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Moral Rectitude Index
Tuesday, April 01, 2008
What do you think of mayor’s moral rectitude index and what would you add to it?
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Happy April Fool's Day Brian! sigh...
Great April Fools segment.
Almost as good as today's Woot. April Fool's woot-off with 20 sales of the SAME item all day long (woot.com)
These are not serious are they?
One that should NOT count: Biodiesel and old diesel engines. It seems better for the enviornment, but negatively impacts the airspace. It stinks!
Wells
How about a discount for WNYC listeners? The sensor could detect what frequency your radio is tuned to.
april fool's
April Fool!
Happy April Fools Day!!!!
April Fools !!!
$6 off if you have no sense of dignity.
Happy Fool's Day, Brian.
Thanks,
Stephen
happy april folls day
Happy April Fool's to you too.....
An additional charge should be added for each yellow flag affixed to a vehicle. The money should then be used to "support our troops!"
Holy cow this is total facisim. my medical records linked to teh government, NO WAY. I hate this even more, its ilegal and it is imoral.
ROTFLOL.
Great delivery Brian.
If you WERE arrested at the RNC convention, you get $1 off. In fact, you don't ever have to pay anything. After all, over 90% of those arrests have been thrown out and the other 10% are on their way to that status.
Google made a fair attempt at an April Fool's Day joke this morning, gmail custom time:
http://mail.google.com/mail/help/customtime/index.html
Do they match WNYC pledges?
If you WERE arrested at the RNC convention, $2 off.
I've been waiting all day for the first April Fools' joke ~ thank you.
I think small cars and hybrids should have a discount
I'm with Rory!
WNYC member discount!
Please tell me this is an April Fool's Day joke!?!?!
Oh, and don't forget 35 cents off if you wash behind your ears!
Way to go Brian! LOL!!
Awesome April Fools!
this is a joke right? Big brother or what? I don't smoke, eat trans fats, agree with all of the indexes, but this is crazy!
Everyone who gives up seats to the elderly and pregnant women should get $1 off. ;-)
happy april's fool day--great fun
How about a long time WNYC member? Should be worth a couple of bucks a day!
How about politicians get $1 off if they don't vote for a raise for themselves.
Gullible people get $1 off.
Full refund if you give sexual favors in exchange for real estate development (including Dan Doctoroff)
Ha! yeah! most definately April fools.
Here's the most important reward for moral rectitude: $8 off if you don't bring a car.
#15 hit the nail on the head. Another big brother works his way into our lives.
this is funny, but just to let you know the NYC condoms are free...
April Fools!
This must be an April fool's joke. It just sounds too farcical and too Big-Brother to be true. If there were anything remotely resembling such an index in reality, drivers should get a discount for driving a hybrid.
Reward for spaying and neutering your pets...
Left-handed persons (extra bonus if ambidextrous...)
Great one this year! Happy You-Know-What!
Genius, Brian! Excellent take on our mayor's nanny-state tendencies. My hat is off to you, sir!
http://www.google.com/googlecalendar/new_wakeup.html
Another April Fool's joke from google.
I am so angry about the plan that passed last night I think I fell for the aprils fool joke that this must be
I hope this is an April Fools gag because if it's not my blood pressure is going to shoot skywards and possibly cause me a stroke and I will die for which I will hold WNYC responsible. How DARE the mayor think he can determine morality. HOW DARE HE!!
brian -- the new orson welles. how are you keeping a straight face??
very funny. happy april fools.
If you volunteer to be castrated and are a billionauire, you get to go into the City for free, forever, as you are a worthy candidate for public office!
1984?
Oh I love that guy...
No condoms.
The reason we have this morass in society is because we dont do sex ed in schools ..
but that was a great sarcastic call!
For those who are compelled to drive into the gridlock, anybody with a bicycle or roller blades in their vehicle should get $1 off.
Ha! Yeah! Most definately April fools.
Am I the only one who realizes it is April 1st today?? You have very gullible listners!!!
How about if yor car is Hybrid, you charge the city for the air you have allowed them to breathe below 60th street?
Good April fools segment..!!!!
God, I hope the people getting up in arms are playing along....
Please, please post the list on the page somewhere -- I want to share the genius with my non-NYC friends.
$2 off if you are actually wearing a condom (or a chastity belt) as you are driving in.
Please tell us that the whole Congestion Pricing is an April Fools!??
Or, how about, if you can afford the $8, a $30 surcharge is added to it. Manhattan should not be only for the rich!
The listener who was offended by condoms...Was he serious? It is April Fools Day, it had to be a joke.
Sensors can read what your clothes are made of: organic cotton, $1 dollar off, hemp $2 off.
Will the city sell ad space on the condoms?
April foolio!
Moral rectitude in any form would destroy NYC. There should be fines for moral rectitude, rather than incentives. Same with congestion. The whole point of NYC is that it's so crowded nobody goes there anymore.
GREAT APRIL FOOLS PRANK...LOVE IT!!
Happy April Fool's Day!
They should check your credit card records to see if you've been buying inappropriate things off the internet.
Given today is April 1st, I think our legs are being pulled.
That alot of stuff for any government to follow up. And last time I checked the NYC Condoms are FREE. What about Pople who live in NJ. How are they going to find out that their kids don't miss school. LOL
Nice try WNYC.
For the approval of the last caller, how bout: virgins get in free!
Your should get credit if you have never run a red light, or jay walked!
Happy April 1
I really thought I could not be fooled today.
Good job!
"This just came in from the news room" -- the last time something came in from the news room at 11:40 on an April 1, the city council was going to ban smoking in homes -- because one man's home is another man's work place.
It was too bad that proposal was defeated. But why not combine these? The cameras should detect smoke in the cars and check credit card records for cigarette purchases. $2 extra congestion charge per day per pack.
As you said then... happy holiday!
If this is the case, I owe the city millions of dollars!
Are people actually taking this seriously??
I think it's great. Happy April.
Yes, April Fools....
We really should put meters on car horns.
The more you honk, the more you pay.
Hybrid Vehicle
Two People in Vehicle
Three or More People in Vehicle 2 points
That guy who thinks condoms are a bad idea should move to Kansas, or Kazastan.
How about using this as a way of dealing with weight issues.. dollar off for a good BMI
OH Jeez Enough!!
I bet a lot of people believe this!
lifetime free pass if you can prove (with clear photos) that Mike Bloomberg uses condoms.
a pecking order regarding abstinence/condoms?
shouldn't that be a "peckering" order?
we should pull eliot into that debate!
If you have a Brian Leherer bumber sticker you should pay a DOLLAR MORE!!
April Fools!
If you were arrested at the RNC convention, you probably already use mass transit or ride your bike.
Link to license plate numbers, and $1,000,000 if you lobbied to get the the RNC nominating convention for NYC in 2004?
Minus a dollar of you were falsely arrested and held for exercising your first amendment right to protest the convention.
1. $1 if you've attended at least 1 of your child's parent teacher conferences and/or pta meetings.
i was also thinking about getting those people that have not been paying child support but if they have no $ to even pay that, what's the point of charging them another fee?
2. if you're a nyc dept. of education employee trying to get to work you should get at least $1
p.s.- can you tell i'm a teacher?
the sensor reads your laptop's cache and can see if you've ever commented on a blog. If you've never complained about a development project in NYC on a blog, say Atlantic Yards, you get $1 off.
How about if you always take the subway, you get a dollar off from congestion pricing--oh, wait.
if you vote for me for mayor, you get a dollar off.
"This almost sounds facetious to me..." PRICELESS!
It really blows my mind how american society seems to be reversing in to the dark ages. lets remember the moral thing to do is not the right thing to do. So why not talk about the right thing to do... like if you use public transportation you get points, as well as if you use the rubbish bins, or just paying your taxes... just my opinion.
Back in the days of Bill Clinton he tried to pass tuition credits which, as I recall, were visciously attacked as social engineering, not to be tolerated!! Now, how did we get from there to here?
I am rolling on the floor, unbeleivable!
If we give a small credit for a Jesus fish or a Star of David, there should be a large discount, maybe $5 for one of those Darwin Fish (the ones with primitive feet).
This is a commercial for fascism.
Great Apr. Fool's segment!
Let's have a two week long discussion about whose moral rectitude is morallier rectitudinous than someone else's. Going to the doctor has no points on the MRI. I have better ways to stay healthy than paying money to the health care megalopolies.
money off if you have used your metrocard in the last day (hours/minutes) etc. more off if you've used it recently.
happy april fools, but i still think this is a good idea!
& turn to WBAI tomorrow -- same show for real!
You beat me to it, Brian! Yeah, I don't think Mayor "Free Speech Zone" will go for a discount for those who *were* arrested at the RNC.
ahhhh brian you're such a trickster!
got me!!!!!!
damn this infernal day! First I get tricked into thinking Al Gore is running for president with Bloomberg as an independent and now this. I'm such a sucker!
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