularoption.blogspot.com/2009/10/saturdays-show_16.htmlnookularoption@yahoo.com (The Nookular Option)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20672818.post-5210868679823240374Thu, 15 Oct 2009 22:01:00 +00002009-10-15T15:23:13.002-07:00Louisiana justice of the peace refuses to marry interracial couples<a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091015/ap_on_re_us/us_interracial_rebuff">From the "what the hell" department</a>:<br /><br /><blockquote><em>"A Louisiana justice of the peace said he refused to issue a marriage license to an interracial couple out of concern for any children the couple might have. Keith Bardwell, justice of the peace in Tangipahoa Parish, says it is his experience that most interracial marriages do not last long...<br /><br />'I do ceremonies for black couples right here in my house,' Bardwell said. 'My main concern is for the children.'<br /><br />Bardwell said he has discussed the topic with blacks and whites, along with witnessing some interracial marriages. He came to the conclusion that most of black society does not readily accept offspring of such relationships, and neither does white society, he said.<br /><br />'I don't do interracial marriages because I don't want to put children in a situation they didn't bring on themselves,' Bardwell said. 'In my heart, I feel the children will later suffer.'<br /><br />If he does an interracial marriage for one couple, he must do the same for all, he said.<br /><br />'I try to treat everyone equally,' he said."</em></blockquote><br /><br />You aren't trying nearly hard enough, chucklehead. What you "feel in your heart" is irrelevant. When you are a government official acting under color of law, you may not discriminate on the basis of race. This is a well-settled principle of constitutional law:<br /><br /><blockquote><em>"Marriage is one of the 'basic civil rights of man,' fundamental to our very existence and survival.... To deny this fundamental freedom on so unsupportable a basis as the racial classifications...is surely to deprive all the State's citizens of liberty without due process of law. The Fourteenth Amendment requires that the freedom of choice to marry not be restricted by invidious racial discrimination. Under our Constitution, the freedom to marry, or not marry, a person of another race resides with the individual and cannot be infringed by the State." <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loving_v._Virginia">Virginia v. Loving, 388 U.S. 1 (1967)</a>.</blockquote></em><br /><br />Make no mistake, we are not living in a post-racial society. Not even close.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20672818-5210868679823240374?l=nookularoption.blogspot.com'/></div>http://nookularoption.blogspot.com/2009/10/louisiana-justice-of-peace-refuses-to.htmlnookularoption@yahoo.com (The Nookular Option)27tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20672818.post-3096986520877731532Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:40:00 +00002009-10-15T13:54:37.943-07:00Susan Hermancivil libertiesinterviewsBarack ObamaACLUNookular Interview: ACLU president Susan HermanACLU president Susan Herman will be <a href="http://www.acluohio.org/calendar/view_entry.php?id=410&date=20091029">delivering a lecture</a> at the University of Toledo College of Law on October 29, 2009. The lecture is titled "Civil Liberties in the Age of Obama," and analyzes "the actions taken thus far by the Obama administration, separating the rhetoric of campaign promises from the actions of a White House administration in areas such as ending military commissions and extraordinary rendition, closing Guantanamo Bay, and restoring habeas corpus."<br /><br />Anticipating the lecture, I invited Susan to do an interview. Due to a scheduling conflict, we pre-recorded the interview this morning, and we'll play the interview as part of Saturday's show. Don't miss it!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20672818-3096986520877731532?l=nookularoption.blogspot.com'/></div>http://nookularoption.blogspot.com/2009/10/nookular-interview-aclu-president-susan.htmlnookularoption@yahoo.com (The Nookular Option)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20672818.post-6395961902274087672Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:01:00 +00002009-10-15T13:07:07.239-07:00Thought of the day:<a href="http://blog.buzzflash.com/node/9610">Jon Stewart</a>:<br /><br /><blockquote><em>"If, to protect Halliburton, you have to side against rape victims, you might want to rethink your allegiances."</blockquote></em><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20672818-6395961902274087672?l=nookularoption.blogspot.com'/></div>http://nookularoption.blogspot.com/2009/10/thought-of-day.htmlnookularoption@yahoo.com (The Nookular Option)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20672818.post-1006142968577733353Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:08:00 +00002009-10-14T15:15:07.572-07:00HealthcareOlympia SnoweDemocratsWhat Democrat control meansWhat does control of the Senate, House, & White House mean for America's hope for health care reform? It means bad Republican ideas <a href="http://jwalkerreport.blogspot.com/2009/10/good-day-for-baucus-bad-day-for-real.html">get center stage</a>.<br /><br />Maybe instead of naming health care reform after Ted Kennedy, we can name it after Olympia Snowe. Bipartisanship means bad ideas take precedent over good ones.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20672818-1006142968577733353?l=nookularoption.blogspot.com'/></div>http://nookularoption.blogspot.com/2009/10/what-democrat-control-means.htmlnookularoption@yahoo.com (The Nookular Option)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20672818.post-7714869731349608581Sun, 11 Oct 2009 17:53:00 +00002009-10-11T11:01:48.345-07:00Rethinking AfghanistanToledo local musicAfghanistanRick ReyesThe Nookular Option: October 10, 2009The podcast of yesterday's show is now available. In the first half of the show, we chat with Rick Reyes, retired corporal in the US Marine Corps, about his work with the <a href="http://rethinkafghanistan.com/">"Rethink Afghanistan Project."</a> The "UT Anti-War" group is presenting a screening of the "Rethink Afghanistan" film on Wednesday, October 14, 2009 at 7:00 p.m. in Student Union Room 2561.<br /><br />In the second half, singer/songwriter Anthony Kohler gives us a sneak preview of his upcoming release. If you're interested in supporting local artistic talent, stop by <a href="http://www.myspace.com/anthonykohlerlong">Anthony's webpage</a> and check out his tunes. You won't be disappointed.<br /><br />You can download the show from iTunes, or push "play" on the media player to the right. <br /><br />Enjoy!!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20672818-7714869731349608581?l=nookularoption.blogspot.com'/></div>http://nookularoption.blogspot.com/2009/10/nookular-option-october-10-2009.htmlnookularoption@yahoo.com (The Nookular Option)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20672818.post-4221073579414786090Sun, 11 Oct 2009 17:31:00 +00002009-10-11T10:35:56.604-07:00Jim DeMintsportsGOPDeep thoughtsThe men's U.S. soccer team <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/11/sports/soccer/11soccer.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss">advances to the World Cup</a>. How long before the GOP starts whining? I mean, come on...they beat Honduras. Surely, <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/02/demint-honduras-trip-plan_n_307632.html">Jim DeMint</a> has something to say<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20672818-4221073579414786090?l=nookularoption.blogspot.com'/></div>http://nookularoption.blogspot.com/2009/10/deep-thoughts.htmlnookularoption@yahoo.com (The Nookular Option)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20672818.post-9044457927163626935Sun, 11 Oct 2009 00:42:00 +00002009-10-10T17:43:27.468-07:00The Nookular OptionmusicThe XXWeekend music--The XX<object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Pib8eYDSFEI&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Pib8eYDSFEI&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20672818-9044457927163626935?l=nookularoption.blogspot.com'/></div>http://nookularoption.blogspot.com/2009/10/weekend-music-xx.htmlnookularoption@yahoo.com (The Nookular Option)0noThe Nookular Optionpolitics,liberal,progressive,comedytag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20672818.post-134015420620096502Fri, 09 Oct 2009 22:26:00 +00002009-10-09T15:34:26.407-07:00Rethinking AfghanistanThe Nookular OptionRick ReyesSaturday's showTomorrow Don and I will be talking with Rick Reyes. A retired corporal in the US Marine Corps, Rick served in Afghanistan in 2001 and in Iraq in 2003. In 2008 he got involved in the Brave New Foundation's <a href="http://rethinkafghanistan.com/">Rethink Afghanistan</a> project and testified in front of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Here is some of that testimony:<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ypwrq4mbiQw&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ypwrq4mbiQw&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20672818-134015420620096502?l=nookularoption.blogspot.com'/></div>http://nookularoption.blogspot.com/2009/10/saturdays-show.htmlnookularoption@yahoo.com (The Nookular Option)0noTomorrow Don and I will be talking with Rick Reyes. A retired corporal in the US Marine Corps, Rick served in Afghanistan in 2001 and in Iraq in 2003. In 2008 he got involved in the Brave New Foundation's Rethink Afghanistan project and testified in frontThe Nookular OptionTomorrow Don and I will be talking with Rick Reyes. A retired corporal in the US Marine Corps, Rick served in Afghanistan in 2001 and in Iraq in 2003. In 2008 he got involved in the Brave New Foundation's Rethink Afghanistan project and testified in front of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Here is some of that testimony: politics,liberal,progressive,comedyen-usThe Nookular OptionnonadultToledo's Best Liberal Talk Radio