# Yappidy yap yappidy yap. And God bless America **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 28, 2005, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yappidy-yap-yappidy-yap-and-god-bless-america/301591 "2005-04-28T19:26:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Wartime\_Consigliori](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9d8465/32.png) [@Wartime\_Consigliori](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wartime_Consigliori)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2005, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yappidy-yap-yappidy-yap-and-god-bless-america/301591/21 "2005-04-28T20:16:38Z")
> [@World Eater](#): > > All I know is he better not fuck with the Nets-Heat game. It’s on TNT though so I think I’m safe. Amen to that, Brother! I accept the fact that politicians are going to screw me over and lie to me. I can live with that, but… Do Not Screw With Me and My NBA!!! especially during the playoffs ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2005, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yappidy-yap-yappidy-yap-and-god-bless-america/301591/22 "2005-04-28T20:20:01Z")
Sometimes I say to my wife, “With what we spend renting DVDs every month, we could probably afford to get cable AND HBO.” Then I remember why that’s a bad idea. Thanks, **Liberal**! Daniel ---
**Author:** ![quietman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/958977/32.png) [@quietman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quietman)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2005, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yappidy-yap-yappidy-yap-and-god-bless-america/301591/23 "2005-04-28T20:26:01Z")
Liberal, just make sure you don’t unplug your TV set. You wouldn’t want Jeb Bush to slap you with an Injunction… ---
**Author:** ![The\_King\_of\_Soup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a87d85/32.png) [@The\_King\_of\_Soup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_King_of_Soup)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2005, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yappidy-yap-yappidy-yap-and-god-bless-america/301591/24 "2005-04-28T20:40:32Z")
Just for the sake of consistency I think the rules should be the same for televised addresses as for Bush’s public appearances. They should be made available only to Republicans in good standing who already agree with the president. On pay-per-view, say. And **Eve** , for some reason I misread your casting choice for DeLay as Gary _Coleman_. Which, off-Broadway, it probably _would_ be, unless the part went to a Muppet. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2005, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yappidy-yap-yappidy-yap-and-god-bless-america/301591/25 "2005-04-28T20:41:05Z")
Unplug the TV. Don’t make it suffer any more. 😃 As for me, I have a DVD player and a whole boxed set of Monty Python to watch. Overall, it will have more relevance and more intelligent discourse than anything Fearless Leader has to say. ---
**Author:** ![Bruce\_Daddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Bruce\_Daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruce_Daddy)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2005, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yappidy-yap-yappidy-yap-and-god-bless-america/301591/26 "2005-04-28T20:54:29Z")
Who doesn’t have cable news networks? Is this for the last 20 people who do have a tv but only have rabbit ears? /not a GWB hater, don’t care what he has to say, either. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2005, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yappidy-yap-yappidy-yap-and-god-bless-america/301591/27 "2005-04-28T21:08:00Z")
At first I was pretty upset about this too. Then I realized that I live on the West Coast so the speech will be on at 5:30 here. Then I didn’t care. Haj ---
**Author:** ![PinkMarabou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ec9cab/32.png) [@PinkMarabou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PinkMarabou)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2005, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yappidy-yap-yappidy-yap-and-god-bless-america/301591/28 "2005-04-28T21:57:55Z")
> [@The King of Soup](#): > > Just for the sake of consistency I think the rules should be the same for televised addresses as for Bush’s public appearances. They should be made available only to Republicans in good standing who already agree with the president. On pay-per-view, say. ::clap, clap, clap:: Perfect! So, didn’t the recent polls suggest the majority of Americans don’t want him to do the private account thingy anyways? Why does he keep trying to sell this to us? I’m sure he’s just doing this because his poll numbers are sinking. After along day in the office, the last thing I want to see is ol’ chimpy blubbering over kindergarten-level english twisting our arms into something we have said no to a thousand times. I guess I’ll throw back a couple beers before the big event, numb the pain and embarassment a little. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2005, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yappidy-yap-yappidy-yap-and-god-bless-america/301591/29 "2005-04-28T22:31:39Z")
Ah, Americans! We’re so self-centred and pleasure-oriented that we get all bent out of shape if we miss a bloody TV programme! No time to follow National Events! _Certainly_ no time to care about them! We want our bread and circuses! We want to suckle on the Glass Teat! Aiyiyi. No wonder the rest of the world thinks we’re shallow! :smack: [sub]Of course, I would **much** rather watch _Survivor_ than watch Monkey Boy trying to speak. I’d be pissed of too, if the _one_ show that I make it a point to watch were pre-empted by something as trivial – and it _is_ trivial, National Policy notwithstanding; it doesn’t _need_ to be in Prime Time – as what Ook-Ook is going to talk about. If the news is earthshattering, by all menas, pre-empt! If it’s something that can be encapsulated on CNN, then do it there.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2005, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yappidy-yap-yappidy-yap-and-god-bless-america/301591/30 "2005-04-28T23:06:42Z")
> [@PinkMarabou](#): > > So, didn’t the recent polls suggest the majority of Americans don’t want him to do the private account thingy anyways? Why does he keep trying to sell this to us? I’m sure he’s just doing this because his poll numbers are sinking. Yes, but he’s been selling this to “town hall meetings” packed with Bush supporters and strap-hangers. They all do the bobble-head thing whilst sucking his dick and he thinks he has a fucking mandate, even though his numbers are tanking and most people want him to leave it the fuck alone. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2005, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yappidy-yap-yappidy-yap-and-god-bless-america/301591/31 "2005-04-28T23:40:45Z")
If only we had all stuck together and voted him off the island… ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2005, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yappidy-yap-yappidy-yap-and-god-bless-america/301591/32 "2005-04-28T23:54:50Z")
After three of the four networks said they were going to blow off the infomercial and run their normal schedule, the White House has now [changed the time](http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/entertainment/11515352.htm) of Chimpy’s speech from 8:30 to 8:00 EDT. Now they all say they’re going to cover it. It houldn’t screw with The Apprentice but I guess that means Survivor will get knocked back an hour. I still think it’s disgraceful that networks are covering this at all. It isn’t news, it’s just a partisan pitch for the GOP agenda. ---
**Author:** ![NotWithoutRage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/22d042/32.png) [@NotWithoutRage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NotWithoutRage)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2005, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yappidy-yap-yappidy-yap-and-god-bless-america/301591/33 "2005-04-29T00:01:42Z")
> [@Liberal](#): > > Because it’s for a stupid speech, the content of which will be absolutely ZERO, the consequence of which will be absolutely NOTHING, the point of which is absolutely MISSING. You interrupt prime time because war has broken out. You interrupt prime time because aliens have landed. You interrupt prime time because the Republic is about to fail. You do not interrupt prime time to rehash fifty-year-old bullshit about funny-money trusts that don’t exist and make it sound like you have a plan that will succeed where the forty thousand plans before it failed. Meanwhile, these are important nights for Survivor and Apprentice. > > I defended the guy when he sat in the school room for five minutes. I defended him when he said nookyoolar. But this is just fucked up. ::standing ovation:: I have the whole goddamn thing on mute, and my mp3 player pumped up. ---
**Author:** ![Club\_33](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@Club\_33](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Club_33)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2005, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yappidy-yap-yappidy-yap-and-god-bless-america/301591/34 "2005-04-29T00:10:05Z")
I’m so glad to be on the west coast. Won’t miss a thing. And as much as I don’t want to hear about his stupid SS plan, it might be worth seeing if someone sneaks a couple of real questions in. You know, like reporters used to ask. ---
**Author:** ![Club\_33](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@Club\_33](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Club_33)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2005, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yappidy-yap-yappidy-yap-and-god-bless-america/301591/35 "2005-04-29T00:11:15Z")
I’m so glad to be on the west coast. Won’t miss a thing. And as much as I don’t want to hear about his stupid SS plan, it might be worth seeing if someone sneaks a couple of real questions in. You know, like reporters used to ask, such as “Why are you still pushing this stupd idea when the majority of americans want no part of it”. That kind of stuff. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2005, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yappidy-yap-yappidy-yap-and-god-bless-america/301591/36 "2005-04-29T00:15:39Z")
A post so nice s/he said it twice! ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2005, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yappidy-yap-yappidy-yap-and-god-bless-america/301591/37 "2005-04-29T01:02:45Z")
You will be envious to learn that local channel 9 stayed with the Angels-Yankees games and did not cut away for the press conference. HA! I did switch back and forth during the commercial breaks. I swear, it _looks_ like someone is feeding him answers through an earpiece. That, or just changes gears mid-sentence. ---
**Author:** ![drewbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drewbert/32/15890_2.png) [@drewbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewbert)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2005, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yappidy-yap-yappidy-yap-and-god-bless-america/301591/38 "2005-04-29T01:02:46Z")
Survivor and Apprentice? The best prime-time TV? That’s it, as soon as Enterprise is over, I’m disconnecting the rabbit-ears. ---
**Author:** ![Slacker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Slacker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slacker)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2005, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yappidy-yap-yappidy-yap-and-god-bless-america/301591/39 "2005-04-29T01:13:03Z")
Curse you hippie left coasters! \>\_\< I was going to be able to do some ninja tivoing and watch Survivor, The Apprentice, and the Mavs/Houston game tonight. Now it’s all screwed up! ---
**Author:** ![Spavined\_Gelding](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@Spavined\_Gelding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spavined_Gelding)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2005, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yappidy-yap-yappidy-yap-and-god-bless-america/301591/40 "2005-04-29T01:45:05Z")
This is the official straight line setting up the big boffo punch line. “So, I missed it. What did he have to say?” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yappidy-yap-yappidy-yap-and-god-bless-america/301591.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yappidy-yap-yappidy-yap-and-god-bless-america/301591.md?page=3)