The Fightin’ 5th! Show archive & Podcast

Posted by Mary Mancini on August 22, 2006 under Uncategorized |

We’ve posted yesterday’s show (including the interview with Congressman Jim Cooper) as an mp3 (archive & podcast) in two parts:

8-21-2006 Liberadio(!) - The Fightin’ 5th! Part 1
We’re bringing the domestic and foreign policy wonk today with discussions about President Bush’s NSA wiretapping program, the civil war in Iraq, and Chuck Hagel - ADIT (A Democrat in Training). Plus we get our excercise on with a nice long celebratory Snoopy dance. And speaking of Snoopy, the new Liberadio(!) mascot is the “Colbeagle,” a beagle-eagle hybrid with the head of Stephen Colbert. (43:12 20MB) Listen.

8-21-2006 Liberadio(!) - The Fightin’ 5th! Part 2
Stephen Colbert has nothing on us as we welcome Congressman Jim Cooper of Tennessee’s 5th district (The Fightin’ 5th!) to the second hour of the show. The Congressman recently published in book form, The Financial Report of the U.S. aka “The Report the White House Doesn’t Want You to See,” an official government document released by the Bush administration and shrouded in secrecy. The report provides a more accurate picture of the U.S. deficit, which Cooper writes in the foreward of the book, is much greater than President Bush tells us it is. (57:04 26MB). Listen…

Or, listen to our interview with Congressman Cooper.

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PATRICK HENRY said,

BRAVO TO COOPER. I AM GLAD TO SEE HE VOTED AGAINST THE LAST BUDGET. HE HAS BEEN IN CONGRESS MANY YEARS AND I WOULD ASK WHY HE HASN’T TRIED TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT THE SPENDING OF S.S. IN THE GENERAL FUND? THIS IS A MAJOR PROBLEM.