Nov 11, Show Summary - No Spanish spoken here
Otis
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C1 Monologue. Letter from Erin on her 3d grader's class assignment.
Reads the letter, "Being Brave". Kid was in an orphanage and prayed
to be adopted and come to America. DL, "This is for all the Leftists
who think this is a horrible place. People all over the world are
praying to come here. Guess they haven't been to some of our colleges
and universities. If they had they'd know better."
C1 2:55 Brett. Says he critiques the kids too hard when they play
games. DL, "What is the source of your anger because it's about YOU."
DL, "This is about you. It's not about them." Have him call back in
a few days.
C2 0:30 Melissa(35). Single. Moved back to home town to help father
who was ill. Dad has since passed. Mom is still around. Feels
guilty if she moves away from mom. DL, "I think you have enormous
fear about going out on your own."
C2 3:30 Jim. What is the quintessential element to a 25th wedding
anniversary.
C2 5:00 Melissa (25). All of her friends are either engaged or
married with children. Says she's committed to work and school.
Works as a traffic reporter. DL, "You're supposed to be dating if
you're looking to be married." DL, "What's normal today is pretty
skuzzy and disgusting. So, I wouldn't go by that."
C3 0:20 Continues with Melissa. Her concerns or discomforts with men
and marriage. DL, "I remember telling my husband, when we were
dating, 'You get in between me and my career and you're toast.'" DL,
".... I have so many degrees they're coming out of my ears."
C4 0:25 Debbie. Two sons, married 17 years. 13 year old is very
sensitive. Both sons are going to a Boy Scout camp for a few days
after Christmas. While they are there, she is going to England to
visit some friends. 13 year old has a problem with her going.
C4 3:15 Lee. C, "Is this doctor Laura?" Son is 15. Caller is
remarried. Thinking of going back to the ex to be with son.
C4 5:15 Gwen. A chaperone on a school trip helped out son with some
money. Lots of talk about what she should do in return and why it
makes her uncomfortable. DL, "Okay, then is this a dear Abby or ask
Miss Manners call? Because, clearly I don't do that."
C5 Monologue. Book give away. "An Unlikely Conservative" by Chavez.
DL, "No matter what we do in this life, if we're women, we still like
the compliments [on our looks]."
C5 4:55 Julie. C, "Thank you for giving me the strength to be my
baby's mom." Child is turning one. Wants to have a party both in
Florida and Toronto. A sister is saying they shouldn't do two
parties. Laura says the sister(s) are competitive with her.
C6 0:40 Vince. 7 year old son. Attends Catholic church. Does the
son continue going even though the caller has faded from the Catholic
belief. DL, "God and I have had arm wrestles, umm, daily." DL, "You
will damage your boy out of your anger." DL, "You're having God
problems. Don't burden your boy with them." He's upset because wife
died of a horrible disease. DL, "You never noticed the holocaust?"
C7 0:20 Francis. Something about putting a relative in need in front
of her family. Some 15 year old relative is living in her home.
Where does the girl go.
DL, "Your first responsibility is to your family."
C, "My family has always been first and she is part of my family."
DL, "No, I mean your husband and your children. When I say family, I
mean the one you created by marriage and procreation, or adoption."
C7 3:20 Barry. Says he has issues with his mother. At what age or
point in your life... DL, "There's no verbiage to get to that." DL,
"Oh. I'm getting very confused." DL, "I'm gonna put you on hold so
you can talk to Michelle 'cause I'm a little confused here about how
you're not the product of an affair yet you look like .... "
C7 5:55 Melissa. What should she do about mom's drinking problem.
DL, "Probably nothing."
C7 ~7:00 Back to Barry.
C8 0:25 Michelle. 8 month old daughter, 19 month old son. Some
family problems. Mom makes things difficult for her or something.
Missed the rest of this one. DL, "The Canadian's have already had
their Thanksgiving? They've already been turkeyized? How lucky is
that? See now, if you're an American and you marry a Canadian, do you
do two Thanksgivings? That would work for me."
C8 6:50 Karen. Marriage of 13 years is in trouble. He's been caught
in a series of lies recently. He was traveling on business and
frequented the ballet a few times. Ran up a $1,600 tab.
C, "For buying drinks for the girls."
DL, "You don't believe that for a minute do you?"
Should she have him take a lie detector test. DL, "That's silly."
C9 Monologue. Says she is the proud owner of a clean closet. Looking
forward to the radio a thon. Says she set a goal of 60k Crap Sacks
this year with an ultimate goal of 300k.
C9 7:10 Laura. Two years ago she promised BF she would return to her
massage therapy school. She did, 6 months into it she hated it.
Wants to return to community college and study surgical technician.
DL, "Find the nearest door. [He's] irrational and controlling. And
you know it."
C9 12:50 Makay & Scott. Married, a little over a year. 9 month old
son. Husband's father was abusive. Should they let his folks watch
the kid. DL, "Never." DL, "If Scott doesn't agree, you still don't
let it happen."
C10 0:25 DL. Talks about a case in Washington. Guy had an affair for
several years. Passed away. The GF had to give the wife back the
gifts and money. DL, "So much for this wonderful 20 year affair.
It's now gonna cost her for the rest of her life. If that's only in
one State we should make that a law in every State of the Union."
C11 0:30 DL. Her monthly column on World Net Daily is up. Entitled,
"America is Afraid".
C11 0:40 Lisa. On her second marriage. Still can't get over breaking
first husband's heart. Call bounces all over the place. From her
dysfunctional upbringing, first husband abusing her, playing golf with
#2, and watching the movie "Patton" to straighten her life out.
C12 1:00 Aaron (16). Having a problem choosing a career path. Bad
cell.
C12 2:10 Theresa. Would it be detrimental or beneficial for her to
move closer to the ex husband. He moved away for better employment.
Says husband was abusive. Laura says this isn't the kind of guy who
needs to be near the kids.
C12 4:05 Maria. Husband doesn't like it when her friends come to
visit and they speak Spanish. DL, "Why can't you be polite and
courteous to your husband." Mocking by Laura. Wonders why if he's in
the other room they have to speak English. DL, "It's called being
polite."
Otis
Author of "those half assed recaps"
Joy in Virginia
> Nov 11
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> C2 3:30 Jim. What is the quintessential element to a 25th wedding
> anniversary.
Una Esposa y un Esposo.
> C2 5:00 Melissa (25). All of her friends are either engaged or
> married with children. Says she's committed to work and school.
> Works as a traffic reporter. DL, "You're supposed to be dating if
> you're looking to be married." DL, "What's normal today is pretty
> skuzzy and disgusting. So, I wouldn't go by that."
Melissa necesita a un hombre.
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> C4 5:15 Gwen. A chaperone on a school trip helped out son with some
> money. Lots of talk about what she should do in return and why it
> makes her uncomfortable. DL, "Okay, then is this a dear Abby or ask
> Miss Manners call? Because, clearly I don't do that."
Es verdad. Es muy verdad.
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> C5 4:55 Julie. C, "Thank you for giving me the strength to be my
> baby's mom." Child is turning one. Wants to have a party both in
> Florida and Toronto. A sister is saying they shouldn't do two
> parties. Laura says the sister(s) are competitive with her.
La hermana es estúpida. DL es correcto.
snip
> C12 4:05 Maria. Husband doesn't like it when her friends come to
> visit and they speak Spanish. DL, "Why can't you be polite and
> courteous to your husband." Mocking by Laura. Wonders why if he's in
> the other room they have to speak English. DL, "It's called being
> polite."
El esposo de Maria debe aprender a hablar el español.
> Otis
> Author of "those half assed recaps"
Muchas gracias, Senor Otis! Aprecio las recapitulaciones tanto.
Joy en Virginia
mms...@nova.com
>Nov 11
>
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>
>C1 Monologue. Letter from Erin on her 3d grader's class assignment.
>Reads the letter, "Being Brave". Kid was in an orphanage and prayed
>to be adopted and come to America. DL, "This is for all the Leftists
>who think this is a horrible place. People all over the world are
>praying to come here. Guess they haven't been to some of our colleges
>and universities. If they had they'd know better."
No, Laura, they haven't been anywhere in America. (The kid in the orphanage
prayed to come to America because that's where his friend went. The kid
probably would have settled for France, or wherever else he could get a square
meal.)
When did America become such a vain, lying little hypocrite that she couldn't
bear a bit of constructive criticism from "the leftists"?
>
[snip]
>C3 0:20 Continues with Melissa. Her concerns or discomforts with men
>and marriage. DL, "I remember telling my husband, when we were
>dating, 'You get in between me and my career and you're toast.'" DL,
>".... I have so many degrees they're coming out of my ears."
>
Not surprisingly, it was all Melissa's mother's fault. Melissa's mother was a
lot like Yolanda -- lazy, shiftless, a real complainer.
>C4 5:15 Gwen. A chaperone on a school trip helped out son with some
>money. Lots of talk about what she should do in return and why it
>makes her uncomfortable. DL, "Okay, then is this a dear Abby or ask
>Miss Manners call? Because, clearly I don't do that."
I thought this call had more to do with ethics than a lot of her other calls.
What do you do if someone supplies money to your son? I think you pay him back,
even if he says, as this person did, to fuggedaboudid. (You offer payment
again, and have the money in hand when you do.) Or Gwen could send her son to
the person's house, to mow his lawn or clear his driveway.
>
>C5 Monologue. Book give away. "An Unlikely Conservative" by Chavez.
>DL, "No matter what we do in this life, if we're women, we still like
>the compliments [on our looks]."
Laura has found a soulmate in Linda Chavez, whose book bills her as "The Most
Hated Hispanic In America." (Yes, that seems ridiculous, but remember there
aren't many candidates in the running for the title. And Ms. Chavez worked hard
for it.)
[snip]
>C6 0:40 Vince. 7 year old son. Attends Catholic church. Does the
>son continue going even though the caller has faded from the Catholic
>belief. DL, "God and I have had arm wrestles, umm, daily." DL, "You
>will damage your boy out of your anger." DL, "You're having God
>problems. Don't burden your boy with them." He's upset because wife
>died of a horrible disease. DL, "You never noticed the holocaust?"
>
Either this call -- in which Laura restores Vince's faith in God -- was phony,
or Vince's religious understanding is on a par with his son's. Vince whined
that a maniac killed the victims of the Holocaust, whereas God made his wife
suffer. Laura explained, and Vince chimed in, that we mere mortals cannot
understand God's mysterious purposes. Whew -- another crisis of faith averted,
and the existence of a loving deity affirmed.
Vince is a Roman Catholic. He should know that his wife should have offered her
suffering up to God. See, everything has a purpose! The chief reason for the
popularity of Mother Teresa in the First World was her discovery of a use for
the poor: their suffering is beautiful, and the rest of us are improved by the
example of their patient acceptance of their misery. Vince is clearly miffed
that God should have so forgotten Himself as to employ Vince's wife in His
obscure plan for the universe.
>C7 0:20 Francis. Something about putting a relative in need in front
>of her family. Some 15 year old relative is living in her home.
>Where does the girl go.
>DL, "Your first responsibility is to your family."
I believe the 15-year-old at issue was the caller's sister. Lil' Sis must be
thrown overboard to preseve the sanctity of the caller's home.
>
>C, "My family has always been first and she is part of my family."
>DL, "No, I mean your husband and your children. When I say family, I
>mean the one you created by marriage and procreation, or adoption."
Laura can't imagine sisters being close -- especially where there's a big age
difference between the older sister and the younger, prettier sister with the
bigger boobs.
>
>C7 3:20 Barry. Says he has issues with his mother. At what age or
>point in your life... DL, "There's no verbiage to get to that." DL,
>"Oh. I'm getting very confused." DL, "I'm gonna put you on hold so
>you can talk to Michelle 'cause I'm a little confused here about how
>you're not the product of an affair yet you look like .... "
This was a rollicking train wreck. Once again, Laura was so intent on slamming
a woman that she invented an affair for Barry's mother. Barry made himself
perfectly clear: he thinks his mother dislikes him because he resembles her
first husband (AKA Barry's father, the man she was married to at the time of
Barry's birth, the man whom she has since divorced, the husband she had before
the husband she had now).
>
[snip]
>
>C8 6:50 Karen. Marriage of 13 years is in trouble. He's been caught
>in a series of lies recently. He was traveling on business and
>frequented the ballet a few times.
Maybe he was called to the barre.
>Ran up a $1,600 tab.
"Another round, barrekeep!"
>
>C, "For buying drinks for the girls."
>DL, "You don't believe that for a minute do you?"
>
>Should she have him take a lie detector test. DL, "That's silly."
Laura is a real woman of the world. She doesn't swallow those wild rumors of
places where bar girls come on to men and order champagne, and when a man is
ready to leave with his new friend and get a room, she disappears and he's
presented with a bill. Laura knows from personal experience that whores work
hard for the money.
>
>C9 Monologue. Says she is the proud owner of a clean closet. Looking
>forward to the radio a thon. Says she set a goal of 60k Crap Sacks
>this year with an ultimate goal of 300k.
And any time Laura wants to kick in with her own money, she can reach her
"ultimate goal." In the meantime, we can all be inspired by the thought of
those children without a blankie to cover their nakedness. By working
tirelessly to deny the undeserving such luxuries as health care, a living wage,
decent housing, adequate schools, even sufficient food, we can ensure a steady
supply of children whose only worldly possessions are contained in Crap Sacks.
God must love crying children, He made so many of them.
>
>C9 7:10 Laura. Two years ago she promised BF she would return to her
>massage therapy school. She did, 6 months into it she hated it.
>Wants to return to community college and study surgical technician.
>DL, "Find the nearest door. [He's] irrational and controlling. And
>you know it."
One for Laura.
>
>C9 12:50 Makay & Scott. Married, a little over a year. 9 month old
>son. Husband's father was abusive. Should they let his folks watch
>the kid. DL, "Never." DL, "If Scott doesn't agree, you still don't
>let it happen."
Two for Laura. (She didn't even ask how hard Scott's father hit Scott.)
>
>C10 0:25 DL. Talks about a case in Washington. Guy had an affair for
>several years. Passed away. The GF had to give the wife back the
>gifts and money. DL, "So much for this wonderful 20 year affair.
>It's now gonna cost her for the rest of her life. If that's only in
>one State we should make that a law in every State of the Union."
The girlfriend must have had the biggest idiot in the world for a lawyer. What
are the chances that the wronged wife is going to pay a claim filed by her
deceased husband's lover? What are the chances that the wife had no idea how
hubby was spending his money over the course of 20 years?
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/us/DailyNews/mistress021109.html
Laura seems keenly aware of the concept of "community property." She's not an
attorney, but she knows that the spouse with the failed career has a claim to
the wealth that the other spouse amassed through her (or his! or his!) hard
work. I wonder why that is? Were there many community property stories on "Law
and Order"?
[snip]
>
>C12 4:05 Maria. Husband doesn't like it when her friends come to
>visit and they speak Spanish. DL, "Why can't you be polite and
>courteous to your husband." Mocking by Laura. Wonders why if he's in
>the other room they have to speak English. DL, "It's called being
>polite."
>
Maria should tell her friends, "Aqui no se habla espanol." Yeah, that's "polite
and courteous."
Maria stands up for herself. Laura says that English is the language of the
United States of America. Doesn't Maria know that people all over the world are
praying to come to the English-only paradise?
M is for Malapert
"Otis" <Oti...@rocketmail.com> wrote in message
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> Nov 11
> C2 3:30 Jim. What is the quintessential element to a 25th wedding
> anniversary.
Making sure your wife is still around.
> C, "My family has always been first and she is part of my family."
> DL, "No, I mean your husband and your children. When I say family, I
> mean the one you created by marriage and procreation, or adoption."
This always kills me. Your husband and children are your only family. But
only until the kids are 18. Then they are no longer family to each other;
you have no more obligation to your adult siblings than to any random
stranger. Plus, of course, now we know that kids are "just visiting" in the
family for 18 years. Are parents and children still family once everyone's
an adult? That's never exactly clear. By the above logic it shouldn't be,
since "your husband and children...the family you created by marriage and
procreation" clearly excludes the caller's Mom and Dad. And will in future
exclude the caller and her husband from their children's family.
It's just so weird. I realize that this strange, distant, cold attitude
reflects Laura's own bizarre family experience, with its history of
dysfunction and alienation (Yolanda leaving Italy with the first American
who knocked her up, Morty not speaking to his family, Morty and Yolanda
divorced and estranged, both daughters estranged from both parents at
various times; both still not speaking to Yolanda as far as we know). But
that isn't what it's like for the vast majority of us, who do consider our
parents and brothers and sisters and nieces and nephews and cousins part of
our own families.
cmartin
Oti...@rocketmail.com says...
>
muchas gracias, Otis.
>
>C1 Monologue. Letter from Erin on her 3d grader's class assignment.
>Reads the letter, "Being Brave". Kid was in an orphanage and prayed
>to be adopted and come to America. DL, "This is for all the Leftists
>who think this is a horrible place. People all over the world are
>praying to come here. Guess they haven't been to some of our colleges
>and universities. If they had they'd know better."
Yeah, this was a real tear-jerker. I bet it really took the mickey out of those
liberals.
>
>C2 5:00 Melissa (25). All of her friends are either engaged or
>married with children. Says she's committed to work and school.
>Works as a traffic reporter. DL, "You're supposed to be dating if
>you're looking to be married." DL, "What's normal today is pretty
>skuzzy and disgusting. So, I wouldn't go by that."
She didn't advise Melissa to go out with other single girls to the bars and
clubs that married gals can't frequent?
>
>C3 0:20 Continues with Melissa. Her concerns or discomforts with men
>and marriage. DL, "I remember telling my husband, when we were
>dating, 'You get in between me and my career and you're toast.'" DL,
>".... I have so many degrees they're coming out of my ears."
Oh, my Lord. How telling. And remember all the other women she's told firmly to
sit on their degrees in order to allow for lots of snuggle space for their
husbands and kids? Physician-pretender, heal thyself.
>C4 5:15 Gwen. A chaperone on a school trip helped out son with some
>money. Lots of talk about what she should do in return and why it
>makes her uncomfortable. DL, "Okay, then is this a dear Abby or ask
>Miss Manners call? Because, clearly I don't do that."
"Unless I feeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeel like it."
>C7 0:20 Francis. Something about putting a relative in need in front
>of her family. Some 15 year old relative is living in her home.
>Where does the girl go.
>DL, "Your first responsibility is to your family."
"You get between me and my career and you're toast."
>
>C7 3:20 Barry. Says he has issues with his mother. At what age or
>point in your life... DL, "There's no verbiage to get to that." DL,
>"Oh. I'm getting very confused." DL, "I'm gonna put you on hold so
>you can talk to Michelle 'cause I'm a little confused here about how
>you're not the product of an affair yet you look like .... "
Darn. How does she do that? Does she peek through those little holes in the
earpiece? How can she tell which side of the family Barry resembles?
>C8 0:25 Michelle. 8 month old daughter, 19 month old son. Some
>family problems. Mom makes things difficult for her or something.
>Missed the rest of this one. DL, "The Canadian's have already had
>their Thanksgiving? They've already been turkeyized?
Nobody knows how to zero in on the true meaning of a holiday like PhDL.
How lucky is
>that? See now, if you're an American and you marry a Canadian, do you
>do two Thanksgivings? That would work for me."
>
>C9 Monologue. Says she is the proud owner of a clean closet.
She sanitized all those skeletons in there?
Rob
>>
>>C7 3:20 Barry. Says he has issues with his mother. At what age or
>>point in your life... DL, "There's no verbiage to get to that." DL,
>>"Oh. I'm getting very confused." DL, "I'm gonna put you on hold so
>>you can talk to Michelle 'cause I'm a little confused here about how
>>you're not the product of an affair yet you look like .... "
>
>This was a rollicking train wreck. Once again, Laura was so intent on slamming
>a woman that she invented an affair for Barry's mother. Barry made himself
>perfectly clear: he thinks his mother dislikes him because he resembles her
>first husband (AKA Barry's father, the man she was married to at the time of
>Barry's birth, the man whom she has since divorced, the husband she had before
>the husband she had now).
>>
"Golly. Too many facts. Don't do that! We don't want facts. They get
in the way of what I was going to say."
>[snip]
>>
>>C8 6:50 Karen. Marriage of 13 years is in trouble. He's been caught
>>in a series of lies recently. He was traveling on business and
>>frequented the ballet a few times.
>
>Maybe he was called to the barre.
>
LOL
>>Ran up a $1,600 tab.
>
>"Another round, barrekeep!"
LOL again. Way to maintain a metaphor.
Cleo
>son continue going even though the caller has faded from the Catholic
>belief. DL, "God and I have had arm wrestles, umm, daily." DL, "You
>will damage your boy out of your anger." DL, "You're having God
>problems. Don't burden your boy with them." He's upset because wife
>died of a horrible disease. DL, "You never noticed the holocaust?"
I think this hints at one of the reasons Judaism appealed to her. It
allowed her to be more "put upon" (dare I say "victimized?") than
anyone else. "You call that religious persecution? That's nothing
compared to what they did to MY people."
Cleo