Politics: It's no surprise that we open with this topic, which we stay on (with a few distractions, such as the origin of the term "mugwump") for most of this podcast, as the landscape changes almost hourly on some days. We begin with Colin Powell's endorsement of Obama on Sunday's "Meet the Press", along with the comments of the talking heads, which also include those of Sam, making him a talking head as well, we suppose. That event takes us to a semi-review of both the content of and casting/acting in Oliver Stone's "W", which we viewed on opening day. We also touch on our friend Boots' comments about the Wednesday debate and North Carolina reporter/blogger Joe Killian's report of his Saturday experience at a McCain/Palin rally at Elon College, powerfully illustrating how alive and well the hate/violence issue is in this campaign. Don't miss this!
Palin: We know it's politics, but we've decided that the good Govenor from Alaska deserves her own category because of her "lucky dude" status, her husband's membership (and her involvement with) in the Alaskan Independent Party and her ever-evolving religious affiliation/identity. Join us as we discuss three interesting articles on these topics, Christopher Brauchili's "Lucky Sarah Palin", published Saturday by
www.commondreams.org, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s "Alaskan Independence Party: The Last Refuge of a Scoundrel", published October 9 by the Huffington Post, and Amy Sullivan's "Does Sarah Palin Have a Pentacostal Problem?", published the same day by
www.time.com. We wonder why Obama is not going after the latter two of these topics. But perhaps they are being held for later this month. Listen up and learn!
Voters and Telecoms: What do they have in common? If you listen to this segment, you'll find out. Hint: We focus on L.A. Times' Evan Halper and Michael Rothfeld's "Voters Say They are Duped into Registering as Republicans" published Saturday and
www.truthdig.com 's Wednesday posting, "Can You Hear Me Now? Telecoms Paid to Give Team McCain More Bars". We know there will be more on these topics.
Education: No you are not misreading this topic. We're talking about pay to learn, as something other than politics. And we're in favor. We're looking for your opinion. Join us as we conclude with Anne Stuhldreher's "Pay to learn is working in New York", published Wednesday in the L.A. Times. A definite sign of encouragement in these rather dark times!
We'll be back. Hopefully on October 23. Hang in there and spread the word. Thanks for your support.
