Aug 16, 2010, Monday: Rush's show, my comments

Rush seemed to spend most of his time today discussing the Ground Zero mosque.

He dropped the names of several people, bios of whom I'll be providing in due course:
Paul Krugman
Bob Novak
Charlie Rose
Tony Quello
George Stephanoupolis
(These names may be familiar to most of my readers, I share the bios for those who aren't.)

He's got a couple of photos of Michele Obama, one on the front page of his site, one in an article about the Democrats raiding the "food stamps" money fund to pay for Michele Obama's anti-obesity program, and of course the shots used are those taken from angles that show her rather unattractive, much as the shots of Hillary Clinton used by her detractors are always the ones that show the age lines, or her laughing with mouth wide open, etc. This always annoys me - cheap shots.

Story #6: 99ers Extended: The Americans Want to Work Act

RUSH: By the way, I left something out that's very important and also very funny. The reason the UK Guardian did this story on the 99ers and about the outta luck criminals in Camden, New Jersey, is because Debbie Stabenow and other Democrats have introduced a bill to give the 99ers another 20 weeks of unemployment benefits so that they won't be 99ers anymore. It's called the -- now, get this -- "the Americans Want to Work Act," Senate bill 3760. (laughing) The Americans Want to Work Act extends 99 weeks of unemployment benefits by 20 more weeks! Heh-heh. The Americans Want to Work Act is an extension of unemployment benefits for 20 weeks, introduced by Debbie Stabenow and other Democrats. They announced it on MSNBC, which is why you don't know about it. But it's why the UK Guardian does know about it. The bill is cosponsored by -- are you ready? -- Senators Chuck-U Schumer, Harry Reid, Dick Durban, Carl Levin, Bob Casey, Christopher Dodd, Sherrod Brown, Jack Reid, and Sheldon Whitehouse. The Americans Want to Work Act extending unemployment benefits to 119 weeks! (laughing) This has been one of these days, and you need these days. We just laugh at these people.

There's VE day, which is Victory in Europe, and there's VJ day, which was Victory in Japan. The anniversary of VJ day was August 15. According to a caller, President Obama made no reference to VJ day.

(But then again, VE day was the day. Most people today probably don't even know that Japan continued fighting after Germany surrendered, and it was several months, and two atomic bombs later, before they formally surrendered.)

In England, there was a ceremony at which thousands gathered. Many British and Autralian service members died (as did Americans, of course) as prisoners of war, treated far brutally than most people today can even imagine...but then came Korean war and Vietnam prison camps.