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This is a group for people who are tired of seeing Neo Nazi Propaganda being disseminated under the pen name of Anne Coulter. We will engage in letter writing, subscription cancellation, blog promotion, and other tactics to get the message out that the Fascists aren't in charge just YET!
Democratic Talk Radio will be on the air in the Lehigh Valley starting April 3, 2008 at 8:05 am on WGPA, 1100AM. The program will be streaming live on the Internet at http://www.wgpasunny1100.com/welcomepg.html. All programs will be archived on the Democratic Talk Radio website at http://66.39.111.188/arc.html for anytime streaming or downloading for Podcasting.
The program will feature book authors, talk show hosts, journalists, labor leaders, officeholders, candidates, policy experts, political activists and more, as guests. The program will be co-hosted by Stephen Crockett (from Maryland and Tennessee) and Dana Garrett (from Delaware.) Both are experienced political observers and talk show hosts.
Stephen Crockett writes the Democratic Voices opinion column which is widely available on the Internet. He is a member of the National Writers Union (UAW local 1981) and is active with the UAW Community Action Program. Professionally, Stephen Crockett has an extensive background in marketing, advertising and public relations. Crockett owns College Marketing.com http://www.CollegeMarketing.com .
Crockett serves as a public relations specialist for American Income Life Insurance dealing with unions in Delaware and eastern Pennsylvania. He represents the Office and Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU) Local 277 on many labor councils in the region. Crockett is an associate member of the Steelworkers’ (USW) union.
He serves as Editor and Publisher of Mid-Atlantic Labor.com http://www.midatlanticlabor.com. He has worked in dozens of political campaigns from New Hampshire to Florida. Crockett has been active in Democratic political circles in his home states of Maryland and Tennessee. He blogs on many different websites and is very active in the progressive Netroots community.
Dana Garrett is married and the father of two children. He is a former State of Delaware employee and Adjunct Professor at Wilmington College. He resides in Wilmington, Delaware. He has Masters of Arts degrees in Philosophy and English Literature. He writes for the blog Delaware Watch and is a co-host of the radio program Progressive Voices, which is broadcast by the University of Delaware (WVUD). His poetry has been published in anthologies and dozens of periodicals and journals.
Democratic Talk Radio would like to meet with your Executive Board and/or membership. Stephen Crockett can explain how you can assist Democratic Talk Radio and obtain addition benefits for your organization or union membership at no cost via American Income Life Insurance.
The Laborers’ Local 1174 have helped bring you Democratic Talk Radio by sponsoring the first 4 shows. Please contact Stephen Crockett at demlabor@aol.com or 1-443-907-2367 if you or your organization might be willing to sponsor broadcasts of Democratic Talk Radio. Airtime will cost us about $180 per show. You can sponsor a whole broadcast or just buy some ads. Ad rates are $30 per 1 minute ad or $20 per 30 second ad.
The program will feature book authors, talk show hosts, journalists, labor leaders, officeholders, candidates, policy experts, political activists and more, as guests. The program will be co-hosted by Stephen Crockett (from Maryland and Tennessee) and Dana Garrett (from Delaware.) Both are experienced political observers and talk show hosts.
Stephen Crockett writes the Democratic Voices opinion column which is widely available on the Internet. He is a member of the National Writers Union (UAW local 1981) and is active with the UAW Community Action Program. Professionally, Stephen Crockett has an extensive background in marketing, advertising and public relations. Crockett owns College Marketing.com http://www.CollegeMarketing.com .
Crockett serves as a public relations specialist for American Income Life Insurance dealing with unions in Delaware and eastern Pennsylvania. He represents the Office and Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU) Local 277 on many labor councils in the region. Crockett is an associate member of the Steelworkers’ (USW) union.
He serves as Editor and Publisher of Mid-Atlantic Labor.com http://www.midatlanticlabor.com. He has worked in dozens of political campaigns from New Hampshire to Florida. Crockett has been active in Democratic political circles in his home states of Maryland and Tennessee. He blogs on many different websites and is very active in the progressive Netroots community.
Dana Garrett is married and the father of two children. He is a former State of Delaware employee and Adjunct Professor at Wilmington College. He resides in Wilmington, Delaware. He has Masters of Arts degrees in Philosophy and English Literature. He writes for the blog Delaware Watch and is a co-host of the radio program Progressive Voices, which is broadcast by the University of Delaware (WVUD). His poetry has been published in anthologies and dozens of periodicals and journals.
Democratic Talk Radio would like to meet with your Executive Board and/or membership. Stephen Crockett can explain how you can assist Democratic Talk Radio and obtain addition benefits for your organization or union membership at no cost via American Income Life Insurance.
The Laborers’ Local 1174 have helped bring you Democratic Talk Radio by sponsoring the first 4 shows. Please contact Stephen Crockett at demlabor@aol.com or 1-443-907-2367 if you or your organization might be willing to sponsor broadcasts of Democratic Talk Radio. Airtime will cost us about $180 per show. You can sponsor a whole broadcast or just buy some ads. Ad rates are $30 per 1 minute ad or $20 per 30 second ad.
Yesterday, and I still am unsure just what I did, all my friends were deleted. If I befriended you and you still wish to remain friends, please shoot me a friend request so I can re add you.
Thanks and sorry for the trouble.
JC
Thanks and sorry for the trouble.
JC
Alternet has an article by Steve Rizzo talking about the intention of one candidate to either win the Democratic nomination or destroy the party. (That isn't exactly what he said; but that's the way it seems to me.) It is well written and helps to back up what FOS said earlier Throw mud, throw mud, throw mud, see what sticks.
The Democratic Party has always been ( in the past 80 years) the party of progress. It's one of the great things about the party that I am proud of being apart of. While Republicans settle in with the status quo and helping those who already can help themselves, we have been pushing the envelope and help those who can't easily help themselves. Again, another thing I am proud of.
I have been laying low since the debate and the Ohio primary, but, while surfing the TV channels, I noticed something on Hardball that puzzled me. The topic: are the Democrats dividing amongst themselves with this election? And, before I changed the channel, I answered the question: if we keep clawing at each other with our separate candidate camps, we might as well be. And what an unfortunate realization. I thought deeper about this, and how the corporate conservative Republicans in the media who have been baiting and switching us since 2006, and I really did have to change the channel! Luckily, I changed to Turner Classic Movies, where I watched the 1944 film Gaslight, with Ingrid Bergman, Charles Boyer, and Angela Lansberry. While watching,I noticed in particular nuances.
In the film, Charles Boyer plays mind games with Ingrid Bergman, to slowly and systematically make her go crazy . He takes her broach, and convinces her that she misplaced it and she doesn't remember where. He takes her glove at a party, and convinces her that she never had it to begin with. He moves a painting, convinces her that it is her fault and tries to "help" her remember where she put it. Ingrid feels like she is going crazy.
Now, picture Charles Boyer being the Republican Party operatives in the media, and the Democratic Party and the American people are the victims of the mind games. Only rather than a broach, it's the idea that we can fix our nations problems and both our candidates can do it. They replace it by offering little jabs of divisive language and discouraging tactics to make it seem that it's lost and we are to blame for it. Rather than a glove, its the idea that we can all rise up against divisive tactics. The Republican Party misplaces the glove and bombards us with further divisive tactics on their part and convince us we never had it to begin with. Rather than a painting, it is the idea that America can be better than it is, which is all something we as Democrats believe in. The Republicans misplace the painting and with the tactics they have been using plus a little more intensity, and we feel convinced that it is our fault and they try to "help" us. Have we gone crazy yet? To our credit, no we haven't. But whose to say we can?
The reason I bring that metaphor up is because as progressive as we are, we have a choice in what progress we want to achieve. Barack Obama, the first African-American president? or Hillary Rodham Clinton, the first woman president? That is the price we pay for progress, the ultimate, difficult choice of who to choose. That makes us the halibut that the Republicans want to catch and serve at the country club fundraising dinner for John McCain's presidential campaign. The American people have a say in the progress we make. From the American Revolution to the great, grand social changes of the 60s and 70s, the American people have a say in the progress we make. There will always be sticks in the mud, but there will always be trees growing from the moisture in the mud.
So, yes, this is a historical election indeed. We should be grateful that the Democratic Party is the frontrunner for social and political progress in this country. But, as progress is achieved, it can be easily manipulated against us. Let's think twice and rise above being pawns in the Republican game of quelling progress.
I have been laying low since the debate and the Ohio primary, but, while surfing the TV channels, I noticed something on Hardball that puzzled me. The topic: are the Democrats dividing amongst themselves with this election? And, before I changed the channel, I answered the question: if we keep clawing at each other with our separate candidate camps, we might as well be. And what an unfortunate realization. I thought deeper about this, and how the corporate conservative Republicans in the media who have been baiting and switching us since 2006, and I really did have to change the channel! Luckily, I changed to Turner Classic Movies, where I watched the 1944 film Gaslight, with Ingrid Bergman, Charles Boyer, and Angela Lansberry. While watching,I noticed in particular nuances.
In the film, Charles Boyer plays mind games with Ingrid Bergman, to slowly and systematically make her go crazy . He takes her broach, and convinces her that she misplaced it and she doesn't remember where. He takes her glove at a party, and convinces her that she never had it to begin with. He moves a painting, convinces her that it is her fault and tries to "help" her remember where she put it. Ingrid feels like she is going crazy.
Now, picture Charles Boyer being the Republican Party operatives in the media, and the Democratic Party and the American people are the victims of the mind games. Only rather than a broach, it's the idea that we can fix our nations problems and both our candidates can do it. They replace it by offering little jabs of divisive language and discouraging tactics to make it seem that it's lost and we are to blame for it. Rather than a glove, its the idea that we can all rise up against divisive tactics. The Republican Party misplaces the glove and bombards us with further divisive tactics on their part and convince us we never had it to begin with. Rather than a painting, it is the idea that America can be better than it is, which is all something we as Democrats believe in. The Republicans misplace the painting and with the tactics they have been using plus a little more intensity, and we feel convinced that it is our fault and they try to "help" us. Have we gone crazy yet? To our credit, no we haven't. But whose to say we can?
The reason I bring that metaphor up is because as progressive as we are, we have a choice in what progress we want to achieve. Barack Obama, the first African-American president? or Hillary Rodham Clinton, the first woman president? That is the price we pay for progress, the ultimate, difficult choice of who to choose. That makes us the halibut that the Republicans want to catch and serve at the country club fundraising dinner for John McCain's presidential campaign. The American people have a say in the progress we make. From the American Revolution to the great, grand social changes of the 60s and 70s, the American people have a say in the progress we make. There will always be sticks in the mud, but there will always be trees growing from the moisture in the mud.
So, yes, this is a historical election indeed. We should be grateful that the Democratic Party is the frontrunner for social and political progress in this country. But, as progress is achieved, it can be easily manipulated against us. Let's think twice and rise above being pawns in the Republican game of quelling progress.
OK, there's an elephant in the room. I hate elephants - why I'm a Democrat.
On reading the various comments about the Rev. Wright's statements, it occurred to me that he wasn't saying anything vastly different from what a lot of us are saying: that is, America's arrogant treatment of certain other countries has led to a lot of hatred.
Many of us do not approve of the NeoCon dream of Global Empire, which is to be achieved by shoving the American Corporate Agenda forcibly down the throat of any nation or culture that might have the temerity to want to manage its own resources, form of government,and people. It's...well...it's unamerican ^o^
Now the Rev was obviously on a tear that particular Sunday, and couched his opinion in very strong terms. Many might say, "ill-advisedly strong". Cussing in the pulpit is not your standard Sunday fare.
But really, I think the remarks strike terror into people not because of their import, but because of the color of the man who uttered them. The fact that the Rev. is black causes people to read something MORE into his statements, which they subconsciously translate as,
"The black people are going to murder us all in our beds!" "The black people hate America!"
All this, because a black preacher read the riot act to a congregation regarding a Neocon agenda which many people here, black and white, have characterized as loathsome and undemocratic. Yes, he was undiplomatic in his choice of words. He told it like he saw it, and boy, was he pissed. ^o^ Be honest: if a white pastor said the same exact thing, would there be this big a stir? There would be a stir, no doubt, but would it really be the water cooler fare of the day?
Now I have one question to ask all of you churchgoers out there:
Can you honestly say that your Pastor, Priest, Rabbi, Mullah, Guru etc., actually dictates your day to day actions? You might think you'd be better off if they did, but seriously, do you do and think everything they tell you to, or do you take their thoughts on board, and go home to lunch?
just sayin'...
On reading the various comments about the Rev. Wright's statements, it occurred to me that he wasn't saying anything vastly different from what a lot of us are saying: that is, America's arrogant treatment of certain other countries has led to a lot of hatred.
Many of us do not approve of the NeoCon dream of Global Empire, which is to be achieved by shoving the American Corporate Agenda forcibly down the throat of any nation or culture that might have the temerity to want to manage its own resources, form of government,and people. It's...well...it's unamerican ^o^
Now the Rev was obviously on a tear that particular Sunday, and couched his opinion in very strong terms. Many might say, "ill-advisedly strong". Cussing in the pulpit is not your standard Sunday fare.
But really, I think the remarks strike terror into people not because of their import, but because of the color of the man who uttered them. The fact that the Rev. is black causes people to read something MORE into his statements, which they subconsciously translate as,
"The black people are going to murder us all in our beds!" "The black people hate America!"
All this, because a black preacher read the riot act to a congregation regarding a Neocon agenda which many people here, black and white, have characterized as loathsome and undemocratic. Yes, he was undiplomatic in his choice of words. He told it like he saw it, and boy, was he pissed. ^o^ Be honest: if a white pastor said the same exact thing, would there be this big a stir? There would be a stir, no doubt, but would it really be the water cooler fare of the day?
Now I have one question to ask all of you churchgoers out there:
Can you honestly say that your Pastor, Priest, Rabbi, Mullah, Guru etc., actually dictates your day to day actions? You might think you'd be better off if they did, but seriously, do you do and think everything they tell you to, or do you take their thoughts on board, and go home to lunch?
just sayin'...
Okay, the Natalie Portman line is hilarious.Photo: maxim.com
For some reason, Ann Coulter's comment that Jews should be "perfected" has really gotten the Internet going (as opposed to her comments that 9/11 widows are “self-obsessed” and "enjoying" their husbands' deaths, or that John Edwards is a "faggot," yadda yadda yadda). Coulter said the quote to Donny Deutsch (a Jew) on his show, The Big Idea, last week. But like you, the Internet sometimes comes up with its best responses several days after a slight is delivered...
from the Daily Intelligencer
FINALLY....Cuba and the United States have something in common AGAIN!!!
We are BOTH getting rid of our DICTATORS at the same moment in history!!!
We are BOTH getting rid of our DICTATORS at the same moment in history!!!
First, let me say that I will be voting for a Democratic candidate for president. BUT.........
Those bigoted, “family value,” extremist, right wing pundits of the conservative airwaves; Rush Limbaugh, Neal Bortz, Hugh Hewitt, and Ann Coulter, (backed up by evangelical Christian leader James Dobson,) who claim to represent the “base electorate” of the Republican Party, are at it again, debasing and trashing Sen. John McCain, the presumptive presidential candidate of the Grand Old Party (GOP.) Coulter, who a few months ago declared on TV that Jews need “to be perfected,” stated that the only way McCain could have her vote is if he “put a gun to my head.” Limbaugh stated on air that McCain is “going to destroy the Republican Party.” The others have made similar disparaging statements about Sen. McCain, a true American war hero who speaks his mind and sticks to his opinions and guns.
Let’s face it, Sen. McCain ran in primaries against Rev. Huckabee, the darling of the evangelicals, and beat him soundly. Could it be that the religious extremists in the GOP are not the true “base” that controls the party, but rather the “base” is composed of all those who would rather see someone who wants to change the outlook of the United States and is not a tool of the so-called conservative talk radio hosts and their minions? In America the majority nominates, and evidently the majority of the Republican Party voted for McCain. Aren’t they really the “base?”
The one thing Mr. McCain has to do is not fall prey to the rantings of the extremists. Recently he has started to change some of his opinions and statements on many pressing subjects just to attract and pacify the evangelicals. If he continues this it is a major mistake, for he would be walking away from the “base” of the party that nominated him with their votes. Changes like this would be an insult to those who backed him in the primaries and probably would cost him many, many votes in the November general election.
I have always had a lot of respect for Sen. McCain as a straight shooter, even though I do not agree with him all the time (i.e. the continuing war in Iraq.) He stood up to the North Vietnamese in a prison camp for so long, and I think he should stand up to those in his party who want to remake America in their warped image.
Those bigoted, “family value,” extremist, right wing pundits of the conservative airwaves; Rush Limbaugh, Neal Bortz, Hugh Hewitt, and Ann Coulter, (backed up by evangelical Christian leader James Dobson,) who claim to represent the “base electorate” of the Republican Party, are at it again, debasing and trashing Sen. John McCain, the presumptive presidential candidate of the Grand Old Party (GOP.) Coulter, who a few months ago declared on TV that Jews need “to be perfected,” stated that the only way McCain could have her vote is if he “put a gun to my head.” Limbaugh stated on air that McCain is “going to destroy the Republican Party.” The others have made similar disparaging statements about Sen. McCain, a true American war hero who speaks his mind and sticks to his opinions and guns.
Let’s face it, Sen. McCain ran in primaries against Rev. Huckabee, the darling of the evangelicals, and beat him soundly. Could it be that the religious extremists in the GOP are not the true “base” that controls the party, but rather the “base” is composed of all those who would rather see someone who wants to change the outlook of the United States and is not a tool of the so-called conservative talk radio hosts and their minions? In America the majority nominates, and evidently the majority of the Republican Party voted for McCain. Aren’t they really the “base?”
The one thing Mr. McCain has to do is not fall prey to the rantings of the extremists. Recently he has started to change some of his opinions and statements on many pressing subjects just to attract and pacify the evangelicals. If he continues this it is a major mistake, for he would be walking away from the “base” of the party that nominated him with their votes. Changes like this would be an insult to those who backed him in the primaries and probably would cost him many, many votes in the November general election.
I have always had a lot of respect for Sen. McCain as a straight shooter, even though I do not agree with him all the time (i.e. the continuing war in Iraq.) He stood up to the North Vietnamese in a prison camp for so long, and I think he should stand up to those in his party who want to remake America in their warped image.
I am making a proposal here to have a nationwide 'Telecom Strike'. After the sad, sad support the FISA Bill got in the Senate, I feel the only voice left is that of the people themselves.
If we have ONE day where all computers shut down, all phones cease, even ATM and credit transactions stop - we can effectively look AT&T in the eye and say,
"Up yours, Jack".
NO MORE SPYING
No MORE IMMUNITY FOR CRIMINAL ACTS.
This retroactive immunity ploy effectively gives ANY Executive the power to do ANYTHING he likes in the future - because then he can grant all his henchmen 'immunity' after the fact. Please sign the petition at Firedoglake.
It isn't over. We are pushing members of the House to stand firm against telecom immunity -- please take a little time to sign the petition here. Have you called your Representative today?
has a good one titled 'Rush Limbaugh Takes on Quantum Physics (and Global Warming) ^o^
Everybody's favorite cosmologist and climatologist, Rush Limbaugh, did a little bit yesterday on how global warming can't possibly be happening, because, come on, climatologists can't even accurately predict how many hurricanes are coming each year.
if McCain gets the nomination. She says.
So, what does this mean? Ann Coulter worked like a dog to help destroy Bill Clinton, and inveighed against his administration every chance she got. Suddenly she's on the air talking to Sean Hannity, and ahe's going to campaign for Clinton because she's "more conservative than John McCain"? During the course of the "interview" she mentions that Hillary "stood up and applauded" the Surge, while also mentioning that McCain is "soft on torture".
Here's the way I see it: She's a rabid Republican. The show she's on is rabidly conservative. She lies a lot.
I think it's pure propaganda. Rove et al worked hard to destroy McCain last time around, and they probably haven't changed their minds. What they are trying to accomplish here is murky, though. Why would they try to paint McCain as a liberal, unless they are trying to appeal to disaffected Democrats? McCain is emphatically not a liberal, and he has approved Bush and his War throughout. Since his only competitor is Romney, who is actually a weathervane in a suit, and thus unpredictable, it seems to me that McCain would be their best hope.
The Right has been excoriating Hillary since the campaign began, calling her everything but an out and out Communist. Now she's a Conservative? They can't seem to make up their minds - publically, at least. Privately, I have to think that this is a deliberate campaign. What the goal is remains to be seen.
For every disaffected Democrat they win with a strategy like this, they will lose ten Republicans. It's rather fun to watch the GOP eat its young, much like the Democrats have been. There's only one question left for me: does Corporate America want Romney or McCain?
Coulter in a well-deserved and rare position:
dodging a pie!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fv9xa-VxchM&feature=related
and here is the longest and most thoughtful exposition of the whole pie philosophy. This guy could start a movement!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zA1WQ_kVUYA&NR=1
dodging a pie!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fv9xa-VxchM&feature=related
and here is the longest and most thoughtful exposition of the whole pie philosophy. This guy could start a movement!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zA1WQ_kVUYA&NR=1
My radio show is going to be added to the line-up at Andy Johnson's radio station in Jacksonville, Florida within a couple of weeks and to a station in the greater Allentown, Pennsylvania market shortly thereafter. Both stations stream on the Internet. We hope to add a station or two in Delaware very soon after the first two.
All the DTR programs will be available for streaming or down-loading for Podcasts from the Democratic Talk Radio program page after the live broadcasts so you can listen at any time for years to come.
We would appreciate your help getting the Democratic Talk Radio website linked to Democratic or progressive websites. Here is the standard offer to exchange links with those sites.
"Would you like to exchange links? Our main URL address is http://www.DemocraticTalkRadio.com .
Th
All the DTR programs will be available for streaming or down-loading for Podcasts from the Democratic Talk Radio program page after the live broadcasts so you can listen at any time for years to come.
We would appreciate your help getting the Democratic Talk Radio website linked to Democratic or progressive websites. Here is the standard offer to exchange links with those sites.
"Would you like to exchange links? Our main URL address is http://www.DemocraticTalkRadio.com .
Th