smerconish hits gold!

 

http://smerconish.com

question begged and magically penned (said penned, not peened) by richard dawkins himself!

quite possibly the best "morning drive"  interview, evaaaaaaa!

hopefully, either http://www.thebigtalker1210.com/ or http://smerconish.com will upload the podcast.

dawkins, through precision and logic taking questions suggested by smerconish viewers presenting his arguments in a way easy on the ears of the average listener, often using plain metaphors, supported his ideology with humility, concision, and tact.

and he's british.
<------like him.
and everyone knows smerconish loves him some churchill.

oh happy day!

s.i.c. #9 -  michael enjoys a good smoke; michael wants legislators to stay out of our smoking business; michael employs a "smoker".
these are not the smoking values of a conservative.

www.johnnymarijuanaseed.com/

 

White House issues new medical marijuana policy

 http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/10/20/breaking_news/doc4adbffc73f725871286775.txt

this policy in and of itself is harmless. essentially it regurgitates existing state law; blah blah.

what interests me are the consistent "in your face, my bitches!" policies of this administration.

 

i sat through the passing of a stimulus package that stimulated absolutely nothing to do with me, other than increase my contribution to the federal government to stimulate other people's stuff.
you'd think i would be upset when HSBC closed nearly all its u.s. affiliate offices, immediately handing my white-collared-husband his walking papers, but i was not. you see, our formerly-fabulous taxable income bound for stimulating stuff had just been reduced by $200K and now i might qualify for some stimulating of my own.
whoopee.
as i waited for my piece of the stimulating stuff, i sat through a lot of bailing-outs. i watched as bailing-out kinda really meant, owned by the federal government; which now owned banks, car manufacturers, insurance companies, and lending institutions (who's survival was mandated and limited to lending federally backed loans).
dayum! the feds are covering every freaking base here and i have yet to add stimulated or bailed-out to my vocabulary.
furthermore, the conspirator in me takes issue with the federal government's intrusion into my viewing pleasure by way of mandating i own a digital television or purchase a federally approved tv converter box that is probably tracking what i watch and will eventually control what i see. oh! and the new "everyone in the united states deserves access to the internet" civil right (not) - which does not take into account while the feds are frantically laying nosey-cable wire everywhere, not everyone has access to a damned computer, geniuses.
i suppose we can add, "buy computers" to obama's stimulus things-to-do list.
and there's this:
White House Has Vision of Open Internet, Talkie Boxes 
http://techpresident.com/blog-entry/white-house-has-visions-open-internet-talkie-boxes 
" to harness the full power of the Internet, and that means faster and more widely available broadband, as well as rules to ensure that we preserve the fairness and openness that led to the flourishing of the Internet in the first place. So today, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski is announcing a set of principles to preserve an open Internet in which all Americans can participate and benefit. "
how is it not fair already? or closed? 
WHO CLOSED THE INTERNET?
im watching all this happen before my eyes and im kinda freaking out a little because the government intrusion into every aspect of my consumer-driven, privacy-loving-ass is being, well constantly intruded.
and now, federal government health care AND not hasseling pot smokers?
maybe im just paranoid.
but if one more person associated with barrack obama quotes chariman mao, im pretty sure we are being taken over by aliens and bats are sure to fly out of my ass.

smerconish wants to muzzle jesus!

aka- s.i.c. argument #8

first things first.
a conservative would relish the opportunity to combine america's beloved sport with america's beloved deity. the only thing better? rush limbaugh part owner of st. louis rams.
a conservative clean sweep!
on to business.
was perusing smerconish's

"Must See Of The Day" 

   @http://www.smerconish.com

and found his philadelphia daily news piece, titled: "when playbook meets praybook" @

http://www.philly.com/philly/opinion/64343087.html

i think joel osteen might take issue with michael's stand on the literal hail mary's, the new-age genuflecting, and the flexing of WWJD tattoos on bulging, finely cut biceps not so subtly combined with pigskin and astroturf.

maybe it's an 'equal time' thing and the devil needs to get some credit for fumbles and interceptions. personally, i have yet to hear a single professional athlete blame satan for coming in third place. in fact, quite often third place gives no credit to god whatsoever, but instead credit goes to the two guys who ran faster and more faster than third.

 a no no----------------------->

                                

 i think kurt warner eyes are asking jesus for a touchdown.

oh! he got it!

 NO THEYRE NOT!

the smerconish piece quotes usa today contributor, tom krattenmaker,author of, onward christian athletes: turning ballparks into pulpits and players into preachers. 

"His problem is not with religious athletes but what he sees fueling their frequent public displays of religion.

He observes a movement that "promotes an exclusive theology (and politics) counter to the interests of the majority of us in a religiously, politically diverse America." There is, he writes, an overemphasis on evangelical Christianity and right-wing politics that dominate to the exclusion of other beliefs and worldviews."

 i think krattenmaker is one conspiracy shy of blaming george w. bush.

first, i believe EVERY SINGLE RELIGIOUS DEITY is believed to be, up there. no god walks the earth; theyre ALL up there! mcnabb could easily be giving prop-fingers to allah or vishnu for all we know.

second, krattenmaker is asserting there is a right-wing connspiracy of republican, evangelical christian season ticket holders "taligating for jesus!" and baptising nfl players during half-time.

third, is there a more despised religious group in this country than evangelical christians?

good grief, maybe they just really, really like god.

"I'm just getting on my knees giving my respect to God. I don't see how that's a personal foul or anything like that."

when smerconish is eating hoagies and watching football, he doesnt like all the pda for the big guy up there.

i dont know; might be a bad idea to muzzle jesus.

smerconish hearts joel osteen

i have always been a little weirded-out by smerconish's fascination with joel osteen.
first, its just plain odd i could twitter a confession to my pastor in 140 words or less.
second, i stumbled upon a concert venue page to find osteen appearing between metallica and the "so you think you can dance" tour.
third, that smile. you might think its a perfectly nice smile, but i think behind that smile is a man who could easily eat my face off. i think that poor woman is his next victim.
                                      

i tell you this, first save your soul from that man, but primarily in response to the topic of the "super-church". sharing the gospel of jesus christ suddenly requires a wireless head-set, musical guest appearances by the christian singer de jour, and a gift shop conveniently stocked with every book written by the super-churches' super-pastor.

 oh, and some jesusy knick-knacky things.




with mosques popping up throughout the united states, i imagine denominational christians are feeling somewhat, left behind. islam, the second largest religion is quickly catching up with the 1st place christians by leaps and bounds as it is now the worlds fastest growing religion.
not to be outdone by a bunch of muslims, super-christians everywhere are flying off the pews of their teeny, tiny churches into the lushly padded arena chairs of a stadium-sized McChurch. this up-sizing of christianity is nothing new.
non-denominational churches have been around since english episcopal independents broke free from the church of england back in 1600 something. it is only the intention adopted by the new and super-improved non-denoms that's suddenly different.
the mcchurch often works around a yearly budget of around $50,000,000. yeah, thats right, 50 million beautifully tax exempt bucks. i can remember my church raised money by guilt tripping us into trick-or-treating for unicef, forcing potential treat-givers into choosing whether to nickle and dime some hungry kid in africa or give the cute witch some candy. i eventually had to resort to lying about a sick brother who was unable to trick-or-treat for unicef and since i was unable to carry TWO unicef boxes and my treat bag, i volunteered to give up my treat bag and carry one for him instead.

 hey, i was happy AND the starving kids were happy. it worked all the way around.

super-mega-McChurches are all about two things:
1. dollars
2. numbers
the McChurch is big business.
furthermore, under the guise of 'unification', christians are given permission to forgo all those pesky rules denominations are so keen on enforcing in the name of god, but, (and this is the important part) non-denominational, united christians will draw strength (and converts) and give those darn muslims a run for their burkahs reclaiming christainity as the worlds fastest and most superest religion of all!

http://docs.google.com/gview?a=v&q=cache%3AlfrQcHYHScsJ%3Awww.lambert-edwards.com%2Fassets%2FExeSummaryChurchFinanceMarket.pdf+lambert+edwards+analysis+us+church+finance+market&hl=en&gl=us&sig=AFQjCNGa3qT9wvB0xa0tCMQnblL9SfZARA

this is fascinating.

go read it.

and peace be with you.

smerconish hates steven singer

four days every week, my husband and i travel from our home in delaware, to the renfrew center in philly to visit our daughter.
one particular trip, the husband turns down the radio, "who the hell is steven singer? i see that billboard all the time."

"well!", said i.
"i can tell you exactly who he is and why people hate him."
i went on to tell him the history behind the "i hate steven singer" billboard, verbatim, as i  learned of it on the smerconish morning show.
my husband was most impressed with my uncanny knowledge about a random billboard in pennsylvania.
i would like to thank michael smerconish for always keeping me informed of cool things.

go phillies!

also, a plug for the guy we hate. steven singer donated $33,000 to the shanksville, pennsylvania 9-11 memorial fund. i hear he also has some nice jewelry.

http://www.stevensingerjewelers.com

http://www.nps.gov/flni/index.htm  (flight 93 memorial fund link)

smerconish breaks nobel news

 SMERCONISH BREAKS NEWS FIRST!!

http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE5981JK20091009

1. u.s. senator - check
2. u.s. president - check
3. nobel peace prize - check
4. rule the world - nearly checked
5. god - date to be announced


**props to smerconish**

smerconish on deer condoms

deer condoms?

it is a well-known fact, republicans like shooting stuff.

 you know a conservative would be reeking 2nd amendment havoc all over some bambi ass.

apparently, valley forge has a deer problem.

dr. priscilla cohn, associate director of the oxford centre for animal ethics (http://www.oxfordanimalethics.com/who-we-are/associate-director/) was a guest on the smerconish a.m. show.
dr. cohn doesnt actually suggest putting condoms on the horny bucks of valley forge - which would be worth the price of admission to witness - but instead recommends shooting our randy, doe-eyed friends with a dart full of a sterilizing protein known as pzp. there is talk of a fence, thus protecting the deer and the eco-system in one humane swoop.
dr. cohn has offered to pay all costs for the immunizations and foot the bill for the fence, too.
problem solved!
well, no.
the park people dont like this idea. http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local-beat/Ready-Aim--Fire-on-Valley-Forge-Deer--63601597.html
one reason cited by a park spokesperson: the fda has not approved use of pzp on wildlife. it might harm the deer.

and this doesnt?

ill end my argument with a quote from park officials: "The deer will be lured by apples and grain and federal employees or contractors will use silencer-equipped rifles to shoot the animals during night hunts. "

sounds fair.

michael smerconish cant be a conservative because he doesnt feel the deer should be shot in such a manner. he compares it to, "a trophy hunt" and  "it's like shooting aimals at the zoo."

s.i.c. #6 successfully argued.

sorry seems to be the hardest word....

not.
as of late, the apology is breaking news.
hln anchor, jane velez mitchell, is yelling at me right now! "a growing AVALANCHE of dirty laundry; letterman being BLACKmailed for TWO MILLION BUCKS!" jane, along with her FABULOUS expert panel, spend the next 15 minutes analyzing lettermans sex drive and subsequent apology. jane and her AMAZING panel come to the conclusion lettermans apology just wasnt good enough and maybe we should chop his head off. as the segment ends, jane bangs her gavel, and pimps her new book, "I WANT". shes an alcoholic and wrote a whole book about it. come to think of it hln's nancy grace, a crime victim, is pimping her book, too. omg, and robin meade had confidence issues and guess what? book! im begining to think hln only hires dysfunctional women who happen to write books.

ever since don imus uttered the phrase, "nappy-headed hoes", the american public has adopted a mob mentality resembling the salem witch trials. with the aid of cable "news", we are privy to every salacious detail. on any given day, someone is apologizing somewhere for something they did or said, so much so i cant recall the last time i heard anyone mention that president obama is black.
we have appointed ourselves the arbitrators of civility. and my, what high standards we have. a slip of the tongue? fire him! an office affair? fire him, then sue for sexual harrassment! if andrea peyser had her way, letterman would be fired, sured, and castrated.
publicly.
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/dump_depraved_dave_now_cbs_uBqwrz2d0rBl6BRmAamE1M
this is like a weird version of, "american idol"; speed-dialing in a vote to determine the fate of the latest screwer-upper. i dont know when the holier-than-thou attitude became so prevalent, or why we suddenly hold celebrities to higher standards than we ourselves hold. sorry is quite easy to say; it is accepting the apology thats hard. glass houses, people.

s.i.c. argument #5

conservatives and republicans dont like sexy times.

 the big news of the day is david letterman has had sex.
with women.
more than one time.

the gop, moral majority, and conservatives alike, would find this loathsome. i offer the following examples that support my argument:

mark foley, (r), house of representatives. the quote: “get a ruler and measure it for me”

 larry craig, (r), u.s. senator: the quote: “I am not gay, I don’t do these kinds of things.”

bob allen, (r), florida house of representatives: the quote: “I certainly wasn’t there to have sex with anybody and certainly wasn’t there to exchange money for it.”

glenn murphy, jr., (r), national chairman of the young republicans: the quote: “I was in the Sound of Music in High School…don’t ask.” 

source: http://www.badmouth.net/top-five-republican-gay-sex-scandals

nevermind.

apparently they love the stuff.

journalists are calling for lettermans head as if they were reporting michael vick was eating puppies again. one would think consensual sex between two adults who happen to work in the same general location deserves a good, public flogging and they are just the folk to do it; andrea peyser leading the hungry pack. http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/dump_depraved_dave_now_cbs_uBqwrz2d0rBl6BRmAamE1M

  we assume there MUST be harrassmet involved, afterall, who one earth could possibly be genuinely attracted to a guy with a great sense of humor and a secure financial future?
women hate that.

the smerconish daily poll question asks whether letterman should be fired for dipping his ink in the company well. the nays were slightly ahead at last glance with smerconish on the side of the nays.

results tomorrow.

final thought: if smerconish were a conservative he would have voted "yes" with all those miserably unhappy people who probably never get laid and seek to persecute those who do.

: )

s.i.c. argument #4

a conservative would not wear this jacket on "hardball";
which should  be called, "interruptusball", because matthews cant shut his pie hole.
GO PHILLIES!!!

s.i.c. argument #3

 conservatives dont like gay things.

http://thehill.com/20-questions/20875-20-questions-michael-a-smerconish

You support gay marriage, right? What do you think about the latest wave of states legalizing it?

I’m not sure about the semantics about the word “marriage,” but I’m supportive of rights extended to same-sex couples. I think it’s bull — that, because I’m married, two guys — what they do has no bearing on my marriage.

My expectation is that [full rights] will happen in the future. I just think that it’s one of those things that over time, it will take place.

many years ago, i objected to same-sex marriage. later i realized my reasons for doing so were lame just shy of embarrassing. there are so many other issues to be legitimately pissed about. i figured my time would be better spent focusing on those, and left the happiness of two fellow human beings alone.
ill leave you with another thought: i cannot name one legitimate, conservative, republican, or right-wing radio talk show host who doesnt oppose gay marriage.

another step closer to proving my point.
im just sayin'.

suggestions for old greg

as you have been forced by a ridiculous margin to face this perfectly reasonable and legitimate fear, i suggest the following:

1. rescue remedy -  this is an all-natural, herbal remedy for panic situations. you can buy it at whole foods, among other hoity-toity grocery stores. it will also alleviate any episodes of "paranoia" one might experience if one partakes, (you know what im talkin' bout) prior to boarding time.

2. greg - since this is basically a case of coercion, you should make some people donate .10 cents for every mile you are forced to fly to the daniel faulker fund.
www.danielfaulkner.com

i wish you the best.
man, this just might suck for you.

s.i.c. argument #2

 most lawyers are not conservatives.


Michael Smerconish is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Law School, and is a member of the Bar of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. He maintains an Of Counsel relationship with The Beasley Law Firm, founded by legendary Philadelphia lawyer James E. Beasley, the namesake of the Beasley School of Law at Temple University.

 The Georgetown Law Journal recently published an interesting law review article by Northwestern Law School professor John McGinnis. In the article, McGinnis tracks federal political contributions by law school faculty at the nation’s top 21 law schools, from Yale to Stanford, Vanderbilt to Berkeley. Not surprisingly, the results are exactly what most conservatives have long believed – law school professors do not constitute the base of the grassroots Republican movement.

The study demonstrates that nearly 30% of law professors at the elite law schools donate to federal candidate campaigns, and that of those contributors, 81% donated to Democratic candidates, with 15% contributing to Republican candidates. At the most liberal institutions, like Yale, the ratio of Democrat to Republican contributors was twenty to one.

http://www.oregoncatalyst.com/index.php/archives/46-Want-To-Know-Why-Conservatives-Dont-Like-Lawyers-Look-No-Further-Than-Law-School.html

s.i.c. - argument #1

conservatives do not vote for democrats.

 On his talk show on WPHT today, conservative Philadelphian Michael Smerconish endorsed Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill.
 http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/10/in-philly-conse.html

smerconish schools obama

http://www.sleepdex.org/adolescent.htm
Adolescent Sleep Needs
"Adolescence is the time of greatest vulnerability from the standpoint of sleep," - William Dement


 despite protests from his adorable poppets, malia and sasha, president obama wants our children in school every waking moment. im sure their protests were riddled with perfunctory civility, however, likely fell short.
smerconish interviewed researcher tom loveless of the brookings institution, who proposes a reasonable approach to our national retardedness by adding minutes to the day; obama proposes adding HOURS to the school day, mandatory attendance on weekends, and summer school classes.
i found the following and highlight some thoughts presented on this topic:
.http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/09/27/obama-proposes-longer- school-day-shorter-summer-vacation/
*The president, who has a sixth-grader and a third-grader, wants schools to add time to classes, to stay open late and to let kids in on weekends so they have a safe place to go.
*Obama and Duncan say kids in the United States need more school because kids in other nations have more school.
*"Those hours from 3 o'clock to 7 o'clock are times of high anxiety for parents," Duncan said. "They want their children safe. Families are working one and two and three jobs now to make ends meet and to keep food on the table."
*Summer is a crucial time for kids, especially poorer kids, because poverty is linked to problems that interfere with learning, such as hunger and less involvement by their parents.

i think this illustrates perfectly the true reasons why obama wants schools open 24/7.
daycare for the poor and disadvantaged, an alternative for potential thuggery, and the possibility that the state will somehow raise brighter, more obedient children than the parents that birthed them.
oh! silly me, i left out another really good reason - the teachers union will be thrilled with a larger paycheck for the all of the extra hours spent babysitting.
cool.

smerconish has a blank on

 

Noun

• S: (n) civility (formal or perfunctory politeness)
• S: (n) politeness, civility (the act of showing regard for others) 

michael smerconish and miss manners are both peeved about the noun, civlity.
apparently, there is something about barrack obama that causes some pretty-shitty-etiquette.
joe wilson (r-south carolina) called him a liar. right to his face! on national tv, during a speech even!!
okay, first question: when ISNT barrack obama giving a speech? 

come to think of it, barrack obama is on television more than billy mays. this fact makes it virtually impossible to address him at any other time. plus, its not like rep. wilson spat on the floor; you know, the way people turn their head to the side and spit in disgust after declaring their disdain for the victim of their totally uncivil wrath.

barbarian.

oh wait, i probably should have said "civility challenged".

apparently, george w. bush evoked much the same perfunctory politeness. (see below)

 

well, in comparison, perhaps youre both right. it was pretty freakin' rude to yell, "you lie". i think wilson should have wandered around outside, brandishing a home-made cardboard sign with the sentiment, "you lie, thank you." and avoid the whole damned broo haha.

I have often seen people uncivil by too much civility, and tiresome in their courtesy.
Michel de Montaigne