Heeeee's baaaack..... yes friends, ScottyJ has entered the spiderhole and visited for a week. He also ended up on three podcasts in a week- I think that's a record! He did find time to talk a little politics with me, too. :-) 

We couldn't decide on a topic, so we asked Twitter and Facebook friends. The show is several of the responses.

LONG show- and hour and 23 minutes. I debated splitting it into two shows, then decided if you need a break, you can pause the show and finish at a later date! Make sure you hear challenge I propose to Scott at the end! (around an hour in if you'd like to skip ahead)

-Opening: one stoned Kermit
-Scott makes the podcast guest circuit:
  -Love Long and Prosper
  -A Geek and His Wife
-So what are we gonna talk about?
-Should public teachers share their faith affiliation?
-In hard economic times, are we more inclined to give, or keep what we have for our own?
-Yes, we're going to talk about Sarah Palin. Our apologies.
- Should the President bow to other world leaders?
-Hangin' your laundry... what's the problem?
-HOA's... communism or socialism?
-What would be our ideal political system?
-ScottyJ gets a turkey challenge!

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Busy month for yours truly, I get you all caught up in this episode. Had some great experiences I want to share. Also- it's the Democrats turn to be yelled at!

-Busy busy busy... that's my name, right?
-Arizona is sort of like Sarah Palin. Nice to look at, but I can't stand her politics.
-Volunteering for the United Way
-This is the Phoenix Link for Project Homeless Connect, but I'm sure through the United Way site you can find others in your area.
-Song: Lee Coulter, I Would Love
-Sarah Silverman solves world hunger.
-Last episode I yelled at Republicans. Now it's the Democrats turn.
-Why do Dems have to behave exactly like Republicans?
-Glenn Greenwald blog post 1
-Post 2
-Thanks to Kilroy 2.0 for hacking by. Go buy JC Hutchins book 7th Son: Descent- now in print!

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A month! No, I have not pod-faded into the ether... but the big thing keeping me from podcasting was a really bad cold killing my voice and my nose for almost 3 weeks!

So I'm back, and grabbed my partner in crime Dave Tobkin across the internets for a chat.  Yeah, it's all one big liberal whine in this one, so that's your warning. ;-)  There has been so much craziness about Obama and what he *could* do to the country, we both needed to vent and ask one big question: Why is it ok when THEY do it?


-Opening: What the hell is that???
-Dave joins me to help me get a show out faster
-Protests. You won't hear a sound cannon at a tea party. Why is that?
-Singing songs to a President is just part of the job.
-Facebook poll asking about killing Obama, or a "Taking Back America" conference. What is truly more dangerous?
-Racism, there is truth in what Carter said.
-There is truth in everything, including conspiracy theories
-Dani reads a book

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Part 3, also part 2 I guess of weeding through the health care reform issue. Also the last episode that will be completely focused on the topic. At least for now. ;-)

*Opening: Senator John McCain and his town hall peeps
*THIS mom can tell her daughter they can run for President.
*Two recent health care polls:
  - People are falling for the myths of reform
  - Yet, a majority want everyone to have some sort of health care coverage
*Bill Moyers on Real Time w/Bill Maher
*Politifact and their awesome Truth-O-Meter
*What will happen if this health care coverage bill passes?
  - How about nothing?
  - Extra consumer protections
*Systemic changes
*It's a question of morals, and ethics, and if that was the focus, the answer would be simple.
*Linda Peeno testimony before Congress on how she saved millions for insurance companies at the expense of American's health.

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Part 2 of weeding through the health care debate, which has turned into a part 1 of 2 on it's own!

Lazy show notes... will fill in the blanks later today or this evening!
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Update: Fillin' in the blanks:

- Matt Taibbi talks about his new article on health care in Rolling Stone Magazine
- who knew "Hitler" was a buzz word?
- headlines from Democracy Now
- More from Matt
- Feedback:
 - Nobilis gives me another angle
 - Michael thinks any sort of real reform just isn't going to happen
- SO glad it's not my job to read that damn bill
- Balanced sites for health care information:
 - Fact Check
 - Politifact
- Some of the lies floating around:
 - covering abortions
 - Death panels
- Bill Maher has some thoughts about Sarah Palin and Facebook
- More falsehoods, like health care for illegal immigrants
- and once more from Matt, and why he thinks this bill won't work

I cut this off halfway through, but there is plenty more to talk about and will be up within the next week. Thanks for listening!

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Health care. That's what it's all about this episode, which is really a part one because there is just SO much to cover on the topic. I bring out my inner socialist in this one, which I'm sure will make me many friends...

-Promo: Tunnel Scene Blog
-Summer, it can be over now.
-Headlines
-Myths Concerning Canadian Health Care
-Dani starts reading the health care bill, and goes crazy.
-Link to the bill for your own light reading
-Things to point out in the first 50 pages
-5 Freedoms we could lose under this plan
-Link to forum topic
-Would this really be as big of a problem if we just took the market out of it?
-Who does the government work for? You and me.
-Bill Kristol loves government health care! If it's good enough for the troops, it must be awesome!

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Next time: Uncovering some of the lies out there regarding the health care bill. Things that are just plain not true, yet no one (at least in the mainstream) calls them out on it.

Just a recap of the couple of places we visited while vacationing and seeing family on the east coast. :-)

*Opening: The Hate Gang:
-Michael Savage
-Laura Ingraham
-Quinn and Rose
-Rush Limbaugh

*Bill Maher Ad: NAAWP
*Headlines
*Song break! Lee Coulter "Earthquake"
*Dani feels patriotic for Independence Day
*Blog post about just that
*WTC Visitor's Center

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Holy cow- it's an episode! Don't let the title fool ya- this may say "specious", but you'll just have to listen to find out why!

As is becoming common when I have house guests, I stick a mic in front of them and ask them to perform. My guests this time are my beautiful sister-in-law Valina, and her witty and fun BF Alan. What are we talking about? Well.....

Opening: Black Agenda Radio Report on Obama and Healthcare

*Healthcare

*Prop 8 and Same-sex marriage

*Bush vs. Obama as a leader

*Stupid laws still in the books

*Why we voted for Obama. Oh wait- *I* didn’t!

*Oh look, it’s the whole “voting against the other guy” argument again.

*Dani has girl crushes.

*Has Obama done anything besides do a lot of talking?

*Mamie Eishenhower

*Let’s listen as Alan opens his cheese

*We need to wake up!

*It’s just stupid to not pay attention to politics

*How do you really feel Alan?

*And your TMI moment in this episode is….

*Why don’t you blog, Alan?

*It’s important to pass around the information- even if it’s recycled information

*evo AT 11

So, I'm on vacation for the next two weeks, off to enjoy a little humidity and cooler temps on the east side of the country! Maybe I'll get some more guests for the next episode!

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Just a small note to once again explain that a new show will be late-coming. Company in the home for a week, making it difficult to record! Not to mention just the fact it's summer vacation!

But you are not forgotten, my dear listeners, and I have responses to all the wonderful feedback received from the last show (please, check the comments in last entry!). Also have more things to get off my chest....

Will be back soon! Who knows maybe I'll just make my company my next show guests!

Keep it real,
Dani

Kinda bitchy in this one- but I had a few things I needed to rant about.  I have to say it felt good to vent.

Liberal whine, anyone?

*Promo: Sword Of Blood Podiobook
**Warning: I will be ranting, and this is not a work-safe episode.
*Headlines:
 - Sotomayor
 - Proposition 8 in CA
 - Billboard Campaign for President's Birth Certificate
 - Obama asks for $$ for new military compound in Columbia
 - Guaranteed sick days for workers
 - Blackwater broke the rules
 - Shocking revelation about KBR and bonuses
 - GM Food moratorium sought
(Bed music by one really cute kid)
*Let's talk torture, which has nothing to do with Nancy Pelosi
*Wiki page on Waterboarding
*Sean Hannity is a dick
*Moving on to health care- two must listens:
 - Women and health care
 - Common Sense With Dan Carlin
*CA Supreme Court upholds discrimination
*The most hateful tag on Twitter
*Stream of Unconsciousness
*We're talking about 526,000 votes here
*FireDogLake post makes good point about the ridiculousness of banning marriage for same-sex couples
*Quit pushing your religion into our government!
*Be vocal!
*A dedication to internet trolls and Sean Hannity
*Jim's Big Ego: A**hole

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Kept pushing this to the back burner while working on other things, but finally we have a show! Feedback on Episode 73, as well as from others from shows past.

*Kevin takes me off his playlist
*Luis has thoughts about going to the bathroom
*...and about Affirmative Action
*I have some thoughts too
*Arizona State Enrollment stats
*Arizona State Degree stats
*Reverse discrimination: how big is the problem?
*Supreme Court Case
*Anonymous VM on same sex marriage and an interesting question
*Episode with 12 yr. old testimony
*Back to religion...
*It's Nobilis!
*We all have faith.
*It's Nobilis again!
*How do we rationalize our faith
*Hey it's Nobilis yet again!
*Can you really question everything?
*Music Break!
*Lee Coulter: Earthquake
*Dan On Tap talks about why he has faith
*Tim sends an email about his faith too.

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My guest for the show is ScottyJ, and we take a serious turn this time and talk religion. It's such an important topic, and so very important to so many people there was no other way to discuss it other than seriously. Ran a little long on this one, a bit over an hour, but wanted to get it all in one episode. Hope you enjoy, and please understand that the intent here is simply to question, and not to offend.

Feedback is always appreciated too!

*Promo: Tristan's Universe
*ScottyJ is on my sofa, pretending he's a Buddhist
*Busy week!
*Gangplank
*Evo At 11
*Love Long and Prosper
*EVFN (East Valley Friday Nights)
*What is that Krunk, anyway?
*Headlines
*Democracy Now
*Religulous The Movie
*We likey!
*Scott went to Israel, to join the Army?
*Apatheism
*When exactly did we start to question our beliefs?
*Is religion rational, or a way to rationalize?
*Pew Poll about second coming of Jesus
*What if every deity returned?
*What exactly is Heaven?
*Will more and more start to question, and speak out if they are doubting?
*Scott has his own podcast!

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Happy Tax Day! I'm sure everyone knows about all the wonderful Tea Parties taking place across the US (which regardless of what anyone says about the mainstream media, still received way more attention than ANY Iraq War protest).

There happened to be a gathering here in Gilbert, so I went to see what all the hub-bub was about. Yesterday I wrote about the Tea Parties and my curiosity about where all these protesters were the past 8 years. So today I decided to be a bystander and gather some audio.

Photos too!

Speeches by:

Thayer Verschoors
Andy Biggs
Dave Peterson
Erin Scroggins

Music by:
The people of Gilbert

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Episode #73 with ScottyJ coming soon!

Not a long show- but something I had to share. This is an interview from today's Democracy Now with a 12-year old girl who testified in Vermont supporting her mother's right to marry her partner.

Vermont overturned the governor's veto, therefore same sex marriage will become legal in yet another state.

This topic is very important to me personally, and this interview is exactly what we need more of- hearing from the voices of those who are in loving families of same-sex parents.

This will always be an equal-rights issue, no matter how those against same sex marriage try and muddy the waters with their skewed ideas of what is moral.

Spread the word, let these voices be heard!

Link: http://www.democracynow.org/2009/4/8/testimony_of_12_year_old_with

Time: 11 min. 21 sec.

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Who misses her own anniversary? Dani does! My three-year podcasting anniversary passed on March 26th. So I grabbed someone who's been there from the start and hit record. We recorded on Gizmo, which is why the quality is so-so. Hey you get what you pay for!

*Promo: GDAE Podcast
*It's Dave!
*Three years and still can't shut me up.
*Dallas ball player pulled over for speeding- to get to the hospital before his mother passed. He didn't make it in time.
*More chats and interviews!
*Revisionist History by Dave
*Are people happy with Obama or not?
*Dave likes the Kool-Aid
*Unemployment rising state-by-state
*Tent cities growing- no, not the ones for criminals
*The downside of Obama speaking to the people so much
*Is it really so complicated to fix things?
*Promo: Passages
*PNAC 2.0 baby!
*Twittering future world domination
*Speaking of crazy conservatives...
*Obama a one-term president?
*Only one senator in Minnesota. Still.
*Earth Hour! What did you do in the dark?
*Those silly #tcot's on Twitter
*Oh geez Dani get off your soapbox
*Liberal criticism of Obama
*What conservatives call fascism
*Mandatory drug testing for state benefits
*No, Dani doesn't do LSD
*Dave is my Jiminey Cricket!

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Another three years... coming up!

Please do not adjust your internet- yes it's another show! I do have a very special thanks to give for making this show possible, and that's Senator John McCain. We're talking pork, baby!

Though, I don't think he would like what I'm going to say about it....

*Promo: Robotz of the Company
*John McCain is so damn hip for using Twitter. Ok, his staffers are hip.
*Key number: 2% (Two Percent)
*Headlines!
*Promo: Personal Effects: Dark Art
*John McCain twitters and and angel gets its wings
*Here's his account! http://twitter.com/SenJohnMcCain

*So let's talk about this "horrible, wasteful spending":

  - Cicada removal in Utah

  - Tattoo Removal

  -Beaver Management

  -Storage of Oil Core Shale Samples

*Hey, what about those 76 Arizona earmarks?

*More information on earmarks and how much each state has asked for

*Weeding through more rhetoric about that wasteful 2%

*It's NOT about money at all

*Video: most earmarks are from Republicans

*Video: McCain's Arizona Earmarks

*Music: Jim's Big Ego: International

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Note: this has an explicit tag for the dropping of a single F-bomb. Other than that completely work/child safe!

In the midst of being a Girl Scout Cookie Pusher, we get another show out.

In this show:

-Dani wishes for monetary motivation
-Going solar, which is decidedly better than postal.
-Blog post about switching to solar energy
-Rest of chat w/Scotty J, from Hooters in Tempe
-starts with feminism, gets into race and affirmative action. Really, most of the discussion is equal rights.

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I'm not good with the numbers, but I believe this episode is in under two weeks! w00t! We are back to a pretty much regular format, complete with headlines and voicemail. Then, the beginnings of a chat with everyone's favorite podcast guest, ScottyJ.

-What number am I thinking of?
-Promo: Life After Law School
-Dani pats herself on the back
-Headline Highlights:
  -Stimulus passes with no help from Republicans
  -Weapons? What weapons?
  -SChip- finally
  -The people want Obama to investigate Bush Administration
  -NYC loves their stop-and-frisk
NARF!
-Voicemail
  -CA Sizemore bringing me praise and kudos. Also has thoughts about electoral college
  -Tristan explains Canadian politics in 4 minutes
  -Raynoldo writes in about the Stimulus
  -Rog doesn't think feedback works on this show
-Part 1 of feminism chat w/ScottyJ at the most awesome Hooters on the planet. In this part we cover:
  -how gender roles have changed
  -1983... 1993... doesn't matter. Dani's been married a long time.
  -Facebook and how they force relationships to define who you are
  -Context is everything when you think your wife looks hot

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Part 2 of my chat with the insightful Nobilis. We talk more about voting and elections, strategerie (hehe), and how people need to challenge their way of thinking more. Good times!

Promo: Nobilis Erotica
No fluff here- we get right to the chat!

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It's over. The Bush Administration has come to an end. However, as we move forward, we still need to bring honor and accountability back to the White House. How do we do this? Keith Olbermann and Paul Krugman know.

The show ahead is full of intrigue, voicemail, and an erotica writer. Enjoy!

*Promo: Buffy Between The Lines (season 2 coming to an ear near you!)
*He's out. Although I am being VERY reserved in my feelings for him, someone much more awesome is moving in.
*About that whole bringing accountability thing...
*More nervous about dissenting against Obama than Bush
*Headlines
  -Spying is ok
  -who paid for the inauguration? You did, via a little bailout mula.
  -paper in Mississippi apologizes for sucky reporting
  -FORMER PRESIDENT BUSH gets snubbed by nature
  -FORMER VP CHENEY says "f*** you" one more time, to all of America
  -President Obama orders a stop to all tribunals at Gitmo while he gets a handle on this running the free world thing.
  -Also orders all legislation under review since November suspended.
  -Obama includes non-believers in speech
  -ZOMG The Jonas Brothers surprise the Obama daughters
*Black Agenda Report Commentary
*Voicemails
  -Kevin calls in on a windy day
  -Nobilis (hey aren't we chatting later?)
  -Tim Dodge has thoughts on impeaching Bush and my tiredness of Obama
*Part 1 of chat with Nobilis (aprx. 25 min)
*Part 2 coming soon. Maybe. You know my track record.

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FORMER PRESIDENT BUSH!!

Oh. My. God. It's an episode. I am sorry it has taken a month. I hope everyone had a great holiday. Let's get back to work. :-)

In lieu of a regular episode, I give you some Top 5 lists.

*Promo: Find Solar - http://find-solar.org
SunRun - http://sunrunhome.com/

On a very special episode of Truth Seekers, Dani is feeling bitchy, so wraps Christmas presents to make herself feel better. Does it work? Tune in to this must-hear edition of Truth Seekers to find out!

*Our President (still) speaks.
*Rapping while wrapping presents
*Do trolls have lice?
*The economy sucks
*From the sucky economy to rich (almost) former presidents
*Florida gets it right on adoption
*Food stamps at all time high
*Are the uniformed troops uninformed? And why are they getting comfy in our borders?
*Cluster bombs are quite the clusterf**k
*College is affordable?
*Taking a dump in rivers and streams
*Keep an eye on that lame duck
*Canada was bored, so decided to overthrow their government
*voicemails from Nobilis and Kevin
*Nobilis wants me to understand him
*Kevin covers the DC Tree-lighting ceremony
*Do you want to be a roving TS reporter? The pay sucks but your boss is AWESOME.
*Mic Check Radio is going to get me in trouble

-headlines from Democracy Now

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