"Official Guy James Show" thread --please keep kicked

[BeachBuckeye]

Great show today folks! We have Dan Briody as our guest. He authored the new book "The Halliburton Agenda" and believe me, its a book you won't want to put down. He has written a dynamite book!

Do you want to get some of the Reagan beatification stuff off your chest? What did you think of the whole week being a 24/7 Right-Wing commercial? Call in at 888-602-7500, 7501, 7502, 7503, 7504
Listen live at www.theguyjamesshow.com or tune in at 1200AM if you are near Ft. Myers, Naples Florida area.

It should be a good show. Get your two cents worth in!

[proud patriot]

1. k

:kick:

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

2. Radio Free Florida kick

:kick:


Beside defying media too fast
Instead of pushing palaces to fall
Put that, put that, put that before all
That this isn't fortunate at all

[kaitykaity]

3. kickity

:kick:

[benburch]

4. White Rose Recording!

Archive should be up within an hour after the show ends!

[BeachBuckeye]

5. lets rock!!!

[nostamj]

6. afternoon all!

need some calm soothing GJS after dealing with a cretin on that Reagan/AIDS thread... :grr:

[Judi Lynn]

7. Maybe a refreshing Republican Love letter or two........ n/t

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

9. Aw, Pug love!

:loveya:

[LWolf]

38. Well, I didn't read the thread,

which may be just as well.

But here's a :hug:,

a :beer:

and a :hi:.

[benburch]

8. Ollie North!

He was denied a permit for a Concealed Carry pistol this week due to his convictions!

[nostamj]

10. the latest on the ?W REVUE..

with a little help from Will Pitt, I've arranged to have our opening performance be a benefit for Military Families Speak Out (www.mfso.org). our DU friend, and TGJS caller Mari333 is a member, so I'l really happy about this.

the rehearsals are going great. here's the poster design...

our PR machine is in full gear now.... very exciting time!

[Misinformed01]

18. I seriously hope Michael and I get to come up to

NYC, and see this!

I haven't been to NY in years-

[nostamj]

19. well, you know i would LOVE that...

you should coordinate with Guy and his wife.... that would be a party!

[Misinformed01]

20. Are they going up? I need to send Mrs.GJames a PM

That would be fun; I can tell you that they are a very cool couple, and Mrs.GJ is especially neat!

[nostamj]

22. Guy has told me

in off-air conversation, that she is pressuring BIG TIME for a NYC visit...

I haven't talked with her yet. but, she just MUST be cool...

[benburch]

11. Hey, Guy!

BTW, it would appear that I found a gig... Not with AAR, but with an old employer of mine, Motorola. A six-month contract!

[kaitykaity]

12. Anybody else having audio problems?

It's blipping and coughing and acting all weird.

:shrug:

[nostamj]

13. loud and clear

for a change! and that's on dial-up...

of course, this will JINX me as soon as I hit the POST button!

[kaitykaity]

14. It did the same thing to me last weekend, too.

Oh, well. Thank goodness for benburch. I'll have to
listen to the archive later.

C-Ya.

:hi:

[nostamj]

16. try a disconnect/re-connect

that has helped me before...

[kaitykaity]

23. Thanks!!

I did a complete shutdown/restart, and the commercials
are coming in great!!

:thumbsup:

[nostamj]

25. yeah!

hope the SHOW is coming in great too...

[kaitykaity]

26. It wanted to start blipping again just

when Guy came back on, but then it settled down.

:)

[Catshrink]

15. About Brown and Root and Helliburton

This article talks about how Halliburton under Cheney got the Pentagon to pay for a study on how the feds could use civilian contractors during a war. Then, guess who got the contract?

http://halliburtionhell.blogspot.com/

[Judi Lynn]

17. Anti-Halliburton kick.

:kick:

[vetwife]

21. Hey ya'll !

[vetwife]

24. Heads up on this Faith Based junk ...especially in Ga.

Looks like Republicans are buying votes via Faith Based Initiatves but look..it says contact the Republican Party ! at the end.. I am so mad

ATLANTA, GA - Governor Sonny Perdue announced today that he will submit legislation during the 2004 session of the General Assembly that would alter the controversial Blaine Amendment in Georgia's Constitution. The constitutional change would allow faith-based social service providers to compete for state funds without facing discrimination.

"Georgia's Constitution often unfairly prohibits the state from funding the best, most dedicated human services providers," Perdue said. "Georgia's neediest families and children deserve our commitment to removing this barrier to finding quality services."

Georgia's Blaine Amendment provides that "o money shall ever be taken from the public treasury, directly or indirectly, in aid of any church, sect, cult, or religious denomination or of any sectarian institution." This presents an even higher barrier to faith-based initiatives than the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

Governor Perdue proposed adding to the beginning of the Blaine Amendment the following line: "except as permitted or required by the United States Constitution, as amended."

"My proposed amendment will put the Georgia Constitution in step with the U.S. Constitution," Perdue said. "The state should not discriminate against a private, voluntary organization, merely because it is faith-based."

Governor Perdue's proposal will be submitted by his floor leaders in the form of a resolution. The resolution would require a 2/3 vote in the House and Senate for passage. Upon passage, the amendment would appear on the November 2004 ballot and require a majority vote.

Attached is a fact sheet on the Blaine Amendment and Governor Perdue's proposed change.


FACT SHEET: BLANE AMENDMENT/ PERDUE PROPOSAL
• Since the late nineteenth century, the Georgia Constitution has contained a Blaine Amendment.
• The amendment is named for United States Senator James Blaine of Maine.
• Senator Blaine capitalized on a national wave of anti-Roman Catholic bigotry to propose, and very nearly passed, an amendment to the United States Constitution in the 1850's prohibiting all forms of faith-based initiatives.
• The current iteration of Georgia's Blaine Amendment provides that "o money shall ever be taken from the public treasury, directly or indirectly, in aid of any church, sect, cult, or religious denomination or of any sectarian institution." Ga. Const. art. I, § II, VII.
• Georgia's Blaine Amendment presents an even higher barrier to faith-based initiatives than the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
• Georgia Attorneys General and the courts have interpreted Georgia's Blaine Amendment to prohibit the following faith-based initiatives. In each case, the initiative likely would have been permissible under the First Amendment:

The provision of "Reading Challenge" grants to sectarian schools. 2000 Ga. Op. Att'y Gen. No. 00-5 (May 18, 2000).
A contract between the City of La Grange and the Salvation Army to "handle charitable cases for the city." Bennett v. City of La Grange, 153 Ga. 428, 112 S.E. 482 (1922).

"a county contracting with the Y.M.C.A. to provide recreational facilities and programs for the children of a particular county . . . ." he Y.M.C.A. would be an inappropriate party to such a contract . . . since the Y.M.C.A. is probably a sectarian institution . . . ." 1969 Ga. Op. Att'y Gen. No. 69-136 (Mar. 25, 1969).
• There have been a series of U.S. Supreme Court decisions stating that the U.S. Constitution allows for faith-based providers of human services.
• The text of what Governor Perdue proposes to add to the Georgia Constitution is very simple: "except as permitted or required by the United State Constitution, as amended."
• This revision puts the Georgia Constitution in step with the U.S. Constitution.
• This revision would not interfere with separation of church and state because the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that the U.S. Constitution allows for faith-based providers of human services.
• This revision would allow the state to fund the best human services providers.
• As required by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, taxpayer money will be used for secular purposes and not for religious purposes and activities. All state contracts can spell this out clearly.
• Revising the Blaine Amendment eliminates the threats of expensive lawsuits and removes the barriers to finding quality services for those in need.
• Revising the Blaine Amendment will expand the resource capacity upon which the state can turn to for social services.



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For More Information Contact:
Georgia Republican Party
[e-mail]
404-257-5559

[kaitykaity]

33. Nice call, vetwife.

More Republican crimes? I'm shocked. Shocked I tell you.
Reminds me of the story about DeLay on NOW last night.
That prosecutor looked pissed.

:hi:

[vetwife]

34. Thanks Kaity..No end to their debunking constitutional law !

I am not a lawyer but it looks like this is a way to buy votes !

[nostamj]

27. Guy! this TOON say it all on Reagan's death/bush 2004 campaign!

more TOONs, if you missed them:

Banana Flana Fleener Faddle

[Judi Lynn]

28. He supported apartheid, but he was always personable! Great ones. n/t

[nostamj]

31. another GEM

[Judi Lynn]

37. Poor, poor little Dub.

[hedda_foil]

29. Has Briody been on yet?

I just got in.

[nostamj]

30. he was in the 3:30 block

check out the archives at www.whiterosesociety.org about an hour after the broadcast

[hedda_foil]

32. Thanks, nostamj.

Guess I'll have to catch the first hour on archive at Ben Burch's site.

[LWolf]

35. Checking in late, just in time

to hear Guy discussing Pinellas.

[Mika]

36. Alex Penelas is mayor of Miami-Dade County, NOT the city of Miami

n/t

[Catshrink]

39. How are you feeling, Mika?

I hope you're not too sore!

[vetwife]

40. Hi Catshrink and Jeff and all !

[Mika]

48. Got some bruises and am sore, but I'm OK

Thanks for the good wishes, Catshrink.

[BeachBuckeye]

41. Wanna talk about the mythology of the Reagan Administration?

call us

[Bozita]

43. S&L scandal -- final tab was over $600 BILLION

[nostamj]

44. hope you get enough calls...

i'm in a MOOD and don't really want to RANT (which I would if I called)

these asswipes telling me that AIDS is about irresponsible gays unable to control their promiscuous behavior and NOT Reagan's refusal to address a nation health CRISIS has my BP soaring!

9 million for Legionaire's disease (50 victims) and 1 million for TESTING (not treatment, not education, not research, just, 'let's find the diseased fags and junkies)

:grr:

as if there was ever an incurable, lethal STD before AIDS.

as if heteros married as virgins and stayed faithful until death...

:grr:

[kaitykaity]

42. Go Git Him, Guy!!!!

"If you can't see what this man did, you're blind!!"

Applause, applause, applaause.

[Catshrink]

45. Two in a row.... talk about GWB's flip flops....

Freepers are coming out of the woodwork this week..... IDIOTS

[Catshrink]

46. Tried to find the software story on Snopes... not there.

I think this idiot pulled this one out of his butt.

[Catshrink]

47. Yep -- set the story straight on teachers and education

no money for anything! And the paperwork is a killer.

[LWolf]

49. Agghh! He doesn't know what

I'm complaining about. 12 hours a day. All year long. 10 - 15% of my salary for that time goes to buy classroom supplies and materials not provided by the school budget. But he doesn't know what I'm complaining about.

:grr:

:nuke:

[Judi Lynn]

50. LWolf, was that your call from California?

All this time I've thought LWolf was a man!

That was a great call, if it was. Very glad you made it.

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YAY, REPUBLICAN LOVE!

[LWolf]

54. Yes, that was me.

Yes, <checking> I'm still a woman. ;-)

I talk to teachers from all over the country. I moderate a teacher's forum and belong to several professional discussion groups. I've yet to hear a single teacher say they are better off, professionally or personally, under GWB.

:hi:

[Catshrink]

51. That was you? Great call, LWolf.

What about your teacher's union? Are they any help? Ours is pretty powerless here. We tried to change it with good candidates who wouldn't just rubber stamp what the school board and superindendent said. But, they stacked the election meeting.

[LWolf]

56. Thanks.

My union has been bowing down and taking whatever admins pass out for the 21 years I've been here. All admin has to do is hold "we're going to cut your benefits" over their heads, and they cave. The benefits issue has gotten bigger in the last few years, and now we are hearing that they're going to cut them anyway, regardless of any other issues. Part of the budget cuts coming down the pipe for next year. It's been a tense year; our reps had a big dust-up, some senior members quit the teams they were on, and our president is retiring on Tuesday. Part of the problem is that all union activities are time in addition to our regular jobs, and we're all tired and burnt out. We've all been doing plenty of "extra duties as necessary" outside our regular full-time jobs. And those extra duties take their toll on the quality of that regular job, which takes a toll in test scores, which ups the pressure. A circular firing squad. On my staff, 2 teachers are retiring early and two have begun 2nd masters program in different fields to start new careers. One quit this year since she just provides a secondary discretionary income, not the primary income in her family. They're leaving public ed behind them. I hope we'll at least see some hope, a light at the end of the tunnel in November.

[nostamj]

52. "political surfboard" !!! he saw mopaul's TOON

[LWolf]

53. Best republican love letter ever.

Guy and Fidel Castro are the last two commies left on earth, that Reagan missed. He listens every week, and can't figure out why anyone would ever listen.

:crazy:

I'm wiping the tea off my screen now.

[Bozita]

55. I'm partial to the 76 year old mother of 6 who worked at Walmart

One of her kids wrote to Guy and praised Walmart for providing a job for the mother so that the kids wouldn't have to contribute to her bare existence.

Letter was read was last week.

[LWolf]

57. That one, too.

I was just telling my mom about that one this morning.

[benburch]

58. Archive posted!

As always at http://www.WhiteRoseSociety.org/

Be there or be square!

[vetwife]

59. Good Show Guy as usual ..Have to catch archives mostly

Had to leave off and on...