In the not-too-distant future-
Next Sunday, A.D.-
There was a guy named Joel,
Not too different than you or me.
He worked in a satellite loading bay,
Just polishing switches to pay his way;
He did his job well with a cheerful face,
But his bosses didn’t like him
So they shot him into space.

We’ll send him cheesy movies,
The worst ever made.
Joel says when you got lemons,
You make lemonade.
Now keep in mind he can’t control
When the movies begin or end,
Because he used the extra parts
To make his robot friends.

Robot roll-call-
Cambot
Servo
Gypsy
Crow!

If you’re wondering how he eats and breathes
And other science facts,
Just repeat to yourself “It’s just a show,
I should really just relax
For Mystery Science Theater 3000.”

mandrake @
112

Limbaugh nominated for Nobel Peace Prize . . . I just . . . *sigh* . . . whatever . . .

He wasn’t. That’s a hoax. Stop spreading it. The link you provide is not a news story but a press release. Look at it carefully.

By Nobel Prize Rules, only invited persons can make nominations. No “outside” nominations are allowed or considered. The “nomination” of Limboo means absolutely nothing.

Absolutely true about the Nobel Committee selecting the Nominators. In total the Nobel Selection Committee sends out Nomination forms to about 3000 selected individuals for ALL their different prizes. I seriously doubt that one of those individuals nominated Flush!

If these liars actually were selected as NOMINATORS by the Nobel Committee then they should show the documentation! Then they should show that on the OFFICIAL Nomination Papers the name of Russell Limbaugh along with their RATIONALE (oooh boy…would love to read THAT!) to the Committee. Maybe his putting his *ss on the line (As in the line that stated “Medical Disabilities”) when he showed his intense pacifism to his draft board was one criteria that they used? Or maybe his staunch opposition to the US being involved in Somalia because “there isn’t an exit strategy” and “What are we doing fighting in a civil war??! We should not be ‘nation building’ for a bunch of rag-heads!” Or perhaps it was his opposition to the missile attacks on bin Laden and involvement in Bosnia by a President who was “wagging the dog”?

It would probably be as good as that made by the German NOMINATOR who passed this individual on to the Nobel Committee

http://nobelprize.org/nominati…..howid=2609

Or the Soviet Nominee who thought this guy was deserving

http://nobelprize.org/nominati…..howid=3323

Or maybe it would be as good as the justification that General Trujillo’s Foreign Minister gave when he nominated his “fearless leader” for the Prize!

But at least these Nominators were legitimate (and the German actually did withdraw Der Fuhrer’s name a bit later). Rush’s nomination is about as legitimate as those the claim that “Tookie” Williams was nominated.
Or Hannity’s assertion that a quack doctor that “evaluated” Teri Schiavo was a Nobel nominee!

http://mediamatters.org/items/200503220009

People who make these claims should pony up with their letters from the Nobel Committee proving that they were selected as Nominators!

Oklahoma kiddo @ 77

I do not forgive Warner for all the years he has been a servant in the Republican cause.

I gotta disagree with you there, cousin. Warner has fairly represented the people of Virginia in way that honors our military and does not sink to the racist level of which some Virginia senators are capable.

He is intelligent, capable, and honest. Doesn’t that alone make him in the top rank?

You might wish for him to be more progressive, but for that to happen would require a different population. He is as good as you get from here.

I guess we’ll just have to perhaps agree to disagree here.

Well, ok, Arianna bequeathed us herself after she goaded hubby into running for gov, then went through a fascinating political journey.

But still: David Huff, yegadz what a luser. What did she see in him? Besides 100s of mil in Indonesian oil money?

mandrake @
112

Limbaugh nominated for Nobel Peace Prize . . . I just . . . *sigh* . . . whatever . . .

He wasn’t. That’s a hoax. Stop spreading it. The link you provide is not a news story but a press release. Look at it carefully.

By Nobel Prize Rules, only invited persons can make nominations. No “outside” nominations are allowed or considered. The “nomination” of Limboo means absolutely nothing.

Well, excuuuuse me. I don’t see anything on there to indicate that the organization submitting the press release did not nominate Rush Limbaugh for a nobel peace prize. It says the Landmark Legal Foundation nominated him and it was submitted by the LLF. I don’t see what’s hoaxy about that. If being dismayed that any organization on this planet nominates Rush Limbaugh for a Nobel Peace Prize makes me a rube, well I plead guilty to that.

one: bloomberg reports turner networks is taking full responsibility, while a boston u law professor muses on how hard proving “intent” in the hoax charge could be;

two: the website for the guerilla marketing firm that started the whole thing is down, and some of the devices are for sale on ebay;

three: the nytimes reports the marketing firm has a history of shady approaches to their job, and bulletin board posters on the net think boston over-reacted;

and four: lawyers for the marketing firm insist they tried to help as soon as possible, and the boston pd releases a time line showing how other terrorist reports from london and new york that same morning fed their suspicions.

Limbaugh nominated for Nobel Peace Prize . . . I just . . . *sigh* . . . whatever . . .

He wasn’t. That’s a hoax. Stop spreading it. The link you provide is not a news story but a press release. Look at it carefully.

By Nobel Prize Rules, only invited persons can make nominations. No “outside” nominations are allowed or considered. The “nomination” of Limboo means absolutely nothing.

mandrake @ 108

Watching this hearing on CSPAN about the administration suppressing and intimidating scientists about global warming findings.

This Rep. Innsa of California. What a complete asshole this guy is. Anybody know anything about him. And his shoe black hair. Is this guy with the mafia or something?

If the Rep. is Issa, he’s the usual Rethug power-grabber. Made his fortune off after-market car alarms – those useless pieces of crap that wake up millions of Americans every night and don’t deter auto theft or break-ins.

Having demonstrated his utter contempt for the common good and public spaces, he funded the Rethug’s recall/coup against Gov. Davis.

Issa is such a dweeb he thought he’d unseat Davis in the recall (memo to Issa: checked a mirror this decade?).

Issa is a corporate-sponsored assassin of the environment and all legislation preventing corporate biocide. Goopers love him, natch.

Yes, he struck me that way right off. Looks like a total sleazeball. Why must we be subjected to such slime? And I don’t even live in California, but I’m offended!

Watching this hearing on CSPAN about the administration suppressing and intimidating scientists about global warming findings.

This Rep. Innsa of California. What a complete asshole this guy is. Anybody know anything about him. And his shoe black hair. Is this
guy with the mafia or something?

If the Rep. is Issa, he’s the usual Rethug power-grabber. Made his fortune off after-market car alarms – those useless pieces of crap that wake up millions of Americans every night and don’t deter auto theft or break-ins.

Having demonstrated his utter contempt for the common good and public spaces, he funded the Rethug’s recall/coup against Gov. Davis.

Issa is such a dweeb he thought he’d unseat Davis in the recall (memo to Issa: checked a mirror this decade?).

Issa is a corporate cheerleader who reflexively opposes any limits to corporate biocide. His district includes the Cleveland National Forest: Issa introduced legislation to run major powerlines through the National Forest.

He so hates the environment and living world that one vote in Congress won’t let him kill the planet fast enough. So, Issa sponsored an anti-environment clone for Cunningham’s open seat.

Goopers love him, natch.