Left, Aequum et Centrum FRI MAR 15, 2013
Hosts: Matt Miller, Robert Scheer, Ross Douthat
Matt: Two Jews and a Pentacostalist converted Catholic discuss the new pope. Too bad Vin Weber cant be here today to defend the child rape felonies that the Vatican religiously covered up. Let get the Catholic involved first. Ross?
Ross: As a converted former Pentacostalist its been murder. I have so much I have to pretend to know! I am now going to give a rambling word salad statement for several minutes without making any interesting arguments or providing any insight whatsoever. (and proceeds to do so.)
Bob: I lost interest after one Pope, I can't remember his name said we Jews were no longer to be considered Christ Killers any longer. Medieval thought appeals to conservatives. I'd be nice if Francis comes out against molesting children and becomes an advocate for the poor. The Catholic church is a secular political institution.
Matt: How can the Catholic church ignore poor people? Isn't that its 'thing'?
Ross: (The word salad continues.) Secular terms. Social mapping. Conservative sensibilities. Reactionary sex. Gays bad. Stable two parent families. Perfectly pleasing. Medieval holdover. Transcends.
Bob: I agree. (?) Enlightened position. Must care about children after birth. Catholic hangups on sex.
Ross: Sex reform is a non-starter for Catholics. (The Palinesque word salad continues for several minutes.) Married priests. Room for and possibility of change. Hierarchical cultures. Priests move around. Penn State. Climate of awe. Self protecting cycle. Besides, the rate of child rape isn't any higher for Catholic priests than any other group! Porn is normalized. Catholic hangups on sex isn't a threat to America. Sex is a hobby. Sex is moral. God cares who and where you place your DNA deposits! Enlightened modern world. I have doubts.
Bob: That's how you justify Catholic religious bigotry against gay parents? Really?
HALFTIME
Ross: (Word salad.) Force republicans to cut Medicare. Cut entitlements. Ronald Reagan.
Matt: My beef with Ryan is that he is proposing to cut entitlements to below Reagan era levels!! Bob?
Bob: Christ, settle down Matt. Stop beating up on Social Security and Medicare. Social Security is and will be solvent for decades - shut the fuck up Matt, the adult is speaking - Medicare doesn't do anything about cost. Nothing about Obamacare dealt with costs. The sequester? Cutting military is good. We doubled the Military budget after 911...and then we did doubled it AGAIN. The Federal Reserve spends 85 billion a month. GE never pays taxes. 40% of the multi-national companies pay no tax.
Matt: Steve Brill. Ross, any chance on a Grand Bargain?
Ross: No. Democrats will never pass tax reform. The republicans let Chimpy's tax cut for the rich expire so, no new revenue increases ever.
Matt: Cyber Warfare. I'm should I be worried?
Bob: It's hyped hysteria. And we've lost civil liberties. Look, the NSA listens to White peoples phone calls too and not just the Dirty Fucking Hippies! Even tea bag conservatives have each tweet, email and text recorded in order to secure espionage convictions at a later date. We have no privacy.
Matt: I couldn't disagree more. Our entire infrastructure is at risk! Nuclear capabilities, energy, all that stuff. Computers. Chinese epicenter. Red team. Pentagon. Ross?
Ross: Im not going to pretend. Split the difference. People have budgets. Major threat from Red China. Grains of salt. Middle East. Apartheid Israel are Cyber Terrorists. Iran. Flash points.
AROUND THE HORN RANT
Bob: Richard Fisher, conservative, Federal Reserve CEO in Dallas just admitted to the CPAC wingnuts that banksters are too big to fail. Even Holder, the Attorney General said the Banksters are too big to prosecute!
Ross: The republican party needs to become more democratic and less tea bag.
Matt: A pox to both parties for advocating Reagan era spending levels for 'Boomers.
Hosts: Matt Miller, Robert Scheer, Ross Douthat
Matt: Two Jews and a Pentacostalist converted Catholic discuss the new pope. Too bad Vin Weber cant be here today to defend the child rape felonies that the Vatican religiously covered up. Let get the Catholic involved first. Ross?
Ross: As a converted former Pentacostalist its been murder. I have so much I have to pretend to know! I am now going to give a rambling word salad statement for several minutes without making any interesting arguments or providing any insight whatsoever. (and proceeds to do so.)
Bob: I lost interest after one Pope, I can't remember his name said we Jews were no longer to be considered Christ Killers any longer. Medieval thought appeals to conservatives. I'd be nice if Francis comes out against molesting children and becomes an advocate for the poor. The Catholic church is a secular political institution.
Matt: How can the Catholic church ignore poor people? Isn't that its 'thing'?
Ross: (The word salad continues.) Secular terms. Social mapping. Conservative sensibilities. Reactionary sex. Gays bad. Stable two parent families. Perfectly pleasing. Medieval holdover. Transcends.
Bob: I agree. (?) Enlightened position. Must care about children after birth. Catholic hangups on sex.
Ross: Sex reform is a non-starter for Catholics. (The Palinesque word salad continues for several minutes.) Married priests. Room for and possibility of change. Hierarchical cultures. Priests move around. Penn State. Climate of awe. Self protecting cycle. Besides, the rate of child rape isn't any higher for Catholic priests than any other group! Porn is normalized. Catholic hangups on sex isn't a threat to America. Sex is a hobby. Sex is moral. God cares who and where you place your DNA deposits! Enlightened modern world. I have doubts.
Bob: That's how you justify Catholic religious bigotry against gay parents? Really?
HALFTIME
Ross: (Word salad.) Force republicans to cut Medicare. Cut entitlements. Ronald Reagan.
Matt: My beef with Ryan is that he is proposing to cut entitlements to below Reagan era levels!! Bob?
Bob: Christ, settle down Matt. Stop beating up on Social Security and Medicare. Social Security is and will be solvent for decades - shut the fuck up Matt, the adult is speaking - Medicare doesn't do anything about cost. Nothing about Obamacare dealt with costs. The sequester? Cutting military is good. We doubled the Military budget after 911...and then we did doubled it AGAIN. The Federal Reserve spends 85 billion a month. GE never pays taxes. 40% of the multi-national companies pay no tax.
Matt: Steve Brill. Ross, any chance on a Grand Bargain?
Ross: No. Democrats will never pass tax reform. The republicans let Chimpy's tax cut for the rich expire so, no new revenue increases ever.
Matt: Cyber Warfare. I'm should I be worried?
Bob: It's hyped hysteria. And we've lost civil liberties. Look, the NSA listens to White peoples phone calls too and not just the Dirty Fucking Hippies! Even tea bag conservatives have each tweet, email and text recorded in order to secure espionage convictions at a later date. We have no privacy.
Matt: I couldn't disagree more. Our entire infrastructure is at risk! Nuclear capabilities, energy, all that stuff. Computers. Chinese epicenter. Red team. Pentagon. Ross?
Ross: Im not going to pretend. Split the difference. People have budgets. Major threat from Red China. Grains of salt. Middle East. Apartheid Israel are Cyber Terrorists. Iran. Flash points.
AROUND THE HORN RANT
Bob: Richard Fisher, conservative, Federal Reserve CEO in Dallas just admitted to the CPAC wingnuts that banksters are too big to fail. Even Holder, the Attorney General said the Banksters are too big to prosecute!
Ross: The republican party needs to become more democratic and less tea bag.
Matt: A pox to both parties for advocating Reagan era spending levels for 'Boomers.