Luke and His Dad

Listen to Episode 38.

In this episode, Luke and Ed record their responses to Lou Dobbs’ Broken Borders special, which aired live on CNN from Hazleton, Pennsylvania on May 2, 2007.  Luke and his dad offer a unique perspective on the situation, being natives of Hazleton and having lived through the events Dobbs’ is covering.

Ed’s thoughts on the situation are also blogged about here.

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One hundred years ago, when Italian, Irish, Polish, Slovak and Lithuanian immigrants sought employment in the area, a myriad of problems followed, similar to what we are facing today. Sporadic violence, integrating into the educational system and a language barrier. In time the ethnic population became a viable and productive part of the community. Illegal immigration was not an issue at the time. Today, the illegal issue has become the heart of the problem. Should illegals be allowed to or given
a chance to find there way into our society? The problem is serious and at the present time finds itself in a sea of legal challenges throughout the country.
As a simplistic thought, will this problem find its way to a solution with patience and fairness? At this time I cannot find a viable direction to follow, I remain confused.

-Eddie

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Listen to Episode 37.

• Luke and His Dad try to process the events of April 16, 2007.
• Brief discussion of the protests in Russia.
• In deleting email, this administration is throwing out any concept of accountability or transparency in government. They can’t even adhere to the spirit of their own laws.
• We process and respond to a message from listener JW Fail.

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Listen to Episode 36.

• Global Warming for Fun and Profit
• How the Monkee’s Changed My Life
• The Sinking Ship that is Don Imus
  • Is this man in any way relevant?
  • Can we continue to ignore the fact that our culture glorifies negative black stereotypes?
  • Is this a scapegoating tactic to get this relic out of the picture?
  • We could use some other perspectives here- get in touch!
• The Democratic Powerbase versus the Actual Democrats
  • Laura Flanders’ article at the Nation
  • Why don’t Democrats really court their constituents?
  • Organizing Native American voters
  • Democrats too comfortable with Unions as organizers?
  • Eddie suggests Republicans made better use of the ‘net and faster.
• Trib-Review whining about Conservative representation in new media
  
  • QubeTv
  • 1/2 Hour News Hour
  • Conservapedia
• “Reality has a well known liberal bias”- Stephen Colberrt, not John Stewart.
• The old Liberal Bias discussion- Eddie still believes it is so, Luke thinks there is in fact a strong conservative streak in mainstream news media. Neither argument is very convincing.
• This month’s 54 Hour Movie Project: Anyone might think he would have found it difficult to do two things at once like that.

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Listen to Episode 35.

We start off with a little family housekeeping, then go right into HBO’s The Wire.

This episode does discuss season 3 of the Wire in spoilerific detail, so be warned.

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Listen to Episode 34.

Luke and His Dad welcome a new family member!

The hypocracy of the administration. Is this well worn?

Hagel mentions impeachement.

Luke discusses his weight loss. 50 pounds lost since January 2007. You can read more about it in this blog post.
Keys to Luke’s weight loss:

• Mindful eating- slow chewing, small bites.
• Frequent, intense exercize.
• Cut out breakfast.
• Treat yourself- small portions of sweets. 1 cookie instead of 4, etc.

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Listen to Episode 33.

News and notes:

• “Obama’s” Anti-Hillary 1984 Video
  • Anyone could have done it
  • The democratization of campaign advertising
  • Drudge directs the conversation
  • How will this change the political landscape?
  • Obama’s October 26 2002 Speech
• Goodbye to “The Show”
  • Building on community
  • Sustainable through value adds
  • Working with mass media (Hollywood) is the opposite of what narrowcasters should be doing.
  • Earth Sandwich
  • Running Fool
  • Songs and Video for Ray
• We’re gonna be rich!
• Hazleton- The Trial continues.
  • The Law:
    • Landlords fined
    • Business owners fined
    • English language of Hazleton
  • Will it be completely struck down?
  • Crime isn’t down significantly in Hazleton
  • How has Hazleton changed?
  • Dad feels violence was rampant for some time until crackdown.
• Final thoughts
  • Luke: User created media will replace traditional mass media campaigns
  • Dad: Perhaps political allegiance to big money campaign contributers will die out.

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Listen to Episode 32.

Notes:

• Hazleton goes to Court
• Gonzoles in the hot seat, conspiracy a-go-go for real
• Halliburton goes where the money is
• Sub-Prime lending implodes
• Luke still isn’t so sure owning is a good idea- from a personal, if not financial perspective
• Current.tv- perhaps too ahead of its time?
• Why Social Networks will beat Video Aggregation

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Listen to Episode 31.

Luke and Eddie get up early to shoot the bull.

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