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[BeachBuckeye]

Hello all! Ready for a good show today? Lets talk. 1-888-602-7500, 7501, 7502, 7503, 7504 toll free.

Listen to the live stream at www.theguyjamesshow.com

Hey, whats with all of the e-mail from Europeons who listen to the show this past week? Strange!

We'll be talking about Billy Tauzin and his sell-out to the Pharm folks.

How about Alberto Gonzales's fitness for the AG job? I think not!

Did you see Bill Moyers last night? He laid it on the line and we need to discuss his insightful last program. He will be missed.

I do want to remind everyone that this will be our last program at this time period. We'll be off for Christmas and New Year's day but will return on January 8th at 7 to 10pm Eastern time on Saturdays. We will now be on two stations here in Southwest Florida. WINK-1240AM and WNOG1270AM.

Please call us today and help make this a lively program.

Happy "whatever" to everyone!!!

[JanMichael]

1. Which Europeans are emailing you? The good ones or the bad ones?

How weird:-)

[BeachBuckeye]

3. Many good ones!

About a dozen from Norway, Sweden and Denmark. We also got mail from several ex-pats in Germany and France. Oh, and I forgot, 2 from the Czech Republic. I kind of feel like Radio Free Europe except we're not giving them propaganda...only truth.

[nostamj]

2. afternoon guy!

did you get the banner?

and that Tauzin story! gad, they don't even try to hide their shit anymore... they just don't care.

[BeachBuckeye]

4. Got it but.....

My web guy put it on the "links" page and you and I wanted it on the front page. He has not responded to my mail these last two days. I'll get it changed soon as possible.

[nostamj]

5. OK.

never occurred to me to look there... no big deal as sales will be slow now that it's too late for shipping by Christmas....

[BeachBuckeye]

6. Its what I get for having to have someone else do it

I really need to learn how to do it myself.

[nostamj]

7. if it's anything like the software I used

to admin the ?W site... it's pretty simple.

[BeachBuckeye]

8. PM me with the details

If it is a "paint by numbers" deal I can do it.....maybe.

[coreystone]

9. coreystone signing in!................

:-)

[BeachBuckeye]

10. Well, its about time Coreystone!

We're getting ready to rock and roll!

[BeachBuckeye]

11. We'll need your calls today

Everyone will be out "shopping". I do hope some of the neo-cons will call though. I'm feeling a little frisky

[coreystone]

13. Well let me get my Rickenbacker out and hook it up!

Or should I go "unplugged" with the Martin? I get so confused at this time of day!

:silly:

[Catshrink]

12. Catshrink checking in -- I'm not working today!

WooHoo! Can't wait to hear Guy live!

[benburch]

14. White Rose Recording!

http://www.WhiteRoseSociety.org/ - The Internet's premier liberal/progressive talk radio audio archives!

[coreystone]

15. How about CCR?????

FORTUNATE SON

Some folks are born made to wave the flag,
Ooh, they’re red, white and blue.
And when the band plays hail to the chief,
Ooh, they point the cannon at you, lord,

It ain’t me, it ain’t me, I ain’t no senator’s son, son.
It ain’t me, it ain’t me; I ain’t no fortunate one, no,

Yeah!
Some folks are born silver spoon in hand,
Lord, don’t they help themselves, oh.
But when the taxman comes to the door,
Lord, the house looks like a rummage sale, yes,

It ain’t me, it ain’t me, I ain’t no millionaire’s son, no.
It ain’t me, it ain’t me; I ain’t no fortunate one, no.

Some folks inherit star spangled eyes,
Ooh, they send you down to war, lord,
And when you ask them, how much should we give?
Ooh, they only answer more! more! more! yoh,

It ain’t me, it ain’t me, I ain’t no military son, son.
It ain’t me, it ain’t me; I ain’t no fortunate one, one.

It ain’t me, it ain’t me, I ain’t no fortunate one, no no no,
It ain’t me, it ain’t me, I ain’t no fortunate son, no no no,

[LatteLib]

16. Listening from NW Indiana

as we wait to see if we will be in the path of the predicted snowstorm!
I sent a donation and hope you get more and I hope you get some wing-nut calls, Guy, cause I got a kick out of your response to the winger calls the last couple of weeks.
Keep up the good work, Guy. I am glad your show is expanding to 2 radio stations soon.
Best holiday wishes to you and yours!
LL

[coreystone]

17. "Bush Awards Presidential Medal of Freedom"

"WASHINGTON — President Bush on Tuesday awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom (search) to former CIA Director George Tenet (search), retired Gen. Tommy Franks (search) and Paul Bremer (search), the former U.S. administrator in Iraq.

"This honor goes to three men who have played pivotal roles in great events and whose efforts have made our country more secure and advanced the cause of human liberty," Bush said during a ceremony at the White House."

??????????????????????????????????????????????

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,141468,00.html


:crazy:

[coreystone]

19. Ford gave "Presidential Medal of Freedom" Rumsfeld

DONALD H. RUMSFELD
Awarded by
President Gerald R. Ford
January 19, 1977

Donald Rumsfeld has served his country with rare distinction as a naval officer, legislator, diplomat, Counselor to the President, and the Secretary of Defense. As United States Ambassador to NATO, he brought a new level of understanding and cooperation to our relations with our oldest allies. Under his superb leadership as Secretary of Defense, the security of the United States was preserved and strengthened.

In each of these endeavors, Donald Rumsfeld has contributed immeasurably to the security of the United States and to the continued strength of the free world.


http://www.medaloffreedom.com/DonaldRumsfeld.htm

[Catshrink]

18. Military Service of Dems vs. Repugs

This is from a DU thread earlier this month. I thought you might want to comment on it, Guy. These warmongers are so willing to send our soldiers off to Iraq but they themselves have no experience with war or the military.

DID NOT SERVE-DID NOT SERVE-DID NOT SERVE-DID NOT SERVE-

Democrats:
* Richard Gephardt: Air National Guard, 1965-71. *
David Bonior: Staff Sgt., Air Force 1968-72.
* Tom Daschle: 1st Lt., Air Force SAC 1969-72.
* Al Gore: enlisted Aug. 1969; sent to Vietnam Jan. 1971 as an army journalist in 20th Engineer Brigade.
* Bob Kerrey: Lt. j.g. Navy 1966-69; Medal of Honor, Vietnam.
* Daniel Inouye: Army 1943-47; Medal of Honor, WWII.
* John Kerry: Lt., Navy 1966-70; Silver Star, Bronze Star with Combat V, Purple Hearts.
* Charles Rangel: Staff Sgt., Army 1948-52; Bronze Star, Korea.
* Max Cleland: Captain, Army 1965-68; Silver Star & Bronze Star, Vietnam.
* Ted Kennedy: Army, 1951-53.
* Tom Harkin: Lt., Navy, 1962-67; Naval Reserve, 1968-74.
* Jack Reed: Army Ranger, 1971-1979; Captain, Army Reserve 1979-91.
* Fritz Hollings: Army officer in WWII; Bronze Star and seven campaign ribbons.
* Leonard Boswell: Lt. Col., Army 1956-76; Vietnam, DFCs, Bronze Stars, and Soldier's Medal.
* Pete Peterson: Air Force Captain, POW. Purple Heart, Silver Star and Legion of Merit.
* Mike Thompson: Staff sergeant, 173rd Airborne, Purple Heart.
* Bill McBride: Candidate for Fla. Governor. Marine in Vietnam; Bronze Star with Combat V.
* Gray Davis: Army Captain in Vietnam, Bronze Star.
* Pete Stark: Air Force 1955-57
* Chuck Robb: Vietnam || * Howell Heflin: Silver Star
* George McGovern: Silver Star & DFC during WWII.
* Bill Clinton: Did not serve. Student deferments. Entered draft but received #311.
* Jimmy Carter: Seven years in the Navy.
* Walter Mondale: Army 1951-1953
* John Glenn: WWII and Korea; six DFCs and Air Medal with 18 Clusters.
* Tom Lantos: Served in Hungarian underground in WWII. Saved by Raoul Wallenberg.

Republicans -- and these are the guys sending people to war:

* Dick Cheney: did not serve. ("More important things to do")
* Dennis Hastert: did not serve.
* Tom Delay: did not serve.
* Roy Blunt: did not serve.
* Bill Frist: did not serve.
* Mitch McConnell: did not serve.
* Rick Santorum: did not serve.
* Trent Lott: did not serve.
* John Ashcroft: did not serve. Seven deferments to teach business.
* Jeb Bush: did not serve.
* Karl Rove: did not serve.
* Saxby Chambliss: did not serve. "Bad knee." Attacked Max Cleland's patriotism.
* Paul Wolfowitz: did not serve.
* Vin Weber: did not serve.
* Richard Perle: did not serve.
* Douglas Feith: did not serve.
* Eliot Abrams: did not serve. || * Richard Shelby: did not serve.
* Jon Kyl: did not serve.
* Tim Hutchison: did not serve.
* Christopher Cox: did not serve.
* Newt Gingrich: did not serve.
* Don Rumsfeld: served in Navy (1954-57) as flight instructor.
* George W. Bush: failed to complete his six-year National Guard; got assigned to Alabama so he could campaign for family friend running for U.S. Senate; failed to show up for required medical exam, disappeared from duty.
* Ronald Reagan: due to poor eyesight, served in a non-combat role making movies.
* B-1 Bob Dornan: enlisted after fighting was over in Korea.
* Phil Gramm: did not serve.
* John McCain: Silver Star, Bronze Star, Legion of Merit, Purple Heart and Distinguished Flying Cross.
* Dana Rohrabacher: did not serve.
* John M. McHugh: did not serve.
* JC Watts: did not serve.
* Jack Kemp: did not serve. "Knee problem," although continued in NFL for 8 years.
* Dan Quayle: Journalism unit of the Indiana National Guard.
* Rudy Giuliani: did not serve.
* George Pataki: did not serve.
* Spencer Abraham: did not serve.
* John Engler: did not serve.
* Lindsey Graham: National Guard lawyer.
* Arnold Schwarzenegger: AWOL from Austrian army base.

Pundits & Preachers

* Sean Hannity: did not serve.
* Rush Limbaugh: did not serve
* Bill O'Reilly: did not serve.
* Michael Savage: did not serve.
* George Will: did not serve.
* Chris Matthews: did not serve.
* Paul Gigot: did not serve.
* Bill Bennett: did not serve.
* Pat Buchanan: did not serve.
* John Wayne: did not serve.
* Bill Kristol: did not serve.
* Kenneth Starr: did not serve.
* Antonin Scalia: did not serve.
* Clarence Thomas: did not serve.
* Ralph Reed: did not serve.
* Michael Medved: did not serve.
* Charlie Daniels: did not serve.
* Ted Nugent: did not serve.

[JanMichael]

20. Inuaguration as Coronation.

All Hail King George!

[Judi Lynn]

21. Just tuned in in time to hear Steve from Florida's idea! EXCELLENT.

Dont' spend a dime on Inaguaration Day. With enough participation it could get someone's attention, anyway. No doubt freeptards, once they "learn" about it here and elsewhere will drive themselves into debt trying to compensate!

[coreystone]

22. Support the troops, bring them home, and send in the "twins" n/t

[eleny]

23. hi all

i sure need a guy james show shot in the arm today. watching moyers last broadcast last night made me so sad. but i look forward to his writings. hope he can be a guest some time in the new year.

[coreystone]

25. Bonjour!

:-)

[coreystone]

24. How about "gas rations" for SUV owners?? n/t

[coreystone]

26. Bring the war home......everyone between 18-35 who voted for Bush...

should fulfill their "patriotic" duty and enlist as soon as possible!

[nostamj]

27. one of the THOUSANDS of faces that should HAUNT *

on edit: this little girl was the soul survivor of a family of 8 (including her pregnant mother) after US forces bombed their home in Fallujah. she was shielded by her grandmother's body.

Mister Bosh dreams about Iraq

Missus Bosh, wake up!
I've been dreaming about Iraq.

Daisies and gum drops, Missus Bosh!
Even the armless have armloads
And they dance a cakewalk
To a Scott Joplin tune
With white gloves and tap shoes.
The smiles are paint, Missus Bosh
But painted so prettily you believe them.

The children who held broken dolls
Are so much shattered meat now.

Hard work keeping you safe, Missus Bosh.

You're good with children, Missus Bosh,
Read them something comforting
And bring something to cleanse their blood
From my pajamas, from my pillow.

[coreystone]

28. Leave no child behind.....

:cry:

[coreystone]

29. PNAC and William Kristol, Chairman ?????

Elliott Abrams Gary Bauer William J. Bennett Jeb Bush

Dick Cheney Eliot A. Cohen Midge Decter Paula Dobriansky Steve Forbes

Aaron Friedberg Francis Fukuyama Frank Gaffney Fred C. Ikle

Donald Kagan Zalmay Khalilzad I. Lewis Libby Norman Podhoretz

Dan Quayle Peter W. Rodman Stephen P. Rosen Henry S. Rowen

Donald Rumsfeld Vin Weber George Weigel Paul Wolfowitz

[coreystone]

30. I love that song! n/t

[Catshrink]

31. B* wants to stop class action suits in asbestos cases? Halliburton

Halliburton got burned badly in them, didn't they? That has Cheney written all over it.

[nostamj]

32. oh yes.... in fact, Cheney

is the one who got them INTO the abestos mess (unless he knew he could 'fix' the problem for them......

[proud patriot]

33. Repuke hangs up on Guy ...LOL

What a Buffoon

[Judi Lynn]

34. Repukes are famous for their sophistication, self-discipline!Or,maybe not.

Not a Republican.

[coreystone]

35. But, a great baseball fan!!..

:-)

[Judi Lynn]

37. Really!

[coreystone]

38. Cute!! Do you know where I can get one??

:-)

[Judi Lynn]

41. Found it in a search for "Einstein + baseball!"

Rat cheer: http://www.a2zgiftideas.com/page/funny.htm

It is unexpected, isn't it?

[coreystone]

43. Thanx! I think I will get one! .... :-) ... n/t

[JanMichael]

36. These "Are you safer now" a-holes miss the point that the Iraq invasion...

...has radicalised more people that want to fry their sorry asses than ever existed before. Has anything happened here recently? No, it takes years to set up large scale attacks, give it time, they will seek revenge.

Also we are heading off of an economic cliff because of reduced Revenue (Tax Cuts) plus Increased Spending (Military) so they are much less "safe" from a sustainability point of view.

[nostamj]

39. terrorism--GLOBALLY--is UP since

the chimp's illegal invasion. these fools do not *think* beyond the tailpipe of their hummers

[coreystone]

40. "Democracy is not Free" ribbons for sale somewhere!! n/t

[coreystone]

42. Love the flag, but, how about passing out copies of the Constitution..

The Bill of Rights, and the Declaration of Independence!

[coreystone]

44. "Wally's World"....

We fought a big battle in Vermont several years ago to prevent Wal*Mart from coming into the state. There are is one in Rutland....I avoid it!

:-)

[coreystone]

45. "nostamj".....What is the take from the NY Bureau???.......n/t

[nostamj]

46. take on what?

the NY bureau is kinda out of it today. holiday BLUES + head cold.

i just hate this season. just hate it.

[coreystone]

47. Giuliani and Kerik and Giuliani! Sorry! n/t

[nostamj]

48. oh. only heard part of that

had to do something in the kitchen.

Ghouliani and Kerik were both utter shits. "good luck" not dying on 9/11 was about all rudy had and the FACT that he has profited HUGELY off the death and destruction is sickening.

as for Kerik, LONG before all the scandal came out, I posted here on DU: "Can Kerik be Confirmed?" and that was based solely on his utter lack of experience.

[coreystone]

49. Where in the world is Carmen "Osama Bin Laden"??????.....n/t

[nostamj]

50. and, HOW do we know there were no WMDs?

because, we invaded.

if bushco really believed that hundreds (if not thousands) of US soldiers would be subjected to WMD attack, they would NOT have done it. period.

[jimshoes]

51. Give em hell Guy,

Or as Truman said Give them the truth and they just think it's hell.

[coreystone]

52. Bush 1 knew that Saddam was probably going to invade Kuwait...

we knew!!

[nostamj]

56. please... they gave him a wink-wink nudge-nudge

on that!

[deric1]

53. Repig callers

The Repigs think they can bring Guy down. What a laugh! They are in complete denial. I love it when Guy hangs up on them.

[Judi Lynn]

54. Guy, here's something else to consider.Scott Ritter referred to it earlier

I just found this in a search to refresh my memory on this good talking point:

Published on Thursday, August 1, 2002 by FAIR's Media Beat
War and Forgetfulness -- A Bloody Media Game
by Norman Solomon

Three and a half years ago, some key information about U.N. weapons inspectors in Iraq briefly surfaced on the front pages of American newspapers -- and promptly vanished. Now, with righteous war drums beating loudly in Washington, let's reach deep down into the news media's Orwellian memory hole and retrieve the story.

"U.S. Spied on Iraq Under U.N. Cover, Officials Now Say," a front-page New York Times headline announced on Jan. 7, 1999. The article was unequivocal: "United States officials said today that American spies had worked undercover on teams of United Nations arms inspectors ferreting out secret Iraqi weapons programs.... By being part of the team, the Americans gained a first-hand knowledge of the investigation and a protected presence inside Baghdad."

A day later, a followup Times story pointed out: "Reports that the United States used the United Nations weapons inspectors in Iraq as cover for spying on Saddam Hussein are dimming any chances that the inspection system will survive."

With its credibility badly damaged by the spying, the U.N. inspection system did not survive. Another factor in its demise was the U.S. government's declaration that sanctions against Iraq would remain in place whether or not Baghdad fully complied with the inspection regimen.
(snip/...)

http://www.commondreams.org/views02/0801-01.htm

Here's the New York Times referred to at the beginning of the article:

Published on Thursday, January 7, 1999 in the New York Times
U.S. Spied on Iraq Under U.N. Cover, Officials Now Say
by Tim Weiner

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 -- United States officials said today that American spies had worked undercover on teams of United Nations arms inspectors ferreting out secret Iraqi weapons programs.

Iraq has long condemned the inspectors as tools of American intelligence. In October it issued a statement saying it would never cooperate with United Nations teams riddled with ''American spies and agents.''

United States officials said American intelligence agencies provided information and technology to the United Nations Special Commission, known as Unscom. In turn, they said, the United States and other nations received information on Iraqi weapons programs from the inspectors.

By being part of the team, the Americans gained a first-hand knowledge of the investigation and a protected presence inside Baghdad.
(snip/...)

American officials did not say how many spies served on the commission or describe their roles.

The disclosure that American spies had worked as inspectors came after The Boston Globe reported today that such agents had used the team as a cover to spy on President Saddam Hussein.
(snip/...)

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines02/010799-01.htm

[jmatthan]

55. Great show as usual

I sent Guy 2 emails during the program:

Is US safer now?

Saddam never booted out any inspectors!

Jacob Matthan
Oulu, Finland

[coreystone]

57. I come from Swedish American background, never got to Finland...

I did Sweden and Denmark in my travels, and apologize for not having taken the time to visit a very wonderful country. Thanks for being your participation.

:-)

[coreystone]

58. Thanks for the show Guy! Take some time to enjoy the Holidays!

:loveya: