TODAY'S SHOW: MONDAY, MAY 19TH 2008
The Senate is probably going to vote on the new GI Bill tomorrow and our guest Paul Rieckhoff from Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America thinks that it just might pass despite John McCain's auspicious opposition to it. If it does pass, the bill will end up on Bush's desk. Will Bush be the first president in history to veto a veterans' benefits bill during war time? Find out if your Senators have signed on to the bill HERE. If they haven't, them HERE
Rachel will also be talking to Jeff Sharlet, contributing editor at Harper's and Rolling Stone, about his latest book, “The Family: The Secret
Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power”
Can't speak for the rest of Orygun...
...but here in Lane County, record numbers of ballots have been returned, according to Annette Newingham, our local elections czarina. According to her, we're well ahead of the rest of the state. Eugene, et al, doesn't get it's reputation for activism for nothing, I reckon.
Here's the story from the local rag; you have to register with the Guard (pun intended), so maybe it's not worth it to most reading this. But here's the link anyhoo:
http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/dt.cms.support.viewStory.cls?...
"You measure democracy by the freedom it gives its dissidents, not by the freedom it gives its assimilated conformists"--Abbie Hoffman
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By capn_crustyMay 19, 2008 - 7:23pm