June, 2014 - The Nicole Sandler Show

Stop Making Sense or Life During Wartime

Once again, I feel as if I've entered Opposite World, where up is down, in is out and everything is completely backwards. I didn't meant to quote the Talking Heads, but it's the lower case talking heads who are making my brain hurt right now. First of all, the talking head making the most sense about Iraq right now is... Shephard Smith!?!?! Yes, the man who is relegated to keeping his sexuality safely hidden in the closet because his employer is Faux News is, once again, speaking the truth. This time, he's saying what I'm thinking about Iraq. If [...]

By nicolesandler|June 16th, 2014|Tags: afghanistan, dave brat, Democratic leadership, Eric Cantor, Gen Wesley Clark, Howie Klein, Iran, Iraq, politics, Steve Israel, war|3 Comments

Friday the 13th, Guns and Jackson Browne too

Today is a rare day indeed! Not only is it Friday the 13th, but it's the rare Friday the 13th that falls on a Full Moon! It won't happen again until 2049, so let's enjoy it, or not, while we can. Today, I welcomed lawyer turned comedian and writer, Dean Obeidallah to the show. At The Daily Beast, Dean has been writing about the same things we talk about here on the show. Today, we centered in on two of his recent works, "It's Time to Think Big or Shut Up on Gun Control" and "Home Grown, Right Wing Terrorism: [...]

By nicolesandler|June 13th, 2014|Tags: Dean Obiedallah, fm101.9 Los Angeles, guns, Iraq, jackson browne, KSCA, McCain, radio|2 Comments

World Beyond War

Imagine a world a peace. A world where warfare is not the go-to strategy when conflict arises. It's an especially important vision today, when Iraq is, once again, a bloody mess. And it sickens me even more because the US is wholly responsible for that. Author and activist David Swanson, and retired Naval Commander and former national president of Veterans for Peace Leah Bolger joined me today to talk about this new project they're working on, World Beyond War: a global movement to end all wars. If ever there was a truly worthy goal, that's it. I've joined in to [...]

By nicolesandler|June 12th, 2014|Tags: Amy Simon, asshole, David Swanson, Iran, Iraq, Leah Bolger, peace, Political Bullshit, Stephen Goldstein, Victoria Woodhull, war, World Beyond War|Comments Off

Virginia is for Losers

In this case, the loser in Virginia is Eric Canter. While no one in Cantor's campaign was paying attention, a teabagger named Dave Brat came out of nowhere to defeat the seven-term Congressman and House Majority leader in yesterday's primary. Did I say House Majority Leader? Not for too much longer! BREAKING: House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) will resign from being Majority Leader, GOP aides confirm to NBC News. — msnbc (@msnbc) June 11, 2014 To Eric Cantor who really, really wanted to be the first Jewish Speaker of the House: Not only will that never happen, but now there [...]

By nicolesandler|June 11th, 2014|Tags: bulletproof blankets, Cliff Schecter, David Brat, Eric Cantor, guns, Jack Trammell, NRA, primary, Susie Madrak, tea party, VA|Comments Off

Debt and Destruction

I'm one of the lucky ones. My father paid my way through college, as he did for my two sisters as well. We all went to Florida state universities and, back in the 1970's and 80's, tuition was remarkably inexpensive. In 2013, the average college graduate embarked on the next chapter of his or her life with $35,200 of debt and, sadly, limited career and income opportunities. Senator Elizabeth Warren had long advocated for relief and, last May, introduced the Bank on Students Loan Fairness Act, which could come up for a vote tomorrow, and would allow people with higher interest [...]

By nicolesandler|June 10th, 2014|Tags: Barack Obama, Bowe Bergdahl, dead broke, Elizabeth Warren, GottaLaff, Hillary Clinton, Las Vegas shooting, Melissa Byrne, Miss Louisiana, student debt, student loans, white supremacists, World's Biggest Asshole|1 Comment

Blacktracking

My outrage over the right wing hypocrisy concerning the release of Bowe Bergdahl continued over the weekend, and boiled over after John McCain made his zillionth Sunday show appearance yesterday, with Candy Crowley at CNN where he proclaimed the five Taliban members traded for Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who was being held prison of war, were "hardcore military jihadists who are responsible for 9/11" and should have been detained indefinitely at Guantanamo Bay or some other U.S. prison. "First of all, I wouldn't release these men," McCain told CNN host Candy Crowley. "Ever?" Crowley wondered. "Not these men," McCain [...]

By nicolesandler|June 9th, 2014|Tags: Al Qaeda, Bowe Bergdahl, Col. Ann Wright, David Sloane, Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, Howie Klein, Jamie Romak, John McCain, POW, Steve Israel, swiftboating, Taliban, Taurus Sports Associates|Comments Off

All Those Years Ago …

Seventy years ago today, the Allied Forces stormed the beaches at Normandy, and thus the beginning of the end of World War II. Today, President Obama and other world leaders gathered there to pay tribute to the many soldiers who died there, and to salute the survivors, now mostly in their 90s, to thank them for their role in preserving freedom. Thirty years ago this week, Bruce Springsteen released Born in the USA. He was transformed into a Superstar™ and was widely misunderstood, especially by politicians like Ronald Reagan who attempted to hijack the title track for his own purposes, but [...]

By nicolesandler|June 6th, 2014|Tags: 1994, 30th anniversary, 70th anniversary, Born in the USA, Bruce Springsteen, D Day, David Byrne, Greg Mitchell, KSCA, Normandy, Talking Heads, The Nation|Comments Off

Reset the Net and the New Swiftboating

It's interesting that the newest iteration of Swiftboating rears its ugly head on the day we try to Reset the Net. The thing the new swiftboaters, like Allen West, should remember is that the internet is forever. Write something once and it's there forever. So, let's take the war criminal Allen West as an example. Don't feel like you have to click on the link as Allen West's site deserves to die of loneliness, but back on Dec. 10, 2013, he wrote an article entitled The men Obama has abandoned. In it, he wrote, President Obama is in South Africa [...]

By nicolesandler|June 5th, 2014|Tags: Allen West, Amy Simon, Bergdahl, Col Morris Davis. Tim Karr, FreePress.net, hypocrisy, net neutrality, Reset the Net, She's HIstory, Susan B. Anthony, swiftboat|1 Comment

Political Hypocrisy and Other 21st Century Realities

Welcome to the 21st century political reality. Hypocrisy all around. President Obama proved that he can release Gitmo detainees without the approval of Congress after six years of hiding behind their intransigence on the subject. John McCain, who is hailed as a hero only because he was a Prisoner of War in Vietnam (certainly not due to his heroics in war or the way he was captured), originally was all for the prisoner swap to get Berghdahl's release -- that is, until Obama did it. As for all of Bergdahl's former platoon-mates (if that's what you call his fellow soliders) [...]

By nicolesandler|June 4th, 2014|Tags: Bergdahl, California, Crooks & Liars, elections, John McCain, Jorge Rodriguez, Neil Rogers, prisoner of war, Randi Rhodes, SoFloRadio, Susie Madrak|Comments Off

Bergnahlzi and the Winds of Change

As we've discussed for two days now, there's no black and white divide between the wrong way and the right way to bring Bowe Bergdahl home. If indeed he walked away from his Platoon as others have said, there should be a court martial. I'm not sure that a five for one swap, with the five being hard core bad bad guys was the right move. But the vitriol and ugliness with which the Rethuglicons are attacking Bergdahl and his father goes beyond any measure of decency. From Allen West calling for the impeachment of President Obama to Fox [...]

By nicolesandler|June 3rd, 2014|Tags: Andrew Cuomo, Benghazi, Bergdahl, Bowe, Chris Christie, GottaLaff, Greg Basta, jason leopold, Michael Hastings, NY Communities for Change, prisoner of war, Working Families Party, Zephyr Teachout|Comments Off

Stop Making Sense or Life During Wartime

Friday the 13th, Guns and Jackson Browne too

World Beyond War

Virginia is for Losers

Debt and Destruction

Blacktracking

All Those Years Ago …

Reset the Net and the New Swiftboating

Political Hypocrisy and Other 21st Century Realities

Bergnahlzi and the Winds of Change

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