Can we start over, or what? We had our accountability moment, and it sucked.

Washington Post: “Democrats forced the Republican-controlled Senate into an unusual closed session Tuesday, demanding answers about intelligence that led to the Iraq war.” More…
UPDATE: Senator Rockefeller: “My colleagues and I have tried for two years to do our oversight work, and for two years we have been undermined, avoided, put off, and vilified by the […]

During the 2000 election George Bush’s television commercials claimed that a Gore administration would squander the budget surplus through big spending, bringing back the days of high deficits.
Insert snarky comment here.
Watch the commercial here.

Patrick Fitzgerald. Listen to his strong, clear voice, see his piercing blue eyes, and experience his manly whiff of integrity here. You can watch it all on “The Span.”
Hat tip: Crooks and Liars

I will admit to being pro-choice when it comes to public policy because I believe that a woman is a woman until such time as woman and child coexist separately. And while I doubt that science will ever alter my definitions, I have yet to see a holy text that comments on this issue in explicit terms either.

A big, heartfelt, sincere thank you to all who voted for Mary(!) and Freddie(!) in the Best Talk Radio Host(s) category in this year’s Nashville Scene Reader’s Poll. The results are in and we are so pleased! Thanks again for your support and for listening to the show.
We’ve been on the air for just a […]

“Fitzmas.” The rest of us prefer “Fitztivus.” Can’t wait for the Airing of Grievances.

Dispelling the popular belief that the GOP is the party of “family values,” the Washington Post reports that “Republicans began targeting key programs for budget cuts yesterday, from student loans and health care to food stamps and foster care.”
Cuts to Foster care? Un-cared for children with nowhere to go? It appears that the Conservative formula […]

WRVU-FM is undergoing station maintenance this morning so no Liberadio(!). You can, however, catch the show LIVE on Tuesday, 10/25, from 6 to 8 pm, streaming at RadioFreeNashville.org.

Listen to last week’s Liberadio(!) as a podcast. “Education is the silver bullet. Education is everything. We don’t need little changes. We need gigantic revolutionary changes.” — Sam Seaborn. With our guest, Alan Coverstone (teacher of Government and Economics and the Academic Dean at Montgomery Bell Academy, father of two children, member of the PTO […]