Legislation

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Supreme Stunner: Unlimited Campaign Spending Permitted for Corporate "Persons"

 An old friend of mine, Lynne Likens of Talent, Oregon, let me know that she was stunned by the recent Supreme Court decision to allow unlimited corporate spending in our elections, reversing decades of campaign finance laws and cementing the myth that corporations are "per... Read more

Today's topic is Abortion, and Female Callers take Precedence

Airs at: Tue, 02/02/2010 at 12:00am
 With Joe on vacation, Abe takes on the warm, fuzzy, not-at-all divisive issue of Abortion.  It's clear that the issue of abortion elicits a visceral reaction from certain members of the political right, in a way that few other issues do. The reason why is perhaps less cl... Read more

The recent Supreme Court Decision against We The People and FOR the Corporatocracy

Airs at: Tue, 01/26/2010 at 12:00am
 Abe and Joe examine the full effects of last week's disastrous Supreme Court ruling on corporate political spending. If you think that corporate America has done a good job so far of hijacking the levers of political power, wait till we see the full effects of last week'... Read more

OPEN LINES discussion on Supreme Court ruling regarding campaign finance limits and...

Airs at: Thu, 01/21/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
OPEN LINES discussion on Supreme Court ruling regarding campaign finance limits and other current issues on the top KBOO Listeners' minds....Join co-hosts Jo Ann Bowman and Dave Mazza every Thursday morning as they bring you informative guests and lively discussions about t... Read more

What to Do About Unemployment?

Airs at: Mon, 01/18/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 What is the unemployment situation today, and what can and should be done about it?  Dedrick Muhammad, researcher and writer at the Institute for Policy Studies talks with the Old Mole's Bill Resnick about jobs and the performance of the Obama adminstration  in creating th... Read more

The History of Haiti and its subordination by Colonial Powers, like the good ol' US of A

Airs at: Tue, 01/19/2010 at 12:00am
 Abe and Joe take a brief tour through the bloody history of Haiti, and discuss the obligations that the developed world has -- or should have -- toward the undeveloped world. The calamity in Haiti has made one thing abundantly clear -- when a nation has been at the busin... Read more

Life & Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King

Airs at: Thu, 01/14/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
About the program…Join co-hosts Jo Ann Bowman and Dave Mazza every Thursday morning as they bring you informative guests and lively discussions about the issues that are important to you and your community. Every week, Voices from the Edge provides KBOO listeners a place to... Read more

Ballot Measures Teleconference

Airs at: Wed, 01/13/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
 More than eighty-six hundred people over the age of fifty in oregon took part in a teleconference sharing stories and asking questions about the effects of ballot measures 66 and 67 on their paychecks, job prospects and state government services.The oregon league of women ... Read more

Andy Frazier and Colin O'Neill versus the Clearwire Cell Tower in NE

Airs at: Wed, 01/13/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
 Hosted by Erik Jorgensen Today's guests are Andy Frazier and Colin O'Neill from RespectPDX.org who are organizing against the installation of a Clearwire cell tower on NE. Fremont and 37th.           Read more

Looking beyond the rhetoric: the arguments for (and against) Measures 66 & 67

Airs at: Thu, 01/07/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
On January 26, Oregonians will be asked to decide how the latest chapter in the state's long-running tax wars will turn out. Opponents of two tax increases approved by the legislature in 2009 succeeded in collecting enough signatures for a referendum on what are now Measure... Read more