Some of my fellow Kossacks got their knickers in a twist the other day over the news that David Gregory's set to become the new host of NBC's Meet The Press. Why the outrage? Well for one thing, they can never forgive Gregory for dancing with the devil, aka "MC" Rove. Plus, as one unkind Kossack noted, "I think he looks like he's from Planet Of The Apes" (admittedly, the photos offered as evidence made a compelling case).
We'll be talking about Iraq and the economy. My basic point is that, surge or no surge, the war in Iraq is a massive crime and should be treated as such. Unless we hold those responsible accountable, these kinds of crimes will continue.
I'm on Meet the Bloggers, a new web show. This week's guest is Senator Harry Reid, and I'll be on the roundtable after the interview. Cenk Uygur is hosting, and Kevin Grandia of Desmogblog and Nico Pitney of the Huffington Post will be joining.
Let me know how this goes. Speaking of energy, I'd like to give a special shout-out to wanker Neil Abercrombie of Hawaii, who is in a liberal district and is using his base of support to... organize a bipartisan group of Republicans and Bush Dog Democrats to support more drilling.
Join us for another edition of Meet the Bloggers as we discuss the 2008 Presidential candidates, their views on the war and other current topics. I'll be interviewing Robert Rouse, an antiwar activist member of Camp Casey and blogger from Left of Centrist about the war policies of the various Democratic and Republican candidates for President. We'll also be joined by Melissa Ryan of the Connecticut Local Politics and MyDD blogs as well as David "thereisnospoon" from Political Nexus.
We'll also have the 50 State Blog Roundup segment, anchored by Texas Kaos blogger Boadicea. Sponsored by Blue Indiana and Texas Kaos, the 50 State Blog Roundup is a podcast version of the news shared from the members of the 50 State Blog Project every week on participating blogs.
Join us for this week's edition of Meet the Bloggers as we discuss the importance of early fundraising to a campaign. We'll talk with Stuart O'Neill, a political consultant and podcaster at Politicalinterviews.com. Joining us for the panel discussion segment will be Sheri Welsh, aka Congressional Candidate's Wife at DailyKos and John Laesch, candidate for the nomination in IL14 where former GOP Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert has just announced his retirement from Congress.
We'll also have the 50 State Blog Roundup segment, anchored by Texas Kaos blogger Boadicea. Sponsored by Blue Indiana and Texas Kaos, the 50 State Blog Roundup is a podcast version of the news shared from the members of the 50 State Blog Project every week on participating blogs. Featured blogs from the Roundup this week include:
Join us live at 12 noon EDT for Meet the Bloggers! This week we'll be interviewing blogger and author Dr. RJ Hillhouse, a Fullbright scholar who blogs about the outsourcing of the intelligence community to private contractors who has written a fictional thriller based on current realities related to the outsourcing of our nation's core national security functions. We'll be joined on the guest blogger panel by Trey McAtee of McBlogger.com and Jerame Davis of Bilerico Project.
We'll also have the 50 State Blog Roundup segment, anchored by Texas Kaos blogger Boadicea. Sponsored by Blue Indiana and Texas Kaos, the 50 State Blog Roundup is a podcast version of the news shared from the members of the 50 State Blog Project every week on participating blogs. Featured blogs from the Roundup this week include a shoutout to Clem G. of West Virginia Blue for doing the roundup this week as well as:
Join us for another new episode of Meet the Bloggers as host Joh Padgett interviews Susan Sloan, the proprietor of MyPetCarnivore.com about alternative pet care and raw diets for the family pets. The FDA pet food scandal recently shined a light on the pet food industry after thousands of dogs and cats died from tainted pet food from China that FDA officials allowed into the country. We will examine the issues surrounding that scandal and how your pets can benefit from species appropriate raw diets such as the ones Sloan's company prepares for her customers.
We're also debuting the new 50 State Blog Roundup segment, anchored by Texas Kaos blogger Boadicea.
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