Sarah Palin’s Enemies List

  1. David Letterman
  2. Wall Street Journal/Sudeep Reddy
  3. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R)
  4. Levi Johnston
  5. Shannyn Moore
  6. Katie Couric
  7. Nicolle Wallace
  8. Steve Schmidt
  9. Kate Gosselin
  10. The Fed/Ben Bernanke
  11. Pete Rouse
  12. Joe McGinniss
  13. Peggy Noonan
  14. Ashley Judd
  15. Congressman Spencer Bachus (R)
  16. Alaska State Trooper Mike Wooten
  17. Joe Miller
  18. Politico
  19. Karl Rove
  20. State Department (Ahmadinejad’s birthday)
  21. Rahm Emanuel
  22. Family Guy/Seth MacFarlane
  23. Michelle Obama
  24. President Barack Obama
  25. Kathleen Gustafson
  26. Brian Williams
  27. Emily’s List
  28. Ed Gillespie
  29. Mayor Michael Bloomberg
  30. Environmentalists
  31. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R)
  32. Michael J. Gross
  33. Vice President Al Gore
  34. Charlie Gibson
  35. Maureen Dowd
  36. Bloggers
  37. Rachel Maddow
  38. 60 Minutes
  39. Mark Halperin
  40. John Heilemann
  41. Nick Denton/Gawker
  42. Barbara Bush
  43. U.S. Export Import Bank
  44. Blogger Jesse Griffin
  45. Blogger Dennis Zaki
  46. Andrew Sullivan/The Atlantic
  47. Keith Olbermann
  48. CSU students AKA “Dumpster Divers” Ashley Briggs and Alicia Lewis
  49. Blogger Jeanne Devon
  50. Palingates
  51. Linda Kellen Biegel AKA Celtic Diva
  52. Oliver Stone
  53. John Bitney
  54. Senator Scott Brown (R)
  55. Alaska State Senate President Lyda Green
  56. Andree McLeod
  57. AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka
  58. PolitiFact
  59. Bill Ayers
  60. Secretary Madeleine Albright
  61. Senator John Kerry (D)
  62. Jonathan Martin
  63. NPR
  64. Congressman Alan Grayson (D)
  65. Stephen Colbert
  66. Helen Thomas
  67. PETA
  68. Anchorage Daily News
  69. Tina Fey
  70. Andrew Halcro
  71. Kim Chatman
  72. Julian Assange
  73. Frank Gwartney
  74. Aaron Sorkin
  75. Alaska Public Safety Commissioner Walter Monegan
  76. Charles Krauthammer
  77. Rick Santorum
  78. TIME Magazine
  79. Westboro Baptist Church
  80. Michael Moore
  81. Taegan Goddard
  82. Kathy Griffin
  83. Governor Chris Christie (R)
  84. Hacker David Kernell
  85. Daily Caller/Chris Moody
  86. AOL
  87. Rapper Common
  88. Governor Mitt Romney
  89. Megyn Kelly
  90. Juan Williams
  91. Governor Rick Perry
  92. Herman (Herb) Cain

Honorable mentions (by popular demand): William Shakespeare, President Ronald Reagan, President John F. Kennedy, American Idol contestants, that Caribou, the First Amendment and Paul Revere.

These are media feuds former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, has participated in from the last two years since she was launched from obscurity. It should be noted they’re in no particular order. I’ve also omitted people who just jab at her without her responding (e.g. Meghan McCain) but those are rare.

This is a work in progress – including typos. Check back as more names are added. When I originally published the list in November there were under 50 names. I’ve added more as people have sent me more names that qualify. And then of course, she starts new ones. And then I add those.

This list started as an overflow of names that couldn’t fit into my column: America’s Full-Time Professional Duelist

Know of a feud I missed? Send me an email.

UPDATE – January 8, 2011: In the wake of the shooting in Arizona of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, it needs to be clarified that this list is of the media feuds Palin has been involved in. The list of 20 congresspeople Palin had on TakeDownthe20.com with riflescope graphics over their districts (including Giffords) is not this list. That graphic has been scrubbed from Palin’s site and still available here.

UPDATE – March 30, 2011: I’m thinking of calling this the Palin Squrimishes List.

 

LA Cityview 35

In case you missed it on TV – I was on channel 35’s LA Cityview’s show about politics and comedy. You can go to the site and on the right side there is a link for show #36. Just click that and watch.

The producer said it was the funniest show they had ever done.

Of course, that’s on par with being the tallest kid in pre-school…

 

I Report, You Decide

This was in the Minneapolis/St. Paul airport.

Well, they’ve always been good at selling crap…

 

Hollywood Comedians Radio

Podcasting. Blah blah blah blah…

Enjoy!

 

Rubber Necking and Brain Picking

This is a series of questions sent to me by Neophyte Comedian Danny Reyna. I posted it here for all to enjoy.

DR: Are you constantly updating new material….& when do you feel u have a gem? How long will you work on that one bit?

TD: I am always reading something, watching something or experiencing something – which is where I get all my material from. So in that way I am ALWAYS working. I feel I have a gem when I feel it. I get happy when I have a new joke that’s funny and works. It validates my existence. So you could imagine how pathetic I am when I don’t have one…

And as far as how long…I couldn’t tell you. I have had jokes that I have tweaked years later. Is that a long time? Longer than most? I have no idea.


DR: Would u agree with the following…the right word can make an ordinary joke….brilliant?

TD: Well the wrong word can’t make a brilliant joke ordinary…

I guess it depends on the joke, at least in theory.

I am under the opinion that if a joke is not working – it’s not because there is a word hanging it up. It’s because the joke stinks. I’m all for tossing out jokes completely and starting over.

DR: When is it best to test out new material?

TD: In theory the best time is after the crowd has decided they like you and before your big closer. Unless it’s a venue for new stuff, then do it from the start.

I get all happy about my new material, so I usually do them up front, because it’s more fun for me. It’s your preference really.

DR: Money….how long did it take until u actually made money off this?

I’m supposed to be making money?!?

I got my first paying gig four months after I started. Doing it full time took a little longer. I make a solid four figures a year now. I won’t even tell you where the decimal points are in that…

DR: Would u agree that self-deprecating humor is the foundation of any comedian?

TD: I don’t think its self-deprecation as much as it is vulnerability. There is a difference. If you are up there being honest and open, that is more of a “foundation” than ripping on yourself.

Personally, self-deprecation looks a lot like self-hate on me. So I opt for vulnerability.

The foundation of all comedy is pain. There is no fine line between comedy and pain. Some could argue with me – but they’d be wrong.


DR: How many hours a week do u feel u write?

TD: Do I feel I write? I feel like I never write. I never feel like I have caught up. I feel like a slug.

The reality is that I write everyday, I am caught up and I am more of a tortoise than a slug.

DR: Do you cater to your audience…meaning…lets say you have a more african american audience…do you tailor your performance to the majority?

TD: Do I pander? Yes. Do I become someone else? No. Would I if the money was right? Absolutely.


DR: Would u say you have had more good performances than bad?

TD: Good? Bad? I’ve gotten laughs yes. Tons of them. And I’ve only gotten booed off stage once. Pretty good stats I’d say.

DR: What do u feel is untouchable? ex. cancer, 911 ect?

TD: George Carlin, Lenny Bruce and Richard Pryor made sure nothing is untouched.

I don’t think anything is untouchable as long as it’s funny. If I can’t make it funny (like cancer) then I don’t touch it (like herpes). You know?

DR: Is your material more story telling than joke telling?

TD: I think “joke telling” has gotten a bad rep recently. People look at joke telling like its something that is old fashion – right up there with Vaudeville and Nickelodeons. I think that a good story is awesome. A good joke is the greatest. And fusing the two…really fantastic.


DR: What if your having an awful day does that effect your performance…& let’s say your not feeling it one night…how do u salvage your performance?

TD: Uhm, hmm. Everyone has his or her story about being sick and working. I’m no different. I had a fever of 102 and did my time. I’ve had head colds. I quit smoking and was going through detoxing on stage. You just do it. People go to work having a bad day all the time. If you’re a pro comedian, you tell jokes even when you’re not feeling like it.

The cool thing about being a comic is that if you’re having a crappy day at the office – it only lasts about a half an hour and then you can go get drunk! Good times.

 

Don’t Be Happy!

A true compromise is when neither party is happy.

The Right-Wing Agenda:

Brain dead patients and the terminally ill will be kept alive as long as science can manage it.

Children will be taught that God created the world in seven days, regardless of what SCIENCE theorizes.

Abortion should be against the law – if you break the law you should be put to death.

Abortion should be against the law – as should gays adopting unwanted children.

A holy monument with the engraving, Thou shalt not make any graven images.” Will be erected in front of all courthouses.

Movies are too violent, unless they are depicting stories from the ‘Good Book’ then they’re inspirational.

Everyone will have religious freedom as long as they love Jesus.

Trust the government absolutely, unless they say not to trust them, then trust that.

Jesus was a capitalist. The U.S. Constitution is from the Holy Bible.

Ignore the poor and do nothing for them.

Homosexuality is a sin to be condemned. Gluttony is a sin to be encouraged for strong business.

Say you’re for small government unless it’s a social issue – then dictate what people should do.

Protest (but call it a prayer circle) when you don’t get your way.

The Left-Wing Agenda:

Tolerance for all – unless you disagree.

Criminals should NOT be put to death; but there should be the option for fetuses.

Porn and condoms for all!

Anybody should be able to live in the U.S. without learning its main language or having documentation.

Health care and taxes for all!

Scientific funding and taxes for all!

Art funding and taxes for all!

Jesus was a socialist. The Constitution comes from the ancient Greeks.

Historical wrong doings, conquered peoples and witch hunts – apologize, apologize, and apologize.

Try to offend no one, but be offended by EVERYTHING.

Everything non-western and/or ancient is way more spiritual than anything practiced today.

Point out the poor and do nothing for them.

Say you’re for government regulation, unless it’s on a social issue, then do nothing.

Homosexuals should have equal protection. Unless they are in the closet, then we should violate their privacy.

Protest and Googlebomb when you don’t get your way.


I urge both parties to fight for your full agenda and pray that you neither of you get it.

When partisans are unhappy – it’s good for America.

 

A Benefit Comedy Show

This is an email received today:

Forgive me if you know the story already. If not, please read. We’re doing
our best on short notice to let people know about this show on April 6th.

Thanks, Kevin

A good friend and fellow comic Erica Doering found out that she needs an
emergency eye surgery – a vitrectomy – to prevent herself from going blind.
It involves replacing her eye fluid with saline and placing a small belt and
buckle behind her eye. The operation has to be done on April 11th.
Afterwards, the patient has to stare downwards at all times … for two
months. Stare at the floor for five seconds. Now imagine doing it for two
months.

Since I’ve known her in the last two years, I’ve seen her go through several
surgeries and many eye doctor appointments. And like a lot of comics I know,
she has no health insurance. This latest one is a very serious, emergency
operation and the two months of recovery means she can’t work during that
time. She only has one week left to raise the money for her surgery. So with
the help of a few others – including Amit Itelman and the Steve Allen
Theatre – I helped put this show together so she can get this operation and
see again properly.

Please help! Buy some tickets for this show. Spread the word. Tell your
friends – especially if you don’t live in LA, but have friends that do. I
mean, c’mon, look at that lineup. It’s going to be one of the best comedy
shows of the year. And while you’re at it, make a donation by clicking on
the link below. Every little bit helps.

GET ADVANCE TICKETS NOW!

THE EYE CARE FOR ERICA COMEDY BENEFIT
Proceeds go towards comic Erica Doering’s emergency vitrectomy

Starring: Patton Oswalt, Bob Odenkirk, Louis C.K., Dana Gould, Naked
Trucker, Andy Kindler & an advance clip of MTV2’s Wonder Showzen

Hosted by Jimmy Pardo

Tell your friends! Spread the word!

Thursday, April 6th
8 p.m.
$25

Ticket purchases and additional donations can be sent to our fee free
merchant account:
http://www.ceisecure.com/ericadoering.html
(Please specify number of tickets and amount of donation.)

…or via PayPal by sending to recipient:
ericadoering@hotmail.com

The Steve Allen Theater
at the Center for Inquiry-West
4773 Hollywood Blvd
(2 blocks west of Vermont)

For more show info: http://www.cfiwest.org/theater/EyeCare.htm

For the whole story: www.myspace.com/ericaseye

This is what you call ’supporting the arts’. Every little bit helps.

 

Desperation: Not just for housewives anymore…

bush It’s Saddam’s fault there is sectarian violence today in Iraq. He used violence to exacerbate sectarian divisions.

tina Yes. That’s right. He has always wanted opposing sects in his country.

Everyone knows Saddam is opposed to same sects marriage.

Hey kids. I’m back. Miss me?

Cheers!

 

Wenatchee, WA

My room smells like french fries…

So if you’re generally an unhelpful, snotty yet slow witted person…best not to work at a hotel. What with all the annoying people asking you dumb questions like,”Where’s the work out room?” and “Is there a good place to eat?” Sorry to tear you away from Yahoo Games, Princess, but I just need a straight fucking answer sans the ‘tude’.

Anyway, I had my first gym experience last night. Yep. I went to a gym for the first time…ever. I found where one was on the internet. I drove to it. I gave them $10 and I went and used their equipment. This sounds fairly simple if you havent spent the past decade or so chain smoking and making fun of people that went to gyms.

I think I speak for everyone when I say that seeing someone more out of shape than myself makes me feel better. Actually, the first thing I did was scan for that person. That person that seems to feel a little more uncomfortable than me. That person was there. Actually several of those people were there. Actually all of us there were in that boat. Yeah, we were all just gasping and sweating and judging each other harshly.

Then suddenly it all went sour. Yes, suddenly – out of now where, manifesting herself as if she were straight out of my worst fear, she sauntered to the cardio area. That chick that not only generally looks great – she looks great when she sweats.

As she started the stair master/cross country/tread mill thingy…I realized that this is the same woman that ruins karaoke. It’s all fun. Everyone sucking and sadly murdering their favorite songs, then SHE shows up and does an a capella version of a Whitney Houston song and then the entire bar realizes that they suck. There is a collective moment where we all know that we should never waste another moment singing under the guise of fun…The fun is gone. Because of her…show off.

So anyway, I was working out at a gym. I fell off the tread mill…twice.

Now most people are afraid of having people laugh at them…But when you’re a comedian…

I’m in Washington State…damn it.

 

Terror Threat

And here’s why you won’t find strippers with large bon mots….

Funny women are a turn-off

Men are intimidated, research says

New research has found truth in the old stereotype that most men find funny women a turn-off.

Scientists say women who tell jokes are seen as a threat, undermining men’s idea that they should hold the dominant role.

Hundreds of men and women in their twenties were questioned by academics. Most said they found a sense of humour to be attractive in women – but when asked if they would want to be with a woman who cracked jokes herself, more than half said no.

Like mother always said: Boys don’t make passes at girls that are smart-asses…

 

Ready to Road

Once I was in a particularly nasty hotel/motel room. It was ‘under-construction’ by a group of wife smacking, crack head (to be fair, it could have been meth) gypsies. The room was about 10 feet from the freeway, five from the pool and two from the ice machine. Of course the last two were out of order or ‘under construction’ so it didn’t really matter.

Anyway, I was in my room burning incense, trying to cover the smell of stale crack(to be fair, it could have been meth) and going through my calender. I had been on the road for about 3 weeks straight and my road rash was at an all time high. I called Southwest to buy a plane ticket for my next gig. And started chatting with the customer service rep.

Rep: “Oh, you’re a comedian. That is so neat. Do you like it? I think that is SO COOL.”

Me: “Yeah, I like it. Sometimes it wears on you.”

Rep: “You know there is this great book…it’s by Dean Koontz. Its about a woman who is this road comic and her only friend is a house plant, she takes it with her everywhere. Really cool book. Someone left it in the hallway of my building. Picked it up and read it. Such a lonely character. Almost tragic. On the road with only her house plant to keep her company.”

I purchased my ticket. Put down the phone. Sat there.

Then thought to myself,“Wow. I wish I had a house plant to keep me company.”
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So…I don’t have my exact schedule yet. I know I am doing a six (maybe seven) state tour…over the course of a month…I’ll post it here when I have it.

Cheers.

 

Drive-Thru

Here’s an ‘only in California’ thing…

I drove through a tree. Serious. I was doing a gig near the Redwood Forrest this weekend and saw a sign for the drive thru tree.

I forked over my five dollars and then drove through a tree older than Caesar.

car

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sign

 

Sanctity in the Penitentiary

The 76 year old death row inmate Clarence Ray Allen, was put to death early Tuesday by the state of California.

deathrow

Having suffered a heart attack back in September, Allen had asked prison authorities to let him die if he went into cardiac arrest before his execution, a request prison officials said they would not honor.

“At no point are we not going to value the sanctity of life,” said prison spokesman Vernell Crittendon. “We would resuscitate him,” then execute him.

The intelligent design folks are right. We have not evolved…in fact we’re getting dumber everyday…

 

Do Not … List

Some of you may remember this brilliant bit of legislation called The Do Not Call list.

Yeah, our government got together and realized that Americans were getting annoyed by telemarketers. So they made a list, checked it twice and this was going to reduced those phone calls.

Those callers exempt from that call list:
-Non-profit organizations
-Companies you’ve done business with in the past 18 months
-Politicians.

Who do I get unsolicited calls from? Who are the ONLY people that call me?
-Non-profit organizations
-Companies you’ve done business with in the past 18 months
-Politicians.

So that was ineffective.

And in the spirit of being ineffective – I propose the Do Not Spy List.

Here’s how it works:

There’s a list. You put your name on it. That means that you don’t want to be spied on.

Those exempt from this list:
-Non-profit organizations
-Companies you’ve done business with in the past 18 months
-Politicians.

I think I’ve got a handle on this. I should run for office.

 
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