Summary: Guests include Ken Eaton and Mike Padgett, Democratic candidates for US Senate; Elbert Ventura, research fellow, Media Matters for America.

  • Early Voting Has Begun! (Part 1) – Participatory democracy – it’s not just for breakfast anymore. (16:57 27.2MB)
  • Interview with Kenneth Eaton (Part 2) – Hear about Eaton’s journey from seeking citywide office to seeking statewide office and why he thinks Lamar! needs to be replaced. Note Mr. Eaton: If you’re running on the Democratic Party ticket, you might not want to use conservative talk radio’s code words. Say it with me now, “The Democratic Party.” (20:24 32.7MB)
  • Welcome to Nashville! Now Y’all Go Home (Part 3) – They said the 287g Program would help rid the community of the most dangerous of criminals. Apparently that includes a pregnant mother of three. (17:36 28.2MB)
  • Interview with Mike Padgett (Part 4) – Kenneth Eaton labeled him a far-left liberal, but Mike Padgett describes himself as conservative Democrat. He also believes he’s the only one who can carry East Tennessee. Hear what he said to Bob Tuke when Gray Sasser came a-knockin’ and why he thinks Lamar! needs replacing. (18:55 30.3MB)
  • The Last Straw of Michael Savage (Part 5) – Talk radio charlatan Michael Savage says that Media Matters has “no place in America.” They must be doing something right. (19:16 30.9MB)

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Perhaps John McCain only gets a measly allowance from his $6 million dollar wife and that’s why he must also get one from the federal government:

Republican presidential candidate John McCain cashes his monthly Social Security checks despite calling the federal program “a disgrace,” the Associated Press reports.

“I’m receiving benefits,” McCain told campaign reporters, but added, “the system is broken.”

In 2007, he received benefits of $23,157 from Social Security, approximately $1,930 a month. The maximum monthly benefit under Social Security is $2,185. Social Security benefits are determined by age at retirement.

McCain, who is 71, has received benefits since he was 65.

Last week, McCain told observers at a town-hall meeting in Portsmouth, Ohio, “Americans have got to understand that we are paying present-day retirees with the taxes paid by young workers … and that’s a disgrace.”

B.J. Jarrett from the Social Security Administration said that individuals can refuse retirement benefits.

In 2006, McCain’s wife Cindy earned $6 million, and has a net worth of approximately $100 million.

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Liberadio(!) Podcast: July 14, 2008 Let Them Eat Cake Episode

Summary: Guests include Bob Tuke Democratic candidate for US Senate; Richard Hayes Phillip, author, Witness to a Crime: A Citizens’ Audit of an American Election.

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Leave Robin Smith Alone!

We thought this was a stunner. And then we saw this:

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Liberadio(!) Podcast: Independence Day July Fourthtacular Edition

Summary: Guests include Gray Sasser chariman of the Tennessee Democratic Part; Denver Schimming, prison reform activist.

  • Part 1 – A Fourth of July rundown and did you ever get the feeling that the Republican party are giving the American people the finger? (20:07 32.2MB)
  • Part 2 – Interview with Gray Sasser – FOL* and all-around mensch, Gray Sasser, is our guest. It was a big week for the Democratic Party what with all the Unity flying around. Chairman Sasser clues us in to what it means for Tennessee Democrats. And, much to his wife’s chagrin, we make him revisit his youth and sing the Preamble to the Constitution. (22:09 35.5MB)
  • Part 3 – Does it matter that John McCain doesn’t understand the TCP/IP handshake? Probably not. Does it matter that he doesn’t know the price of gas? Yes. Yes. Did we say yes? (11:02 17.7MB)
  • Part 4 – Interview with Denver Schimming – Denver is a prison reform activist working for for-profit prison accountability. (19:57 32MB)
  • Part 5 – If loving America is wrong, we don’t want to be right. Plus, since when did the Supreme Court become just another pawn in the political game? (28:26 45.6MB)

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Who Killed Estelle Richardson?

In July of 2004, Estelle Richardson, an inmate at the CCA Metro Detention Facility was found unresponsive after 4 CCA guards had forcibly removed her from a solitary confinement cell. A few hours later Estelle died. She had a fractured skull, 4 broken ribs and a damaged liver. The Davidson County Medical examiner ruled her death a homicide and her murder still remains one of Nashville’s unresolved cases.

On Monday, we interviewed prison rights activist, Denver Schimming, about the case.

Tonight, July 1st at 7:30pm, at the CCA Metro Detention Facility (5115 Harding Place,Nashville, TN 37211), there is a candlelight vigil to remember Estelle Richardson as individuals continue to seek truth and justice for her.

Listen to the Liberadio(!) Interview with Denver Schimming

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