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1. #201
   On September 8th, 2008 at 11:42 am, DBNinKY said:

   By August 2008, National Amusements, media kingpin Sumner Redstone’s political cash machine, had contributed $352,603 to the Obama camp.

   Redstone always tries to take the heat off himself for this, by giving at least one interview before a presidential election declaring he will vote for the Republican, while his pacs/foundations continue to wildly funnel big bucks to the Democrat.

   Looks like Brand also mocked Christian youths who wear promise rings and ridiculed the popular Jonas Brothers band as well.

   If promise rings help prevent or delay just one teenage girl from becoming pregnant before she physically and/or psychologically able to care for the baby, then the rings program has proven itself a success!

   Btw, does anyone still watch MTV? I teach 7-8th graders, and they all watch the teen blocks on Disney and Nickelodeon.

2. #202
   On September 8th, 2008 at 11:43 am, Regulus said:

   I was in college back in the dinosaur days of the early 80s, when MTV played music videos. It could actually be worth having on as white noise in the background.

   Today, MTV seems to have bottomed out as a channel directed to an audience — and a segment of the music industry — that “think” primarily with their genitalia. Except for stumbling across it while channel surfing, I haven’t watched it in 20 years.

   Do they even play music videos anymore? Or is it all just crap like people competing for a “shot at love” with some gal who can’t tell if she wants a boyfriend or a girlfriend?

   And trotting out the lefty Brit to tell the gonad-worshipers how to vote, the the glee of Britney Spears. How special, and how … unsurprising. I’d be more worried if I thought they’d actually make it to the polls in November.

3. #203
   On September 8th, 2008 at 11:47 am, Cosmo said:

   Not sure if this has been mentioned, but the VMAs were being promoted by kids on Nickelodeon yesterday–with the highlight being the Jonas Brothers.

   Of course being part of the MTV generation, I knew better than to let my kids watch the show, because I was certain there would be Fartman-esque moments (a la Howard Stern) and that the MTV target demo and objective seems to be “parents who don’t monitor what their kids watch so we can further degrade the family, Judeo-Christian values and anything else that is uplifting.”

   As for Russell Brand, I know the Brit stereotype is bad teeth, but I had no idea that combing your hair with a spoon is all the rage in London these days. Why does MTV always seem to bring in the lowest common denominator?

4. #204
   On September 8th, 2008 at 11:55 am, UberInfidel67 said:

   …..And this is exactly why I was watching a show on ABC supporting our troops. There were singers and comedians out at Camp Pendleton on a stage outside. ZZ Top kicked some serious butt with “I thank you”!!!

   Also, a Brit is is NO position to be talking smack about our leaders. If things stay the way they are in Britian, someone just might push a wall over on him. (If you get my drift)

5. #205
   On September 8th, 2008 at 12:02 pm, Rusty said:

   A lot of people are writing that MTV ain’t what it used to be. I agree that there’s no focus on music anymore, but in terms of what’s appropriate and what isn’t, MTV probably hit rock bottom in the 1980s with all those hair metal videos. Nothing but artistic cleavage and bankruptcy.

   Of course I see my days as a teen (the 90s) as the good old days. I am sure there was plenty of crap on then too.

   And to the person who saw ZZ Top last night, you are very lucky. ZZ is amazing. But a ton of their songs are about sex (they actually named a song Tube Steak Boogie!). They’re no more appropriate than Brand mocking purity rings.

6. #206
   On September 8th, 2008 at 12:06 pm, shooter said:

   That Obama guy sure has some nice supporters and friends huh?
   He brings the best out of people.

   And these rants… ARE their BEST.

7. #207
   On September 8th, 2008 at 12:30 pm, Gorebot said:

   McCain’s best hope:

   That these deranged loons and their leftwing lackeys in the Idiot Media don’t stop emitting their cascade of toxic effluent!!!

   Hopefully, the emotional dissonance that results — when they finally realize that their inability to control themselves is actually backfiring on them — will cause them to STFU.

8. #208
   On September 8th, 2008 at 12:31 pm, RetFireman said:

   I against the political statements Russell Brand made as much as the next conservative. But, making judgments about someone that has a mental disorder is not going to make our side look any better. Britney loves her children and can not help that she has had some problems, mainly due to constant criticism by people that have never met her. I’m sure his statements also hit home for the Spears family considering they’ve gone through a similar situation recently.

   And, I don’t think he was “Feeling sorry” for her, he was more celebrating the fact that it was a night for her to shine after all the hell she’s been through.

   And he did so by ridiculing and embarrassing a 17 year old mother, insulting the father of her child and basically making all the same comments and accusations that you are now also whining about poor Britney had to go through?

   Does the word hypocrisy not work for you?

   And you don’t think it helps our side at all to point out his and anyone else’s hypocrisy in this matter?

   Brittney has asked for her time in the public spotlight. She worked for it, pushed for it and has done very little if anything to discourage any of it.

   The Palin children, on the other hand, as well as the eldest daughter’s fiancee`, have done no such thing. For you to equivocate the two shows a great lack of honesty on your and anyone else’s part, as well as a great deal of not understanding the difference and an incredible lack of compassion.

   I won’t even go into the part where Britney is in her late 20′s and NOT still a teenager. Nor will I EVEr let pass someone who has done what she has done concerning the safety and welfare of their child the way she has done, including her drinking and drug use.

   No one ever made the claim that she didn’t love her children…but I have a great many images burned in my memory permanently of children that I have had in the back of my ambulance who also had parents who loved them…it does not keep them from doing bad things to them.

9. #209
   On September 8th, 2008 at 12:37 pm, b-cat said:

   On September 8th, 2008 at 12:02 pm, Rusty said:
   Of course I see my days as a teen (the 90s) as the good old days. I am sure there was plenty of crap on then too.
   And to the person who saw ZZ Top last night, you are very lucky. ZZ is amazing. But a ton of their songs are about sex (they actually named a song Tube Steak Boogie!). They’re no more appropriate than Brand mocking purity rings.

   That was me. I didn’t say they were pure, just very American. You are too young to remember pre-MTV ZZ Top, or anything pre-MTV really, so I’ll forgive you.

   P.S. It’s Tube Snake Boogie.

10. #210
    On September 8th, 2008 at 12:38 pm, JohninLondon said:

    Russell Brand is a creep – he is not much liked over here.

    But the BBC in particular indulges – gives work to – so-called comedians who trash the US with Bush as prime target. The bias in BBC coverage of the conventions and the Palin appointment have been as bad as anything in the US MSM.

    The BBC’s US Editor is a clown caqlled Justin Webb. He runs a blog at the BBC website = just scan some of his 5 or 6 brief blog posts over the past couple of weeks to get the flavour. Lifted straight out of Kos, Atlantic, Huffpo etc.

    In passing – check out the hilarious posts there – it is full of effete liberals from the US, they are Justin’s groupies. Their scorn for the Repubs, the rednecks, is plain as pie.

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/justinwebb/2008/09/disappointment.html

11. #211
    On September 8th, 2008 at 12:39 pm, sonofdy said:

    MTV used to be about music. Now its reality shows, rap and sex. Worthless. The only reason I know whats on there is because I have a 16 year old daughter. Its total crap.

12. #212
    On September 8th, 2008 at 12:39 pm, dakine said:

    Not that I watch much MTV, but if you’re looking for actual music videos, they appear basically non-stop on various MTV sister channels. My wife’s in the entertainment biz, so we have every cable channel known to mankind. I think there are 5 or 6 MTV channels now.

13. #213
    On September 8th, 2008 at 12:40 pm, ArizonaNeanderthal said:

    On September 8th, 2008 at 10:05 am, Martin1 said:

    btw I sent an email to russell.brand@bbc.co.uk.

    I doubt if I’ll get a reply.

    Give it a shot.

    Mr. Brand
    russell.brand@bbc.co.uk.

    Please allow an ignorant small town American Clinging to his God and Guns to tell a NON CITIZEN (that would be you Mr. Brand) to BUG OFF PUNK. The whole reason we had our Revolution was to get away from smart mouthed Englishmen. The three Greatest Mistakes of the United States:

    1) Allying with you wimpy clowns in the First World War
    2) Allying with you wimpy clowns in the Second World War
    3) The Marshall Plan

    Now keep your mouth shut about MY country PUNK and stay home.There is a reason God put you on an island-stay there.

    Have a nice day.

14. #214
    On September 8th, 2008 at 12:43 pm, katablog said:

    Racist if you don’t vote for Obama says the stupid Brit. Ah, but tell off-colored jokes about Sarah and her daughter and of course that’s not sexist!

    How is being a sexist pig any better than being a racist? Add to that we are racists simply for not voting for Obama.

    Please tell me the world isn’t this stupid!

15. #215
    On September 8th, 2008 at 12:44 pm, greenfairie said:

    I say we should put this guy on the road with Obama. Appear at AAAALLL of his campaign stops. Let him mock small-towners, hunters, farmers, Christians, and anybody else who’s not a Hollywood hipster right there on the podium. It’ll be great.

    For us .

16. #216
    On September 8th, 2008 at 12:44 pm, katablog said:

    On September 8th, 2008 at 10:05 am, Martin1 said:

    btw I sent an email to russell.brand@bbc.co.uk.

    I doubt if I’ll get a reply.

    Ya think he can actually write?

17. #217
    On September 8th, 2008 at 12:48 pm, b-cat said:

    Rusty-
    Go back and listen to Tres Hombres album and see if you don’t say, “H##l yeah” in a Texas accent. That is one bada$$ album of pure blues-rock and Texas boogie.

18. #218
    On September 8th, 2008 at 12:49 pm, NDgal said:

    I’ve never understood the global community garbage. Many people will never have the opportunity to travel anywhere out of the country in their lifetime. They don’t care what people in some other country think of us or how they do things.
    I wonder if he would be saying the same things about one of Obama girls if they ever had a teen pregnancy? Oh wait, Daddy dear would never let them be punished…

19. #219
    On September 8th, 2008 at 12:51 pm, jellibean said:

    Some people, I think they’re called racists, say that America Germany/France/Great Britain is not ready for a black president/Prime Minister/Chancellor.

    There. Fixed that for him.

20. #220
    On September 8th, 2008 at 12:53 pm, Joy said:

    On September 8th, 2008 at 1:37 am, nyc123me said:
    If being white and not voting for Obama equates to being racist, it follows that being black and voting for Obama must also equate to being racist.

    No, no nono, no no no… Only white people are racist… sheesh, get with it! /sarc

21. #221
    On September 8th, 2008 at 12:54 pm, Ilovemycountry said:

    The guy sounds like he knows what he’s talking about: use a condom or become a republican – that’s classic.

22. #222
    On September 8th, 2008 at 12:54 pm, johnrohan said:

    Michelle said:
    (Camera pans to singers Chris Brown and Britney Spears applauding and cheering.)

    Chris Brown certainly was, and waving his fist in the air. But Britney was sort of giving the obligatory type of slow clap, with a confused expression on her face. I think she didn’t really like it very much. I saw a few other celebrities that looked like they weren’t entirely happy with Brand.

23. #223
    On September 8th, 2008 at 12:56 pm, b-cat said:

    It did appear to me in fairness that the applause was a little less than enthusiastic.

24. #224
    On September 8th, 2008 at 12:58 pm, RetFireman said:

    On September 8th, 2008 at 9:06 am, WrathOfKhan said:

    FoxNews just now reported that media is calling Alaska trying to find out if Patin cheated in the Wasilla beauty pageant back in ‘84 or whenever it was.

    Are you kidding me???? SHE DIDN’T EVEN WIN!!!!

    What, she pulled strings, cheated, paid off the judges in order to be runner up?

    OK…I give up…can we start playing their game now? Can we take off the gloves and go after them the way they are to us?

25. #225
    On September 8th, 2008 at 1:02 pm, Jenn of the Jungle said:

    I watched MTV the first day it started, back when it was about crazy, funny VJ’s and Music. Those days are long gone now.

    The VMA’S used to be a source of lowbrow, ribald entertainment that focused on the actual musicians and bands that the show was about.

    In recent years the VMA’s have become a pre-election Leftard bonanza filled with Diddy inspired “Vote or Die” banality. Stepping up the game, MTV, which is owned by leftist shill Viacom, hired Russell Brand, a “comedian” from England whom my own British husband described as a “worthless wanker” and who’s only real claim to fame was dressing up like Osama Bin Laden the day after 9/11.

26. #226
    On September 8th, 2008 at 1:04 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    refreshingly ignorant

    sums up TV for the most part…

    No, I haven’t read any of the other comments since i truly hate the new multi-page format. Arrive on the last apge and then have to go back – i don’t think so. Sorry Michelle. I promise only one rant about it per day, and this is the Monday rant.

27. #227
    On September 8th, 2008 at 1:04 pm, ArizonaNeanderthal said:

    jellibean said:
    There. Fixed that for him.

    As in Fixed a male dog, young bull, boar pig, ram, lamb?
    My Card:
    Have Snippers. Will Travel.
    Paladin.

    Russell Brand, soprano supremo.
    jellibean?

28. #228
    On September 8th, 2008 at 1:04 pm, tgusa said:

    I channeled past that freak show, err awards ceremony last night and I decided that their moniker MTV must mean Men in Tights Video. Boy, just think, if this guy had been reflective of the British back during the founding of the USA the revolutionary war would have lasted about ten minutes. About the time it took for the shot heard round the world to be heard. He called Bush a retard, I have to believe that Bush must feel real good about himself this morning. He’s over here telling us what to do as the islamists he and his countrymen (loose interpretation) allowed in are telling them what to do back home, moron.

29. #229
    On September 8th, 2008 at 1:06 pm, Rusty said:

    P.S. It’s Tube Snake Boogie

    Arrrrrrgh. I swear I knew that. Don’t know what I was thinking there.

    But my point was simply that even back in the day on MTV, the videos weren’t exactly appropriate for tween eyes and ears.

    And, to reiterate, I love ZZ Top. There’s a Queens on the Stone Age song from 2005 called “Burn the Witch” where Billy Gibbons plays lead guitar. He does a four note intro to his guitar solo that is just nasty.

30. #230
    On September 8th, 2008 at 1:22 pm, starlightwoman said:

    On September 8th, 2008 at 12:02 pm, Rusty said:
    A lot of people are writing that MTV ain’t what it used to be. I agree that there’s no focus on music anymore, but in terms of what’s appropriate and what isn’t, MTV probably hit rock bottom in the 1980s with all those hair metal videos. Nothing but artistic cleavage and bankruptcy.

    Of course I see my days as a teen (the 90s) as the good old days. I am sure there was plenty of crap on then too.

    And to the person who saw ZZ Top last night, you are very lucky. ZZ is amazing. But a ton of their songs are about sex (they actually named a song Tube Steak Boogie!). They’re no more appropriate than Brand mocking purity rings.

    Personally I love metal, yes the video’s and some of the song’s are about sex – some are not. I grew up listening to ZZ TOP – here we call them that little ol band from Texas.

    I think MTV started to decay when they started more crap like real world and road trip. They should stick with music and music videos and leave the real world to the rest of us.

31. #231
    On September 8th, 2008 at 1:25 pm, KevinQC said:

    I’ve blocked MTV – not that I watched it much anyway. This way I won’t even accidentally stop on the filth. If only the jerks over at the network understood the reason I’m upset isn’t the political views (I expect as much) it’s the vulgarity and absolute disrespect shown to the Palin family.

32. #232
    On September 8th, 2008 at 1:25 pm, b-cat said:

    Rusty-
    Billy Gibbons is probably my #1 guitar hero, maybe Stevie Ray Vaughan. Beats out my other favorite blues guitar gods by virtue of the fact that he can be the ONLY guitarist on the album and pull it off with flying colors.

33. #233
    On September 8th, 2008 at 1:27 pm, b-cat said:

    On September 8th, 2008 at 1:22 pm, starlightwoman said:
    Personally I love metal, yes the video’s and some of the song’s are about sex – some are not. I grew up listening to ZZ TOP – here we call them that little ol band from Texas.

    Me too. You a Texas gal?

34. #234
    On September 8th, 2008 at 1:40 pm, DanVanSmak said:

    Hey Russell,

    Do the rest of English pop music a favor and STFU. Stop meddling in Yank politics. You’re making the rest of us look bad by association.

    Signed,
    Amy Winehouse

    *out*

35. #235
    On September 8th, 2008 at 1:41 pm, RetFireman said:

    use a condom or become a republican – that’s classic.

    Actually…let’s just think about that comment/statement for just a second.

    Would you really be all that upset if the kept more of them from being born?

    I personally am loving the fact that all three of my daughters are growing up to not just be Republicans and Conservatives, but to actually walk on the other side of the street whenever they see a “Hippie”

    Funny, funny story. They went to Santa Cruz to visit my step-son at college. While they were there, they got their first look at a “Hippie Drum Circle”. The disgust they felt was palpable, and when they returned home, they could not say enough about it. TO this day, they will go on and on about how stupid they looked, questioning why anyone would dress that way, wondering why none of them have showers etc. Oh if only I could record it and post it for you all.

    I just smile and tell them that it is rude to point and laugh.

36. #236
    On September 8th, 2008 at 1:43 pm, Danceswithdachshunds said:

    Russell Brand – meet the Dixie Chicks!

37. #237
    On September 8th, 2008 at 1:48 pm, Lawrence said:

    Russell who?

38. #238
    On September 8th, 2008 at 1:49 pm, RetFireman said:

    Waaaaaaiiiiit wait wait wait…let’s think for a moment.

    Let’s examine just who it was that was on stage touting the wonders of having Obama be President, and the horrors of morality and virtue.

    A heroin addicted, bi-polar sex maniac.

    If that is the kind of person that thinks an Obama Presidency is the best thing for not just our country, but the entire world…does that really say a lot about Obama in the first place?

    Why, I can see their new slogan now, soon to be on posters and commercials everywhere.

    B.Hussein Obama for President…
    The choice of junkies, sex fiends and the mentally ill the world over!

39. #239
    On September 8th, 2008 at 1:52 pm, Micheleeroo said:

    So the Jonas Brothers—kids who are out there doing music and setting a good example for the kids listening to their music by wearing Purity Rings and not getting stoned every other day–would be better off bedding every girl that shows up and picking up a gaggle of sexually transmitted diseases along the way???? There’s not a caring parent out there who would agree with that foolish ‘logic’!

40. #240
    On September 8th, 2008 at 1:54 pm, emjem24 said:

    Yet another reason I don’t watch MTV. MTV has changed since the ’80′s. They were hailed as bringing in another kind of media, the music video, to promote new music acts. At the time, in the ’80′s, MTV was responsible for a new style of music and was independent of the previous generations. Today? Not so much.

    Is it so much to ask MTV to be neutral? To just be an entertainment/music source and leave the poltics out of it? They used to.

    What’s even more disappointing is they they think that it’s okay to brainwash and liberally indoctrinate young voters (and those who can’t vote) and not be thought of as the propaganda arm of the Dem Party. Young people may be naive, even stupid in some respects, but never expect that they’re not aware that they’re being used.

    The thing that MTV doesn’t understand is that young people eventually grow up, have careers, familes, their own children and see through the pop culture spin that MTV has become. Not all young people remain ardent Dem tools who think that the world is about them. If anything that kind of mindset will quickly get left behind when these same adoring Dems can’t compete in the marketplace after being urged how “special” and “unique” they are for watching MTV, copying overplayed fashion trends and mimicking the styles of promiscuous, lewd, and dim-witted louts like Brand.

    Sorry, MTV, the USA isn’t Great Britain…. yet.

41. #241
    On September 8th, 2008 at 1:55 pm, sleepneat said:

    Stop letting your kids watch that crap. It takes MTV to recruit some foreign loser to trash America, we have our own losers (p-diddy, Kanye, Sean Penn) that could’ve done a better job.

42. #242
    On September 8th, 2008 at 1:55 pm, FilmLadd said:

    You can determine the quality of a person’s character not just by their friends, but by their enemies.

43. #243
    On September 8th, 2008 at 1:59 pm, vickisoup said:

    You can read the NYT article on how Palin handled her pregnancy with Trig. I was surprised; it’s actually a nice article, though we can expect the unhinged derangement to continue. It’s here.

44. #244
    On September 8th, 2008 at 2:04 pm, RetFireman said:

    Apparently he also thinks rape is just hilarious.

45. #245
    On September 8th, 2008 at 2:07 pm, chaosrainz said:

    I can’t get over the number of people who said they were tuned in for entertainment.
    If that’s the case, why were they watching MTV to begin with?
    There hasn’t been anything entertaining on there for 20 years.

46. #246
    On September 8th, 2008 at 2:09 pm, RetFireman said:

    Oh, and for the record, I stopped watching MTV right about the time when they started showing “Yo! MTV Raps” more than an hour on Saturdays. As soon as they started doing that, and as soon as they put on the game show “Remote Control”, they completely lost everything that the station stood for.

    I never really understood why the format had to change long before videos were passe`.

    Where I grew up, we didn’t have cable. My town didn’t get it until almost 1990 and had to rely on “Friday Night Videos”. However, I had moved on my own to Los Angeles a year after graduation and had cable just in time to witness it’s demise.

47. #247
    On September 8th, 2008 at 2:26 pm, Gorebot said:

    Another thing to keep in mind:

    If we’re fortunate enough to keep OBummer out of the White House, we need to prepare for the nuclear bomb of leftwing vitriol and invective that will explode after a McCain/Palin win.

    The lefty nutjobs will want to kill people (other than themselves); and, in some cases, might actually succeed.

    Just sayin’…

48. #248
    On September 8th, 2008 at 2:35 pm, englishqueen01 said:

    The lefty nutjobs will want to kill people (other than themselves); and, in some cases, might actually succeed.

    Don’t think I haven’t thought about that, Gorebot. I in no way think Obama or Biden would encourage or condone violence – but they also told their supporters to lay off the Palin attacks, right?

    That didn’t work.

    If McCain wins, I’ll seriously consider removing my McCain/Palin stickers from my car if things get bad enough.

49. #249
    On September 8th, 2008 at 2:38 pm, tgusa said:

    Back before cable there was American Bandstand and Soul Train, shows that played popular music as average people danced on the set. At some point these entertainers took it upon them selves to do the dancing, music became a bad Hollywood musical absent any plot. People found out that you can watch these videos but there is a risk. We all have songs we like from different eras and when we hear them they bring back memories.

    Most music lovers have on more than one occasion put on some of their favorite music stretch out on the couch and become lost in the music. Once you see an entertainer ruin a particular song that you like accompanied by their gyrating arse or atrocious costumes in your face it kinda ruins it forever, you’re stuck with that vision from then on out. I remember when cable first came around we were one of the early experimental areas. There was something like 20 channels but nothing on most of them. It was a lot like the internet in 1997, a big empty space, you could almost hear the sound of nothing. Its much loder on cable today but there still is a whole lotta nothing out there as well.

50. #250
    On September 8th, 2008 at 2:42 pm, DiamondMair said:

    Ummmm, doesn’t this kind of garbage/gasbaggery come under the so-called “Fairness Doctrine”? If talk radio/blogs/etc., are required to “give both sides” of an argument, how much more so should presumptive “entertainment” offer even-handed treatment?

    Semper Fi’
    DM

51. #251
    On September 8th, 2008 at 2:51 pm, bmac727 said:

    The Obama (re Berg v. Obama) may not be a “natural born” US citizen either.
    ‘Ill Sen Barack Hussein Obama was served with papers 9/4/08 connected with the lawsuit filed more than two weeks ago in fed court in Phila questioning his constitutional eligibility for the American presidency. Service was made at his Washington, D.C. Senate office at approximately 1:00 p.m.’

    From a press release provided by filing attorney Philip Berg and available on his Web site http://www.obamacrimes.com:

    Philip J. Berg, Esquire, the Attorney who filed suit against Barack H. Obama challenging Senator Obama’s eligibility to serve as President of the United States, has received confirmation from his Process Service Company that the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and Senator Barack Obama were served today, September 4, 2008, with the legal documents pertaining to Berg vs. Obama, Civil Action No. 08-cv-4083.
    The DNC was served at 12:00 p.m. and Senator Obama was served at 1:00 p.m. The U.S. Attorney’s Office accepted service on behalf of the Federal Elections Committee (FEC) on or about August 22, 2008.
    Updates

52. #252
    On September 8th, 2008 at 2:57 pm, Django said:

    The beau-u-utiful upside to this is it’s bound to chop Obama’s much touted “youth vote” off at the knees. Otherwise apathetic young people who would have reflexively voted for Obama are going to change their minds after being lectured by a pompous Brit member of “the world community.”

53. #253
    On September 8th, 2008 at 3:00 pm, Django said:

    One other thing. Many here won’t agree but Russell Brand can actually be very, very funny. It’s a shame he wasted his airtime with such tedious political bitching, complaining and lecturing.

54. #254
    On September 8th, 2008 at 3:03 pm, RabbidSquirrel said:

    On September 8th, 2008 at 1:04 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    No, I haven’t read any of the other comments since i truly hate the new multi-page format. Arrive on the last apge and then have to go back – i don’t think so. Sorry Michelle. I promise only one rant about it per day, and this is the Monday rant.

    Dont worry AlohaGuy!!! ::sigh:: Everyone will disappear in about 90 days and we will go back to our usual 45 posts per blog topic. (I hope not though, I enjoy hearing from everyone)

55. #255
    On September 8th, 2008 at 3:08 pm, RabbidSquirrel said:

    Rocked out at the Dokken and Poison concert on Saturday night! 5 feet away from the bands!

    Teenage daughter loved it and one of the roadies gave her some souvenirs from CC and Brett!!!! They just gained another generation of fans.

    Appreciated both bands giving kudos to our Armed Forces members who couldnt be there!

56. #256
    On September 8th, 2008 at 3:16 pm, ArizonaNeanderthal said:

    On September 8th, 2008 at 2:26 pm, Gorebot said:

    Another thing to keep in mind:

    If we’re fortunate enough to keep OBummer out of the White House, we need to prepare for the nuclear bomb of leftwing vitriol and invective that will explode after a McCain/Palin win.

    The lefty nutjobs will want to kill people (other than themselves); and, in some cases, might actually succeed.

    Just sayin’…

    And can this old man be so fortunate as to go into battle one last time for his country? Oh My Lord, if I could close but one more battle my life would be more than complete. For these Leftist fools are more threat to me and mine than any Mr. Charles ever was. It would be a gift supreme. Since returning from Viet Nam and running into these Leftist Fools at the Airport, in Graduate school and elsewhere I have prayed for such a day.
    And can this old man be so fortunate?

57. #257
    On September 8th, 2008 at 3:18 pm, atheling said:

    If it is proven that Obama is ineligible to run, does that give Joe Biden the top slot on the ticket?

58. #258
    On September 8th, 2008 at 3:32 pm, RetFireman said:

    Funny isn’t it? No one is ever worried about what Conservatives will do should The Golden Calf win. Yet we all know damn well that when McCain and Palin win in November, the Liberals and Democrats, the same one who have been whining and complaining incessantly for the last 8 years, will have their biggest tantrum yet.

    I, personally, forsee a good deal of rioting a looting. It will be fed, of course, by the Liberals and Democratic leaders, as they go on and on about “Voter Fraud”, “Voter Intimidation”, how there were oh so many disenfranchised voters who were not allowed to vote because we are racists and whatever new crap they will come up with by that point.

    I think it will be very dangerous for Conservatives and Republicans once O-Dumbo loses. Is that just paranoia? Or lessons learned?

59. #259
    On September 8th, 2008 at 3:39 pm, MNUSMCDavid said:

    Arizona Neanderthal

    May I echo your sentiments? I, too, would enjoy having this “old” Marine get the chance for one more glorious fight. They ( the left wing zealots) would not know what hit them….. and welcome home, sir! I Corps… Lang Sam 719 , LZ Baldy, FSB Ross. Charlie 1/1 Hotel 3/7.

60. #260
    On September 8th, 2008 at 3:40 pm, atheling said:

    On September 8th, 2008 at 3:32 pm, RetFireman said:

    It will be dangerous for the Right. There will be rioting and looting a la Rodney King.

    And, as EQ said, I will probably have to remove the McCain-Palin sticker on my car if McCain wins. I’m also staying away from major cities for at least a week after the election.

    Unbelievable. This is what our country has become. We have become hostages to the undemocratic and tyrannical left.

61. #261
    On September 8th, 2008 at 3:47 pm, sillygatboy said:

    I think he was great. He and the likes of other inane a-holes – Olberman, Matthews, Michael Moore et al – are great gifts to the Republican Party. They do as much as anyone to define the liberals in this country, and ultimately help us to win elections.

62. #262
    On September 8th, 2008 at 3:53 pm, Martin1 said:

    Katablog, well Brand did actually write an autobiography, apparently full of stories of debauchery, etc, named “My Booky Wook” lol.

63. #263
    On September 8th, 2008 at 3:54 pm, sillygatboy said:

    Come on Streisand, Penn, Clooney, Sarandon/Robbins and Redford, and the rest of you gated mansion multimillionaires! Where are you? You’re slacking.

    Don’t desert us when we (may or may not) need you.

64. #264
    On September 8th, 2008 at 3:55 pm, Martin1 said:

    If the BBC weren’t subsidized by us the taxpayers via the License Fee over here,
    I’m pretty sure that some of the liberal bias would go the way of Air America.

65. #265
    On September 8th, 2008 at 3:56 pm, Martin1 said:

    sillygatboy,

    Penn’s probably still in his one-man boat
    looking for someone to rescue from Gustav, Ike, etc.

66. #266
    On September 8th, 2008 at 3:57 pm, tgusa said:

    Well think about this, over the last few days I have noticed a large number of 9-11 programs. One, Attack on the Pentagon on Discovery was a pretty good show. Well I started to think about 9-11 and it occurred to me that for years perhaps decades before 9-11 the media had been asking, stating that America had not had a terrorist attack on our soil. Over and over the statement was made the question was asked almost as if they were daring someone to try it. Was that a direct but not exclusive cause leading to 9-11? I don’t know but it certainly could have put the thought in someones mind.

    Now the increase in this type of rhetoric can be directly tracked to the increase in cable networks/channels. It is important to remember that the reason many people watched Gulf war 1 on CNN was because that was it for cable news at that time. Perhaps that explains why they are so touchy and prefer to limit their recognition of that day. And they had the nerve to challenge President Bush when he told the islamists to bring it on. They’re capable of anything because they are fools and fools get people killed. They want the fairness doctrine, hrumpffh.

    In the early days cable was great, the best part, every box came with a remote, no more getting up to change the channel.

67. #267
    On September 8th, 2008 at 4:00 pm, RabbidSquirrel said:

    On September 8th, 2008 at 3:40 pm, atheling said:
    It will be dangerous for the Right.
    And, as EQ said, I will probably have to remove the McCain-Palin sticker on my car if McCain wins.

    Good compare and contrast of Libs vs Conservatives
    ====================
    ‘A Few Good Men’

    Jessep: We follow orders, son. We follow orders or people die. It’s that simple. Are we clear?

    Kaffee: Yes sir.

    Jessep: Are we clear?

    Kaffee: Crystal.

    Kaffee: Colonel, I have just one more question before I call Airman O’Malley and Airman Perez – If you gave an order that Santiago wasn’t to be touched, and your orders are always followed, then why would he be in danger? Why would it be necessary to transfer him off the base?

68. #268
    On September 8th, 2008 at 4:06 pm, nuss said:

    I was watching the MTV thing from the start, because my teenage daughters were dominating the remote control. When I saw this idiot launch into his Obama tirade, I flew into a rage, which didn’t abate as his monologue continued. By daughters were stunned at my reaction, and two of them suggested he has the right to his opinion. Correct, but don’t blind-side people with crap that is inappropriate for the venue. The liberal left is even whackier that I realized. I am blocking MTV on my televisions.

69. #269
    On September 8th, 2008 at 4:10 pm, TypicalWhite said:

    Mr. Brand: Thank you for visiting us and sharing your articulate, well-reasoned comments. Now toddle on back to your world community, your fish & chips, and your dental problems. We’ll be there to rescue you and other Brits when you find yourselves drowning in shar’ia law. You’re welcome, America

70. #270
    On September 8th, 2008 at 4:20 pm, RabbidSquirrel said:

    On September 8th, 2008 at 4:06 pm, nuss said:

    because my teenage daughters were dominating the remote control

    My daughters were stunned at my reaction, and two of them suggested he has the right to his opinion.

    I agree. Soooooo they were watching the European Music Video Awards right?

    And you took the remote away, busted their butts and sent them to bed without dinner, correct?

71. #271
    On September 8th, 2008 at 4:20 pm, ArizonaNeanderthal said:

    MNUSMCDavid said:

    Arizona Neanderthal

    May I echo your sentiments? I, too, would enjoy having this “old” Marine get the chance for one more glorious fight. They ( the left wing zealots) would not know what hit them….. and welcome home, sir! I Corps… Lang Sam 719 , LZ Baldy, FSB Ross. Charlie 1/1 Hotel 3/7.

    Now we are two. There will be more .
    1/27th

72. #272
    On September 8th, 2008 at 4:20 pm, Lucifer Jones said:

    We can put a man on the moon, but cable TV companies don’t offer cafeteria plans where customers pay only for the TV channels they want.

73. #273
    On September 8th, 2008 at 4:25 pm, atheling said:

    On September 8th, 2008 at 4:10 pm, TypicalWhite said:

    We’ll be there to rescue you and other Brits when you find yourselves drowning in shar’ia law. You’re welcome, America

    Over my frickin’ dead body. We will NOT rescue a single Euro from the socialist Islamic swamp in which they are drowning.

    No way. No how. NEVER.

    Those bastards can sink into the pool of obscurity for the ages, for all I care. We sacrificed blood and treasure for them in two wars, and one cold war.

    They can go to frickin’ HELL!

74. #274
    On September 8th, 2008 at 4:30 pm, Omu said:

    Of course Republicans don’t have many fans in Hollywood. There are lots of gay people there, and Republican show nothing but utter disrespect to gay people. There are also many creative types and Republicans tend to stifle creativity whenever they can. Stop acting so surprised.

75. #275
    On September 8th, 2008 at 4:30 pm, Doo2 said:

    On September 8th, 2008 at 4:20 pm, ArizonaNeanderthal said:

    MNUSMCDavid said:

    Arizona Neanderthal

    May I echo your sentiments? I, too, would enjoy having this “old” Marine get the chance for one more glorious fight. They ( the left wing zealots) would not know what hit them….. and welcome home, sir! I Corps… Lang Sam 719 , LZ Baldy, FSB Ross. Charlie 1/1 Hotel 3/7.

    Now we are two. There will be more .

    I enlisted in the USMC out of high school in ’95, but a MEPS doctor told me I was unfit for military service because I was prescribed an inhaler for asthma when I was five years old, but if you want me, you have me too.

76. #276
    On September 8th, 2008 at 4:34 pm, Wellsy said:

    I happened to catch this no-talent clown’s Palin riff – it didn’t seem like there were many people laughing in the audience. I’m pleasantly surprised there has been such a negative backlash, even on MTV’s own site. There may be hope for the millenials yet.

77. #277
    On September 8th, 2008 at 4:39 pm, BlameAmericaLast said:

    This no-talent guy is also the butt of all jokes. The Brits don’t even like the guy.

    Can we have someone rescind his work visa and send his butt back over the pond?

78. #278
    On September 8th, 2008 at 4:45 pm, tgusa said:

    Yeah the days when Hollywood was dominated by conservative patriotic Americans, the much acclaimed golden years are gone but not forgotten. The conservatives will be making a charge back in to the spotlight and when they do, we’ll be waiting. We’ve been waiting a long time there is a great hunger (and that means money) for Hollywood entertainment in the glorious tradition of the not too distant past.
    Bob Hope on democrats.

79. #279
    On September 8th, 2008 at 5:02 pm, BlameAmericaLast said:

    TG — that’s a classic!

    Hah! So true, isn’t it?

80. #280
    On September 8th, 2008 at 5:06 pm, norm1111 said:

    On September 8th, 2008 at 4:30 pm, Omu said:
    Of course Republicans don’t have many fans in Hollywood. There are lots of gay people there, and Republican show nothing but utter disrespect to gay people.

    What?? So gay people can’t be Republicans or conservative? Tell that to Tammy Bruce….

    And by the way, I am what you would call a mountain man, gun nut, ultra conservative, Vietnam vet….super conservative. I also happen to be a very good artist and an excellent singer and guitar player.

    Typical bigoted left wing loon….

81. #281
    On September 8th, 2008 at 5:16 pm, tgusa said:

    Yes BlameAmericaLast, its all about content. That’s why I like to call these post golden years, the golden shower years. Oh once in a great while they get it right like Star Wars, but then they go and change it. Censorship!

82. #282
    On September 8th, 2008 at 5:16 pm, RabbidSquirrel said:

    On September 8th, 2008 at 4:30 pm, Omu said:
    Of course Republicans don’t have many fans in Hollywood. There are lots of gay people there, and Republican show nothing but utter disrespect to gay people.

    That is so fierce the way you stood up to those mean people… you go boy.

    Ummm, I lived in SanFran for a while, Im cool with the gays. What are you saying?

83. #283
    On September 8th, 2008 at 5:37 pm, Byantine said:

    I just sent this email to Viacom (owner of MTV):

    My recently deceased brother suffered from many physical and mental handicaps. I am deeply disappointed that you would allow a “comedian” to use an insulting term for a cheap, unfunny political joke. I would also like to point out that MTV is not even a politically-themed station, so I am at a loss for an explanation on why the “comedian” needed to make this poor joke. You have successfuly insulted millions of Americans with disabilities, their families, and other Americans in general by having a British person lecture us about our domestic politics in an insulting manner. I will choose to skip past MTV during my channel surfing in the future.

84. #284
    On September 8th, 2008 at 5:37 pm, Dan Lee said:

    Someone really should tell Russell Brand that he’s not Jon Bon Jovi of comedy, & that his 80′s metal hair is a little out of style..

    Besides that, he really isn’t funny anyway.

    I mean none of it was even remotely clever..

85. #285
    On September 8th, 2008 at 5:45 pm, foxforce91 said:

    Russel Brand (who?) has no business calling anyone retarded given what he looks like. Seriously. I have added him to my dead pool. I’m guessing he’ll be back on the heroin before too long, failed and miserable and die of an overdose probably in the same year that Ann Wilson will die from choking on a ham sandwich. May seem harsh, but I just call it like I see it.

86. #286
    On September 8th, 2008 at 5:54 pm, Southpaw said:

    Has anyone else looked at the Obama logo upside-down. There’s something about it that’s a little ominous.

    This British guy Brand…I’m a total news and info junkie and I’ve never heard of him. Must mean he’s a nobody.

87. #287
    On September 8th, 2008 at 6:14 pm, ammo john said:

    After the 1980′s, MTV has totally sucked.

88. #288
    On September 8th, 2008 at 6:27 pm, ArizonaNeanderthal said:

    I enlisted in the USMC out of high school in ‘95, but a MEPS doctor told me I was unfit for military service because I was prescribed an inhaler for asthma when I was five years old, but if you want me, you have me too.

    3

89. #289
    On September 8th, 2008 at 6:32 pm, MNUSMCDavid said:

    Doo2
    You can stand stand beside me… I would be honored.

90. #290
    On September 8th, 2008 at 6:32 pm, MNUSMCDavid said:

    and , yes, I doubled the word stand…… sue me.

91. #291
    On September 8th, 2008 at 6:36 pm, Floyd R. Turbo said:

    MTV. One of the many reasons I don’t have cable or satellite. Major waste of my time and hard earned money. Disgusting. But, they don’t give a rip what I think of them, anyway. I’m WAY beyond their demographics as a “charter” babyboomer. Oh, well…I just sit back and enjoy being “out of touch”…!

92. #292
    On September 8th, 2008 at 7:10 pm, navywife91 said:

    There are lots of gay people there, and Republican show nothing but utter disrespect to gay people.

    You really need to stop making these sweeping statements about Republicans. Someone mentioned Tammy Bruce (lesbian) and this little group Log Cabin Republicans( I guess you think they disrespect themselves?). You need to respond to the thread topic. Maybe you don’t because you agree with everything Brand said and therefore cannot/will not dispute it.

93. #293
    On September 8th, 2008 at 7:12 pm, Omu said:

    Ummm, I lived in SanFran for a while, Im cool with the gays. What are you saying?

    Good for you, the Republican party (as evidenced in it’s party platform) is ardently anti-gay and I’m just guessing that doesn’t go down so well considering there are so many gays in the entertainment industry.

94. #294
    On September 8th, 2008 at 7:13 pm, nyk said:

    Russel Brand (who?) has no business calling anyone retarded given what he looks like.

    No fight intended, but honestly, he dresses the way an awful lot of hipsters dress. If you go to a lot of (music) shows and follow music intensely, his look isn’t foreign or exotic or even (honestly) new. People have been dressing like — and doing their hair the same way — since the late ’90s.

    And the truth is, despite what some people have written here, his former status as a drug addict is as irrelevant as Rush Limbaugh’s.

    However — on the MTV topic: MTV has pretty much been one of the most boring places on TV for years (and years and years). They don’t play videos (why do they even bother keeping the “M” in their name?) and they pretty much gave up the ghost when they decided shows about Sweet 16s was their focus. Plus, I have several friends that work for them (mostly as either producers or editors) and they are notoriously stingy. Despite their exploitation of the youth demographic for ratings and revenue, they hire young people, keep them in a perpetual state of being “contract workers,” and essentially ensure that they are continuously booked (thus prohibiting them from seeking other work), but won’t give them basic benefits that people who work hard (and at MTV, even if you work a 14-hour shift, you get paid a flat rate that’s so obscenely cheap I don’t want to even write it here). If for nothing else, they should be ignored for that very reason.

    PLUS, they used to be a channel that played new and cutting edge music. So much for that.

95. #295
    On September 8th, 2008 at 7:21 pm, Omu said:

    You really need to stop making these sweeping statements about Republicans. Someone mentioned Tammy Bruce (lesbian) and this little group Log Cabin Republicans( I guess you think they disrespect themselves?).

    But it’s just that so many people seem to be acting as though they are perplexed that Hollywood and TV entertainment are so hostile towards Republicans. I’m sure the whole anti-gay thing isn’t the complete reason, but it’s probably a big part of it.

    The Log Cabin Republicans are a group of about 30,000 wealthy gay men who would prefer a few measly tax breaks to making progress with gay rights. No one takes them seriously (certainly not Republicans, anyway).

    It’s just that if you take all the gay hating out of the Republican party, you’re left with an altogether decent and credible organization. How I long for that day! Until the day comes when Republicans finally stand up and say “enough!” to all the gay hatred and disrespect, conservatives will continue to be portrayed in a negative light in entertainment.

96. #296
    On September 8th, 2008 at 7:24 pm, MNUSMCDavid said:

    Omu did your ever wear a uniform? Oh, and another thing….Those of us who are offended who are in dislike with Russell Brand aren’t necessarily in hate with a sexual preference. I, for one, would like gay people to shut up and live their lives and stop the flashy things they do. God is not in favor of their lifestyle, but God loves them as people. Get a clue on what true conservatives are.

97. #297
    On September 8th, 2008 at 7:27 pm, nyk said:

    But it’s just that so many people seem to be acting as though they are perplexed that Hollywood and TV entertainment are so hostile towards Republicans. I’m sure the whole anti-gay thing isn’t the complete reason, but it’s probably a big part of it.

    I would add that conservatives, on the whole, aren’t terribly appreciative of the creative arts. It’s a mixture of being offended by many of the visual arts — which tend to, in the artistic tradition, push the envelope, since art is intended to provoke and elicit reaction — along with the “Get a real job” mantra. I mean, honestly, most creative people are liberal. Were this the ’50s, this site (were the Internet around) would be staunchly anti rock’n'roll. That’s not a slight against the Republican party; it’s a reality and a statement of fact.

98. #298
    On September 8th, 2008 at 7:29 pm, Morganfrost said:

    Because in England, George Bush wouldn’t be trusted with a pair of scissors.

    In England, they’ve taken away everyone’s guns, and now, they’re working on taking away everyone’s knives. Pretty soon, nobody in England will be trusted with a pair of scissors. Thanks, I’d rather have a cowboy in charge than a nanny.

99. #299
    On September 8th, 2008 at 7:30 pm, RetFireman said:

    You know, i am a really big fan of British humor. I am one of those geeks that have nearly all the Monty Python sketches memorized, absolutely loved “Spaced” and got the whole series on DVD as soon as it came out, and so many other comedians, movies, acts and so forth.

    My nephew is from London and I sponsored him in order for him to move here and be with his wife, my niece.

    And I gotta tell you, this guy is, by far, one of the worst examples of British comedy. He is abrasive, insulting and abusive for no reason other than he thinks he will get a laugh. He is excorcising his bi-polar issues on the stage, and it doesn’t work.

    Viacom owes a great many people a very large apology, starting with the Palins and working onward from there. I can only hope that there really are a lot of people that will be boycotting this station and it’s sponsors. MTV actually owns many other stations, including NicKelodeon. Will these companies…MTV, US Weakly, and so many others, finally get hit in their pocket books and finally be taught a lesson that they need to do what Liberals claim to live their lives like…tolerance, acceptance etc.? Will some good come out of all this, like a great big mirror being shoved in fromt of the American Left and the Media Elites, allowing them to see just how ugly and miserable they truly are?

    Or will this be a lost opportunity and the only lesson learned is that bullying, thuggery, insults, and becoming the lowest, basest form of humanity actually pays off in the long run.

    I guess time will tell.

100. #300
     On September 8th, 2008 at 7:34 pm, navywife91 said:

     But it’s just that so many people seem to be acting as though they are perplexed that Hollywood and TV entertainment are so hostile towards Republicans. I’m sure the whole anti-gay thing isn’t the complete reason, but it’s probably a big part of it.

     I don’t think it has anything to do with being gay. There are people who disagree based on religion(marriage), but it isn’t the entire party. I can’t speak for everyone, but it’s not a big issue for me or anyone I know. Don’t fool yourelf into thinking there aren’t any “anti-gay” people in the democrat party.

     The Log Cabin Republicans are a group of about 30,000 wealthy gay men who would prefer a few measly tax breaks to making progress with gay rights. No one takes them seriously (certainly not Republicans, anyway).

     It seems as though you are marginalizing these men, not the Republican party. Who cares if they have money and they don’t want to have their taxes increased? Why does that make them “bad” gays? Maybe that’s not what you meant, but it comes out that way. It’s the same old thing with liberals. If you’re not a liberal minority, then you don’t count and somehow you’ve sold out.

     It’s just that if you take all the gay hating out of the Republican party, you’re left with an altogether decent and credible organization. How I long for that day! Until the day comes when Republicans finally stand up and say “enough!” to all the gay hatred and disrespect, conservatives will continue to be portrayed in a negative light in entertainment.

     Again with the “gay hating”. Just because you do not agree, for whatever reason, with the gay lifestyle doesn’t mean you hate gay people. You are entitled to your opinion, omu, but when you continually call all Republicans names, it doesn’t help, especially because it’s not true.