Politics
September 11, 2009
- Did he try to barter Obama's Senate seat? Well, he says, "yes"-- not, he insists, for money... but for love. My interview with him, referenced below, is in the second bloc of our show, but you guys might enjoy the rest of the program, too. Still, if you just want to hear Mr. Blagojevich choke-and-stutter, it starts at about 12:50 min into the program. <chuckle> Please note the ...
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September 10, 2009
- On 4 September, the AP okayed the distribution / publication of a photo of a mortally wounded Marine. The response from many was that it was sensationalist/insensitive/an anti-war tactic/inappropriate/cruel to the family. Others responded with the argument that the picture was horrible, yes. But so is war. Face it. Ian and I talked about it last night. It seemed important to have at least a ...
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September 9, 2009
- This weekend I heard something simple and profound about being right. And it was this:You can say things 'once' and after that it's about control and being right. You mean if I suggest to you 147 times that you might need to seek counseling, financial advice or get a new job that I'm being controlling? Even when I speak in my best/worst Australian accent all the while employing the entire ...
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September 8, 2009
- 'CAPITALISM: A LOVE STORY' - In Wide Release October 2nd /// "It's a crime story. But it's also a war story about class warfare. And a vampire movie, with the upper 1 percent feeding off the rest of us. And, of course, it's also a love story. Only it's about an abusive relationship. /// "It's not about an individual, like Roger Smith, or a corporation, or even an issue, like ...
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September 8, 2009
- As the furor goes on over Obama talking to kids in school, we return from Labor Day weekend and say good-bye to another summer (unofficially, of course). A lot has happened over the last week or so, the school speech not being the least significant among them. So what's the big deal?Well, a bunch of Republicans are getting their panties in a bunch over the President speaking to school kids, ...
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September 8, 2009
- If you google the words insanity and absurdity, the first news stories that surface pertain to the recent antics and controversy surrounding President Obama's school address tomorrow morning. Yes, that is President Obama with a Capital 'P'. I cannot remember a commander in chief who was ever chastised, ridiculed, demonized or mean-mugged for having the audacity to offer encouragement to school ...
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September 5, 2009
- Does the name Levi Johnston sound familiar to you? If you have any idea who this person is by name alone, then you are way ahead of me; that is until I clicked on MSNBC headlines around 6:00 A.M. yesterday morning. Once I began to read the article presented on the site by the fine folks at People.com, I remembered the incident that first propelled Johnston into the public arena. He’s the guy ...
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September 4, 2009
- Change is a drag, isn't it? We can all agree on that. When life gets comfortable, when we work so hard to put ourselves in a position to rest, we resist, and often fight, anything that threatens that. But if we don't make an adjustment now and then, if we don't shift in our chair, or roll over in bed, or move our limbs and stretch our muscles, we develop ailments. Or wounds. We get sick. There ...
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September 2, 2009
- Cider Mill Press has set a publication date for my upcoming book With Strong and Active Faith on February 2, 2010. This is the happy Warrior, this is he;That every man in arms, should wish to be. —William Wordsworth
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September 2, 2009
- A few hours ago, I was on television. You couldn’t see me. No, I had not magically transformed into an invisible creature. This was a phone-in where someone calls you and says you will soon go live on air. It made me check my breathing. Sometimes one does not feel so 'live'. Thoughts of me floating somewhere in the ether were quite tantalising. Then I could hear the host of the Pakistani ...
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