What Did You Get Us For Earth Day?

Find out what Laser Shows, Robin Hood And Giant Mobs Of Murderous Jellyfish have in common...what you can get from the feds in exchange for a stripper bribe...congrats, ladies, you’ve finally caught up to your co-worker’s salary — from last year...former White House press secretary Tony Snow gets a new gig...your Olive Garden waitress is taking off more than her apron...and the hot (very hot) new way people are dealing with their mortgage problems. It’s Tuesday, April 22 and this is Mic Check Radio. Fire in the hole!

Celebration Excuse

Oooooh, baby we love your way. Except for you, Hitler. It’s April 22nd, here’s why we’ll have to be removed from our party by federal marshals:

1864

A chink in the wall between church and state: The “Coinage Act” mandates that the words “In God We Trust” be placed on America’s currency.

1945

Good riddance, jerk. Adolf Hitler admits defeat in his bunker and decides that suicide is his only option. Raise a glass and curse fascism.

1970

Hooray, Mama Gaia! The world celebrates the first Earth Day.

1993

Never forget: the Holocaust Museum is dedicated in Washington, DC.

2000

Federal marshalls take Elian Gonzales from his home in Miami, Florida, setting off a chain reaction of crazy Sunshine State political fights that take on national prominence. (cough...2000 recount...cough...Terry Schiavo)

Heeeeeere’s Birthday!

1870: Vladimir Lenin, Soviet revolutionary leader

1937: Jack Nicholson, what a Joker

1950: Peter Frampton, British heart-throb rocker

Daybook

It’s Pennsylvania Primary Day! It’s Pennsylvania Primary Day!

STUMPIN’

Hillary and Barack are in Pennsylvania, natch

John McCain heads to Ohio for a town hall meeting at YoungstownStateUniversity followed by a fund-raiser at the Toldeo Club.

SENATE

Noon

A roll call vote on whether to proceed on the “Disabled Veterans Insurance Improvement Act of 2007”

10am

The Senate Commerce Committee holds a full committee hearing on “The Future of the Internet”

2:30pm

Senate Intel holds a closed, full committee meeting on intelligence matters.

HOUSE

12:30PM

Declarations of suuport for National Health Care Decisions Day and Earth Day

Motion to establish March 6 as World Glaucoma Day and 2008 as the Year Of The Reef

2pm

House Oversight and Reform subcommittee hearing on a new report from the Government Accountability Office on Defense Department weapons.

4:30pm

House Judiciary Subcommittee holds a hearing on Prison Abuse Remedies. Watch For: Vernon Keenan, director of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation

5pm

House Approps Subcommittee on Intel Oversight holds a closed hearing on the National Security Agency.

WATCH MORE TV

Set Your TiVo At Work

Ellen: Randy Jackson, dawg

Oprah: Oprah does Earth Day

Regis & Kelly: Baby Mama co-star Amy Poehler; Mr. Darcy (swoooon!) Colin Firth

The View: It’s cool chick day: Darfur actor-vist Mia Farrow; wife of Don, Deirdre Imus; politico Dee Dee Myers

Stay Up Late

Stewart: Baltimore’s King of Weird/Cool, John Waters

Colbert: Auther of The Age of American Unreason, Susan Jacoby

Letterman: Actress Helen Hunt

Leno: Elaine herself, Julia Louis-Dreyfus; “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” star Jason Segel

Conan: Former sidekick Andy Richter

Kimmel: Brad Garrett (the brother on “Everybody Loves Raymond”)

 

Eavesdrop

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Bush Vs. Earth Day

Who: Daniel Weiss, Senior Fellow and the Director of Climate Strategy at the Center for American Progress

What: A conversation, in honor of Earth Day, on Bush’s record on climate change.

Why You Should Care: Global warming is the transcendent challenge of our time, and efforts to counteract it are an opportunity we can’t afford to miss.

The Audio

  • Daniel Weiss, on Bush’s record: “Since President Bush took office, the amount of global warming pollution has increased by the equivalent of adding 30 million new cars to the road.”
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  • Weiss explains Bush’s lame efforts: “...he’s preferred to endorse voluntary measures that have done little to reduce our emissions.”
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  • Weiss says Congress and the American people should “ignore President Bush and begin taking steps right away to reduce our emissions from power plants, motor vehicles, and other industrial facilities.”
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  • Weiss, on Bush’s recently announced fake plan: “President Bush’s proposal to do nothing about global warming until 2025 means that we’re going to have a huge growth in global warming pollution. It would be equivalent to more than doubling all the cars on the road already today.”
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  • Weiss explains what folks can do to reduce their own carbon footprint. But the most important thing? “Vote!”
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Popularity Contest

All of your attention has been focused, laser-like, on the drama unfolding in Pennsylvania, but we’ve got your back – keep up to date on today’s news with the most popular stories from the top news sites.

ABC: A Good Student’s ‘Unexpected’ Bomb Plot

CBS: Men From Polygamy Sect Speak

NBC: Obama predicts Clinton win in Pennsylvania

FOX: ‘Part of God’s Plan’: U.S. Pastor Given More Than 3 Years in Prison for Bringing Rifle Shells Into Russia

CNN: 32 people shot, 6 killed, in violent Chicago weekend

NYT: Cat Lovers Appreciate Soul Mate in Vatican

WP: Bob Novak: What’s the Matter With Obama

LAT: Ominous signs for ‘American Idol’

USAT: Obama widens national lead in USA TODAY/Gallup Poll

REUT: Florida luxury home market shows signs of wear

BBC: Muslim call to adopt Mecca time

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