Our topics this week: -The Specter of Loyalty -Gee, it Must Really Suck to be Oppressed for Your Beliefs -I Survived the Swine Flu and All I Got Was this Lousy Discount Bacon -Something Vaguely Entertaining (featuring Wolverine) We start out by wishing our music master DJ Lodger a happy birthday, Largo does a good Christopher Walken imitation, and Autumn explores conservative porn talk before we get on topic with Arlen Specter's defection to the Democratic party in order to survive politically. We also deflate the thought of using questions of loyalty as a weapon against Specter because, honestly, he's been in office for the last 30 years. Anyone who doesn't know him by now in Pennsylvania just hasn't been paying attention. This also leads to Largo lobbying once again for term limits in politics (while coughing his lungs out), Autumn getting Ron Paul and Ron Jeremy confused, and Sanguinist exploring how keeping Democrats together is like herding cats. This leads to an examination of our memories of the '80s (those of us that have them) before we get back to needing seniority to get anything done in politics (and we also look at bestiality. Seriously. But we try to leave Skeletor's mother out of it. But we won't leave Chris Matthews out of it, nor will we leave out either Honest Bob's rodents of unusual size or Sanguinist's fighting barn cat.) Shifting gears, we look at Miss California's assertion that she's being punished for her beliefs on opposite marriage by having near-naked pictures of her being released. This leads to a more general discussion about 'protecting the sanctity of marriage' and a general lack of awareness of personal responsibility and consequences. As Largo coughs some more, we return to the topic of Swine Flu and how the media has really over emphasized its danger. We also look at how little sense it makes for the folks who work in food service likely not being able to take time off from work when they're sick. We also run down our own personal bests regarding wicked cases of the flu. This somehow leads to Invader Zim attacking vegans by using a Meat Mech. The SVR crew then gives their views on X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Give it a listen and see why Largo disagrees with the critics and some of his cohosts. Mostly. We also then look at the trailers for Terminator: Salvation, Night at the Museum 2, 9, District 9, Funny People, and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. We then all promise to see Star Trek for our next show before digressing on the potential problems of having a hot, young crew and how that may be needed to bing in some new blood to the fan base. Largo closes us out by giving a brief look at Star Trek Season 1 on Blu-Ray. Email us at: svreasonable@gmail.com.  Music used with permission by DJ Lodger.

[ Thu, 14 May 2009 15:11:00 GMT ]

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