Ron And Fez Listening Thread ELEVEN-ELEVEN-ELEVEN

[Furtherman]

THIS DAY GOES TO 11.

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ALSO...

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Why don't we lend a hand to lil Stanley Mac this morning (http://stanleymcdonaldfund.squarespace.com/)

Pick yourself up a Davey Mac t-shirt (http://www.cafepress.com/robotartist)

Wanna meet up for the hoildays? (http://www.ronfez.net/forums/showthread.php?t=91246)

And by the way, what is a Ron and Fez? (http://www.ronfez.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=4)

1 866 RON 0 FEZ

http://www.theinterrobang.com/

http://tinychat.com/spynetwork

[A.J.]

For that little bit extra.

[disneyspy]

mornin buddays

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[disneyspy]

http://www.motifake.com/image/demotivational-poster/0810/us-army-demotivational-poster-1223210272.jpg

[realmenhatelife]

mornin buddays

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Which branch of the military has a uniform that shows more cleav?

Top or bottom, I'm not picky.

[disneyspy]

http://image.shutterstock.com/display_pic_with_logo/1064/1064,1257441270,2/stock-photo-sexy-female-soldier-40297039.jpg

[disneyspy]

Which branch of the military has a uniform that shows more cleav?

Top or bottom, I'm not picky.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-S50jfi6RDQo/TkwerIZk9xI/AAAAAAAAELg/gIJsDKjbn5c/s1600/godbless4.jpg

[realmenhatelife]

I got 30 points out of my RB last night, not a bad way to start the fantasy week.




This was gonna be your song of the day.

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[disneyspy]

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[disneyspy]

I got 30 points out of my RB last night, not a bad way to start the fantasy week.




This was gonna be your song of the day.

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damn, i only got 5 out of antonio gates,i'm in for a dogfight

[disneyspy]

todays drop will be
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and song

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[realmenhatelife]

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Check out how cute the girl from Mixtapes is, you can almost see up her shorts. Must've been hot that day.

[Furtherman]

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[LeedsJr]

Sam, E-rock, and Roland are radio gold.

[bobsnin]

Buddys!

[sailor]

Don't forget about the unity party tonight at gossip bar.

[Misteriosa]

unity party? :unsure:

[disneyspy]

gossip bar? razzle dazzle!

[Misteriosa]

HA! hicks is going "upstate" to empire city :lol:

[sailor]

unity party? :unsure:

Aka ESD birthday party.

[Misteriosa]

heh heh but i like "one" :o

[sailor]

You have to go above at least White Plains for upstate (like Tarrytown or Elmsford at the absolute minimum).

[disneyspy]

You have to go above at least White Plains for upstate.

bullshit,you have to go across the big mac

[realmenhatelife]

The 'best eagle picture ever' thats on facebook, the eagle perched on headstones in arlington, is the fakest thing I've ever seen.

[Misteriosa]

did they ever post the answers for the 5EP?

[disneyspy]

did they ever post the answers for the 5EP?

i dont know,the ibang is down :lol: :lol:

[realmenhatelife]

"I am now goddamn chocolate black" - Pepper Hicks, 11/11/11

Holy shit, go look, Hicks as a Nation of Islam member just made me laugh out loud.

[disneyspy]

they musta got more server juice,got on this time

[Misteriosa]

The 'best eagle picture ever' thats on facebook, the eagle perched on headstones in arlington, is the fakest thing I've ever seen.

the only way it could be more fake is if they found the eagle the next day in a tub of ice with its kidney missing...

[sailor]

bullshit,you have to go across the big mac

This some local yooper joke no one is going to get?

[Rhah]

I got 30 points out of my RB last night, not a bad way to start the fantasy week.




This was gonna be your song of the day.

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Screw you!!! I am going to lose another one because Michael Bush? GMAFB.

Ok, I am not that mad its just a dumb game :clap:

[Misteriosa]

they musta got more server juice,got on this time

they got biffles slammed

[disneyspy]

Day 2 ended and we have a winner for Round 2 of the game! Congratulations to Justin! He was the first to correctly guess Warren Zevon, Detox Mansion; Portishead Wandering Star; Rancid, Ruby Soho; Tom Waits, I Don’t Want to Grow Up and Moby, Porcelain. More games Coming Soon!

[Misteriosa]

This some local yooper joke no one is going to get?

it's not that no one gets it. it's that no one gives a fuck about the mackinac bridge... :smoke:

[realmenhatelife]

did they ever post the answers for the 5EP?

Warren Zevon, Detox Mansion; Portishead Wandering Star; Rancid, Ruby Soho; Tom Waits, I Don’t Want to Grow Up and Moby, Porcelain. More games Coming Soon

[LeedsJr]

it's not that no one gets it. it's that no one gives a fuck about the mackinac bridge... :smoke:

That's a bridge into Canada, right?

[Misteriosa]

Warren Zevon, Detox Mansion; Portishead Wandering Star; Rancid, Ruby Soho; Tom Waits, I Don’t Want to Grow Up and Moby, Porcelain. More games Coming Soon

thanks RMHL. i was hoping someone would post it. :lol:

[disneyspy]

This some local yooper joke no one is going to get?

theres some lurker up on the lake superior shore laughing his ass off right now

[sailor]

it's not that no one gets it. it's that no one gives a fuck about the mackinac bridge... :smoke:

That the one that collapsed? If not, why WOULD anyone care?

[realmenhatelife]

the only way it could be more fake is if they found the eagle the next day in a tub of ice with its kidney missing...

They would shoot a bald eagle flying around DC.

[disneyspy]

thanks RMHL. i was hoping someone would post it. :lol:

dont you dare underdog me!

[Misteriosa]

They would shoot a bald eagle flying around DC.

no they wouldnt. someone would catch it and take home so their pythons and ferrets could have company in the apartment

[disneyspy]

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[Misteriosa]

:wacko:

[realmenhatelife]

Wow, Ian MacKaye delivered the opening monologue at the new UCB theater space.

[Misteriosa]

this time change is messing with me :down: im hungry and its not even 12 yet.

[disneyspy]

this time change is messing with me :down: im hungry and its not even 12 yet.

ya its the time change

mx is on the RBIs page
Mx Justin Vivian Bond: Backwards and in High Heels

[LeedsJr]

It is NOT Christmas time. It is the middle of freaking November.

[disneyspy]

holy shit i just found opies phone number,i wont be a dick and post it but i will inform him his number is out there,did this come up on the show?

[realmenhatelife]

I dont know how helpful the cheesesteak section of how to do philly the right way is. Says skip jims, which is a decent place, sends people to bryn mawr. It isn't do 'outside of philly' the right way, and you aren't going to do anything else out there except maybe drive around and look at big houses. No mention of Tony Lucs, who also has good pork.

[Misteriosa]

that dude is totally reading that spanish :lol:

and i feel like getting a pepper and onions pizza

[disneyspy]

this guy is against capital punishment,unless its a jew

[Furtherman]

I love Werner Herzog and his movies. He puts so much of himself into is documentaries that sometimes you're just watching the musings of a hilarious maniac. He covers all kinds of subjects that you'll never know what you're going to get.

[realmenhatelife]

I would like to see this.

[LeedsJr]

Just listening to this, I have no problem saying these two assholes deserved to die.
Too bad they only executed one of them.

[realmenhatelife]

The Philly Neutral Milk Hotel show sold out in 35 seconds with no indication that scalpers or secondary ticket sellers were able to corner the market.

[underdog]

The Philly Neutral Milk Hotel show sold out in 35 seconds with no indication that scalpers or secondary ticket sellers were able to corner the market.

Damn it. Forgot about that.

[realmenhatelife]

Damn it. Forgot about that.

R5 says they're attempting to add a second show. I think he added other dates up NYC way, maybe you can get one of those.

[underdog]

R5 says they're attempting to add a second show. I think he added other dates up NYC way, maybe you can get one of those.

I can't even find his show on ticketmaster for NYC, but I'll just assume it sold out 45 minutes ago.

[Misteriosa]

i know my coworker totally wants the death penalty for her son's murderer. i know ive mentioned her before and how the arresting officer was dirty. they have the man on tape killing the her son. the guy will get out when he's 50. My coworker so upset about it. The part that pisses her off the most: her son's murderer will still have a chance to live some kind of life after he does his 22 years.

[realmenhatelife]

The victim doesn't get to decide the punishment, if it did you open yourself up to the influence of the victims resulting in different sentances. A rich racist could send a black guy who committed a less severe crime away for an inordinate amount of time.

[disneyspy]

ive lost my phone ,stupid things are just so damn small,someone call me please

[Misteriosa]

ring ring ring.. start looking! (assuming your number is the same... )

[realmenhatelife]

Someone sext Spy so he can find his phone.

[Misteriosa]

the phone! the phone is ringing! the phone! we'll be right there!

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[disneyspy]

ring ring ring.. start looking! (assuming your number is the same... )

thanks still didnt find it,i puppy trained yesterday and i bet the older dog took it out of my jacket pocket

[Misteriosa]

left you a message... :smoke: deeeeeeek!

[Misteriosa]

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[disneyspy]

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the older dog is in trouble,i trained him a few years ago and i left my dog treats in my pocket,he got to them when i put my jacket on the chair,theif!

[realmenhatelife]

100% against the death penalty incase you couldn't tell.




Ron is sly in the way he frames discussions so that he's never at a disadvantage. If he doesn't know something he makes a joke, he starts a discussion about a documentary only he has seen, and when HTG starts taking up hypotheticals to drive the conversation he calls her out on it to keep her on her heels, even though its how he drives the conversation on the show everyday.

[realmenhatelife]

It's wierd the show has gone here, talking about ideology being tested in extreme circumstances like this death penalty case. I just wrote an email to the show this morning about how the Joe Paterno case is essentially the same thing as Brett Ratner getting fired from the Oscars for saying fag, but I see the same people having opposite reactions to each, showing that our ideology about personal freedom is more subjective that we want to admit.

[Misteriosa]

i hear this "needle in a haystack" song every. single. day. :wallbash:

[disneyspy]

i hear this "needle in a haystack" song every. single. day. :wallbash:

tssss you should get a bigger MP3 or sumpthin tsssss sssssss

[Misteriosa]

tssss you should get a bigger MP3 or sumpthin tsssss sssssss

tell that to my AOL radio using coworker :thumbdown: she's played that damned motown channel all fucking day for the last three years.

[disneyspy]

BO built the michigan program from nothing? who is this stupid dork?

[Warren Peace]

Bear Bryant and Joe Paterno's last wins were against:

Illinois :furious:

[Pitdoc]

It's wierd the show has gone here, talking about ideology being tested in extreme circumstances like this death penalty case. I just wrote an email to the show this morning about how the Joe Paterno case is essentially the same thing as Brett Ratner getting fired from the Oscars for saying fag, but I see the same people having opposite reactions to each, showing that our ideology about personal freedom is more subjective that we want to admit.

Yeah, except for that small difference that Rattner caught shit for using an offensive word, and Paterno caught shit for COVERING UP CHILD ANAL RAPE

[sailor]

It's wierd the show has gone here, talking about ideology being tested in extreme circumstances like this death penalty case. I just wrote an email to the show this morning about how the Joe Paterno case is essentially the same thing as Brett Ratner getting fired from the Oscars for saying fag, but I see the same people having opposite reactions to each, showing that our ideology about personal freedom is more subjective that we want to admit.

Not reporting a crime is hardly expressing personal freedom.

Or, what pitdoc said.

[disneyspy]

Not reporting a crime is hardly expressing personal freedom.

i'm reporting this post as a crime against my senses

[sailor]

i'm reporting this post as a crime against my senses

I was in a meeting, what was that twitter stuff?

[realmenhatelife]

Yeah, except for that small difference that Rattner caught shit for using an offensive word, and Paterno caught shit for COVERING UP CHILD ANAL RAPE

Not reporting a crime is hardly expressing personal freedom.

Or, what pitdoc said.

here's my point:


Today I realized that there is no ideological difference between the firing of Joe Paterno and the firing of Brett Ratner (or ire over Tracy Morgan, Don Imus, Michael Richards etc) but people are having massively different reactions to it.

Paterno did what was legally required of him and what he felt was dictated by his job description, he isn't the PSU spokesman for legal matters and I'm sure they would never choose him to be the direct contact with a police investigation. A guy like Tracy Morgan did nothing illegal in his stand up and he felt he was fulfilling his job description as comedian.

I always understood that the argument on why it's dangerous to attack people over unpopular speech is the ideological championing of personal freedom. We may morally object to Paterno's perceived lack of action (I think the story is outpacing the facts right now) but he did everything demanded of him by law, and the fallout comes from the gap between what is popularly expected of him. What good is an ideology when it fails in the most extreme cases? I'm not naive, I know the damage of words does not compare to the damage this can cause, but doesn't the failing of our sense of personal freedom when tested so extremely point out how subjective our attitudes are? When you admit that the attitude is subjective, when you're forced to see that there are scenarios where you will abandon the importance of personal freedom, can you act like there is such a thing as overreaction? It all just winds up being subjective, and what you're really saying is majority rules.

I hope I believe in free speech as an ideology. I've never yet met something I thought 'he shouldn't be allowed to say that.' But even saying 'he shouldn't be allowed to say that' is protected by free speech, and if you can convince a private institution to fire Brett Ratner for saying 'fag' I think that's a consequence you agree to in order to exercise your freedom. It seems like we are very willing to sacrifice the personal freedoms of others to protect our own, with no sense of irony.

[disneyspy]

I was in a meeting, what was that twitter stuff?

hit the little > on the right of the post to get the timeline

[sailor]

hit the little > on the right of the post to get the timeline

I did, but I don't know the ibang back story.

[sailor]

I think Bear was much bigger than Joe Pa is now. Joe's been a joke for what, decades now?

[disneyspy]

spider couldnt see the poll,told him it was in the good question section,he said the place wasnt organized well,i said mikeyboy better listen,he said so he could give it to you to run,i said HA! cuz of the bit i ran,it was funny to me and to me only for that reason

[sailor]

spider couldnt see the poll,told him it was in the good question section,he said the place wasnt organized well,i said mikeyboy better listen,he said so he could give it to you to run,i said HA! cuz of the bit i ran,it was funny to me and to me only for that reason

Ok, I got most of that. Damned confusing. Then I joked Mikey looks like the guy from Whitney.

[disneyspy]

Ok, I got most of that. Damned confusing. Then I joked Mikey looks like the guy from Whitney.

damn,i thought you meant whitney

[sailor]

damn,i thought you meant whitney

No, the actor Chris d'elia looks a lot like him.

[LeedsJr]

here's my point:


Today I realized that there is no ideological difference between the firing of Joe Paterno and the firing of Brett Ratner (or ire over Tracy Morgan, Don Imus, Michael Richards etc) but people are having massively different reactions to it.

Paterno did what was legally required of him and what he felt was dictated by his job description, he isn't the PSU spokesman for legal matters and I'm sure they would never choose him to be the direct contact with a police investigation. A guy like Tracy Morgan did nothing illegal in his stand up and he felt he was fulfilling his job description as comedian.

I always understood that the argument on why it's dangerous to attack people over unpopular speech is the ideological championing of personal freedom. We may morally object to Paterno's perceived lack of action (I think the story is outpacing the facts right now) but he did everything demanded of him by law, and the fallout comes from the gap between what is popularly expected of him. What good is an ideology when it fails in the most extreme cases? I'm not naive, I know the damage of words does not compare to the damage this can cause, but doesn't the failing of our sense of personal freedom when tested so extremely point out how subjective our attitudes are? When you admit that the attitude is subjective, when you're forced to see that there are scenarios where you will abandon the importance of personal freedom, can you act like there is such a thing as overreaction? It all just winds up being subjective, and what you're really saying is majority rules.

I hope I believe in free speech as an ideology. I've never yet met something I thought 'he shouldn't be allowed to say that.' But even saying 'he shouldn't be allowed to say that' is protected by free speech, and if you can convince a private institution to fire Brett Ratner for saying 'fag' I think that's a consequence you agree to in order to exercise your freedom. It seems like we are very willing to sacrifice the personal freedoms of others to protect our own, with no sense of irony.

These arguments sound ridiculous when the subject is children being brutalized.

[sailor]

It's funny, Ron was saying like a week ago he didn't give a fuck about graduation rates.

[sailor]

Is Ron talking about footage of the surfing? It was on CNN two days ago. .

[disneyspy]

mcqueery saw the assult,he shouldve reported it to the police back in 02 and yet he still has a job with penn state,thats the 2nd most fucked up thing about the timeline and the story,the rape being the 1st

[disneyspy]

Is Ron talking about footage of the surfing? It was on CNN two days ago.

i put it in the listening thread 2 days ago

[Misteriosa]

today was a heavy radio day :o

hope the weekend is great for you all. :bye:

[disneyspy]

alright buddays,have a good weekend

C'YA!!

[sailor]

today was a heavy radio day :o

is that code for periods?

[realmenhatelife]

These arguments sound ridiculous when the subject is children being brutalized.

I'm against children being brutalized, I'm not against Joe Paterno being fired, I agree there is a moral lapse in the behavior exhibited here and a moral difference between the two scenerio's I talk about, but not a legal or ideological difference between them. The big difference ideologically is that more people find what Joepa did repugnant than what Brett Ratner did, and the subjectivity of that is the big 'ah ha' moment for me.

[sailor]

I'm against children being brutalized, I'm not against Joe Paterno being fired, I agree there is a moral lapse in the behavior exhibited here and a moral difference between the two scenerio's I talk about, but not a legal or ideological difference between them. The big difference ideologically is that more people find what Joepa did repugnant than what Brett Ratner did, and the subjectivity of that is the big 'ah ha' moment for me.

I think there is a legal difference between the two.

[realmenhatelife]

I think there is a legal difference between the two.

What I meant was neither man's action was illegal. Joe Pa just had to tell his superior which he did, and it isn't illegal to say 'fag.' I do recognize that child abuse is illegal.

[Pitdoc]

here's my point:


Today I realized that there is no ideological difference between the firing of Joe Paterno and the firing of Brett Ratner (or ire over Tracy Morgan, Don Imus, Michael Richards etc) but people are having massively different reactions to it.

Paterno did what was legally required of him and what he felt was dictated by his job description, he isn't the PSU spokesman for legal matters and I'm sure they would never choose him to be the direct contact with a police investigation. A guy like Tracy Morgan did nothing illegal in his stand up and he felt he was fulfilling his job description as comedian.

I always understood that the argument on why it's dangerous to attack people over unpopular speech is the ideological championing of personal freedom. We may morally object to Paterno's perceived lack of action (I think the story is outpacing the facts right now) but he did everything demanded of him by law, and the fallout comes from the gap between what is popularly expected of him. What good is an ideology when it fails in the most extreme cases? I'm not naive, I know the damage of words does not compare to the damage this can cause, but doesn't the failing of our sense of personal freedom when tested so extremely point out how subjective our attitudes are? When you admit that the attitude is subjective, when you're forced to see that there are scenarios where you will abandon the importance of personal freedom, can you act like there is such a thing as overreaction? It all just winds up being subjective, and what you're really saying is majority rules.

I hope I believe in free speech as an ideology. I've never yet met something I thought 'he shouldn't be allowed to say that.' But even saying 'he shouldn't be allowed to say that' is protected by free speech, and if you can convince a private institution to fire Brett Ratner for saying 'fag' I think that's a consequence you agree to in order to exercise your freedom. It seems like we are very willing to sacrifice the personal freedoms of others to protect our own, with no sense of irony.

I think ALL of the "offending word" brouhahas ( Rattner, Morgan,Imus, etc) to be bullshit, as the first amendment gives you the right to offend.Unfortunately, the special interest groups slide around that by tarring people in the media , basically forcing those spineless corporations to fire or ostracize those people.
Still. the reason Paterno allowed a child rapist to walk around campus was
1. Because he was a 30 yr old friend
2. Joe Paterno thinks he can do whatever the fuck he wants at Penn State . His press conference saying "I'll retire at the end of the year " confirmed that . Unfortunately for Joe, NOBODY else can let child rape slide .If it was a cheating scandal , or payola, he would have been allowed to retire at year's end . If he had come out on Wed and said, "I was wrong to not do more;I'm resigning", he might have possibly saved his legend .Not now

[sailor]

What I meant was neither man's action was illegal. Joe Pa just had to tell his superior which he did, and it isn't illegal to say 'fag.' I do recognize that child abuse is illegal.

I understand that. Paterno's own actions may have been illegal. The rules of the company you work for do not supersede the laws of the land.

[realmenhatelife]

I understand that. Paterno's own actions may have been illegal. The rules of the company you work for do not supersede the laws of the land.

I'm going off of what I heard on NPR, that legally Paterno is only compelled to report it internally. If anyone was legally liable I'd think it was the grad assistant, who was the actual witness. Paterno only heard a report, plus he testified in front of a grand jury about it already, I'm sure his lawyers would've had him pleading the 5th if not going to the police in his position was criminal.

Further, John Corbett made a statement that Paterno's actions were a moral shortcoming, but made no mention of legality either.

[realmenhatelife]

I think ALL of the "offending word" brouhahas ( Rattner, Morgan,Imus, etc) to be bullshit, as the first amendment gives you the right to offend.Unfortunately, the special interest groups slide around that by tarring people in the media , basically forcing those spineless corporations to fire or ostracize those people.
Still. the reason Paterno allowed a child rapist to walk around campus was
1. Because he was a 30 yr old friend
2. Joe Paterno thinks he can do whatever the fuck he wants at Penn State . His press conference saying "I'll retire at the end of the year " confirmed that . Unfortunately for Joe, NOBODY else can let child rape slide .If it was a cheating scandal , or payola, he would have been allowed to retire at year's end . If he had come out on Wed and said, "I was wrong to not do more;I'm resigning", he might have possibly saved his legend .Not now

Again, I think everyone who did not go to the police was wrong here. But that wasn't my point and that's not what I'm arguing about. What I am saying ties more into what I bolded, you're not so offended by the Rattner thing that you think any kind of reaction is justified. But that's just your own taste, because the Paterno thing does disgust you and you think the action was appropriate. In doing that you say people aren't entitled to their own taste, they're just entitled to your taste. If it were some objective rule we were all following then if it violates the rule we know the person is wrong, if it doesn't violate the rule then we dont open our mouths. That's how the law works, Rattner doesn't break the law by saying 'fag', from what I understand Paterno doesn't break the law not going ot the police. That's objective, it works the same for everyone, you cant argue about it. But we're letting our moral laws come in here, and they're totally subjective. With a subjective law like this you can either allow for all possibilities or choose one perspective as superior, which lends itself to inequality.

Noone is trying to stop Rattner from saying 'fag' legally, but they are exercising their right to demonstrate by boycotting or protesting or whatever. And the businesses in the wake also have the freedom to stick with him or cut him to protect themselves financially. The reason why this isn't inequality is because everyone gets their say and then the market decides. But if someone is offended by Rattner saying fag and they want to protest but cant because the majority sensibility doesn't allow it, that's limiting one person's free speech to advance someone elses. That doesn't make any sense.