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Al Franken Announces He Was Once a Comedian

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(2007-02-15) — Former liberal radio host Al Franken, in announcing his candidacy for the U.S. senate in Minnesota, yesterday shocked his potential constituents by revealing that he was once a comedian.

“I realize that most people may be skeptical about my credentials,” said the recently-resigned Air America talkhost in a web video, “But seriously, I was a comedian. I did Saturday Night Live. I played comedy clubs. It’s a matter of public record and I invite journalists to do the research to verify my claim.”

Mr. Franken did not provide any evidence to buttress his allegation about this little-known chapter in his career, but instead devoted the bulk of his announcement video to claims that he has ancestors who worked for a living.

“My wife, Franny, and I come from working class backgrounds,” said Mr. Franken, “Of course, I got away from that miserable, pathetic lifestyle as fast as I could.”

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  • 1 University Update // Feb 15, 2007 at 8:25 pm

    Al Franken Announces He Was Once a Comedian…

  • 2 Scott Ott // Feb 15, 2007 at 8:28 pm

    Al Franken Announces He Was Once a Comedian…

    by Scott Ott(2007-02-15) — Former liberal radio host Al Franken, in announcing his candidacy for the U.S. senate in Minnesota, yesterday shocked his potential constituents by revealing that he was once a comedian.“I realize that most people may be….

  • 3 onlineanalyst // Feb 15, 2007 at 8:37 pm

    Just another Bozo from the party with plenty of clowns, tossing his hat into the ring…

    Will the Boys and Girls’ club that he bilked out of funds be part of his supportive 527’s?

  • 4 Fred Sinclair // Feb 15, 2007 at 8:37 pm

    Hey! After over a week of getting no ScrappleFace. This one popps up in my mailbox! Hope it continues.

    Heirborn Ranger

  • 5 Big Java // Feb 15, 2007 at 8:50 pm

    A comedian!? Man, you could have fooled me!
    I thought he was just a waste of time on Saturday Night Live, certainly not funny.

  • 6 PreventTruthDecay // Feb 15, 2007 at 9:11 pm

    The Senate? This is the funniest thing I’ve ever heard from Franken.

    Oh, that, and the joke about Bush killing Iraqi babies for their oil. That was pretty humorous too.

  • 7 gafisher // Feb 15, 2007 at 9:18 pm

    Franken was trying to get Pat Paulsen as a running mate, until he learned that Senators don’t get running mates. A spokesperson for the Paulsen estate added “Pat always preferred serious comedians, not boring ones.”

  • 8 mig // Feb 15, 2007 at 9:38 pm

    When Soros targets a country for “regime change,” he begins by creating a shadow government — a fully formed government-in-exile, ready to assume power when the opportunity arises. The Shadow Party Soros has built in America greatly resembles those he has created in other countries, prior to instigating a coup.

    Al Franken is completly in Soros line for the top along with Nancy Pelosi and Hilary. Don’t think that because we don’t see him or hear about him that Soros is not behind all this. Toppling Bush, said Soros, “is the central focus of my life… a matter of life and death. And I’m willing to put my money where my mouth is.”

    Soros and Hilary are ideological soulmates in thier aversion to U.S. “hegemony.” Like Soros, she sought to subordinate U.S. interests to global interests; U.S. sovereignty to global government; U.S. law to global courts; U.S. wealth to global taxation; and U.S. productivity to a scheme for global income redistribution. She also shared Soros’ hostility to Israel. Soros and Mrs. Clinton formed a friendship based upon their mutual beliefs. When the Clintons left office, Soros dedicated himself to restoring Hillary to the White House.

    Franken. Pelosi. Hillary. They are in place, the Shadow Gov’t. That is Soros plan for an American Revolution while we busy ourselves with Oprah and Dr. Phil.

  • 9 Maggie // Feb 15, 2007 at 9:58 pm

    Announcing that he’s running for Senator……Now that’s funny.

  • 10 Maggie // Feb 15, 2007 at 9:58 pm

    Announcing that he running for Senator……Now that’s funny.

  • 11 conserve-a-tips // Feb 15, 2007 at 10:14 pm

    I heard him announce his candidacy, don’t you know? I’ll never forget those powerful words ushered from his lips as he held up his fingers in a Nixonian victory stance - “I’m good enough. I’m smart enough. And, gosh darn it, people like me!”

  • 12 egospeak // Feb 15, 2007 at 10:46 pm

    Al Franken is/was a comedian? That’s got to be one of the funniest things I’ve ever heard. I know some funny people and Al Franken is definately no comedian. The funniest thing he ever said was something about running for the Senate. What a jokester.

    What’s next?? Mother Sheehan for SecDef? Natalie Maines to head the National Endowment for the Arts??? Aaahhhhhhh, the horror, the horror… my eyes…. my eyes………………

  • 13 Ghoti // Feb 15, 2007 at 11:09 pm

    I’m good enough(1). I’m smart enough(2). And, gosh darn it, people like me!(3)” In baseball, it’s 3 strikes and — you’re out!

    Let’s hope that the good people of Minnesota are truly smart enough.

  • 14 Tinman // Feb 15, 2007 at 11:16 pm

    7: Pat Paulsen, now that’s a blast from the past.

    A Muslim and a failed comedian/talk show host, what state wouldn’t envy that?

  • 15 Darthmeister // Feb 15, 2007 at 11:18 pm

    al Franken … buwhahahahahaha!

    Now what was I going to say? Oh … what difference will one more clown make in the Demoncrap Party anyway?

  • 16 Darthmeister // Feb 15, 2007 at 11:20 pm

    No Mr. Franken, we weren’t laughing at your joke, we’re laughing because you are a joke.

  • 17 RedPepper // Feb 16, 2007 at 12:35 am

    To quote Queen Victoria :

    “We are not amused !”

  • 18 Ms RightWing, Ink // Feb 16, 2007 at 12:56 am

    It only hurts when I laugh (ed)

  • 19 seneuba // Feb 16, 2007 at 1:28 am

    This is a joke, right?

  • 20 Harry Daschle // Feb 16, 2007 at 2:46 am

    Even more shocking is that as Stuart Smally, people actually liked him!

    Wait, ——maybe he just thought they liked him?

    Kinda like the Dixie Chicks, or Sally Field, or Dennis Kucinich?

    O.T.: Is there an antidote for salmonella? I just checked the jar of Peter Pan I have been eating for weeks and it has the 2111 code on it! NOT KIDDING!!!

    I guess if my Pulmonary Fibrosis hasn’t killed me after 7+ years yet, the salmonella doesn’t have a chance. :lol:

  • 21 Harry Daschle // Feb 16, 2007 at 2:50 am

    I think I heard Michael Richards claimed to be a comedian too. Maybe a run is in order for him too?

    I would suggest he not try to run against Charlie Rangle, or at least not debate him in his district.

  • 22 Harry Daschle // Feb 16, 2007 at 4:50 am

    Political cartoon from Gary Varvel from Feb 15th is at: http://blogs.indystar.com/varvelblog/index.html

    I can see Murtha doing this. Too bad he can’t!

  • 23 buddyhacker // Feb 16, 2007 at 7:41 am

    Al Franken is about as funny as a failed liberal radio talkshow host trying to run for the Senate?
    (It only goes to show the depth of the Democrat Party these days when they must rely on failed foul mouthed comedians to carry their water)

  • 24 tomg // Feb 16, 2007 at 8:15 am

    Love the credentials link, Scott. Nice touch.

  • 25 Ms RightWing, Ink // Feb 16, 2007 at 8:16 am

    So, at the State of the Union message, will he plan to do a stand up routine.

    Hey, what about that budget? Whoa, can’t get no respect here.

  • 26 Ms RightWing, Ink // Feb 16, 2007 at 8:19 am

    Oh, and a good morning to all. Come on Marge-kick that bug right out of your life. To all my good friends down south and west way, ladies (and gents) hope you are getting warmer. Brrr here.

  • 27 Hawkeye // Feb 16, 2007 at 8:39 am

    What does Franken mean by saying, “I was a comedian”? …He’s STILL a comedian …He’s just not funny. I laugh harder reading ScrappleFace.

    (:D) Regards…

  • 28 Hawkeye // Feb 16, 2007 at 8:44 am

    Franken is just riding the coattails of Robin Williams…

    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0483726/

    (:D) Oh yeah, Good morning all…

  • 29 mig // Feb 16, 2007 at 8:54 am

    AL Franken a comedian, why Al Gore is funnier! NewsMax has an article that is hilarious.
    Headline in Wednesday’s Drudge Report: “House hearing on ‘warming of the planet’ canceled after ice storm.”
    He followed up with this: “Save it for a sunny day: Maryville Univ. in St. Louis area canceling screening of Al Gore’s ‘Inconvenient Truth’ because of a snowstorm.”

  • 30 conserve-a-tips // Feb 16, 2007 at 9:16 am

    Harry, I looked in my pantry too, because I buy on sale and with coupons, so I always have more then one item of products. Well, sure enough, there were two jars of Peter Pan with 2111 on them (I did that after finding out that we have 11 cases of Salmonella from peanut butter in our state) and so now the question is, “What do I do with them?”

  • 31 MargeinMI // Feb 16, 2007 at 9:22 am

    Don’t you worry Ms. RW, I’ll kick this bug. I’m a puttin’ on my pointy toed cowboy boots and chasin’ that sucker right into the corner! Yee Haw! **POW** **POW**

    Morning all!

  • 32 conserve-a-tips // Feb 16, 2007 at 9:26 am

    Wow, Marge - you have a lot more gumption then I do when I am sick. I could have sworn that I saw a coyote go flying through the air as you typed that. Did you drop kick it?? Glad you have so much energy.

  • 33 Darthmeister // Feb 16, 2007 at 9:47 am

    AP - Salt Lake City

    NOTHING HERE TO SEE, MOVE ALONG

    In 2002, Muslim convert John Allen Muhammad killed 10 innocent Americans and wounded three more critically. Authorities claimed no connection between Islam and the Beltway Sniper case because Mr. Muhammad carried no membership card of any recognized terrorist organization.

    That same year a Muslim Egyptian immigrant walked into LAX and shot down two EL Al employees before being killed by El Al Security. Authorities said Islam played no role since it was two Israeli Jews and not Americans that were killed.

    Last year Ismail Yassin Mohamed, 22, stole a car in Minneapolis and went on a rampage, ramming the stolen car into other cars and then stealing a van and continuing to ram other cars, injuring one person. During his rampage, Mohamed repeatedly yelled, “Die, die, die, kill, kill, kill,” and when asked why he did all this, he replied, “Allah made me do it.” FBI said there were no connections to al Qaeda so this wasn’t really a terrorist act.

    Afghani Muslim Omeed Aziz Popal killed one person and injured 14 during a murderous drive through San Francisco city streets in August 2006, during which he targeted people on crosswalks and sidewalks He identified himself as a terrorist after his rampage. Later the murders were ascribed to Popal’s mental problems, and to stress arising from his impending arranged marriage and so it would have been unfair to say his Islamic views made him target random Americans instead of ramming his vehicle into the local mosque.

    On July 28, 2006, a Muslim named Naveed Afzal Haq forced his way into the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle. Once inside, Haq announced, “I’m a Muslim American; I’m angry at Israel,” and then began shooting, killing one woman and injuring five more. FBI assistant special agent David Gomez stated: “We believe … it’s a lone individual acting out his antagonism. There’s nothing to indicate that it’s terrorism-related.” None at all.

    In March 2006, a 22-year-old Iranian Muslim student named Mohammed Reza Taheri-azar drove an SUV onto the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, deliberately trying to kill people and succeeding in injuring nine. During his arraignment, he explained that he was “thankful for the opportunity to spread the will of Allah.” Obviously he really didn’t mean what he said.

    The Union Station assassin, Sulejman Talovic is now known to be a Serbian Muslim. FBI and other law enforcement authorities are assuring Americans that even though he targeted Americans he is not considered a Muslim jihadist because he wasn’t carrying an al Qaeda membership card and wasn’t shouting “Allah Akbar” when he was committing his murders.

    Americans should derive some comfort that there aren’t any Muslim terrorists in America seeking to kill infidels.

  • 34 Rock Slatestone // Feb 16, 2007 at 10:18 am

    Al Franken is/was a comedian? Hmmm, I thought he was just a whiner.

  • 35 rv // Feb 16, 2007 at 10:33 am

    I dunno . . .
    Al’s running in the state that elected a wrassler as governor and voted Wellstone and McCarthy in as senators.

  • 36 MargeinMI // Feb 16, 2007 at 11:45 am

    [Disclaimer: Any reference or exhibition of physical energy shown here is purely and completely of a virtual entity. Any resembalence to reality is fictional and should not be believed.]

  • 37 Darthmeister // Feb 16, 2007 at 11:52 am

    MargeinMI, I resemble that remark!

  • 38 Darthmeister // Feb 16, 2007 at 11:52 am

    …someone virtually stole my post!

  • 39 GnuCarSmell // Feb 16, 2007 at 11:58 am

    Comedian? I thought al-Franken was Arabic for weenie.

  • 40 Darthmeister // Feb 16, 2007 at 12:06 pm

    From the USA Today:

    …A recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report warned that ice sheet melting could add to an already projected 7 to 23-inch rise in global sea levels in 2100.

    The ice streams atop the (Antarctic) lakes are fast moving, daily shifting about 5 feet and dropping ice into the sea, the scientists say. They are just two of the roughly dozen ice streams feeding the edges of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet into the sea.

    The sheet last melted about 125,000 years ago, during a period of temperatures rivaling today’s, sending sea levels perhaps 18 feet higher, according to NASA.

    Hmmmmm, I hadn’t realized our capitalist caveman ancestors were burning off fossil fuels in such a reckless, self-indulgent manner 125,000 years ago.

  • 41 RedPepper // Feb 16, 2007 at 12:14 pm

    Ahem.

    Not that I’m bragging, mind you, but

    Chili peppers spicing up meals for 6,100 years .

  • 42 Shelly // Feb 16, 2007 at 12:53 pm

    I guess Franken hopes to parlay his tremendous broadcasting success into a political one. Apparently he thinks people liked him on the radio too.

  • 43 mvs // Feb 16, 2007 at 1:15 pm

    Loved the empty CNN link.

  • 44 Darthmeister // Feb 16, 2007 at 1:21 pm

    From Breitbart News online:

    DEMOCRATS IN A PICKLE OVER THE WAR

    Democrats face a host of risks as they move toward more substantive steps to tie President Bush’s hands with funding restrictions on the Iraq war.

    Leaders are wary of allowing the more intense anti-war activists define the party’s image.

    John Hinderaker at Powerlineblog comments: “In all of the convoluted political calculations detailed by the AP, there is not a single word, by any Democrat of any stripe, about what is best for the troops, for the Iraqi people, or for the security of the United States.”

    Imagine that.

  • 45 boberinyetagain // Feb 16, 2007 at 1:45 pm

    Scotts piece is funnier than Franken ever was.

    Andy Kaufmann was on par with Al, I kept waiting for something amusing but was never rewarded.

    Hi gang!

    Hank, as always, lighten up dude! There are 5000 or more recent examples of people killing people (happens literally every day) that are not Muslims or middle eastern or even brown skinned. There are weirdos out there, one might kill you (probably not but it’s possible) so, get used to it and deal eh?

  • 46 boberinyetagain // Feb 16, 2007 at 1:47 pm

    aw rats….

  • 47 Ms RightWing, Ink // Feb 16, 2007 at 2:07 pm

    Hey, easy on Andy. He used to crack me up big time until the last year or so of his life. Poor man, had a way to entertain but his soul was being tortured by drugs and porno at the end.

  • 48 The Great Santini // Feb 16, 2007 at 2:25 pm

    [Channeling the late Rodney Dangerfield]

    I tell ya, Al Franken don’t get no respect!

    *** He was so ugly when he was born that the doctor slapped his mother.

    *** A girl phoned Franken and said, “Come on over. There’s nobody home.” He went over. Nobody was home.

    *** A hooker once told Franken she had a headache.

    *** One time, Franken went to a massage parlor. It was self-service.

    *** Franken was making love to this girl, and she started crying. He said, “Are you going to hate yourself in the morning?” She said, “No, I hate myself now.”

    *** Franken only dates girls who are so ugly that they’re known as “two-baggers”—he puts a bag over his head, in case the bags over their heads come off.

    *** Franken’s so ugly he stuck his head out the window and got arrested for mooning.

    *** Franken knows he’s not sexy. When he puts his underwear on, he hears the Fruit of the Loomâ„¢ guys giggling.

    *** At Franken’s age, he’s envious of a stiff wind.

    *** Franken was an ugly child. Once, he got lost on the beach. He asked a cop if he could find his parents. The cop said, “I don’t know. There are lots of places for them to hide.”

    *** Franken told his psychiatrist that everyone hated him. The psychiatrist told Franken he was being ridiculous—everyone hadn’t met him yet.

    *** When Franken started out as a comedian, he was poor. He used to go to the orgies to eat the grapes.

    *** Franken told his doctor that when he woke up in the morning, he couldn’t stand looking at himself in the mirror. The doctor said, “At least we know your vision is perfect.”

    *** It takes Franken an hour and a half to watch “60 Minutes”. OK, he’s dumb.

    *** Before Franken announced his ‘08 Minnesota Senate bid, he told his psychiatrist, “I keep thinking about suicide.” The psychiatrist told him that, from now on, he would have to pay in advance.

    No respect—Franken don’t get no respect at all. Are you kidding?

  • 49 boberinyetagain // Feb 16, 2007 at 3:41 pm

    Nicely done o great one!

  • 50 RedPepper // Feb 16, 2007 at 5:34 pm

    boberin #44: Boberin! Where you bin keepin’ yourself lately?

    Whaddaya mean, 5000? I’ll admit right now, I haven’t added up all these just yet, but …

    Please note: this is a moving figure, naturally - however, at this point, Islamic terrorists have carried out more than 7,486 deadly terror attacks since 9-11-2001. And, as the link notes, “some 655 Islamic terror attacks across the globe in just the past three months”. FYI.

  • 51 kajun // Feb 16, 2007 at 6:02 pm

    Who’s Al Franlin? I’ve heard of Al Bundy!

  • 52 kajun // Feb 16, 2007 at 6:02 pm

    Make that Frankin.

  • 53 JMEnglish // Feb 16, 2007 at 8:37 pm

    I love the blog that you have. I was wondering if you would link my blog to yours and in return I would do the same for your blog. If you want to, my site name is American Legends and the URL is:

    http://www.americanlegends.blogspot.com

    If you want to do this just go to my blog and in one of the comments just write your blog name and the URL and I will add it to my site.

    Thanks,
    Mark

  • 54 Maggie // Feb 16, 2007 at 8:44 pm

    off topic
    Don’t be hatin’ but I am leaving tommow to fly to Jacksonville,Fla.Five of us gals will then board the Carnival Cruise Ship (Celebration) and head for the Bahamas.
    We will return on Feb.24th.Hopefully,the Anna Nichole news blitz will be over.
    I will be thinking of you and wishing you could be with me.

  • 55 Fred Sinclair // Feb 16, 2007 at 8:48 pm

    Yep - that’s right; “y’all” is singular and “all y’all” is plural.

    From: “An Idiot’s Guide To American Southern Language”
    Coutrtesy of Berlitz School of Languages
    - Houston, Texas

    Heirborn Ranger

  • 56 Fred Sinclair // Feb 16, 2007 at 8:52 pm

    Maggie - Y’all better be a gettin a copy of the guide I referenced in #54.

    Heirborn Ranger

  • 57 Maggie // Feb 16, 2007 at 8:53 pm

    Re # 47 ( Hi Santini) He was so lonely that
    Franken’s mother had to tie a pork chop around his neck so that the dogs would play with him.

  • 58 Maggie // Feb 16, 2007 at 8:57 pm

    Franken is so ugly that he had to put the covers over his head so that sleep would slip up on him.

  • 59 Darthmeister // Feb 16, 2007 at 9:14 pm

    Hank, as always, lighten up dude! There are 5000 or more recent examples of people killing people (happens literally every day) that are not Muslims or middle eastern or even brown skinned.

    So, how many of those “5000 or more recent examples of people killing people” involve religious fanatics who are responding to calls of “holy war” from their respective faiths against heathen/infidels and are killing them in the name of whatever is most holy in their religion (e.g. Islam, Mohammed, Koran, Bible, Jesus, Buddha, Moses, Old Testament, etc.)? So here in the 21st Century, how many Catholic fanatics are taking out Episcopaleans or atheists in the name of the Pope? Please document.

    How about comparing apples to apples for once, bober.

  • 60 Shelly // Feb 16, 2007 at 9:16 pm

    Maggie, have a great time and enjoy the wondrous colors God used in that part of the globe.

    TGS, you have many talents. Thanks for sharing them here for the rest of us to continually enjoy. (I’m afraid I can’t say the same for Mr. Franken, whose name I have never used in the same sentence with the word “enjoy”.)

  • 61 Beerme // Feb 16, 2007 at 9:35 pm

    Maggie,

    Have a great time! I’ll be freezing up here in Michigan and thinking of you having fun in the sun!

  • 62 Fred Sinclair // Feb 16, 2007 at 9:56 pm

    Hankmeister - Boberin, Al Franken and assorted trolls remind me somewhat of oleomargarine(some call it oleo, some margarine but it’s really one word) but call it what you like, the fact remains that some people see oleomargarine as an acceptable substitute for real butter (made from cow’s milk)Al Franken and assorted trolls are seen by some as an acceptable substitute for real people, all the while resembling (in their Athiestic, Socialistic, Communistic, “Hate Bush”; “Hate America” mode) real people as oleomargarine resembles real butter. [i.e. none to speak about]

    I’ve had several requests for a reprint of the butter thing so if you missed it before………

    BUTTER vs MARGARINE
    Do you know the difference between margarine and butter?
    a.. Both have the same amount of calories.
    b.. Butter is slightly higher in saturated fats at 8 grams comparedÂ
    to 5 grams.
    c.. Eating margarine can increase heart disease in women by 53% over
    eating the same amount of butter, according to a recent HarvardÂ
    Medical Study.
    d.. Eating butter increases the absorption of many other nutrientsÂ
    in other foods.
    e.. Butter has many nutritional benefits where margarine has a few
    only because they are added!
    f.. Butter tastes much better than margarine and it can enhance the
    flavors of other foods.
    g… Butter has been around for centuries where margarine has been
    around for less than 100 years.
    And now, for Margarine …….
    a… Very high in trans fatty acids…
    b.. Triple risk of coronary heart disease..
    c.. Increases total cholesterol and LDL (this is the badÂ
    cholesterol)
    d.. Lowers HDL cholesterol, (the good cholesterol)
    e.. Increases the risk of cancers by up to five fold…
    f.. Lowers quality of breast milk …
    g.. Decreases immune response…
    h.. Decreases insulin response.
    And here is the most disturbing fact….
    HERE IS THE PART THAT IS VERY INTERESTING!
    Margarine is but ONE MOLECULE away from being PLASTIC… This fact
    alone  was enough to have me avoiding margarine for life and anything elseÂ
    that is hydrogenated (this means hydrogen is added, changing the molecular
    structure of the substance).
    YOU can try this yourself: purchase a tub of margarine and leave itÂ
    in your garage or shaded area. Within a couple of days you will note a
    couple of things: no flies, not even those pesky fruit flies will go near it
    (that should tell you something) … it does not rot or smell differently.
    .because it has no nutritional value, nothing will grow on it…
    even those teeny weeny microorganisms will not find a home to grow.
    Why? Because it is nearly plastic.
    Would you melt your Tupperware and spread that on your toast?
    Share This With Your Friends…..(Butter them up.)Â

    Heirborn Ranger

  • 63 Maggie // Feb 16, 2007 at 11:22 pm

    Thanks for all the well wishes. I certainly wish all of you could go with me.

    Beerme, Maggie is going to get her “groove back”.LOL
    It was extremely cold here in NC today and I am looking forward to the sand and the sea and the sunshine.
    Maybe we will get to see the Anna Nichole mansion…NAW…..see you on th 24th,Cuz.

  • 64 gafisher // Feb 17, 2007 at 6:43 am

    Fred #62: “Do you know the difference between margarine and butter?”

    1. Perception of cost (”the high-priced spread”).

    2. Marketing (see #1).

    I think butter’s been around even longer than “centuries” would imply, but that’s a quibble. The problem is that people compare the two on a cost-per-pound rather than a cost-per-serving basis.

  • 65 gafisher // Feb 17, 2007 at 6:55 am

    Al Franken, Al Gore, Al Qaeda; seems the demise of America is Al things to Al people.

    Message To The Troops:
    Friday’s action by the House of Reprehensibles does NOT reflect the attitude of the American people. Their “resolution” is widely seen as both foolish and irresponsible.

  • 66 Darthmeister // Feb 17, 2007 at 8:08 am

    An Ohio State University press release, meanwhile, says that temperatures in Antarctica during the late 20th century “did not climb as had been predicted by many global climate models”:

    It also follows a similar finding from last summer by the same research group that showed no increase in precipitation over Antarctica in the last 50 years. Most models predict that both precipitation and temperature will increase over Antarctica with a warming of the planet.

    But David Bromwich, a professor of atmospheric sciences at OSU, “said the disagreement between climate model predictions and the snowfall and temperature records doesn’t necessarily mean that the models are wrong.” The important thing is that they work in theory, not in practice.

    Figures. And they call this “science”?

  • 67 Beerme // Feb 17, 2007 at 1:05 pm

    Well, Darth, that’s because…In theory, theory and practice are the same but not in practice…

  • 68 Darthmeister // Feb 17, 2007 at 4:00 pm

    …theoretically speaking, Beerme.

  • 69 Just Ranting // Feb 19, 2007 at 12:10 pm

    GCS re:39…

    If al-Franken is arabic for weenie, is al-Gore arabic for Bull$&!t?

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