When: Thursday, 3 PM EST
Where: Rightalk Radio
Guests: John Cole, from balloon-juice.com, Michele Catalano, from a small victory.
Topics: The state of political discourse; social cons vs. traditional conservatives; privacy rights vs. government regulatory functions; Atheist Americans; loose women.
Toll-free Call-in number: 1-866-884-8255 (866-884-TALK)
Disclaimer: WE REFUSE TO BE SILENCED!
Offer: If you have any questions you’d like me to ask John, leave them in the comments. You asked some great questions last time. Keep it up.
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Last week, none of you called. Which was pretty shitty of you. I expect better. What, you can’t ask me a question?
Also, John has been at the center of a huge blogosphere controversy—and is the current poster boy for “rational conservatism” as decided upon by the kids at Kos.
Surely this must intrigue you enough to dial the toll-free number…
I would love to call in. First, could you have the producers post a list of the words or subtle topics we can’t indulge in? I mean, since they can’t seem to figure out how to put in a seven second delay and all?
I can’t call in because I’m driving to work when you’re on, but I’ll try to look over their sites and send some questions. If I’m feeling really motivated I’ll even head over to Kos’s to see what those…um…folks are saying about Cole.
How manly are their voices, rated as a percentage of JG’s voice (alternately, the hardness scale of minerals could be used as long as Jeff’s voice is identified with a value on the scale).
I have to leave work for a meeting, so maybe I can sneak in a call while I’m out.
I keep getting John of Balloon Juice mixed up with Paul at Wizbang, who’s been soundly birched over at The Commissar’s place. What, prithee, is up with John?
Ooh, ooh, I do have a question after all, for Michelle. How is she explaining the election of the new pope to her son, if she is indeed explaining it to him?
OK, I’ll call, but only if I can confirm that John Cole is also an Anthrax fan, because I wanna see the sparks fly.
The folks at Kos pretty much don’t care about me at all, really.
“I keep getting John of Balloon Juice mixed up with Paul at Wizbang.”
Wow!
You gonna stand for that, John?
I’ll be work, but I’ll try to call.
Jeff, I don’t think you really want us asking you questions. You got enough trouble last time. People will be asking you about your nipples and such.
My question alone would end the show.
“You never call!”
“Aw, Ma…”
We got a “bleep” button and a delay…all the whizbang stuff we might need for Bill and Jeff…heheh. Heck, we got stuff WABC doesn’t have.
Wait till you see our “voice-disguiser” for the deep throat interviews.
When I called in for the debut show, I noticed that there WAS a delay–a fairly substantial one at that. I suspect that may be more of a technical thing than anythign else, however.
Hey Jeff, is it cool if I call up when Michele’s on and just fire Lebowski quotes back & forth with her?
I think you should spend the entire hour getting Michele’s analysis of the nuances of each American Idol contestant’s performance this week. Now THAT would be riveting and would probably spike your ratings.
Seriuosly, Commisar- what did I do to deserve that?
Drat, I can’t call in. That whole work thing….
But here’s a question for John Cole: in the 115-post (and counting) thread about the pharmacists, you’re cited as saying that pharmacists “are nothing more than someone wearing a sanitary labcoat who is paid to distribute the CORRECT DOSE.” (You also say in the comments later on that “You can’t just open up a pharmacy and start dispensing drugs. You are required to fulfill a number of requirements, including 4-5 years of training and education, certification, training periods, etc.” But let that pass for now.) It seems to be your position that since pharmacists are licensed by the state, then they must fill every prescription offered them (barring conflicting medications, I presume) regardless of what their conscience might lead them to do. They’re state-licensed and thus state-sanctioned, and they do what they must, morals aside, period. (Please correct me if this doesn’t capture your position.)
Juxtapose this with the observation Kathryn Jean Lopez makes in the Corner about Barbara Boxer’s decision to delay or abandon the conscience-clause repeal legislation. That clause seems, to my eyes at least, to give doctors precisely the latitude you say pharmacists do not and ought not have. KJL says, “Perhaps enough of her colleagues didn’t want to go on record forcing hospitals and doctors to perform or refer women for abortions and give out contraception.” My question (finally!) is: do you want to go on record forcing pharmacists to provide what they consider to be abortion pills, and would you force doctors to act in the same fashion (even though Boxer would not)?
Nah, on second thought, don’t ask him that. It’s too long and irritating, and where’s the funny in that? Ask him how to lose women.
Oh, and Jeff…amen….
No questions for John, but AS A CITIZEN JOURNALIST I DEMAND TO KNOW WHAT MICHELLE CATALANO IS WEARING!!
I’m sure if you ask her on her blog she will tell you.
I’m wearing purple spandex pants, white Converse high tops, blue leg warmers, and a tube top that says POISON ROCKS!
Questions for John Cole –
* At what point did Tom DeLay become for you the StayPuft Marshmallow man from GhostBusters? A creature of such evil that you lost the capacity for rationale thought?
* John, “A Pox on Both Your Houses” presumes a third house … care to elaborate?
* John, in the clusterfuck self-referentialist Blogosphere, you’re among the more clusterfucked and most self-referential … have some pie.
Questions for Michele –
* Michele – how much time, on average, do you spend blogging?
* Michele – do you think concepts like JenniCam – which in a way was among the first vBlogs – fundamentally skewed the notion of female bloggers at the start of the web – or are guys just horndogs?
* Michele – what word is underused on Blogs?
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Conceptual question:
If the crew from The National Review, TAP, and the Nation were marooned on a desert island, a la Lost, how long would it take for anybody to notice they were missing?
Sorry Jeff,
Can’t call in again. Bourbon’s got the better of me and I don’t trust what I might say. (Gotta work, actually. Gonna be hard as drunk as I am.) But I do have a question:
What do your guests think about “South Park Conservatives” as a new label to describe conservatives who use foul language and like Kid Rock?
Anyone read the new book entitled “South Park Conservatives?” It looks to me like it’s fairly… um… conservative. No colorful language. Damn.
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Screw South Park,
I’m a Red Dawn Republican
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I’ve always been more of a Road House Libertarian, myself.
Inexplicably, the wife is a Dirty Dancing Moderate. Of course… that’s why I married her.
* At what point did Tom DeLay become for you the StayPuft Marshmallow man from GhostBusters? A creature of such evil that you lost the capacity for rationale thought?
Terri Schiavo. And I haven’t lost rational thought- I am just aiming straight for the bastard and making sure I don’t cross beams
* John, “A Pox on Both Your Houses†presumes a third house … care to elaborate?
No.
* John, in the clusterfuck self-referentialist Blogosphere, you’re among the more clusterfucked and most self-referential … have some pie.
I accept the clusterfuck part. Not sure where you are coming from with the self-referentialist bit.
Hope that helped.
Not sure where you are coming from with the self-referentialist bit.
Well, you did just spend that whole comment talking about yourself and your positions; oh, wait, that’s because that’s what Bumper Stickerist asked you about.
I guess it’s all Bumper Stickerist’s fault.
I’m ironic like that …
ironic like a fox