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Discussion of Progressive Christianity & a Discussion of Former President George W. Bush's New Book
11/09/10 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Tuesday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Fred Plumer, progressive Christianity, George W. Bush
Good afternoon, welcome to Radioactivity. I'm Rob Lorei. Coming up today we'll discuss progressive Christianity with Fred Plumer who is president of The Center For Progressive Christianity.
Later in the program we'll hear some excerpts from NBC's interview last night with with former President George W. Bush on the occasion of the release of his new book about his presidency.
[NBC interview with G.W. Bush](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40076644/ns/politics-decision_...
1 commentsCastor disagrees with Sink: Bush's tax cuts for the top 2% need to go listen
09/08/10 Kate BradshawWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Kathy Castor, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, tax cuts for the rich
Today President Obama announced a new economic plan that includes letting tax cuts for the wealthy end in January.
In 2001 and 2003, Congress passed two laws that now constitute what’s known as the Bush Tax Cuts. The George W. Bush Administration pushed both, and both expire at the end of this year. Proponents say they boosted the economy, but critics say they disproportionately benefited the rich. Today President Obama proposed letting the tax cuts expire for the top two earning tiers, bu...
1 commentsFormer President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush speak at Southeastern University listen
03/15/10 Alexis ChamberlainWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: George W. Bush, President Bush, protests, protesters
Security was tight at Lakeland’s Southeastern University Friday night as former president George W. Bush spoke, along with wife, Laura, at the fourth annual National Leadership Forum.
The media were prohibited from entering Southeastern University’s Bush Chapel—named after the university’s former president and Assemblies of God official—as the former president and first lady spoke to a sold-out crowd of more than 700 ...
Be the first to comment'Family of Secrets' - a look at the Bush dynasty
12/01/09 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Tuesday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: JFK, George W. Bush, military industrial complex
Good afternoon, welcome to Radioactivity. I'm Rob Lorei. Tonight President Obama will announce that he is sending an additional 30,000 American troops to Afghanistan. That news is disappointing to peace activists, budget hawks and others who thought he would begin to wind down the wars started by the Bush Administration in the early part of this decade.
Our guest today is investigative reporter Russ Baker, who's new book is *Family of Secrets: The Bush Dynasty, The Powerful Forces That Pu...
Be the first to commentFormer GOP senator campaigns for Obama listen
09/02/08 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: 2008 Election, Barack Obama, John McCain, Lincoln Chafee, Sarah Palin, Iraq War, George W. Bush, Media, civil liberties
Former Rhode Island Republican Sen. Lincoln Chaffee was in Sarasota this afternoon to campaign for Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama.
Chafee, who is now an independent, is on a two-day tour of Florida to meet with Republicans and independents who support Obama. He told a room full of volunteer phone bankers and people who showed up to get tickets to vice presidential candidate Joe Biden’s Wednesday appearance that he is supporting Democratic candidate Barack Obama.
Chafee wa...
Be the first to commentBugliosi interview - Part 2 listen
07/23/08 Mitch E. PerryWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Vincent Bugliosi, George W. Bush
In Vincent Bugliosi’s explosive new book, The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder, the former prosecutor presents a legal case that puts the country’s 43rd president on trial in an American courtroom for the murder of more than 4,000 American solders fighting in Iraq.
WMNF spoke yesterday to Bugliosi about some of the evidence he unearths in his case.
The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder was ninth on the New York Times bestseller list last week.
Be the first to commentProsecutor: Try Bush on murder charges
06/17/08 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Tuesday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: George W. Bush, Iraq, War
Good Afternoon, Welcome to Radioactivity. Today marks the 36th anniversary of the Watergate break-in at Democratic Party offices in Washington. The crime and the subsequent coverup by members of the Nixon administration led to the resignation of the president two years later.
Some are wondering about the conduct of the Bush administration – which led our country into an invasion of Iraq- whether the administration was truthful in leading the country into a costly war, and whether the admi...
Be the first to commentMoveOn.org issues Bush-McCain challenge listen
05/28/08 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: John McCain, George W. Bush, 2008 election, MoveOn, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Iraq war, Media
The liberal online activist group MoveOn.org has released a new television ad and quiz drawing comparisons between the policies of President George W. Bush and presumptive Republican nominee John McCain. Today, in over 300 locations across the country, MoveOn volunteers invited voters to take the quiz, called the “Bush-McCain Challenge.”
JoEllen Schilke hosts the program "Art In Your Ear" on Friday afternoons on WMNF. She organized the Bush-McCain Challenge on the corner of Fifth and Cent...
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