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 | What Women Want (2000 Film)
Various Artists - Soundtracks, Helen Hunt, Marisa Tomei, Alan Alda, Ashley Johnson, Mark Feuerstein, Lauren Holly, Delta Burke, Valerie Perrine and Judy Greer
EDITION: Audio CD
MANUFACTURER: Sony
RELEASE DATE: 12 December, 2000 |
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 | The Apple Tree (1966 Original Broadway Cast)
Barbara Harris, Jerry Bock, Larry Blyden and Alan Alda
EDITION: Audio CD
MANUFACTURER: Sony
RELEASE DATE: 24 November, 1992 |
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IssuesLevin attacks "Jon Leibowitz, a.k.a Jon Stewart": "I'm really tired of these phony intellectuals ... arrogantly looking down their sizable noses at our armed forces"
During the July 16 broadcast of his nationally
syndicated radio show, Mark Levin said, "As you know, from time to time,
we monitor Jon Leibowitz, a.k.a. Jon Stewart, as well as some of the other
nudniks out there." Levin aired an audio clip from the July 15 broadcast
of Comedy Central's The Daily Show
in which Stewart said of the Transportation Security Administration's
"terror watch list":
"You know that expression, 'kick ass and take names?' Turns out
this country is really good at one of those. We -- we take a lot of
names." Levin responded to Stewart's comment, saying,
"I'd say this country is pretty damn good at kicking ass when we
have to. ... I'm really tired of these phony intellectuals -- and
that's what they are, phony -- arrogantly looking down their sizable
noses at our armed forces, at all the people who actually have to make an
effort to save this -- this society, to liberate people, and to fight this
enemy. I'm so sick and tired of it, you have no idea. We know how to kick
ass, you little dwarf, you five-foot-seven phony."
From the July 16 broadcast of ABC Radio Networks' The Mark Levin Show:
LEVIN: As you know, from time to
time, we monitor Jon Leibowitz, a.k.a. Jon Stewart, as well as some of the
other nudniks out there. And yesterday, he said this, cut 5, go.
STEWART [audio clip]: The terror
watch list is hitting the big 1-0-0-0 --
LEVIN: All right, stop a second and cue it back. "The
terror watch list." Is he sitting on a cucumber? Go ahead.
STEWART [audio clip]: The terror
watch list is hitting the big 1-0-0-0-0-0 ... 0! You know that expression, "kick ass and take
names?" Turns out this country is really good at one of those. We -- we
take a lot of names. It really is an incredible accomplishment. Let's try and
put it in perspective if we can. A million people on the terrorist watch list.
LEVIN: There aren't a million
people on the terrorist watch list.
STEWART [audio clip]: If you were to
take all the people that our government suspects of terrorism and stack them
one on top of the other -- that would be considered an acceptable method of
interrogation according to the Justice
Department.
LEVIN: Very funny, but notice the
line, "You know that expression kick
ass and take names? It turns out this country's really good at one of
those." Another put-down of the armed forces in this country. I'd
say this country is pretty damn good at kicking ass when we have to. We
don't look for fights. We don't look to go to war, but we
don't shy from them if we must. I'm really tired of these phony
intellectuals -- and
that's what they are, phony --
arrogantly looking down their sizable noses at our armed forces, at all the
people who actually have to make an effort to save this -- this society, to
liberate people, and to fight this enemy. I'm so sick and tired of it, you have no idea. We know
how to kick ass, you little dwarf, you five-foot-seven
phony. Yeah, we really do. And your show's a joke, which is why we
continue to monitor it. I don't mean funny, I mean you're a joke.
Let's go to Cody, Fort Hood, Texas,
the great WBAP, go.
From the July 15 broadcast of Comedy Central's The Daily Show with Jon Stewart:
STEWART: I couldn't think of a better
time for this to happen because tonight is a night of celebration. Tonight is
an exciting night. Tonight our country -- this great land that we live in has
reached an exciting milestone in the war of terror.
FOX NEWS ANCHOR [video clip]: Well,
the TSA's terror watch list getting mighty long, adding its one
millionth name.
STEWART: By the way, if I tried to do
this bit last night [no sound]. But tonight [horn blows]. The terror watch list
is hitting the big 1-0-0-0-0-0 ... 0! You know that expression, "kick ass and take names?" Turns
out this country is really good at one of those. We -- we take a lot of names.
It really is an incredible accomplishment. Let's try and put it in perspective
if we can. A million people on the terrorist watch list. If you were to take
all the people that our government suspects of terrorism and stack them one on
top of the other -- that would be considered an acceptable method of
interrogation according to the Justice
Department. And by the way,
a million people on the list, but it is a tightly managed list.
CNN ANCHOR [video clip]: Just this
month, President Bush signed a bill that removes Nelson Mandela from the watch
list.
STEWART: Hey, that's good news. The 90-year-old Nobel
Peace Prize laureate, no longer considered a terror threat. Still on the list,
of course, painter of light Thomas Kinkade, Elmo's friend Zoe, and Alan Alda. Apparently they had him now
as a-Lan al-Da. The truth is, to be perfectly frank, the one million number is
a bit inflated.
FOX NEWS ANCHOR [video clip]: It
turns out there are not a million names on the list. ... Federal officials say there are only
roughly 400,000 names on the list.
STEWART: It's only 400,000
people. The reason it's a million is because their aliases also count. So it
works out to about two-and-a-half names per terrorist. Quite frankly
embarrassing. You had a mafia watch list, you'd have a million names on that
for only like 20 guys. Uh yeah, we're looking for Freddy Angelini a.k.a. Freddy
Salad a.k.a. Freddy Apps a.k.a. Freddy Meat-a-Fish, a.k.a. Freddy Gelato also
known as Freddy Four Course, Freddy Full -- Freddy Full Dinner and of course
Fat Freddy, a.k.a. Tiny. With a million names on the list, how do find out if
you were on the list, if you are a terrorist -- if you are being watched?
It's very simple. Go online. Google the terrorist screening database and
scroll down to the end and by the time you get to the end, you'll probably be
on it. Obviously, though,
there's more important things to talk about in this country than the
hundreds of
thousands of people who have sworn to destroy it. There's also cartoon
depictions of said terrorists.
Published: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:27:07 GMT - Source: Mediamatters.Org - Read the article
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