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President John F. Kennedy on Peace, at American Univ. June 10, 1963
Dick Cheney's investment portfolio

Saturday May 10, 2008

Obama scores big in North Carolina and Indiana and Congresswoman Lois Capps joins us to talk politics and why she supports him. We also talk about her opposition to the Iraq supplemental funding bill and the housing bill to help prevent foreclosures.
     fmr. Chief Economist, US Dept. of Labor Morgan Reynolds served in 2001/02 in the Bush Administration. He's scheduled to join us at the bottom of the first hour to talk about Bush's sweeping changes to the banking industry, giving the Fed regulatory power over banks, the National Debt, sub-prime mortgage crisis, and the general state of the economy. Morgan's a Conservative Professor Emeritus at Texas A&M, but it's amazing how much we agree on! Taxes are not one of them, and I'm sure we'll get to that, too. He's also has a suing NIST over their 9/11 report.
     Broadcast Journalist / Activist Bree Walker owns Camp Casey in Crawford, Texas and we talk about the Presidential wedding on Saturday and the Sunday demonstrations. Jenna has her day then dad has his. Bree is along at the bottom of the second hour.
      Project Renaissance is a multifaceted program focusing on the arts, youth development, leadership, preventive health, and social change project. Director Angela Kelly along with a couple of the kids are in for the third hour to talk about how they use art to get at risk youth out of gangs and give them a sense of having a future in society. We'll talk about getting into and out of gangs with the kids.

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Saturday May 3, 2008

      Superdelegate Lois Capps endorses Obama saying "...Obama's proven judgement, his hopeful vision for America, and his unmatched ability to motivate millions of Americans eager for change made the choice for me." The Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program helps families cope with the rising heating oil prices. A NY Times article last week quotes Pennsylvania officials as saying grant applications are up to 166,000 SO FAR this year, up from 133,000 the past 2 years. Many states are asking Congress for an additional $1billion supplement to the program. Interesting how in the recent PA Primary campaign we heard all about pastors, lapel pins, and "bitter" comments but not a word about this until AFTER the voting. Makes you wonder about the agenda of the MSM. Oh...after 2 1/2 decades (Reagan's 1980's) Americans have emptied their savings, used credit to maintain their lifestyles to almost 20% of their income according to the Federal Reserve, and are now running out of money to purchase the goods that drive our economy.
     Congressional Candidate Byron DeLear is a Progressive Democrat running for Congress against pro-war Republican Todd Aikin in Missouri's 2nd District. Gore Vidal is hosting a fundraiser in LA Sunday. DeLear joins us in the second hour to talk about the state of our country and his campaign and what he will bring to Washington to help fix this mess.
       Former 24th District Congressional Candidate Marta Jorgensen joins us at the top of the 2nd hour to talk about why she got in, and what she's going to do to stay active.
        Measure V 2008, the Santa Barbara City College Improvement Measure will allow $77.2 million in bonds to maintain affordable, local higher education. Most of SBCC's facilities are over 40 years old and, due to state budget reductions, are in need of repair. SBCC President John Romo joins us in the third hour to talk about how necessary this is for the quality of life for us as a community and for the future of our children.

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Saturday April 26, 2008

      Hillary Clinton threatens to "totally obliterate" Iran if they attack Israel who is a nuclear power. John McCain wants to "Bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran". What better argument do the Mullah's need to justify their obtaining a nuclear "deterrent" than that the only nation that has ever used nuclear weapons now threatens the people of Iran with extermination. Can we really stand 4 or 8 more years of this same old foreign policy? Oh...George W. Bush appoints the maleable General Petraeus as commander of US forces in the Middle East, replacing Admiral Fallon who was the only commander to oppose an attack on Iran. Jenna Bush might support the Dem???!!!??? Julie Nixon Eisenhower has maxed out her donation to Obama!!!!!!
     The global run on food that has led to shotages and riots in Egypt, Haiti, and other countries has made it's way to the US. Costco, Wal-mart, and Sam's Club are limiting shoppers to no more than 4 bags of rice per visit because of rising prices and limited supplies.
      PDA's Brad Parker presented a Town Hall discussion on immigration at the California Democratic Party Convention and he'll join us for that discussion in the second hour. He's also a Clinton delegate to the Democratic National Convention after supporting Edwards. We'll talk about all of that and probably activism and PDA.
      Lee Heller, local activist and animal welfare advocate, and Dr. Paula Kislak, President of the Association of Veterinarians for Animal Rights (AVAR) join us in the third hour to talk about the Board of Supervisors consideration of an ordinance requiring that most dogs and cats be spayed or neutered at 6 months of age. We'll also talk about animal control, probably Michael Vick, and more.

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Saturday April 19, 2008

      Congresswoman Lois Capps joins us to talk about Earth Day, the cancelation of the salmon fishing season in CA and most of Oregon. We'll also talk about her trip to Brazil, oil drilling impeachment hearings, Iraq, and providing money to states that want to convert to paper ballots for November.
     Charlie Gibson, Stephanopolis, and ABC get the Rove/Bush gameplan right with the lapel pins, gossip, trivia, and big visuals of Articles of the Constitution as backdrops. Hillary claims it was a game changer, although a Zogby/Newsmax poll taken during the "debate" shows PA even at 45% - 44% for Clinton. George even used Sean Hannity's talking points!! It would really be nice to hear about jobs, Iraq, health care, trade agreements, and was that Hillary outBushing Bush on militarism against Iran??!!?? She said she will use US troops against any attack in the Middle East!! A new WaPost poll shows only 38% of Americans think Hillary's honest and trustworthy. How can she possibly win?
      Ahhnuld's budget proposal to cut higher education by 10% would deny education to tens of thousands of qualified students and have a devastating long-term effect on the state's economy according to college and university leaders. What kind of society do we want for our kids?
     We talk a lot about US militarism directed against Russia and China and author Mike Moore joins us in the third hour to talk about how we're heading for another Cold War. He says in his new book, "Twilight War," that it will be with China and the battleground will be space. This also happens to be the scenario laid out in Project for the New American Century's "Rebuilding America's Defenses." You can read it at the bottom of this page http://www.newamericancentury.org/publicationsreports.htm
ABC and the rest of the Corporate Media will love it because war sells bigtime.

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Saturday April 12, 2008

     SB Mayor Marty Blum joins us in the first hour. Impeachment activists spoke at Tuesday's Council meeting, and we'll talk about this, what Santa Barbara's doing about the gang problem since the last time we spoke, and much more. It's alwaws a great time with Da Mayor!
      Actress/Activist Mimi Kennedy joins us for the second hour along with her musician husband Larry Dilg. We'll talk about double-bubble ballots, bringing the money spent on Iraq home, PDA, impeachment, and more. Members of Congress of both parties have $196 Million of personal investments in companies that receive hundred of millions of dollars a day in Pentagon contracts from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Larry will play some of his songs, including Hey George and It's The Oil.
     The party caucuses are set for Sunday to pick elected delegates to the Dem Convention in Denver. We talk with Barbie Deutsch and Tim Allison from the Obama and Susan Rose from the Clinton campaign for the third hour.

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Saturday April 5, 2008

The Bush Administration pushes for the most sweeping banking changes since 1932 by proposing to give the Fed responsibility for regulating banks. Privatizing the regulators...brilliant idea!! The United States secured NATO's support Thursday to build a missile defense system in eastern Europe, despite fierce opposition from Russia, and Bush pushes for making Georgia and Ukraine NATO members, even though the Ukranian people oppose it and the Russians hate it. Reverend Lennox Yearwood of the Hip Hop Caucus delivered 32,000 signatures on a complaint alleging violations of election finance law against John McCain to the Federal Election Commission. Impeachment activists will speak at the SB City Council Tuesday.
      California's about $16B in the red and we'll be joined at the top of the show by Assembly Budget Committee Chairman John Laird. We'll talk about the current budget crisis, how does it get resolved without gutting our infrastructure, the 2/3 rule to pass a budget or raise taxes, and the proposed oil tax. The Speaker and Senate leader both say they will drag out the budget process into the fall if the Republicans don't compromise on taxes.
      Petroleum Geologist Jeffery Brown joins us in the second hour to talk about peak oil and a general overview of the global energy picture. Are we at or near maximum oil production, can new finds make up for increasing demands, how can net exporters alter supplies...? He will also speak at UCSB April 15.   
      Friday was the 40th Anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. James Earl Ray pleaded guilty shortly after, and tried for the rest of his life to get a trial. Investigator/Lawyer William Pepper conducted an independent investigation for 25 years, presented his findings to the King family, and represented them in the 1999 civil trial, where the jury affirmed his findings. William Pepper joins us in the third hour.

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Saturday March 29, 2008

     Not a good week for Hillary, a new NBC/WSJ poll has her positive rating drop to 37% against her 48% negative rating. How does she get to 50% + 1? The WH Papers showed her support for NAFTA, even though she won Ohio on opposition to it. Nobody who has been in combat forgets it, but she expects us to believe she did with her corkscrew landing, ducking sniper fire, and sitting on flak jackets in Bosnia. Gov. Bill Richardson endorses Obama and gets compared to Judas, and now Clinton's wealthy backers are threatening Nancy Pelosi for saying the Super Delegates should not overturn the VOTE of the people. Haven't we had enough of this for the past 7 years?
     Lt. Eric Shine joins us in the second hour to talk about the banking crisis and it's relation to the Iraq occupation. We'll talk about Iran, probably Pakistan, torture, and much more.
     1st District Supervisor Salud Carbajal is "The New King of the Hill" and he's in for the third hour. We'll talk about this, Lake Cachuma, the budget, and Grecka Oil among other things. Salud's running unopposed, but we'll talk about the importance of the 3rd District race.

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Saturday March 22, 2008

     State Dept. officials breach Barack Obama's passport files three times by three different contract employees. Obama picks up endorsements from Republicans Susan Eisenhower and Sen. Lincoln Chafee, Rush continues with Operation Chaos. We'll talk about this, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, the Clinton WH papers, and McCain doesn't even know who we're fighting in the Middle East...that's experience we can count on!!
     Hip Brazil creates media and events that heal, inspire, and promote community building. Founder Vanessa Isaac is in at the top of the second hour. It seems like all Brazilian's are either samba dancers, practice capoeira, or play soccer. We'll talk this, Brazil, and her five day samba workshop.
     This week marked the 5th anniversary of the of the attack on Iraq. We'll be joined in the third hour by AfterDowningStreet.org's David Swanson to talk about the anti-war marches, the occupation, Iran, Impeachment, and what we can do about it.

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Saturday March 15, 2008

      Kind of a big news week. Two huge resignations, and we'll talk about the one most people aren't, Commander of our Middle East forces, Admiral Fallon. The CENTCOM commander was the only one to challenge the White House on the policy of keeping the "option" of an unprovoked attack on Iran. Certainly no dove, Fallon has said we don't have the forces to attack Iran, but rather, we should refocus on Afghanistan. We're spread too thin. We'll look at ship fuel deliveries to the Gulf and much more.
      Another popular Democratic Governor Elliot Spitzer, like Alabama Governor Don Siegelman, was also brought down. Under his leadership, Democrats were increasingly confident of breaking a logjam in Albany by wresting the state senate from the Republicans, who viewed Spitzer as a mortal threat. While not condoning his actions, why does he have to resign, but Republican Senators David Vitter and Larry Craig don't? Why is the FBI and IRS investigating a relatively small (a few thousand $) prostitution case. Why did Mike Bloomberg start talking about running for Governor, and give $500,000 to Joe Bruno? And what about the Telecoms and wiretaps? At least we found the bar for Impeachment.
      Obama wins Mississippi as the Democratic soap opera continues, and we'll talk about that. As usual, there's a lot to talk about there. Everyone talks about "popular vote" but we'll look at the Electoral Vote breakdown. Both Clinton and Obama beat McCain, but in very different ways.

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Saturday March 8, 2008

          Rush Limbaugh puts the Clinton Slime Machine over the top in Texas with an 8% boost and Republicans are mad as Hell that they didn't get to vote for down-ticket candidates. Hillary sells out the Dem Party and says McCain is more qualified than Obama, then cozies up to Karl Rove on Fox on Wednesday. How much different is Clinton from McCain anyway? They both backed Bush in EVERY war vote. Oh...at 3am do we really want that phone in the White House to go to voicemail after 6 rings?
      Why is Hillary scared to release her tax returns? Is there something like her 10,000% cattle futures profit or could she be worried about this: Bill Clinton Endorsed the Kazakhstan Dictator, won Canadian miner Frank Giustra a $3.1 BILLION uranium mining deal deal; so Giustra gave Bill $131MIL. Hillary Clinton lent her campaign at least $5 Million Dollars allegedly out of a joint bank account with Bill? Are foreign dictators financing her? A leaked memo from the Conservative Canadian government was key in Ohio. PM Stephen Harper's chief of staff, Ian Brodie allegedly told CTV News that Obama's NAFTA position was political posturing, when it was actually Clinton's camp that told them to take her NAFTA concerns with "a grain of salt."
      Defense Contractor United Technologies is trying to buy Diebold, the second largest voting machine company before the election. Top McCain strategist Charles Black is the lobbyist for UT and his boss is Mark Penn, Clinton's top srategist. McCain and Clinton are even owned by the same Lobbying Corporation. Maybe a McCain/Clinton ticket and set the Dems free??
     Legislative Democrats in Sacramento are threatening to hold up the state budget until fall unless Republicans agree to raise some taxes in addition to slashing public services. They need to stand up with a backbone for California. It would also be nice to see a ballot initiative to cut the 2/3 majority to pass a budget and raise taxes to 55%. With all of the talk about reforming government, that would actually do it.

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Saturday March 1, 2008

    Hats off to Prince Harry and for going to Afghanistan to fight in the front lines. Still no Bush daughters, nieces or nephews fighting George's War.
     Americans' confidence in the economy is withering amid a toxic combination of surging food and energy costs and falling home values.The government on Tuesday said its main measure of inflation at the wholesale level jumped 1% in January, lifting the 12-month increase to 7.4%, the highest rate in 26 years. The ascent last month was fed by a 1.5% rise in energy prices and a 1.7% leap in food costs.
     Bush, McCain, and Clinton now are united in attacking Obama's lack of experience in foreign relations. Problem is, Bush, McCain, and Clinton all get it wrong on everything from Iraq, to the Kyl/Lieberman Amendment which gives Bush a back door to attack Iran, the Levin amendment, and did Clinton say in the debate that she will defend Kosovo's independence? Would she stand against Russia and China in a military confrontation over it? Obama is the only one who got Iraq right and says we need to change the mindset that led us to war.
     Congressional Candidate Byron de Lear joins us for the second hour to talk about his Progressive challenge. He's also an advocate for a Constitutional Convention. We'll talk about that, his platform, and more.
      The film Citizen McCaw premieres at the Arlington Theatre Friday March 7, and filmmaker Rod Lathim joins us for the third hour to talk about the film, the media, and Wacky Wendy and her minions.

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Saturday February 23, 2008

     California's budget defecit has grown from $14.5 BILLION to $16 BILLION in the past few weeks and Ahhhnuld's proposal to slash it is so bad that the non-partisan Legislative Analyst Elizabeth Hill has taken the rare step of having her office draw up an alternative plan for lawmakers to consider. She says we need to raise some taxes, like on oil companies, and cut some tax credits, including the "sloophole" that allows yacht buyers to avoid paying sales tax. Ahhhnuld and his Republicans would rather gut public education and force poor people to expensive emergency rooms for primary care once they get really sick.
      Another week, another primary and caucus. The good news for Clinton is she had her closest defeat since Super Tuesday, the bad news she only lost by 17 points and garnered only 41% of the vote. This after trailing in Wisconsin by 4-7 points a week ago. Obama has cut her Ohio lead in half in the last week, and pulled even in Texas. Hillary's latest slogan: "One of us is ready to be commander in chief in a dangerous world..." has only one flaw: she ALWAYS gets it wrong. She has never voted against going to or expanding a war. Obama says "We not only have to end a war...we need to change the mindset that got us to war." He gets it, she doesn't. As to the Supreme Court, that's the price the Party Bigwigs pay if they steal the nomination for Clinton.
      Interesting development with the NY Times story about McCain and his lobbyist lady friend. We'll see if anything comes of it, but the real issue is that she's a Telecom lobbyist who was lobbying before McCain's Senate Committee. As he did in the Keating 5 Scandal, McCain wrote letters to government regulators on behalf of Vicki Iseman's lobbying clients. It's another short show this week.

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Saturday February 16 2008

     I have criticized both Obama and Clinton for timidity on controversial votes on Iraq and Terrorism. They had another chance this week on the vote to grant retroactive immunity to the Telecoms who have been spying on Americans dating back to FEBRUARY 2001. Obama finally got it right, while Clinton stood with George Bush and against the Constitution and the American People and didn't even bother to vote. The bill extended the spying program for 6 YEARS!! Fortunately the House went into recess rather than go along. Even Rahm Emmanuel's brother Ari is writing in the Huffington Post that he doesn't trust the Superdelegates to follow the will of the people and vote for the winner of the ELECTED delegates. I think that would rip the Democratic Party apart like 1968. If that happens I'll write in Buck Schultz (Ed's dog) or Higgins Hartmann (Thom's cat) in Nov. Venezuela's retaliating against Exxon/Mobil's having frozen some of their assets by refusing to sell them more crude, and we may take a comic break with Roger Clemens in our short show this week.
     Progressive Democrat Donna Edwards took out 8 term Congressman Al Wynn in Tuesday's Democratic Primary in Maryland with 60% of the vote. PDA Diector Tim Carpenter joins us at the bottom of the hour to talk about this, the turnout of first time voters, and the Obama effect, among many other things. PDA is also endorsing 24th District Congressional candidate Mary Pallant.

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Saturday February 9, 2008

     Super Tuesday has come and gone and Clinton and Obama are virtually dead even in delagates. With all the identity politics, I'm looking at the red/blue aspect of it. Clinton seems to be winning mostly blue states, but Obama is winning by huge margins in red states. McCain will probably be the      Republican nominee, and we're probably going to the Convention.
On the Iraq front, Adm. Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff says our military is being worn thin by operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Meanwhile, the Mahdi Army of Muqtada al-Sadr is being asked by Shia to end their six month cease-fire and take up arms again.
      Congresswoman Lois Capps joins us at the bottom of the first hour to talk about Bush's new budget, the economic stimulus package and higher education. She's a Super Delagate who is neutral for now, and we talk about the Presidential race.

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Saturday February 2, 2008

     It's almost time to vote in California, and we'll talk about the Dem race a lot. Obama gets endorsed by The Kennedys, Ted, Patrick, and a powerful ad from Caroline Kennedy featuring her father, "...passing the torch to a new generation of Americans." The Bush Administration is pushing for new sanctions against Iran ahead of the next IAEA Report due in March which will say Iran is fully cooperating and there is no evidence of nuclear military activity. Two interesting articles in the LA Times about a resumption of the Cold War, and we'll talk about that. We'll also have an update from the 2006 SOU and those pesky Human-Animal Hybrids from Advanced Cell Technology's hybrid ManCow.
      It's time for the 5th Annual Brazilian Carnaval in Santa Barbara and my photo of Paola the Samba dancer is on the poster all over town. We'll be joined at the bottom of the first hour by MC Sandra dos Anjos Domingos to talk about the local Carnaval and the different Carnavals in the different areas of Brasil. Sandra has just returned from backpacking around Brasil, and I still have stories to tell.
      Buzzflash.com's Mark Karlin joins us at the top of the second hour to talk about the Super Tuesday primaries happening this week. We'll talk about the key demographic groups to watch for Obama and Clinton, and what happens if we don't have a candidate after the dust settles.
      At the bottom of the hour we'll be joined by Isabella, who I met Friday night at a Brazillian Carnaval press event. Isabella works for the Organization of Permaculture and Arts in Salvador, Bahia. She works with orphan children who live on the streets of the Pelourinho who have no family and are left on their own to survive however they can. It was something that moved me as much as anything I saw in Brasil. There was Carlos in Maceio, who I almost wanted to adopt after talking with him, and feeling the frustration and hopelessness, and the kid who sold me a medallion for my friend Elvianne in the Pelourhino, then bummed a beer. This interview was totally spontaneous, because Isabella's work is truly the work of God.
      In the third hour we'll be joined by Community Planet Foundation's Jack Reed to talk about sustainability of the planet through interconnected communities based on consensus decision making. After watching the current Presidential campaign, that seems like an interesting concept, but can we do it, and do we really want to? We'll see.

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Saturday January 26, 2008

     Obama says the Republicans drove the ideas of the 1990's but "it took a President" to put them into place and that President was Bill Clinton. We all know Bill Clinton would never tell a lie, but we will look at the records: NAFTA, GATT, Telecommunications Act of 1996, Welfare Reform, perpetual war, Republican takeover of both houses of Congress for the first time in 40 years. Republican policies that took President Clinton to implement.
     Sens. Ted Kennedy, Pat Leahy, and Claire McCaskill are telling Bill to back off with the smears and he's telling them to stick it. Hillary's new ads are appealing directly to Black voters while surrogates are inserting race into the campaign with Bob Johnson, who Bill made a billion dollars for, referring to what teenage Barack did "in the Hood," and NY Atty. Gen. Andrew Cuomo saying Obama can't "shuck and jive" through press conferences. Obama has lost half of his white support in SC in the past week. Will Blacks back Hillary in the fall if she's nominated?
     It's the SB Film Festival and we have the cast of "Fix" for the bottom of the first hour for an absolutely chaotic and entertaining segment, and Alan Park who made "Scene & Heard: A Musical History of Isla Vista, CA", which I was interviewed for, at the top of the second hour.
      Congressional Candidate Mary Pallant is running to challenge Elton Gallegely. She's in at the bottom of the second hour to talk about what she would do f elected. We may also talk about the events she puts on in Ventura County with speakers like Joe Wilson and Valerie Plame, and Thom Hartman among others.
      Author/Journalist Dave Lindorff joins us for the third hour for a wide ranging discussion including the NH Primary and his vision of the future of the Democratic Party. We'll talk about the recent and ongoing threats against Iran, the crashing economy, and a new study that finds that the US government is literally scaring Americans to death with the War on Terror hype!!! I'm sure Impeachment will also come up.

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Saturday January 19, 2008

     Dennis Kucinich is in the thick of things this week after being kicked out of the Las Vegas debate by General Electric/NBC, even though he met their criteria, and filing for a (re)count in New Hampshire. On that front, I'm not sure who it favors, but here's the discrepency in Manchester Ward 5.

     We'll talk about the Presidential race and get a live report from the Nevada Caucus in rural Winnemucca, along with the shenanigans from Las Vegas.
     9/11 Author / Researcher David Ray Griffin joins us for the second hour. We'll talk about 9/11 Rudy and what he really contributed. I'm sure this will lead to WTC Building 7, Rudy's Command Center, a lot of gold, and much more. His office was also responsible for the recycling of the steel (destruction of evidence) to prevent a study of WHY the buildings fell.
      In one of the absolute WORST of local government dealings, the SB Harbor Commission confiscated the slip and boat of 75 year old Marci Berman on a 3-2 vote. Marci and her attorney Douglas Gillies join us in the third hour. After a payment is late by 60 days the city can confiscate. She missed her July 15 payment, paid on August 15, had her slip confiscated Sept 7, with no due process, and paid a double payment on Sept. 15. The City returned that payment and said it was too late. They then sent her a $9000 bill for her boat. Oh...one of the 3 in the 3-2 decision, Commissioner Ken Owen, is serving his 4th consecutive term in violation of voter approved term limits. This may be just getting started.

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Saturday January 12, 2008

      A short show this week but there's SO much to talk about. Kucinich is asking for a (re)count in New Hampshire. Results differed wildly from EXIT polls for one candidate only. Counties counted by Diebold gave Clinton a 7% boost. Paper ballots only matter IF they're counted, and not by a private corporation's scanners.
      Iran supposedly confronted US warships in the Gulf of Hormuz with swarming speedboats. Iran says the tape was fabricated, and the Bush Administration now concedes that the audio portion didn't actually come from the speedboats. Meanwhile, Russia is hinting that it is dispatching S-300 medium range SAM missles to Tehran.
      Closer to home Ahhnuld wants to close schools, beaches, parks, prisons, and more rather than raise taxes to close his $14B budget defecit. These Republicans are like trained chimps with tax increases vs. public services.

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Saturday January 5, 2008

     Obama wins the Hawkeye Cauci and Edwards finishes second. Oil hits $100 a barrel as domestic issues eclipse the Iraq Occupation for voters. All three top Dem candidates say they will make a top priority of "fixing" NAFTA, while Mexican farmers protest as the last tariffs on US farm imports are lifted. NAFTA is great for the corporations and nobody else.
      Speaking of election rigging, BradBlog.com's Election Pitbull Brad Friedman joins us in the second hour to talk about the status of our election process. There's news about paper ballot voting in Ohio and Colorado. We'll check up on what's happening in California, Florida, and Brad's take on the resurrected bill by Rush Holt. We'll talk about the caucus process in Iowa, Republican caging in Kansas, other GOP voter suppression tactics, and Kenya's contested election.
      US casualties hit record high in Afghanistan for 2007. More unrest in Pakistan as Musharraf invites Scotland Yard to investigate the Bhutto assassination. The day she was killed, Bhutto had planned to reveal evidence that the Pakistan intelligence agencies were planning to rig the upcoming election, and top surviving rival, Nawaz Sharif calls on Musharraf to step down immediately.

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Saturday December 29, 2007

     No bigger story this year than the assassination of Benazir Bhutto. We'll know more by Saturday, but what we know now is that President Pervez Musharraf's main opposition is dead, Pakistan Muslim League's leader Nawaz Sharif is calling for a boycott of the January 8 election, Bhutto wrote a letter in October to be read only if she was killed where she said Musharraf would be responsible, there was only one exit from where she was speaking, and the assassin managed to get an automatic rifle right next to her, where he shot her and blew himself and several others up. Who is responsible, Muslim extremists, of course, according to Musharraf, Bush, and the Republican Presidential candidates. Who has more to gain than Musharraf? We'll talk about this, the Iowa Caucuses, and a lot more.
     PDA 's Brad Parker joins us in the second hour to talk about the creeping, or not so, police state here in the USA. We'll talk about the Democratic field, Congress and it's representation of us, and the Progressive movement in general, and how we move the Democratic back to the left

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Saturday December 22, 2007

      The Clinton Campaign gets more bizzarre with Bill saying he and George Bush 41 will tour the world to repair America's image if Hillary is elected, but Bush says he won't and he stands by his son's Presidency. The attack machine gets better with Clinton Surrogate fmr. Sen Bob Kerrey attacking Obama as a Muslim, even though he is not, then apologizes a couple times, and a new WSJ/NBC poll shows 8% of Americans thinks it's true. Hardly the case for WMD numbers, but the Rovian tactics have clearly risen past Kindergarten. Ahhnuld and Nunez pass a healthcare plan for California that is a boon for the insurance companies, but it's being challenged by Senate Dems.
      The Hill's Pundit Brent Budowsky handled intelligence issues for Sen. Lloyd Bentsen when the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act was originally passed. He'll join us in the second hour to talk about the current dueling Senate bills, one giving retroactive immunity to telecoms. We'll also talk about the destruction of the CIA torture tapes and the Hawkeye Caucaii where we both think Edwards can win.
     fmr. SB City Council Candidate Frank Hotchkiss is in for the third hour to talk about the current Council and the results of the election just past. The City Council this week became the 68th city in the US to pass a resolution to withdraw troops from Iraq. We'll talk about that, Immigration, and more.

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Saturday December 15, 2007

     The occupation of Iraq will cost the city of Santa Barbara taxpayers $157.5 million through 2007. It IS a local issue. SB Mayor Marty Blum joins us at the top of the first hour to talk about it and why and how it affects Santa Barbara on a local level.
     Gov. Ahhnuld is hiding payments of $1.7 million in non-profit funds for luxury travel expenses in violation of the state Political Reform Act and maybe a corruption of the tax code. Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez isn't much better with a $1795 meal in Paris, an $6745 hotel bill in Barcelona, and a $5149 meeting at a Bordeaux wine shop with campaign funds. All very questionable and probably illegal. We'll also get to the Iraq funding bill, Iran, and the Democratic and Republican races and debates.
     SB City Councilwoman Iya Falcone was in New Orleans for a convention of cities. She joins us in the third hour to talk about this, the recent SB city election, and other issues affecting the city. We'll definitely get to the Firefighters contract, the gang problem, and the budget. We may also talk about her future plans, since she's serving her last term on the Council.

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Saturday December 8, 2007

     A new NIE says Iran stopped it's nuclear program in 2003, Bush supposedly knew it, and ramped up the rhetoric to go to war anyway. These guys are hell-bent on war with Iran regardless of the facts. Hillary claims that the NIE proves her vote on Kyl/Lieberman helped changed Iran's behavior, whines about mudslinging when she's criticized for it, then digs up Obama's KINDERGARTEN writings to prove he's been running all his life. Not to be outdone, Republican Mike Huckabee didn't even know about the NIE or what it was. When he takes heat on a rapist he intervened to have paroled, who then raped and murdered someone else, he denies it, then blames it on Bill Clinton.
      Constitutional lawyer and fmr. SoCal ACLU President Stephen Rohde joins us for the second hour to give us his take on the Homegrown Terrorist bill that passed the House and is now in the Senate. We'll also talk about Impeachment, and Sen. Leahy's threat to pass criminal Contempt of Congress resolutions aganist Karl Rove and Josh Bolton.

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Saturday December 1, 2007

    Wounded vets are being asked by the Pentagon to repay the bonuses they were paid to enlist to fight in Iraq and Afghanistan. The US Navy has doubled the supply of jet and ship fuel to the Persian Gulf for November, suggesting high naval activity, possibly including a demonstration or attack on Iran, while we blame Tehran for a Baghdad bombing that killed 13 Iraqis. A new Zogby Poll shows Obama and Edwards beating each of the major Republican candidiates, while Hillary loses to each of them. CNN shows, once again that it's much more insidious than Fox with it's softball Republican debate.
      Author Dahr Jamail joins us in the second hour to talk about his observations as an Unembedded Journalist in Iraq. We'll discuss the role of private security forces, sectarian death squads, Iraqi unemployment, and the fallout from the destruction of Falluja. What do the Iraqis think of us? The Iraqi Parliament voted overwhelmingly to demand that the UN does NOT renew the charter for us to continue our presence there. Yeah right...like we care what Iraqis want. We'll also talk about the Americans treatment of Iraqis in Iraq.
      An a-political friend just returned from New Orleans and was apalled at what she saw there. Mary Wolfington will also join us to talk about it.

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Saturday November 24, 2007

     Scott McLellen says he was instructed to outright lie to the American People over the Valerie Plame leak, which George H. W. Bush called Treason, and the Corporate Media buries the few reoprts of it. Homeland Security advisor Frances Townsend resigns and warns of a major terrorist attack in the run-up to the 2008 election. Signature gatherers at UCSB try to trick students into signing the Giuliani & Co. attempt steal 20 or so Electoral Votes from California.
      9/11 researcher/author David Ray Griffin joins ur for the second hour to debunk the 9/11 debunking. We'll cover discrepencies of the various timelines, NORAD's response and the Vanity Fair article revising the reasons why no fighter jets responded. NIST tries to explain the fall of WTC 7, which wasn't hit by any airplanes, and we'll discuss the weakness and implausibility of their explanations. We'll also talk about the Secret Service response, the Pentagon, and United Flight 93.
      Dr. Michael Cooper qualified for the City Council ballot then decided not to run. He does want to come on the show to talk about the downtown parking plans and the current City Council's agenda as he sees it. The Dentist is also a big critic of our Health Care system, or lack thereof. We will discuss the Spanish and French systems and friend Lynnette Dubois will call in from Toronto to talk about the Canadian system.

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Saturday November 17, 2007

     Colonel Ann Wright is a former US diplomat with postings to Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, and Kyrgyzstan among others. We'll talk about what's happening in Pakistan and it's effect on the region. We'll also talk a lot about Iraq, Iran, and Impeachment. She was arrested trying to enter Canada to protest the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America (SPP). We'll probably talk about that and what it means to us, especially.
      Lt. Governor John Garamendi sits on the UC Board of Regentss of UC and the equivalent board for CSU. He joins us at the end of the first hour to talk about student fees, privatization, and the importance of public education.
      Interesting Presidential debate tonight. Kucinich says he will support any Democrat who pledges to end the Occupation of Iraq. A new poll shows Edwards, Obama, and Clinton deadlocked in Iowa. All the national polls show Edwards with the biggest lead against each of the Republicans, but the media doesn't report that. We'll talk about it.
      Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) says the US has become a haven for War Criminals. The tab for the war could cost us $3.5 TRILLION if "hidden costs" like care for wounded soldiers, interest on the borrowed money, and higher oil prices are included, and the California deficit has grown to $10 BILLION with Governor Cut-Up-The-Credit-Cards. Need we say more? We will.

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Saturday November 10, 2007

     Environmental Attorney Mark Chytilo joins us in the first hour to talk about the expansion of the SB Botanic Garden, which is almost doubling in size. Mark is involved in a lot of other issues like Naples and the Gaviota Coast, so you can call and talk about any of that.
      Bush wants more funding for his Iraq War and vetoes funding for Infrastructure Legislation. Congresswoman Lois Capps joins us in the second hour to talk about this, Impeachment, legislation to support small business, protect against workplace discrimination, and last week's field hearing on the National Marine Sanctuary Program..
      China announces it will move some of it's dollar reserves to more stable currencies like Euros and the CANADIAN dollar??!!?? Gold skyrockets and the stock market falls, but bad news is not bad for everyone. We'll talk about Dick Cheney's investment portfolio. Kucinich introduces a Priviliged Resolution to Impeach the Veep but it's sent back to the Judiciary Committee. Musharraf declares Martial Law in nuclear armed Pakistan and we announce targets to bomb inside Iran. We may also talk about the Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007 that sets up a Commission that sounds suspiciously like the Committee for Public Safety set up after the French Revolution.

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Saturday November 3, 2007
Sponsors: Code Pink | Impeach Bush/Cheney Meetup

    We're being pre-empted for basketball at 2pm. SB City Council candidate Dale Francisco is in for the first hour. We'll talk about the development, gang violence, the environment and hiking. We'll also cover transportation, parking, and a lively debate on Measure A among other things

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Saturday October 27, 2007
Sponsors: Code Pink | Impeach Bush/Cheney Meetup

     Until 2005 multimillionaires could make the Forbes 400 richest Americans, but for 2006 it took $1.3 Billion. The economy's doing great for a few folks. Cheney says the US won't let Iran "go nuclear" and we accuse them "directing missions in Iraq." The run-up to the Iran War is the same as the Iraq War and we buy it. Sen. Chris Dodd calls for new leadership in the Senate, and Verizon and AT&T give over $42,000 to Sen. Jay Rockerfeller to buy legal immunity for participating in the NSA spying scandal thet was up and running BRFORE Sept. 11. Oh...9/11 Rudy's top CA fundraiseer is resusitating the June ballot measure to steal 20-22 of California's electoral votes.
      AfterDowningStreet.org's David Swanson calls in from a Peace March he's speaking at in Jonesborough, Tennessee. He will be speaking here Nov. 2 at the Impeach Bush/Cheney Meetup and we'll talk about the country-wide marches and impeachment. Anyone with knowledge of commission of a felony and not reporting it is guilty under Federal Law of Misprision of Felony. I wonder how many members of Congress are guilty of THAT!!??!! We'll also talk about Rahm Emmanuel telling Chris Matthews that getting out of Iraq was only a small part of why we elected Dems last year. Matthews laughed at him in disbelief and kept pressing him about it.
      California's burning, half of the CA National Guard and it's equipment is in Iraq, and Lt. Governor John Garamendi has been all over the media. He'll join us to talk about the fires, the President's visit, and that awful LNG terminal off of Oxnard that he was so instrumental in stopping. We may also get to healthcare.
      The Red Sox come from 3-1 back against Cleveland, then cool off the Rockies 13-1 and 2-1. SB Foresters Manager / LA Angels Scout Bill Pintard is in Denver for Game 3 of the World Series, but he'll call in at the bottom of the second hour to review the week in the playoffs.
      SB City Councilmember Helene Schneider is in for the third hour. We'll talk about the 10 year plan to end homelessness, Measure A, and more. We'll also talk about the General Plan and gang violence.

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Saturday October 20, 2007
Sponsors: Code Pink | Impeach Bush/Cheney Meetup

SB City Council Candidate Dan Litten joins us in the first hour. His environmental platform stresses air quality with a focus on gasoline leaf blowers and water quality, including pesticide use. We'll also talk about energy efficient buildings,.
      The Turks mass troops on the Iraqi border to invade the Kurds, the one section of Iraq that is working. Bush warns of World War III if Iran gets a nuke, and Putin visits Tehran. Senate Dems cave on the FISA Act, granting retroactive immunity to telecoms who helped Bush spy on Americans BEFORE 9/11. Oh...the CEO of Quest refused to turn over their records and he's sitting in jail. The new Attorney General nominee Michael Mukasey condemns torture but says waterboarding is OK. He also says Bush can wiretap Americans without a court order. The gutless Dems will cower and cave again, Constitution be damned.
      PDLA President / Activist Marcy Winograd joins us in the second hour to talk about Impeachment, Iraq, Iran, and how Progressives can take back our party.
      Looks like I buy lunch for SB Foresters Manager / LA Angels Scout Bill Pintard after the Red Sox beat Cleveland. The Rockies sweep to go 21 of 22. Bill Stoneman is out with the Angels and Joe Torre is gone from the Yankees.
      SB City Councilmember Brian Barnwell joins us for the third hour. We'll talk about improving Pershing Park to bring the Foresters downtown, probably Measure A, and more. We'll also talk about the General Plan and gang violence.

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Saturday October 13, 2007

     The local City Council dominates this week. SB City Councilmember Das Williams joins us in the first hour to talk about his re-election effort. We'll talk about the fossil-free park, affordable housing, and gang violence among other things. Das said he would join with the Mayor to introduce a resolution to oppose the Iraq War. We'll find out about the status of that.
      The House debates the renewal of the FISA bill to allow Bush to continue to wiretap Americans. Bush says he will veto anything that doesn't have retroactive immunity for telecom companies who turned over their records to the government. Will the Dems cower and cave? Pelosi says Bush can't do anything to rise to the level of impeachment. Are they really gutless cowards who are willing to tear up the Constitution, or are the on the take from the Corporations? Putin weighs in on Iran, saying they aren't doing anything illegal with their nuclear program, but that they have to be transparent with it.
      The Red Sox advance and Cleveland eliminates the Yankees. Not much of a week for SB Foresters Manager / LA Angels Scout Bill Pintard but he'll join us to talk about it. What happens to the Yankees now? Mark Cuban wants to buy the Cubs and be a Bleacher Bum, and the Rockies continue to roll.
      SB City Council Candidate Michelle Giddens joins us in the third hour. She opposes Measure A, supports District elections, wants to "balance property rights while maintaining the charm and character of SB" among other things. We'll also talk about the General Plan and gang violence.

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Saturday October 6, 2007

     The Canadian dollar is now worth more than the US dollar for the first time in my memory, the price of gold is skyrocketing, and Congress just raised the debt limit to $10 Trillion. That money will need to be paid back. The Dems filed an SEC complaint after it was revealed that backers of Rudy Giuliani were behind the ballot initiative to give about 22 of California's Electoral Votes to the Republican. Rudy's foreign policy advisor, Neocon "Godfather" Norman Podhoretz is also urging Bush to attack Iran. Some interesting new polls, too.
      Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey was the first to call on Bush to bring our troops home from Iraq, and she is still one of the 3 or 4 most outspoken members in opposition to the war. We'll talk about her Bring the Troops Home and Iraq Sovereignty Restoration Act, the new $190 Billion funding request, and the coming war with Iran. We'll also find out what Congress REALLY needs to do to end the war.
      It's baseball playoff time and we'll take a break for some fun. SB Foresters Manager / LA Angels Scout Bill Pintard will join us to break them down. We'll try to do a short segment through the World Series.
      Once again we're having each of the SB City Council Candidates on between now and the election. This week we're joined by Frank Hotchkiss. He got in the race to protest the LightBlueLine and now is opposing Plaza Granada, the fossil-free park.

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Saturday September 29, 2007

     The Senate Dems do it again!!!!!! The Lieberman/Kyl amendment gives Bush AT LEAST enough cover to attack Iran. Ahmadinijad faces a tough crowd at Columbia and dodges, answers, and evades in the true mold of Conservative that he is. Now the Dem candidates are saying we will be in Iraq for a long time.
      I have a good understanding of the long term view of what's really happening with the destruction of the US. Lt. Eric Shine is one of the very few people with at least as accurate of an understanding and can back it up with a few thousand years of historical examples. He'll join us in the second hour to talk about a wide range of interconnected global events which will lead to the collapse of the USA like the collapse of the Soviet Union.
      Once again we're having each of the SB City Council Candidates on between now and the election. This week we're joined by homeless advocate Bob Hanson.

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Saturday September 22, 2007
SB International Salsa Festival

     The Senate passes a resolution 72-25 condemning MoveOn.org's NY Times ad, General BetrayUs, a student gets shot with a taser for aggressively questioning Sen. John Kerry at U of Florida, and Senate Republicans get the right of Habeas Corpus removed from the Constitution. Regardless of the circumstances of the incidents, it's a sad day for the rule of law, freedom of speech, and the US Constitution. Senate Democrats roll over under Republican filibusters. make them TALK FOREVER!!! That's a filibuster, but the Dems turn belly-up and cave...BTW...that might be one of the reasons Congress' approval rating is 11%, significantly below even CHENEY!!! They've even lost their base!!!
      Despite the cowardice of Senate Dems, the House is passing legislation and Congresswoman Lois Capps joins us to talk about the Children's Health Insurance Bill, the Dream Act, Home Ownership Act to address the sub-prime lending crisis, expand home ownership, predatory lending tactics, and local Green Business Awards.
      In the second hour Progressive Democrats of America Director Tim Carpenter will talk about what has happened to the Democratic Party since the Nov. election and what Dems have to do to win in 2008. We'll talk about the DCCC's NEW practice of picking, endorsing, and funding of Conservatives to challenge Progressive grassroots candidates. We'll get Tim's take on fmr. Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney who is leading a movement to resign from the Democratic Party to pressure Pelosi, Reid, and Rahm Emmanuel obey their oaths of office and defend the Constitution or be swept aside with the debris of history.
      3rd District Supervisor Candidate Doreen Farr is in for the 3rd hour. Her race changed dramatically when incumbent Brooks Firestone announced he won't seek re-election. We'll talk about that, the $1.5 million the County received for youth programs and anti-gang programs. We'll also find out her priorities for the county if she's elected.

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Saturday September 15, 2007

Sponsors: Code Pink | Impeach Bush/Cheney Meetup
SB International Salsa Festival

     Bush and General Betray Us wants more money for the Occupation and his lapdogs Pelosi, Reid, and company say no problem. Great ad by Edwards calling on Congress to listen to the American people and get our troops out. The California Legislature passes a law to gut almost all election finance laws to get Corporate money back into politics!!??!! What are these people thinking?? Russia expoldes the biggest non-nuclear air delivered "Thermobaric" bomb. We'll talk about it and their new delivery system.
      Dave Lindorff will be in Santa Barbara Monday for the Impeach Bush/Cheney Meetup, and he will join us at the bottom of the second hour to talk about the case. His book "The Case for Impeachment" sets forth six articles of Impeachment.
       President and Founder of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation Mikey Weinstein joins us at the top of the second hour to discuss the Evangelization of the US military, including "Save your Souls" ceremonies in the Pentagon courtyard.
     We'll be joined for the third hour by Goleta School Board Member Susan Epstein to talk about goings on with the Board, and her Progressive activism.

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Saturday September 8, 2007

     John Edwards calls on Congress to force Bush to change course in Iraq. A B-52 transports nuclear bombs across US in a major security breach, the Chinese military hacks into the Pentagon computer system, and Texas Republican operatives are trying to rig the 2008 election by stealing about 20 or so of California's 55 Electoral votes. The News Press trial has been happening this week and we do have our take on that.
      Congresswoman Lois Capps is back in Washington, and we talk to her about the agenda for the next couple weeks, what she heard from constituents, and her trip to Mexico during August recess. We talk about war funding, the Rush Holt bill that supposedly reforms the way we vote, and more.
      BradBlog's Brad Friedman joins us at the top of the second hour to talk about Rush Holt's HR811, the electronic voting machine bill.
      The 6th anniversary of 9/11 is coming up Tuesday. We'll be joined by 9/11 Truth Activist Kathleen Rosenblatt to talk about SoCal activities and the latest on the investigations.
    PUEBLO's Aidin Castillo, Shawn Tallant, and Laura Flores are in to talk about a range of issues including a very stimulating discussion of immigration, education, and the 3rd District Supervisor's seat.

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Saturday September 1, 2007

     It's a strange world when we agree with the John Birch Society on a wide range of issues and we'll be joined by their President John McManus to talk about the North American Union and Security and Prosperity Partnership between the US, Canada, and Mexico. Our bridges are falling down but we're building superhighways from Mexico to Canada. The Canadians hate it because they think we're stealing their water and oil. It may cost as many as 40,000,000 American jobs, the dollar will be replaced by the amero, and the US Constitution will be scrapped. Between 2000 and 2005 the median income of US households is down 5.4% under NAFTA, etc. The US media is silent about all of it.
      Actress/Activist, PDA Board Chair Mimi Kennedy joins us for the second hour. John will stay to discuss the Bush Administration's violations of the Hatch Act, specifically the White House Office of Political Affairs briefing of the GSA on targets for the 2008 House and Senate races, and the Drug Czar campaigning for Republicans, even though he's forbidden to, even on his own time. Mimi and I will also talk about the resignation of LA County Clerk and Registrar Connie McCormack and it's effect on 4 million or so votes in LA County, and the Democratic Governor of Alabama. We'll also remember our dear friend and activist Teddi Winograd.
      In the third hour we'll comment on the SB City Council race that's heating up, Measure A, a couple other local issues. We'll be joined at the bottom of the hour by Actor/Activist friend Adam Menken to talk about 9/11, his trip to Pakistan, and Teddi Winograd.

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Saturday August 18, 2007

Sponsors: Code Pink | Impeach Bush/Cheney Meetup

Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson is one of the most progressive Mayors in America and is actively working to end the war in Iraq. He's speaking at the Impeach Bush/Cheney Meetup on Monday night and will join us and SB Mayor Marty Blum at the top of the first hour. Mayor Marty is still looking for one SB City Councilmember to join her to put both of those issues on the agenda. Aside from the human cost, it has cost the City of SB over $156million. That IS a local issue. We talked with Councilmember Das Williams about it this week and we'll see if the Mayor has anything to report. Oh, Das fills in for me next week.
      Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid won our first Spinless Award last week for selling out the 4th Amendment with the The Protect America Act of 2007, and now it looks like it was done so the Senate could go on vacation without Bush making recess appointments. If their vacation is more important than the Constitution we're in more trouble than even I thought. After China threatening to sell off their dollar reserves last week, we agreed to let them put about a 24% tariff on their imports of our autos, while we put a 2% tariff on theirs. War's great for testing new toys, and CNN had an interesting piece on machine gun robots being used in Iraq. Oh..the US wants to name the Iranian Revolutionary Guard a terrorist organization, the first time in history that a military of a country has recieved that designation. Lot's more, too.
      It's funny how some sports teams win all the time and others never do. The Santa Barbara Foresters are always winners and Manager Bill Pintard joins us for the third hour to talk about baseball. We'll find out how he does it with a different team every year, what he looks for in players, character, and all that good stuff. We'll talk about Barry Bonds, maybe the NBA gambling scandal, and probably his Yankees and my Red Sox.

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Saturday August 11, 2007

Sponsors: Code Pink | Impeach Bush/Cheney Meetup

We'll talk about the Minneapolis bridge collapse in the larger context of our crumbling infrastructure. According to Anderson Cooper it will cost us $460 Billion to make our bridges safe and the House just passed a approved a $460 Billion Defense bill...oh...that doesn't include the $451 Billion for the war in Iraq. Sure glad we've got our priorities straight. China's threatening to to sell it's $900 Billion US Treasury bonds which could collapse the dollar. Feeling safe under Republican rule? Congressional Dems passed a bill to gut the FISA law and authorize Alberto Gonzales to tap anyone's phone he deems fit. It does have a condition that one of the calls has to be outside the country, and we know this crowd wouldn't disobey the law. Instead of impeachment, these clowns simply legalize the crimes.
      In the second hour Ohio voting rights activists Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman join the growing list of people who don't think the Bush Administration will relinquish power willingly. If they can't steal the election what else would they resort to? The Republicans are trying to rig California's Electoral College vote with a ballot innitiative to divide our 55 votes by Congressional District. The districts are gerrymandered so badly that they can be assured at least 20 votes, which means the Dem will need to win Ohio AND Florida, instead of just one. We will also probably talk about the Russian pipeline deal giving Russia control over European energy.

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Saturday July 28, 2007

Cindy Sheehan, David Swanson and others are arrested by John Conyers after meeting with him to urge him to defend the Constitution and the rule of law by starting impeachment proceedings. Conyers said it will have to be resolved through the electoral process, Constitution be damned, but as he has so well documented, our elections are rigged and this Congress hasn't fixed it or anything else. Democrats were elected in November to end the Iraq War and hold Bush accountable. They don't have to do anything. Just let the money run out Oct. 1. The war is escalating and the Administration is claiming more power than Julius Caesar according to Conservative scholar Bruce Fein who drew impeachment articles against Clinton. They pass a law prohibiting permanent bases in Iraq while AP reports that Balad Air Base is being "...reinforced-for five to seven years more hard use." Col. Dave Reynolds says "We'd like to get it to be a field like Langley..." the showcase base in Virginia. The Congress' approval rating has dropped from around 50% a couple months ago to around 25% now as they completely abandon their base and well over 60% of the American people.
     One of my favorite vacation destinations is the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland. We'll be joined in the second hour by Artistic Director Libby Appel. We'll talk about her plays, Ashland, and more.
      The Bush Administration has issued a series of Executive Orders over the past few months that give the President and others the power to confiscate anybody's property they deem to be a risk to security and reconstruction in Iraq, in addition to seizing the powers of a dictator in the event of a terrorist attack. They are refusing to show Continuity of Government plans to Homeland Security Committee member Rep. Peter deFazio (D-OR). fmr Bush Administration Official Morgan Reynolds joins us at the bottom of the second hour to talk about this, his suit against the NIST in conjunction with 9/11, the Russian pipeline deal, and the overall mission of US Foreign Policy in the Middle East, and who knows what else.

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Saturday July 21, 2007

Another gang killing in SB. Mayor Marty Blum steps in for a couple minutes and stays for the entire hour. Among our wide ranging discussion sh admits to hitting her sister over the head with a croquet mallet. I admit to a few things, too.
      The new National Intelligence Estimate says Iraq has strengthened al Qaeda and weakened our ability to respond to military threats around the world. Brent Budowksy joins us in the second hour to talk about this and how the Republican Party is keeping it going and how far they will let it go. We may even talk about talk radio, the new media, and what we can to penetrate the propaganda.
     A new CBS/NY Times poll shows that 61% of Americans think Congress should cut off funds for the Iraq War ONLY if there's a timeline for withdrawl. Will the Dems dare to stand with 61% of the Americans? They refuse to stand up and defend the Constitution and the Rule of Law against this lawless Administration through the Constitutional remedy of Impeachment, so why would they dare to stand with the American People? Oh...Bruce Fein, the Conservative who drew up Articles of Impeachment against Clinton, says Bush and Cheney haved claimed more power than either King George III or Julius Caesar, that they have put the life of the Republic in danger and need to be impeached NOW. Russia pulls out of the Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty in response to Bush's "Missle Shield" in Eastern Europe. A new Executive Order permits Bush to seize the assets of anyone the President deems to be a threat to satblization efforts in Iraq, whatever that means.

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Saturday July 14, 2007

     More lawlessness from the Bush Administration as WH Political Director Sara Taylor refuses to talk to Congress about the US Attorney scandal and then Harriet Miers is ordered to not appear. California will grow in population from 34 million to 60 million by 2050. We'll talk about this, illegal immigration, and maybe gun control.
      Congresswoman Lois Capps voted once again to withdraw troops from Iraq. We'll about this, the President's assesment report on Iraq, impeachment, offshore oil drilling, college aid, and Rush Holt's election "reform" bill, among other things.
      PDSB Activist Emily Allen joins us for the third hour to talk about the politics of homelessness. We'll talk about the Mental Health Services Act, affordable housing, budget cuts, jail and hospital "dumping," and more.

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Saturday July 7, 2007

IMPEACHMENT SATURDAY!!!!! Everyone on the show is an activist, or at least a supporter of Impeachment in a week where Bush commutes Scooter's sentence and effectively buys his silence. Ambassador Joe Wilson says there was a quid pro quo and so do I. A News Press column by Travis Armstrong accuses Mayor Marty Blum of taking trips on taxpayer dollars. Da Mayor will step across the hall after her show to give her version.
     fmr. Assemblywoman Jackie Goldberg spoke at the opening of the first National Impeachment Center in LA on July 4. We'll ask her about that, but the main reason she's on is to talk about the Prison/Military/Industrial Complex and how AB 900 spends millions of our taxpayer dollars on that system with no new beds. What are alternatives to expanding the prison system while cutting education, among other things. 
     fmr. Federal Prosecutor Elizabeth de la Vega joins us to talk about the Libby commutation, what it means to the Fitzgerald investigation, and does THIS rise to an impeachable offense. It will be interesting to get her take on the legal aspects of it, like the question of Obstruction of Justice, among other things.
      AfterDowningStreet.org's David Swanson is one of the leading activists for impeachment. We'll talk with him about Kucinich's Resolution of Impeachment in the House, the declining popularity of Congress, and the political aspects of impeachment. I'm sure Gonzales will come up once or twice too.
      SB City Councilman Brian Barnwell is the only City Council member aside from the Mayor to voice support impeachment. He's in for the third hour to talk about that, upper State Street, youth violence and what we can do about it. He's also attacked seemingly at random by the SBNP so that will probably come up, along with baseball, and anything YOU want to call about.

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Saturday June 30, 2007

     I go on vacation and the Supreme Court rolls back Brown vs. the Board of Education from OVER 50 YEARS ago!! The President claims Executive Privilige from Congressional subpoenas into a criminal investigation like 35 years ago!! Immigration reform is dead for now. A new report discusses the structural imbalance of political talk radio, and so will we. Oh...yes, I had a great vacation with nature and Shakespeare in Ashland.
      Assembly Budget Committee Chairman John Laird is scheduled to join us in the first hour if the Assembly is not in session discussing the budget. The deadline is near and there's hardly a word about it in the media. Maybe it's only news when it's late.
      Norman Solomon joins us in the second hour to talk about Iraq, war in general, and media complicity in it. His new DVD "War Made Easy" is screening July 12 at the Faulkner Gallery for free and we'll talk about that and take your calls.
      Former City Councilman Babatunde Foleymi is in for the third hour. We'll talk about gangs in SB, the causes and solutions, maybe immigration, and who knows what else

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Saturday June 9, 2007

    SBNP "Letters" also had at Hannah Beth Jackson over comments on our show last week about Hillary. We'll play the offending comments and talk about it along with talk about the debates and some campaign gossip. AlsoParis Hilton and mental health.
     Congressional Candidate Peter Mathews is running in the special election to replace Juanita Millender-McDonald in CA-37, Long Beach, Compton, Watts area. Race is an overt issue in the contest. We'll talk about that and real issues that Mathews will address if elected.
     Harvey Wasserman joins us in the second hour to talk about "Solartopia" his new book about an achievable vision of a sustainable future. We'll talk about "Windiana", the Great Plains, and energy self-sufficiency. We'll also talk about wind power as a $ investment and other green technology and how it can be a new source of good jobs for Americans.
     Brett Kimberlin has a new song, "Springtime, Bush Is Over" based on John Lennon's "And So This Is Christmas." We talk about this, "pro-life" George Bush and the death penalty, and the music now as opposed to during the Vietnam War.
     Another round of fighting with the News Press. Lou Cannon, Jerry Roberts, and Mayor Marty Blum all had at Wendy McCaw and Travis Armstrong about various DIFFERENT things. Roberts calls in for a wide ranging discussion.
          

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Saturday June 2, 2007

     May was the deadliest month this year in Iraq and now Bush and his Republican parrots are comparing it to Korea and saying we'll be there for years. The UN voted by one vote over the objections of Russia, China, Qatar, and others to set up a Lebanon tribunal under Chapter 7 which can be enforced militarily. More blather from Wendy, and we'll finally get to immigration.
      SB City Councilman Das Williams announced his candidacy for re-election this week. He joins us in the SECOND hour. We'll talk about gang violence, youth apprenticeship programs, and other solutions. The City is conducting it's own elections for the first time this year, and we'll talk about that, much more, and take your calls.
      Hannah Beth Jackson is in for the THIRD hour to talk about California issues. Among other things we'll hit the Supreme Court and the future of abortion rights. Ahhnuld is proposing the privatization the lottery among other things. Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez is supporting taking reapportionment away from the legislature. Ahhnuld's appointing cronys to state boards, giving big raises to state officials, and promoting campaign aides to state jobs. We'll also talk about the state budget defecit and prisons.

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Saturday May 26, 2007

           After a communication mixup we will have Zaki Chehab, one of the Arab World's leading journalists. His new book, "Inside Hamas" fundamentally changed my view of the Palestinian / Israeli conflict. He'll join us in the first hour to talk about the roots of the conflict, the strategy of the foundation and growth of Hamas to it's "stunning" 2006 electoral victory, taking control of the Palestinian Parliament. We'll look inside the mind of a mother of three suicide bombers among others.
      Our friend Irwin Appel joins us for the last 10 minutes to talk about his new play at UCSB and Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Ashland.
     Monica Goodling admitted that Rove protegee/US AttorneyTim Griffin rigged the 2004 election by "caging." It's a felony and also puts Kyle Sampson in a bad position since he denied she told him about in his sworn testimony. Funny, therre's been no coverage of it in our media and no follow-up in Conressional hearings. The Dems cave on Iraq funding but Lois Capps stood with 63% of the American people supporting a timeline and voted against it. John Edwards opposed the bill along with Sen.Chris Dodd, and Hillary Clinton and Barak Obama showed THEIR leadership qualities by waiting until AFTER the bill passed to vote against it.
      Political Comedian / Syndicated Columnist Argus Hamilton joins us in the second hour to impart his wit and wisdom about a wide range of topics across the political landscape. His daily humor column appears in over 100 newspapers and on the web.
       Former SB News Press staffer Scott Hadly was one of the first to leave the paper in July, 2006. He'll join us in the third hour to step back from the circus surrounding SBNP and we'll look at the wall between journalism and editorial that started all this. We'll talk mostly about the future of news in Santa Barbara, and newspapers in general.

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Saturday May 19, 2007

     These Republican debates are great. I can't say as I've ever seen them tripping over themselves like this. One new fact that came to me from it was that we spend $400 BILLION a year to service our debt. Ahhnuld released his new budget revision and he wants to balance it on the backs of those who can least afford it. The Governor of Oregon is living on the $3 a day food stamp recipients get. Assemblywoman Sally Lieber has challenged Schwartzenegger to do that, but the Governator has $25,000 dinners at home instead. For the rest of us, food prices have risen 5.7% this year, the highest in years, to go with our $3.50 gas.
    We had a late plane and a communication mixup with Zaki Chehab and he'll join us next week. Zaki is one of the Arab World's leading journalists. His new book, "Inside Hamas" fundamentally changed my view of the Palestinian / Israeli conflict. He'll join us in the second hour to talk about the roots of the conflict, the strategy of the foundation and growth of Hamas to it's "stunning" 2006 electoral victory, taking control of the Palestinian Parliament. We'll look inside the mind of a mother of three suicide bombers among others.
      Speaking of electoral victories, two top election officials were tried, convicted, and are serving lengthy prison sentences for rigging the recount in the Dem stronghold of Cuyahoga County in the 2004 Ohio Presidential race. Dr. Bob Fitrakis, not John Kerry, was one of the plaintiffs seeking the recount. He'll join us at the bottom of the second hour and first halk of the third hour to talk about this and the exporting of our defective voting machines to the rest of the world. Interestingly enough, they were first tried out in Brasil.
     SB City Councilman Roger Horton calls in with a Measure D update at the bottom of the third hour and listeners call in to voice opinions on SB's proposal to ban plastic bags.

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Saturday May 12, 2007

     We finally have a friendly audience! Mayor Marty Blum drops in to say hi after her first show. Congress has another Iraq funding bill for Iraq as former Generals in the field take out TV ads saying that Bush is ruining our military and making us less secure. Oh yeah...Al Quaeda endorsed Bush's Iraq strategy so they can kill more of our soldiers. Consumer debt reaches a record level of $2.43 TRILLION, spending stagnates, and Wal-Mart loses money because people aren't spending money. Ahhnuld wants to privatize the Lottery. Profits for his cronies is more important than funding education. Where are our sources of revenue going to come from in 20 years?
      Congresswoman Lois Capps joins us to talk about her week in Congress. We'll talk about election integrity, the dominance of white male anchors on cable TV, politicization of the Endangered Species Act, the new Iraq vote, and maybe energy.
      Professor David Ray Griffin is one of the leading 9/11 researchers. A couple weeks ago a listener called about the Popular Mechanics article, " Debunking 9/11." Griffin's new book "Debunking 9/11 Debunking" analyzes that. We'll talk about that, WTC 7, especially, and who is NIST and who do they work for?
fmr Supervisor Susan Rose is in for the third hour. We'll talk about what she's doing now, the SBNP, and maybe the race for 3rd District Supervisor among other things.

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Saturday May 5, 2007

     Terror attacks and deaths rose 28.5% and deaths rose 40.2% last year according to the State Department. Feeling safer with the National Security President? All the Republicans except Ron Paul say they will keep the open ended muscular policy if elected. More of the same. 100 more troops dead for April in Iraq. More revelations about Gonzo.
     We caught up with Congresswoman Lois Capps right after she voted on Bush's veto of the Iraq funding bill. We talk a lot about that, women's health, and impeachment.
      Hannah Beth Jackson is in for the second hour to talk about California issues. Among other things we'll hit the Supreme Court and the future of abortion rights.Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez is supporting taking reapportionment away from the legislature. Ahhnuld's appointing cronys to state boards, giving big raises to state officials, and promoting campaign aides to state jobs. We'll also talk about the state budget defecit, prisons, and maybe the Presidential election with the frontloading of the primaries and the debates that are starting now.
     Community Activist David Pritchett has been instrumental in organizing the demonstrations against the News Press. He'll join us in the third hour to talk about this.

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Saturday April 28, 2007

     Congress granted immunity to Monica Goodling and issued subpoenas for her and Sara Taylor to testify about the firing of the US Attorneys. The Committee also is demanding that Gonzo return to clarify his faulty memory last week? He has admitted discussing the US Attorneys with Bush. Could that be impeachable? Can Gonzo be impeached? Congressman Dennis Kucinich introduced Articles of Impeachment against VP Dick Cheney this week. We'll also talk about the Iraq funding bill and maybe porn and the News Press.
      California spends more on servicing the debt than it spends on the entire UC System. Now Ahhnuld wants to substantially raise fees on students at UC and CSU. UCSB Activist Bill Schiebler will talk about the increases and what it will mean to students and the effect on society in general of making college more exclusive.
      When Clint Curtis worked as a computer programer, lobbyist Tom Feeney asked him to develop a program that would enable him to walk into a voting booth and push a combination of buttons that would entirely flip an election and erase all evidence. Now Feeney is a Congressman and when Curtis found out that he was really trying to rig the election, Curtis left the Republican Party to run against him. Feeney won, but Curtis and his campaign's "Walk for Democracy" canvassed the district and he'll talk about what he found. Also, we'll talk about Feeney's ties to Jack Abramoff.
      Fund for Santa Barbara's Geoff Green joins us in the third hour to talk about attacks on the Fund by Andy Caldwell and Travis Armstrong. We'll also talk about what they do for the community.

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Saturday April 21, 2007

     We'll have our take on Virginia Tech, the media, and the university officials. Why wasn't the campus locked down after the first shooting? Was NBC's response in putting out the gunman's photos and manifesto appropriate? Some of the interviews with students were absolutely gouhlish, especially Larry King. We'll also talk about gun control and why Canadians don't murder people with their Glock 9's. More news about Iraq, Iran, and our forgetful Attorney General.
      The Democratic State Convention is next weekend in San Diego. We'll be joined by Progressive Democrat of LA president and fmr. Congressional Candidate Marcy Winograd to talk about what we can do on a state/local level help fix our National Nightmare.
      Author Michael Weinstein joins us at the bottom of the second hour to talk about what he calls an Evangelical Coup at the US Air Force Academy. We'll talk about "a spiritually transformed US Military [as] ambassadors for Christ in uniform [and] empowered by the Holy Spirit." We'll also talk about the special favors granted to Evangelicals and discrimination against non-Evangelical Cadets.
      SB Councilman Grant House joins us for the third hour. Bullying, gang violence, clean elections will come up. Also, regional transportation, new environmental standards, and more.

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Saturday April 14, 2007

     We talked about Don Imus' comments last week and we'll continue now that everyone else is. The military is extending tours of duty in battle zones. How are we more secure when Bush is BREAKING our military? The White House has "lost" thousands of emails from their private system. Maybe this will be the thing that brings this Administration down.
       fmr. ACLU President Stephen Rohde joins us in the second hour to talk about the rights we're losing to the "War on Terror." We'll talk about those "quaint" Geneva Conventions, NSA Spying, torture, Habeas Corpus, Military Commissions Act, and more.
      SB Councilwoman Helene Schneider joins us for the third hour. Gang violence, homelessness, clean elections will come up. Also, commuter rail, new envirornmental standards, and more.

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Saturday April 7, 2007

     Congressional delegations consisting of five Repubs and six Dems meet with Syrian President Asaad, but only Speaker Nancy Pelosi is ripped by the the Administration and right wing blogs. Funny, because it's the Repubs that criticize the Administration. The Iranians released the British Marines but we're still holding five of their diplomats who were captured in January.      Ahhnuld appoints his Dentist and former Chiropractor to head those boards. "Heckuva job Browine" and hefty pay raises for his campaign workers come to California. Whistleblower Lt. Eric Shine joins us in the second hour. We'll talk about war profiteering, privatization, torture and the real kind of support that we give our soldiers.
      We talk with Congresswoman Lois Capps about the Democratic budget, the rising cost of higher education and it's cost to our country. Congress has set a timetable for withdrawl from Iraq that the President says he will veto. We talk about the Supplemental Iraq funding bill, and the proposed floating LNG terminal off the coast of Oxnard.
      SB Councilwoman Iya Falcone joins us for the third hour. Gang violence, development, clean elections will come up. Also, what do we do about regional transportation without Measure D money, new envirornmental standards, and more.

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Saturday March 31, 2007

     The Russian newspaper RIA Novosti is publishing Russian Intelligence reports that the US will launch a Nuclear attack against Iran on April 6. It's called Operation Bite. Seymour Hirsch has been warning of this for almost a year. Saudi King Abdullah who is one of our closest allies in the Gulf region slammed the "Illigitimate foreign occupation" of Iraq, and the Gulf States are going to move away from the dollar to deal in other currencies. Joe Scarborough is calling for ABC to censor / fire Rosie O'Donnell for saying 9/11 was an inside job. Why is it only Right Wing nuts should only be allowed on TV?
      The US Attorney scandal is front and center this week with Congressional hearings and Monica Goodling invoking the 5th against self-incrimination. Fmr. Federal Prosecutor Elizabeth de la Vega joins us in the second hour to talk about that, Impeachment, and her book, "The U.S. vs. George W. Bush". Maybe we'll also get to the Libby Trial if we have time.
      The Senate passed teir Iraq funding bill this week with a withdrawl provision and Bush says he'll veto it. That's fine with me and "Connect the Dots" Lila Garrett will join us in the second hour to talk about that, impeachment, and anything else that comes to mind.
      Goleta City Councilman Roger Aceves is in for the third hour. We'll talk about the November Goleta voter revolution, growth, the General Plan, and last minute compaign contributions among other things.

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Saturday March 24, 2007

The correct file for Hour 2 is now posted with Jeremy Schaill & Michelle Phillips

     Can the US Attorney scandal bring down this White House? It's illegal to call prosecutors to pressure them to affect the timing of an indictment, like David Iglesias said happened to him with calls from Rep. Heather Wilson (R-NM) and Sen. Pete Domenici (R-NM). Did they kill an investigation into corruption on the part of Rep. Jerry Lewis (R-CA) when they fired Carol Lam? The subpoenas have been approved, and a showdown appears to be imminent. It was also fun hearing Rush and Ahhnuld go at it this week.
      Private contractors comprise the second largest army in Iraq. Journalist Jeremy Schaill joins us in the second hour to talk about Blackwater, the world's largest mercenary army. Is this the wave of the future, privatizing war? Who are these people, anyway? They were even providing security in New Orleans after Katrina. The right wing militia types always talk about foreign troops under the command of the UN patrolling our streets. Maybe it will really be Private Armies like Blackwater. Jeremy will also be appearing in SB April 26 at the IV Theatre.
      Actress/Singer Michelle Phillips is joining a long list of celebrities questioning the official version of 9/11. The surviving member of the Mamas & Papas joins us to talk about it. We'll talk a lot about security, how the explosives may have gotten into the Twin Towers, and who had the opportunity to do it.
      Gang violence is about the ONLY political issue in Santa Barbara at the moment, with the killing at State & Carillo in the middle of the afternoon last week. Jorge Rodriguez is a former gang leader who is now a Masters student at USC. He'll join us in the third hour to talk about his life, the appeal of gangs, and how he got out. Maybe we'll get some first hand solutions from someone who's been there.

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Saturday March 17, 2007

     We'll talk about the 3 I's, Iraq, Iran and Impeachment. It's the 4th Anniversary of the invasion of Iraq and the Senate Judiciary Committee is finally issuing subpoenas in the firing of US Attorneys. Maybe the Administration's crimes will finally come out. Rep. Dennis Kucinich has an impeachment resolution ready to go if we attack Iran, but he's now saying it may be the only option to stop it. UC and CSU raised fees by 7% and 10% this week as Ahhnuld continues his march to bankrupt California, and you can now have dinner with him and Maria at their house for a paltry $500,000 campaign donation.
     Journalist Jason Leopold of Truthout.org is a former Wall Street Journal reporter who had an epiphany after 9/11. He was one of the first to report on the manipulation of the California energy market as bureau chief for Dow Jones Newswire, was one of the first to report on the Enron collapse, and a leader in the reporting of the outing of CIA Agent Valerie Plame Wilson. He'll join us at the top of the second hour. The second half of the hour is open in case we're really having fun.
     We're dedicated to being your cutting edge news source for Santa Barbara. In light of the gang fight and murder Wednesday afternoon on Carrillo & State Street we've changed our 3rd hour to talk about it with Nancy Davis and Joe Velasco of City @ Peace. They work with gang members and at risk teens to help them straighten out with theatre and other arts. SB City Councilwoman Iya Falcone & Mayor Marty Blum phone in, and a number of other local officials have been invited to call in with brief comments on the subject. We'll also try to get the police perspective and someone with a gang association or considering one.

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Saturday March 10, 2007

     Last week we had guests from start to finish and this week I'll get to talk. Plenty to talk about, too. We'll discuss the Libby conviction and timing of the probable pard