Archive for May, 2008

It’s Time for The Busy to Stop and Take the Time to Fight The Crazy.

Monday, May 12th, 2008

We had a discussion this morning with Elbert Ventura during our Media Matters for America Smackdown about what to do if you get one of those emails. You know, the emails that say Barack Obama is both a muslim AND a radical christian? Don’t hit delete. Take the time to hit “reply all” and send […]

Today is The Most Important Day Ever for Paper Ballots in Tennessee

Monday, May 12th, 2008

HB 1256/SB 1363, Tennessee’s Voter Confidence Act, goes to a full floor vote in the House on Tuesday, May 13. In the Senate it has one more committee (Finance Ways & Means) hoop to jump through today, Monday, May 12. Senate F, W & M members are:
Randy McNally, Chair; Douglas Henry, Vice-Chair; Tim Burchett, Secretary; […]

Liberadio(!) Podcast: May 05, 2008

Sunday, May 11th, 2008

Summary: Tomas Young from Phil Donohue’s documentary, Body of War ; Renée Paradis, Counsel for the Brennan Center for Justice; and Elbert Ventura, research fellow with Media Matters for America.

Part 1 - Jon Stewart is coming! So is electronic voting. Plus, who does Senator Clinton remind you of when she says she doesn’t listen […]

You Can Lead a Nun to a Polling Place, But You Can’t Let Her Vote

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008

Way to prevent voter fraud, U.S. Supreme Court! Someone with the intials S-C-A-L-I-A is going to a very hot place when he dies. Really. Taking away what could be the last pleasurable act of participatory democracy from a 98-year-old nun? Tsk, tsk, tsk.
About 12 Indiana nuns were turned away Tuesday from a polling place by […]

Liberadio(!) Podcast: April 28, 2008

Sunday, May 4th, 2008

Summary: Guests include Congressman Jim “Coop” Cooper of Tennessee’s Fightin’ 5th!, Rachel Smolker, a research biologist at the Global Justice Ecology Project; and Elbert Ventura, research fellow for Media Matters for America.

Part 1 - We have a very specific delegate count question for a Senator Clinton supporter… Anyone…? Anyone…? Bueller…?. (21:02 33.7MB)
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Liberadio(!) Podcast: April 21, 2008

Sunday, May 4th, 2008

Summary: Guests include Stacy Rector, Executive Director, Tennessee Coalition to Abolish State Killing; A.C. Kleinheider, producer of Nashville Post’s new PostPolitics blog; and Lt. General Robert Gard, Senior Military Fellow at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation

Part 1 - Liberadio(!) 4/20, yo!, the crappy tax holiday idea, and the last *sniff* Weekly Radio […]