Melissa Etheridge Confronts Elisabeth Hasselbeck (video)

I have a list like Cenk's, but Patricia Heaton is at the top of mine. Hasselrack is on there too, but I have one problem with his list. Paris Hilton was on it? Dude, if I was rip-roaring drunk and she was hanging off me at a party, I still would say no. Ick.

Geek of all Trades Episode #13: Putting the Saturn back in Saturnalia

In which our illustrious host tries to cover his ass, plays an ass-ton of voicemails, and says goodbye forever to one of his regular segments (no, not the Shatner/Cohen one, I'm doing that one forever MUWAHAHAHA!). Sorry, I broke the comedy rule of threes and couldn't come up with a way to work the word ass into the part about the end of one of my segments.



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The Very Last Schenectady Mailbox Writing Prompt Ever: Who is Carter Wolff?



Promos:

I Should Be Writing: http://www.ishouldbewriting.com/

Tale Chasing: http://www.talechasing.com/

Down the Road: http://www.12vtheater.com



Mentioned on the Show:

Fair Use

Black Nite Crash

Der Geek podcast

The 2nd Amendment

24

A link to my new promo

Flying Pen Press

Microphone Fiend lyrics

Obama defends choice of ministers

Saturnalia

A Moving 40th Birthday Gift

Peter David

J. Michael Straczynski

Fertile women more open to corny chat-up lines

Woman accused of trying to sell 'gothic kittens'

Dog evades threats of tobacco - but not traffic

Christopher Paolini

Ben Twisted

The Geek of all Trades Studio Tour

Complete with annotations and kitties!

This was awesome news!

I got this in my e-mail inbox today.

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Dear Podcast Owner

Your podcast feed, [ http://mevio.com/feeds/masterofnone.xml ] was successfully added and is now under review.


Sincerely,

The iTunes Store Team

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How fucking awesome is that? If I make it up there guys, please oh please write some 5 star reviews for me. :-)

Geek of all Trades Episode #12: 'Cause I'm hype/hyped as a hypochondriac.

In which our illustrious host begs for more voicemails and e-mails, starts a discussion about fan fiction and the state of media, mispronounces the name of the band that does this week's show, discusses changing college minors, talks about enjoying college, and complains about a 9 year old who's more sucessful than him.



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This Week's Schenectady Mailbox Writing Prompt: Cyberpunk with bunnies



Promos:

Best of the Left: http://www.bestoftheleft.com/

Form Letter Rejection Theatre: http://www.flrtpodcast.com/



Mentioned on the Show:

Sligo Rags

Personal Effects: Dark Art

The CSI Franchise

The Rachel Maddow Show (radio)

The Rachel Maddow Show (TV)

We Can Do It Again

Company tries to get gun classed as medical device

Man killed for 'hogging karaoke'

We had real dictators back then! Good times!

Fireman fled mice

12v Theater

A Thousand Kisses Deep lyrics

Nine-year-old's self-help book a hit

December 12th

Another great one from the Kos.

Guilt By Imagination

by BarbinMD

Thu Dec 11, 2008 at 10:35:05 AM PST

It was clear from the start:

...ROD BLAGOJEVICH said he knows that the President-elect wants Senate Candidate 1 for the open seat but "they're not willing to give me anything except appreciation. Fuck them."

...that President-elect Obama wasn't playing ball with the corrupt governor of Illinois, but that hasn't stopped various media hacks from trying to turn the Rod Blagojevich scandal into Obamagate.

For example, from Politico, we get:

At first blush, Barack Obama comes out of the Rod Blagojevich scandal smelling like a rose. The prosecutor at a news conference seemed to give the president-elect a seal of approval, and the Illinois governor himself was caught on tape complaining that Obama was not interested in crooked schemes.

But make no mistake: For Obama and his team, the Blagojevich scandal is a stink bomb tossed at close range.

And Politico's reason for thinking that? Easy. Because Republicans will express pseudo-outrage, draw false connections, and Politico will report it.

And then there's this from Liz "Sprinkles" Sidoti of the Associated Press:

President-elect Barack Obama hasn't even stepped into office and already a scandal — not of his own making — is threatening to dog him.

Obama isn't accused of anything. But the fact that Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, a fellow Democrat, has been charged with trying to sell Obama's now-vacant Senate post gives political opponents an opening to criticize him. A slew of questions remain. The investigation is still under way. And the ultimate impact on Obama is far from certain.

While a bit more dramatic than the Politico opening, the message is the same: Yeah, sure, I know Obama isn't involved, but as long as I can find a Republican to talk about it, I've got a story.

The Washington Times went the inflammatory headline route:

Scandal casts cloud over Obama presidency

...while Chris Matthews opted for the incoherent:

But Fitzgerald made clear that Obama was not implicated today. Here he is, quote, "The complaint makes no allegations about the president-elect whatsoever." Obama said this afternoon that he had no contact with Governor Blagojevich over who was gonna fill that Senate seat.

Still, there are many unanswered questions, including that one.

The unifying theme throughout this coverage is, when you have a corrupt politician, caught on tape peddling influence and cursing like a sailor, guilt by imaginary association trumps boring issues like the economy and health care any day of the week.

Announcement

Geek of all Trades Episode 12 will go into the feed on Friday this week. Pass it on.

From Daily Kos: When Conservatives Heart Clinton...America Has Moved Left

I loved this one, and I may make a habit of it. This blog should be more than just my podcast related stuff.

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When Conservatives Heart Clinton...America Has Moved Left

by Jed L

Tue Dec 02, 2008 at 01:30:03 PM PST

There's a whole lot of stupid coming from the right these days. Take, for example, conservative radio host Michael Reagan with CNN anchor Kiran Chetry on Tuesday morning. Reagan echoed Rush Limbugh's argument that President-elect Obama's selection of Hillary Clinton is a bow to the right, and that it has "liberal websites" like Daily Kos up in arms.

Of course, anyone who bothers to check the facts knows that claim is simply not true. Moreover, underscoring his ignorance, Reagan can't even pronounce 'Daily Kos' (Kos rhymes with dose, not sauce):

Here's the deal: we won, and they are declaring victory.

In the same breath that they are saying that this is a center-right nation, conservatives like Limbaugh and Reagan are highlighting the appointment of Hillary Clinton as a victory for the right.

In 1998, they were impeaching Bill Clinton. Now they are claiming Hillary as one of their own.

The center has shifted....to the left.

Geek of all Trades Episode #11: Tron Paul

In which our illustrious host geeks out on Bond and Trek, plays 2 brand new promos (well, new to him anyway), talks about the last few movies of 2008 he really wants to see, gives a shout out to the podcasting community, and complains about Google Alerts.



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This Week's Schenectady Mailbox Writing Prompt: What are genies like between masters?



Promos:

Buffy Between the Lines: http://www.buffybetweenthelines.com/

The Radio Adventures of Doctor Floyd: http://www.doctorfloyd.com



Mentioned on the Show:

Slice of Sci-Fi

Mitt Zombie '08

37hz

Quantum of Solace

New Star Trek Trailer

November 26th

American Dad: Ollie North Song

Genies

Tor

Society of Vertebrate Paleontology urges repeal of Louisiana ‘Creation Law’

Changeling

Milk

The Spirit

Men guilty over fake penis scam

Judge sentences offenders to listen to Barry Manilow

Cash to name babies for Mussolini

Accused Drunk Driver Ends Up Running Over Himself

The Weird Show

The Ninth: A Heroes Podcast

I'm Your Man lyrics

Google Alerts

Alan Moore

SoCal's atheist billboard taken down

Vagina Rejuvenation

Geologic Podcast

Geek of all Trades Episode #10: It's not the size that counts.

In which our illustrious host reflects on Presidential Election and the black cloud that came with the silver lining, plays two songs, talks a little about show length, and gives

a quick update on his NaNoWriMo project (oh, and the novel too).



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This Week's Schenectady Mailbox Writing Prompt: Crossover Home Improvement with Clarissa Explains It All, using a parade as a plot device.



Promos:

Archangel: A Novel: http://www.archangelnovel.com/blog/

Mike's Hot Dish: http://www.thenextgenerationofradio.com



Mentioned on the Show:

Geologic Podcast

The Funny Music Project

Southland Tales soundtrack

The Playing for Keep movie cast

The Terrible Crossover Fanfiction Idea Generator

Traveller lost in airport for a week

Man’s death in custody linked to ancient curse

Dying Mars lander to enter 'Groundhog Day'

state

Man builds Lamborghini in cellar

Johnny Cash's One Piece at a Time

The Ninth: A Heroes Podcast

Democracy lyrics, song by Leonard Cohen

NaNoWriMo

I iz published

http://stores.lulu.com/arkle And Here's To You, my debut novel, now for sale. $9.98 Paperback, $1.99 Download. Tell your friends.

A little something for those tired of looking at Electoral College maps

The Pop vs. Soda Map

I myself use "soda," and have to admit to having looked down on people who've called it "pop."

Not that it matters anymore really, I gave up SODA in 2005. ;-)

Geek of all Trades Episode #9: VOTE!

In which our illustrious host does the last show before the Presidential Election and talks about why you shouldn't vote for McCain.



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This Week's Schenectady Mailbox Writing Prompt: None this week.



Promos:

Mur Lafferty Presents The Takeover: http://www.zombinc.net



Mentioned on the Show:

Laffy Taffy

Freakhouse

October 29

Mormon influence of CA's Prop. 8

Kung fu fan blows out candles with eyes

Is Dancing Ability Dictated In The Womb?

UFOs
, alien abductions and Tina Turner feature in Close Encounters secret files

Better Beer: College Team Creating Anticancer Brew

Some of the sources for my McCain rant

Geek of all Trades Episode #8: Where have you gone Joe DiMaggio...

In which our illustrious host shows the world why he will never be on American Idol, goes into an unprescedented(sp?) level of detail about his forthcoming book, talks
about the new Coen Brothers movie, and rants about a cancelled order at Amazon.



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This Week's Schenectady Mailbox Writing Prompt: Setting: The opening ceremony of the Clarke Space Elevator.



Promos:

The Weird Show: http://www.theweirdshow.com



Mentioned on the Show:

Slice of Sci-Fi

Andy McKee

Suzanne Lyrics

The Graduate

Home Land by Sam Lipsyte

Kevin Smith

Chuck Palahniuk

Love Story

The Godfather (Xbox 360)

October 15th

Teacher Attacked Over Witch Claim

Victory over dogma in California

Burn After Reading

AMC plans Mars mission

Clarke Dream Becoming a Reality?

Man writes with tears

Ginseng jabs kill three in Yunnan

Chemistry Nobel for green jellyfish protein

Gardener told to take down barbed wire to protect thieves

Mafia Wars

Geek of all Trades Episode #7: I'm not dead! (Now with the whole episode!)

In which our illustrious host crawls out of his bunker, sumamrizes his September, sticks to the current launch date for his book, talks about iTunes, has a very silly

Schenectady writing prompt, talks about Sarah Palin for the first and only time, and does a Dogma Alert for the first time in eons.



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This Week's Schenectady Mailbox Writing Prompt: What if Belgium was behind 9/11?



Promos:

None this week.



Mentioned on the Show:

iTunes Genius feature

Rogue Wave

Aegis

7th Son Obsidian

Der Geek

LuLu

Avenue Q

NaNoWriMo

Arkle's Writing Blog

The ISBW Forums

Nobilis

Michael Moore

The Wikipedia entry on Belgium

October 1st

Andrew Sullivan on the lies of Sarah Palin

1972 Electoral map

1988 Electoral map

What would Thomas Jefferson think of the Bush brothers?

Extinct Giant Tortoise Could Be Revived

Student made roommates get fat

Chinese Say They're Building 'Impossible' Space Drive

Ugandan killed for smoking in bar

Seperation of Church and State is in dire straits.

This was just too big to put in my Dogma Alert segment this week.







"With respect to public acknowledgment of religious belief, it is entirely clear from our Nation's historical practices that the Establishment Clause permits this disregard of polytheists and believers in unconcerned deities, just as it permits the disregard of devout atheists." (McCreary County v. ACLU of Kentucky, 545 U.S. 844 (2005) (Justice Anton Scalia dissenting).

"Quite simply, the Establishment Clause is best understood as a federalism provision — it protects state establishments from federal interference but does not protect any individual rights. . . . .[E]ven assuming that the Establishment Clause precludes the Federal Government from establishing a national religion, it does not follow that the Clause created or protects any individual right. . . . it is more likely that States and only States were the direct beneficiaries. Moreover, incorporation of this putative individual right leads to a particular outcome: It would prohibit precisely what the Establishment Clause was intended to protect — state establishments of religion." (Justice Clarence Thomas, concurring opinion, Elk Grove Unified School District v. Newdow).

According to the lifetime appointees of the U.S. Supreme Court, at best only monotheists have religious freedom and states can establish their own religion or church. These are the same sort of justices that John McCain has promised.

9-11: How a tragedy became a tactic

Thanks to Ralphy from MySpace for the vid.

Geek of all Trades Episode #6: What do I hate more? September, or The Doom Generation? I can't pick.

In which our illustrious host talks about his poor prognostication skills, apologizes (again), geeks out about a bus, faintly praises Death Race, goes on a rant about movie critics, and tries to play an awesome speech.



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This Week's Schenectady Mailbox Writing Prompt: "Of all the ways he thought he might die..."



Promos:

Geologic Podcast: http://www.geologicpodcast.com

Socergirl Inc.'s 300th Episode: http://www.soccergirlincorporated.com



Mentioned on the Show:

David Ippolito

Joe Biden

The episode of MILF & Cookies with my VP picks

Battle of Long Island

The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen

Petroleum discovered in Titusville, PA

Krakatoa

Florida DOT ceases producing distinctive colored U.S. Highway shields

Mars made its closest approach to Earth in nearly 60,000 years

C-SPAN

Hallelujah lyrics

Death Race

Cruel Summer lyrics

Playing For Keeps Launch Day results

The Shock Doctrine

The Case of the Pitcher's Pendant

Star Wars Coruscant Nights

Penguins dumping arsenic in Antarctica

First red blood cells grown in the lab

Portal to mythical Mayan underworld found

Monk arrested for giving away cash

Dennis Kucinich: Wake up America!

Geek of all Trades Episode #5: Oh, September, you cruel bitch.

In which our illustrious host talks about his greatest non-corporeal enemy, brings back the Odd News after too long a break, officially (after weeks of yammering about it) includes his newest segment, talks about the new voicemail line, and makes a tough but neccesary decision regarding future episodes.



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This Week's Schenectady Mailbox Writing Prompt: Months with personalities.



Promos:

Down The Road: http://www.12vtheater.com



Mentioned on the Show:

The Fire Apes

Lois McMaster Bujold

George R.R. Martin

Connie Willis

James Patrick Kelly

David Gerrold

2008 Hugo Award Winners

Star Trek Phase II

Basketball pros read pinkies to call shots

Man has sex with park bench

Groom charged with being too near bride at wedding

Springs to dampen NASA rocket's vibrations

The Weird Show

Parsec Award Nominations

Everybody Knows lyrics

The Verdict at MSNBC: Maddow Gets Own Show

Mukasey: No prosecutions in Justice hiring scandal

The Nightwatch

Khalid ibn al-Walid

President Andrew Johnson formally declared the American Civil War over

Prague Spring

The Abbey Road LP

Congress votes to reduce aid to South Vietnam

Patrick Sherrill

Retaliation for the Aug. 7 bombings of American embassies in Kenya & Tanzania

Citytalkers by Mur Lafferty

Scientology comes to Kenya

G.O.A.T. Bonus Episode #4: I'm sick

Lazy show notes.

G.O.A.T. Bonus Episode #3

Right Wing History For August 5th.

Promo for Playing For Keeps

Lazy show notes

Bonus: Over at my writing blog, I was bored and had a little fun making up a "cast list" for the non-existent movie version of my book, And Here's To You (October 31st, ding). Feel free to check it out: http://arklewrimo.blogspot.com/2008/08/this-is-just-for-fun-cast-of-and-heres.html

A review of my first podcast interview.

From my Dad:

Please remember I love you when you read what I have to say about the Mur Lafferty interview. I swear I mean this to be helpful.

First of all, while the majority of your audience may know her, Judy and Jenny [my grandmother and aunt respectively] don't, so saying someone needs no introduction and then not actually giving them even a cursory one is not only annoying to the listener, but probably to your guest too.Not knowing her I can't be certain, but there were a few times when it sounded to me like she might be annoyed, and that was one of them.

Secondly, when it is natural in the course of the interview that you interject something about yourself,do it then move on quickly. These were a couple of the other times when she sounded to me like she might be annoyed. You spent too much time on you, when your interview was supposed to be about her. If you and your guest are connecting and there is a great give and take some of this kind of behavior can be excused, but you guys did not connect, and that was another thing that led me to believe that she was not enjoying it. She answered quickly and without much elaboration after each question. That definitely gives the impression she is not
into it or you as the interviewer. Plus, she could have asked a couple of questions of you out of sheer politeness, but she didn't which gives me the impression of a selfish person.

Lest I give you the impression that I hated it, I did not. You were complimentary without going overboard into kiss ass, and you sounded more secure than you
probably felt. But I felt the above things were important enough to bring them up.

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My response:

Well, you aren't the first to bring up that point about the introduction. Mur herself mentioned it obliquely on Twitter. What didn't make it into the show was the part of our conversation where I told her this was my first interview, and she gave me some encouragement. "Hey, everybody's gotta start somewhere." One of the things she says on her show I Should Be Writing is you're allowed to suck. The more interviews I do the better I'll get and I'll avoid a lot of those mistakes. I just hope I get to do more interviews. ;-)

Also, part of the not connecting may have been that on her end she was getting a bad echo because I didn't have a headset and lost my headphone extension cord so I had my speakers on during the recording. Also, I failed to tell her ahead of time how I was going to be recording it. She said it was distracting to her, and if I could've done something about it at the time I would've.

Like I said, in the future I'll be better, and maybe down the line I'll get a second shot. Season 5 of the Heaven series is coming out soon. But even if I don't, I got a chance to talk to one of my favorite writers, and it was a pleasent experience overall, just like when I met Peter David. It just as easily could've gone the other way, like when Kevin J. Anderson rudely dismissed my question at a ComicCon panel in 2006. See if I ever help him promote anything, the jerk.

Anyway, as per the selfish remark, I also chalk that up to her being distracted by the echo, but to be honest it didn't bother me that she never asked me anything. I've listened to a lot of podcast interviews in the nearly 3 years I've been into podcasting and I don't recall any interviewee doing something like that with an interviewer unless they were already friends, and Mur and I really only don't have anything beyond the "fan/artist" relationship, which is fine by me. I don't have to be friends with everyone in the podcasting community. The fact that I have as many as I do this early in my podcasting "career" frankly is astonishing. Not that I don't appreciate Tosus, and Jack, and Mark mind you. ;-)

So, I guess that's it then. Remember, a G.O.A.T. bonus episode is coming August 5th, and there will be a regular episode on August 13th, but it will be light on content because I'll be at WorldCon all week.

And lastly...

Amazon.com. Buy it.

Geek of all Trades Episode #3: I finally get some Pod-cred.

In which our illustrious host interviews his podcasting idol, finally makes his Schenectady Mailbox an official segment, announces a new one even though he doesn't have an intro for it yet, insists people go see The Dark Knight, and gives a postive review of the new X-Files movie. Oh BTW, no Odd News segment this week folks. Sorry.



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This Week's Schenectady Mailbox Writing Prompt: The Shift Change Harrasment Squad.



Promos:

Buy Playing For Keeps August 25th: http://www.murverse.com



Mentioned on the Show:

The Dark Knight

Neo Cartoon Lover

The X-Files I Want To Believe

Mur Lafferty

Interview With A (Losing) Candidate

The official Watchmen trailer

J.R. Blackwell

Columbus's 4th voyage

Disney's Flowers and Trees

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Elvis Presley

"In God We Trust" as the U.S. national motto

the Social Security Act of 1965

The Apollo 15 Mission

Jimmy Hoffa disappears

The Takeover

The News From Poughkeepsie

'Body Of Christ" Returned To Church After Student Receives Email Threats

N.J. Student Speaks Out Against Biased Textbook That Pushes Prayer Myths

William Shatner

Leonard Cohen

Homicide: Life on the Street

The Lone Gunmen

Law & Order SVU

G.O.A.T. Bonus Episode #2

It's late, I know. Sorry 'bout that. To make up for it, I'm including a bonus from the Goddess of Radio, Randi Rhodes.

300 colonists bound for New France depart Dieppe, France
Ford Motor Company sells its first car
Fascist government in Italy bans use of foreign words
Don Imus
Telstar relays the first live trans-Atlantic television signal
First and only successful hijacking of an El Al aircraft
1992 Vatican Commission

Geek of all Trades Episode # 2: I do in fact "got chills" and they are indeed "multiplyin'."

In which our illustrious host loses control, cause the power you're supplying, is electrifying. Also, he re-tells the origins of his nickname, reviews a movie (or perhaps 3), gives an update on a couple of his writing projects, announces a new segment, teases another new segment, and shows off the brand new show notes format.



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Promos:

Jody Whitesides: http://www.jodywhitesides.com

Pieces: http://pieces.libsyn.com



Mentioned on the Show:

The View Askew Message Boards

The Great Green Arkleseizure

Star Trek New Frontier

Arkle, the horse

Amelia

Grease: You're The One That I Want

The Balticon Ep of the Geologic Podcast

Tofu 'may raise risk of dementia'

Do octopuses have a favourite tentacle?

Socks-obsessed schoolboys

Worms Do Calculus To Find Meals Or Avoid Unpleasantness

Separation of Church and the DMV

Hellboy II The Golden Army

Wall-E

War, Inc.

The Shock Doctrine

The Weird Show

The Islamic calendar

Dr. Emily Howard Stowe

The Trinity nuclear tests

Disneyland

Alexander P. Butterfield

Harry Potter & the Half-Blood Prince

Directive on Superpowers (DC Universe RPG by West End Games)

The Elevator Pitch

The News From Poughkeepsie

Creative Commons

The video of the closing sound

G.O.A.T. Bonus Episode #1

This Day in History from the Point of View of a Right Winger for July 9th:

The Braddock expedition: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braddock_Expedition
Napoleon annexes the Kingdom of Holland: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_French_Empire
The 14th Amendment: http://www.nps.gov/archive/malu/documents/amend14.htm
Great train wreck of 1918: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_train_wreck_of_1918
Donald Rumsfeld: http://www.slate.com/id/2081042/
Saipan: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/4/28/111729/353
New Zealand Parliament passes the Homosexual Law Reform Act: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexual_Law_Reform_Act_1986

The Long List of McCain Flip-Flops

(cross-posted at my MySpace page)

Steve Benen of the Carpetbagger Report has compiled a long (and growing) list of McCain flip-flops:

http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheCarpetbaggerReport/~3/315443325/15924.html

Here's the full list (along with Benen's closing commentary...)

* McCain supported the drilling moratorium; now he’s against it.

* McCain strongly opposes a windfall-tax on oil company profits. Three weeks earlier, he was perfectly comfortable with the idea.

* McCain thought Bush’s warrantless-wiretap program circumvented the law; now he believes the opposite.

* McCain defended “privatizing” Social Security. Now he says he’s against privatization (though he actually still supports it.)

Wait, I’m not done with the last two weeks yet….

* McCain wanted to change the Republican Party platform to protect abortion rights in cases of rape and incest. Now he doesn’t.

* McCain thought the estate tax was perfectly fair. Now he believes the opposite.

* He opposed indefinite detention of terrorist suspects. When the Supreme Court reached the same conclusion, he called it “one of the worst decisions in the history of this country.”

* McCain said he would “not impose a litmus test on any nominee.” He used to promise the opposite.

And these come after these other reversals from April and May:

* McCain believes the telecoms should be forced to explain their role in the administration’s warrantless surveillance program as a condition for retroactive immunity. He used to believe the opposite.

* McCain supported storing spent nuclear fuel at Yucca Mountain in Nevada. Now he believes the opposite.

* McCain supported moving “towards normalization of relations” with Cuba. Now he believes the opposite.

* McCain believed the U.S. should engage in diplomacy with Hamas. Now he believes the opposite.

* McCain believed the U.S. should engage in diplomacy with Syria. Now he believes the opposite.

* He argued the NRA should not have a role in the Republican Party’s policy making. Now he believes the opposite.

* McCain supported his own lobbying-reform legislation from 1997. Now he doesn’t.

* He wanted political support from radical televangelists like John Hagee and Rod Parsley. Now he doesn’t.

* McCain supported the Lieberman/Warner legislation to combat global warming. Now he doesn’t.

And these are the flip-flops I’ve noticed earlier:

* McCain pledged in February 2008 that he would not, under any circumstances, raise taxes. Specifically, McCain was asked if he is a “‘read my lips’ candidate, no new taxes, no matter what?” referring to George H.W. Bush’s 1988 pledge. “No new taxes,” McCain responded. Two weeks later, McCain said, “I’m not making a ‘read my lips’ statement, in that I will not raise taxes.”

* McCain is both for and against a “rogue state rollback” as a focus of his foreign policy vision.

* McCain says he considered and did not consider joining John Kerry’s Democratic ticket in 2004.

* In 1998, he championed raising cigarette taxes to fund programs to cut underage smoking, insisting that it would prevent illnesses and provide resources for public health programs. Now, McCain opposes a $0.61-per-pack tax increase, won’t commit to supporting a regulation bill he’s co-sponsoring, and has hired Philip Morris’ former lobbyist as his senior campaign adviser.

* McCain has changed his economic worldview on multiple occasions.

* McCain has changed his mind about a long-term U.S. military presence in Iraq on multiple occasions.

* McCain is both for and against attacking Barack Obama over his former pastor at his former church.

* McCain believes Americans are both better and worse off than they were before Bush took office.

* McCain is both for and against earmarks for Arizona.

* McCain believes his endorsement from radical televangelist John Hagee was both a good and bad idea.

* McCain’s first mortgage plan was premised on the notion that homeowners facing foreclosure shouldn’t be “rewarded” for acting “irresponsibly.” His second mortgage plan took largely the opposite position.

* McCain vowed, if elected, to balance the federal budget by the end of his first term. Soon after, he decided he would no longer even try to reach that goal.

* In February 2008, McCain reversed course on prohibiting waterboarding.

* McCain used to champion the Law of the Sea convention, even volunteering to testify on the treaty’s behalf before a Senate committee. Now he opposes it.

* McCain was a co-sponsor of the DREAM Act, which would grant legal status to illegal immigrants’ kids who graduate from high school. Now he’s against it.

* On immigration policy in general, McCain announced in February 2008 that he would vote against his own legislation.

* In 2006, McCain sponsored legislation to require grassroots lobbying coalitions to reveal their financial donors. In 2007, after receiving “feedback” on the proposal, McCain told far-right activist groups that he opposes his own measure.

* McCain said before the war in Iraq, “We will win this conflict. We will win it easily.” Four years later, McCain said he knew all along that the war in Iraq war was “probably going to be long and hard and tough.”

* McCain said he was the “greatest critic” of Rumsfeld’s failed Iraq policy. In December 2003, McCain praised the same strategy as “a mission accomplished.” In March 2004, he said, “I’m confident we’re on the right course.” In December 2005, he said, “Overall, I think a year from now, we will have made a fair amount of progress if we stay the course.”

* McCain went from saying he would not support repeal of Roe v. Wade to saying the exact opposite.

* McCain went from saying gay marriage should be allowed, to saying gay marriage shouldn’t be allowed.

* McCain criticized TV preacher Jerry Falwell as “an agent of intolerance” in 2002, but then decided to cozy up to the man who said Americans “deserved” the 9/11 attacks.

* McCain used to oppose Bush’s tax cuts for the very wealthy, but he reversed course in February.

* On a related note, he said 2005 that he opposed the tax cuts because they were “too tilted to the wealthy.” By 2007, he denied ever having said this, and insisted he opposed the cuts because of increased government spending.

* In 2000, McCain accused Texas businessmen Sam and Charles Wyly of being corrupt, spending “dirty money” to help finance Bush’s presidential campaign. McCain not only filed a complaint against the Wylys for allegedly violating campaign finance law, he also lashed out at them publicly. In April, McCain reached out to the Wylys for support.

* McCain supported a major campaign-finance reform measure that bore his name. In June 2007, he abandoned his own legislation.

* McCain opposed a holiday to honor Martin Luther King, Jr., before he supported it.

* McCain was against presidential candidates campaigning at Bob Jones University before he was for it.

* McCain was anti-ethanol. Now he’s pro-ethanol.

* McCain was both for and against state promotion of the Confederate flag.

* McCain decided in 2000 that he didn’t want anything to do with former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, believing he “would taint the image of the ‘Straight Talk Express.’” Kissinger is now the Honorary Co-Chair for his presidential campaign in New York.

Confronted with the inconsistencies in McCain’s record in March, the senator’s aides told the New York Times that the senator “has evolved rather than switched positions in his 25-year career.” That’s a perfectly sensible spin — when a politician holds one position, and then, for apparently political reasons, decides to embrace the polar opposite position, it’s only natural for his or her aides to say the politician’s position has “evolved.”

But in McCain’s case, the spin is wholly unfulfilling. First, McCain sells himself as a pol who never sways with the wind, and whose willingness to be consistent in the face of pressure is proof of his character. Second, Republicans have spent the last four years or so making policy reversals the single most serious political crime in presidential politics. The dreaded “flip-flop” is, according to the GOP, the latest cardinal sin for someone seeking national office.

And if we’re playing by Republican rules, McCain’s “evolutions” should be a fairly serious problem. I’m beginning to think they might be.

Geek of all Trades # 1: Indiana Jones and the Terrorist Fist Jab

In which our illustrious host gets all philosophical on everybody's asses, trips over himself trying to inform new listeners about what they can expect from the show (won't be doing THAT again for awhile), talks a little about music and writing (very little), and helps out Wesley Clark a tad.

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Rocket Propelled Geek: http://www.rocketpropelledgeeks.com/main_news_archive.php
The (defunct) MILF & Cookies Podcast Episodes: http://milfandcookies.mypodcast.com
Continental Congress adopts a resolution severing ties with Great Britain: http://www.learningcalendar.com/this_day_in_history/days_template.cfm?history_id=29362
Vermont became the first American territory to abolish slavery: http://www.wsoctv.com/blackheritage/1947088/detail.html
Amistad: http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/amistad/AMISTD.HTM
Gas mask patented by Benjamin J. Lane: http://www.todayinsci.com/7/7_02.htm
The Sherman Anti-Trust Act: http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0844878.html
48 people die in rioting in East St. Louis, Illinois: http://www.answers.com/topic/july-2
Amelia Earhart disappears over the Pacific Ocean: http://www.brainyhistory.com/events/1937/july_2_1937_95700.html
The Roswell Crash: http://www.v-j-enterprises.com/jrosevi.html
1st Wal-Mart store opens for business in Arkansas: http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=2135
The Civil Rights Act of 1964: http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAcivil64.htm
The Weird Show: http://www.theweirdshow.com
Stolen car found in living room: http://www.dispatch.co.za/article.aspx?id=217243
Lebanese food served with a bang: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7468729.stm
World's biggest coffin: http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_2904391.html?menu=news.quirkies
Martian soil could grow turnips, Phoenix finds: http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn14217-martian-soil-could-grow-turnips-phoenix-finds.html
Court reverses judgment against church in exorcisms: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/metro/5861268.html
Ariz. churchgoer rate is far behind nation's: http://www.azstarnet.com/metro/246023
Farpoint Media: http://www.farpointmedia.net
Evangelism may be losing its sway: http://www.gazette.com/articles/obama_37766___article.html/trying_say.html
General Wesley Clark's comments on John McCain: http://securingamerica.com/node/2993
Throwing Toasters: http://www.throwingtoasters.com/

Due to circumstances beyond my control...

...Episode 1 of Geek of all Trades is going to be late. Mevio is down for Site Maintenance, and I have no idea how long it will be. Hopefully I can still get the show in the feed before Midnight tonight (MST) so it'll still be Wednesday, but if I can't, expect it tomorrow.