The Plight of the Pre-Old

Listen to this episode: {play}http://traffic.libsyn.com/radioornot/20120822_Nicole_Sandler_Show.mp3 {/play} Podcast: Play in new window I am of the Pre-Old group.  We poor, unfortunate sots who are currently just under 55 who will be screwed (and not in a good way) if Paul Ryan and Mitt Romney have their way. Yes, they'd preserve Medicare benefits for our current seniors (or so they say), but those of us under that magical 55-year old mark will have "more choices".  (If you believe that I have some lovely swampland for sale just a few miles west of where I sit right now.) As much as the GOP [...]

By |August 22nd, 2012|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |Comments Off on The Plight of the Pre-Old
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Another Primary Day, Another Shooting

Listen to this episode: {play}http://traffic.libsyn.com/radioornot/20120814_Nicole_Sandler_Show_-another_primary_another_shooting.mp3 {/play} Podcast: Play in new window   These days, it seems as if the shootings are happening as often as primaries.  Yesterday another crazy person with a gun killed two people and wounded a few others before he was shot dead.  And today we have primary elections in Florida, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Connecticut.  Wouldn't it be nice if one of our elected officials had the balls to do something to get the guns out of the hands of murderers? Not much time for a lengthy post today, as I just got home from guest hosting [...]

By |August 14th, 2012|Tags: , , , , , |Comments Off on Another Primary Day, Another Shooting
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Pushing Grandma From the Train.. or Off the Cliff

Listen to this episode: {play}http://traffic.libsyn.com/radioornot/20120813_Nicole_Sandler_Show_-_Romney-Ryan.mp3 {/play} Podcast: Play in new window   I must admit, that was my first thought when I heard the news that Mitt Romney had tapped Paul "kill Medicare" Ryan as his running mate.  Seriously. The guy who wants to destroy Medicare as we know it? That'll help Mitt in Florida (not). As I attempted to ask the guy who is supposed to be representing me in Congress, "Give me the name of the for-profit insurance company who'll sell a policy to an 85-year old with high blood pressure, diabetes and obesity."  It doesn't exist.  And [...]

By |August 13th, 2012|Tags: , , , , |Comments Off on Pushing Grandma From the Train.. or Off the Cliff
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The Scariest Thing This Halloween

I'm not nearly as scared of witches, ghosts and goblins as I am of over-zealous police officers following unconstitutional orders to break up peaceful encampments of protesters exercising their constitutional rights of assembly, protest and free speech. My respect today is reserved for one magistrate in Nashville, TN (Tennessee of all places), where Night Court Magistrate Thomas Nelson keeps letting the arrested protesters out! Via: However, in Nashville, a few hours after the protesters were taken into custody Thursday night, Night Court Magistrate Thomas Nelson let them all go. He did the same thing the next night when troopers brought in [...]

By |October 31st, 2011|Tags: , , , , |Comments Off on The Scariest Thing This Halloween
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On Life and Death

It was a bit of each this morning on my show. It's been a long day.  After doing my show (podcast here) this morning, I hopped in the car and drove up to the West Palm Beach studios where Randi Rhodes does her show, and filled in for her. I usually podcast my show within an hour or so after it airs live but, obviously, wasn't here to do it today until now.  But the blog title pretty much sums it up. LIFE:    I spoke with Rev. David Beckmann, president of Bread for the World.  He was one of [...]

By |July 25th, 2011|Tags: , , , , , , , |Comments Off on On Life and Death
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Too Much News For Just One Show Today

So, it's another double-header today. We'll start with my regular show this morning... We'll talk  the debt ceiling debate - with clips from Friday's dueling press conferences with Obama and Boehner.  Rev. David Beckmann, president of Bread for the World, who was one of many Christian leaders who met with President Obama on Wednesday to implore him to protect programs for the needy And Frank Schaeffer - whose latest book is Sex, Mom and God, joins in to talk about his new piece up at AlterNet: "Christian Jihad? Why We Should Worry About Right-Wing Terror Attacks Like Norway's in the [...]

By |July 25th, 2011|Tags: , , , , , , , |1 Comment
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Et Tu Obama? – An Open Letter to the President

Dear President Obama, We get that the Republican Party wants to end Medicare and Social Security. We understand that theirs is the party of every man, woman and child for him/herself.  But we thought you were a Democrat and, as such, believed in our country's social safety net, at the very least.  According to a NY Times story that greeted us this morning, that's now in question: Mr. Obama, who is to meet at the White House with the bipartisan leadership of Congress in an effort to work out an agreement to raise thefederal debt limit, wants to move well [...]

By |July 7th, 2011|Tags: , , , |2 Comments
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We Don’t Negotiate With Terrorists

    I'm so sick of the dysfunction in this country today.  A broken media that accentuates the slimy and salacious in their quest for ratings over news and integrity.  A government so broken that elected officials are more concerned about appeasing their wealthy benefactors than in representing the people they were elected to help. We're setting sail to the place on the map from which no one has ever returned Drawn by the promise of the joker and the fool by the light of the crosses that burned. Drawn by the promise of the women and the lace and [...]

By |June 9th, 2011|Tags: , , , , , , |1 Comment
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Perplexing Questions

I used to keep a list of those pesky perplexing questions...  the things that will make your brain hurt.  Questions like Which came first, the chicken or the egg? Why do chefs wear those big white hats? Why is it that when you're driving and looking for an address, you turn down the volume on the radio? Why do you drive on parkways, but park on driveways? Why are there interstate highways in Hawaii? Why do noses run while feet smell? How would privatizing Medicare make it more efficient? What health insurance company would sell a policyto a 75 year [...]

By |May 26th, 2011|Tags: , , , , |Comments Off on Perplexing Questions
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Wake Up FloriDUH!

I've heard that some group is considering launching a "worst state government" contest.  Certainly, there are lots of contenders.  Wisconsin surely comes to mind, as Scott Walker apparently believes he was elected dictator rather than governor.  Of course, the Wisconsin state senate is full of lawmakers so disliked by the electorate for facilitating Walker's union-busting plans, that paperwork has been filed to recall all 16 of them who are eligible for recall this year (those in their second year in office). And then there's Rick Snyder in Michigan, who also thinks his powers as governor allows him to kill democracy [...]

By |May 10th, 2011|Tags: , , , , , , |Comments Off on Wake Up FloriDUH!
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