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Tony Katz is the reason I found ricochet. It was a webshow about comedy and our own Rob Long was on it and mentioned Ricochet, so I took a look and liked what I saw. Now tony is on ricochet, the circle is now complete. great show guys but when is this going to be on iTunes?
Do a search on “Tracked and Targeted” in the iTunes Store, Matede.
I’ve been a fan of Kurt’s since Larry O’Connor’s Hour of Hate on his old webcast. I first encountered Kruiser’s work on PJTV, and Katz has filled in for Dana Loesch from time to time.
Why does the term “reproductive rights” always translate into killing babies?
Lena Dunham in her panties at the polls. A good reason to vote absentee ballot.
Hi, I’m Spin, and I’m wondering why anyone cares about Lena Dunham.
Re the A Block: Rock The Vote was started in 1990 as a non-partisan (nudge nudge wink wink) group. The main guy behind it was Jeff Ayeroff, a record label executive. Everybody involved at the top were far-left activists yet they assumed the status of non-partisanship and neutrality for monetary and political benefit.
I used to be in business settings with Ayeroff where he would yammer on about leftist causes and the horrors of 10 years of Reagan and Bush. He was a loudmouth blowhard who assumed, incorrectly, that everybody in the room with him was a fellow traveler.
Jeff and his RTV pals were invited to the Clinton-Gore inaugural in thanks for their “non-partisan” efforts at youth outreach. At least back then their video efforts featured Madonna and other actual superstars not some cable TV slob and unidentifiable rappers.
Re the imbalance in political “messaging”: Political power is how the Left gets things done, whereas the Right has lots of other interests. Hence, the Left is naturally going to obsess on the messaging to get the political power to do their things. The Right is less likely to obsess on the political messaging because the Right is more focused on other things.
I can see the blurb on the pb edition of Not that kind of girl:
Way to go, Fred Armisen!
Oh. What? do you think that was . . . like . . . ironic?
“Ful ofte in game a sooth I have herd saye!“
On the subject of the Republican party coming up short.
Bear with me while I revise and extend a post from another thread.
The hosts were talking about the difference between where conservatives and liberals invest.
A big part of the problem is Democrats deliver a return on investment to their voters, Republicans don’t.
This is a bit of a different angle on the old “No difference between Republicans and Democrats” chestnut.
On the national, big issue, policy level. We still have, for example, a Department of Energy, a Department of Education, and a byzantine tax code and out-of-control IRS despite decades of promises to get rid of, or reform them, crossing several eras when the GOP controlled congress and the White House. Republicans can say “Eliminate corporate income tax and reform capital gains” 10000 times a day from now and the crack of doom, and it won’t tell the “average” voter how that’s going to reduce the price of gas at the pump or lower their heating bill [yes, I know, there’s a faultless bow-tie weenie wonk answer but it’ll induce a coma state in virtually any reasonable person].
When the Democrats have the reins, they grab for the brass ring (example, Obamacare, even though it’s a fiasco, since the goal seems to have been to break the system to usher in single payer, it seems so far to be a successful fiasco, they’ve delivered for their single-payer devotees).
Down to the local level. In Chicago if I make nice with the precinct captain at least I get a new trash can or maybe a little something in the way of patronage.
At all levels, unionized government workers vote for the people, Democrats mainly, who they’ll be negotiating with at contract time. People who can be counted on to come across with lucrative salary and benefit packages today, and golden retirement packages tomorrow. People who can be counted on to stifle reform.
Constituent service at any level? Forget about it. By 7 p.m. Election Day, you’re just a pain in the backside to Republicans, something to be ignored until next election season. They can’t be bothered to even pretend to be interested. They treat you like something to be scraped off their shoe.
So whether you’re a good, or small, or honest government patriot who just wants what’s best for the country, or a self-interested mope just interested in a free trash can, the Republicans deliver … bupkis.
Unless of course you can write big checks, starting in the high five figures.
Having said all that, and given that (as Dave Carter put it) the Republicans are, once again, running a campaign that provides in lethargy what it lacks in coherence, why am I once again working on Republican campaigns?
Well, as the old Faro player said “I know the game is rigged, but it’s the only game in town.” The rotten, corrupt husk of the Party of Lincoln is the only viable alternative to the certain ruin that will come from allowing the Democrats to retain the Senate and White House.
Even granting that, the Republican Party is on a timer (and its elected officials don’t realize this). If they FUBAR 2014 and 2016, or fail to deliver substantive reform, it’s over. Cram amnesty down in the lame duck session, and the base will mutiny (the GOP leadership probably doesn’t realize this either).
Pensions and trash cans will avail little when the EMP from an Iranian nuke touched off over the Eastern Seaboard fries the power grid and every electronic device from Baltimore to St. Louis. Or when travellers from third world countries infiltrate our borders carrying deadly diseases (oh, wait…)
Just chiming in a good word for the new podcast. I love hearing guys being guys who are not self-conscious. Getting information and opinion from them is lots of fun. Keep it going.
This one flowed better. I like the bantering tone, but I want something fresh, not just my teenage son and his buddies. You had more to say this time, and depended less on the silly catch phrases, which get old mighty fast.
I would appreciate it if you’d identify yourselves more frequently, so I can learn to distinguish between you.