It’s another looong show tonight, so I hope you’re ready. With the Clippers playing early (I think they should play early every night, personally), the show should be starting any time now. More importantly, everybody’s favorite reporter (and blog sib-in-law) Mike Boettcher will be talking to Marc, live from Baghdad. Hopefully Marc will ask what Mike thinks about Laura Ingraham being the only “journalist” brave enough to do more than hang her head out of her cushy hotel room window, and do some “real” reporting about how wonderful our glorious leader’s war is going. If it’s so great, why the hell doesn’t she go back over (and take “Bay” Buchanan and that annoying little Republican troll from Florida that was on Bill Maher last week – Ileana Ros-Lehtinen – with her) and stay there?

Also tonight, Matt Taibi’s will be on to talk about his Rolling Stone piece on Jack Abramoff, John Amato of Crooks and Liars will visit, as will Heather Rogers, who will tell us all about garbage.

Don’t worry if the AAR website crashes, ‘cuz we’ll always be here to handle your blogging needs. If you’re out there in La-La Land, you can call the show at 1 (877) 520-1150, or, if you’re somewhere else in the world you can try 1 (800) 783-7412.

Thursdays are like my Saturdays, which is nice (except the dog will be climbing the walls, since I was too tired to take him anywhere yesterday). Don’t forget, Mr. Farmerkat will be on the Marc Maron Show tonight (and it’ll be an extra-long, gotta love those Clippers show, probably starting at around 8:30 PST). No doubt he’ll say that the only way he’s been able to get through the days over there is by reading the Morning Seditionists blog.

They certainly do keep us on our toes, trying to figure out when the hell the show’s gonna start, don’t they? Tonight should be a regular show, on from 10 – midnight PST (starting in about half an hour).

You can call into the show at 1 (877) 520-1150 (in KTLK’s regional calling area), or 1 (800) 783-7412 nationally. Tell ’em you’re name is Larry David, and you want to know why they’re screwing with your wife.

Back to the up and out of the house early on Wednesday routine for me. Even worse, I somehow managed to get myself into doing a presentation on WiFi Multimedia Power Save. Now there’s a topic guaranteed to keep the kids awake. Then I have to hustle back home to finish up a test that’s due by the end of the day today. Good thing I’m off tomorrow. Hey, if you didn’t hear it last night, Mr. Farmerkat will be reporting live from Baghdad on the Marc Maron show Thursday night – so don’t miss it!

First, we have a Morning Sedition Blogsclusive to announce: one of our extended family members, the intrepid Mr. Farmerkat (aka Mike Boettcher) will be reporting live from Baghdad on the Thursday night Marc Maron Show. So, if there was ever a show you should stay up late to listen to live, this’ll be the one.

We’re expecting the Marc show to start at around 8:30 PST tonight (which would be right about now), so hurry up and get your streams flowing. This will happen again on Thurday, so be ready. On tonight’s show, Mad Cow expert Dr. Michael Greger will be on to talk about Oprah Winfrey’s meat (trial), and Martin Smith from the LA Times will hawk his new book OOPS: 20 Life Lessons from the Fiascos that Shaped America. Then Mort Mortenson will give us the Weekly Remembrance.

As always, call MArc at 1 (877) 520-1150 if you’re in KTLK’s regional calling area, or run up Stephanie Miller’s phone bill at 1 (800) 783-7412.

After a tough Monday evening course, it sure is nice to finally have a day off. No Maron last night, but an extra-long show tonight ought to help make up for it. Too bad I can’t stay up to listen.

Back to the grindstone this week, up and out of the house by six o’clock – this evening. I have lots to catch up on that I blew off all week, though, so it isn’t like I don’t have stuff to do. It’s kind of nice around here during the week, though. Just me and the dog and the cats running around sounding like they’re killing each other most of the time.

It’ll be interesting to see what valiant photo-op our leaders cook up this week. I just wish these things didn’t have to make so many innocent Iraqi families homeless (not to mention dead).

Hard to believe it’s been three years already. My, how time flies. It seems like just yesterday that our glorious leader looked sternly into the camera, and blinked his way through a pack of lies about how we “tried” diplomacy, and telling Saddam and his boys they had 48 hours to get out of Dodge. And then of course we blew up a reataurant with a cruise missle, in hopes that Saddam would be there. Oops. Sucks to be an Iraqi restaurateur, I guess. Anyway, one exhilarating flight deck victory landing, a couple thousand US Soldiers, a hundred thousand or so Iraqis, and a trillion dollars (and counting, at the rate of $200 million a day) later, here we are. Happy Anniversary Iraq!

To celebrate, on Press the Meat, Timmy Potatohead has General George Casey, Commander of the “Multi-National Force” (don’t forget Poland, damnit!) in Iraq. Maybe Timmuh will ask him how many more photo-op “missions” we need to have before we can declare victory, pack it in, and get the hell out. As they put it on their website, “and for the Democrats, Rep. John Murtha (D-PA), a 37-year Marine Corps veteran and Ranking Member of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, will join us in an exclusive interview to talk about his views on the war and his plan to redeploy American troops from the region. ” Ah, so it’s the Democrats on one side, and the Military on the other. Nice.

Over on Fazed the Nation, Bushbuddy Boy Scheiffer has a special treat for us all. Yes, it’s an exclusive live interview with Darth Vader himself, deadeye Dick Cheney. The airwaves should literally drip with truthiness.

Iraqipalooza continues over on This Weak with George Snufalufagus, as Senators Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., and Jack Reed, D-R.I. come on to tell us what, exactly, constitutes success in Iraq and can we get the hell out already? Then Olympic speed skater Joey Cheek (not the black one) will be on to tak about his advocation for relief efforts in Darfur, and, on the rountable, the axis of drivel is reunited again, as George :jerk:Will, Cokie “Skeletor” Roberts, and Sam :omg: Donaldson are together again to talk about how censuring the president is a win for the Republicans, and never mind the fact that 67% of those asked to provide a one-word description of George W. Bush in the latest Pew Poll chose either, “Incompetent,” “Idiot,” or “Liar.”

Over on Fux News Sunday, Chris “Kiwi Black” Wallace has Dick Durbin on to talk about Russ Feingold, the latest updat on glorious Operation Smarmer, and – gasp! – apparently there’s some sort of controversy with the preznit’s medicare prescription drug program.

Later, on 60 Minutes, Steve Kroft talks to a bunch of kids all fathered by the same incessant sperm donator, Scott Pelley talks to the head of NASA’s Climate Study Institute about how the Bush Administration is muzzling him on Global Warming (and politicians are rewriting the science), ad Ed Bradley talks to NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly, who has formed his own 1,000-member counterterrorism unit (and, lucky for you NY’ers, he’s lef the Bushies out of it).

I have no idea what CNN has scheduled, but odds are it’ll be highlight reels of the Iraq invasion, and maybe some updated DOD photos from Operation Smarmer. Just don’t start watching too close to 9:00 EST, because you don’t want to fall asleep before we find out what happens with Tony on the Sporanos.

“Not a shot was fired.” Ordinarily, I’d say that was a good thing, except in this case it’s how Time starts out its description of the big dog and pony show know as “Operation Swarmer.”

This “massive” military action, which was billed as a mission to stop these nasty old insurgents once and for all, managed to pick up “48 suspected insurgents, 17 of which had already been cleared and released.” OK, so 31. I wonder how many of these poor schlubs were just minding their own business, tending to the family sand farm in this area that “has long been suspected of being used as a base for insurgents operating in and around Samarra?”

“But contrary to what many many television networks erroneously reported, the operation was by no means the largest use of airpower since the start of the war. (“Air Assault” is a military term that refers specifically to transporting troops into an area.) In fact, there were no airstrikes and no leading insurgents were nabbed in an operation that some skeptical military analysts described as little more than a photo op. What’s more, there were no shots fired at all and the units had met no resistance, said the U.S. and Iraqi commanders.”

Well, frankly, I’m glad that no more of our people (and hopefull not too many Iraqi’s) were killed or wounded in this. But I’m not exactly sure what we’ve accomplished here. Was this photo-op supposed to make dubya look better? Was it suppose to make it all look worthwhile as the 3rd anniversary of Bush’s Folly rolls around? Or is this just another example of the incompetence of the Mayberry Machiavellis that are about to drag us into an even bigger catastrophe – a war with Iran?

Bad news tonight – there’s a Clippers game starting at 7:30, so we’re probably talking about a show of less than an hour long. After trying to stay up last night, I was lucky just to make it past Bill Maher; it’ll be the Replay for me, tomorrow.

On tonight’s show, Alex Gibney, director of “Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room,” (winner of the Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary), former Congressman Richard Martin, and Cardinal Milfington has the Rapture Watch. Better hope there’s no OT!

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