Brick TeeVee Economic Cage Matches

Brick TeeVee is a preview of the Sunday Talking Head Shows beamed across America by Corporate Media, plus some good progressive radio and who will be on which show. If you have other Sunday Talkie shows' guest lists we don't have, please share below. Post your comments while you watch! It's fun, it's healthy and doggonit at least we'll know others can also see through the media manipulation that blankets our public airwaves. DEBUNK HERE!

So, with no further ado, I present to you This Week's Brick TeeVee entry!

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ALL LINKS OPEN A NEW WINDOW!!!

Last weekend the Brick TeeVee crew made a roadtrip to the University of Buffalo NY to watch (with our own eyes) General Wesley Clark & Karl Rove square off on the issues. You can read Fisrt-Hand Accounts here, here and here. Listen to Audio of the debate from WBFO (hat tip to Mary @ CCN). What a great time! Check out when Rove gets boo'd. Meanwhile, in DC, we see the merging of the Democrats and Republicans into the One Corporatist Party in passing H.R. 1424 The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008

So you won't be surprised when every creepy gov't official takes to the airwaves to boast how GREAT this package is! (nowhere to be found is Ron Paul, Dennis Kucinich, Bernie Sanders, Paul Krigman and others for the altternate take on this disaster). Cage Matches abound! This Snufagopolis has PAWLENTY vs RENDELL and MARTINEZ vs SHERROD BROWN. Face the Bob has GRANHOLM vs FEINSTEIN & ROY BLUNT vs HEATHER WILSON. Meet the Tom goes with a mega-rountable while U-Boat Captain Blitzer goes with more cage matches featuring Rahm Emanuel vs MARSHA BLACKBURN. A moment of sanity is on FAKE NEWS SUNDAY with BROOKS JACKSON, director of FactCheck.org. 60 Minutes has a feature "Wall Street's Shadow Market" but it's too little, too late. Don't be totally dismayed! Ring of Fire features GREG PALAST and DAN CANTOR, executive director of the Working Families Party (for those that find either party repulsive). The Brick TeeVee crew hunkered down during the Biden-Palin "debate". NOTHING said was beyond boilerplate. See Third Party VP Candidates Matt Gonzalez and Rosa Clemente Respond to Biden-Palin Debate COMING UP: Obama vs. McCain Round 2 on Tuesday Oct. 7th. Supply yer own barf bags and "Hi Bob" drinking words!

BRICK TEEVEE ALERTS!

NASCAR ON ABC Race #4 of The Chase! It's the Amp Energy 500 at the 2.66-mileTalledga Superspeedway in Alabama. Travis Kvapil is the polesitter. Carl Edwards is the highest starting Chaser in 12th. Coverage begins at 1 pm et.

MLB DIVISION SERIES ON TBS TBS has all the Division Series games!
Phillies @ Brewers - 1:00 pm et (Philly up 2-1) Gm 4
Rays @ White Sox - 4:00 pm et (Tampa up 2-0) Gm 3
Angels @ Red Sox - 1:00 pm et (Boston up 2-0) Gm 3
Cubs @ Dodgers - 10:30 pm et (Dodgers up 2-1) Gm 4

LPGA ON NBC Samsung World Championship, Final Round. 4:00 pm et

B R I C K T E E V E E
_{image ©2006 arkysue}
107 days until our national nightmare is over
4,177 Military Dead as of Oct 4, 2008
1,985 days since "Mission Accomplished"

• This Week (ABC)
  • Gov. Ed Rendell, D-Pa.
  • Gov. Tim Pawlenty, R-Minn
  • Sen. Mel Martinez, R-Fla.
  • Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio
  • Roundtable:Time Magazine's Karen Tumulty, The Nation's Katrina Vanden Heuvel, The Wall Street Journal's Gerald Seib, and ABC News' George Will

• Face The Nation (CBS)
  • Gov. Jennifer Granholm, D-Mich.
  • Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif.
  • Rep. Roy Blunt, R-Mo.
  • Rep. Heather Wilson, R-N.M
  • DAVID BROOKS, New York Times

• 60 Minutes (CBS)
  • Wall Street's Shadow Market Steve Kroft looks at some of the arcane Wall Street financial instruments that have magnified the economic crisis.
  • Kill Bin Laden The officer who led the army’s Delta Force mission to kill Osama bin Laden after 9/11 reveals what really happened in Tora Bora, Afghanistan, when the al-Qaeda leader narrowly escaped. Scott Pelley reports.
  • The Race For The Electric Car Lesley Stahl reports on the race to develop and produce a viable electric car being waged between Silicon Valley entrepreneurs and Detroit auto. (Dear Leslie: They HAD an electric car! And they CRUSHED them ALL! -Ed.)

• Meet the Press (NBC) Tom Brokaw, host
  • PAUL BEGALA, Democratic Strategist
  • MIKE MURPHY, Republican Strategist & NBC News Political Analyst
  • ROUNDTABLE: David Gregory, Gwen Ifill, Peggy Noonan, Chuck Todd and David Yepsen.

• Late Edition (CNN) J
  • Rep. Rahm Emanuel, D-Ill
  • Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn
  • Washington Post reporter Barton Gellman, author of a new book on Vice President Dick Cheney
  • Nancy Pfotenhauer, adviser to John McCain
  • New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

• Seder on Sunday! CANCELLED - WATCH THIS SPACE for Seder News

• Ring of Fire Radio
  
  Find us at http://www.ringoffireradio.com/ and http://goleft.tv/
  
  • Investigative journalist and author Greg Palast will be here to tell us how we can steal back our vote from the GOP, before they steal it from us! To learn more, make sure you visit StealBackYourVote.org.
  • Media critic Elliot Cohen joins us to talk about how the McCain – Palin campaign has brainwashed Americans into thinking that they actually represent “change.”
  • Author Andrew Bacevitch will tell us how the Bush Doctrine has made America less safe, and has helped foster terrorism around the globe.
  • We’ll also be talking with Dan Cantor, executive director of the Working Families Party, who’ll tell us why we need a bailout for Main Street, and not Wall Street.
  Ring of Fire Radio hosted by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Mike Papantonio: Saturdays at 3 o’clock Eastern, rebroadcasts Sunday nights at 8 pm Eastern featuring The PAP Attack! "We’ll bring you the stories that the mainstream media didn’t feel like reporting this week."

• "Massa In The Morning"
  
  "Massa In The Morning" is quick, topical, smart, sometimes hilarious, and ALWAYS kind. With co-host Bill Berry, EVERY Sunday morning from 10am til noon Eastern time!
  
  WHHO-AM 1320 Streaming ON-LINE at http://www.hornellradio.com
  (you do have to register, so go register now if you want to listen tomorrow.)
  CALL IN! 607-324-2000 (yer cell phone minutes are FREE on the weekends!)

• fauxnews
  • Sens. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn.
  • Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo
  • Brooks Jackson, director of FactCheck.org, a project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania.

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Brick TeeVee - THEY report. YOU throw bricks. ©

"HAD ENOUGH?"
First brick is on us!
or a tomato

BrickTeeVee Economic Meltdown!

Brick TeeVee is a preview of the Sunday Talking Head Shows beamed across America by Corporate Media, plus some good progressive radio and who will be on which show. If you have other Sunday Talkie shows' guest lists we don't have, please share below. Post your comments while you watch! It's fun, it's healthy and doggonit at least we'll know others can also see through the media manipulation that blankets our public airwaves. DEBUNK HERE!

So, with no further ado, I present to you This Week's Brick TeeVee entry!

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ALL LINKS OPEN A NEW WINDOW!!!

All told it looks like WE the US TAXPAYERS are on the hook for about $700 BILLION not to mention Bear-Stearns and Freddie/Fannie on top of that. Meanwhile all those companies' CEOs and Board Members who paid themselves handsomely all these years are enjoying nice long vacations in their mansions and on their yachts. Bailouts for people who are being foreclosed on? Hell no! They're just not BIG ENOUGH to be rescued! Maybe they'll be able to find their bootstraps while living in their cars. Meanwhile, the White House Limo backs up to TREASURY SECRETARY HANK PAULSON's office and drives him to FOX, NBC, ABC, CBS and CNN to proclaim to the masses "We've got it under control (suckers)". Don't miss RON PAUL on with Wolfie to explain Fractional Banking and the fraud that is the Federal Reserve Bank. This Snugalopolis matches CHRIS DODD against JOHN "Crybaby" BOEHNER while Face the Bob features BARNEY FRANK and RICHARD SHELBY. Meet the Tom has NYC Mayor Bloomberg (R-D-I). Later on 60 Minutes catch interviews with OBAMA & MCCAIN. (If you've had enough of these two clowns and can't figure out who to vote for, review the Third Party Candidates' Statement of Principles.) Don't forget Ring of Fire Radio with JAY INSLEE talking about offshore drilling and SARAH BROWN to talk about the failure of the GOP’s abstinence-only policies. Ration your bricks this week for ole Hank spinning his "free markets are good as long as they can make billions and get bailed out by the government" speil on all the major shows. The Brick TeeVee crew missed last week as we're trying to get to as many home games as we can before the baseball season closes.

OFF TO THE GREAT GIG IN THE SKY R.I.P. Richard Wright Pink Floyd Founding Member & Keyboardist 28 July 1943 – 15 September 2008

BRICK TEEVEE ALERTS!

NASCAR ON ABC Race #2 of The Chase! It's the Camping World RV 400 presented by AAA at the Dover International Speedway in Delaware. Coverage begins at 1 pm et. (Think Joe Biden will show up?)

MLB ON TBS TBS joins the MLB family with their NEW weekly Sunday Afternoon Baseball Game. This week it's the Boston Red Sox @ Toronto Blue Jays - 1:30 pm et

RYDER CUP ON NBC LIVE from Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky. First tee time for match play is 12:03 pm et

B R I C K T E E V E E
_{image ©2006 arkysue}
121 days until our national nightmare is over
4,168 Military Dead as of Sept 19, 2008
1,971 days since "Mission Accomplished"

• This Week (ABC)
  • Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson
  • Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT)
  • Rep. John Boehner (R-OH)
  • Roundtable: ABC News' Sam Donaldson, Cokie Roberts, ABC News consultant Donna Brazile

• Face The Nation (CBS)TOPIC: The Republican National Convention
  • HENRY PAULSON, Treasury Secretary
  • REP. BARNEY FRANK, D-MA, Chairman, House Financial Services Committee
  • SEN. RICHARD SHELBY, R-AL, Ranking Member, Senate Banking Committee

• 60 Minutes (CBS) NEW SHOW!
  • The Candidates In separate interviews and for the whole hour, the two parties' presidential nominees are questioned on the big issues, including the faltering U.S. economy, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, energy policy and health care. Steve Kroft interviews Democrat Barack Obama and Scott Pelley interviews Republican John McCain

• Meet the Press (NBC) Tom Brokaw, host
  • HENRY PAULSON, Secretary of the Treasury
  • MICHAEL BLOOMBERG, New York City Mayor
  • ROUNDTABLE: Steve Pearlstein of the Washington Post, and CNBC's Steve Liesman and Erin Burnett.

• Late Edition (CNN) John McCain and Barack Obama accept their party's nominations and set their sights on the White House. Wolf sits down with key supporters from both campaigns Plus, the best political team on television gets you ready for the final two months of this historic presidential race.
  • Douglas Holtz Eakin, adviser to John McCain
  • Austan Goolsbee, adviser to Barack Obama
  • former Rep. Rob Portman, R-Ohio
  • Gene Sperling, former Clinton administration economic adviser
  • Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas

• Seder on Sunday! CANCELLED - WATCH THIS SPACE for Seder News

• Ring of Fire Radio
  
  Find us at http://www.ringoffireradio.com/ and http://goleft.tv/
  
  • Congressman Jay Inslee will be here to tell us why the Democrats voted to allow offshore drilling, and what Congress is doing to promote alternative energy sources.
  • Author Rick Shenkman will tell us how, when it comes to political knowledge, American voters simply don’t get it.
  • Dr. Lincoln Mitchell from Columbia University will join us to talk about the ongoing conflict between Russia and Georgia, and the political ramifications it could have for the 2008 election.
  • We’ll take a look at how the GOP’s abstinence-only policies have actually caused an increase in unwanted teenage pregnancies with Sarah Brown, Director of The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy.
  Ring of Fire Radio hosted by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Mike Papantonio: Saturdays at 3 o’clock Eastern, rebroadcasts Sunday nights at 8 pm Eastern featuring The PAP Attack!

• "Massa In The Morning"
  
  "Massa In The Morning" is quick, topical, smart, sometimes hilarious, and ALWAYS kind. With co-host Bill Berry, EVERY Sunday morning from 10am til noon Eastern time!
  
  WHHO-AM 1320 Streaming ON-LINE at http://www.hornellradio.com
  (you do have to register, so go register now if you want to listen tomorrow.)
  CALL IN! 607-324-2000 (yer cell phone minutes are FREE on the weekends!)

• fauxnews EXCLUSIVE! (Surprised? -Ed.)
  • Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson
  • Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz
  • Charles Schumer, D-N.Y.

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NOTE FROM JOSH MARSHALL

Are you going to brave the Sunday shows?
~snip~
So if you're going to be watching, jot down which show you're watching,and how many minutes in it was from the beginning of the show. We'll have every moment of every show recorded. And please include the subject line "Sunday Shows" on any email tip you send in. Send tips to talk@talkingpointsmemo.com

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Brick TeeVee - THEY report. YOU throw bricks. ©

"HAD ENOUGH?"
First brick is on us!
or a tomato

Brick TeeVee Candidates Special!

Brick TeeVee is a preview of the Sunday Talking Head Shows beamed across America by Corporate Media, plus some good progressive radio and who will be on which show. If you have other Sunday Talkie shows' guest lists we don't have, please share below. Post your comments while you watch! It's fun, it's healthy and doggonit at least we'll know others can also see through the media manipulation that blankets our public airwaves. DEBUNK HERE!

So, with no further ado, I present to you This Week's Brick TeeVee entry!

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ALL LINKS OPEN A NEW WINDOW!!!

Convention Season is over and the Race for the US Presidency begins in earnest: McCain/Palin vs. Obama/Biden. And three of the four will be on the Sunday Talkies (guess which one isn't). The Big Three get first dibs on the candidates while U-Boat Captain Blitzer gets the circus lineup of JON KYL vs. BARBARA BOXER, KAY BAILY HUTCHINSON vs. TIM KAINE and two advisors from each camp. FauxNews settles for camp advisors as well. 60 Minutes features BOB WOODWARD. Don't forget Ring of Fire Radio and Massa in the Morning if the spin gets to you. Of course there will be no mention of the raids that took place in St. Paul or Eight RNC Protesters Face State Terrorism Charges. As Glenn Greenwald puts it, "After all, if you don't want the FBI spying on you, or the Police surrounding and then invading your home with rifles and seizing your computers, there's a very simple solution: don't protest the Government. Just sit quietly in your house and mind your own business." That's right, don't even THINK about your First Amendment rights or your door just might get kicked in. What do you think they've been doing with all those illegal domestic wiretaps, anyhow? Don't look for CYNTHIA MCKINNEY, BOB BARR or RALPH NADER on the Sunday Funnies, either. You're not supposed to know there are more than two political parties! The Brick TeeVee crew have been enjoying our bumper crop of tomatoes, beans and cukes and the eggplants are fabulous! Have a great week!

BRICK TEEVEE ALERTS!

National Football League - Week 1! Games galore on CBS, FOX and ESPN - check your local listings

MLB ON TBS TBS joins the MLB family with their NEW weekly Sunday Afternoon Baseball Game. This week it's the LA Angels @ Chicago White Sox - 2 pm et

B R I C K T E E V E E
_{image ©2006 arkysue}
133 days until our national nightmare is over
4,155 Military Dead as of Sept 5, 2008
1,957 days since "Mission Accomplished"

• This Week (ABC)
  • Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama.

• Face The Nation (CBS)TOPIC: The Republican National Convention
  • Republican presidential nominee John McCain

• 60 Minutes (CBS) NEW SHOW!
  • The War Within In his latest inside-the-White-House book, legendary reporter Bob Woodward reveals the thoughts and strategies governing the war in Iraq that come directly from President Bush and his inner circle.
  • Alec Baldwin Morley Safer profiles the versatile actor, who talks candidly about his career and his personal life – including his very public divorce and custody battle.
  • The King Of Sushi Highly coveted as the definitive dish in sushi, bluefin tuna are being captured in rising numbers by modern methods that threaten to endanger the species.

• Meet the Press (NBC) Tom Brokaw, host
  • Democratic vice presidential nominee Joe Biden.
  • New York Times columnist Tom Friedman

• Late Edition (CNN) John McCain and Barack Obama accept their party's nominations and set their sights on the White House. Wolf sits down with key supporters from both campaigns Plus, the best political team on television gets you ready for the final two months of this historic presidential race.
  • Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz.
  • Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif.
  • Sen, Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas
  • Gov. Tim Kaine, D-Va.
  • Obama campaign adviser Robert Gibbs
  • McCain economic adviser Nancy Pfotenhauer

• Seder on Sunday! CANCELLED - WATCH THIS SPACE for Seder News :: Air America’s Sam Seder will be on Ring of Fire Radio to discuss a few of the many scandals of John McCain.

• Ring of Fire Radio
  
  Find us at http://www.ringoffireradio.com/ and http://goleft.tv/
  
  • Documentary filmmaker Rory Kennedy will be joining us to talk about the life of Helen Thomas, which she chronicles in her lates film “Thank You, Mr. President – Helen Thomas At The White House.”
  • Executive director of the Blue Green Alliance David Foster will be here to tell us all about their green-collar jobs initiative.
  • Author TJ English will stop by to talk about how the mob that was controlling Havana in the 1950’s failed to stop Fidel Castro’s uprising
  • And cartoonist Matt Filipowicz will join us from Minnesota to talk about this week’s most absurd news stories, and he’ll tell us how he survived being around all those crazy conservatives.
  Ring of Fire Radio hosted by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Mike Papantonio: Saturdays at 3 o’clock Eastern, rebroadcasts Sunday nights at 8 pm Eastern featuring The PAP Attack!

• "Massa In The Morning"
  
  "Massa In The Morning" is quick, topical, smart, sometimes hilarious, and ALWAYS kind. With co-host Bill Berry, EVERY Sunday morning from 10am til noon Eastern time!
  
  WHHO-AM 1320 Streaming ON-LINE at http://www.hornellradio.com
  (you do have to register, so go register now if you want to listen tomorrow.)
  CALL IN! 607-324-2000 (yer cell phone minutes are FREE on the weekends!)

• fauxnews EXCLUSIVE! (Surprised? -Ed.)
  • Obama chief strategist David Axelrod
  • McCain campaign manager Rick Davis.

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NOTE FROM JOSH MARSHALL

Are you going to brave the Sunday shows?
~snip~
So if you're going to be watching, jot down which show you're watching,and how many minutes in it was from the beginning of the show. We'll have every moment of every show recorded. And please include the subject line "Sunday Shows" on any email tip you send in. Send tips to talk@talkingpointsmemo.com

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Brick TeeVee - THEY report. YOU throw bricks. ©

"HAD ENOUGH?"
First brick is on us!
or a tomato

Brick TeeVee Post & Pre Conventions Special!

Brick TeeVee is a preview of the Sunday Talking Head Shows beamed across America by Corporate Media, plus some good progressive radio and who will be on which show. If you have other Sunday Talkie shows' guest lists we don't have, please share below. Post your comments while you watch! It's fun, it's healthy and doggonit at least we'll know others can also see through the media manipulation that blankets our public airwaves. DEBUNK HERE!

So, with no further ado, I present to you This Week's Brick TeeVee entry!

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ALL LINKS OPEN A NEW WINDOW!!!

Domocrats finished their convention with the Obama/Biden '08 ticket amid Roman pillars and Stevie Wonder! So, as we come into the Corporate Networks' Fall Schedules, 60 MINUTES snags the FIRST INTERVIEW with the Democratic ticket. After that, you'd be hard pressed to find any other D's on the Sunday Funnies, except for Wolfie having on TOM DASCHLE (D-Washed Up) and CHRIS DODD (D-Telecom Immunity Filibuster Man, sort of) plus windsurfer JOHN "count all the votes" KERRY. Beyond that , it's wall to wall R's with TIM PAWLENTY on Meet the Tom and Wolfie, a heard of GOPhers on Face the Bob, including RUDY "Noun, verb, 911" GHOULIANI and JOEMENTUM. Nice. And ya goota tune in Freak News for their exclusive with JOHN "Crazy Train" MCCAIN & The Straight Jacket Express. Good brick throwing practice. Did you watch any of RALPH NADER on Free Speech TV last week? NO? Lots of clips from the rally at FSTV http://freespeechtv.blip.tv/#1221251 . Don't forget to tune in Ring of Fire Radio with guest host SAM SEDER and an exclusive interview with DON SIEGELMAN. Good Item. The Brick TeeVee Crew has too many fresh tomatoes in the garden! Maybe we should change our name to Tomato TeeVee? See you at the Larry Craig Memorial Men's Bathroom in the MSP International Airport!

Stephanie Tubbs Jones was laid to rest Saturday. You can view some of the four-hour tribute at FOX8 News - Memorial Remembering Stephanie Tubbs Jones. Many politicos came to honor and remember Stephanie, including Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH), Rep Kendrick Meeks (D-FL), Ohio Governor Ted Strickland, Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Bill and Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson and too many others to mention. The family has asked that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to: ****The Stephanie Tubbs Jones Scholarship Fund**** c/o The Cleveland Foundation 1422 Euclid Avenue, Suite 1300 Cleveland, OH 44115 You can also listen to WCPN Sound of Ideas - Tribute to Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones

BRICK TEEVEE ALERTS!

US TENNIS OPEN on CBS featuring Men's 3rd / Women's 4th round coverage - 11:00 am - 6:00 pm et

MLB ON TBS TBS joins the MLB family with their NEW weekly Sunday Afternoon Baseball Game. This week it's the Chicago White Sox @ Boston Sox - 1:30 pm et

NASCAR on ESPN From Fontana California's Auto Club Speedway, Labor Day Weekend's Pepsi 500 around a 2-mile oval under the lights! 7 PM ET on ESPN

B R I C K T E E V E E
_{image ©2006 arkysue}
140 days until our national nightmare is over
4,150 Military Dead as of Aug 29, 2008
1,950 days since "Mission Accomplished"

• This Week (ABC)
  • Cindy McCain, wife of Republican presidential candidate John McCain (R-AZ)
  • Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S
  • Sen. John Kerry (D-MA)
  • Roundtable: ABC News' Sam Donaldson, Cokie Roberts, and George Will, and ABC News political contributor Matthew Dowd

• Face The Nation (CBS)TOPIC: The Republican National Convention
  • FORMER MAYOR RUDY GIULIANI R-NY
  • SENATOR JOSEPH LIEBERMAN I-CT.
  • CARLY FIORINA McCain Advisor
  • DAVID BROOKS of The New York Times

• 60 Minutes (CBS) NEW SHOW!
  • Obama - Biden '08 In their first interview together as running mates, Sen. Barack Obama and his choice for vice-president Sen. Joseph Biden discuss their roles and strategies for the upcoming presidential election. Steve Kroft reports.
  • Bombing Afghanistan The president of Afghanistan demands that the U.S. military curtail its use of air strikes against insurgents in his country because they are killing too many civilians. Scott Pelley reports.
  • Awakenings Minimally conscious people – those who cannot talk, walk or eat, but are not in what’s called a vegetative state – are being re-evaluated for degrees of consciousness many thought they never had. Some are actually re-awakening thanks to drug therapies. CNN's Anderson Cooper reports.

• Meet the Press (NBC) Tom Brokaw in St. Paul, MN site of the GOP Convention - EXCLUSIVE!
  • McCain supporter and Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty (R-MN)
  • ROUNDTABLE: Maria Bartiromo, David Gregory, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Andrea Mitchell, Mike Murphy & Kelly O'Donnell.

• Late Edition (CNN) Wolf interviews key Republican leaders as John McCain prepares to accept his party’s nomination.
  • Rep. John Boehner: (R) House Minority Leader
  • Gov. Charlie Crist: (R) Florida
  • Gov. Tim Pawlenty: (R) Minnesota (HAHA! NBC LIED! Some "exclusive"! -Ed.)
  • Fred Thompson: (R) Fmr. Presidential Candidate
  • Rep. Eric Cantor: (R) Virginia
  • Tom Daschle: (D) Fmr. Senate Majority Leader
  • Sen. Christopher Dodd: (D) Connecticut
  • David Paulison: FEMA Administrator

• Seder on Sunday! CANCELLED - WATCH THIS SPACE for Seder News :: Air America’s Sam Seder will be on Ring of Fire Radio to discuss a few of the many scandals of John McCain.

• Ring of Fire Radio
  
  Find us at http://www.ringoffireradio.com/ and http://goleft.tv/
  
  • Air America’s Sam Seder will be here to discuss a few of the many scandals of John McCain.
  • Environmental activist and founder of GreenForAll.com Van Jones will tell us about the whitewash the oil industry has been putting on the climate crisis.
  • Former Alabama governor Don Siegelman will join us to talk about the many crimes of Karl Rove, and how he personally tried to ruin the governor’s life.
  • And former presidential speechwriter and close friend to John F. Kennedy – Ted Sorensen will be here to discuss the current state of American politics, as well as his past work in government.
  Ring of Fire Radio hosted by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Mike Papantonio: Saturdays at 3 o’clock Eastern, rebroadcasts Sunday nights at 8 pm Eastern featuring The PAP Attack!

• "Massa In The Morning"
  
  "Massa In The Morning" is quick, topical, smart, sometimes hilarious, and ALWAYS kind. With co-host Bill Berry, EVERY Sunday morning from 10am til noon Eastern time!
  
  WHHO-AM 1320 Streaming ON-LINE at http://www.hornellradio.com
  (you do have to register, so go register now if you want to listen tomorrow.)
  CALL IN! 607-324-2000 (yer cell phone minutes are FREE on the weekends!)

• fauxnews EXCLUSIVE! (Surprised? -Ed.)
  • Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., presidential candidate
  • Panel: Brit Hume, Washington managing editor of FOX News; Mara Liasson of National Public Radio; Bill Kristol of The Weekly Standard, and Juan Williams of National Public Radio.

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NOTE FROM JOSH MARSHALL

Are you going to brave the Sunday shows?
~snip~
So if you're going to be watching, jot down which show you're watching,and how many minutes in it was from the beginning of the show. We'll have every moment of every show recorded. And please include the subject line "Sunday Shows" on any email tip you send in. Send tips to talk@talkingpointsmemo.com

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Brick TeeVee - THEY report. YOU throw bricks. ©

"HAD ENOUGH?"
First brick is on us!
or a tomato

Brick TeeVee R.I.P. Stephanie Tubbs-Jones

We at Brick TeeVee mourn the untimely death of US Representative Stephanie Tubbs-Jones OH-11. She was an amazing woman, a caring mother, and an unflappable voice for her constituents and for causes she believed in, too many to list here. Many remember her for her challenge to the counting of Ohio's Electoral College in January 2005. In fact, on the day she fell ill she held a meeting to organize Election Protection at Cleveland State University for Sept. 4th, fighting and organizing to make sure what happened in her district in 2004 would not happen again. We have lost a great liberal voice in the House of Representatives, our community and our country. Our deepest condolences go out to her family, constituents and all who knew her. She is sorely missed already.

**** **** **** **** Stephanie Tubbs Jones September 10, 1949 – August 20, 2008 **** **** **** ****

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ALL LINKS OPEN A NEW WINDOW!!!

BRICK TEEVEE ALERTS!

Olympics on NBC/MSNBC Closing Ceremonies - 7 p.m. EDT on NBC (tape delay)

MLB ON TBS TBS joins the MLB family with their NEW weekly Sunday Afternoon Baseball Game. This week it's a First Place matchup! Tampa Bay Devil Rays @ Chicago White Sox - 2 pm et

B R I C K T E E V E E
_{image ©2006 arkysue}
147 days until our national nightmare is over
4,146 Military Dead as of Aug 22, 2008
1,943 days since "Mission Accomplished"

• This Week (ABC)
  • Obama's Chief Strategist David Axelrod
  • Former New York City Major Rudy Giuliani
  • Roundtable: ABC News' Donna Brazile, Cokie Roberts, George Will, and Mark Halperin

• Face The Nation (CBS)TOPIC: Campaign 2008
  • Gov. Kathleen Sebelius (D-Kan.)
  • Gov. Edward G. Rendell (D-Pa.)
  • Rep. Jesse L. Jackson Jr. (D-Ill.)
  • Dan Balz, the Washington Post.

• 60 Minutes (CBS) Summer reruns
  • The Killings In Haditha Staff Sgt. Frank Wuterich speaks publicly for the first time about the killing of 24 Iraqi civilians in Haditha, Iraq, resulting in murder charges against him and three other soldiers. Scott Pelley reports.
  • The Wrong Medicine Dennis Quaid's newborn twins nearly died when they were mistakenly given a drug overdose. The actor and his wife share their story for the first time on television to draw attention to hospital mistakes that kill as many as 100,000 Americans a year. Steve Kroft reports.

• Meet the Press (NBC) Tom Brokaw, Host,Live from the site of the Democratic National Convention in Denver!
  • co-chair of Obama's Vice Presidential vetting team Caroline Kennedy
  • Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)
  • ROUNDTABLE: Gwen Ifill of PBS, Jon Meacham of Newsweek magazine & Chuck Todd of NBC News.
  • DUE TO NBC's COVERAGE OF THE OLYMPICS, MEET THE PRESS WILL AIR AT A SPECIAL TIME IN SOME SELECT MARKETS. PLEASE CONSULT LOCAL LISTINGS OR OUR WEB SITE FOR A COMPLETE LIST OF AIR TIMES

• Late Edition (CNN) Live from the Democratic Convention in Denver, Wolf talks to key democratic leaders as Barack Obama prepares to accept his party's nomination. Plus, analysis you can't get anywhere else from the best political team on television. Join Wolf at a special time: 10am eastern.
  • Sen. Evan Bayh: (D) Indiana
  • Sen. Arlen Specter: (R) Pennsylvania
  • Sen. Jack Reed: (D) Rhode Island
  • Gov. Janet Napolitano: (D) Arizona
  • Gov. Tim Pawlenty: (R) Minnesota
  • Sen. Bob Casey: (D) Pennsylvania
  • Rep. James Clyburn: (D) South Carolina
  • Anita Dunn: Obama Campaign Adviser (Denver)
  • Terry McAuliffe: Clinton Campaign Chairman

• Seder on Sunday! CANCELLED - WATCH THIS SPACE for Seder News

• Ring of Fire Radio
  
  Find us at http://www.ringoffireradio.com/ and http://goleft.tv/
  
  • Mother Jones’ James Ridgeway will be here to tell us about how the NRA sent a spy into gun control organizations to gather information for the powerful gun lobby.
  • Political consultant Paul Begala will tell us why the Democrats desperately need to find their backbone in this election cycle.
  • Documentary film director and producer David Modigliani will tell us about his new film “Crawford” – which details what happened to the rural area when George W. Bush moved to town.
  • And Josh Harkinson, a reporter for Mother Jones Magazine, will be here to talk about why carbon trading does nothing to help the environment, but does help to put millions of dollars into the pockets of big corporations.
  Ring of Fire Radio hosted by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Mike Papantonio: Saturdays at 3 o’clock Eastern, rebroadcasts Sunday nights at 8 pm Eastern featuring The PAP Attack!

• "Massa In The Morning"
  
  "Massa In The Morning" is quick, topical, smart, sometimes hilarious, and ALWAYS kind. With co-host Bill Berry, EVERY Sunday morning from 10am til noon Eastern time!
  
  WHHO-AM 1320 Streaming ON-LINE at http://www.hornellradio.com
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  CALL IN! 607-324-2000 (yer cell phone minutes are FREE on the weekends!)

• fauxnews
  • Gov. Tim Kaine (D-Va.)
  • Gov. Bill Ritter Jr. (D-Colo.)
  • Obama campaign advisor Robert Gibbs
  • Democratic convention speech coach Michael Sheehan
  • Panel: Brit Hume; Mara Liasson; William Kristol; Juan Williams

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NOTE FROM JOSH MARSHALL

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Brick TeeVee Olympics Special Part 2!

Brick TeeVee is a preview of the Sunday Talking Head Shows beamed across America by Corporate Media, plus some good progressive radio and who will be on which show. If you have other Sunday Talkie shows' guest lists we don't have, please share below. Post your comments while you watch! It's fun, it's healthy and doggonit at least we'll know others can also see through the media manipulation that blankets our public airwaves. DEBUNK HERE!

So, with no further ado, I present to you This Week's Brick TeeVee entry!

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ALL LINKS OPEN A NEW WINDOW!!!

With the Olympics in full swing you might think Russia picked a perfect time to INVADE South Ossetia of the Georgia Republic. The US Corporate media might have you thinking that, but Russia... moved tanks and troops into South Ossetia to protect its nationals and peacekeepers hours after Georgia launched a full-scale military offensive against its breakaway territory. So while NERO was getting drunk in China, The Big Bear made a move The West can do NOTHING about. To shore up this apparent weakness the White House Limo is all gassed up for The Shoe Lady and Chuck Schumer's Bestest Buddy. Defense Secretary ROBERT GATES gets dropped off at ABC and CNN while SHOE LADY RICE comes back from vacation and gets dropped off at CBS, NBC and FAKE NEWS. Both will bamboozle the American Public, invoking Cold War rhetoric while ignoring their plans to put a MISSLE DEFENSE in Poland and encourage other former Soviet Bloc countries to join the same NATO they once dismissed as "Old Europe" with their "Freedom Fries". Meanwhile, the Presidential Campaigns send out more surrogates to infiltrate the Public Large with their talking points. This George has TOM "I voted FOR the IWR" DASCHLE pitted against MITT "I caged my dog to the top of my car then went 60 mph" ROMNEY while Face the Bob has EVAN "bye" BAYH facing off TIM PAWLENTY. U-Boat Captain Blitzer continues the one-on-ones with veep short-listers ERIC CANTOR and BILL RICHARDSON. Wolfie also gets an exclusive with US-Backed Georgia President MIKHEIL SAAKASHVILI, who will gladly tell a US audience he was PUNKED (see above story). Plenty of brick-throwing opportunites abound! When you've had enough of THAT, check out VALERIE PLAME WILSON on 60 Minutes (repeat from spring) and Ring of Fire with SCOTT HORTON's latest on the DON SIEGELMAN case. The Brick TeeVee crew took the day off to see Angels @ Indians and a free concert at the Rock-n-Roll Hall of Fame with TERRIBLE TED NUGENT. Ted offered FREE machine guns to kids in the crowd and thanked our Armed Forces for "killing all the crazies". TRUE! Ah that Teddy! What a kidder! HAHA!

BRICK TEEVEE ALERTS!

Olympics on NBC/MSNBC Track and field and more. Check your local listings.

NASCAR on ESPN Get your sticky notes out for the 3M Performance 400 at Michigan International Speedway. Brian Vickers and Jimmy Johnson on the front row. Coverage begins at 1 pm et

MLB ON TBS TBS joins the MLB family with their NEW weekly Sunday Afternoon Baseball Game. This week it's Milwaukee Brewers @ LA Dodgers - 4 pm et

B R I C K T E E V E E
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156 days until our national nightmare is over
4,143 Military Dead as of Aug 15, 2008
1,936 days since "Mission Accomplished"

• This Week (ABC) Jake Tapper fills in
  • Defense Secretary Robert Gates
  • Former Governor Mitt Romney (R-MA)
  • Former Senator Tom Daschle (D-SD)
  • Roundtable: E.J. Dionne of the Brookings Institution, Michael Gerson of the Council on Foreign Relations, and ABC New's Jan Crawford Greenburg and George Will

• Face The Nation (CBS)TOPIC: Campaign 2008
  • Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
  • Sen. Evan Bayh (D-Ind./Obama supporter)
  • Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R-Minn./McCain supporter)

• 60 Minutes (CBS) Summer reruns
  • No Ordinary Spy Valerie Plame Wilson, the former covert CIA officer whose leaked identity resulted in a national scandal that reached all the way to the White House, appears in her first interview since her cover was blown. Katie Couric reports.
  • War Against Women The civil war in Congo is an ethnic conflict, but gender has become a crucial factor, too, as women are bearing the brunt of one of the horrible weapons used in the war: rape. CNN's Anderson Cooper reports.

• Meet the Press (NBC) Tom Brokaw, Host, Live from Beijing
  • CONDOLEEZZA RICE, Secretary of State
  • GOV. BOBBY JINDAL (R-LA), McCain supporter
  • GOV. TIM KAINE (D-VA), Obama supporter
  • ROUNDTABLE: Atlantic's Joshua Green, NBC's Andrea Mitchell & NBC's Political Director Chuck Todd.
  • SPECIAL TIME! DUE TO NBC's COVERAGE OF THE OLYMPICS, MEET THE PRESS WILL AIR AT A SPECIAL TIME IN MANY MARKETS -- INCLUDING 9:00 A.M. ET IN WASHINGTON AND NEW YORK CITY. PLEASE CONSULT LOCAL LISTINGS.

• Late Edition (CNN) Rising tensions with Russia - how should the U.S. Respond? Wolf talks to Defense Secretary Robert Gates. Plus, the latest on the conflict from Georgia's President Mikheil Saakashvili. And Wolf sits down two people on the vice presidential short list: Republican Congressman Eric Cantor and Democratic Governor Bill Richardson
  • Robert Gates: Defense Secretary
  • Pres. Mikheil Saakashvili: Georgia
  • Sen. Richard Lugar: (R) Indiana
  • Gov. Bill Richardson: (D) New Mexico
  • Rep. Eric Cantor: (R) Virginia
  • Rep. Chris Van Hollen: (D) Maryland

• Seder on Sunday! CANCELLED - WATCH THIS SPACE for Seder News :: Sam Seder will be filling in for Bobby Kennedy this week on Ring of Fire Radio!

• Ring of Fire Radio
  
  Find us at http://www.ringoffireradio.com/ and http://goleft.tv/
  
  • Author Jim Hightower will be stopping by to tell us about his new book “Swim Against the Current, Even a Dead Fish Can Go with the Flow.”
  • Harpers Magazine contributor Scott Horton will be here to tell us about the ongoing investigation into the politically motivated Don Siegelman prosecution.
  • Author Chris Mooney will talk to us about how the environment is going to be playing a big role in this year’s election.
  • Susan Jacoby will be here to tell us how 8 years of Bush have helped to “dumb down” Americans.
  • Investigative journalist Ken Silverstein joins us to talk about Congress’s expensive habits – which include spending your campaign donations on lavish dinners.
  • And author Douglas Schoen will be here to tell us why he thinks that this year might be the year that a viable third-party candidate could end up taking the White House.
  Ring of Fire Radio hosted by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Mike Papantonio: Saturdays at 3 o’clock Eastern, rebroadcasts Sunday nights at 8 pm Eastern featuring The PAP Attack!

• "Massa In The Morning"
  
  "Massa In The Morning" is quick, topical, smart, sometimes hilarious, and ALWAYS kind. With co-host Bill Berry, EVERY Sunday morning from 10am til noon Eastern time!
  
  WHHO-AM 1320 Streaming ON-LINE at http://www.hornellradio.com
  (you do have to register, so go register now if you want to listen tomorrow.)
  CALL IN! 607-324-2000 (yer cell phone minutes are FREE on the weekends!)

• fauxnews
  • Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
  • Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., Obama campaign national co-chair
  • Tom Ridge, former governor of Pennsylvania and McCain

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NOTE FROM JOSH MARSHALL

Are you going to brave the Sunday shows?
~snip~
So if you're going to be watching, jot down which show you're watching,and how many minutes in it was from the beginning of the show. We'll have every moment of every show recorded. And please include the subject line "Sunday Shows" on any email tip you send in. Send tips to talk@talkingpointsmemo.com

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Brick TeeVee - THEY report. YOU throw bricks. ©

"HAD ENOUGH?"
First brick is on us!