NRA - The Nicole Sandler Show

Guns ‘n Borders

At least we're talking! The nation is finally talking about two important issues: comprehensive immigration reform and sensible gun safety laws. My show begins at 10am ET, which is when today Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Preventing Gun Violence started this morning. The first to speak was former Congresswoman and gunshot victim Gabrielle Giffords. We carried her brief but very moving statement live. Her husband, Mark Kelly also spoke So did NRA chief Wayne LaPierre, but I won't post the video of his statement here. He spouted the same bullshit he's been spewing as long as we've known his name. [...]

By nicolesandler|January 30th, 2013|Tags: Amy Simon, DREAM Act, Gabby Giffords, Gaby Pacheco, guns, immigration, John Amato, mark kelly, NRA|Comments Off

People With Guns Kill People

The Frank Luntz coached American right does a great job of one thing: coming up with pithy bumper sticker-type sayings that are easy for the unwashed masses who watch the Fake News Channel to parrot back to anyone who'll listen. We, the educated left who understand nuance and enjoy informed debate need to do better when it comes to memorable phrases that are easy to understand and echo. Obviously the fight over sensible legislation to help keep the public safe when it comes to guns is going to be a long, hard road. So, I invited my friend - blogger, [...]

By nicolesandler|January 28th, 2013|Tags: filibuster, Fools on the Hill, Frank Luntz, guns, Nicole Belle, NRA, radioornot, Spocko, Sunday shows|Comments Off

Why Aren’t We Talking About Drones?

That's one of the questions I asked Code Pink co-founder Medea Benjamin on the show this morning. It was actually an inaccurate question, as she certainly is. Her new book is called Drone Warfare: Killing by Remote Control and, as usual, she's on the road out and about protesting against all the things that are wrong with our nation... from unjust wars to environmental ruin and beyond. We talked about Medea's surprising but wonderful appearance protesting at Wayne LaPierre's sickening "press conference" after the Newtown massacre, President Obama's nominee for CIA director John Brennan and his complicity in torture and [...]

By nicolesandler|January 10th, 2013|Tags: Bradley Manning, CIA, drones, Guantanamo Bay, guns, John Brennan, Medea Benjamin, NRA|1 Comment

It’s Come to Jesus Week for Guns in the US

Thankfully, this country seems to have reached the tipping point on guns. I say thankfully because we can't take another Newtown or Aurora or Tuscon or Portland or Ft. Hood .... Yesterday, on the second anniversary of the Tuscon shootings, former gun rights advocate and shooting victim, former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords and her husband Mark Kelly announced the formation of a new group (PAC) called Americans for Responsible Solutions for the purpose of raising money to fight back against the NRA. Today, VP Joe Biden and his task force begin three days of meetings with different groups from all [...]

By nicolesandler|January 9th, 2013|Tags: Alaska, Amy Simon, Biden, guns, John Amato, Jon Stewart, NRA, Pebble Mine, Shannyn Moore, Shell, social security|Comments Off

Boxing Day Broadcasts

Boxing Day, which falls on the day after Christmas, was the day that the upper class would give gifts to their servants. Oy. Today, in the British countries that still observe it, it's a shopping holiday, much like the Black Friday day after Thanksgiving has become here in the US. An ode to consumerism. Oh well... Today, I'm back at work. The voice is back, the cough lingering, but there's much to talk about - and I'll have two shows on which to do it. Join me this morning here at Radio or Not, and this afternoon on the [...]

By nicolesandler|December 26th, 2012|Tags: boxing day, guns, NRA, Randi Rhodes|Comments Off

Mean People Suck

Listen to this episode: {play}http://traffic.libsyn.com/radioornot/20120724_Nicole_Sandler_Show_-_Mean_People_Suck.mp3 {/play} Podcast: Play in new window And tragedies seem to make them multiply. I haven't enjoyed interacting with people for the past few days. Whether in person or on-line, it seems like what should make us kinder to one another has brought out the vicious and the nasty. I admit to having a shorter fuse and less patience than usual - and that's not setting the bar very high. It's just that as much as I detest the stupidity I've seen rearing its ugly face lately, I truly despise the hateful idiocy that has emerged [...]

By nicolesandler|July 24th, 2012|Tags: Aurora, GottaLaff, guns, NRA|Comments Off

I’d Take Away The Guns

Listen to this episode: {play}http://traffic.libsyn.com/radioornot/20120723_Nicole_Sandler_Show_-_Id_Take_Away_the_Guns.mp3 {/play} Podcast: Play in new window Some idiot on twitter just took issue with my use of the term "assault weapons". The neanderthal in question then excoriated me for blocking its feed rather than "learning" from it. Seriously. Call it a rifle, machine gun or weapon of mass destruction, I don't really care. We're not talking semantics. We're talking life or death. And for 12 people in Aurora, CO on Friday just after midnight, it was death at the hands - and weapons - of a madman. As the song says, Maybe it's the [...]

By nicolesandler|July 23rd, 2012|Tags: Cognitive Code, Fools on the Hill, gun control, Nate Shinagawa, Nicole Belle, NRA, SILVIA|Comments Off

If It Were Up To Me, I Wouldn’t Have to Play This Song Again

I'd take away the guns.... In case you haven't yet heard about today's tragedy ... At least 12 people are confirmed dead and another 50 were taken to area hospitals after a gunman - armed with an assault rifle, shotgun, two hand guns and, reportedly, two canisters of some sort of gas - opened fire inside a packed movie theater in Aurora Colorado during the midnight premiere of the new Batman movie. Although I had played the song a few times on the air at the then-awesome radio station KSCA (fm 101.9) in Los Angeles, it wasn't until the horror of [...]

By nicolesandler|July 20th, 2012|Tags: Aurora, Cheryl Wheeler, Colorado, gun control, guns, Jessica Redfield, NRA, shooting|Comments Off

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