TODAY'S SHOW: FRIDAY AUGUST 31ST 2007
This is an Elseya Irwini turtle, named after the late Steve Irwin who discovered it. It is in danger of becoming extinct, which is sad. It also breathes out of its butt, which is funny.
Moving on.
Rachel will be joined by Salon.com writer Glenn Greenwald who will be talking about how "unforgivable" the GOP finds Larry Craig's malfeasance, but how totally forgivable all the other hooker scandals have been. "Cost-free moralism," it's a great political investment!
And then the band Ozomatli joins Rachel in studio to talk about their new album and what it's like to form a band at a union rally.
MENTIONED ON TODAY'S SHOW
Vatican Air has its own special set of security problems
Scientists at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California are suing the Bush Administration due to an invasive new questionnaire on loyalty
Solomon Island man who saved John F. Kenney's life during World War II is finally honored by the US Navy. Bonus: They fixed his roof
The Justice Department is having a tough time convincing its own attorneys to prosecute GITMO detainees
Millions of White House emails were mysteriously lost. Weirder? That a private company was in charge of them. Weirder still? The White House will not release the name of that company.
MISSING: Nuclear bomb parts, REWARD: Living in a country without loose nukes
And Rachel's suggested Labor Day weekend creep-you-out reading, brought to you by The New Republic
Today on Kent Jones Now, Shaolin monks bested by ninjas? Of course you know, this means war.
- August 31, 2007










"Like to be taken care of"
"Mother fetish".
Card-carrying neo-cons often accuse those whom they call "liberals" or "progressives" of wanting to establish a "nanny state". "Oh, grow up!" they demand. "Quit looking to Mama Gummint to take care of you.”
But it sounds like this very attitude is foundational to the above-mentioned syndrome. Just one more example of people being virulently opposed to something that they secretly are themselves, or else wish for?
"We are here on Earth to fart around. Don't let anyone tell you different."--Kurt Vonnegut
"I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world."--Socrates
Dulce bellum inexpertis
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By capn_crustyAugust 31, 2007 - 8:53pm