Posted by Liberadio(!) on April 30, 2007 under Uncategorized | 
Summary: It’s time for our weekly Media Matters for America Smackdown with Media Matters Research Fellow, Elbert Ventura. Freddie dons his tin foil hat to prevent the evil Soros-Ventura cabal from breaking through his thick skull. Elbert dispels the media mutterings of Limbaugh and O’Reilly, who suggests that Media Matters is at the heart of George Soros’s insane plot to take his Peabody Awards away from him.
Listen to: Soros, Soros, Soros!
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Summary: The former governor of Iowa and would-have-been Democratic nominee speaks about his presidential bid, his subsequent endorsement of Hillary Clinton, carbon neutrality and energy security, the Bush-McCain doctrine, and how Tennessee Democrats can reclaim the State Senate. Sadly, we forgot our duck call. Vil-SACK!
Listen to: Tom Vilsack’s Duck Soup (20:46 19MB)
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Summary: Vanderbilt Distinguished Professor, Reverend Jim Lawson, is against Christians against Jesus. In our interview he explores important social and religious issues often left unexplored by the modern mainstream media. The nonviolence advocate expects a new movement behind the message to arise. We don’t think it can come soon enough.
Listen to: Lawson is Awesome (32:28 29.7MB)
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Summary: Mary and Freddie dance around the issue of whether Pres. Bush should be dancing despite having left his one-liners in the vault. After all, we have a “global war on terror” to win. A discussion of the many “successes” of reconstruction in Iraq ensues. With some hijinks.
Listen to: He Feels Like Dancing (…Dancing, Dance the Night Away) (31:14 28.6MB)
Posted by Mary Mancini on under Uncategorized |
This week, President George W. Bush will dust off his veto power for only the second time during his presidency and by doing so endorse the status quo. His “stay the course” mentality in the face of a disastrously mismanaged war and a crumbling foreign policy illustrates, once again, his inability or desire to manage our business effectively.
The President and his people suggest that if he accepts the Democratic plan for holding the Iraqi government accountable we will lose the war. Let’s assume that their definition of winning is to have one, unified government in Iraq (although he has never given us a clear definition of what it means to win nor have he ever given us a clear strategy of waging or exiting this war). The Sunnis and the Shias are also fighting to win. But their definition of winning is at cross-purposes to ours. They’re not fighting for unity. Rather, they are fighting for complete control of their government and their country. How will we “win” against that? We win by following the Democratic plan for holding the Iraqi government accountable. And if Malaki and the Iraqi parliament can’t unify his country with a political solution, then we leave.
A suicide car bomber struck near a sacred Shiite shrine in Karbala today, killing at least 58 people and wounding 169 in the second attack in two weeks against the city’s holy sites.
The shrine was not damaged, the police said, but witnesses said at least 30 shops were destroyed. Imagine all of Hillsboro Village being destroyed. Goodness. Where would you get your pancakes on Sunday morning?
Near the blast site, survivors frantically searched for missing relatives.
Iraqi television showed one man carrying the charred body of a small girl above his head as he ran down the street while ambulances rushed to retrieve the wounded and firefighters sprayed water at fires in the wreckage, leaving pools of bloody water.
The U.S. military announced the deaths of nine American troops, including three killed Saturday in a single roadside bombing outside Baghdad, five who died in fighting Friday in Anbar province, and one killed in a separate roadside bombing south of the capital.
The deaths raised to 99 the number of members of the U.S. military who have died this month and at least 3,346 who have died since the Iraq war started in March 2003.
Bombs, shootings and mortar fire killed at least nine people in and around Baghdad. In the southern area of Bayaa, gunmen opened fire on an S.U.V. with six people inside it, killing five of them and wounding the sixth, an interior ministry official said.
A roadside bomb targeting laborers in another area of southern Baghdad killed at least one and wounded eight.
Wire services reported that 16 bodies were found in the northern city of Mosul over the past 24 hours.
And in the restive Diyala Province, the police said clashes broke out in several areas of Baquba, the province’s dominant city. At least two civilians were found dead in the city, two others kidnapped. The police said a suicide car bomber also blew up his vehicle at a checkpoint outside the city, killing an Iraqi soldier and wounding two others.
Posted by Liberadio(!) on April 28, 2007 under Uncategorized |
Tune in to Liberadio(!) today, Saturday April 28, from 1 to 3pm, on WNSG 880 AM, for live interviews with Leah Flynn (11th grade, Hume Fogg) and Marcus Bagwell (11th grade, Hillsboro) of the “Meet the Man” Youth-led, Youth Issues Mayoral Forum; Plus, we’ll replay our interview with Vice Mayor and mayoral candidate, Howard Gentry; And, we take your phone calls! It’s open lines / open minds Saturday!
Posted by Liberadio(!) on April 27, 2007 under Uncategorized |
Summary: This morning we interviewed Ned Lamont on WAMB 1200AM. Ned ran against “He-who-shall-not-be-named” for U.S. Senate in the Connecticut Democratic primary last year and won, only to lose in the general election to the same candidate. Ned’s a smart guy, a successful businessman with degrees from both Harvard and Yale and, we hope, a future politician. During the interview Ned talks about the democratic process, standing for something, the Iraq war, the Dems plan for the Iraq war, Rudy Giuliani, Connecticut’s “Tennessee Envy,” his mom’s blog, and the importance of running for office.
Listen to: Lamont is La Man (16:13 7.5MB)
Posted by Mary Mancini on April 26, 2007 under Uncategorized |
Tune in to Liberadio(!) this morning, Friday April 27, from 7 to 8am, on WAMB 1200AM, for live interviews with Ned Lamont and Karl Dean.
Ned successfully ran as the anti-war candidate against “He-who-shall-not-be-named” for U.S. Senate in the Connecticut Democratic primary last year.
Karl Dean is one of Nashville’s mayoral candidates.
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22 Apr 2007
“The GOP’s cyber election hit squad,” by Steven Rosenfeld and Bob Fitrakis (The Free Press)
The concluding thesis is the kicker: “Public vote counts on private, partisan servers and secret proprietary software have no place in a democracy.”
23 Apr 2007
“George Soros rules the world! Bill O’Reilly loses it…,” by John Amato (Crooks and Liars) [VIDEO]
“And they rule everything! And the only way to stop them is if we all put on these tin foil hats! We’ll show you how to make your own when the O’Reilly Factor returns from this advertising break…”
25 Apr 2007
“Buying the War: How Did the Mainstream Press Get it So Wrong?,” Bill Moyers’ Journal (PBS)
Four years ago on May 1, President Bush landed on the aircraft carrier USS Lincoln and delivered a speech in front of a giant “Mission Accomplished” banner. Despite profound questions and the increasing violence in Baghdad, many in the press confirmed the White House’s claim that the war was won. How did they get it so wrong? How did the evidence disputing the existence of weapons of mass destruction and the link between Saddam Hussein and 9/11 continue to go largely unreported?
“The Oval Office Bunker,” by David Ignatius (washingtonpost.com)
“Um, Mr. President? Open the door, Mr. President. Your country needs you.”
26 Apr 2007
“America’s Checkbook,” by Tom Ashbrook (On Point) [AUDIO]
Featuring our very own congressman, Jim Cooper, who puts the “responsibility” back in “fiscal responsibility”. Good public policy, smart government, responsible spending. Who doesn’t want these things? We sure do…
“US Officials Exclude Car Bombs in Touting Drop in Iraq Violence,” By Nancy A. Youssef (McClatchy Newspapers)
U.S. officials who say there has been a dramatic drop in sectarian violence in Iraq since President Bush began sending more American troops into Baghdad aren’t counting one of the main killers of Iraqi civilians.
30 Apr 2007
“The Changing Gun Debate,” by Michael Bloomberg (Newsweek)
One of America’s best Republican executives chides Congress and (justifiably) takes credit for continuing to seek solutions to gun crimes.
Posted by Mary Mancini on April 25, 2007 under Uncategorized |
Brittney over at WKRN’S Nashville Is Talking is spreading the word. Planned Parenthood of Middle Tennessee and East Tennessee and their supporters will demonstrate today, Wednesday, April 25, to “express outrage over the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling to uphold the federal abortion ban.”
Meet outside of Legislative Plaza from 4:30 to 6:00 p.m.
Today marks the third anniversary of the largest march in Washington, D.C. history, the landmark March for Women’s Lives. To honor the anniversary, the pro-choice community will once again send the message to elected officials that women’s health must be protected.
Hell, at this point, I’d settle for women’s health to be considered.
