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Stop Worrying and Learn to Love the Bomb and Other Fur Balls of Truth


In the 1st hour join the feral cats as we cough up fur balls of truth from the baloney that we've digested throughout the week from the Fat Cat News.  Join Dave and I at Democracy's Edge Talk Radio

Each week for three hours we ask you to join the resistance and become fighting ferals; doing battle with the conventional wisdom weasels.  Each week we stalk our prey; the flim flam artists who have put our nation up for sale and are trying to sail away with the loot. 
Who are our adversaries,who are our competitors, and who are our friends?  Are you a Franklin or an Orthogonian, as Rick Perlstein might ask?   That is;  are you an elitist prig or a straight shooter? As Jefferson defined it;  Are you an aristocrat or a democrat?  Are you a gun toting latte drinking pickup driving lefty?  Or a  Book reading Beer Drinking Volvo driving righty? Are you a Cylon or Human?
Which side are you on, my friends?  Which side are you on?  Our call in number is 406-522 TALK.
How do we fight back?  Guns and bullets or Pots and Pans? 

In our 2nd hour we welcome Dr. Arjun Makhijani.
Arjun Makhijani is President of the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research
in Takoma Park, Maryland.  He earned his Ph.D. in engineering at the University of California, Berkeley in 1972, specializing in nuclear fusion.

A recognized authority on energy issues and nuclear issues in particular, Dr. Makhijani is the author and co-author of numerous reports and books on topics such as nuclear defense systems, radioactive waste storage and disposal, nuclear testing, disposition of fissile materials, energy efficiency, and ozone depletion.  He is the principal editor of Nuclear Wastelands: a Global Guide to Nuclear Weapons Production and Its Health and Environmental Effects, published by MIT Press in July 1995, and subsequently nominated for a Pulitzer Prize.
Iran's satellite launch this week.  North Korea rattling sabers again.  Okay, but do we need to spend billions on our nuclear arsenal?  Can we get rid of all our nukes in Montana and put a wind farm there?

But just in case the crony capitalists and globalists don't do us  in completely,  maybe we ought to pay a little more attention to the real thing; nuclear weapons, nuclear waste, and nukes in space.  After all look what happened when we weren't watching the bond traders and bucket shop bozos?  Should we worry or Should we stop worrying and learn to once more to love the bomb? And since we're broke, what is this costing us?

In our 3rd hour we will talk to Lincoln enthusiast and former program manager  and talk show host at Yellowstone Public Radio, Marvin Granger.  In honor of Black History Month, I'd like to talk about Lincoln and African Americans during his presidency.  It's good to take another look at this period of history and get down to the facts that might have got away from our high school history teachers.  Those fur balls of truth we care about.

Rick Perlstein notes in his book "Nixonland"; a whirlwind ride through the  years 1964-1972 that LBJ after his landslide victory in 1964 said "these are the most hopeful times since Christ was born in Bethlehem".   4 years later Nixon was elected and we were more divided than ever.   We may not be in as bad shape as Chris Hedges thinks in his piece "It's Not Going to Be OK" (submitted by listener "Betsy from Bozeman), but it makes sense to pay very close attention to what is really going on and which side we should be on.
"It's Not Going To Be OK"    ????

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My husband is off to the gun show while I prepare for my radio show. I told him to tell the boys that he's going with to read about the people of Iceland who brought down their government with pots and pans. Better than guns and unless you are using All Clad, cheaper too.

I also told him about the protesting Greek farmers who blocked roads with their tractors. I told him that he should get a newer tractor and let me have the 25 year old one for protests.

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You are to be commended! I love the idea of the old tractor - for protests! :-)

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I am fascinated by your work at KMMS. I wish it were possible to tune it in from here, but I am usually on the road or asleep at the time of your live-stream broadcast. Do you do a podcast available for d'loading? I didn't see anything on the website.

"I am haunted by waters."

I was also intrigued to see that you "covered" the filming of Norman McClean's "A River Runs Through It." It is an absolute gem of a novella. I heard an interview with McClean on NPR some months before his death. He explained that every word was crafted carefully; every word was put to the page very deliberately. As I read the book, I understood what he meant. Poetry as prose it is. Could fly fishing ever be described in more exquisite detail and beautiful imagery? And then, to be taken all the way through the story to be delivered to the very last line. The impact of this final, simple coda for me was so astounding that I could not help but let the tears flow upon finishing it. (And I then had to call my brother, just to experience that special relationship the exists among brothers. I know you understand.)

I look forward to reading more from you. And if I could be so boldly self-promoting, I encourage you to check out my recent blog entry here. I thought of you among others here on TPM as I wrote it, reasonably certain that you would appreciate the perspective and content.

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At my website montanamaven.com on the upper left is Democracy's Edge Podcasts. That should link to the interviews that we've done. I don't podcast all three hours. Just interviews with famous or interesting authors and activists. But I did put on a couple of shows on with just callers to give people and idea of our local callers.

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I read your post this morning before the show. I loved it and it was really part of my theme, but I had two guests so I didn't get to it. But I'd like to explore your theme more. Maybe you could call in?

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My favorite celebrity. Great post. Keep fighting the good fight.

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