A man who needs no introduction, and his words still ring very true today.

Happy Christmas everyone.
Peace and Love.

It's the battle of the "gates". Seems like everything controversial ends in "gate" now. Yes, the media is just that unoriginal. Anyway, on with the show...

-Promo: Lilith's Love Podiobook
-Dani takes a field trip
-Turkeygate! Whatever happened with the challenge I proposed to ScottyJ?
-Tiger Woodsgate update
(just kidding)
-Obama accepts his Peace Prize, which I guess is dedicated to the 30,000 who are going to Afghanistan.
-Compromisegate- Dems whittle down health care some more. Republicans laugh and laugh and laugh....
- Holiday Tune: Christmas in the Sun
- Climategate: Really? Ok let's sum up.
- What's happened to the climate since the Kyoto Accord was signed in 1997.
-Fact Check also covers the email and how misleading the outrage has been over them.
-Climate change is still pretty important to most countries. Especially Brazil.
-A to Z list of global warming consequences in the world
-ignorant arguments denying global warming (i.e. "itsnowedinoctobergate")
- Holiday Tune: Jingle Bell Rock by Nelson (yes, Nelson!)

Happy Winter everyone (because I don't want to start a Holidaygate)

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See ya next year!

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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