For your holiday listening pleasure the
Liberadio(!) Family Singers*
are proud to present
Larry Craig’s 12 Days of Christmas (.mp3)
*The LFS are Ashley Crownover, Josh Anderson, Jessica Cheatham, Maddie Anderson, Dana Delworth, John Delworth, Robert Myers, Mary, Freddie, and the lovely Miss Oh Snaps.
This weekend the New York Times published a story reporting that Ohio elections officials believe there are “critical flaws that could undermine the integrity of the 2008 general election.”
Now is the time to ensure election integrity in Tennessee for the 2008 election. In Dec 2006, the Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations (TACIR) asked its […]
Summary: Today is Human Rights Day and our guest is Gatluak Ter Thach, founder and Executive Director of the Sudanese Community & Women’s Services Center. He talks about his journey to Nashville, the Center’s function in the community, and the unending internal conflicts in Sudan. The Center is having a public awareness and support event […]
Summary: In the first segment of the show we send birthday greetings out to Freddie’s mom, wish the federal government would take a fiscally responsible hint from Metro, and ask the age-old question, does Mitt Romney exist? The proof, we decide, is in the pandering. Plus we hear Part 1 of the WeeklyRadioAddress.com’s 5-part series, […]
Gathering to Save Our Democracy founder, Bernie Ellis sends a time sensitive dispatch, complete with action items. If you want next year’s voter registration drives to have more oomph then get down with Bernie:
Most of you are familiar with the serious concerns and risks associated with paperless voting systems, like the direct recording electronic (DRE) […]
My religion is not secularism, as Romney accuses me and other non-observers of practicing. My religion is the Constitution of the United States of America. I can’t think of anything more patriotic or inclusive.
With this book, none of Halperin’s wit is to be found. But his addiction to politics (stronger by orders of magnitude than my own, I imagine) is on full display as he lovingly creates mini-hagiographies of each candidate. He creates thumbnail portraits of each candidate replete with detail but never damning or warning. That said, it is definitely a must-read for anyone choosing a candidate. Much more is made of each person in favor of the parties each will hope to represent, and I think that’s a strength in a voter’s guide. I try never to approach a race with a single letter (D or R or even I) looming large in my mind before I vote, preferring to know exactly what I’m getting (through careful analysis of a candidate) rather than a rough idea (through review of a platform nearest the level of office for which I’ll be voting). If I voted in Texas, where the Republicans have proclaimed America a Christian nation in their platform, I might think differently. But Halperin’s book serves as a reminder just how important analysis is when voting, and he does a thorough job reviewing the personal, political, and policy backgrounds of each candidate in a volume slim enough that one could easily read it straight through before Feb. 5th (or even Jan. 3rd if one is looking to fundraise before the Iowa caucus).
Donkey Tonkin’
(With apologies to Hank Williams)
If you are sad and lonely Tonight
And have no place to go
Just come to see us baby
And bring a little dough.
And we’ll go Donkey Tonkin’, Donkey Tonkin’
We’ll go Donkey Tonkin’, honey baby
We’ll go Donkey Tonkin’ round this town.
We’re goin’ to Nashville Palace*
To the Palace fair
If you go to the Palace […]
