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(http://sommerleigh.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/truthisstranger.jpg) I say it all the time.  Some of the shit that's going on is so utterly unbelievable that it couldn't be fiction, because we'd never buy it.  But Mitt Romney is surrounding himself with the same war-loving Neo Cons who enabled the madness of President George Bush II. As I welcomed The Nation's Ari Berman (http://twitter.com/ariberman) to the show this morning, I warned that his new cover story, "Mitt Romney's Neocon War Cabinet (http://www.thenation.com/article/167683/mitt-romneys-neocon-war-cabinet)" is more frightening than any horror movie you'll see at the local multiplex.  In fact,  you might not want to read this near bedtime, as the nightmares of invading countless countries and further depleting our already thin monetary reserves will have you screaming for relief Freddy Krueger during your sleepless night. Today is election day in a few states, with some real issues at stake.  In Indiana,  moderate (especially for today's GOP) Republican Richard Lugar is in danger of losing his US Senate seat in a primary challenge to a teabagger, all because he dared to try to work with the Democratic President to prevent nuclear terrorism.  In Wisconsin, it's primary day in the recall of Gov. Scott Walker!  And in North Carolina, the hating, homophobic bigots might win their fearful fight against happy families. Yes, North Carolina will today decide the fate of the heinous Amendment 1 which will not outlaw same sex marriage.  That law is already on the book in NC.  What this piece of shit disguised as legislation would do is hurt in-tact families.  It would undue the laws that allow for domestic partnerships, take away essential services and rights already enjoyed by thousands of families in that state. This morning, I welcomed Rev. Jasmine Beach-Ferarra to the show. Jasmine is the executive director of the Campaign for Southern Equality (http://southernequality.org), who tomorrow officially kicks of the We Can campaign.  Watch: There were some other less-than-believable news items I shared on the show today, including Ted Nugent's latest meltdown... Nice guy, huh? Or not. And then there was this... Rick Santorum endorsed Mitt Romney, in an email to his supporters (http://www.ricksantorum.com/governor-romney), in the 13th paragraph of a 16-paragraph letter. Nice... or not. And finally, with a bunch of other scarier than fiction stories (see below), GottaLaff (http://twitter.com/gottalaff) joined in for the second hour of the show from The Political Carnival (http://thepoliticalcarnival.net)... Ron Paulers could “throw the convention floor into embarrassing disarray.” Unprovoked, partiers allegedly threw bottles at black students, evoked Trayvon Martin. Gotta rant. Conservative Christian politician “obsessed with, not going to stop” donating sperm to mostly lesbian couples. VIDEO: “Would you support closing corporate tax loopholes to” prevent hike in student loan interest rates? Paul Ryan: “Nope.” VIDEO: Mitt Romney refuses to challenge supporter’s “[President Obama] should be tried for treason” remark. Oil company profits and gun sales booming. It must be that secret plot by President Obama! VIDEO: Education Secretary Arne Duncan supports marriage equality And , V.P. Joe Biden said he’s “absolutely comfortable” with marriage equality. Religion, porn, and viruses, oh my! VIDEO- Michele Bachmann: My presidential campaign was “almost mistake free.” Oh really? Tomorrow on the show, She's History (http://sheshistory.com)'s Amy Simon and Green Party Presidential candidate Dr. Jill Stein (http://www.jillstein.org/)! Nicole Sandler no 1:59:59 http://radioornot.com/site/?p=5662&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=who-do-you-love http://radioornot.com/site/?p=5662#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 16:59:12 +0000 Nicole Sandler http://radioornot.com/site/?p=5662 http://radioornot.com/site/?feed=rss2&p=5662 0 Biden,Eric Cantor,Harvey Wasserman,Japan,LGBT,marriage equality,Nicole Belle,nuclear power,nukes,Wayne Powell I love Joe Biden for saying this (and putting the ear worm in my head): - Pretty awesome. - I love France for kicking Sarkozy and his austerity agenda to the curb, and for electing their first Socialist president in almost two decades. (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9c/Who_Do_You_Love%3F_single_cover.jpg/220px-Who_Do_You_Love%3F_single_cover.jpg) I love Joe Biden for saying this (and putting the ear worm in my head): Pretty awesome. I love France for kicking Sarkozy and his austerity agenda to the curb, and for electing their first Socialist president in almost two decades. Some of the things I love (http://www.sun-sentinel.com/business/sns-rt-us-france-election-programmebre846002-20120506,0,636703.story) about President-elect Hollande: * Hollande opposes an economic policy based only on austerity and has promised to renegotiate the European (http://www.sun-sentinel.com/topic/intl/europe-PLGEOREG0000014.topic) fiscal compact to include provisions on jobs and growth; * Although he has pledged to balance public finances by the end of 2017, Hollande has also said he will adapt that target if growth is weak and will not sacrifice France's (http://www.sun-sentinel.com/topic/intl/france-PLGEO000002.topic) interests to meet it. His deficit-reduction measures include reversing tax breaks and introducing new taxes which he says will bring in an extra 29 billion euros of revenue; * Hollande plans 100 billion euros in savings by 2017. Half is to come from new revenues, of which 20 billion have already been voted in, and half is to come from reducing spending by limiting growth in public expenditure to 1.1 percent per year; * At the same time, Hollande has outlined 20 billion euros of new spending over five years, including restoring the right to retire at 60 for those who began work at 18. He plans to hire 60,000 more educators over his term and 1,000 police a year, and create 150,000 state-aided jobs to tackle youth unemployment; * Hollande would target the rich with a 75 percent tax rate on income above 1 million euros a year and a 45 percent upper tax rate for those earning over 150,000 euros. He would limit executive pay at state-owned companies to 20 times the lowest wage, cut the presidential salary by 30 percent and index the country's minimum wage to economic growth; * Hollande aims to fight discrimination with sanctions for companies failing to offer equal pay, a Ministry of Women's Rights and the attribution of half the ministerial posts in his cabinet to women. He would also remove the word "race" from the French constitution and open a parliamentary debate on immigration quotas. He backs gay marriage and adoption; * Like Sarkozy, he is promising to curb financial excess by separating retail and investment banking and imposing a financial transaction tax. He wants to ban toxic financial products and stock options, curb bonuses, create a European ratings agency and stop banks working in offshore tax havens; * To promote industry and jobs, Hollande will create a public investment bank to support small enterprises and industries of the future. Companies investing in France and keeping production local will receive public aid and financing. He also plans to help major corporations shift production back to France and will cut tax rates for small and medium companies; * To boost youth employment he proposes a "generation contract" that reduces social charges for companies who hire young people on open-ended long-term contracts and at the same time keep a senior worker employed till retirement. * He wants to reduce the share of nuclear energy in the power supply to 50 percent from 75 percent by 2025, and has promised to close the ageing Fessenheim nuclear plant but complete work on the advanced Flamanville EPR power station. I love Japan, who pulled the license from its final nuclear power plant this weekend.  No more nukes in Japan, Germany (and perhaps France, with her new president, will soon follow suit).  I love Harvey Wasserman (http://solartopica.com) - today's first guest - who has been at the forefront of the No Nukes movement for decades.  He edits the site NukeFree.org, Nicole Sandler no 1:59:58 http://radioornot.com/site/?p=5660&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-awesomeness-of-may-3 http://radioornot.com/site/?p=5660#comments Thu, 03 May 2012 17:03:59 +0000 Nicole Sandler http://radioornot.com/site/?p=5660 http://radioornot.com/site/?feed=rss2&p=5660 0 Matthew Filipowicz,May 3,Sandi Behrns Some of my favorite people in the world were born on this day.  My mom, who died a week shy of my 20th birthday, is right up there along with my daughter who turns the big 1-3 today. My two closest friends also share in this special day - as Eva's dau... Some of my favorite people in the world were born on this day.  My mom, who died a week shy of my 20th birthday, is right up there along with my daughter who turns the big 1-3 today. My two closest friends also share in this special day - as Eva's daughter Molly is 11 today, and my other close friend from childhood, Jaime, was also born on May 3.  So there's got to be something pretty awesome about the third day in May, huh? A quickie on today's show, as I have a birthday party to put together.... We continued the coverage that the corporate media didn't provide on the May Day actions around the world... I hope to get Allison Kilkenny (http://twitter.com/allisonkilkenny) on the show again one of these days- but in her absence today, I shared her wonderful article for The Nation, "Tens of Thousands March in Oakland, New York for May Day (http://www.thenation.com/blog/167666/tens-thousands-march-oakland-new-york-may-day)."  And, though I haven't heard the episode yet, I hear that today's Citizen Radio (http://wearecitizenradio.com) is pretty awesome too... My guests today were Sandi Behrns (http://twitter.com/sandibehrns) of the Cassandra Files (http://cassandrafiles.com), and comedian/podcaster Matt Filipowicz (http://matthewf.net). Nicole Sandler no 2:00:00 http://radioornot.com/site/?p=5657&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=were-number-22 http://radioornot.com/site/?p=5657#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 17:09:41 +0000 Nicole Sandler http://radioornot.com/site/?p=5657 http://radioornot.com/site/?feed=rss2&p=5657 0 Freedom House yesterday released its annual Press Freedom Survey, and you'll be delighted to hear (or not) that the US ranks 22nd, tied with Jamaica and Estonia.  Seriously. - The country that proudly touts the first amendment to the Constitution: (http://www.phawker.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/freedom_of_the_press.JPG) Freedom House yesterday released its annual Press Freedom Survey (http://www.freedomhouse.org/sites/default/files/FOTP%202012%20Booklet.pdf), and you'll be delighted to hear (or not) that the US ranks 22nd, tied with Jamaica and Estonia.  Seriously. The country that proudly touts the first amendment to the Constitution: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. Perhaps Congress made no such law, but the chilling effect on the media by its corporate overlords is quite clear. I launched my own, unscientific "free press" survey yesterday.  I watched more hours of MSNBC "news" than any person should be subject to, looking for one mention of yesterday's world-wide, massive MayDay actions, marches, protests.  Between 6 and 10pm, the effort was for naught. At 10, as I'm unable to watch the bullying Lawrence O'Donnell, I flipped over to Current for the Young Turks rebroadcast, to hear Cenk do the story justice. But I was really missing Keith Olbermann's presence on my TV last night, as he was the guy who regularly gave the occupy movement the coverage it deserved. Since the corporate media was derelict in its duties, I spent much of the first hour today reaching out to some who participated yesterday.  I spoke with Linda Busch Somach (http://twitter.com/lippylulumama) in NY and Rob Rousseau (http://twitter.com/rousseau_ist) in DC, and lamented the loss of an open free press in the US. In the second hour, I was joined on the subject by the adorable and very funny Maysoon Zayid (http://maysoon.com) (who's appearing tomorrow night in San Francisco!) Nicole Sandler no 1:59:58 http://radioornot.com/site/?p=5651&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=may-day http://radioornot.com/site/?p=5651#comments Tue, 01 May 2012 13:42:01 +0000 Nicole Sandler http://radioornot.com/site/?p=5651 http://radioornot.com/site/?feed=rss2&p=5651 0 Ayn Rand,general strike,mayday,Occupy,OWS,Paul Ryan I smell revolution in the air.  It comes with the American Spring and the rebirth of the newly awakened Occupy movement. How apropos that people will protest around the world on May Day!  Not only is it International Workers Day, (http://www.psc-cuny.org/sites/default/files/site-images/medium/SpecialEvents/MayDay2012.jpg) I smell revolution in the air.  It comes with the American Spring and the rebirth of the newly awakened Occupy movement. How apropos that people will protest around the world on May Day!  Not only is it International Workers Day (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Workers%27_Day), but mayday is the internationally recognized signal of distress. We'll just scratch the surface of the May 1st General Strike (#M1GS) actions happening around the US today with a few activists.  Robert, aka @rousseau_ist (http://twitter.com/rousseau_ist) of the Occupied News Network (http://facebook.com/occupiednewsnetwork) will get us started from McPherson Square in Washington DC.  We'll head up to NYC to talk with Linda Busch Somach (@lippylulumama (http://twitter.com/lippylulumama)) who runs the OccupyEarth livestream channel (http://livestream.com/occupyearth), and then head west to San Francisco to speak with @PunkBoyinSF (http://twitter.com/PunkBoyinSF) (punkboyinsf.org (http://punkboyinsf.org)). It's Tuesday, that means a visit from The Political Carnival (http://thepoliticalcarnival.net)'s GottaLaff (http://twitter.com/gottalaff) to talk about these stories and more: Romney campaign aide: Auto bailout was Mitt Romney’s idea VIDEO- Mitt Romney: Democrats “say no one should live” in luxury. Reality check time, Willard. “The Republicans are the problem… Compromise has gone out the window.” VIDEO: Rachel Maddow in heated debate with a very condescending Alex Castellanos on Meet the Press VIDEO: John Boehner has to convince us that Mitt Romney is likable (http://thepoliticalcarnival.net/2012/04/29/video-john-boehner-has-to-convince-us-that-mitt-romney-is-likable/) + VIDEO- John Boehner: Mitt Romney’s wealth, privilege are a plus, because “the American people don’t want to vote for a loser.” Homophobe Lawmaker Who Blasted Girl Scouts Gets Only 1 Donation Since Groups file FEC complaint against Aaron Schock for soliciting Eric Cantor to make large contribution to super PAC VIDEO- Pres. Obama: “I assumed that people meant what they said when they said it…That’s been my practice.” Also, Paul Ryan is full of shit. (http://www.atlassociety.org/ele/blog/2012/04/30/paul-ryan-and-ayn-rands-ideas-hot-seat-again).. Nicole Sandler no 1:59:55 http://radioornot.com/site/?p=5648&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=its-ok-to-laugh http://radioornot.com/site/?p=5648#comments Mon, 30 Apr 2012 17:22:17 +0000 Nicole Sandler http://radioornot.com/site/?p=5648 http://radioornot.com/site/?feed=rss2&p=5648 0 Howie Klein,Jimmy Kimmel,Nicole Belle,progressive,WH Correspondents Dinner Although it seemed as I was alone in the chat room this morning, I thought both President Obama and Jimmy Kimmel were funny at the White House Correspondent's Dinner Saturday night.  Of course, I watched from my living room, (http://www.ohmagif.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/baby-laughing-gif.gif) Although it seemed as I was alone in the chat room this morning, I thought both President Obama and Jimmy Kimmel were funny at the White House Correspondent's Dinner Saturday ni... Nicole Sandler no 2:01:50 http://radioornot.com/site/?p=5640&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=two-fer-thursday http://radioornot.com/site/?p=5640#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2012 13:54:21 +0000 Nicole Sandler http://radioornot.com/site/?p=5640 http://radioornot.com/site/?feed=rss2&p=5640 0 Antonia Juhasz,Black Tide,BP,CISPA,GE,shareholders,tax fairness Ok, quickie post today with links to guests and topics only, as I got a call this morning asking me to pinch hit for Randi Rhodes again today.  So.... busy day! - First of all, Elvis Costello was great last night.. (http://radioornot.com/site/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Randi-Nicole.bmp)Ok, quickie post today with links to guests and topics only, as I got a call this morning asking me to pinch hit for Randi Rhodes again today.  So.... busy day! First of all, Elvis Costello was great last night.. I'll talk a bit about it on the show this morning, along with the thing that pisses me off every time I go to a concert! And second, big apologies to Shane-O and Danielle for leaving my ustream encoder on yesterday, forcing them off the air until I could reach my daughter and have her shut down my computer last night. That WON'T happen again! Now on to the first of two shows today: At least two of my pals, Aaron Krager and Dave Johnson (http://ourfuture.org/blog-entry/2012041725/ge-shareholder-meeting-disrupted), were in Detroit yesterday for the annual GE Shareholders Meeting (the same way I attended the Carnival meeting a couple of weeks ago)....  Read their respective coverage of it at the above links, and listen for Aaron's account at the beginning of the show. Then, if you haven't already realized it, the BP spew in the Gulf  two years ago is still an ongoing unmitigated disaster, you're wearing blinders.  Just read this sickening report (http://www.thenation.com/article/167461/investigation-two-years-after-bp-spill-hidden-health-crisis-festers) from Antonia Juhasz (http://twitter.com/antoniajuhasz) for The Nation... and listen, as she joins me this morning (and hopefully on Randi's show this afternoon too.)And finally, it's Thursday - the end of  the broadcast week for The Nicole Sandler Show. I usually try to end the week with some laughs. Today, they''ll be provided by the always funny Maysoon Zayid! (http://maysoon.com) ***Last minute change **** Maysoon had a family emergency so she had to cancel (we'll get her back on one morning next week). In her place, I called on Tim Karr (http://twitter.com/timkarr) of FreePress.net (http://FreePress.net) and SaveTheInternet.com (http://SaveTheInternet.com) to talk about CISPA - the "Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act" (HR 3523).  Find out more and sign the petition against it here (http://act2.freepress.net/sign/cispa/?source=featurebox_sti)!   Talk to you this afternoon on the Randi Rhodes Show, with these guests: 3:30 Rick Ungar on the Great Social Security Lie (http://www.forbes.com/sites/rickungar/2012/04/24/the-great-american-social-security-lie/) 4:06 Rep. Raul Grijalva SB1070 & SCOTUS 4:30 Aurora Meneghello on Student Loan Hell (Writer/Director Default the Movie (http://defaultmovie.com/)) 5:30 Antonia Juhasz, who was on my show this morning, back the afternoon to continue our discussion about BP's Toxic Legacy. Nicole Sandler no 1:59:55 http://radioornot.com/site/?p=5638&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=on-fairness http://radioornot.com/site/?p=5638#comments Wed, 25 Apr 2012 16:24:56 +0000 Nicole Sandler http://radioornot.com/site/?p=5638 http://radioornot.com/site/?feed=rss2&p=5638 0 BP,Greg Palast,Oklahoma City,SB1070,SCOTUS,slow jam the news I don't have much time to write this today, as I have to take my kid to a doctors appointment shortly... But I did want to give links from today's show, and write a few words about fairness, which was the overarching theme of today's show. - (http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NSlWvbWOVYs/T0AVDhi3prI/AAAAAAAAAPs/ocETKxrP68A/s200/Got-Fairness.gif)I don't have much time to write this today, as I have to take my kid to a doctors appointment shortly... But I did want to give links from today's show, and write a few words about fairness, which was the overarching theme of today's show. My friend Cliff Schecter summed up some of it beautifully for Politico (http://www.politico.com/arena/perm/Cliff_Schecter_9AFF710D-6CE6-4CF6-929C-B5CEAA5EBD03.html): Only in America. We have a system where each candidate for high office only has to befriend there very own pet oligarch - be it Adelson, Foster Freiss, etc. - and they can run for office forever, as their friendly billionaire gives money to their Super Pac in an entirely "uncoordinated" manner. We have top government officials who have admitted to allowing torture, but they are free. Wall Street hot shots who lied to their clients and then bet against them. But not one prosecution. And on and on. But we are really wasting our time and effort on John Edwards? I'm sorry, but I really can't get worked up about violations of our campaign finance laws, when they are a complete joke. And when people who did far worse don't even need to hide it. It is fun for everyone to hate John Edwards right now, because that allows us to project all of that's wrong onto one man. What he did was terrible, but there are likely thousands, if not tens of thousands of people who who have done things much worse, that have legitimately hurt scores of people, and they will never see the inside of a courtroom. And that is what is shameful. Of course, I'm talking bigger picture here... with the Supremes today hearing arguments on Arizona's SB1070 "Papers Please" racial profiling law.  I discussed that with Henry Fernandez, spokesman for Reform America's Immigration Laws (http://reformimmigrationforamerica.org) in the last half-hour of the show. I began with my second conversation this week with the awesome Greg Palast (http://gregpalast.com), this time because the first arrest was made yesterday (http://www.gregpalast.com/arrest-of-bp-scapegoatreal-killers-walk/) in conjunction with the BP disaster... unfortunately, it was a scapegoat instead of someone truly responsible for the humongous mess they created. Then I spoke with Andrew Gumbel, author of the new book Oklahoma City: What the investigation missed - and why it still matters (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0061986445?ie=UTF8&tag=radornot-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=1789&creativeASIN=0061986445)... And President Obama joined Jimmy Kimmel on TV last night to talk about student loan rates doubling in July... in a creative way.... Nicole Sandler no 1:59:58 http://radioornot.com/site/?p=5634&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ncs-amendment-1-and-more-scatological-humor http://radioornot.com/site/?p=5634#comments Tue, 24 Apr 2012 17:08:35 +0000 Nicole Sandler http://radioornot.com/site/?p=5634 http://radioornot.com/site/?feed=rss2&p=5634 0 Amendment 1,fart in church,GottaLaff,NC,Pam Spaulding,SB 1070,scatological humor,SCOTUS Oh, the things that we find funny, and the things that would be hysterical if only they weren't so terribly, horribly sad. - First up is the notion that allowing everyone the same joys and sorrows of marriage will threaten your own happy or sad union. (http://garrettdrewelliswords.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/3in5.jpg) Oh, the things that we find funny, and the things that would be hysterical if only they weren't so terribly, horribly sad. First up is the notion that allowing everyone the same joys and sorrows of marriage will threaten your own happy or sad union.  Seriously.  The state of North Carolina, currently in early voting mode, is voting on Amendment 1 which reads “Marriage between one man and one woman is the only domestic legal union that shall be valid or recognized in this state." Unfortunately, the latest Public Policy Polling data released today (http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/new_poll_support_for_consititutional_marriage_amendment_slipping) shows 10 percent of voters still erroneously think voting down Amendment 1 would legalize gay marriage and another 27 percent are unsure what it would do.  That falls under the really sad category. I called on Pam Spaulding (http://twitter.com/pamspaulding), North Carolina resident and proprietor of Pam's House Blend (http://pamshouseblend.org) to join me this morning to talk about just how truly heinous this amendment is. Big money forces are at work, pushing this piece-of-shit legislation with ads like this peppering the airwaves: Sad, yet again. Fortunately, there are some ads to counter that particular brand of bullshit, like these: and But they need money to keep running them on the air throughout North Carolina. Pam told us you can donate at tinyurl.com/amendment1 (http://tinyurl.com/amendment1) . Early voting is already in progress, and election day is May 8. Also not funny is the hatred used to instill fear and loathing into otherwise more normal people.  Arizona's racist SB 1070 (or the "Papers Please" law) went into effect two years ago yesterday.  Tomorrow, the Supreme Court will hear arguments on its constitutionality.  How sad is that -- that it's even gotten this far? We'll get more in-depth on that topic on tomorrow's show. This morning, I also continued yesterday's conversation on the lack of real, independent investigative journalism - today with someone else who actually does it!  Russ Baker (http://whowhatwhy.com/the-project/) of WhoWhatWhy.com (http://whowhatwhy.com) was on with me today, and will speak tonight in NYC at 6:30pm, Mid-Manhattan Library, 455 Fifth Avenue at 40th St, 6thfloor. And we wrapped things up as we do every Tuesday morning with The Political Carnival's GottaLaff- we talked about these stories before descending into the depths of scatological humor... VIDEO: Mitt Romney’s fondest memories of France. Oui, la France. (http://thepoliticalcarnival.net/2012/04/23/video-mitt-romneys-fondest-memories-of-france-oui-la-france/) Minnesota State GOP Being Evicted From Party Headquarters (http://thepoliticalcarnival.net/2012/04/23/minnesota-state-gop-being-evicted-from-party-headquarters/) Couple held at gunpoint by neighbors, arrested. Nobody believed that they were the new owners. (http://thepoliticalcarnival.net/2012/04/22/couple-held-at-gunpoint-by-neighbors-arrested-nobody-believed-that-they-were-the-new-owners/) Hey Sarah Palin, does God “benevolently” let us recklessly endanger lives and destroy the earth, too? (http://thepoliticalcarnival.net/2012/04/22/hey-sarah-palin-does-god-benevolently-let-us-recklessly-endanger-lives-and-destroy-the-earth-too/) The joke is on the GOP (http://thepoliticalcarnival.net/2012/04/20/the-joke-is-on-the-gop/) Matt Damon “would kiss George W. Bush on the mouth… No tongue” for his work fighting AIDS (http://thepoliticalcarnival.net/2012/04/19/matt-damon-would-kiss-george-w-bush-on-the-mouth-no-tongue-for-his-work-fighting-aids/) Major Media Bias Alert! Again. (http://thepoliticalcarnival.net/2012/04/19/major-media-bias-alert-again/) VIDEO: Missouri GOP Senate candidate Sarah Steelman never heard of Violence Against Women Act Nicole Sandler no 1:59:55