OPEN THREAD--AP SHOW 06-24-06: Al Gore, Eli Praiser and Billy Connelly--Climate Crises Cure
Join me for this ONE-TIME ONLY rebroadcast* of Eli Praiser's June 11 2006, Moveon.org online interview with Al Gore. Following the interview we'll be talking live with Billy Connelly from NativeEnergy, the company Al Gore chose to undertake the "carbon offset" cost of making An Inconvenient Truth. Billy will answer your questions about carbon offsetting, how it works and how, for about the daily cost of a MacDonald's Big Mac, you can negate your "carbon footprint" and be part of the global warming solution right now!
Date: Saturday, 06-24-2006
Show time: 6-7PM MST
Local: 602-258-8800
Toll Free: 800-989-1480
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*Interview edited for time
OPEN THREAD--AP SHOW 06-17-06: Armed Madhouse Author Greg Palast, PDA's Tim Carpenter and YOU!!!
If you haven't heard of investigative reporter and journalist Greg Palast before, you will not forget you have heard him tonight, and you will never think of the "War in Iraq" the same way again--WOW!!! Join me and Greg as he unwraps not just one but TWO plans Bush and Company had for Iraq's Oil, and how the internal bickering between the factions who sponsored the plans is tearing Iraq apart. In the show's second half we'll be joined by Progressive Democrats of America (PDA) Executive Director Tim Carpenter as he discusses how PDA is actively and aggressively challenging pro-war incumbents by supporting anti-war challengers for House and Senate seats country-wide. Be there!
Date: Saturday, 06-17-2006
Show time: 6-7PM MST
Local: 602-258-8800
Toll Free: 800-989-1480
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OPEN THREAD--AP SHOW 06-10-06: Grassroots Meets the Netroots with Josh Silver (Free Press), Katherine Ingram (DFA-MC) and YEARLYKOS!!
Great guests lined up for this evening folks. First, an interview with Josh Silver, Executive Director of alternative media and watchdog group Free Press, who explains the ins and outs of Net Neutrality, the recent passage of the communications bill known as the COPE Act and what that means for you. After that Katherine Ingram, Chair of the Maricopa County branch of Howard Dean inspired Democracy for America (DFA-MC), calls us from dKos blog's YEARLYKOS convention in Las Vegas. Katherine will share her VIP sightings, conference experiences and take your questions about how like her, you can successfully combine grassroots with netroots and make a difference--all the way to Washington!
Date: Saturday, 06-10-2006
Show time: 6-7PM MST
Local: 602-258-8800
Toll Free: 800-989-1480
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YearlyKos on C-SPAN
From a dKos diarist with C-Span connections. Be aware that if the C-Span schedule updates so may the diary...
"There's nothin' in the middle of the road but yellow stripes and dead armadillos..."
As netroots Kossacks head to Las Vegas for this year's grassroots DailyKos convention, at the dKos site this diary sits atop the Top Ten: Are you going to crash the damn gate or just kick a few boards out of it?
An admonission to all readers to rethink the notion that recapturing the country for progressives means capturing Congress, blogger TXsharon profiles Texas Democratic contender for Attorney General's office, David Van O, and his 50-state populist approach. For example, on David Van O's website I found this:
It is time to discard the "avoid polarization at all costs" strategy, the "take no risks" strategy, the "appeal to everybody" strategy, and the "chase the middle" strategy. It is time to remember what Jim Hightower told us 20 years ago, "there's nothin' in the middle of the road but yellow stripes and dead armadillos." It is time to cease the followership strategies of scripting campaigns on the basis of what people thought yesterday in polls, and assert the leadership strategies of campaigning for what we know to be right based on our deepest convictions of what we want for tomorrow. It is time to stop worrying about whom we might offend if we speak truth to power, and start worrying about what value are our lives if we don't speak truth to power. It is time to cherish partisan Democrats and reject nonpartisan Nothingcrats. It is time to forget "right-left" analysis and install "right-wrong" analysis. It is time to replace the "liberal-conservative" spectrum with the "liberty-tyranny" spectrum. It is time to stop worrying about how to get money from big donors and start worrying about how to get more money into working people's paychecks. It is time to fight for better lives for voters instead of peddle promises to voters. It is time to treat public office as a duty, not a promotion. We must fight for the people, not in order to win their votes, but in order to win them justice.
When we Democrats as the heirs of the noblest political tradition in the world - the tradition of Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Franklin Roosevelt, John Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, James Stephen Hogg, Ralph Yarborough, Ann Richards, and millions of unsung Democratic heroes - learn and relearn and apply these things, the people will know we are there for them and they will turn to us, because they are in need and have been in need for a long time. The more courageously and more vigorously we fight for the people against economic, cultural, and political tyranny, all the sooner will they turn to us. When that happens we will be prepared to win for the people, because we will already be thinking like winners and conducting ourselves as winners. We will dare to fight and dare to win.
Folks, just the visitor/activist-friendly design of the site makes me want to vote for Van O!
There may be a variety of ways to get Special Interest Money out of our democratic processes, but I know that at least one of them is for voters to take their vote seriously enough to get informed and stay informed about who they are electing and then holding that representative accountable. At the very least that means starting with the best candidates that money can't buy...David Van O looks like one example of that kind of candidate.
Who, and where, are the others?
OPEN THREAD--AP SHOW 06-03-06: Clark/Verkamp Interview
(UPDATE--LINK AUDIO SHOW)
Join myself, Iraqi veteran Leonard Clark and legislative pioneer John Verkamp tonight as we open the phones to audience members. Ask these two progressive hopefuls what you can do to help them gather the requisite signatures to ensure their place on the primary ballot with contender Jim Pederson as Democratic candidate for the US Senate. This will be a great opportunity -- free of two commercial breaks! -- to get a good sense of the men and their positions on issues important to Arizonans locally and how they might translate those views into the national debate. Then join me on this thread during the week to discuss your insights, opinions and proposed strategies going forward...
If you're out of the area and are wondering how Arizona issues go to your localle, keep in mind that Arizona is a test case for handling undocumented immigration issues by which we are all affected. Further, your own local progressive candidates face the same hurdles in principle and strategy -- it is just a matter of local tactics that often makes your situation unique!
Date: Saturday, 06-03-2006
Show time: 6-7PM MST
Local: 602-258-8800
Toll Free: 800-989-1480
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