Leftwing Nutjob Podcast
By Thomas JeffreyArticle Posted: Sunday February 5, 2006
The Leftwing Nutjob Podcast is a sardonic and irreverent take on the latest political happenings both in the United States and abroad.
Presented in the style of 1940s – 1950s radio broadcasts with a tip of the hat to Cronkite, Rather, Brokaw, and Murrow, the Leftwing Nutjob Podcast is unapologetically liberal and completely unwavering in its progressive point of view.
Hosted with a gritty, no-nonsense style by one of Metro-Detroit’s own, the Leftwing Nutjob Podcast delivers the kind of honest political commentary that’s been missing from traditional radio and is so desperately needed in the country today.
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Podcast #117
By Thomas JeffreyArticle Posted: Tuesday April 15, 2008
Leftwing Nutjob Podcast, Episode 117, for Sunday, April 13, 2008
Penn hits the bricks, Iran in the spotlight again, the Obama money machine, al Qaeda’s rising star and more!
Podcast #116
By Thomas JeffreyArticle Posted: Monday February 18, 2008
Leftwing Nutjob Podcast #116 for Sunday, February 17, 2008.
Death of a terrorist, Gates’ slip and fall, Larry Craig rebuked, Obama running the table, Putin goes nuclear, and more!
Podcast #115
By Thomas JeffreyArticle Posted: Monday February 4, 2008
Leftwing Nutjob Podcast #115 for Sunday, February 3, 2008
Kwame Kilpatrick is a liar, Wolfowitz is back, Gorbachev weighs in, Hong Kong is open, Iran has uranium, campaign 2008 coverage, and more!
Podcast #114
By Thomas JeffreyArticle Posted: Monday January 14, 2008
Leftwing Nutjob Podcast #114 for January 14, 2008
More troops for Afghanistan, subsidizing the Chinese military, Miami Vice, Iranian style, the politics of hope, and more!
Podcast #113
By Thomas JeffreyArticle Posted: Tuesday January 1, 2008
Leftwing Nutjob Podcast #113 for January 1, 2008.
Bhutto assassinated, bad voting machines, Saudi Arabian pardon, secret Pakistani prisons, and more!
Podcast #112
By Thomas JeffreyArticle Posted: Sunday December 16, 2007
Leftwing Nutjob Podcast for December 16, 2007
Libby gives up, Hayden knows nothing, House passed anti-torture measure, Putin ensures his future, and more!
Podcast #111
By Thomas JeffreyArticle Posted: Sunday December 9, 2007
Leftwing Nutjob Podcast #111 for Sunday December 9, 2007
CIA tape scandal, Iran doesn’t want nukes, Gennifer Flowers and Hillary, and more!
Podcast #110
By Thomas JeffreyArticle Posted: Sunday December 2, 2007
Mr. Nutjob is out this week nursing a cold. Alison is guest hosting.
Podcast #109
By Thomas JeffreyArticle Posted: Sunday November 18, 2007
Mukasey sworn-in, Students return to class, No LAPD Muslim map, CNN is a hypocrite, and more!
Podcast #108
By Thomas JeffreyArticle Posted: Sunday November 11, 2007
High School Iraq War Protest, North Korea Reactor-less, Russia Flips the Bird at NATO, and more!
Podcast #107
By Thomas JeffreyArticle Posted: Sunday September 9, 2007
Leftwing Nutjob Podcast #107 for Sunday September 9, 2007
Hsu caught, Resignations, No Joy in Michigan, The Saga of Larry Craig, and more!
Podcast #106
By Thomas JeffreyArticle Posted: Monday August 27, 2007
Leftwing Nutjob Podcast #106 for August 27, 2007
Gonzales resigns, Florida FDC smackdown, Ted Haggard has his hand out, no more Live Prayer, Bush’s Vietnam, and more!
Podcast #105
By Thomas JeffreyArticle Posted: Sunday August 5, 2007
Leftwing Nutjob Podcast #105 for Sunday, August 5, 2007
Chief Justice John Roberts and epilepsy, Robert Gates tells it like it is, Rupert Murdoch bags another one, and more!
90-Second Minute for July 29, 2007
By Thomas JeffreyArticle Posted: Sunday July 29, 2007
Podcast #104
By Thomas JeffreyArticle Posted: Monday July 23, 2007
Leftwing Nutjob Podcast #104 for July 23, 2007
Playing politics with terror, Army can’t seem to get the numbers, Valerie Plame is denied justice, and more!
Leftwing Nutjob 90 Second Minute Podcast
By Thomas JeffreyArticle Posted: Tuesday July 10, 2007
The inaugural edition of the Leftwing Nutjob 90 Second Minute Video Podcast.
This episode: Iranian gasoline shortage makes two despots circle their wagons.
Thanks for listening and watching!
Podcast #102
By Thomas JeffreyArticle Posted: Saturday June 30, 2007
No more WMD snipe hunt, another week, another Chinese recall, Iranian gas lines, The Spoiler to return?, and more!
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Podcast #101
By Thomas JeffreyArticle Posted: Monday June 18, 2007
Leftwing Nutjob Podcast #101 for June 17, 2007
Gates says no to Putin, White House subpoenas, Massachusetts still gay-marriage friendly, Chinese poison, and more!
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Podcast #100
By Thomas JeffreyArticle Posted: Tuesday June 12, 2007
Leftwing Nutjob Podcast #100 for Tuesday June 12, 2007
Cheney check-up, homophobic Surgeon General, Peter Pace kicked to the curb, 100 episode retrospective, and more!
Thanks for listening!
Podcast #99
By Thomas JeffreyArticle Posted: Tuesday May 29, 2007
The Leftwing Nutjob Podcast for May 28, 2007
al-Sadr is back, FDA gay-bashing, Grandpa Cheney, Memorial Day commentary, and more!
Podcast #97
By Thomas JeffreyArticle Posted: Sunday May 13, 2007
Leftwing Nutjob Podcast for Sunday, May 13, 2007
Topics: Media censorship in Afghanistan, Al Sharption the hypocrite, DoJ about face, Smirking POTUS willing to compromise, and more!
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Podcast #96
By Thomas JeffreyArticle Posted: Sunday April 29, 2007
Leftwing Nutjob Podcast #96 for April 29, 2007
Talon to have its claws removed, DoJ petitions court over detainees, what the White House knew about China’s missile launch, and more!
As always, thanks for listening!
Podcast 95
By Thomas JeffreyArticle Posted: Sunday April 22, 2007
The Great Wall of Baghdad, Gonzales blows it, Supreme Court plays God, From Iran with love, and more!
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Podcast #94
By Thomas JeffreyArticle Posted: Sunday April 15, 2007
Fred Thompson speculation, McCain may be losing it, Alberto Gonzales and the rule of law, Wolfowitz and nepotism, Robert Gates is a decent man, and more!
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Leftwing Nutjob Podcast #93
By Thomas JeffreyArticle Posted: Sunday March 18, 2007
Disgraceful treatment of veterans, Prosecutorgate, Headlines, and more!
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Podcast #92
By Thomas JeffreyArticle Posted: Sunday March 4, 2007
Iraq continues to circle the toilet, US Senate just can't get it together, the return of realpolitik at the State Department, and more!
Transcript
Coming to you once again from the suburbs of Metro Detroit, where taking your dog for a walk in a local park can turn into an episode of CSI, it’s the Leftwing Nutjob Podcast, episode 92, for March 4, 2007.
My dear listeners, as I come before the microphone this Sunday evening some 3 weeks since my last broadcast a lot has happened both in and outside the beltway, as well as around the world. But unfortunately, in so many ways, not that much has changed.
The US Senate still can not decide whether or not they will debate what is perhaps this nation’s greatest foreign policy challenge of the last 40 years. And as members of that chamber struggle for relevancy as their Congressional colleagues in the House continue to grab headlines and advance the anti-war agenda, this nutjob finds little pity for 100 men and women who often work only 2 days a week, all the while professing to understand the struggles of the millions of families that they purport to represent.
Our presence in Iraq continues to provoke hatred and resentment from both the Sunnis and Shiites, with more and more victims of the endless violence placing blame squarely on their so-called liberators rather than the radical sectarian elements jockeying for control of that broken country. And while the war has long since passed the point where any semblance of a traditional victory for the United States could have been obtained, this nutjob continues to be amazed by the musings of our president, whose own isolation fuels his pronouncements of achieving nothing less than total victory in Iraq.
The vice president, living within his own private Idaho, spent the past week being the barer of bad news to several of our allies in the war on terror, delivering an ultimatum of sorts to the government of Pakistan; specifically, start delivering the goods and cracking down on the Taliban and al Qaeda that are residing within your borders or face the very real possibility of losing tens of millions of dollars in military aid. Almost on cue, Purvez Musharaff’s government announced the capture of a high level Taliban official while Mr. Cheney was still ‘in country’, leaving many to wonder just how stupid they think the Bush Administration,and the world, really are.
The government in Baghdad continues to struggle with both its identity and its ability to govern. Too often they lack enough representatives in attendance to achieve a quorum, with many members of parliament choosing to spend their substantial salaries on maintaining residences in neighboring countries or in Europe, where they openly acknowledge that the situation in Baghdad leaves them fearing for their own safety as well as that of their families.
The irony of Iraq is that we are sending our best and brightest to fight and die for a country whose own people don’t even want to live there. And if that truly is the case, then why are we there? Some of the more conspiracy minded listeners would answer OIL, but in the nearly four years since the invasion Iraq’s oil production has never approached its capacity, often falling well below levels that were produced under the UN’s restrictive oil-for-food program in the 1990’s.
However, this past week saw Iraq’s cabinet pass the much delayed Oil Revenue Sharing Act, effectively setting the stage for foreign investment in that country’s vast oil fields. And while some would point to this measure as merely proof positive that the real impetus behind the invasion of Iraq is about to be realized, the reality on the ground since the fall of Saddam leaves this leftwing nutjob a bit more pessimistic of this law’s real value. I’ll be taking a wait-and-see attitude, if you don’t mind.
This past week saw the Bush Administration radically change direction in regards to diplomatic relations regarding two members of the infamous ‘Axis of Evil.’ Yes, it now seems that after years of the White House maintaining that it had nothing to say to either Damacus or Tehran, it was announced that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will meet with her Syrian and Iranian counterparts to discuss the situation in Iraq — a course of action that was suggested by the Iraq Study group and one that the White House had resisted until only recently. And while some within the diplomatic community welcome a return by the State Department to engage once again in realpolitik, more savvy observers merely point out that the iron grip of Dick Cheney and his minions on the reins of administration foreign policy have finally reached an end.
And our nation’s intelligence agencies helped themselves to yet another slice of humble pie this past week when they acknowledged that they didn’t know with any degree of certainty what they where absolutely sure of just a few years ago. Citing a number of “alternative views” regarding the nuclear capability of North Korea — and perhaps indicating a strong willingness to avoid the kind of marginalization they suffered as the scapegoat for Iraq — members of the intelligence community acknowledged the they may have overestimated what Pyongyang was capable of back in 2002, leading one unidentified intelligence official to opine that Washington’s saber-rattling at that time may have directly led to Kim Jong Il doubling his efforts to get his hands on the bomb and conducting a somewhat successful test of a nuclear device last year.
That’s all for this edition of the Leftwing Nutjob Podcast. Our sources for this episode included the New York Times, the Boston Globe, the Washington Post, and the Associated Press. Send your comments and suggestions to leftwingnutjob at gmail dot com and visit the blog at triple w dot leftwing nutjob dot com. Until next time this is Thomas Jeffrey, your host, saying good bye and good day.
Podcast #91
By Thomas JeffreyArticle Posted: Sunday February 11, 2007
Do-nothing Congress lives up to its moniker, Taliban on the move, Florida makes amends, and more!
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Podcast #90
By Thomas JeffreyArticle Posted: Sunday January 28, 2007
Mahar Arar gets Canadian justice, Libby labeled a scapegoat, Pentagon heat ray from hell, and more!
Podcast #89
By Thomas JeffreyArticle Posted: Sunday January 21, 2007
Headlines:
The suspense is finally over concerning two of the most anticipated presidential candidates for the 2008 campaign. Barack Obama, the first-term Senator from Illinois, has decided to make it official, insofar as he has taken the first step on the road to the White House by forming the obligatory exploratory committee. And while a lot has been made in the press over Mr. Obama’s ethnic heritage — and whether or not our nation, with it’s obsession over race, is ready for an African-American president — be on the lookout for swiftboat attacks by the knuclkle-draggers on the Right against, of all things, his middle name: Hussein.
And another Congressperson with household-name recognition has finally put the rumors to rest as well. Hillary Clinton, the junior Senator from New York, announced Saturday that she is “in to win” with the formation of her own presidential exploratory committee, the first step in getting democratic lemmings across the country to open their wallets and add to her already substantial war chest.
Longtime listeners of this podcast know that I am not a fan of Mrs. Clinton’s presidential aspirations, having been a keen observer of the agendas that members of past administrations bring with them when they go to work for a president from the same family. After all, we’re a nation that gets to elect our leaders and shuns coronations, having rejected the idea of the divine right of kings over 200 years ago. Besides, do we really need 20 years of either a Bush or Clinton serving as our president?
And now, the rest of the program…
Sources:
Obama starts with 2 strikes against him in 2008 race — Baltimore Sun
Hillary Clinton joins 2008 race BBC News
Podcast #88
By Thomas JeffreyArticle Posted: Monday January 8, 2007
Turnover at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave, Pat Robertson talks to God, Geo. W. Bush as The Postmaster, and more!
Podcast #87
By Thomas JeffreyArticle Posted: Monday January 1, 2007
US Foreign Legion, Somalia and Ethiopia work together, 2006 year end round up, and more!
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Podcast #86
By Thomas JeffreyArticle Posted: Tuesday December 26, 2006
Leftwing Nutjob Podcast #86: Edwards to run, Draft dry run, No dice for Iran or Syria, Ethiopia and Somalia, and more!
Podcast #85
By Thomas JeffreyArticle Posted: Wednesday December 13, 2006
Skilling denied, Iran stifles academic freedom, The Decider can’t decide, and more!
Podcast #84
By Thomas JeffreyArticle Posted: Thursday December 7, 2006
Robert Gates bumps Rummy, an immoral Cheney, Iraq Study Group delivers the goods, and more!
Podcast #83
By Thomas JeffreyArticle Posted: Tuesday December 5, 2006
Bolton hits the bricks, Rummy writes a memo, and more!
Podcast #82
By Thomas JeffreyArticle Posted: Wednesday November 29, 2006
Coming to you from the generously appointed LWNJ studios in Metro Detroit, it’s the Leftwing Nutjob Podcast for November 29, 2006.
On this, the 82nd edition of the program Colin Powell calls it like it is in Iraq and Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki is labeled a political light weight…
Podcast #81
By Thomas JeffreyArticle Posted: Tuesday November 28, 2006
Coming to you on a beautiful late autumn day in Metro Detroit, where the whereabouts of Dick DeVos following his thumpin’ at the polls are still in question, it’s the Leftwing Nutjob Podcast, for November 28, 2006.
Scare Tactics. Vice President Dick Cheney and Attorney General Alberto Gonzales attempt a hard sell with the American people over the administration’s domestic spy program—but is anyone listening anymore?
Solvent. A secret government report finds that Iraq’s ever growing insurgency is flush with cash and has amassed enough resources for the long haul. Perhaps that’s where Paul Bremer’s missing $9 billion dollars went.
All this and more on this 81st edition of the Leftwing Nutjob Podcast.
But first, let’s get caught up on some news that’s been lying around since the last time we spoke…
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A week before the Thanksgiving Holiday, the Bush Administration chose to ignore its own rhetoric of peace, love, and cooperation with its opponents (big shock) and decided to appoint abortion foe Eric Keroack to head the federal Office of Population Affairs—the same office that controls the purse strings for such federally funded initiatives like those that oversee teen pregnancy prevention, family planning and abstinence programs.
The appointment does not require approval from the US Senate.
But the fact that the OPA, with its $238 million a year budget, will now be headed by the same gentleman who’s current job as medical director of A Woman’s Concern, a Christian nonprofit that helps “women escape the temptation and violence of abortion,” had understandably gotten many Pro Choice advocates literally up in arms (which may have been the point). And with Mr. Keroack’s anti-birth control, anti-abortion views, this Leftwing Nutjob is certain that his appointment won’t be the last we hear of him.
And now, the rest of the program…
Podcast #80
By Thomas JeffreyArticle Posted: Tuesday November 14, 2006
Coming to you from the beautiful LWNJ studios in metro Detroit, where one week after the midterm elections, the wreckage of the failed Dick Devos for governor campaign is providing ample jobs for sanitation workers across the state, it’s the Leftwing Nutjob Podcast for November 14, 2006.
Landslide. The American people awoke from their complacent slumber and took back their government from a crooked political party. Is this really 2006 or 1994?
Fall Guy. Is Donald Rumsfeld being hung out to dry over the lack of progress in Iraq War or are there other plans in the works for the man they call Rummy? My magic 8 ball will have the answer.
Turnover. The Republican’s election thumpin’ has apparently cost RNC Chairman Ken Melhman his job—or was there perhaps something else behind his departure? This Leftwing Nutjob will examine the rumors.
All this and more, plus my conversation with Dittohead Dave, on this edition of the Leftwing Nutjob Podcast.
Podcast #79
By Thomas JeffreyArticle Posted: Sunday November 5, 2006
Coming to you from nutjob election headquarters in metro Detroit, where the combination of dirty politics and a vast personal fortune are conspiring to put an Amway salesman into the governor’s mansion, it’s a special mid-term election edition of the Leftwing Nutjob Podcast for November 4, 2006.
My dear listeners, this Tuesday represents an historic opportunity for not only the Democratic Party but also for the country as a whole. The people of the United States truly have an opportunity to change the direction of this country when they cast their votes on November 7, and if the results of recent polling is to be believed, we may be looking at the first Democratic majority in the House since the Republican Revolution of 1994.
So why isn’t this leftwing nutjob smiling? Call it a strong, cynical streak that I inherited from my mommy.
Two weeks ago I reported on the strange discrepancies in Alaska’s 2004 electronic voting database—a sad coda to our last national election that not only casts doubt over those results but may also foreshadow what may be in store this coming Tuesday. Indeed, with a number of whistle-blower lawsuits currently underway against several e-voting manufacturers—the latest of which was filed in August against an as-yet unknown manufacturer of electronic voting machines—the continuing questions surrounding these devices is enough to give even the ardent e-voting supporter a degree of pause.
As for Diebold, the nation’s largest and perhaps most infamous e-voting manufacturer, they are now finding themselves the subject of some unwanted attention as the star of an HBO documentary about alleged problems with their devices.
The documentary, titled “Hacking Democracy,” premiered this weekend over protests from the Allen, Texas, company, who have asserted that the program is “replete with material examples of inaccurate reporting” as well as being just downright unfair.
This Leftwing Nutjob has done my part and sent them a box of pacifiers—perhaps you, dear listener, should do the same.
However, the documentary also takes a broader view as well, examining the issues of computers in general that are playing a larger and larger role in America’s democratic process. And with e-voting machines tabulating some 87% of the votes cast in the country today, the sobering reality, whether we like it or not, is that this issue is one that not only requires greater scrutiny, it outright demands it.
And now I would like to share with you a heartening example of what some citizens are doing to help draw attention to any problems that may occur at the polls this coming Tuesday.
VideotheVote.org, a non-partisan organization created by amateur filmmakers and activists, are actively building a network of citizen journalists from across the country in an effort to help record any voting problems that may occur in their own neck of the woods. The only thing needed to participate in this endeavor is a digital video recorder, a cell phone, and internet access. If you’re interested in learning more, please visit VideotheVote.org.
A number of Senate seats are within striking distance by the Democrats on Tuesday, including a number of Republican incumbents who have either been abandoned by their own party or by voters who have decided that it’s just time for them to hit the bricks.
Take the homophobic Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania, whose idiotic and inane comments over the past 6 years have earned him a place of honor in the Pantheon of conservative buttheads, now appears to be the most likely causality of next week’s elections.
According to a recent Reuters/Zogby poll, Democrat Bob Casey, Santorum’s opponent in the Key State’s US Senate race, is enjoying a comfortable 8-point lead against the incumbent—proof positive that you can’t run from your record and you certainly can’t hitch your wagon to the Smirking POTUS and not expect to experience a little bit of Iraq War blowback.
Then there’s this Leftwing Nutjob’s favorite target of ridicule, Florida’s Katherine Harris, who showed a level of hubris on par with the aforementioned President Bush by abandoning her cushy job as a two-term US House Representative and decided to try her hand at running with the big dogs in the Senate.
Big mistake.
For not only did little Ms. Priss lack the backing of her own Republican Party, her temper tantrums and diva-like behavior—to say nothing of her outright dishonestly with her own staffers—had her running through campaign managers like crap through a goose. And yet, she still soldiers on.
But a Quinnipiac University poll taken on October 25 shows Ms. Harris trailing the incumbent, Democrat Bill Nelson, by some 35 points. And with Florida having eliminated her old office of Secretary of State, this Leftwing Nutjob is at a loss as to what the former GOP shill will be doing for a living this coming January.
Perhaps Mary Kay Cosmetics will ask her to become their new spokesperson.
And in Connecticut, the man every Democrat loves to hate, the three term incumbent Joe Lieberman—who became a big baby spoiler and turned independent when things didn’t go his way in the August primary— is unfortunately still running ahead of Ned Lamont at 49 to 37 percent. And even though it looks like the voters of the Constitution State will be sending crazy Joe back to Congress for a forth term, they can still redeem themselves in the eyes of this Leftwing Nutjob by taking a stand against someone who puts job security and a life of Senate privilege ahead of party loyalty and the will of the Connecticut people.
I know what you’re thinking—fat chance on that one.
That’s all for this special election edition of the Leftwing Nutjob Podcast. I’ll be back next week with a return to business as usual—namely the podcast that you’ve grown to love and depend upon as your source for liberal political goodness—or I at least hope you do.
And if I can only ask one thing of my listeners, it would be to implore you vote in Tuesday’s elections. Every vote counts—we need only ensure that every vote is actually counted.
Some of the sources used in tonight’s broadcast were VideotheVote.org, The Seattle Times, HBO.com, Reuters News Service, and the Washington Post. For a complete list of article citations and links to the source articles, please visit the blog at www.leftwingnutjob.com.
And as always, you can contact me via email at leftwingnutjob at gmail.com and I always appreciate your subscriptions, votes, and reviews at both iTunes and Podcast Alley.
So until next time, this is your Leftwing Nutjob podcaster saying goodbye and good day.
Sources:
Video the Vote
Diebold demands HBO cancel film on voting machines—The Seattle Times
HACKING DEMOCRACY – SYNOPSIS—HBO.com
Results in key Senate races – Reuters poll—Reuters.com
Rep. Harris Tries to Catch Up in Debate—Washington Post
Podcast #78
By Thomas JeffreyArticle Posted: Saturday October 21, 2006
Continuing my quest to convert at least one Republican a year from their failed ideology, it’s the Leftwing Nutjob Podcast for October 20, 2006.
Tampered. More questions are raised about the viability of e-voting as Alaska’s 2004 election results are put under scrutiny. Is this why Karl Rove is so upbeat?
Breaking Ranks. The rats are leaving the ship as the Smriking POTUS refuses to acknowledge the Iceberg on the horizon that is Iraq. But like a good captain, will be go down with his ship or have Gerald Ford pardon him?
Nepotism. A prominent congressman is under investigation for helping his daughter get rich the old fashioned way. I’ll give you one guess what political party he’s from.
All this plus some equal time for corruption on the Democratic side of the aisle in this edition of the Leftwing Nutjob Podcast.
Podcast #77
By Thomas JeffreyArticle Posted: Monday October 16, 2006
Coming to you from the frozen tundra of metro Detroit, where the Detroit Tigers are heading back to the World Series for the first time in 22 years, it’s the Leftwing Nutjob Podcast for a chilly October 15, 2006.
Flipping the Bird. The Smirking POTUS thumbs his nose at both Congress and the law by issuing yet another signing statement. Has his megalomania reached new heights?
Smoke and Mirrors. Looking for anything to help get their party and its troubles out of the spotlight, the GOP dredge something against the Dems from 3 years ago. Oh, how I love the smell of desperation in the morning.
Pulling the plug. A early Democrat favorite for 2008 takes himself out the running. It’s beginning to look like a coronation for the Democrat’s presidential nomination.
All this and more, plus my commentary on North Korea, on tonight’s division-winning edition of the Leftwing Nutjob podcast.
Podcast #76
By Thomas JeffreyArticle Posted: Saturday October 7, 2006
Coming to you from just north of eight mile in metro Detroit, where the combination of rock and roll and hip hop created the phenomenon known as Kid Rock—it’s the Leftwing Nutjob Podcast for October 7, 2006.
Cut and Run. Bill Frist claims that the war in Afghanistan is lost and that the Taliban may have to be put back into power. No joke, dear listeners, you just can’t make stuff like this up!
Blinded by the light. The Chinese military are using frickin’ lasers to disable US intelligence birds as they pass overhead. Could this be considered an act of war?
Denial. More than just a river in Egypt, the Bush Administration is working overtime to beat back new allegations of incompetence prior to 9/11. I’ll have ridicule.
All this and more on extra crispy edition of the Leftwing Nutjob Podcast.
Podcast #75
By Thomas JeffreyArticle Posted: Saturday September 30, 2006
Coming to you from the LWNJ studios in metro Detroit, home of a mayor named Kuame and a freeway called Reuther, it’s the Leftwing Nutjob Broadcast, for September 30, 2006.
Piling On. More and more former military officials are calling for resignation of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. It’s as if they know something that we don’t.
Seis Anos. Former Enron CFO Andy Fastow learns his fate after bilking thousands out of their retirement savings. This Leftwing Nutjob wouldn’t have been as lenient.
Going Back to the Well. The US military wants continuous and unfettered access to the ranks of our citizen soldiers. Forget about 1 weekend a month and 2 weeks a year, how does continuous overseas deployment grab you?
All this plus my interview with Richard Aberdeen, President of Freedom Tracks Records, in this really swell edition of the Leftwing Nutjob Broadcast.
But first, these headlines:
The Republican Party has chosen the Twin Cities of Minneapolis-St. Paul Minnesota as the location for their 2008 presidential convention. The strategic upper-midwest locale is being lauded by political observers as an inspired choice, enabling the GOP to take their message straight into the heartland and to perhaps claim their first victory for a Republican candidate there since Richard Nixon in 1972.
The four day event will be held from September 1st through the 4th at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul and is expected to boost the local economy by an estimated $150 million.
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And a recent poll of Iraqi citizens conducted by the University of Maryland earlier this month has found that a vast majority want the US military out of their country in a year’s time.
71% of respondents to the survey stated that the people of Iraq “would like the Iraqi government to ask for U.S.-led forces to be withdrawn from Iraq within a year or less.” The poll also found that 37% “take the position that they would like U.S.-led forces withdrawn ‘within six months’”
And while the poll seems in indicate that the Iraqi people have grown weary of the US military’s presences on their country, even attributing it as the primary cause of all of the violence, another startling finding of the study indicates that a full 6 out of 10 Iraqi citizens actually support attacks on their purported liberators—our men and women in uniform.
So much for winning the hearts and minds…
Source:
Poll: Most Iraqis favor U.S. pullout in a year—CNN.com
GOP picks Twin Cities for 2008 convention—CNN.com
And now, the rest of the program.
Podcast #74
By Thomas JeffreyArticle Posted: Saturday September 23, 2006
Coming to you from the beautiful LWNJ studios in Metro Detroit, where Honolulu Blue is not just a color—it’s a fashion statement; It’s the Leftwing Nutjob Podcast on ZTLK.com for September 23, 2006.
Plea Deal. Ohio Congressman Bob Ney changes his tune and decides to come clean about just how much of a crook he really is. Was there ever any doubt?
Number Crunching. The US command in Iraq ‘cooks the books’ in an effort to put a better spin on the war. We’ll pull back the curtain.
Mistaken Identity. The Canadian government exonerates one of its citizens for being suspected of having ties to al Qaeda. This story will turn your stomach.
All this and more, plus your comments, on this edition the Leftwing Nutjob Broadcast.
But first, the week in review…
WEEK IN REVIEW
At the United Nations general assembly this past week, world leaders potentially had a front row seat to the showdown of the century—unfortunately both sides pussed out.
The Smirking POTUS, flatly refusing to consider a meeting with president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, had his handlers help him avoid his Iranian counterpart while he was at the UN. And after taking to the podium on Tuesday, the president continued to ignore Iran’s leader as he spoke directly to the people of that nation and said that the US respects them, their rich history, and their culture and spoke of a day when the US and the Iranian people can “be good friends and close partners in the cause of peace.”
That statement by our commander-in-chief is a far cry from 4 years ago, when our now contrite president referred to Iran as part of the now infamous “axis of evil.”
Funny how a massive failure in US foreign policy will do that to an administration.
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On Thursday, the Senate conceded defeat on any kind of meaningful, comprehensive immigration reform for the rest of the year. Just six weeks away from when Congress adjourns for the midterm elections, Senate majority leader Bill Frist allowed a bill to come to the floor that would erect a nearly 400-mile fence along the US-Mexico border in the states of Arizona, California, and parts of Texas.
The bill wouldn’t provide any funding for the measure and both Democrats and Republicans have scoffed at the bill’s lofty and asinine goals. Democrats have stated that they will attempt to force a vote on the now-abandoned broader immigration reform measure that the Senate passed earlier this year.
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And the White House settled a lawsuit this past Thursday between the Bush Administration and the Democratic Party, as well as the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, by releasing Secret Service visitor logs that detail the access given to the people’s house by couple of crooked SOBs.
Grover Norquist and his buddy Ralph Reed, working on behalf of their good friend Jack Abramoff, were given access to the White House complex a combined total of 118 times between the years 2001 and 2006—8 of which were meetings with the big man himself.
The logs are just icing on the cake for opponents of Reed’s failed Lieutenant Governor bid for the state of Georgia. And while “I told you so” will go a long way toward keeping that snake in the grass from having career in politics ever again, the fact that Reed remains so well connected within the Republican establishment, that I’m sure we haven’t seen the last of this hypocritical bible-thumper.
And now, the rest of the program…
Sources:
Bush Pushes Democracy in U.N. Speech AP via Forbes.com
Fence proposal marks death of immigration reform—CNN.com
Abramoff-linked duo visited White House dozens of times—CNN.com
Podcast #73
By Thomas JeffreyArticle Posted: Saturday September 16, 2006
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This is a repackaging of Saturday’s, September 16, 2006, ZTLK broadcast of the Leftwing Nutjob. Commercials have been omitted but station callouts remain. Next week’s episode will stand alone as a podcast. Thank you for your support!
Coming to you from the beautiful LWNJ studios in Metro Detroit, broadcasting on The Talk of the Web, ZTLK.com, it’s the Leftwing Nutjob for September 16, 2006.
Tortured. The Smirking POTUS comes clean about the existence of secret CIA prisons around the world, but will pulling the plug make the controversy go away?
Second Thoughts. Hillary Clinton may not run for president after all, potentially saving the GOP millions of dollars on Maalox alone. This nutjob will take a look.
Unintelligent. Porter Goss tells a whopper about Osama bin Laden, insulting the men and women of intelligence community that he purports to lead. I’ll have commentary.
All this and more, plus my interview with Ron Schalow, author of the book “Bullshit Artist: The 9/11 Leadership Myth,” in this edition of the Leftwing Nutjob.
But first, the week in review…
WEEK IN REVIEW
Paul Koering, the openly gay Republican state senator from Minnesota, fought off a strong challenge from Kevin Goedker to win Tuesday’s GOP primary. Goedker, who maintained that he decided to enter the race, not because of Koering’s sexual orientation, but rather because of his liberal voting record, even though he was highly critical of Koering last year voting against Minnesota’s constitutional ban on gay marriage. Koering moves on to face Democrat * in November.
Guantanamo Bay released its oldest prisoner in captivity last week, when 71-year old Haji Nasrat Khan was sent home to his native Afghanistan. The detainee, who is unsure of his true age, was allowed to go after the US Government determined that the elderly man, was no longer a threat to the United States. Khan, who needed the help of a walker to move about the compound, claimed that he was arrested only after complaining about his son being detained by US forces. Khan’s son, Hiztullah Nasrat Yar, is still being held at Gitmo under suspicion of aiding the Taliban.
Richard Armitage came clean over his involvement in the Valerie Plame investigation last week when he confirmed to reporters that he was, apparently, the source for Robert Novak’s, now infamous, July, 2003 column. Armitage maintains that he never knew of Ms. Plame’s covert status, only having learned of her employment from a State Department memo. The former deputy secretary of state contends that he passed the information on to Novak innocently, following a conversation the two had in his office, when the reporter inquired as to why it was that the CIA has sent Ambassador Joe Wilson to Niger in the first place.
However, Novak is now hitting back. In his syndicated September 13th column, the veteran reporter is tinkered with the details as to how he came to be in possession of the damning revelation about Ms. Plame’s identity in the first place, and is now characterizing Mr. Armnitage’s silence over the past three years as “deceptive”, and the cause of much undue stress on his buddy in the White House, Mr. Karl Rove.
This Leftwing Nutjob is biting his tongue over that last part…
And now, the rest of the program…
Sources:
Johnson, Koering, fight off challengers—Twin Cities.com / Pioneer Press
Minnesota Senator ‘Forced Into Primary’ Because He’s Gay—365gay.com
71-Year-Old Gitmo Detainee Released – SFGate.com
Armitage Says He Was Source of CIA Leak—Washington Post
Novak Says Armitage Is Being ‘Deceptive’ About Plame Leak —Editor and Publisher
Podcast #72
By Thomas JeffreyArticle Posted: Tuesday September 5, 2006
Promoting an agenda so liberal, so potent, it literally keeps bimbos like Ann Coulter awake at night, it’s the Leftwing Nutjob Podcast for September 5, 2006.
Bible Thumping. Katherine Harris goes to the pulpit in an attempt to salvage her sinking US Senate bid. Will her 11th hour demagoguery be enough?
Fish in a Barrel. What does Howard Dean and the Democratic Party do when it can’t seem to come up with a issue that resonates with the voters? Sit back and watch the other side shoot themselves in the foot. And guess what?—it appears to be working.
Happy Birthday. The Leftwing Nutjob turns one year old. We’ll reminisce about how one man turned a crazy idea into a burgeoning media empire.
All this and more on tonight’s anniversary edition of the Leftwing Nutjob Podcast.
Podcast #71
By Thomas JeffreyArticle Posted: Monday August 28, 2006
Coming to you from the newly remodeled LWNJ studios in Metro Detroit, home of the nation’s oldest state fair, it’s the Leftwing Nutjob Podcast for August 28, 2006.
Recalled. More and more men and women are finding themselves back into uniform as the DoD avoids the draft by reactivating discharged military personnel. Has Donald Rumsfeld found the solution to keeping the hippies at bay?
Semper Fi. The Smirking POTUS gives the Marine Corp carte blanche to reconstitute its fighting force by, you guessed, another backdoor draft. Is anyone else seeing a pattern here?
Fingered. Former Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage is implicated as the man who outed Ms. Valerie Plame as a covert CIA operative. Has there ever been a political scandal more anti-climatic?
All this and more on tonight’s special back to school edition of the Leftwing Nutjob Podcast.
Podcast #70
By Thomas JeffreyArticle Posted: Monday August 21, 2006
Coming to you from the beautiful LWNJ studios in Metro Detroit—now with 50% more liberalism in every show—it’s the Leftwing Nutjob Podcast for August 20, 2006.
Big Baby. Joe Lieberman makes good on his promise to become a spoiler in Connecticut’s upcoming November elections, ignoring both the will of the people and what’s in the best interests of his own political party. Can someone get this man a binky, he’s about sucked his thumb completely off.
Desperation. The Bush Administration pounces on a terror plot out of England and attempts to lay claim to it as a threat against the United States. Stephen King is unavailable for comment.
Overtime. TSA screeners are forced to work 12 hour days, seven days a week, as gross inadequacies in staffing are exposed by the latest terror threat. We’ll take a look.
Unconstitutional. A judge orders the Smirking POTUS to stop using his illegal domestic spying program as someone within the federal government finally gets a clue. Will the US Congress follow suit?
All this and more on tonight’s edition of the Leftwing Nutjob Podcast.
Podcast #69
By Thomas JeffreyArticle Posted: Tuesday August 8, 2006
Coming to you on a beautiful late summer’s day in Metro Detroit, where Democrats are not only battling Republican Gubernatorial candidate Dick DeVos, but also the myth the Amway products are a good value for the money, it’s the Leftwing Nutjob Podcast for August 6, 2006.
Junk Science. Kansas voters reject the theory of intelligent design as they send 2 conservative state school board members packing. Fred Phelps is unavailable for comment.
Off his leash. Prime Minister Tony Blair sidesteps his buddy from Crawford and takes up the issue of global warming with the Terminator. Sarah Connor is unavailable for comment.
Running on empty. Joe Lieberman’s reelection campaign seems to have run of out gas as the latest polls predict Crazy Joe will be looking for new digs this coming January. Al Gore is also unavailable for comment.
All this plus a whole lot more on tonight’s edition of the Leftwing Nutjob Podcast…
...but first, the week in review.
President Bush received his annual physical examination this past week at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. In the words of White House physician Richard Tubb and Dr. Kenneth Cooper, the four hour long battery of tests found the 60-year-old Smirking POTUS “fit for duty” with no serious health issues to note. No word yet on the results of the psychological examination….
The cafeterias on Capitol Hill are once again serving French Fries, having reverted back to the original name of the deep-fried delicacy after being sold for the past 3 years under the moniker of “freedom fries.” The name was adopted in protest over France’s objections to the United States’ planned invasion of Iraq over assertions that Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction. No word yet on whether French President Jacques Chirac plans to tell President Bush “I told you so”
And Number 10 Downing Street will apparently remain the official residency of Prime Minister Tony Blair for at least the next year. Mr. Blair, who has faced a sharp decline in support for both his domestic as well as foreign polices, as well watching the influence of his Labour party dwindle in Parliament under his stewardship, still remains in the eyes of most people, the most ardent “yes man” of the Smirking POTUS’ policies overseas. We are still awaiting confirmation over whether or not Mr. Blair was offered a position within Arnold Schwarzenegger’s cabinet.
And now, the rest of the program.
Promos played during this broadcast:
Buckeye Drivetime Podcast
No Respect Podcast
Podcast #68
By Thomas JeffreyArticle Posted: Monday July 31, 2006
Continuing my quest to convert at least one right-wing zealot a year for the good of the country, it’s the Leftwing Nutjob Podcast for July 30, 2006.
Denied. Former Christian Collation director Ralph Reed loses his bid to become Georgia’s next Lieutenant Governor as he fails to put enough distance between himself and Jack Abramoff. Let the blame game begin.
Inside scoop. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales spills the beans over just who it was that pulled the plug on the DoJ’s internal investigation into the NSA’s domestic spy program. I’ll give you a hint, he lives at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
From Russia With Love. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez gets cozy with the Kremlin over a billion dollar arms deal. Fidel Castro is unavailable for comment.
Under God. The probable removal of these two little words from the Pledge of Alliegence is sending the right-wing religious zealots into a tizzy. Is the establishment clause really that hard to understand?
All this and more, plus the I discuss the exciting future of this program, on tonight’s edition of the Leftwing Nutjob Podcast.
Promos played:
Mainstream Democrat Podcast
Bruno and the Professor
Underdog Democrat
Podcast #67
By Thomas JeffreyArticle Posted: Tuesday July 18, 2006
Link Corrected
Coming to you from a streamy metro Detroit, where no matter how hot it gets, the GOP still won’t subscribe to the theory of global warming, it’s the Leftwing Nutjob Podcast for July 17, 2006.
Justice for all. The Bush Administration begins to award the protections of the Geneva Conventions to those it has captured in the war on terror. What was it that Ronald Reagan used to say—trust but verify?
Striking Back. Unsatisfied with the progress of the grand jury investigation, Valerie Plame files suit against 3 White House officials for her current status as unemployed. Is there a lesson here for the Special Prosecutor?
Casting a shadow. Jack Abramoff continues to be one long terrifying nightmare that the GOP can’t seem to wake themselves up from. Freddy Krueger is unavailable for comment.
All this and more on tonight’s edition of the Leftwing Nutjob Podcast.
Podcast #66
By Thomas JeffreyArticle Posted: Tuesday July 11, 2006
Broadcasting from the middle class suburbs of Metro Detroit—where a Republican is about as hard to find as a bible in a public school system, it’s the Leftwing Nutjob Podcast, for July 10, 2006
Missiles Away. Kim Jong-Il gives the rest of the world the middle finger as he defies requests not to conduct an ICBM test launch. Is there a mushroom cloud on the horizon?
Final Insult. Ken Lay goes to that big country club in the sky, putting into doubt any further possibility of restitution against the former Enron CEO. Have the corrupt über rich found the perfect way out?
Spoiled Brat. Joe Liberman pulls out all the stops to ensure that he will retain his cushy Italian leather Senate chair this November. What exactly did Al Gore see in this buffoon anyway?
All this plus my commentary on John McCain and your comments on tonight’s edition of the Leftwing Nutjob Podcast.
Promos played:
Citizen Against Lies
No Respect
New Media Revolution
Podcast #65
By Thomas JeffreyArticle Posted: Monday July 3, 2006
Leftwing Nutjob Podcast #65
Continuing to cause migraines in the heads of Republicans everywhere, it’s the Leftwing Nutjob Podcast for July 2, 2006.
Going Limp. Rush Limbaugh is caught with his pants down as he fails to have a prescription for bottle of Viagra in his possession. Bob Dole is unavailable for comment.
No Blank Check. The Bush Administration’s new world order suffers a defeat at the hand of the US Supreme Court. Al Gore is unavailable for comment.
Correction. USA Today revises the scope of their allegations regarding the NSA domestic phone call database. AT&T is unavailable for comment.
All this and more on tonight’s abbreviated edition of the Leftwing Nutjob Podcast.
Podcast #64
By Thomas JeffreyArticle Posted: Tuesday June 27, 2006
Coming to you from the beautiful LWNJ studios in Metro Detroit, home of a singer name Bob and a band called The Silver Bullet, it’s the Leftwing Nutjob Podcast for June 25, 2006.
Inconceivable. Vice President Dick Cheney stuns the faithful by admitting that no one in the Administration had anticipated the level of violence encountered in Iraq. Captain Obvious in unavailable for comment.
Death Wish. North Korea apparently intends to stand toe-to-toe with the United States as it finalizes plans to test launch a long range ballistic missile sometime over the next few weeks. Somebody check the calendar—is the end of days approaching?
Lack of Privacy. AT&T changes the rules and now states that all your phone calls belong to them. Will it be enough to protect the company from financial ruin?
Eroding Base. Facing sliding poll numbers, President Bush is chastised by those within his own party over his continued support of an immigration amnesty plan. Things seem to be going from bad to worse for the Smirking POTUS.
All this plus our Constitutional minute, your comments and more on tonight’s broadcast length edition of the Leftwing Nutjob Podcast.
Podcast #63
By Thomas JeffreyArticle Posted: Sunday June 18, 2006
LEFTWING NUTJOB PODCAST #63 FOR JUNE 18, 2006
Broadcasting from just north of 8 mile in Metro Detroit—home of a Mayor named Kwame and a hotdog called coney, it’s the Leftwing Nutjob Podcast for June 18, 2006
Blowback. The CIA is up to their old tricks again, this time in eastern Africa. Haven’t we already seen this movie?
Red Handed. A report outlines the intricacies of the CIA’s rendition program in Europe and it looks like everybody’s hands are dirty with this one.
Phoenix Force. Just as a reconstituted Taliban are proving themselves to be a tough nut to crack, the US military begins implementing its exit strategy for the country. Representative John Murtha is unavailable for comment.
All this and more on tonight’s edition of the Leftwing Nutjob Podcast.
Promos played:
Sooner Thought Podcast
Citizen Against Lies
Wake Up Am
Republicans Behaving Badly
Sundown Lounge
Podcast #62
By Thomas JeffreyArticle Posted: Sunday June 11, 2006
Coming to you from the beautiful LWNJ studios in Metro Detroit, where Republicans are quietly removing their “W” bumper stickers en masse, it’s the Leftwing Nutjob Podcast for June 11, 2006
Gay Bashing. Bill Frist makes good on his threat to waste valuable tax payer’s time and money on pandering to the religious right. If the American people can’t see through this BS, then we’re all in a lot of trouble.
Death from Above. al-Zarqawi meets his maker as the US Military celebrates by passing out 5×7 glossys. Does this mean our boys and girls can come home now?
On A Mission. South Dakota becomes the latest battle ground in the Right’s never ending quest to overturn Roe v Wade, but this time, they’ve got a stacked court on their side.
All this and more on tonight’s excellence in podcasting edition of the Leftwing Nutjob Podcast.
Podcast #61
By Thomas JeffreyArticle Posted: Tuesday June 6, 2006
Coming to you after an unexcused absence—what can I say, summer is here! It’s the Leftwing Nutjob Podcast for June 5, 2006.
Arm Twisting. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales holds a pow-wow with the nation’s largest ISPs, and word on the street is it wasn’t a social call.
Bloodbath. The violence in Iraq continues unabated as a new round of violence hits the country. With no end in sight, how long before the American public holds the clown at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave responsible?
Curtain Call. The wolves are at the gate for Donald Rumsfeld as the Iraq War becomes synomonous with quagmire. Robert McNamara is unavailable for comment.
All this and more on tonight’s somber edition of the Leftwing Nutjob Podcast.
Podcast #60
By Thomas JeffreyArticle Posted: Friday May 26, 2006
Coming to you from the beautiful LWNJ studios in Metro Detroit, where this treehugger is still unable to find E85 anywhere, it’s the Leftwing Nutjob Podcast for May 25, 2006.
Freedom of the Press. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales throws down the gauntlet and threatens possible prosecution for members of the forth estate. As if we really needed further confirmation of the Bush Administration’s fascist agenda.
Middle Finger. Wired.com shames big media and throws caution to the wind as they help bring to light documents in the ongoing domestic spy program. CNN take note: this is how it’s done.
Inside Man. Newly released documents in the Valerie Plame investigation put pressure on number 2 at the White House, and I don’t mean that number 2.
All this and more on tonight’s end-of-the-week edition of the Leftwing Nutjob Podcast.
Podcast #59
By Thomas JeffreyArticle Posted: Friday May 19, 2006
Continuing to provide excellence in podcasting with every single episode, it’s the Leftwing Nutjob Podcast for May 19, 2006.
Spin cycle. Bell South denies being a government stooge while AT&T and Verizon make a attempt at convincing their customers that they’re not just whores for the NSA. It’s things like this that give a black eye to capitalism.
Blowback. President Bush tries to change the national debate from domestic spying to immigration in an effort to come up with something more controversial than wiretaps. Guess what? It isn’t working.
Tip of the Iceberg. New revelations about the NSA spy program are nothing compared to what’s under wraps at the mega spy agency. Forget about 1984, we’re headed for The Minority Report.
All this and more on tonight’s special domestic spying edition of the Leftwing Nutjob Podcast.
Podcast #58
By Thomas JeffreyArticle Posted: Sunday May 14, 2006
Continuing to pursue a scorched earth policy against the Right Wing disinformation machine, it’s the Leftwing Nutjob Podcast for May 14, 2006.
Send in the Navy. Running short of troops, the Pentagon turns to using members of both the US Navy and Air Force on the ground in Iraq and Afghanistan. Will the insanity ever end?
Bigger Brother. USAToday reveals that the NSA’s domestic spy program is a lot bigger than anyone had ever imagined. Our only hope is that they’re using Microsoft products to process the data.
Pulling the Plug. Rumor has it that Karl Rove will finally be indicted for his role in the Valerie Plame affair. It’s really is starting to spin out of control for the Bush Administration, isn’t it?
All this and more on tonight’s overdue edition of the Leftwing Nutjob Podcast, but first, this breaking news.
Breaking News
The New York Times is reporting today that the Man Behind the Curtain, Vice President Dick Cheney, was the real impetus behind the NSA’s domestic spying initiative, with dead-eye Dick interpreting the US Constitution, with the help of his longtime legal aide David Addington, as permitting the highly invasive procedures as perfectly legal measures to help defend the nation against a terrorist attack.
Mr. Cheney, who has long held the belief that the creation of the FISA court in 1978 and it’s subsequent restrictions, strongly undermines the authority of the Executive Branch, pushed hard for ability to tap the phones of everyday Americans in the hopes of finding a veritable needle in a haystack. In the end, however, it was the NSA who determined the extent of the program, with President’s Bush’s nominee to the head the CIA, General Michael Hayden, becoming the chief architect, and subsequent pariah, of the plan.
And now, the rest of the program…
Source:
Cheney Pushed U.S. to Widen Eavesdropping – NYTimes.com
Podcast #57
By Thomas JeffreyArticle Posted: Friday May 5, 2006
Coming to you with an agenda so liberal, so progressive, it literally burns the ears off of any Republican who dares listen to it, it’s the Leftwing Nutjob Podcast for May 5, cinco de Mayo, 2006.
They’re Back. The stunning resurgence of the Taliban in Afghanistan have got members of both the White House and the Pentagon scratching their heads and tightening their sphincters. Will it be another crash and burn for the Bush Administration?
Smack Down. The GOP’s plan to offer $100 gasoline rebates checks hits a brick wall with the public. Could this be the death knell for Bill Frist’s presidential ambitions?
Shakeup. British Prime Minister Tony Blair shuffles his inner circle in response to his party’s poor showing in yesterday’s elections. Is it too early to start changing the locks at Number 10 Downing Street?
Turn the Channel. The White House Press Corps revolts over having to watch only Fox News on Air Force One. And just think, Tony Snow hasn’t even begun to spin from the podium yet.
All this and more on tonight’s weekend edition of the Leftwing Nutjob Podcast.
Podcast #56
By Thomas JeffreyArticle Posted: Monday May 1, 2006
Coming to you from the LWNJ studios in Metro Detroit, where the only good Republican is an indicted Republican, it’s the Leftwing Nutjob Podcast, for April 30, 2006.
Can You Hear Me Now? A high ranking CIA official comes forward to add more fuel to the fire over the Bush Administration’s rush to war. How many more fingers can the White House put in the dyke before the whole thing comes crashing down?
Power Of The Purse. Arlen Specter threatens the Bush White House with the only thing that may stop the domestic spying juggernaught—no money. What’s in your wallet, Mr. President?
Book ‘em Dano. Rush Limbaugh surrenders himself to Florida police in connection with a doctor shopping investigation. Was it everything us liberals had hoped it would be?
All this and more on tonight’s excellence in podcasting edition of the Leftwing Nutjob Podcast.
Podcast #55
By Thomas JeffreyArticle Posted: Tuesday April 25, 2006
Coming to you from the suburbs of Metro Detroit, where hockey isn’t just a sport, it’s a way of life, it’s the Leftwing Nutjob Podast for April 24, 2006.
Stepping Down. Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari yields to international pressure and abandons his quest to lead the new Iraqi government. Will his replacement be the shot in the arm that the coalition hope that he’ll be?
Mixed Signals. After the EU claims that they couldn’t find any proof of secret CIA prisons in Europe, a senior intelligence officer at Langley is fired over leaking information to the press about the existence of secret CIA prisons in Europe. You know, if they guys truly are working together, don’t you think that they at least try to get their message straight?
Spin Game. The Pentagon purposely inflates the profile of a purported al-Qaeda operative in Iraq to encourage both nationalism and violence by tribal insurgents. Is it me, or does this seem like a bad idea?
All this and more on tonight’s minty fresh edition of the Leftwing Nutjob Podcast, but first this breaking news…
Breaking News
The White House announced this morning that the Smirking POTUS has directed the Justice Department to look into possible price gauging by big oil companies over the skyrocketing price of gasoline at the pumps. And aside from dodging comparisons to the fox guarding the hen house over his four-point plan, Mr. Bush now finds his job approval rating at an all-time low according to a new poll by the Opinion Research Corporation. And with only 32% percent of Americans believing that the President knows what the hell he’s doing, how much longer will the Democrats wait before they offer a competent alternative solution. I mean, this is a softball here, Howard Dean. My 4 four-year-old could hit it out of the park!
And fifty prominent religious leaders, including several Roman Catholic cardinals and bishops, have signed on to Bill Frist’s pet summer project—a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage. The high profile participation of the Catholic Church in this endeavor signals that everything must be all hunky dory in Vatican City regarding next month’s release of the DeVinci Code. Either that, or a blond haired Opus Dei assassin is handling things behind the scenes.
And now the rest of the program.
Sources:
A Religious Push Against Gay Unions – NYTimes.com
Bush Calls For Probe Of Rising Gas Prices – Washington Post
Podcast #54
By Thomas JeffreyArticle Posted: Monday April 17, 2006
Continuing my search for a 12 step program that can get my republican friends on the wagon and off of their failed ideology, it’s the Leftwing Nutjob Podcast, for April 16, 2006.
On the ropes. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld is being beset on all sides with calls for his resignation. Will the Smirking POTUS pull the plug?
The plot thickens. My commentary on what may be behind the April 7th bombing of the Buratha mosque in central Bagdad—and it’s not who you think it is.
Currying favor. GOP Congressional leaders plan a summer legislative agenda aimed at kissing right-wing Christian conservative ass. We’ll take a look.
All this and more on tonight’s edition of the Leftwing Nutjob Podcast but first, this breaking news…
Newly installed White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolten is wasting no time shaking things up at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, telling senior Administration staff this morning on his first day on the job to “expect some changes and adjustments” aimed at refreshing and re-energizing the Smirking POTUS’ foundering 2nd term. The former budget director, who replaced long-time Bush loyalist Andrew Card, also told those is attendance at this morning’s meeting that “if you’re thinking about leaving at some time in the future, now would be a good time to do it.”
No word yet on whether that admonishment applies to Dick Cheney, Karl Rove, or Condelezza Rice, but boy wouldn’t it be great if it did.
And now, the rest of the program…
Source:
New Bush aide tells staff to expect more changes – CNN.com
Podcast #53
By Thomas JeffreyArticle Posted: Thursday April 13, 2006
Continuing my quest to bring you the best in Liberal / Progressive programing, it’s a special edition of the Leftwing Nutjob Podcast, for April 12, 2006.
Profiles in Liberalism. My interview with author and fellow podcaster Mur Lafferty, who discusses with me her views on Republicans, the Smirking POTUS, and what it’s going to take for the Democrats to get their political house in order.
But first, this breaking news…
The Iranian government announced to the world yesterday that they have successful enriched uranium, a crucial step in their quest to become one of only a handful of nations in the world with the ability to harness nuclear power. Secretary of State Condelezza Rice earlier this afternoon stated that “we can’t let this continue” and promised swift action from the United Nations Security Council when it convenes later this month.
And now, the rest of the program…
Sources:
Ahmadinejad: Iran Successfully Completed Nuclear Fuel Cycle – ISNA.ir
Rice on Iran: ‘We can’t let this continue’ – CNN.com
Podcast #52
By Thomas JeffreyArticle Posted: Sunday April 9, 2006
Leftwing Nutjob Podcast #52 for April 9th 2006
Coming to you on Iraqi Freedom Day, the third anniversary of the tearing down of Saddam Hussein’s statue in central Bagdad—one of the few accomplishments of the Iraq War—it’s the Leftwing Nutjob Podcast for April 9, 2006.
Idiot. Facing indictment, an Georgia Congresswoman apologizes for her actions after playing the race card on Capitol Hill. Johnny Cochran is unavailable for comment.
From up on High. Scooter Libby fingers the Smirking POTUS as the Leaker-in-Chief in the Valerie Plame investigation. President Nixon is also unavailable for comment.
Playing Politics. The Bush Administration put themselves squarely in the middle of the Iraq’s political morass by refusing to endorse the current prime minister. Just when you think things have already gone from bad to worse, the go from worse to worse-er?
Junk Science. The White House continues it efforts of censoring the realities of global warming by leaning on federal climate researchers. The Smirking POTUS and his cronies have got the act of sticking their heads in the sand down to a exact science.
All this and more on this, our Sunday night edition, of the Leftwing Nutjob Podcast.
Podcast #51
By Thomas JeffreyArticle Posted: Monday April 3, 2006
Coming to you from the home of automation alley in Metro Detroit, where corporate greed is killing the American automotive industry, it’s the Leftwing Nutjob Podcast for April 3, 2006.
Imperialism. The Bush Administration sticks their nose in Iraqi politics, publicly, for the very first time, by making it clear that they want someone else as prime minister of the oil rich country. Has the Smirking POTUS, who once dimissed nation building as a role not suited for US military forces, had a change of heart?
Indicted. A Justice Department lackey is charged by a grand jury for pulling out all the stops in his attempt to convicted four Islamic men of terrorism charges. Was he thrown under the bus by the DOJ or was he just an overly eager team player?
Wake up call. The Senate Judiciary Committee hears testimony on Senator Russ Feingold’s censure motion. With only 2 other Senators signing on to the proposal, is it too late to field some fresh faces for the Democratic Senate seats that are up for grabs this November.
All this and more on tonight’s edition of the Leftwing Nutjob Podcast, but first this breaking news.
Breaking News
GOP sources are quietly whispering that the bleeding may not be quite over with inside the Bush White House, with rumors swirling that both Treasury Secretary John Snow and the talking action figure himself, press secretary Scott McClellan, may next to find themselves on the chopping block.
Continuing a high level shake-up of his administration, the Smirking POTUS is trying everything he can short of another military invasion to goose his poll numbers, which continue to be deadlocked at around 33%.
And journalist Jill Carroll, who was ostensibly held captive in Iraq for three months, either by freedom fighters or terrorists, depending entirely upon who she’s being interviewed by at the moment, was reunited with her family over the weekend. The 28-year-old freelancer turned up last Thursday at an office of the Iraqi Islamic Party, a Sunni Arab organization, and was subsequently picked up by US Military personnel and taken to safety.
And now, the rest of the program…
Podcast #50
By Thomas JeffreyArticle Posted: Wednesday March 29, 2006
Leftwing Nutjob Podcast for March 29, 2006
Continuing to do my part to ensure that a progressive voice exists on the podosphere, it’s the Leftwing Nutjob Podcast, for March 29, 2006.
Turnover. The Smirking POTUS replaces a longtime colleague from within his inner circle with another longtime colleague from within his inner circle. It’s business as usual for the Bush Administration.
Firestorm. A military raid on an insurgent compound in northern Bagdad turns into a public relations nightmare for coalition forces. And yes, of course, Maqtada al-Sadr is involved.
Paper Trail. A new document emerges to support the claim that the Smirking POTUS was only out to avenge his daddy, and not to avert the proverbial mushroom cloud, when he sent US military forces into Iraq. My fellow Democrats, if we can’t impeach him, then we’ll leave it to the historians to have their way with him.
All this and more on tonight’s edition of the Leftwing Nutjob Podcast. But first, this breaking news.
Former uber lobbyist Jack Abramoff was sentenced this afternoon in a Miami court room to 5 years and 10 months in the Big House for his part in conspiracy and wire fraud charges.
The sharp dressed men was also ordered to pay some $21 million dollars in restitution and will begin serving his sentence some 3 months from today. In the meantime, Mr. Abramoff will most likely continue to name names as he cooperates with federal prosecutors in their attempt to take out the trash up on Capitol Hill.
And now, the rest of the program…
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Podcast Episode #49
By Thomas JeffreyArticle Posted: Friday March 24, 2006
Leftwing Nutjob Podcast for March 23, 2006
Coming to you with a song in my heart and smile on my face, it’s the Leftwing Nutjob Podcast for March 23, 2006.
Smackdown. The Bush Administration and the EPA hit a brick-wall in their attempt to pump more pollution into our atmosphere. Will the energy lobby demand that their campaign contributions be returned?
Slip of the tongue. Clues about the existence of the Smirking POTUS’ domestic spy program may have been contained within the pages of a 2002 Bob Woodward paperback. I’ll have a book review.
Crybaby. New research confirms what I’ve always believed—when it comes to empathy and understanding, the Republicans come up a few sandwiches short of a picnic. We’ll have analysis.
All this and more on tonight’s long overdue edition of the Leftwing Nutjob Podcast, but first, this breaking news.
TheSmokingGun.com, that bastion of modern investigative journalism, has revealed what Vice President Dick Cheney expects when he checks into a hotel room near you. Among the list of demands the sharp-shooter from Wyoming requires: a room temperature set at a crisp 68 degrees, freshly brewed decaffeinated coffee, four to six bottles of water, four cans of Diet Sprite, and all of the televisions in the room tuned to Fox News. Well, that explains everything, now doesn’t it?
And now, the rest of the program…
Podcast Episode #48
By Thomas JeffreyArticle Posted: Thursday March 16, 2006
Leftwing Nutjob Podcast for March 15, 2006
Broadcasting from just north of the Eminem Highway in Metro Detroit, where Faygo Red Pop and Stroh’s ice cream are a delicacy, it’s the Leftwing Nutjob Podcast for March 15, 2006.
End Game. The bible-thumpers of America are on a tear as numerous attempts at overturning Roe v Wade are being put in place across the country. Is it game over for women’s reproductive rights?
Giving Notice. Secretary of the Interior Gale Norton tenders her resignation with the Bush Administration after 5 years on the job. Was Jack Abramoff a factor?
Last Man Standing. Senator Russ Feingold stands alone against the tyrannical acts of the Smirking POTUS. Will any Democrats have cohones to join him?
Missed opportunity. Did the US Military’s reluctance to engage Iraqi paramilitary groups sow the seeds of the insurgency. We’ll take a look.
All this and more on tonight’s mid-week edition of the Leftwing Nutjob Podcast, but first, this news…