Economics and Evolution: Sam begins the podcast with a bang, referring to a University of West Florida broadcast he had just heard on WUWF radio. Contrary to assurances from various sources that the economy is only in a slowdown, it appears that Florida's revenue from real estate transactions has dropped from 1.2 billion to 87 million in one year! Join us for details, along with a fascinating way educators have found to insert creationism into school curricula as a science.
Spitzer- The Problem Looms Larger Than Dates With High-Priced Hookers: Dave Lindorff's "Bringing down Spitzer: It's the Big Brother Who Should Bother Us", published Wednesday in
www.counterpunch.org is quite the timely reminder. As Lindorff puts it, NSA's sweeps of ordinary people's financial transactions brought Spitzer to the IRS's attention while investigating the Emperor's Club. That discovery led the IRS to forward the information to the U.S. Attorney General's office, and the FBI's monitoring Spitzer's phones. The point? It could have been any of us, making an innocent inquiry into contributing funds overseas for victims of a tsunami or earthquake. Or a political enemy conversing with a trusted friend or mentor. Important sement, this.
McCain and Lobbying: Our discussion of Jim Kuhnhenn's "McCain Advisors Lobbied for Airbus", appearing in Newsmax on Tuesday is of interest, as this Air Force tanker contract awarded to a European plane maker worth 35 BILLION got the attention and involvment of the good Senator. Listen up for the rather interesting details.
Sweet Home Alabama: Two related articles about politics in this fair state form the discussion for our last segment. Larisa Alexandrovna's "Alabama Democrats are Under Attack", published Tuesday in
www.afterdowningstreet.org, and Paul Craig Roberts' "It Does Happen in America- The Political Trial of Don Siegelman" , appearing March 1 in
www.counterpunch.org are must-reads. Alternatively, listen up as we attempt to keep up with the never-ending political ploys against Democrats in this very Republican state.
We'll be back Monday, March 17 for your St. Patrick's Day listening pleasure. We all could use some luck of the Irish about now. Spread the word!
