KBOO Community Radio

Marianne Barisonek speaks with the women of Code Pink Portland about their Tea Party.  On December 16th, 1773 a group of patriots protested Great Britain's policies by dumping tea into Boston Harbor.  On December 16th, 2007 Code Pink Portland will symbolically recreate this event on the Hawthorne Bridge and will read their updated Declaration of Independence. Go to codepink.org for more info.

Investigative journalist Tim Shorrock speaks about the new, but interrupted, National Applications Office (NAO).  He has written extensively about the privatization of intelligence, and how private contractors drive domestic surveillance policy, and then secure lucrative contracts.

Bill Resnick hosts today's show and interviews Bill Black, former senior government financial regulator and author of the book "The Best Way to Rob a Bank is to Own One." They discuss the subprime mortgage crisis and other corporate malfeasance aided and abetted by the neo-cons now in power. Tom Becker critiques the undermining of the separation of church and state in Mitt Romney's speech about his religious beliefs. Book Mole Larry Bowlden reviews Pat Barker's novel about the ravages of war in the souls of soldiers, "Regeneration." And Jan Haaken talks with Costa Rican activist Jimena Alvarado about the recent vote there in favor of a free trade pact.

Host Glen Andresen invites your calls and contributions for the topic "Gardening for next to nothing - sources for free or cheap gardening supplies."

12/10/07 Get This

Chris Andreae

Paul Van Dyck host this monthly show with a focus on issues a ffecting people with disabilities. Today ninteen year old student Jordan Ackerson and his mother Lisa Lieberman discuss his life as a person with autism. Jordan was diagnosed with autism when he was two years old