That’s what I try to do every morning on my show. Unfortunately, the news has been cancelled in favor of ratings, and the media is obsessed with appealing to the basest of instincts – peoples’ preoccupation with the sex lives of others.
Yes, we’ve been talking about Anthony Weiner too, as his fall from grace and his stupid propensity for thinking with his little head instead of his big one is THE most talked-about piece of “news” today.
Rachel Maddow covered the hypocrisy of the right’s demanding his head (so to speak), by pointing out their obvious flawed belief: IOKIYAR (It’s OK if you’re a Republican).
What’s really important is finding true progressives to run for elected office, and doing everything in our power to get them elected and keep them in office! If Weiner had done anything illegal, I’d join the calls for his resignation. But for his stupid preoccupation with sex… well, find me a man who isn’t preoccupied with sex and we can talk about it.
This morning, I spoke with Rob Zerban, who’s challenging Paul Ryan in a race for the congressional seat from Wisconsin’s 1st district.
I had a great conversation with author/pundit/consultant Cliff Schecter about his latest HuffPost piece, “Our Own Private Mumbai,” based on this Al Qaeda video urging American jihadists to easily stock up on guns by taking advantage of the gun show loophole, and how Republican/NRA hypocrites dodge the issue.
If you haven’t yet seen the video, this should send chills down your spine:
And finally, Tim Karr of FreePress.net told us about what went on at the Personal Democracy Forum conference in NY this week after I noticed the #PDF11 hashtag on his fascinating tweets.
A little more food for thought on this Wednesday morning…
And finally, last night I appeared with Susie Madrak on her Virtually Speaking Susie show. We had quite a lively conversation about Weiner’s weiner problem, and veered of into our flawed criminal justice system too. You can listen to it here.