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RESIGNATION PENDING?
Yo, yo, yo MacYippers! Is Larry the Toe Tapper Craig going to resign today? Will another evil hypocritical right wing family values Republican bite the dust?
Maybe. Love it, love it, love it.

CNN.COM:
http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/08/31/craig.arrest/index.html#cnnSTCText

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Several well-placed GOP sources in Washington and Idaho have told CNN that embattled Republican Sen. Larry Craig is likely to resign soon, possibly as early as Friday.

GOP sources with knowledge of the situation told CNN's Dana Bash that the Republican National Committee was poised to take the extraordinary step of calling on Craig to resign but held off.

The RNC put the move on hold, the sources said, because top party leaders have received indications that Craig himself is preparing to step down.

MacYapper - Isn't that freaking fantastic? Would you like to hear Craig pathetically trying to weasel his way out of this one? Listen to the interview he had with the cop in Minneapolis below:
http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/08/31/craig.arrest/index.html#cnnSTCOther1

MacYapper - Did you hear Craig saying "you solicited me" to the cop early on? Trying to turn the tables didn't work out so well for out good buddy from Idaho.

Here's what the big-ass paper in Idaho said about our Uncle Lar' in its editorial:

CNN.COM:
"We cannot abide an elected official who didn't disclose a lewd conduct arrest until the story broke 77 days later -- a lie by omission and a violation of the public trust," the Statesman said in an editorial published in Thursday's editions. "We cannot afford ... to have a senator who merely provides fodder for bloggers and late-night talk show hosts."

In its editorial, the Boise newspaper pointed out it endorsed Craig for re-election in 2002. But in recent months, it had been investigating allegations that Craig had made sexual advances to men.

Sen. John McCain, a GOP presidential candidate, has called Craig's case "disgraceful." Another Republican senator, Norm Coleman of Minnesota, has said Craig pleaded guilty to "a crime involving conduct unbecoming a senator."

MacYapper - McCain, as you know, has a presidential campaign that's going down the proverbial crapper, no Craig pun intended. So he's got to be "shocked, shocked" as this kind of behavior to suck up to the religious nut base.

Coleman may have a tough race against our old pal Al Franken, although I think Franken still has a steep uphill climb in Minneapolis. He needs to build a bridge to the moderates, and you know how dicey that can be in the Twin Cities.

CNN.COM:
The White House also has voiced its displeasure over the scandal.

Craig, 62 and married, has stepped down from his role in the presidential campaign of Republican Mitt Romney.

MacYapper - Romney's exaggerated disgust is disgusting. He's a pro-choice pro-gay-rights flip flopper who so isn't the next Reagan, not that that would be a good thing.

Anyway, Mr. Potato-State could go down today. Keep your fingers crossed.
And your feet still.

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HOW DIRTY IS DIRTY IN POLITICS?
OK, the "everybody does it" defense is always annoying. Rarely does it justify whatever kind of behavior we're talking about. But to suggest that Democrats are the only ones using taxpayer dollars to fund political campaign activities is ludicrous.

POST-GAZETTE.COM:
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07242/813342-178.stm

HARRISBURG -- State investigators last week executed a search warrant on the Capitol basement headquarters of the Democratic Office of Legislative Research in a broadening investigation into whether state employees were used to run several political campaigns last year.

The search, carried out shortly after 10 a.m. last Thursday, is part of a probe into former state Rep. Michael Veon, D-Beaver Falls, and whether he used taxpayer funds for campaign activities at the time he served as House Democratic whip.

A state grand jury is currently investigating Mr. Veon as well as a half-dozen other Democratic activists, state employees and former legislators, sources told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

MacYapper - Yes, Mike Veon is a dirty bird. He was a pay raise asshole and as a lobbyist he now represents Big Tobacco. I have no doubt the bonuses in question involve a big thank you for putting the Dems in the majority in the House for the first time in a long time. And it is bullshit since it's taxpayers money. I just have a hard time believing that Republican AG Tom Corbett is really worried about the rule of law, as opposed to payback for the fact that they're no longer in the majority in the House.

POST-GAZETTE.COM:
One person familiar with the raid said agents appeared to know the precise location of boxes believed to contain campaign records, including research into Republican opponents. Four agents, dressed in suits, who brought their own dollies to carry away the material, presented a search warrant, quickly removed the boxes and carted them to a waiting van parked nearby.

The raid has set up a potential constitutional showdown between the office of Attorney General Tom Corbett, a Republican, and legislative leaders over whether a search of the Capitol office violated the state constitution's separation of powers. The issues largely mirror the ones raised on the federal level after FBI agents last year searched the office of U.S. Rep. William Jefferson, D-La., as part of an ongoing bribery investigation.

MacYapper - Yes indeedy, they must have one helluva snitch. Apparently the "stop snitchin'" credo has yet to work its way into the halls of government.

As I recall through my deep research, or rather my vague recollection, the court ruling in the Jefferson case essentially said there was a problem with the methods they used to seize some of Jefferson's stuff, but they didn't have to give it back and they can still use it agaisnt him... which seems a rather wishy-washy ruling.

We all know how clubby the PA Supreme Court is with lawmakers. I'm not sure if that'll work for them this time with regard to a ruling on whether they had the right to seize this stuff.

POST-GAZETTE.COM:
The state attorney general is also investigating Mr. Veon's involvement in a nonprofit organization he created in his home district and which received thousands of dollars in state funds.

Mr. Veon could not be reached for comment last night. Robert A. Graci, lawyer for the House Democratic caucus, did not return telephone calls.

MacYapper - Me thinks this is where Uncle Mikey is in trouble... the non-profits. You could rationalize state workers "research." But non-profits are supposed to be totally goody two shoes do gooder stuff and if they're dirty, Uncle Mikey's goin' down.


POST-GAZETTE.COM:
Mr. Veon has previously told reporters that the bonuses were not tied to campaign activity.

"I'm very confident that everything that was done regarding staff bonuses and staff salaries over the entire [22 years] I was there was done in a very proper and legal way," he told reporters in February after a Post-Gazette investigation into the bonuses.

MacYapper - I believe he must have covered his butt on this stuff because though he's crafty, shady, and slippery, the dude's not stupid.

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Could the story about the 18 year old stabbing his twin half brothers, killing one of them, possibly be any more depressing?
Well depress the shit out of you by talking about it with Psychologist Dr. Paul Friday during the 1pm hour.

Does that state agency that gives money to college students handing out absurdly high bonuses to its overpaid overly pampered bureaucrats annoy the shit out of you?
We'll annoy the shit out of you some more when we talk about it with State Senator Jane Orie, a North Hills Republican, during the 2pm hour today.

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Yo, yo, yo, MacYippers!
Is the Idaho Senator Larry Craig toe tapping his way into homosexual bliss the funniest freaking story you've ever heard?

"I am not gay," he bellows. First of all, how gay is that to say that? Second of all, whether he's technically "gay" or not (however one determines that), he's definitely a ponn-tang huntin' Senator and he's huntin' male tang.

I've never laughed so hard in my life at the "I've got a wide stance" bullshit he told the arresting officer in the Minneapolis airport, as an explanation for why he was playing footsie with the undercover cop in the neighboring stall.

Can you imagine when the cop showed Senator McPerv his badge by sliding it underneath? Can you imagine the good Senators balls jumping into his throat?

Now the question is, will Idahoans get rid of this, you'll excuse the term, flaming hypocrite? He votes against gay rights. He's a family values Republican. Yet he has a long and stories history of soliciting gay sex, as blogger Mike Rogers has apparently scrupulously (or perhaps unscrupulously) documented.

BOISEWEEKLY.COM
http://www.boiseweekly.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A213127Update: Just as Boise Weekly went to press, a gay activist announced on a nationally-syndicated radio program that U.S. Sen. Larry Craig, a Republican, has engaged in same-sex relations for several years.

Mike Rogers, who contributes to www.blogactive.com, said after two years of research that he was "100 percent solid" with his information, and that he had spoken with men who had been sex partners with Craig.

The accusations, which were based on anonymous sources, were met with scorn and immediate denial by Craig spokesman Sid Smith in Boise.

"Mr. Rogers' claims are completely ridiculous and not based in fact," Smith said. "They're just ridiculous."

MacYapper - I'm guessing the Idahoans are idjits and he'll be re-elected in '08, though he hasn't decided whether to run yet. John McIntire Radio Show Lesbian Correspondent Sue Kerr predicted yesterday that Craig will be shunned by the Republicans and either won't run or won't be re-elected.

A wide stance? A wide stance? Could there be a more ludicrous explanation? And the mental midget actually thought by not getting an attorney and pleading guilty the whole thing would just go away? And these are the kind of maroons who have the power to send our young men and women to war?

Jesus.

And how about the whole toe tapping thing? I've talked to actual homos but I can't figure out exactly how many toe taps indicate I'm ready for gay sex now. God forbid you're whislting a happy tune and toe-tapping away while you're on the crapper.

Tap three times on the toilet if you want me.
Twice on the floor, if the answer is nooooo.

Tony Orlando. He's a homo, no? Or is he an ex-homo? A homo nomo?
Well, neither here nor there.

I hope to obsess on this hysterical story with various political types on the radio show today.

BTW, hysterical clip of Senator Hypcrite riffing on Clinton from back in the day:

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Yo, yo, yo, MacYippers!
What is crazy Opie up to now? Rumors abound, naturally. Ever wonder why so many rumors abound? I mean why is there constantly gossip, some of it true, about Opie?
Why is it constantly being whispered that he's partying and making too much noise here, there, and everywhere?

Have you heard this stuff? In the VIP room of a Strip District nightclub they had to tell Opie and the boys to shush. Some reports they they were kicked out. Others say they weren't.

What about the golf course story at Conneuat Lake? Making too much noise, drinking whisky? Is it true that when a reporter checked it out folks running the area up there were called by Opie's reps and told they'd sue them if they confirmed there was trouble with Opie and rowdy friends?

It seems that the boy does not learn his lesson. And, to borrow from the Great One, one of these days, Alice, Pow, right in the kisser! You can only step on your dick so many times before it falls off.

Unfortunately, I'm not as optimistic about his dick falling off in time for the first Tuesday in November.

Mr. Cautious, Mark DeSantis, the baritone with a great voice for radio but an untested ability to rouse the rabble in a campaign, is slowly dribbling out some policy points... a little too slowly for MacYapper.

POST-GAZETTE.COM:

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07240/812647-181.stm

Republican mayoral challenger Mark DeSantis introduced a team of policy advisers yesterday, as he and Democratic incumbent Luke Ravenstahl criticized each other in a campaign that is getting harsher as it approaches the traditionally important Labor Day milepost.

"I don't see his accomplishments," Mr. DeSantis said of Mr. Ravenstahl, who became mayor upon the Sept. 1 death of Bob O'Connor. "They're not visible to me. And that's part of the problem: a lack of accomplishments, a lack of momentum, a lack of purpose."

MacYapper - Amen, brother, Amen. He's got Diamond Jim Roddey heading up the policy team. That's good. It'll give Jim something to do besides chasing his secretary around his desk. This is the first year Jim couldn't catch her. Ba dum bum.

DeSantis said on the radio show yesterday that the dribs and drabs of his positions are his fault. In other words, he's personally responsible for the painstakingly SLOW process by which his positions are being fully revealed.

I'm assuming it's that old political logic that no one's paying attention now.
But even if it's only the media and political junkies, that's something. Dude, let's hear what the F you're going to do here and soon.

POST-GAZETTE NEW WEB PAGE

www.post-gazette.com

Maybe I'm just a curmudgeon, but the PG web page isn't my cup of tea. I miss the old one. Why less bold typeface or font or whatever the hell it is is thought to be an improvement, I don't know.

I'm guessing some web geek has too much time on his/her hands and wanted to score some browny points. Or the big brass is bored and wants to tinker. Welcome to America.

HOW 'BOUT THEM STILLERS?
POST-GAZETTE.COM - RON COOK COLUMN:
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07240/812622-13.stm

Last week, it was Steelers running back Willie Parker, who offered the endorsement. "I like to have a fullback. You always want a lead blocker ... Dan Kreider is a good fullback. I love what he does."

This week, it's wide receiver Hines Ward. "Me, personally, I don't think we have to worry about Dan. With what he does day in and day out, it would be real hard for us to cut him. He's still a vital part of our offense. Ask anyone in the league. They know there's still a lot of mileage on his car."

Are you paying attention, Mike Tomlin?

MacYapper - I agree with Cook. Kreider is obviously the way to go. Don't get too cute by half too early. You want Willie to gain yards? He needs a proven blocker. Especially with this offensive line. Please, dude, it's a no-brainer. Don't screw it uip.

MISS SOUTH CAROLINA TEEN IS AN IDIOT
OK, everybody makes mistakes. I have mispoken publicly numerous times. And this girl is just a kid. But Jesus, what an imbecile. Click and chuckle.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=lj3iNxZ8Dww

MacYapper - A lot of kids can't find the USA on a map for the same reason they can't find their ass with both hands or tell their gluteus maximus from a hole in the ground. They're not too bright and they don't care. Miss SC Teen was on the Today Show this morning and they were all nicey nicey and asked her the question again and she stumbled and mumbled a half way decent answer and they applauded like she'd just stumbled in an Olympic race but had returned to her feet for the big victory.

It's a sad, sad country these days, that's all I'm sayin.'

COMEDY SATURDAY DAMNIT!

Free comedy show Saturday at BackStage Bar next to O'Reilly Theater on Penn Ave. Dahntahn.

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John McIntire, Gab Bonesso, and comics to be named later. 9:30 FREE! Be there and be square.

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Yo MacYippers!

Some quick hits for a first day back on the air after the vacation from hell!!!

*Never read your work email while on vacation.

*Why is New Orleans still falling apart after we poured umpteen kajillion dollars into it?

*Roethlisberger looks like Worthlessberger again to me. I know you can make the case either way. But that interception was lame and he seems to have can't-hit-the-broad-side-of-a-barn disease from time ot time.

*I see they're still politely debating the "ethics code" in the 'Burgh. Wussy do-gooders ain't gonna do shit.

*Iraqi PM al-Maliki is whining because Hillary and Carl Levin are criticizing him.
Bite me. You suck. I know you have an impossible job. I know we never should have invaded. But you still suck at your job. Get out.

*Hillary made supposedly controversial comment that if there's a terrorist attack the GOP will have the advantage come election time. She's right. It's true. Why is it controversial?

*Camilla has decided not to go to memorial service for Di. Good decision. My question - WHY IS THERE YET ANOTHER MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR DI? Hasn't she been dead forever?

*LaMont Jones has funny piece in the POST-GAZETTE on kids who let their underwear hang out. Idiots in a couple of cities are trying to outlaw it.
There is no shortage of idiots. Particularly in local government.

*Heinz Field had a water shortage problem. Jesus all that yellow piss and nowhere to flush it. That is some gross ass shit. Very glad I watched it from my living room.
Who goes to Stillers games? The brave and the patient and the drunk. Not necessarily in that order.

*Big ass comedy show... FREE... this Saturday night at 9pm BackStage Bar on Penn Avenue downtown next to O'Reilly Theater, next to Cabaret Theater....
MacYapper, Gab Bonesso, others comics to be named later!

*I may update this blog this afternoon. It's great to be back... sorta.

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Yo, yo, yo MacYippers! My sincere apologies. I have neglected you. I neglected to report that I am on vacation this week. You can still hear plenty of knee slappin' (or somethin' slappin')radio as the "Best Of" will air all week on your home for the juvenile sex obsession/politics/ranting/comedy bit/sports thingamobob jigamajigger, www.937thezone.com

That's where you can listen live on the net. Or just tune your freakin' radio to 93.7 FM.

In the past I have asked guest bloggers to fill these pages in my absence. But now those bloggers are quite busy with their own blogs/lives/secret molestation records they're trying to hide.

I will return this Monday, and will invevitably, be suffering from post vacation depression syndrome... which is kinda like post traumatic stress syndrome, only much worse. Or maybe it's the opposite. I think the depression is setting in already.

Please keep an eye on Opie. He's going to bullshit the ethics board... in fact he's already done it... about why accepting thousands of dollars worth of golfing privileges from UPMC which does a boatload of business with the city... why that, somehow, does not pose a conflict of interest.

It's a laughable position, but in this town, he'll get away with it. For now.

I hope all of you MacYippers are able to find some peace this summer.
That's all I'm saying.
Give it a chance.

Of course I had to pick the worst fucking weather week all summer to take time off.

Anyway, time to de-stress. Are you like me? By the time you start feeling good it's already time to go back to work?

Don't forget there is more MacYapper comedy coming at the BackStage Bar on Saturday night September 1st, 9:00 pm, free show.

It's right next to the O'Reilly Theater on Penn avenue dahntahn.

And there's another Improv Zone night coming in late September.

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Pictured above is porn star Jada Deville. She was a guest on the show this week.
If you want to see anything more revealing, click on link below:
http://www.jadadeville.com/home.htm

Now everyone knows that porn stars are Howard's schtick. No one else should bother. So I didn't want Jada Deville to be naked. Much to my chagrin... or maybe just my grin... she decided to brag about what a great plastic surgeon she had and reveal her giant fake boobies to me in the studio.

I know this is standard fare for edgy radio these days. Still, I was taken aback. I remember my early days in radio in Carbondale, Illinois doing top 40. I don't think I ever imagined giant live boobies appearing in front of me in the studio.

I know the legendary stories about when Jim Quinn was still a rock DJ and blow jobs in the studio. And that sort of stuff happened all over the country. But nudity was not the norm among the guests you were actually interviewing on the air. Well, until Howard.

She put them away and then she told me her plastic surgeon was the best and wanted me to see how the incisions were virtually invisible. So she took them back out. And there they were again.

I couldn't help wondering... is this a violation of the CBS sexual harrassment policy? If so, who was at fault? Was it me for not screaming "put those giant fake boobies back where they belong, damnit!."

Was it producer Gab for booking the guest? Was it the sales person whose account it was who suggested we book Jada?

Or was no one at fault? Was it a classic case of no harm, no foul?

Anyway, Jada is at Blush this weekend.
http://www.blushexotic.com/enter.html

It's on 9th street dahntahn next to where that jazz club used to be. Apparently there is more of an appetite for fake boobies in the 'Burgh than there is jazz.

STEELY MCBUMMER

The Johnny Mac unscientific radio phone poll shows overwhelming evidence that people freaking hate the new Stillers mascot Steely McBeam.
We have debriefed Mr. McBeam on the blog in recent days. But what about previous Stillers mascots?

Our exclusive interview with Stevie Steeler, today at 1pm.

Meantime the Post-Gazette offers an interesting exploration of how Steely McBeam may be just another bad thing for the 'Burgh, since we ought to deep-six our steel town image to position ourselves for the future.

POST-GAZETTE.COM:
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07229/810138-28.stm
Jay Aldridge still flinches when he comes across a newspaper reference to that "old steel town."
And, "the McBeam thing," he said, "is just more of the same."
Steely McBeam is the new Steelers mascot, a square-jawed representation of a 1950s-era mill worker, with hard hat, overalls and heavy eyebrows. To Mr. Aldridge, a man formerly responsible for marketing the Pittsburgh area to prospective businesses around the country and overseas, Steely McBeam reinforces an outdated image of our town, just as the Steelers do. Mr. Aldridge once joked to The Washington Post that if Pittsburgh really wanted to shed its Steel City label the name of its football team should change to "the Pittsburgh Softwares."

MacYapper - Jesus, the guy is right. We're never going to stop the population drain if the whole country continues to believe we're the Smoky City.

And the Trib PM will reveal today that there has been more than one Stevie Steeler... the one I'm interviewing is not the one they wrote about... believe it or not... for a long, long time, Stevie Steeler was City Council President Doug Shields. Mr. Peduto-head opines that no one believes it because Steve Steeler doesn't talk and Doug Shields never shuts up.

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Dr. Paul Friday of UPMC Shadyside... shrink on possessive boyfriends who stab their girlfriends to death.

2pm Post-Gazette Columnist Tony Norman on Rutgers Basketball player suing Imus.

Political Comedian Will Durst live from NYC (where he's doing a one man show... check it out if you're headed there... through Labor Day at least)
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/departments/syndicates/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003624664

3pm Comic at the Improv this week Doug Benson
http://www.symfonee.com/Improv/pittsburgh/comedians/Bio.aspx?Uid=03477723-2233-11d6-ad57-006067793f69
If you find that you’re saying to yourself “Boy, Doug Benson seems familiar, but I can’t quite place him,” please allow us to help: One way you might know Doug Benson is if you’ve ever thought about, read about, heard about or otherwise experienced...marijuana. He’s a creator-writer-star of “The Marijuana-Logues,” a show that’s been a hit (small pun intended) in theaters from Los Angeles to New York; more on that--and the book of the same name--in a moment. Oh, the other way you might’ve had an opportunity to become aware of Doug Benson is if you’ve ever watched television. Yeah, you heard right.

Also on the radio show... Pittsburgh Comic David Kaye, headlining at Slapstick's this Saturday night.
http://www.slapstickscomedy.com/

So that should be enough for yinz.

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Yo, yo, yo, MacYippers! What up?

So I'm walking into work this morning and this guy who appears to be in his early 20's or so and in a panic approaches me to ask where Foster Plaza building 6 is, he's got a skin doctor appointment. He appears to be panicking about the appointment, being late, and life in general.

I don't know where building 6 is I tell him. He says "are you John McIntire?" I say yes. He says he recognizes my voice. Good, I think, most still recognize me from the old TV show but since I'm doing the radio thing I need people with voice only recognition as well.

I offer to drive him to building six, building my audience one building at a time. He starts walking with me to my car, but then his mom calls and tells him the doctor is in building five.

So I escort him to the basement of building five. On the way, I ask him, "so you must listen to the show once in a while if you know my voice." He says "well, yeah, a little bit. But the problem is I'm just a little bit conservative."

Jesus. I tell him this isn't a "problem," per se, and that many people, unfortunately, are just a little bit conservative. But I also explain that we are not confined to politics, and when we do talk politics, I have many conservatives and/or other kinds of Republicans on the show.

So I hope he tries it again. Whatever. John Brabender, the evil Republican ad genius was on the show yesterday. He's still predicting a Hillary vs. Rudy extravaganza.

He also will likely join a GOP presidential campaign in the near future, though it's uncertain as to which one. I'm guessin' Rudy, but I got nothin' to back it up with.
But hey, it's a freaking blog.

Also had a porn star on yesterday. More on that later.

STEELY MCBEAM REBUTTAL EDITION

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Yo, yo, yo, MacYippers! Well I had the kid who's trying to get rid of Stillers mascot Steely McBeam on the radio show yesterday.

Ryan Valdiserri has an online petition. Check it ott at link below:
http://petitionspot.com/petitions/mcbeam

And so it was inevitable that Mr. McBeam his own self, or at least a man purported to be Mr. McBeam, has responded to your MacYapper:

STEELY MCBEAM REBUTTAL:

Mr. McIntire:

I am outraged -- outraged! -- that you would give a platform to Ryan Valdiserri, without at least offering me a chance at rebuttal. It's shoddy journalism, John -- you know it, Steely McBeam knows it and the American people know it. I have to put food on the table, too, John. I have a wife. I have four moths to feed. That's right, I said moths, not mouths. My kids have pet moths. I don't know why. But do you know how expensive moth food is, John? No, you do not. You just sit there, in your air-conditioned studio, eating your caviar and gourmet pizzas, pooping on your toilet made of solid gold and taking home your five- or six-figure paycheck, never giving a second thought about the price of moth food these days.

Anyhow.

Sincerely,
Steely V. McBeam

Predictably, Mr. McBeam has his own blog. Here's a little of what he's got goin' on, along with the link:

http://mrsteelymcbeam.wordpress.com/



You probably think Steely McBeam is a stupid name for a mascot. But maybe that’s because you haven’t gotten to know Steely McBeam:

-Steely McBeam pisses justice.

-Steely McBeam was the last starfighter.

-Steely McBeam could have been better than Jim Brown, but instead of choosing football for a career, he chose heroism.

-Steely McBeam built Rome in 18 hours.

-You can’t stop Steely McBeam. You can’t even hope to contain him. All you can do is prepare for your whuppin’.

-Steely McBeam resurrected John Travolta’s acting career.

-The only thing that can kill a a vampire is a stake through the heart. That, and Steely McBeam’s icy gaze.

-Steely McBeam was a principal investor in Michael Vick’s dogfighting ring. You want to make something of it?

-Steely McBeam killed the radio star.

MacYapper - As for my own self, my own self finds this shit funny. I have queried Steely McBeam, but don't tell anyone.
I axed him if he'll come on the radio show. We shall see.

So what are we to make of the Stiller nation and its antipathy toward the McBeamer?
Is there truly a groundswell of anger? Or is it just a few bloggers, misfits (redundant?) and douchebags looking for a little free pub, only to be willingly accommodated by hapless radio hosts, looking to fill three freaking hours of talk radio time?

Is Art Rooney II, whose idea this was according to somebodyorother, shaking in his boots? Is he pissing in his pants? Or is he chuckling that yet another silly-ass thing has people yapping about the beloved Stillers, as if we need another excuse?

More to come MacYippers!

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Yo, yo, yo MacYippers!
The other day on the radio I was talking about old clips appearing on YouTube showing Mitt Romney and his pro-choice position, and other borderline or blatantly liberal positions. This drew a response from this MacYipper:

MAC-YIPPER CARL SCOLDS MAC-YAPPER ON CITING YOUTUBE AS A CREDIBLE SOURCE:

As far as YouTube being used as the source for M.R.'s
stance on abortion , you, I, and anyone w/ any
reasonable amount of skepticism knows that audio/video
content can be fairly easily stitched together.
*Anyone* can submit content to YouTube (similar to any
of the blogs or wikis out there in the Internet
"ether"). To my knowledge, there's no one that
verifies/certifies the content or puts their name
behind the content.

It would be different if the source were CNN.com or
MSNBC.com or, dare I mention it, FOXNEWS.com. At least
in theory, someone at each of those organizations is
verifying sources and standing behind them.

So, let's try to be intellectually honest when one
wants to site YouTube to prove *anything*.

BTW, I hate to hear "effectively" for anything -either
you ARE or ARE NOT pro-choice.

P.S. - I love your show. My ears start to bleed,
however, whenever you venture off into the political
realm. Nonetheless, I persist in trying to be
open-minded.

Carl Singer

MacYapper - Thanks for the love Carl. While I think you have a point, I would point out that no one in the Romney camp, to my knowledge, has claimed anything on YouTube is inaccurate or taken out of context. And believe me, they would if they could. I totally agree with you that when someone says they're "effectively" pro-life, or whatever, it's total bullshit. Often YouTube stuff is just cut and pasted video/audio, often from so called "legitimate" sources like CNN or (gulp!) Fox.
Check out the clips below. While they are edited, I don't believe they were edited in a misleading fashion. And they do make the point that Romney, while perhaps not a flaming liberal, was certanly pretty "progressive" at minimum, especially for a Republican. Although New England Republicans, at least in the past, often are, uh, were.
Check it ott:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=a9IJUkYUbvI

MacYapper - Could there be anyone more currently disingenuous than the Stormin' Mormon? Lest we forget, both Reagan and Bush I were once pro-choice.

MAC-YAPPER ACCUSED OF ANTI-CATHOLIC BIAS

The Pittsburgh Catholic has hurled some stinging accusations at your MacYapper. To wit:
http://pawatercooler.com/?p=2255
Anti-Catholic Bigotry on Local Radio August 12
by John Lewandowski

MacYapper - Before we even get started, "Anti-Catholiic Bigotry" is bullshit. I'm not against Catholics. I'm pissed off that so many covered up so much for so long. That would be your Catholic Church hierarchy, which swept so many molestation scandals under the rug for so long and, arguably in most cases, didn't do diddly squat until they were caught and dragged through the mud in the courts.
I can be against George Bush and love Americans. I can be skeptical of the leaders of the Catholic Church and still love Catholics. Anyhoo...

ALLEGATIONS AGAINST MAC-YAPPER:

In this week’s edition, the Pittsburgh Catholic reports on what local Pittsburgh far-left radio show host John McIntire had to say about the installation of Bishop David Zubik as the new leader for the Catholic diocese of Pittsburgh. According to the paper, here is some of what McIntire said:

McIntire has an anti-Catholic patter as a routine part of his program.

MacYapper - False. I've long criticized the Catholic church. It is not a "routine" part of my program.

MORE ALLEGATIONS:
He spent 10 minutes mostly making jokes about sexual abuse on the day Bishop Zubik’s appointment was announced. Running clips from news coverage, McIntire would slip in his own comments with all the wit of a playground commentary.

When a reporter was quoted as saying that Bishop Zubik was going to answer questions from children at a local vacation Bible school, McIntire inserted, “That’s a dangerous scenario,” then imagined a child saying, “I think your role should be keeping those mean men away from me.” When a reporter said Bishop Zubik was well-liked in Green Bay, McIntire said it was because “you probably didn’t molest any of them and they were grateful.”

MacYapper - To the best of my knowledge, the above description is basically accurate. I was trying to be funny. And to those with a sense of humor (perhaps a sophomoric sense of humor, but nonetheless), I was. Harsh, biting, edgy attempts at humor... but attempts at humor they were.

MORE ALLEGATIONS:

McIntire was annoyed that any media attention was being paid to the appointment of Bishop Zubik since, in his words, “who the hell cares about a guy at the head of some bureaucratic organization” filled with men “dressed in funny costumes” and gay seminarians. As to the Catholic “flock,” McIntire said in perfect sophomoric (sic) cadence, “flock me … flock you.”

MacYapper - Yes the flock me, flock you was accurate. I didn't say "gay seminarians." It's just not a regular part of my vocabulary.
They suggest offended parties write my General Manager. Write away.
I retract none of what I said. If these guys are going to move forward they're going to have to have a sense of humor, or at least a tolerance for humor aimed at their sins, about the past.

They cannot have a McCarthyistic anti-First Amendment attitude, lest they be perceived as right wing nuts. They've got enough of a PR problem. You don't see me calling for the Pittsburgh Catholic to be shut down because they're intolerant of criticism and they issue exaggerated versions of the truth, do yinz?

You have the right to skewer me whenever you want. Back atcha.

SHOULD WE DEEP-SIX STEELY MCBEAM?

A dude named Ryan Valdiserri has had enough of Steely McBeam already. He's got an online petition to get rid of the fledgling Stiller mascot (link below).
This is not quite as serious as the Buccos sucking for years on end, but I have heard a lot of grumbling, including on the radio show from callers, about McBeam.


PETITION TO GET RID OF MASCOT:
http://petitionspot.com/petitions/mcbeam
We the members of Steeler Nation, are now embarrassed. The name Steely McBeam is a terrible choice for naming our new mascot. It does not represent the toughness of our city or of our team. Look in the stands during a game and you will see we are our own cheerleaders and some fans are our own mascot. If it were up to Steeler Nation we would remove the mascot altogether, especially since it looks like Bill Cowher.

Those who have signed the petition below, would like the name to be changed by a vote by the fans, or have the mascot removed for good.

MacYapper - We'll talk with Ryan at 1:25 pm today on the show.

MAC-YAPPER COMEDY
It being August and all, we're taking a little break from the live comedy.
But, on Saturday, September 1st we return to the BackStage Bar!

9:30 FREE SHOW John McIntire, Gab Bonesso, comic to be named later!
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Yo, yo, yo, MacYippers!

OK so Karl Rove's not really dead. But he is quitting as of 8/31. The pig faced, unethical, lying, cheating, thieving bastard is trying to leave before he's carried out in a political pine box, though of course, he denies it.

WSJ.COM:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118697458949295744.html?mod=hps_us_whats_news

What about those who say he's leaving to avoid Congressional scrutiny? "I know they'll say that," he says, "But I'm not going to stay or leave based on whether it pleases the mob." He also knows he'll continue to be a target, even from afar, since belief in his influence over every Administration decision has become, well, faith-based.

"I'm a myth. There's the Mark of Rove," he says, with a bemused air. "I read about some of the things I'm supposed to have done, and I have to try not to laugh." He says the real target is Mr. Bush, whom many Democrats have never accepted as a legitimate president and "never will."

MacYapper- As well they shouldn't. But I don't want to relive ancient history. He stole it, and then may have stolen it again, depending on who you believe about what happened in Ohio.

But of course he's leaving before Congress puts his pig-head on a platter. He's gittin' while the gittin's good.

WSJ.COM:
Mr. Rove also makes a spirited defense of this president's policy legacy, sometimes more convincingly than others. On foreign affairs, he predicts that at least two parts of the Bush Doctrine will live on: The policy that if you harbor a terrorist, you are as culpable as the terrorist; and pre-emption. "There may be a debate about degree," he says, "but it's going to be hard for any president to reverse that."

MacYapper - Bullshit. His successors may have an ounce of common sense and not invade sovereign nations without provocation. Ya can't just invade a country because it's headed up by an evil dictator. A president doesn't have to reverse it. They just have to make a note to themselves not to practice insanity.

Just out of curiosity, does this mean Congress can now legally require the bastard to testify and he can't hide behind executive privilege? I'm just axin.'

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Yo, yo, MacYippers!

Mayor Opie was reportedly at the Steelers practice facility on the south side when the weather shit hit the fan. Way to be where your needed Ope.
Idjit.
We'll bitch about it on the show.

What else.

OK, so some idiot vender who works for A T AND T censored the anti-George Bush lyrics out of the live web feed of the band's performance in Chicago.
Now A T and T is backtracking and apologizing and hemming and hawing and oopsie doopsie.
What kind of an idiot would do this? I mean seriously, like no one's going to find out? And why? WTF do you expect from a Pearl Jam concert?

We'll talk about it on the show.

The poor bastards in Millvale are apparently getting screwed because the Army Corps of Engineers consists of a bunch of slow moving worthless bastards. At least that's what I got out of the Post Gazette article about the town being flooded AGAIN!

We'll talk with Danny Onorato during the 3pm hour about this freaking fiasco.

Comedian Bill Burr is on during the one pm hour. He's a really funny guy from out of Boston. He's at the Improv this weekend.

I'll also be bitching about Hillary trying to weasel her way out of the Don't Ask Don't Tell policy at the gay forum for Dem candidates, some of which I caught last night. Melissa Etheridge, one of the interrogaters, quoted John Edwards as having said he's "uncomfortable" around gay people. Edwards denies it. We'll yap about it.

There's a company in Indiana that wants to charge its employees for being out of shape. What bullshit.

We'll phone poll it at 2pm.

I love "Weeds" on Showtime. But then, I'm a pro-ganja kinda guy. Post Gazette TV critic Rob Owen is not. But he likes the show anyway.
We'll find out why during the 2pm hour.

Have a great weekend.

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Yo, yo, yo MacYippers!

Well the lights keep going on and off and we keep getting reports of people drowning... not literally but close... and it's another shitty ass bad ass lousy weather day in Pikksburgh, PA!

KDKA's Ron Milford did the radio show today from Millvale which always takes up up the butt whenever there's big rain.

He made a good point... how come every time it rains and floods in Millvale and they claim they're going to do something about it, they ever don't or whatever they do does diddly squat?

Somebody needs to get their butt kicked because Millvalers are screwed when it pours.

Ron Jeremy and Reverend Craig Gross will be having the big porn debate tonight at Stratus night club.
I had both on the show. I'm with Ron... to each his own... libertarianism man... not the phony conservative republican kind, but the real live and let live kind.

Jeremy was very nice and very articulate today. His manager however... or some asshole who called the studio identifying himself as his manager... is a complete ass. He berated my producer because I went directly to Ron instead of going through him. Well I tried going through channels and nobody called back, so I went straight to the hung like a horse's mouth.

The so called manager bitched out my producer who was in the studio while I was on the air, because he claimed it was somehow unethical or unconscionable to go directly to Ron. Dude, get a clue. You do what you gotta do and I happened to have the porn star's phone number.

He also threatened to call the General Manager of 93.7 The Zone. Be my guest weenie boy. You're a moron's moron. Don't ever call me to pitch anything ever. And never, ever presume to bitch out anyone who works on my show. If you weren't such a pussy you would have called me directly after the show.

Your client is the interesting one, ok? You're just a bottom feeder making money off of his prowess. Please don't mistake yourself for someone on earth who matters. You're a glorified lackey. Bite me. You're an ass.

In other news...

I also had Gene Collier's son Sean Collier on the show. He's a 22 year old chip of the old Gene and did an excellent job complaining about what a shame it is that we can't have a shared positive national experience over the Barry Bonds home run record because Barry's a schmuck.

Kid Collier also speculated that the video montage the Buccos are putting together to honor Barry at Monday's doubleheader could possibly be just a video montage of every time they booed Barry... especially at playoff time.

It's hard to get Gene because he's kinda locked up by Clear Channel, so I figure I'll work on the next generation of Colliers.

Also the Post-Gazette's Bob Dvorchak did a great job riffing on the Steely McBeam absurdity that is the nickname for the new Stillers mascot. Bobby speculated that The Chief might never have dreamed that his team could make front page news, above the fold, with the freaking mascot.

They made the mascot Irish in honor of the Rooneys. They should have made it an Irish priest... then it could have been Steely McFeely.

BTW, I'm told I'm under attack in this week's edition of the Pittsburgh Catholic.
As long as they spell your name right...

Rob Rossi of the Trib defended Barry Bonds again. He seems like such an intelligent fellow most of the time. He also says if you by a DQ blizzard some of it goes to charity, so go calm your stormy nerves with a DQ blizzard tonight, damn it.

So... have a good night... try to stay alive.

later

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BASEBALL BEEN BARRY BARRY GOOD TO ME

Yo, yo, yo, MacYippers! I ain't no baseball purist or nuthin,' but Barry Bonds can bite me. Freakazoid. Asswipe. Undeserving douchebag. Kiss my asterisk.
It doesn't count in my my book. Of course, no one's read my book.


http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8QSKAMG1&show_article=1

ASSOCIATED PRESS:
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Barry Bonds hit No. 756 to the deepest part of the ballpark Tuesday night, and hammered home the point: Like him or not, legitimate or not, he is baseball's new home run king.
Bonds broke Hank Aaron's storied record in the fifth inning, hitting a 3-2 pitch from Washington's Mike Bacsik 435 feet to right-center field. Three days earlier, Bonds tied the Hammer with a shot to left- center in San Diego.

"Thank you very much. I got to thank all of you, all the fans here in San Francisco. It's been fantastic," he said shortly after crossing home plate, his godfather, Willie Mays, at his side.

MacYapper - It's a shame than amazing baseball player like Willie Mays had to get mixed up with this asswipe because of his friendship with Barry's daddy Bobbie, who also did it without roids. Of course, they weren't widely available back in the day, so who knows what would have happened.

Anyway, have you noticed how nobody freaking cares?

Next topic.

IDIOTS MULTIPLY RAPIDLY

http://blogs.usatoday.com/gallup/2007/08/a-hint-of-more-.html
USATODAY.COM:
We’re seeing some slight hints of positive news for the Bush administration. For one thing, Bush’s job approval rating has stopped its downward trajectory. Bush hit bottom with his administration low point of 29% in early July (based on our USA Today/Gallup poll readings). Now – in the data just about to be released from our weekend poll – Bush's approval rating has recovered slightly to 34%. That’s not a big jump, but it is the second consecutive poll in which the president’s numbers have been higher rather than lower.

MacYapper - Whatever. Worst president in history. Biggest foreign policy debacle in history. Most stubborn moron in history. Supporters? Biggest Idjits in history.

DUMB BITCHES AND BASTARDS HAVE LOST THEIR MINDS

MacYapper - The NY City Council is kicking around more symoblic bands on words? Did they eliminate crime in NYC? Did that whole traffic problem suddenly clear up? Why are these dildos worrying about this? What the hell is wrong with people?


NYTIMES.COM:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/07/nyregion/07bword.html?ei=5090&en=8bb9b60b7da0d2ed&ex=1344139200&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&pagewanted=print
The New York City Council, which drew national headlines when it passed a symbolic citywide ban earlier this year on the use of the so-called n-word, has turned its linguistic (and legislative) lance toward a different slur: bitch.

The term is hateful and deeply sexist, said Councilwoman Darlene Mealy of Brooklyn, who has introduced a measure against the word, saying it creates “a paradigm of shame and indignity” for all women.

But conversations over the last week indicate that the “b-word” (as it is referred to in the legislation) enjoys a surprisingly strong currency — and even some defenders — among many New Yorkers.

And Ms. Mealy admitted that the city’s political ruling class can be guilty of its use. As she circulated her proposal, she said, “even council members are saying that they use it to their wives.”

MacYapper - I'm flabbergasted. They have truly gasted my flabber. Beyond idiotic, beyond moronic, beyond a big fat gigantor waste of taxpayers' time and money. People are just plain getting stupider.

NYTIMES.COM:
Robin Lakoff, a Brooklyn-born linguist who teaches at the University of California, Berkeley, said that she despised the word, but that enforcing linguistic change through authority “almost never works,” echoing comments from some New Yorkers who believed a ban would only serve to heighten the word’s power.

“If what the City Council wants to do is increase civility, it would have to be able to contextualize it,” said Ms. Lakoff, who studies language and gender. “You forbid the uses that drive people apart, but encourage the ones that drive people together. Which is not easy.”

MacYapper - Almost never works? Is there ONE example in HISTORY in which it has worked?
Contextualize it? How about just forgetting this idiotic exercise in futility and attention getting grandstanding bullshit? Self aggrandizing douchebags from hell.
Do I sound bitter?

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Yo, yo, yo MacYippers! What up? This is an unusual late afternoon/didn't get time to blog earlier edition.

So I talked to Danny the Goosekiller Onorato on the show today.
He claims he did tell the animal activists the would try non-lethal methods to get rid of the geese crapping all over North Park... at least at first.
But basically, as I understood it, he did NOT make a blanket statement promising he would never use lethal means.
So he thought the non-lethal means weren't working that well. So he ordered the hit on the hundreds of geese and the rest is history.
Well, if ya wanna call that history.

I also talked to Maria of www.2politicaljunkies.blogspot.com
She straightened me out on being so enamored of nutbag fringe presidential candidate/GOP Congressman from Texas/Western PA native Ron Paul.
She points out he's anti-choice, once sponsored a news letter in which many offensive racist statements were made, and introduced a bill that would prevent the Supreme Court from ruling on "privacy" issues.

Without SupCo ruling on matters of privacy, they could never get rid of the sodomy laws, which, as Maria pointed out, affect both gays and straights alike. Look up sodomy. If it ain't traditional intercourse, chances are it's sodomy.

So, I'm still happy that he voted against the Iraq War. And I'm still happy he voted against the Patriot Act. And every politician is a mixed bag.

But it sounds like Ronnie boy is more than a little nutty. Whatya gonna do?

What else.
My car is still making funny noises. I put power steering fluid in it, which seemed to take care of it, kinda. But after it rains it gets worse.
I love my 99 Mustang, but it is creeping up on 100,000 miles. And the convertible roof is starting to get a little funky when opening and closing. But it is the 35th Anniversery edition, so it's allegedly worth something. Whatever.

What else.
Cranky conservative curmudgeon Mean Bill Green thinks Hillary would be an idiot to put Obama in the number two slot. He thinks Bill Richardson would be a far better choice. They're already going to carry Illinois. Gives them a chance in the southwest. I'm thinkin' I agree with Mean Bill.

What else.
Post-Gazette advice columnist Cat Specter thinks you should tell your significant other that he or she is overweight, if you have genuine, real concerns about their health. But what if you're just trying to be noble and really you just don't want a chunky significant other?

What else.
Free underground comedy show at the Brillo Box, 4104 Penn Avenue, 9pm.
It's a hipster bar, intimate venue, kinda funky, kinda cool.
Comics include Gab Bonesso, John McIntire, Rocko Supreme, Momma Spell.

What else.
Ron Jeremy and the pastor he's arguing with are scheduled to be on my show tomorrow, Wednesday, during the 1pm hour, to preview their Pittsburgh porn debate coming up Thursday. I hate child porn. Other than that, I say let the perv times roll.

What else.
On a personal note, I hate everything.

What else.
According to Cracked Magazine, the lamest song of all time by a cool band is the David Bowie/Mick Jagger duet of Dancing In The Streets.
It was one lame-ass video, I remember that.

What else.
I guess that's it.

I'll try to yap at yinz earlier tomorrow.

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And so it goes. Our summer ritual of acting like we're sophisticated and are well aware that pre-season Stillers games don't matter, but nonetheless obsessing on every aspect of the pre-season games.

I was struck not by what I saw, but by what I didn't see. The Jaw. No Jaw. There's no Jaw like an old Jaw, but we ain't got no Jaw no mo. Or something.

No spittle? No chin reaching out onto the field? No mean spirited glance at some screw-up?

Don't get me wrong I'm impressed with Mikey. He seems sharp. He looked just a little nervous, but he wouldn't be human if he wasn't nervous before his first NFL game as a head coach. And if indeed he opens up the offense, that could be pretty cool. Unless of course it turns into a Tommy Gun disaster.

And everybody talks nice about Mikey. Seems to handle the media well. I'm told even though players sometimes initially resent it when he puts them through the paces, more often than not they end up liking him. Or at least respecting him.

So the Rooneys appear not to have screwed the pooch by hiring Mikey.

But still... that void... that Jawless sideline.

POST-GAZETTE.COM:
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07218/807334-66.stm

CANTON, Ohio -- The new guy donned his customary mental-warfare black outfit, paced the sidelines with a relatively quiet purpose and failed to spit on any of his players.

So went Mike Tomlin's Steelers head-coaching debut last night, having broken camp in Latrobe -- site of America's first professional football game -- for a first game in the birthplace of the National Football League.

By the second quarter, Tomlin settled mostly into a midfield lurker at Fawcett Stadium and remained nowhere near as animated, or moisture-imparting, as predecessor Bill Cowher, who resigned in January to become a full-time dad and part-time CBS analyst ... for a year or so anyway.

Easily three-fourths of the roughly 22,302 patrons inside Fawcett Stadium -- more of a Faucet during the two-hour pregame rain -- came garbed in black and gold to watch their favored Steelers. They were intrigued to see the new approach, the new coach.

"A good first step," Tomlin said afterward.

MacYapper - As PG reporter Chuck Finder notes, less animation, and far less spittle. Can the Stiller Nation survive without a requisite amount of spittle?

Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source
spit·tle /ˈspɪtl/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[spit-l] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun 1. saliva; spit.
2. Entomology. the frothy secretion exuded by spittlebugs.


MacYapper - Coach Cowher has to be my favorite spittlebug of all time. Come to think of it, I can't remember any other spittlebug who was nearly as entertaining. Come to think of it, I can't remember any other spittlebug who regularly bugged those around him with his spittle.

I won't miss the imperious Cowher's condescension at news conferences. I have a pet peeve about asshole coaches shitting all over the media. Spitting, wonderful. Shitting, not so good.

But Cowher's sideline demeantor was classic. And demeanor he got, de more entertaining it became.

Goodbye Coach. See ya next year in Cleveland.
Hello Mikey. Nice debut, dude!

UNDERGROUND COMEDY IS YOURS FOR THE TAKING

Yo, there's a hip little bar in Lawrenceville called the Brillo Box. Gab Bonesso has been organizing undergound comedy shows there for a while. They're a little edgier than the normal stuff, and you can see one of them tomorrow night at 9pm.

4104 Penn Avenue 9pm Tuesday.
Gab Bonesso, Rocko Supreme, Momma Spell, John McIntire

http://www.myspace.com/brilloboxevents

Be there and be square.

COMEDY SHOW FEEDBACK
John,

I was the brunette in the red dress. You called me m'aam but since
you followed up with a compliment I've since forgiven you. The show was
great and we had a terrific time! My friend Dave and I are fellow
anti-Opiest's. We are big fans of yours! Dave is a budding blogger and
I see hints of you in his work. I thought perhaps you could take a
gander, you know, during all your free time. It's in the development
stages but truly inspired.

Keep up to good work and we hope to catch a show again soon!

http://www.davethequietobserver.blogspot.com/

Thanks to all those who came out to the BackStage Bar Saturday night! It was a blast!


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Yo, yo, yo MacYippers! That libertarian guy masquerading as a republican... or is it the other way around...(?)is back in the 'Burgh for a big rally that no one will care about.

But Ron Paul is likeable, likeable for a pro-life republican that is, because, among other things, he voted against the authorization for the Iraq war.
Above is a picture of Paul, moi, and comedian/radio producer chick Gab Bonesso, when Paul was in town a few weeks ago.

They were taping a "Ron returns home" segment for the Today show. Don't know when it airs. I do know that we still haven't been able to get the bastard to be on the radio show, despite the fact that we were just a few blocks from the studio when Gab spotted him doing the Today interview while on the way to, where else, Starbucks.

POST-GAZETTE.COM:

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07215/806597-176.stm
Today, "Dr. No" returns to Pittsburgh.
U.S. Rep. Ron Paul -- the fiercely libertarian Republican presidential candidate from Texas who grew up in Green Tree -- will be back in the region for a family reunion and a political rally at the Four Points by Sheraton Pittsburgh North hotel in Mars.

During more than three decades of on-again, off-again lawmaking in Washington, the obstetrician and gynecologist has earned his nickname, voting "no" on any tax increases, restrictions on gun ownership, Internet regulation, congressional pay raises, the USA Patriot Act, and -- most prominently -- the 2002 resolution that gave President Bush the power to invade Iraq.

MacYapper - Gotta love that last vote. Love the restriction free internet thing. Not crazy about the gun nut thing. Love the USA Patriot Act thing. Can't say enough about the anti-Iraq qar thing.

All in all, not bad for a republican.

POST-GAZETTE.COM:

"How would we react if they did it to us?" he asked during an interview on Capitol Hill this week. "I think a few Americans would be willing to shoot anybody who would try to impose that on us. That's what people don't understand."

That view also has put him at odds with the rest of his party's contenders for the White House, including Rudy Giuliani, who described Mr. Paul's criticisms of U.S. foreign policy as "absurd" during a GOP debate in South Carolina in May.

MacYapper - "How would we react if they did it to us?" says Paul. Such a simple, logical question. It raises that whole invading a sovereign nation without provocation thing. Yes, he was an evil dictator. But the list is long and, guess what, we haven't invaded the rest of them.
Yet.



POST-GAZETTE.COM:
With the help of the Internet, Mr. Paul's campaign raised $2.4 million between April and June, putting him ahead of Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., in cash on hand.

"He's the only person who's running who is talking about privacy and how much freedom we're willing to give up for security," said Brad Porter, 28, a creative writing and cognitive psychology student at Carnegie Mellon University.

MacYapper - He's ahead of John freaking McCain? Jesus, how the mighty have fallen.
I hope Brad Porter isn't the only young folk out there with a clue about Orwellian surveillance policies.

POST-GAZETTE.COM:
Indeed, Mr. Paul couches most of his arguments in constitutional terms. He recently re-introduced a bill that would empower the U.S. government to issue what the Constitution calls a "letter of Marque and Reprisal" against Osama bin Laden and hire mercenaries to hunt down the terrorist mastermind. Mr. Paul cites as an example Thomas Jefferson's undeclared war against the Barbary pirates of North Africa in the early 19th century.

He also says the vast expansion of federal government of the past century has gone beyond what the founding fathers envisioned.

"If you want the government to run Social Security, you should amend the Constitution," he said. "If you want the government to run education, you should amend the Constitution. Otherwise, there's no Constitution."

MacYapper - I don't know if that "letter of Marque and Reprisal" is genius or lunacy, but at least Paul's trying to thing of something to actually get Osama. what a concept.

Dont' think we need to amend the constitution to run Social Security. He needs to relax a little bit.

POST-GAZETTE.COM:
If Mr. Paul wins, he envisions a gradual pullback of those programs, although he would respect Congress' role in the system of checks and balances. A full withdrawal from Iraq and a drastic reduction in overseas entanglements would save about $500 billion per year, he argues, giving the government enough money to meet its current entitlement obligations, such as Medicare.

His domestic policies may appeal to many conservatives, but his approach to foreign policy is creating anger, especially in his own district.

"I'm only hearing complaints," said Yvonne Dewey, chairwoman of the Brazoria County Republican Party, whose son was delivered by Mr. Paul in 1975. "We've been supporters for a long time, but you can and you must fight a war against terrorism."

MacYapper - "If Mr. Paul wins..." Can you actually type that with a straight face? Sounds like Yvonne is another dopey thinker who can't differentiate between George Dubya's war in Iraq being fought for whatever secret reason he got into it in the first place, and the war in Afghanistan, from which we were actually attacked.

THE JOHN MCINTIRE SHOW 1-4 PM 93.7 THE ZONE
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1pm hour TBA

2pm hour Post-Gazette columnist Tony Norman on his kick ass column of today.
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07215/806603-153.stm

3pm hour Playing at the Improv this weekend Gary Owen

http://www.symfonee.com/Improv/pittsburgh/comedians/Bio.aspx?Uid=80dc4395-bb9f-11d4-8736-0001026c3d97
"Brother's got the WESTSIDE, trailer park's got DOUBLEWIDES!!" Gary Owen is the only white guy to ever host B.E.T.'s "Comic View". Many people recognize Gary as the dancing "Mr. Broccoli" in the blockbuster movie "Daddy Day Care" with Eddie Murphy. Or as the goofy redneck deputy in the movie "Held Up" with Jamie Foxx. Owen was always the "class clown" when he was growing up in Cincinnati, Ohio. After high school, he got serious and enlisted in the Navy. He was chosen for the prestigious Presidential Honor Guard. Spinning rifles and carrying flags for George Bush and Bill Clinton turned out to be the wrong job for a funny guy. "I was always smiling," he remembers. "So I got yelled at for smiling all the time."

FREE COMEDY FOR YINZ THIS SATURDAY NIGHT!!!

Comedians John McIntire (I've heard of him) Gabrielle Bonesso Mike Mysocki and a comic to be named later all at the BackStage Bar, right next to the O'Reilly Theater, just down the street from the Benedum, on Penn Avenue, in the heart of the cultural district.

IT'S FREE! 9:30 pm. Come down. Hang out. Chuckle and shit.
http://www.pgharts.org/venues/backstagebar.aspx

ROCK ON MAC-YIPPERS! SEE YOU AT THE BACKSTAGE BAR!

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Yo, yo, yo MacYippers!

Ran out of time to blog.

Radio show today includes fresh edition of The Kinkersons with special guest pirates play by play man Greg Brown everybody!

Also, what if John and Gab were police officers on the North Side?

We'll riff about the Minneapolis bridge collapse during the 1pm hour... also fresh clips of everybody's favorite murderer, O.J.!

2pm features Jeff Hathorne live from Stillers training camp everybody!
Willie Parker injured?
Chuck Knoll facility unveiled!
Arnold Palmer there for the ceremony.
Palmer, I don't even know 'er.
Is he still alive?

3pm KDKA's Sonny Abatta and the Doctor from Rhode Island whose cat senses when his nursing home patients are about to take a dirt nap.

Listen live at www.937thezone.com everybody!

thanks for all the good birthday wishes from yesterday everybody!

it's over now. all that's left is facing the rest of my life.
piece of cake.

and thanks Rob Rossi for the ice cream cake! you da man!

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JESUS I'M OLD EDITION

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Yo, yo, yo MacYippers!

Depressing but true. I'm 50. The big 5-0. As of today.
I was planning in ignoring it. But I've become obsessed with it. A friend of mine who just turned 50 six weeks ago informed me it pretty much sucks. But that's what all my friends who turned 40 before me said, and I managed to have a great decade.

Still though... even though 40 is old, if you're like 80, 40 seems really young.

But 50? Now that's freaking old. No more pretense about youth.

I was born, if my 8th grade autobiography is correct, at 8:38 a.m.

This morning I celebrated my last hour of relative youth. At about 7:30 I watched the time, and what's left of my relative youth, tick away.

I know, 50 is the new 40. Or some crap like that. I have an interesting job, people who care about me, a great family (relatively speaking)and I still have (as far as I know) my health.

Still, it's a depressing stage of life to crow about the fact that you're not disease ridden. Oh, boy, I don't have a terminal illness.

Although of course I do have a terminal illness. It's called being alive.
Disease or no disease the clock is ticking.

Tom Snyder is dead, Bill Walsh is dead, Ingmar Bergman is dead. It always happens in threes. When I die, two more smart allecky peter pan punks from the midwest will die.

In the meantime, I remain alive, pandering to young men to listen to my station to save my gravy sucking job.

I'm doing standup comedy, because making humans chuckle provides temporarily relief from the temporary nature of that nutty, kooky thing called life.

If you want to call it that. Still I'm not in Darfur. I'm not a little girl so abused that she has to shoot her father in the face. I'm not Sanjaya or William Hung. I'm not even well hung, but I still get my share.

This morning I got in my midlife crisis cliche model Mustang Convertible, put the top down, and listen to some old person's music, Neil Young, while zipping to my job on the parkway. I'm wearing a shorts, t shirts and flip flops.
It beats pumpin gas. It beats pumpin' Ethyl. You have to be old to get that joke.

To quote Eddie Vedder, iii hiii wowowowowowwo i'm still alive.

Now that was annoying.

But not as annoying as turning 50.

And that is a pathetic rapidly aging baby boomer's edition of scintillating commentary!

Please join me on the radio show today for the audio version. I'll be a lot like the above. OK, it'll be exactly like the above.

Free comedy at the BackStage Bar downtown this Saturday. Moi, Gab Bonesso, others.
9:30. Next to the O'Reilly Theater.

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while you still can

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Goodnight and have a pleasant tomorrow.
Assuming you have one at all.