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"Comedy Nation This Week" - January 27, 2012

thejamestripp — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 05:43:00 +0000

Here’s today’s episode of “Comedy Nation This Week” with me, Laurie Buckley, and host Bill Bronner:

The Panel Discusses the State of the Union, the GOP Florida debates and more.

Trippitorial: Class Warfare

When Rick Perry pulled outof the Republican race, I expected him to endorse me, but instead he endorsed aNewt. I don’t blame him though. Newt probably yelled at him, and we know howmean Newt can be. Maybe he thinks he can be Newt’s VicePresident. He could be the new Dan Quayle. Nobody’s would assassinate Newt Gingrichif Rick Perry was the Vice President.

Jon Huntsman was poised toendorse me, but obviously somebody got to him and he ended up endorsing twit Romney.It’s almost like they don’t even want to acknowledge I’m in this race eventhough I’m not.

And then Huntsman accused ex-president Barack Obama (if Iget in this race) of provoking class warfare. The only thing Jon Huntsmanprovoked was James Tripp, even if I’m not running.

Who is causing classwarfare? The people eliminating the middle class. It’s not the people beingeliminated. Shut your pie hole! It’s like Newt Gingrich blaming me for himeating too many Twinkies! Shut your pie hole, Newt and you won’t get so fat! Ifyou’re not a poster boy for gluttony, then you’re probably a poster boy forsomething else that may explode at any minute from a continual internalcombustion of bile.

The class who benefit byexploiting another class doesn’t want it pointed out. They’d make it illegal todiscuss if they could get away with it. They’d call it sedition, or some wordlike that that fat people say to keep skinny people from eating the food.

But I digress, and it’s agood thing too. The upper class accuses the lower class of fomenting a classwar to silence them. The rich foment a class war by hoarding all the wealth. Ifthe poor foment anything it won’t be a war, it will be a revolution. Wars arefor the rich. You need uniforms. The poor can’t afford uniforms! They’re luckyto have shoes!

So shut up about a classwar, because if you want a class war, you’ll get a class war. At least that’swhat Rambo said…I think.

Be careful what rhetoric youpursue, you may not like where it takes you, you silly primary Republicans! Putthat in your twitter and tweet it!

I’m James Tripp and I’ll be back next week with another Trippitorial!

"Free Speech Show" - Making Change - January 20, 2012

thejamestripp — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 13:48:00 +0000

Here’s yesterday’s podcast of the “Free Speech Show” with me, Laurie Buckley, Patrick Devine and host Bill Bronner:

"Comedy Nation This Week" - January 20, 2012

thejamestripp — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 13:11:00 +0000

Here’s yesterday’s episode of “Comedy Nation This Week” podcast with me, Laurie Buckley, Dave Plunkett and host Bill Bronner:

The panel discusses SOPA, PIPA, the North Carolina GOP Primary, the cruise ship disaster and more.

Tripptitorial: Corporations Want to Control Everything!

From thisday forth, I will no longer be known as James Tripp. I will be known as James Tripp,Inc. I recently incorporated to avoid federal election spending limits and for the limited liability because I’m liable to doanything. Was’t Hamlet wronged Laertes? Never Hamlet. Twas Hamlet’scorporation.

People arenot corporations. Sure, anybody can put an Inc. on their name, but acorporation is so much more than an individual. For example: an individualwould not think to patent his own DNA, but a corporation would! As a matter offact, I don’t own the licensing on several of my chromosomes, which cansometimes be a problem.

Corporationswant to control everything! They want to control the internet! I’m afraid tolook at porn on the internet, because they’re probably looking at me! The big media companies would like to turn the internet intosomething they can control, but they can’t control James Tripp!

I don’t careabout the intellectual property rights of corporations; they’re rights theystole from my friends! I remember the non-union deals everyone was getting onthose cable shows that ruined stand-up in the 80’s and 90’s. They were$300-$500 buyouts for unlimited rights. Now the producers of those shows areselling the performances on DVD, on Hulu, Netflix and any other means ofdistribution not yet created and none of my friends are getting paid anything! ButBudd Friedman was able to buy a new monocle. Now he can see out of both eyes. Fieon corporations, I say! Fie!

You knowwhat scares big media corporations? In the digital age, intellectual propertyoriginators don’t need them. We no longer need the middle man and creativecorporate accountants to get paid. We just need to set up a website and reachour audience directly. That’s what scares them.

Corporateinterests want to put a stop to this. They want to keep artists on theplantation. They’re trying to change the way the internet operates to make itmore like radio and TV where they control the content.

They want toreshape the internet, which was created by the government with taxpayer money,so that their content and services—and those of companies that pay steepfees—will travel quickly along a “fast lane.” Everything else, like “Comedy Nation This Week” would be stuck in a “slow lane.” They want to chargedifferent prices for different things. They also want to be able to chargewebsite owners rates for them to be able to access their customers. They wantto make money off of both sides.

SOPA and PIPAare a flanking a move in the corporate attack on net neutrality. You thinktraffic’s bad in LA, wait until you get in the internet slow lane. Hey, I have enough troubles already. Notonly do I have road rage. I have walking rage. Now I’m gonna have internetrage.

Maybe it’s time to re-regulatethe mainstream media. Regulation of vertical monopolies is not necessarily abad thing. This is James Tripp, Inc.; I’ll be back next week with another Trippitorial,God Damnit!

"The Free Speech Show" - Premiere Episode - January 13, 2012

thejamestripp — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 15:56:00 +0000

Here’s yesterday’s premiere podcast of the “Free Speech Show” with me, Laurie Buckley, Dave Plunkett, January Thomas and host Bill Bronner:

Are Two Parties Enough (For a Real Democracy)?

Two political parties for one country is two toomany—especially these two. Two-two parties goodbye.

The Democrat and Republican parties are different legs on the same beast and Ihope they don’t lift them up.

In any modern election cycle, the same special interestsfinance both sides, which is waste of good money the board could be using togive themselves bigger bonuses. Why should these rich corporations have tospend twice the amount of money for the same influence they’ll be granted ifeither side wins? Talk about wasting resources.

It doesn’t matter whether a Republican or Democrat is inoffice, the same lobbyist will also be. We need two political parties like weneed the hole in Mitt Romney’s head. Everyone should just follow me and theenigma is I’m not going anywhere.

We need a new American Whig party to defeat the imperialrule of the Republicrats! It’s like a fisherman once told me, “Give a man afish and he eats for a day. Teach a man to fish, and I’m out of a job!”

I say we should bring back Thomas Jefferson’s Democratic-Republican Party. It’s about time somebody took aim against Alexander Hamilton!Phooey on those Federalists, I say! Phooey!

Myself, I’m a member of your party, because I believe in thethings that you believe in: the good things, the right things, the things thatmake us all proud to be Americans. It is the party of a thousand points of viewand I agree with every one of them.

"Comedy Nation This Week" - Premiere Episode - January 13, 2012

thejamestripp — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 15:27:00 +0000

Here’s yesterday’s premiere podcast of “Comedy Nation This Week” with me, Laurie Buckley, Dave Plunkett and host Bill Bronner:

Tripptitorial: Campaign Self-Financing

We have to change the way campaigns are financed. Too manyrich people are running vanity campaigns with unlimited self-financing. Contributors want bang for their buck. When these kinds ofcandidates get into office they’re going to owe themselves favors, which I think is a sin in the Catholic Church.

Are these the kind of representatives we want in Washington? Are these the kinds of representatives we still want in Washington?

According to followthemoney.org, Mitt Romney contributed65.04 % of his 2002 campaign for

Massachusetts Governor himself for a total of$6,150,570. And what did he get for his six million dollars?

The office of Governor of the state of Massachusetts. He’s no Oscar Goldman.

When he ran for Governor in a liberal state, he ran as aliberal Republican. When he decided to run for President in 2008, some of hisliberal positions did not mesh with the far right Republican base he needed towin in the primaries. But he was the Six Million Dollar Man. “We can rebuildhim. We can make him more conservative than he was.”

But his campaign needed more money— more of Mitt’s money.Romney’s campaign for President raised $88.5 million in 2007, according to opensecrets.org, but $35.4 million of that was contributed by the candidate, whichturned out to be a bad investment. He was no Steve Austin. Even “The Bionic Woman” ran for three years, although I didn’t really watch the remake…but what you’re listening to has digressed.

In this election cycle, Romney has his own Pac of Pacs and Super Pacs and mediocre Pacs which can contribute to his campaign. Is it fair for one man to have so many Pacs when I don’teven have one? I say, “No.” And it wouldn’t surprise me if the Mrs. had a Pac, man! What a horrible bump in a monologue that seemed to beleading somewhere.

Jon Huntsman has self-financed 50% of his campaign accordingto opensecrets.org, contributing $2,249,481 through September 30, 2011.

Governor Rick Perry contributed no money to his owncampaign, so he’s not as dumb as he may seem.

Herman Cain contributed 13% of the total cost of hiscampaign through September 30, 2011 or $675,000. That’s a lot of pizza dough and an offer a lot of people refused.

Newt Gingrich so far has not contributed to his owncampaign. I guess they wouldn’t let him charge it.

“Well, I’d contribute to my campaign, if I could just set upsome kind of revolving credit plan…” This makes him more of a George W. Bush Republican than aReagan Republican. He’ll take you to war, but only if he doesn’t have to payfor it until much later—like when he’s out of office.

Even Rick Santorum is spending his own money on hiscampaign, approximately $45,199, representing 4% of his budget, when what hereally ought to be doing is putting that money in the basket on Sunday. Can I get an “Amen?”

Fred Karger, the first openly gay man to seek the Republicannomination, confirming the fact that he’s more confused than even he realizes,contributed $300,924 to his run which represented 84% of his campaign budgetthrough September 30.

Former Governor Buddy Roemer, the only Presidentialcandidate talking about campaign finance reform spent $45,100 of his own moneyjust to be excluded from the debates for not having enough money. Roemer made apledge not to accept any Pac money or pledges greater than $100, so we won’t behearing any more about him.

If I run for president, I pledge not to accept any campaigncontributions, especially from myself.

It’s one thing to throw my vote away, but my money? Maybe my campaign can get a bailout from the government. Itreally doesn’t matter which one.

"The Free Speech Show" - Green Capitalism: Is the Consumer Society Sustainable?

thejamestripp — Fri, 01 May 2009 04:21:00 +0000

James Tripp, Avi Liberman, Rhonda DeFelice, Johnny Dam and host Bill Bronner discuss “Green Capitalism: Is the Consumer Society Sustainable?” Filmed April 28, 2009 under a SAG Internet Program Performer Contract.

"The DAMage Report" - April 23, 2009

thejamestripp — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 20:27:00 +0000

Here’s yesterday’s show with me, Bill Bronner, Pat Devine and host Johnny Dam:

The DAMage Report with guest James Tripp

"I Have A Dream"

thejamestripp — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 11:05:00 +0000

Live at The Electric Lodge in Venice, CA. This is from “The Free Speech 10th Anniversary Show.”

Free Speech Show - "Predictions for 2009"

thejamestripp — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 09:23:00 +0000

James Tripp, Bill Bronner, John Fugelsang, Carrie Snow, and Angela Shelton discuss what they think the future of America will look like. Filmed December 14, 2008.

Free Speech Show - "Election Round-Up"

thejamestripp — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 01:02:00 +0000

James Tripp, Gary Gordon, Laurie Buckley, Johnny Dam and host Bill Bronner discuss the upcoming election. Filmed November 1, 2008.

Free Speech Show - "The Economic Mess"

thejamestripp — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:57:00 +0000

James Tripp, Tere Joyce, Johnny Dam and Laurie Buckley discuss the economic mess with host Bill Bronner. Filmed October 1, 2008.

Free Speech Show - "Where's the Outrage?"

thejamestripp — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 00:21:00 +0000

James Tripp, Bill Bronner, Sean Green, Tere Joyce, and Angela Shelton discuss outrage and the lack of it.

Free Speech Show 10th Anniversary

thejamestripp — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 03:05:00 +0000

James Tripp, Bill Bronner, Laurie Buckley, Steve Tatham, Kay West, Fred Joyal, Carrie Snow, Troy Conrad, Tere Joyce and John Fugelsang on the topic: “I Have A Dream.” Filmed August 31, 2008 at The Electric Lodge in Venice, CA.

Free Speech Show - "The World This Week"

thejamestripp — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:46:00 +0000

James Tripp, Bill Bronner, Troy Conrad, and Tere Joyce discuss current events. Filmed August 20, 2008

Free Speech Show - "The World This Week"

thejamestripp — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 22:29:00 +0000

James Tripp, Bill Bronner, Laurie Buckley, and Pat Devine discuss current events. Filmed July 30, 2008

Free Speech Show - "The World This Week"

thejamestripp — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:59:00 +0000

James Tripp, Bill Bronner, Troy Conrad and Pat Devine discuss current events. Filmed July 16, 2008

Free Speech Show - "The World This Week"

thejamestripp — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 03:43:00 +0000

James Tripp, Rick Overton, Tere Joyce and Bill Bronner discuss current events. Filmed July 2, 2008.

Free Speech Show - "The World This Week"

thejamestripp — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:52:00 +0000

James Tripp, Bill Bronner, Laurie Buckley, and Angela Shelton discuss current events. Filmed June 18, 2008.

Free Speech Show - "What Do We Want In The Next President?"

thejamestripp — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 22:09:00 +0000

James Tripp, Bill Bronner, Laurie Buckley, Robert Yasumura, Adam Barnhardt and Linsey Sample discuss, “What Do We Want In The Next President?”

Free Speech Show - "The World This Week"

thejamestripp — Thu, 22 May 2008 22:42:00 +0000

James Tripp, Bill Bronner, Laurie Buckley and Cynthia Levin discuss current events.

Free Speech Show - "The World This Week"

thejamestripp — Sat, 17 May 2008 11:06:00 +0000

Free Speech Show - "What's Wrong With the Mainstream Media?"

thejamestripp — Tue, 06 May 2008 02:46:00 +0000

Free Speech Show - "The World This Week"

thejamestripp — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 03:51:00 +0000

Free Speech Show - "Dirty Politics-What is Permissible in a National Campaign?"

thejamestripp — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 21:33:00 +0000

Free Speech Show - "Campaign Promises"

thejamestripp — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 21:13:00 +0000