On Wednesday’s Radio Show…

• The chief economist to Vice President Biden, Jared Bernstein, explains what the Obama administration is doing to kick-start America’s economy.

• Dr. Phil McGraw of the hit Dr. Phil TV show sits down with Alan to discuss his recent visits with the octuplet mom.

• Could an asteroid wipe out the human race? Astronomer Ed Beshore tells Alan about this out-of-this-world threat.…

RI’s Senator Whitehouse Warns Against Blanket Immunity For BushCo

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island is cautioning against blanket immunity for former Bush officials.  He clearly believes enough malfeasance took place to  suggest that preventing prosecutions that “could and would and should move forward” is “a big mistake.”  Whitehouse appears to agree with Nancy Pelosi on this, but not so much Patrick Leahy.

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What Really Matters: We Almost Got Wiped Out

Stimulus shmimulus.  It’s all meaningless if the planet gets hit by an asteroid.  And that almost happened Monday when a 200 foot wide rock called 2009 DD45 (much like the one above) zoomed by about 40,000 miles from earth.  That’s just about twice as far away as many telecommunication satellites.

Experts are describing this as “a wafer-thin encounter” and is likely to return and be a future danger. And DD45 isn’t the only threat coming our way.

The fast detection and observation of 2009 DD45 is a major “trophy” for the Siding Spring Survey which is jointly operated by the …

Prop 8 Battle Heads to Court

On Thursday, the California Supreme Court will hear arguments over Proposition 8, the state’s ban on same-sex marriage.

Gay-marriage opponents claim that if the Court strikes down the ban, it will “overturn the will of the people.” But as California Attorney General (and former Governor) Jerry Brown points out, courts have already ruled that discrimination cannot be imposed by the “will of the people”:

In 1964, 65 percent of California voters approved Proposition 14, which would have legalized racial discrimination in the selling or renting of housing. Both the California and U.S. Supreme Courts struck down this …

Minefields To Avoid When Dating Meghan McCain

If you’re going out with Meghan McCain, don’t be a huge Obama fan; in fact, don’t be such a big John McCain fan, either.  Meghan says the election ruined her dating life.

“I am not only turned off by people who voted for Barack Obama, but I am also turned off by people that voted for my dad-or more so, obsessive supporters of my dad.”

As for the pick-up scene on Facebook, Meghan will look at the profile of someone who friends her to see how liberal he is, but also:

“When I find my father’s face staring back …

On Tuesday’s Radio Show…

• Former Nixon White House Counsel John Dean tells Alan why he believes the Bush anti-terror memos reveal that our 43rd president was an “unconstitutional dictator.”

• Do Republicans have a double-standard on earmarks? Alan exposes the real Party of Pork.

• Ever had “one too many”? Utah State Sen. John Valentine wants to make it illegal just to appear drunk. He’ll have a sobering discussion with Alan.

• Can survive the cut? It’s Sudden Death Radio!…

I Love It When Letterman Gets Political

h/t TV Newser

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Look Who Has Huge Earmarks

It’s not just some Democrats, as Republicans would have you believe, but Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (right, with co-porker Thad Cochran) who has more than $75 million worth of earmarks in the omnibus bill.  Some fine example he’s setting for those irresponsible, big-spending Democrats.

The earmarks McConnell asked for in the omnibus include $950,000 for the Western Kentucky University bikeway project, $427,000 for the Gunpowder Creek trail in Boone County and $1.6 million for the Forage Animal Production Research Laboratory in Lexington.

In total, McConnell has received 53 of the earmarks he requested, totaling $75.5 million, according to …

Steele Apologizes To Limbaugh. Unfortunately.

After referring to what Limbaugh does as “incendiary” and “ugly”, RNC Chair Michael Steele backed way off by apologizing to the talkmeister.

“My intent was not to go after Rush – I have enormous respect for Rush Limbaugh,” Steele said in a telephone interview. “I was maybe a little bit inarticulate. … There was no attempt on my part to diminish his voice or his leadership.”

Steele reached out to Limbaugh Monday afternoon after Limbaugh lambasted Steele on the radio.

Now, Steele tells Politico that Limbaugh is “a valuable conservative voice for our party.”

“I went back …

Obama Reveals Secret Bush Abuses

In an extraordinary move, on the heals of the revelation that the CIA destroyed almost 100 interrogation tapes,  the Obama administration revealed anti-terror memos that show to what lengths the Bush administration went to claim additional powers after 9/11.

The Justice Department released nine legal opinions showing that, following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the Bush administration determined that certain constitutional rights would not apply during the coming fight. Within two weeks, government lawyers were already discussing ways to wiretap U.S. conversations without warrants.

Attorney General Eric Holder set the stage by saying, “Too often over the …

On Monday’s Radio Show…

• Is Rush Limbaugh the de facto head of the GOP? Alan weighs in on the conservative host’s speech to CPAC.

• Are conservatives who want Obama to fail betraying their own country? We’ll debate it.

• A right-wing double-standard? Alan discusses the lack of outrage over John Bolton’s joke about nuking Chicago.…