CHECKING IN  !!!!

First of all, thanks so much to all of you  who have expressed your concerns and prayers over my knee replacement surgery this past Thursday.  Things went amazingly well.  The absolute worst part was coming out of the general anesthesia Thursday afternoon.  They had me up and walking around on Friday morning.  It's now Saturday (I thing) and I just maneuvered myself over to the computer to put a quick entry on the webpage and to see what in the world is going on our there.  I expect a nurse will discover me sitting here and deliver a stern admonition about wandering around on my own out here.

My goal is to do two hours of the show on Monday .. and then to be back to the full schedule on Tuesday.  Running my  mouth  would be the best therapy.

Now .... how many of you have actually seen pictures of an actual total knee replacement?  If you want, I can share about twenty pictures with you on Monday.  Those of you getting ready to have this done will know what you're in for.   Dr. Marvin Royster presented me with portions of the femur and tibia that he removed.  You could see that I was actually carving groves into my femur from the wonderful bone-on-bone action.  Well ... I guess that would explain the pain.

OK ... see you on Monday!

HERMAN CAIN FILLING IN

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MEETING OF THE MOUTHS - THE ECONOMY

UPDATE ON NEAL

Neal's knee surgery went just as they had hoped. He should be back on the air Monday or Tuesday. He also wants to thank you for all your prayers and well wishes.

ONLY IN SAN FRANCISCO....

would you find a sewer & drain cleaning company called "Rooter Bong." You can't make this stuff up.

READING ASSIGNMENTS

Ok, here we go folks ... global warming is going to "briefly halt" for a few years while we experience global cooling.  Is that manmade too?

Barack and Michelle have decided that the public is tired of hearing about Jeremiah Wright ... nice try Barry.  I think we'll let the public decide.

Here's Hillary's take on those "huge profits" of the evil oil companies who have "made out like bandits."

Northwestern University has decided to withdraw its offer of an honorary degree to Jeremiah Wright.

Another Clinton supporter switches to the Obama camp ... and here's the long-winded explanation of why.

Iran is upset with Hillary Clinton for threatening to "totally obliterate" the country ... so it runs to the UN to whine about it.

Michelle Obama says that she didn't want Barack to get into politics because "people are mean" and she would rather him teach, write, sing, dance or do anything else. 

Is Hillary Clinton implying that once you make more than $250,000 you are no longer "doing hard work to keep our country going"?  I wonder what all those small business owners have to say about that Hillary.

What do you get when you mix environmental dogma and bureaucratic collectivism ... disaster.

Airlines are starting to slow down their planes to save on fuel.  If they carried less fat people, they'd save a lot more fuel.

When trying to tackle gang-related violence, the first step is for the government to rename gangs as "crews."  Yeah, that's better.  The violence is bound to stop now.

New Jersey is considering a "sin tax" on fast food sales.  Citizens are complaining that it is unfair because "it is a necessity to eat."  Just like smokers will continue to smoke, despite cigarette taxes ... lardasses will continue to get their daily dose of BigMacs.

When your newspaper publishes information about a $16 million advertising bill for taxpayers to help get the government re-elected ... that's ground for a police invasion to find out who is responsible for printing the information.

The most outrageous part of this story is that the principal of this government high school asked her staff to create a detailed list of any students who were dating so that she could "keep an eye on them to cut down on public displays of affection."

What is the worst possible thing you can think of that the government could build in your neighborhood ... in Baltimore that answer seems to be a government school.

A government school teacher accidentally drove to school with her husband's loaded gun on the roof of the car.  She is now suspended.

Looks like Philadelphia is having a hell of a time with their gun laws.

Are you writing a history paper about the Prophet Muhammad?  That's cause for a Muslim riot.

The outgoing government in Italy decided that its final act would be to publish every Italian's declared earnings and tax contribution on the web for all to see.

This pointless but mesmerizing machine is probably the work of an unemployed engineer.

Neal gives Clark Howard a hard time on the air, but they really are good friends. Check out this impromptu behind-the-scenes video shot here in the Atlanta studios of Neal & Clark.

Today's time waster: At Daily Monster you can watch as Stefan Bucher draws a monster a day for 200 days. Oh yeah, he's at #199 so you've got a lot of catching up to do.

Uh oh, looks like Jeremiah Wright isn't going away....certainly not for comedian Jon Lovitz.

Andy Kaufman + Slim Whitman = nostalgia overload.

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