Posted 10:23 PM by Scoobie Davis

A National Party No More
Paul Waldman on the Republicans

Posted 2:41 AM by Scoobie Davis

Welcome Readers of the San Diego Reader
Hi to those of you who read my post in the San Diego Reader about the Jack T. Chick documentary. If you would like to read the original post (with hyperlinks and a high school photo of Jack Chick), click here. Also, scroll down and check out the blog. Here's a little more about me:
1) I like to call talk radio and take on the right-wing blowhards. For some funny transcripts of phone calls to Limbaugh, Hannity, O'Reilly, et al., go to the left sidebar under "Phone Call Transcripts."
2)One of my avocations is crashing Hollywood parties--an art I refined to the point of being the first meta-crasher. I also developed the concept of dharmic party crashing. Nobody throws a party like Hollywood. Since I moved to SD from LA, I haven't crashed as many parties but I still go to LA for a premiere after-party that I think will be fun. Last summer I went to the premiere after-parties for Superman Returns, Clerks 2, Beerfest, and Talladega Nights.
3) Sean Hannity had me kicked off the USS Midway. That's okay, I got to confirm firsthand that his head is really, really funny-shaped to the point that I think his mother pushed too hard when his head was in the birth canal.
4) E-mail me and tell me what you think about the blog ): scoobiedavis77@yahoo.com
5) Be excellent to each other and party on!

Posted 3:12 PM by Scoobie Davis

What's a Poor Boy to do?
I like listening to both Al Franken and Ed Schultz; I can't listen to them at the same time.

Posted 3:29 PM by Scoobie Davis

Film Recommendation
I'm a big Jack Black fan and I thought Tenacious D In The Pick of Destiny was tight.

Posted 12:04 PM by Scoobie Davis

HEN-RY!!!!!!!
My former member of Congress has the Bush administration running scared.

Posted 2:09 PM by Scoobie Davis

Happy Thanksgiving
Enjoy the holiday.

Posted 12:25 PM by Scoobie Davis

Busy with film work

Posted 11:21 AM by Scoobie Davis

Prediction
Ohio State 24, Michigan 17

RIP Bo Schembechler Aum

UPDATE: Ohio State 42, Michigan 39 Woo Hoo!

Posted 12:13 PM by Scoobie Davis

Required Reading
Check out last 7 or 8 posts on Consortium News.

Posted 12:54 PM by Scoobie Davis

It Was a Joke, Laura!
Today I went to Laura Ingraham's web site in an attempt to see if she was contrite about telling her radio listeners to jam a voter protection hotline (nothing about it on her site). I noticed her post, "the lie of the day" in which she accuses David Letterman of lying about not knowing where to find Fox News on his television:

"I don't even know how to get to your show," claimed David Letterman, when Bill O'Reilly made an appearance.

THE TRUTH:
Sorry Dave, but we can smell what you're cooking. You're trying to make it seem like no one watches Fox News Channel or "The O'Reilly Factor" in a lame attempt to dismiss Bill's points. We all know you're watching his show like a hawk!

The real truth is that Letterman was setting up a punchline. Here's the quote in context:

Letterman: Let me tell you something, I don't even know how to get to your show.

O'Reilly: Right down, you just go straight down, you take a right.

Letterman: But it's on, it's on Fox, I dial up Fox and it's always The Simpsons. And I don't--Where are you, Bill?

Posted 1:57 PM by Scoobie Davis

The Minority Maker
When the GOP took over Congress, Rush Limbaugh was touted "The Majority Maker" due to his softening up of the Clinton administration prior to the 1994 elections. The Claire McCaskill campaign largely credits Limbaugh's callous mocking of Michael J. Fox for putting her over the top and, thus, giving control of the Senate to the Democrats. How sweet it is.

UPDATE: Read Rick Perlstein's article on GOP dirty tricks and why Democrats must address them.

Posted 8:09 PM by Scoobie Davis

Busy
Editing a short film.

Posted 7:50 AM by Scoobie Davis

Both Houses!!!

Posted 6:49 PM by Scoobie Davis

We Won!!!!

Posted 5:20 PM by Scoobie Davis

I Voted Today
I took the paper ballot option. No lines.

Posted 11:07 AM by Scoobie Davis

Once Again. . .

The most important thing about this election is Democratic control of the House--which will give John Conyers subpoena power. Everything else is gravy.

Posted 9:52 AM by Scoobie Davis

The Unexamined Life. . .

As I pointed out, the most important thing about this election is getting the 15+ seats in the House (thus, giving John Conyers subpoena power). That will occur because, to paraphrase Hugh Hewitt, it ain't close so the Republicans can't cheat enough to prevent at least a 15-seat Democratic gain.

The one thing that never ceases to amaze me about the radical right is not that their meanness is earthshaking--quite the opposite: it's the utter small-mindedness that gets me. Take for instance Rush Limbaugh, who recently had two major crises--loss of hearing and drug addiction. After emerging from these crises, Limbaugh has, remarkably, become a bigger asshole than before. This increase in assholiness is not because his behavior has changed, but because it has stayed the same. For normal people a major illness tells them that life is too short to be petty and Limbaugh continues to be nothing but petty. The mocking of Michael J. Fox's illness is just one example--I could go on.

Then there's Laura Ingraham. Just to give you a indication of where she's coming from: as an editor of the right-wing college paper, the Dartmouth Review, Ingraham sent a "reporter" into
a meeting of the gay student association and then sent the tapes of the meeting to the parents of the students. Recently, Ingraham was diagnosed with breast cancer. Did her illness cause Ingraham to turn over a new leaf? No. Soon thereafter, Ingraham impugned as cowards, reporters who risked their lives in Iraq.

Today, Ingraham encouraged her listeners to jam the phone lines of the voter protection hotline with crank calls. This woman has no soul.

Addendum:

"Assholiness" is a word. I heard it used in the classic film Flesh Gordon (at a midnight showing when I was a student at Miami University).

Posted 9:24 AM by Scoobie Davis

Bad News
It appears as if the Republican harassment via robo-calling is working.

One thing to remember about the radical right--especially the sectarian right: they think they are anointed by God and that any who opposes them is of the devil. Their only criterion for behavior is whether they are rewarded or punished electorally. So if journalists don't do their jobs and make the GOP pay at the ballot box, then their bad behavior will continue.

Posted 9:18 AM by Scoobie Davis

The Most Important Thing about this Election
Subpoena power. We need 15 seats in the House for that to happen.

Posted 10:26 PM by Scoobie Davis

If I Lived in Arizona, I Would Be Ineligible to Vote
I haven't updated my driver's license since I moved to San Diego.

Posted 5:56 PM by Scoobie Davis

Only on Fox News MSNBC

I was watching MSNBC this afternoon and on the news ticker of one of the shows (I think it was Hardball) it was written that a certain percentage of Americans wanted a "Democrat-controlled [sic] Congress." The use of the word "Democrat" as an adjective (e.g., Democrat Party) used to be an indicator that the writer or speaker is an unapologetic wing-nut, a wing-nut posing as a nonpartisan observer, or a Fox News Democrat like Tammy Bruce (who uses the phrase "Democrat Party" here).

What has happened in recent years is that the so-called liberal media has appropriated the use of "Democrat" as an adjective (e.g., click here and here) so what I watched was not surprising.

When I was tuned into MSNBC, I also saw this exchange; it looks like Hardball strikes out once again.

UPDATE: At least MSNBC can bring itself to name the Democratic Party--even if they use a pejorative, unlike the fair and balanced channel--which can't bring itself to name the party with a lead in the polls. I guess that should count for something.

11/7 UPDATE: This link requires no comment.

Posted 1:53 PM by Scoobie Davis

The Story of the Day

Republican voter suppression via a campaign of harassing robocalls. This GOP dirty tricks campaign is not receiving the proper attention from the mainstream media--except in a few cases.

UPDATE: Dave Johnson has a comprehensive (and succinct) post on the the scandal.

2:30 PST UPDATE: Apparently Mark Halperin isn't completely worthless because ABC is covering the story as "breaking news."

2:36 PST UPDATE: TPM Muckraker has more details and details from a former push-poller.

2:47 PST UPDATE: The Daily Kos has a post on robocalls in Virginia that amount to voter harassment and intimidation.

2:58 PST UPDATE: Rahm Emanuel call the GOP's voter suppression campaign via robo-call, "the worst of dirty tricks."

Posted 12:34 PM by Scoobie Davis

Will Post Later Today
Too busy to blog right now but will post later today and tomorrow.

Posted 10:11 AM by Scoobie Davis

Welcome to San Diego Citybeat Readers
Hi to you San Diego Citybeat readers who read David Rolland's piece on me and Sean Hannity. To read my post on the incident, scroll down to the October 28 post titled, "Sean Hannity Had Me Kicked Off of An Aircraft Carrier: Exclusive Story."

Posted 9:23 AM by Scoobie Davis

New Jack Chick Tracts
An anti-Masonic tract, "The Unwelcome Guest"--drawn by Chick and a new tract in the black tract series "Who Loves You?" drawn by Fred Carter. Read the previous post for my announcement of the Chick documentary.