June 9th, 2011 - Tom Ridge
EPISODE NUMBER: 7075 (June 9, 2011)
GUESTS: Tom Ridge
SEGMENTS: Shaquille O’Neal Retires | Mitt Romney Leads in Fox News Poll | The Word - The Business End | Andrew Breitbart Reveals Weiner Photo | Tom Ridge | Sign Off - Goodnight
SUIT REPORT: Black Suit | White Shirt| Black Tie with White and Green Stripes | Brown Shoes
VIDEOS: Thursday, June 9, 2011
Stephen started off the show with a nod to the NBA Finals. I’m a frustrated Cleveland sports fan, so you know who I’m rooting for (hint: it’s not the Heat). Shaq “played” for the Cleveland Cavaliers last year, too, before getting injured or something and sitting on the bench the entire season. I’m not bitter or anything, I’m just saying.
“Incidentally, since he made that announcement, Shaq’s free throw percentage has actually gone up.“
So, I guess Mitt Romney is running for president. I’ve been pretty underwhelmed by the Republican candidates so far, and Romney is the only one I think might have a chance against Obama. As long as the camera guys don’t keep getting distracted by clouds and women.
“Incidentally, since he made that announcement, Shaq’s free throw percentage has actually gone up.“
“The problem is, as a Mormon, Romney’s not allowed to have alcohol, caffeine, or charisma.“
And I would be impressed with all of Romney’s business experience if I didn’t now know that he’s likely to come in and close up shop on America.
“Mitt has the business experience to lead us out of the Obamacession, before it becomes a full-blown Obamapression, and we all end up jobamaless, living in the street … bama.
"Romney can just take Iowa, Idaho, and Ohio, and consolidate them into one vowel-rich state: Iohadawa."
The whole Weiner story is getting old, I feel like there’s not much more than can be said, and saying that journalish Andrew Breitbart kind of irritates me would be an understatement. Poor Stephen, not realizing he’s been on camera for nearly six years… I hope he doesn’t start to hold back on us now.
“How can I ever trust a DJ again? Is that even a real toilet they're flushing?“
And as for former PA governor Tom Ridge, I don’t know what to think about hydraulic fracturing. He’s a very convincing lobbyist, but for the past few months now I’ve been getting emails from trustworthy sources with subjects like “No More Fracking,” “Stop the Fracking,” and “Don’t Let Kasich Frack Up Ohio” (which I believe he’s already done). The flammable water is also very convincing.
“The gas companies did not have to reveal what the chemicals were that were being pumped into the ground. It's been reported that some are things like kerosene, benzine, urea, toluene. How many of those can I feed my toddler?“
What do you think, Hubsters?