E-mails to SMS: 2007-02-04

Thursday, February 8, 2007

Things I've Learned from Listening to the SMS

Stephanie read this list this morning at the top of Hour 2:

Things I've Learned from Listening to the Stephanie Miller Show:

Nose job came before hip lipo which came after butt impression.

It isn't Monday without a delightful story about how her 100 pound puppy "Max" mauled Momma on the couch.

Just like Britney, Steph never wears panties.

Stephanie has more delusions than your average schizophrenic.

Don't be embarassed to buy your wine in boxes or admit that you can't dance - go ahead and do both anyway.

Stephanie's mother is 84 years old and is a registered Republican.

Stephanie may never marry and have kids, but if she did she wouldn't spank them nor would she let them listen to her own show until they are at least 16.

Daily spinning classes make your butt look fabulous.

And the Number One thing I've learned from listening to the SMS:

Finally learned all the words to the "Lying Sack of Crap" song and can now join eight-year-olds across the country in a sing along.

Cheers - your radical militant librarian,
Faye in Tulsa, OK

Sunday, February 4, 2007

Give John a Chance

Remember John Edwards - the brighter half of the Kerry/Edwards Ticket in 2004? I remember admiring John Kerry because he chose a running mate who was arguably more charismatic than he was. I've been following John Edwards since that stolen election in 2004, and I'm glad to see that he is back in the race - this time without the sad sack Senator Kerry dimming his light. His rousing and well-received speech at the DNC meeting in DC last Friday reminded me once again why I like John Edwards: his passion, his ability to turn a phrase, his idealism, his consistent message that we have become two Americas - one rich, the other poor, and that this is unacceptable in a country with all the resources and wealth that exist here. I'm not saying that John Edwards deserves to be the Democratic nominee. I, like many other loyal Democrats, are waiting to see who emerges as the strongest candidate and I'll support whoever the party selects all the way to the White House. I just wanted to mention John Edwards as a viable candidate for all those who think his resume is too light (another blogger said "what has he done in his public life except run for president?"). I beg to differ, John Edwards has a message for America and a message for the Democratic Party that I hope we all hear. We should all aspire to being "One Country" NOT two. Here's to John Edwards and his message for America! Let's all give him a listen with a fresh ear.

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"In some way, the quiet terror of severe depression never entirely passes once you’ve experienced it. It hovers behind the scenes, placated temporarily by medication and renewed energy, waiting to slither back in, unnoticed by others. It sits in the space behind your eyes, making its presence felt even in those moments when other, lighter matters are at the forefront of your mind. It tugs at you, keeping you from ever being fully at ease. Worst of all, it honors no season and respects no calendar; it arrives precisely when it feels like it."
Daphne Merkin, NYTimes Magazine, May 6, 2009

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"Five years after the Abu Ghraib revelations, we must acknowledge that our government methodically authorized torture and lied about it. But we also must contemplate the possibility that it did so not just out of a sincere, if criminally misguided, desire to “protect” us but also to promote an unnecessary and catastrophic war. Instead of saving us from 'another 9/11,' torture was a tool in the campaign to falsify and exploit 9/11 so that fearful Americans would be bamboozled into a mission that had nothing to do with Al Qaeda. The lying about Iraq remains the original sin from which flows much of the Bush White House’s illegality."
Frank Rich, NYTimes, April 26, 2009

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Then there are the years that come along once in a generation, when we look at where the country has been and recognize that we need a break from a troubled past, that the problems we face demand that we begin charting a new path. This is one of those years."
President Barack Obama, The White House, February 26, 2009

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Bruce Springsteen, April 16, 2008