Archive for September, 2007

You Gotta Believe!

Sunday, September 30th, 2007

Not anymore, I don’t. Bruce Barry over at the Scene’s Pith in the Wind recaps the excruciating last few games of a season that was a brutal shock to the system of Mets fans everywhere. And we’re used to that kind of thing.

They’re Killing the Monks

Friday, September 28th, 2007

USA Today is circulating satellite photos gathered by the American Association for the Advancement of Science that illustrate human rights abuses in Burma, also know as Myanmar. The scientists say they will continue to buy satellite imagery of Burma’s cities “in hopes of tracking the impact of the government’s crackdown on protesters who have been […]

Liberadio(!) Podcast: The Phonies

Friday, September 28th, 2007

Libe(internet)radio(!) is on the air! During this morning’s broadcast we gave our first Phony award to Rush Limbaugh who, while consistently accusing the opposition of not supporting the troops, accused the troops who disagree with him of being phony. Our second Phony goes to Congressman Marsha Blackburn who has her priorities way out of whack. […]

9/11 Fever. Catch It!

Wednesday, September 26th, 2007

Supporters of master 9/11 exploiter Rudy Giuliani have taken their cue and have launched a morbid fund raiser in his name. That’s right, tonight’s your night to donate “$9.11 for Rudy” at house parties all across the country.
In poor taste, to be sure, but it also makes this Daily Show clip even funnier.

The Shill Report

Tuesday, September 25th, 2007

This morning, Steve Gill interviewed Star Parker, a most unpleasant woman who blamed secular humanists, liberals and Democrats for, well, all of our societal ills. Not surprisingly, Parker will be in Franklin, TN Saturday night as the featured speaker for a fund raising banquet for Tennessee Right to Life, who also like to place blame […]

Blackburned!

Tuesday, September 25th, 2007

From Crooks and Liars: “Tucker substitute host David Shuster confronts Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN, [The Fightin’ 7th! - Ed.]) about the blatant hypocrisy of the Republican party when he asks about Rush Limbaugh’s Senator Betrayus smear against Senator Chuck Hagel and all Blackburn wants to do is rehash tired slams against the New York Times […]

In Defense of the Freedom to Hear

Tuesday, September 25th, 2007

Yesterday was a day that should have made us all proud. Standing on the podium across from Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, President Lee Bollinger of Columbia University celebrated traditional American freedoms - not Ahmadinejad’s leadership.
In his opening remarks Bollinger reminded us that to listen to ideas does not in any way imply “our endorsement of […]

Liberadio Podcast: The Nuclear Warheads are Coming! The Nuclear Warheads are Coming!

Monday, September 24th, 2007

Summary: On September 6, after conferring with the Bush Administration, Israel bombed a suspected nuclear missile site in Syria set up with apparent collaboration from North Korea. Israel won’t allow their press to report it, our President refuses to answer questions about it, and barely a squeak has been heard from the target. Also in […]

Liberadio(!) Podcast: A Liberadio(!) Round Table with Karlen Evins, Stacy Rector, and Jerry Maynard

Monday, September 24th, 2007

Summary: Joining us for a Liberadio(!) Round Table discussion are newly elected councilman-at-large, Jerry Maynard, co-host of Beyond Reason, Karlen Evins, and the executive director of the Tennessee Coalition to Abolish State Killing, Stacy Rector. With two Reverends and a divinity school graduate, you can bet that our discussion about the Jena 6, the Little […]

Liberadio(!) Podcast: The O’Racist Factor

Monday, September 24th, 2007

Summary: We’ve got two - count’em, two! - Screaming Tightie Rightie segments. In the first, Bill O’Reilly proclaims black people to be just like everybody else. Thanks for clearing that up, Bill. In the second, Manhattan prep school and Harvard-educated Project for a New American Century hack, Bill Kristol, angrily denounces those darned “liberal universities.” […]