Today Harold Ford, Jr. [Ed. Curious to note the completely blank webpage without even any hidden text indicating a run for governor in 2010.] penned an op-ed for the Washington Times, brought to us by the Rev. Sun Myung Moon.
Here is the meat of Jr.’s proposal:
To address the challenges of the middle class, Democrats should […]
Summary: Our guest is Dale Gray, executive director of MANNA Nashville, a coalition of people from all parts of the Nashville community who for 25 years have been committed to attacking the root causes of hunger.
Listen to: Manna Nashville, an Interview with Dale Gray (36MB, :21:00)
The juxtaposition on last night’s CNN/YouTube debate of the “On the Death Penalty, what would Jesus do?” question and the “Do you believe every word of The Holy Bible” question was poetic. Governor Mike Huckabee’s answers, not so much.
That Huckabee pretended to not recognize his hypocrisy was almost too much to bear (but it […]
Yesterday’s Republican CNN/YouTube debate was a hoot. That wacky Mike Huckabee really cracks me up. But the laughs came to an abrupt halt when Duncan Hunter answered a question about why he thinks that “American men and women in uniform are not professional enough to serve with gays and lesbians:”
“…I believe in what Colin Powell […]
Summary: After we get done talking about our Thanksgiving Holiday and climate change, we get a call from Dan Mathews, Senior Vice President for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (aka PETA). Dan is an extraordinary activist who takes the “f” out of fur and puts it in fun. He’s also the author of […]
I am not a lawyer, and I don’t even play one on the radio. But I’m interested in the ramifications of “an ordinance amending Chapter 12 of Article 11 of the Metropolitan Code to prohibit aggressive panhandling and certain other panhandling activities.”
It defines “panhandling” thusly:
“Panhandling” means any solicitation made in person requesting an immediate donation […]
Paging Ginny Welsch, indeed. Goldni asks Congressman Cooper (D-TN, the Fightin’ 5th!) the question about his Iraq war funding vote that I’ve been stewing about all morning:
Really, Congressman Cooper? For all your talk about “fiscal responsibility,” you really want to pour more money into Iraq without ANY conditions attached? Doesn’t fiscal responsibility require SOME accountability?
I […]
Summary: Big Hollywood Conglomerates are messing with our daily dose of The Colbert Report and we’re not happy about it. Oh, and we think the writers should be fairly compensated for their work, too. Plus, it seems as if Americans’ entertainment tastes as polarized as our political views, America’s national debt just breached $9 trillion […]
Summary: On Monday we also interviewed local U.S. Green Building Council spokesperson Jamie Qualk and Tennessee Environmental Council executive director John McFadden, who have also helped organize this weekend’s Summit for a Sustainable Tennessee, being held at Lipscomb University. Since the interview Friend of Liberadio(!) Kami has informed us that the organizers have agreed to […]
Summary: Our guest is David Earnhardt, an Emmy award winning producer and director and partner with the prestigious Nashville production company, Earnhardt Pirkle. His latest labor of love and the topic of our discussion is his documentary Uncounted: The New Math of American Elections, which shows how the election fraud that changed the outcome of […]
