- Guests:
- Carrie Lukas of the Independent Women's Forum.
- Jesse Ventura, former Independent Governor of Minnesota.
- Topics:
- Are you willing to have fewer crimes solved in order to have more personal privacy?
- Why do Republicans love Middle Eastern terrorists and Cesar Chavez?
- "American Conspiracies: Lies, Lies, and More Dirty Lies the Government Tells Us"
- Bumper Music:
- Workin' Man (No Where to Go), Nitty Gritty Dirt Band.
- Magic Carpet Ride, Steppenwolf.
- Hold On Loosely, 38 Special.
- Finest Worksong, REM.
- Rise Today, Alter Bridge.
- Crazy, Gnarls Barkley.
- One-Eyed One-Horned Flying Purple People Eater, Sheb Wooley (video).
- Secret Agent Man, Johnny Rivers.
- Grand Canyon, Dmitriy Lukyanov (you need to search for it) (with additional sounds by Jacob).
- Democracy, Leonard Cohen.
- Catch the Reading Bug, Monty Harper.
- Today's newsletter has details of today's guests and links to the major stories and alerts that Thom covered in the show, plus lots more. If you haven't signed up for the free newsletter yet, please do. If you missed today's newsletter, it is in the archive.
- Quote: "The use of solar energy has not been opened up because the oil industry does not own the sun." -- Ralph Nader.
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Amendment V
No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.
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Amendment VIIn all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defence.
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Amendment VIIIn Suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise re-examined in any Court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.
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Amendment VIIIExcessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
The Bill of Rights (Constitutional Amendments 1-10).
- Clip: "I've always felt the nine most terrifying words in the English language are, 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help'." Ronald W. Reagan.
- Member of the day was Thomas Jode, who won a copy of "Cracking the Code: How to Win Hearts, Change Minds, and Restore America's Original Vision" for blogging:
Kicking Jefferson out of the textbooks is wrong! Not only is making Calvin the harbinger of freedom contradictory, not telling the life of Jefferson, his politics and philosophy is one the greatest losses of American culture. Losing one’s culture is, to many, worse than death and people need their culture. We all must learn from our Founders, the middle-working class, and our indigenous peoples if education is to survive.
