A blog by Asher Glaser, sometimes.

Can you believe that on the first day on the job Obama closes Gitmo , busts out a modern hip new website , and supports Roe v. Wade ? After all these horror stories we've seen and heard, and complete denial of reality, (See The Road to Guantanimo ) Obama steps in and slams the doors on the worst offender of torture: The U.S. Thank God. I wonder; what was Bush thinking? I wonder what he was thinking all day on Tuesday as he say almost 1.5 million people jubilantly cheering on their new president. I wonder if the protests that ushered him into office came to mind. Of course he wouldn't need to think that far back because there were protesters sending him off too . That look he gave Obama after he finished his speech was classic. One of "Fuck, that guy is good. Wish I could have given a speech like that. Then again, I never really tried." He walked off to his helicopter with his tail between his legs. On Bush's last press conference he said that the bread...

updated 10:48 p.m. EST, Thu January 22, 2009 from CNN.com Amid protests, Obama backs 'right to choose' on Roe anniversary WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Obama affirmed his support for a woman's "right to choose" on Thursday, the 36th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision that led to the legalization of abortion, as thousands of anti-abortion activists descended on the National Mall to challenge his position. President Obama issued a statement defending Roe v. Wade for protecting "women's health and reproductive freedom." President Obama issued a statement defending Roe v. Wade for protecting "women's health and reproductive freedom." Roe v. Wade "not only protects women's health and reproductive freedom, but stands for a broader principle: that government should not intrude on our most private family matters," Obama said in a statement. The landmark 1973 decision held that a woman's right to abortion was protected b...

Jay Rocks. This is from the show we did in December. He is headlining Jan. 29. Watch for it! -A