THE GREAT DEBATE 11/11/07
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Due to the bizarre advertising requests of our sponsor, the location of the second commercial in this podcast is in the wrong spot. We apologize for the odd flow of the podcast that results.Our longest cast yet!! But alas, length does not signify quality.
AJ brings a friend, and it turns out that Doug is not the only conservative in Wisconsin. It also means though that TGDWDAN needs to acquire another microphone. The new beer is roundly rejected, even by Carly. Both for it's taste and it social commentary factor.
The group discusses another crazy Iowan and his gun-toting dog. T-Shirts are promised and no doubt lied about. Shake throwing, changing your brakes, and stupid burger-clientele are discussed in the pursuit of the question "Is the customer always right?"
Nate continues his insult rampage.
"Isn't it time to stop drinking the kool-aid that China keeps serving us?" asks Doug.
"No." says Nate
This Day in History gets a little editing boost...but probably still sucks.
The most exciting part of this podcast is the reference to Dungeons and Dragons!!!!
6 Comments:
As always (except, maybe, for last week), I am entertained. Some of my favorite moments - the notion that we are taxing cigarettes to "provide for the common defence;" the fact that the word "taint," which was edited out of the last broadcast, was repeated several times during the show; the fact that you edited the word "dick" by bleeping the "d" sound; the fact that you brag about the fact that you came up with a topic a week in advance and then used, as your best and only example, the fact that a customer was not allowed to steal $40 from Sears.
But my favorite moment of the show transpired, at about the 35 minute mark, as follows:
Doug's question: "Why isn't there more outrage?"
Carly's answer: "Because there isn't enough outrage."
Nate's reply: "That's right."
This is why I love listening to you guys. Because you just never know what's going to happen next!
Let me make sure I understand Doug's China philosophy - China is Communist, and so they hate us, and then one night they were watching the first Batman movie and thought that the Joker's idea about poisoning Gotham City with various household items was brilliant and should be immediately embraced as an act of war against the United States; in order to respond to this threat, the United States consumer should boycott Chinese products, thus depriving the Communist nation of its capitalist endeavors. First of all, can't we just get Batman to spend a couple of nights working on an antidote? Second, do you really think that "China" has a big factory where it makes dog food and toys and beads and that "China" just stirs in a drop of arsenic or rohypnol here and there? I may be out of my depth here, but I am pretty sure that various international corporations operate in free trade zones and employ Chinese citizens in those zones and pay China for the opportunity to produce products there. Either way, I am pretty sure that the Chinese have a capitalistic incentive to make safe products but have a government that is not interested in regulating its citizens as closely as it should. I can see the argument for forcing China to create internal regulations for its products; I just don't see, on any level, how you can believe that this is China's slow, methodical way of declaring war, an incremental Pearl Harbor that starts with cats and moves on to seven children exposed to the possibility of date rape. But that's just me.
Enjoyed AJ in this episode, but the jokes have got to go. Also really enjoyed listening to Carly's voice.
All in all, quite an experience. Looking forward to next week!
it's karli. for future reference.
Please note that my misspelling is directly attributable to Doug's misspelling. Sorry, Karli.
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Todd,
I am not so sure why you are so quick to defend China. Show me a Communist and I'll show you someone who hates America.
As far as editing words out or leaving them in...a lot of it has to do with context. There is no FCC leering over my shoulder, so I am not going to get crazy with all the editing. it sometimes takes me as much as 8hrs to edit a show as it is. Wikipedia describes taint as "often considered lewd and mildly obscene". I can stand being considered lewd and mildly obscene.
Thirdly of all...where the hell has Micheal Keaton gone?
The American government can't do anything without the consent of its constituents? Tell that to George Bush...
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