Yes ladies and gentlemen, I am still floating from my fourth consecutive victory on Douche Of The Week. What can I say, I know how to pick them. I trust that this audience will continue to make me proud and pick the best nominee, which will undoubtedly be mine.  This Week’s winner was Michael Savage who made some disaparaging remarks regarding kids with Autism.  Feel free to leave your comments and let us know how you feel about the Douche of the Week.  Keep your eyes open for Douches throughout the week, maybe we’ll leave a spot open for you. Thanks everybody!  Gotta go, I got a new Meat Mix to rock out to!

Your Trusty Board Op, Aaron

Pete really is  a buzzkill when it comes to trying to show his daughters cool shit.  Not only does she think a fire work is a cloud of blue smoke, now she doesn’t even know how to catch a damn fish…  Disappointing, Pete.

Today, we spent a great deal of time talking about the president’s decision to lift the ban on drilling for oil.  We learned that demand is a key problem when it comes to drilling for oil.  And it’s not just the demand for oil that’s killing us at the pump but as Dan from Michigan let us know the demand for steel, which is used for piping in oil drilling, is going up and the supply has dropped sigificantly, due to China putting a hault on production until after the Olympics.

What’s the solution here people?  How can we get ourselves out of this dependence for oil?  Is drilling for oil in the OCS the way to go?  I think we should take our focus off of oil and get the gears in motion on alternative sources of fuel.  Even if drilling for oil is the solution, we are going to be in the same situation we are in now.  Let us know your ideas.

~Sean

Ladies and gentlemen (and of course, Todd from Florida), Pete’s Big Blog is back! We hope everyone had a better 4th of July than Pete’s three year old daughter, who sadly learned that fireworks are nothing more than, “a cloud of blue smoke.” Bummer.

Great discussion and points made today from all the listener who called and sent in emails. Pete started off the day letting everyone know of tomorrow’s guest, Vincent Bugliosi, author of the new book The Prosecution of George W. Bush For Murder. Pete cannot wait to get Vincent on due to the lack of coverage the New York Times #12 Best Seller is getting from the media. Should the media give Vincent Bugliosi a medium to let the world know his thoughts on President Bush? Should President Bush be prosecuted for murder? And what questions do you have for Pete to ask Vincent tomorrow?

Also Mark Klein, former AT&T Employee, talked with Pete about the Telecom Companies and NSA joining forces to listen in on our phone calls. This struck a nerve with many of the listeners, who brought up some great points, such as, should the people have to give up their civil liberties or should the government be responsible for keeping tabs on “terrorist activity?” “They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security.” ~ Benjamin Franklin. Do you agree?

Let Pete know your answers. Don’t forget to tune into Indie Talks: Fight For Independents from 1-2pm and stayed tuned for Pete’s Big Mouth from 2-5pm tomorrow to hear his interview with Vincent Bugliosi only on Indie Talk, SIRIUS 110.

Sean Bertollo, Producer

Okay, so it’s not quite Thursday yet, but I’m exhausted and need to get some sleep if I want to keep up with Pete on the air tomorrow. Another busy show is planned. We’re having a blast here in Philly. I got to see Pete’s warm-up at Colbert and then watch the taping. If you missed Wednesday’s episode of The Colbert Report, you definitely want to catch the last segment on a replay. Pete and I both promise you it will be worth it. Tears were streaming out of my eyes I was laughing so hard.

So today we covered cheesesteaks, gay rights, Latino issues, and other random stuff. Sean (the producer who’s on scene with us keeping shit running) has taken a bunch of pictures. I’ll try to get some up today before or during the show.

Update: Photos from Wednesday’s show!

The boys of the Penn Six 5,000 acappella group.

Gays and gay wannabes (left to right) Big Brother, Mark Segal, Clarence L. Moore III, Frank the engineer (not necessarily a wannabe/gay) and Pete “P-Jimmy” Dominick.

I’m swamped today because I’m planning to spend Wednesday and Thursday in Philly with Pete. So I’m just gonna set y’all loose on each other again. Play nice.

Time for some more chit-chat. Again, sorry I haven’t been posting anything interesting. I do hope that changes soon. I was able to catch the whole show today, live, and thought it was pretty good. The Jesse Ventura thing was very interesting, though I agree with John from Cleveland (I think it was him) — those segments were a little ass-kissy. But the thing you’ve got to keep in mind about Pete is he’s not fake about any of this shit. What you hear on the radio is how he really feels about someone or some issue. He didn’t pretend to be Ventura’s equal or superior the way some hosts would.

There I’ve gone and babbled. Like I’m the one with the notoriously big mouth…

I’m too busy with other work to engage right now (proofreading a book about an idiot), but I don’t want to keep you guys from gabbing, so here’s a new open thread for you. (I feel like I’m tossing meat into the lion cage).

I took the day off from the show and the site today, but here’s an open thread for you guys to gnaw on for a while. Tell me what I missed today… Enjoy!

Before anyone hijacks my other posts for discussions of unrelated topics, I’m throwing out an open thread so you can talk about politics, news items, ball-shaving, whatever. As usual, the only rule is civility — topically speaking, anything goes.

Okay, here we go again. And, sadly, I once again have to request commenters remain civil and respectful. I also wonder how much better this blog might be if frequent/avid commenters held back a little and let others chime in without having to first sift through 50+ comments.

Today’s show discussed how we treat each other, the so-called “War on Terror” and the Iraq War.

This would also be a great place to bring up new topics you might want to hear discussed on an upcoming show.