Sunday Morning Talk Show Thread 30 December 2012

Various driveby media sources ^ | 30 December 2012 | Various Self-Serving Politicians and Big Media Screaming Faces

[Alas Babylon!]

The Talk Shows

December 30th, 2012

Guests to be interviewed on major television talk shows:

FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.; Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif.

MEET THE PRESS (NBC): President Barack Obama.

FACE THE NATION (CBS): Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill.; Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla.

THIS WEEK (ABC): Sen. Chuck U. Schumer, D-N.Y.; Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz.; Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md.; Rep. Raul Labrador, R-Idaho.

STATE OF THE UNION (CNN): Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo.; Rep. Darrel Issa, R-Calif.; Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich.; Rep. Donna Edwards, D-Md.; Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack.

[Fishtalk]

I saw that slogan on the CFON can and smirked.

We got a world where maybe one out of every one hundred thousand people are allergic to nuts and the whole world has to watch out for them.

So of course CFON has to reassure the low information voters that there are, indeed, NO nuts in their coffee. Idiots, the whole lot of them.

Now I got a lady coming to my book club thing next week and she can’t eat gluten.

I don’t know nothing about gluten but I know it’s the latest and greatest way for boring people to get attention, that’s how I see it.

I have no idea what to serve her but all I can do is ask her what the hell she can eat.

She tells me that even though something says no gluten it doesn’t mean it’s free of it so even something hyped as having NO gluten might, indeed, have gluten.

Well gag me with a spoon.\

Anybody got any suggestions/experience with this sort of thing?

[Cheerio]

There are a lot of stupid people out there who have no idea what America means, how she came to be....have no true American values that made us what we are.

AND all by design. The left is now fully realizing their dream scenario.

16. Use technical decisions of the courts to weaken basic American institutions by claiming their activities violate civil rights.

17. Get control of the schools. Use them as transmission belts for socialism and current Communist propaganda. Soften the curriculum. Get control of teachers' associations. Put the party line in textbooks.

18. Gain control of all student newspapers.

19. Use student riots to foment public protests against programs or organizations which are under Communist attack.

The Communist Takeover Of America - 45 Declared Goals
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1561529/posts

[rodguy911]

Every Sunday morning around 5 AM I make 12 cups of Kona or the equivalent. By noon its all gone.I’m starting to run out now.....

[rodguy911]

If that photo is for real, she looks like she’s been embalmed.

This could be the post of the week here.

[kabar]

Time for a real conservative approach; cut the active-duty military to 500,000; change the name of the DOD to the Department of War, and only conduct actual wars, not extended occupations.

I assume your cuts in equipment would be commensurate with the size of the force. How many ships, planes, tanks, etc. should this new 500,000 force have? What would be the breakdown among the various services? What percentage of our GDP should be spent on defense?

As of 30 September 2010, 1,430,895 people were on active duty in the military, with an additional 848,000 people in the seven reserve components. You are proposing a reduction of two thirds in active duty personnel.

The Chinese have 2.3 million active duty personnel. Russia has 1 million. Mexico has 267,000. ROK 640,000.

Shouldn't our military be structured based on threat assessments and the capabilities of our potential enemies?

[Girlene]

Thanks for that info, Fishtalk. Maybe she said guard, not armed guard....but you see how I interpreted that? I assumed armed, regardless of what she said.....I’m sure I wasn’t alone.

[Bernard]

Hopefully, the negotiations about the current fiscal cliff will drag out into February. Why do I want them to last so long? Because I'm guessing that the average employee in the department I manage will have about $200 additional deducted from their paycheck for federal income tax on the bi-weekly payroll that comes out January 28, and I really want them all to see what the Clinton Tax Rates actually look like in their own pocket.

And when they come to me to complain, I will be tempted to say, "That's because Barack Obama thinks you're rich." Not sure what the reaction would be to that comment.

[kabar]

I guess their philosophy is that you have to destroy the country in order to save it.

[shalom aleichem]

Love yur banana clip, er, magazine?

[Girlene]

Tell her to bring her own snacks if she can’t tell you what she CAN eat.

[rodguy911]

The original need for any government at all was to keep us safe from foreign intervention and preserve the currency. Not epa, not SS, not medicare, unending unemployment benefits, free obama phones!! We have lost sight of what is truly important to preserve our country. Sad days ahead I fear.

[rodguy911]

Must be because they are well on their way.

[Fishtalk]

I’m an old payroll guy.

What about the 2% reduct in FICA withholding?

THAT affects waaaaaay more people than most anything.

Keep ear open for this as if they don’t renew it the hollering will be deafening.

[Bernard]

Shouldn't our military be structured based on threat assessments and the capabilities of our potential enemies?

Yes. We have nuclear weapons, and a distinct advantage in drone / remote warfare technology. And we are not in a declared war. Along with the 1.4 million active duty you cite, we also have the 20,000 contractor Secretary Of State army in Iraq, the TSA, and other people we don't want to call military on various payrolls all over the place.

So if we did have a shooting war, and we can send in drones or warplanes stationed in Missouri, why do we need a military geared to sending 300-400,000 troops somewhere for years at a time with no end result in mind?

[rodguy911]

Great catch Fish.
Not only did it put SS into a near fiscal free fall dive but it also jeopardized the amount of SS each individual will collect. Less money paid in less money paid out.
It was another slick Axelrod move by the regime. When the time comes to restore the full funding,we will be seen as wanting to increase taxes on those who can't afford it.
All they do is strategize,conjure up stuff that will destroy us. While we try to make a living and do what is right for the country.
Just another issue we were beat up on because all they do on the left is engineer defeat after defeat for us at the expense of the country.
For them its all politics and political victories/losses. We are charged with begin the adults.

[Girlene]

again, I agree. We’ve lost the education system to the liberals. ....it’s sad and frightening at the same time.

[Fishtalk]

I am going to ask her as I’d be perfectly fine with preparing her something that will work for her.

She’s a nice lady but every time there’s big hoopla about her thing with gluten.

Her doctor, for reasons she elaborates that only confuse me, has not found anything indicating she has issues with gluten but I dunno, she says he’s wrong.

Or something.

Husband and I met her and her husband at a restaurant oncit. Man she had to go back to the kitchen and read all the ingredients on the packages....it was a hoot.

Today it seems that everyone is either allergic to something or they are on some special diet.

Except for me.....I take meds to clear out my sugar, fat in my blood, cholesterol in my blood...yada, yada.

I can eat anything.

Heh.

Do not rant at me. Lost 15 pounds at last doctor appts, mostly cause I exercise.

Now THERE’S a concept.

I happened to have written an article about my unique way of exercising for “Chicken Soup for the New You”. Doctor was so intrigued so I gave her an autographed copy of the book, thank me very much.

Also was picked up for my contribution for Chicken Soup for the Soul’s “I Can’t Believe My Dog Did That”. Get paid $300 for each contribution plus a dozen free books. Everyone knows me what has a dog got a signed book from me.

Including my priest Father Jim who has a dog what looks just like him.

[kabar]

Exactly. The primary duty of government, as outlined in our Constitution, is to keep the nation safe from foreign enemies.

Great nations and civilizations in decline always have this battle--Guns versus Butter. Because it has more constituents, butter wins. The welfare state is collapsing. It needs more revenue to keep it treading water. Once defense is eviscerated, the next step is to raise taxes on everyone to keep the spending going. We have seen this played out in Europe over the past 65 years.

Eventually, faced with the inevitable fiscal reality, the benefits of the welfare state must be cut. This causes people to go to the streets in protest demanding what the government promised them. Civil unrest and disorder are the result. Big government and the loss of liberty are needed to restore order.

The bottomline is that the American public wants all of the benefits of the welfare state but without paying for them. I say let's go over the cliff and present the American people with the bill instead of insulating them from the costs, which are passed down to their children and grandchildren.

[Fishtalk]

New thing is those eligible for free cell phones now...

....ELIGIBLE FOR FREE INTERNET IN THEIR HOME!!!!

Indeed.

[Bernard]

The 6.2% FICA tax/contribution being reduced by 2% for the last few years is an arbitrary number selected by prior politicians to fund a program that is currently running a deficit.

Just like the income tax rates, the FICA tax/contribution needs a permanent change or we need to go back to the original rate. Having more temporary tax rate changes is a suicide path, sort of like poking yourself with a bullet hoping that repetition can overcome the slow rate of penetration.