Yeah, we do. Smart public policy, not fear-based reactionary legislation that’s all showy bluster (I’m talking to you, Border Fence). Remember, 78% of Americans Support Comprehensive Immigration Reform, with an Earned Path to Citizenship
To that end, please use this handy-dandy phone number, 1-800-417-7666, to call Senator Alexander and Senator Corker today and ask them to […]
What happened to even pretending we wear a white hat or have some semblance of moral authority? From Crooks and Liars:
During the second GOP debate, Fox News’ Brit Hume sets up a hypothetical situation where three terrorist attacks occur at shopping malls in major cities. A fourth attack is thwarted and that would-be attacker, who […]
Learning history from Wikipedia…
“The ‘Mother’s Day Proclamation’ by Julia Ward Howe was one of the early calls to celebrate Mother’s Day in the United States. Written in 1870, Howe’s Mother’s Day Proclamation was a pacifist reaction to the carnage of the American Civil War and the Franco-Prussian War. The Proclamation was tied to Howe’s feminist […]
Summary: In the last segment of our WAMB show, we listen to the generals on the ground (unlike some person we know) and Freddie notes that the Pentagon has placed unprecedented restrictions on who can testify before Congress, really pushing the envelope on this whole constitutional powers thing.
Listen to: Do Veterans Count as Troops?(17:46 […]
Summary: Author, american, anti-war activist and mother, Cindy Sheehan, joins us for a conversation about the real meaning of Mother’s Day and her call to action for all mothers to march on Washington this coming Monday, May 14. “Arise, then, women of this day!
Arise, all women who have hearts, Whether our baptism be of water […]
Summary: In part one of our Friday show on WAMB, we reveal that the White House is misrepresentin’ and withholdin’ key docs and info from Congress. And is Alberto Gonzales a liar, incompetent, or both? Plus a note to Mother Nature: Only one natural disaster at a time, please. And make sure they are at […]
03 May 2007
“A Power Governments Cannot Suppress,” By Howard Zinn, City Lights.
An excerpt from Howard Zinn’s new book — a collection of essays on history, class and the strength of ordinary citizens — explores the unfair trial of Sacco and Vanzetti and the flawed justice system that still haunts us today.
05 May 2007
“A Split Emerges […]
And energy security at the state level marches on. This morning SB0116 passed the State Senate unanimously. Here’s the bill summary:
Requires, instead of authorizes, the department of economic and community development to promulgate energy and lighting efficiency standards to be administered by local governments.
The bill was amended prior to passage. As amended, the bill makes […]
Summary: First Elbert Ventura, Research Fellow for Media Matters for America, smacks down Glenn Beck for his one-man global warming (read: hot air) project. Then Mary and Robert, gadfly extraordinaire, get into it over Bush’s conservatism and immigration. Freddie hides.
Listen to: Smackdowns all Around (26:00 23.8MB)
The TCASK blog excerpts a letter by the Rev. James Lawson that was published in the Tennessean this morning.
For those of us who are Christian, we are called, as the early church described itself after Jesus’ crucifixion, to be “people of the way.” Our lives should manifest the love, forgiveness and reconciliation exemplified and taught […]
