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Show 115 - Constitution? Which Constitution? Democracy? Which Democracy?
Did you ever wonder if those who use the phrase "The Constitution is a living document" are just putting down a smokescreen to hide the fact that our Constitution is being rigged beyond recognition by those who would hand over complete control of our country to few billionaires? After looking back at various events that occurred over the past forty or so years, many of them discussed on this web site and on my show, it should become clear to you that we have been the victims of a slow-motion de facto coup d' etat perpetrated by a handful of billionaires, the corporations that they control and the shill organizations that they created to wrest control of our nation. All of that could not have been accomplished without the help of a cadre of corrupt elected officials who are all too eager to "thank" those billionaires for their campaign contributions and other forms of largesse by giving them the keys to our government. In a situation like this, knowledge is power.
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Show 114 - You Should Never Believe Words Designed To Deceive!
A favorite ploy of corporate owned electeds in Congress, The Senate and your friendly neighborhood Statehouse is to give legislation that they write and issues that they support titles or names that make things that are harmful to your average voter look good. They do so at the behest of the corporations and one percenters who own their souls and are the usually the real beneficiaries of most legislation. I have a few glaring examples that have really hurt working people and their families over the years.
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For some quick enlightenment, hit the button below:
Show 113 - Taxpayers To Corps: Get Your Hands Out Of Our Pockets!
In the years since the Reagan regime started and subsequent administrations continued a corporate job offshoring free for all, America and it's future has been sacrificed on the altar of corporate profits. Corporations who ship jobs overseas pit American workers against workers in third world countries who make third world wages, causing U.S. wages to stagnate or drop. Job offshoring also destroys America's manufacturing infrastructure, causes trade deficits, unemployment and a loss of tax revenue. In essence, we the taxpayers are subsidizing corporate profiteering by paying for the collateral damage it causes. If we let this situation continue, we will become a third world corporate banana republic.
Let's make our electeds fix the situation!
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Let's make our electeds fix the situation!
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Show 112 - Enough Is Enough!
The government shutdown is a callous abuse of power by elected representatives from a political party that has taken on the elimination of The Affordable Care Act, what it calls "ObamaCare." ACA is a law that, as its primary objective, extends the benefits of healthcare to many more Americans! The GOP is so obsessed with repealing ACA before it fully goes into effect and proves itself that it wasted taxpayers' money in forty two failed attempts to repeal it! They have now reached an all time low by refusing to hold budget talks until ACA becomes a bargaining chip. In my opinion, shutting down government because a political party doesn't like a law passed by the opposition party violates a politician's fiduciary responsibility and is borderline illegal! The politically biased mainstream media has presented the situation in the false context of "both sides refusing to talk."
If you are as disgusted about the situation as I am, please click the button below to hear me vent and offer a suggestion:
If you are as disgusted about the situation as I am, please click the button below to hear me vent and offer a suggestion:
Show 111 - RE: Snowden, Who Are The Real Traitors?
The purpose of this show isn't to defend Edward Snowden, it's to condemn the hypocrisy of our corporate owned electeds for their orgy of accusations against Snowden. They are accusing him of being a traitor because he revealed information to the South China Morning Post that the USA has conducted hacking operations on various locations in Hong Kong and China. By those standards, our corporate owned electeds are guilty of being mega "traitors" because they lowered trade barriers with China, enabling greedy corps who claim to be American corps. to offshore their manufacturing to China, giving them valuable trade secrets as a byproduct.
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To hear me tell it like it is, push the button below.
Show 110 - He Who Trades Constitutional Rights For Security Deserves Neither!
When President Obama flippantly used the phrase "you can't have 100% privacy and 100% security" to justify giving the NSA draconian powers to run an Orwellian program that looked at the phone records of millions of US citizens and later, casually dismissed the PRISM program by saying that congress had been briefed on and approved it, he hit my last nerve. Do any of our electeds have the slightest concept of the protections offered by any part of the Constitution? Needless to say, I had to record a concise one minute short form show to let you and our corporate owned electeds know how I feel, in no uncertain terms.
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Show 109 - "Sheltering In Place" Was Both Boston Strong And Boston Smart!
There are some self-serving Monday morning quarterbacks out there who are now second guessing Boston's powers that be asking residents to "shelter in place" during the Marathon bombers' murderous rampage. These blowhards who, in most cases, live nowhere near Boston think that they have everything to gain by comparing the handling of the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombing with the days following 9/11. In reality, they have everything to lose because all they really accomplished is to focus our attention on many of the failures of the Bush administration. In all honesty, comparing the Boston Marathon bombing with 9/11 is like comparing apples and oranges, the only commonality is that both cities have brave first responders and courageous citizens.
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To hear me set the loudmouths straight in under two minutes, click the button below:
Show 108 - In The Case Of Chained CPI, "Let's Do It For The Children" = B.S.
Chained CPI Helps The "Children" Of This Neighborhood.
When it comes to the debate on Social Security cuts, we've all heard GOP politicians spewing endless nonsense about making the cuts because they are "doing it for the children." You expect that kind of garbage from Republican electeds because most of them seem to feel that their real constituency consists of the sugar daddies and mommies who paid for their campaigns, not the voters who cast the actual votes. When you hear the same bull from some diehard Obama supporters defending his chained CPI Social Security cuts, it boggles the imagination and really makes you question the "two" party system.
Don't fall for chained CPI. Click the button below. Do it for the children:
Don't fall for chained CPI. Click the button below. Do it for the children:
Show 107 - Obama's Chained CPI Proposal, An Imbalanced Approach!
Much to my frustration and disgust, it looks like Barack Obama is continuing to use Social Security cost of living adjustments as a bargaining chip to induce (read that grovel and beg) the GOP to return to the bargaining table. The sad thing about the whole situation is that Obama is using inflation to effectively cut Social Security, hoping that no one will notice. Well, I notice and I hope that you will notice and speak out about it before it is too late. To protect your future retirements, I ask you to ignore the brainwashed and just look at the raw facts.
Because I feel that our most vulnerable citizens are being betrayed, this short form show is going to be very heated and intense.
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Because I feel that our most vulnerable citizens are being betrayed, this short form show is going to be very heated and intense.
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Show 106 - Electeds Listen-up: If You're Against A Minimum Wage Increase, I'm For Price Controls!
Some of our electeds get downright upset when anyone so much as suggests that the minimum wage needs to be increased. They say that giving someone who works his or her butt off for a multi-billion dollar corporation a raise of a few cents per hour will somehow cause that corp. to stop hiring and possibly lay off people. In other words, they hit you with their stock "job creator" nonsense which was probably created for them by the corps. that own them! I say that the real job creators are ordinary people with money in their pockets to spend and giving them more money means more jobs.
When a corp. raises the prices of its products, it really kills sales and jobs by making those products unaffordable. Now that's the biggest job killer of all!
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When a corp. raises the prices of its products, it really kills sales and jobs by making those products unaffordable. Now that's the biggest job killer of all!
To listen to my fix for that problem, hit the button below:
Show 105 - SOTU: A Tale Of Illegally Bared Nipples And Chained CPI!
Recently, a GOP North Carolina State Representative* co-sponsored a bill that would make it a felony for a woman to expose her nipples. With all the problems that a state like North Carolina has, this State Representative has chosen to address the fast growing North Carolina nipple exposure crisis. While I'd like to say that this bit of silly and pointless (pardon the pun) lawmaking is an isolated incident, it seems to be the typical product of GOP lawmakers who choose to legislate their brand of morality to distract their base from serious issues that really matter, like the GOP tendency to lower taxes for the rich at the expense of everyone else.
*Mistakenly referred to on my show as a North Carolina State Senator. Sorry, nipples distract me, don't tell my wife.
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*Mistakenly referred to on my show as a North Carolina State Senator. Sorry, nipples distract me, don't tell my wife.
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Show 104 - President Obama's Chained CPI Proposal = Let Them Eat Cake!
With all of President Obama's talk of not cutting Social Security during his campaign, his current proposal to replace the time proven fixed CPI method of calculating the cost of living for the purposes of calculating cost of living increases in Social Security, for Veteran's benefits and for tax rates is disappointing at best. Chained CPI is nothing but an inherently deceptive stealth cut to Social Security and other benefits which guarantees that inflation will effectively shrink a Social Security check in a relatively short period of time. The icing on this cake is that Nancy Pelosi endorses this pillaging of our senior citizens. I guess they don't make Democrats like they used to!
Before you hear another mealy-mouthed endorsement of chained CPI, click below for the lowdown.
Before you hear another mealy-mouthed endorsement of chained CPI, click below for the lowdown.
Show 103 - Mr. President, You Won, They Lost - Act Accordingly!
There were a few disturbing parts of the President's acceptance speech that lead me to believe that President Obama hasn't learned a lesson from four long years of dealing with obstructionist Republicans. When he starts to say things like "In the weeks ahead, I also look forward to sitting down with Governor Romney to talk about where we can work together to move this country forward.", I begin to worry. I begin to fear four more years ahead of us of sickening compromise posing as "change." If we, as Democratic voters, as middle class voters, as working voters, as retired voters, as union voters thought that Mitt Romney had any valid ideas, we wouldn't have voted for Barack Obama. If we wanted to make the Republican agenda part of our future, we would have become and voted Republican. My advice to the President and the Democratic party is to defend, not compromise traditional Democratic social safety net programs.
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If you believe that true winners don't have to "compromise", click the button below:
Show 102 - Hurricane Sandy's Object Lesson For The GOP:
When it comes to the deficit - Those are just numbers, these are people!
The GOP seems to have an unhealthy obsession with austerity. When I say austerity, I mean austerity for us, not for their supporters, mega corporations and the rich. Hence the real purpose of their agenda of austerity is to balance the budget on our backs so their well heeled supporters can get the tax breaks they don't deserve. To get you to support that agenda, one that will destroy your present and future, they con you into thinking that austerity now will insure your children's future. To see how destructive that kind of thinking is, imagine the outcome if President Obama didn't pull out all the fiscal stops in dealing with hurricane Sandy.
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Show 101 - Hey Mitt Romney, Respect The Office Of The President Of The United States!
Someone should tell Mitt Romney that patriotic Americans respect the office of the President Of The United States. His conduct in both debates was reprehensible. He was talking down to President Obama as if he were the President's superior dressing an underling down in a corporate setting . Whether his demeanor was caused by a feeling of superiority based on his wealth or for other reasons, he came off arrogant, insulting and obnoxious. To add insult to injury, his son made an uncalled for post debate comment.
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To hear me give Willard Romney and the GOP he represents a well deserved dressing down, click the button below:
Show 100 - Moderation Wade Style - Moderators Should Moderate!
If you were upset by the first Romney/Obama debate, you're not alone. The part that really got to me was that I felt that Jim Lehrer let things get completely out of control. He set specific time limits that Willard Romney immediately ignored. At that point, it became a free for all with Willard going as far as to have the audacity to show disrespect for Jim Lehrer by threatening to defund PBS, the institution that hosts his newscast. When you are dealing with a potentially contentious situation, the road to clarity is to set firm ground rules.
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Show 99 - Small Business Job Creators: Pawns In The GOP Chess Game!
If you've been watching the GOP convention, you've heard various Republican types invoke the phrase "job creators" over and over again. They like to use that phrase when referring to small mom and pop businesses. You might be surprised to know that I agree that mom and pop businesses are "job creators" and community builders. A small business owner has more in common with a person who works for a paycheck than with a multinational corporation. The paycheck earner and the mom and pop business owner both struggle to make ends meet.
The GOP likes to say that excessive government regulations hurt small businesses. In reality, they are being hurt a lack of government regulations on predatory mega corps.
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The GOP likes to say that excessive government regulations hurt small businesses. In reality, they are being hurt a lack of government regulations on predatory mega corps.
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Show 98 - Help Undecided Friends Pick Their Electeds With The Wade Candidate Selection Method
Do you have a friend who looks like a deer in the headlights every time he or she watches a political campaign ad? Does that friend tell you that all of those phony ads out there are causing serious fear, uncertainty and doubt to the point where he or she is undecided about which candidate choose. Those ads are interfering with a decision that could potentially affect everything from the future of Social Security and Medicare to the future of unions and the future of the American worker. Thanks to the ads, your friend suffers from distorted political ad overload syndrome and I just happen to have the cure.
As you know, I have been agonizing for years over a system that lets corporate money pay for distorted political propaganda ads, that put candidates into office who owe them their souls. Our system refers to the corporations who buy those ads as "people" and the massive amounts of money spent as "free" speech! Wow, now money literally talks! That so called "free" speech is what's confusing your friend and I think that I finally have a way around it that doesn't need any help from our electeds.
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As you know, I have been agonizing for years over a system that lets corporate money pay for distorted political propaganda ads, that put candidates into office who owe them their souls. Our system refers to the corporations who buy those ads as "people" and the massive amounts of money spent as "free" speech! Wow, now money literally talks! That so called "free" speech is what's confusing your friend and I think that I finally have a way around it that doesn't need any help from our electeds.
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Show 97 - Wade Rant/Lecture - The Altered State of America
Do you constantly get the feeling that strange things are going on behind the scenes in the good ol' USA that are changing your life, but not in a good way? Do you feel that, over the past thirty years, your quality of life has deteriorated. Do you feel that your parents had it better than you and your children will probably be worse off than you? Do feel that your fellow Americans are constantly making self-destructive political decisions? Do you feel that The United States of America no longer feels like The United States of America, but has become a banana republic? Then you need to listen to this abbreviated version of an in person lecture that I have given to a number groups that I like to call, The Altered State of America.
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Click the button below and I will put the pieces of the puzzle together for you:
Show 96 - Neil Munro, The Hypocrisy Of His Interruption!
When internet White House correspondent Neil Munro interrupted President Obama a few days ago, I wasn't shocked by rudeness of his act, I was stunned by the hypocrisy of what he was saying. He interrupted the President's speech on immigration by blurting out "Why do you favor foreigners over Americans?" Later on, he yelled, "What about American workers who are unemployed, while you employ foreigners?"
Now mind you, all President Obama is trying to do is to give a relatively small amount of young people a break who are in this country through no fault of their own. If Neil Munro thinks that it is a threat to American workers, how about the massive job offshoring that has been going on for years and is the real source of unemployment in this country? Oops, didn't Mitt Romney find that profitable?
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Now mind you, all President Obama is trying to do is to give a relatively small amount of young people a break who are in this country through no fault of their own. If Neil Munro thinks that it is a threat to American workers, how about the massive job offshoring that has been going on for years and is the real source of unemployment in this country? Oops, didn't Mitt Romney find that profitable?
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Show 95 - Fight The Lesser Of Two Evils Bluff With This Ultimatum!
For many years, working people have been trapped into voting for candidates who, even though they talk a good game, get their marching orders from the same corporate lobbyists as their opposition. Since that is the case, the lesser of two evils turns out to be a heads I win, tails you lose bet placed by all manner of corporate special interests. Either the corps win with the Democrats or win big with the Republicans. Conversely either workers lose big with the Republicans or just lose with the Democrats. Wouldn't it be nice to vote for someone who actually listens to working people? Now is the time to get what WE want with a little something that our electeds want called our votes.
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Show 94 - A Deeply Personal Message About Health Care
Having a close member of your family develop a life-threatening condition such as cancer makes you keenly aware of his or her mortality and starts your mind and heart racing. My wife is about to undergo cancer surgery so suffice it to say, I am a basket case right now. Although cancer may be a nightmare, I can think of a worse scenario, having cancer without having health insurance.
My wife is lucky enough to have health insurance that may not cover everything, but it gets her in the hospital door. However, many of us are not so lucky and are doomed to a life of putting their health care needs on the back burner. No one should have to endure a life-threatening condition or illness without good medical treatment! Health care is a basic human right that should be a function of government! In ethical, civilized countries it is!
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My wife is lucky enough to have health insurance that may not cover everything, but it gets her in the hospital door. However, many of us are not so lucky and are doomed to a life of putting their health care needs on the back burner. No one should have to endure a life-threatening condition or illness without good medical treatment! Health care is a basic human right that should be a function of government! In ethical, civilized countries it is!
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Show 93 - A Tale Of Two Systems - The Recent European Elections
The takeaway from the elections in France and Greece is that European workers and retirees will not let their respective governments impose "austerity" measures that attempt to balance a mismanaged budget on their backs. You would be dead wrong if you think that the results of those elections would be a stark warning to our electeds here. Voters in Europe can select their candidates from many parties that are across the political spectrum. However, regardless of the number of smaller parties we have in our country, the system very effectively limits us to voting for the candidates of one of the two major parties. When one party tries to balance the budget by imposing austerity on us but gives corporations and the rich a free pass and the other "compromises" with them, both hope and change are impossible.
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Show 92 - The John Edwards Trial - Political Bread And Circuses!
Have you noticed that most of our electeds have been uncharacteristically quiet about the John Edwards trial? Even though that trial has been a preoccupation of the mainstream media, there's hardly a peep from our electeds. The trusting among us would say that our electeds are exercising discretion, not wanting to prejudice the trial. Cynical people like me would like to think that the real reason that our politicians are playing mum's the word is because the trial is a welcome distraction that takes the media's heat off of them. I believe that many of them are saying "there but for the grace of GOD."
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Show 91 - Putting My Cards On The Table - A Position Statement
One of the primary characteristics of mainstream media news and commentary is that you never really get to know what influences the thinking of their commentators and news people. Moreover, there are external influences like corporate policies and "subtle" pressures of having to please advertisers and potential advertisers. The mainstream media outlets would probably say that they have strong news integrity policies in place. If that were the case, why are many stories that are of national significance ignored or distorted?
As a member of the new and alternate media, I want you to know what influences my thinking.
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As a member of the new and alternate media, I want you to know what influences my thinking.
To hear my take on some major issues, just click the button below:
Show 90 - America Needs Nationalized Healthcare, Not Mandates!
According to an old saying “anything worth having is worth fighting for.” That saying is doubly true when it comes to the health and well being of each and every American. The sad fact is that the President let the Republicans bluff him into peeling back layers of his original healthcare act, leaving us with a hollow shell that doesn't fully address the healthcare issue and may not withstand the constitutional tests of a Supreme Court that has a decidedly conservative majority. The fact is that out and out nationalization of our healthcare system would be the most effective way to deliver healthcare to everyone! Doing that would have taken courage and conviction, something that's missing from almost everyone in Washington!
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Show 89 - "Fake News", Said The Pot To The Kettle!
Recently, a mainstream media news industry website, based on an unrelated situation, accused Workers Independent News, a truthful, reliable and the only national source of labor news aimed at working people of broadcasting "fake news." I'm not going to give you the name of the MSM industry website, because I don't think that they deserve the extra traffic. What I will say is that the accusation fits in with what we have come to expect from the mainstream media.
I have nothing but respect for the staff and management of Workers Independent News. I wouldn't have their newscast on my website if they weren't doing an exemplary job as a quality news organization. I invited Frank Emspak, Executive Producer at Workers Independent News on to fill us in on the situation.
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I have nothing but respect for the staff and management of Workers Independent News. I wouldn't have their newscast on my website if they weren't doing an exemplary job as a quality news organization. I invited Frank Emspak, Executive Producer at Workers Independent News on to fill us in on the situation.
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Show 88 - Charities: The Kindness Of (Corporations) Strangers!
The recent Susan G. Komen/Planned Parenthood controversy raises many issues that involve most disease specific charities.
Here are a few:
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Here are a few:
- When charities seek corporate contributions. are there strings attached when a corporation contributes? Can we rely on a charity for objective medical research if during the course of that research, they find something wrong with a contributor's product?
- Will a charity change the way they deal with health issues if it offends religious special interests?
- Why are the executive officers of many charities that expect donations from us highly compensated?
- Why do many disease specific charities think they own a disease and attempt to trademark ordinary, commonly used English language words that describe that disease so they can sue a "competing" charity?
- Aren't many charities corporations in charitable clothing?
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Show 87 - If You Don't Ask, You Won't Get!
Tell our electeds to stop corp. job offshoring!
Many Americans are intellectually lazy! Too many of us think that we can get all of our problems solved in one neat, clean package. We think that if we vote for and elect someone who presents us with a ready made platform of solutions to all of our problems, our troubles are over. Somehow it never works out that way so we wind up sitting in front of the TV, watching the news, scratching our collective heads and wondering how things have gone so terribly wrong.
The answer is simple, if you don't ask, you won't get! When you wait for the candidates of a particular political party to come up with pre-packaged sets of solutions, you must keep in mind that they spend most of their time listening to the demands and ideas of the very same corporate lobbyists who either helped them get elected or have some form of cushy deal waiting for them when they leave office. When those lobbyists have an issue that they want addressed, the guy or gal you voted for listens because lobbyist influence and money doesn't just talk, it shouts! You just passively wait for election day to come around and hope that the guy or gal you elected will do the right thing for America's working families, even if it hurts the corporate interests that helped to finance his or her campaign.
Folks, the only way that you are going to be heard and taken seriously by our electeds is if you can convince them that they will not get your vote if they don't address your issues. The best way to do that is by signing a petition that has a large number of signatures, deals with a specific issue and tells your electeds that they won't get your vote unless they FULLY address that issue!
I have a petition that addresses job offshoring that I want you to sign!
I have three other life-changing petitions waiting in the wings that will never see the light of day if you don't think that fighting for American jobs is important!
Now sign my petition!
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The answer is simple, if you don't ask, you won't get! When you wait for the candidates of a particular political party to come up with pre-packaged sets of solutions, you must keep in mind that they spend most of their time listening to the demands and ideas of the very same corporate lobbyists who either helped them get elected or have some form of cushy deal waiting for them when they leave office. When those lobbyists have an issue that they want addressed, the guy or gal you voted for listens because lobbyist influence and money doesn't just talk, it shouts! You just passively wait for election day to come around and hope that the guy or gal you elected will do the right thing for America's working families, even if it hurts the corporate interests that helped to finance his or her campaign.
Folks, the only way that you are going to be heard and taken seriously by our electeds is if you can convince them that they will not get your vote if they don't address your issues. The best way to do that is by signing a petition that has a large number of signatures, deals with a specific issue and tells your electeds that they won't get your vote unless they FULLY address that issue!
I have a petition that addresses job offshoring that I want you to sign!
I have three other life-changing petitions waiting in the wings that will never see the light of day if you don't think that fighting for American jobs is important!
Now sign my petition!
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Show 86 - Show The Top 1% We Are In Charge! Let's Do A Buy Strike!
When Molly Katchpole launched her petition opposing Bank Of America's decision to foist a $5.00 per month debit card fee on it's customers, she became the catalyst for other people who were facing similar fees at B. of A. and other banks with copy cat fees to fight back. People moved their money from big banks to credit unions in droves. The banks knuckled under and dropped the debit card fees. Score = Banks: 0, People: 1!
In the old days, an action like move your money would have been labeled a boycott and would have had limited participation. Things are different, we have the Occupy movement and the spirit of people power is in the air. Let's call the action against the banks what it really is, a BUY STRIKE!! Even though our corporate controlled electeds ignore us, we finally have a voice, we can vote with our buying choices!
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In the old days, an action like move your money would have been labeled a boycott and would have had limited participation. Things are different, we have the Occupy movement and the spirit of people power is in the air. Let's call the action against the banks what it really is, a BUY STRIKE!! Even though our corporate controlled electeds ignore us, we finally have a voice, we can vote with our buying choices!
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Show 85 - No Party Owns Occupy Wall Street!
Now that Occupy protests have taken root all over the world and my fellow 99 percenters are formulating plans for the future of the movement, various political parties and organizations will try to usurp the movement by attempting to absorb it. None of us needs to be reminded that empty promises from politicians are what put us out on the streets in the first place. The last thing that we need is to have a politician harness this movement only to give us a repeat of 2008 and it's subsequent letdown.
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Show 84 - My Message To All Occupy Wall Street Participants.
Congratulations, you have America's attention despite the corporate controlled mainstream media's futile attempts to sweep a movement that will restore fairness to the bottom 98% under the rug! Let's face it, you ARE news and are actually in a far better position to capture the imagination of the average American than the corporate spawned Tea Party was in it's heyday because YOU are the real deal! I have a way to get almost every American that isn't rich to listen to you and join your ranks.
Push the button below to hear how to get almost every New Yorker in the bottom 98% to Occupy Wall Street:
Push the button below to hear how to get almost every New Yorker in the bottom 98% to Occupy Wall Street:
Show 83 - Here's How To Make Boehner Respect The Office Of The President.
Much was made of John Boehner's rejection of President Obama's request to address a joint session of Congress on September 7, a request that, up until now was routinely granted. From my perspective, this rejection is a total display of disrespect for the office of the President Of The United States. The White House's reaction to the rejection is even more troubling. They meekly accepted Boehner's alternate date of September 8.
The President needs to realize that he has reached the point where his tendency to "compromise" makes him look weak.
Click below to hear me show the President how to deal with someone who disrespects his office:
The President needs to realize that he has reached the point where his tendency to "compromise" makes him look weak.
Click below to hear me show the President how to deal with someone who disrespects his office:
Show 82 - Quiz Show: Guess His Party?
After watching a few network TV reality shows, I realized that some people have entirely too much time on their hands if they consider that garbage entertainment. Keeping that in mind and knowing that you, as my listener are highly selective in your listening and viewing habits, I thought that I would bounce this concept for a quiz show off you. Hey, if you like it, perhaps we could get one of the corporate owned mainstream media outlets to turn it into an insipid quiz show to augment their nightly line up of insipid reality shows and distorted newscasts?
OK, enough of my rambling, without any further adieu, let's all play - GUESS HIS PARTY!
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OK, enough of my rambling, without any further adieu, let's all play - GUESS HIS PARTY!
To try something completely different, press the button below:
Show 81 - The Iowa Straw Poll, Great Entertainment Except They're Serious!
Site Of The Iowa Straw Poll
If you were in the right frame of mind last weekend, this year's Republican Iowa Straw Poll made for great entertainment. They had a cast of characters that would make Saturday Night Live jealous. Oh the people I saw, the lunatics I heard. I was having a grand old time until I came back down to earth and realized that they were serious.
Since I believe in the NYPD slogan, "If You See Something, Say Something", I decided to invite Reverend Manny to join me in a quick and spirited analysis of The Iowa Straw Poll on this website and for a detailed discussion of many issues on The Working Family Radio Network on Thursday, 8/18 at 3:05 PM EDT.
The fun starts when you press the button below:
Since I believe in the NYPD slogan, "If You See Something, Say Something", I decided to invite Reverend Manny to join me in a quick and spirited analysis of The Iowa Straw Poll on this website and for a detailed discussion of many issues on The Working Family Radio Network on Thursday, 8/18 at 3:05 PM EDT.
The fun starts when you press the button below:
Show 80 - The Debt Ceiling: I Interview Political Scientist/Blogger Maria Allison.
Mugshot Logo From Nuts And Dolts Blog
On Monday afternoon, during the height of America's angst caused by the ongoing debt ceiling "negotiations", I interviewed Maria Allison, publisher of the Nuts And Dolts blog. We recorded an hour long interview that will air on Thursday, August 4 at 3:05 PM EDT on The Working Family Radio Network. We had a thorough discussion of the dynamics involved in all negotiations and the shortcomings of these negotiations in particular.
If you are part of the bottom 98% who didn't get their tickets punched by our "free" market system, this interview in made for you. After we recorded the Interview, Maria and I recorded a mini interview for this website. You can check it out now and visit The Working Family Radio Network on Thursday.
For a factual analysis of the deficit ceiling, click the button below:
If you are part of the bottom 98% who didn't get their tickets punched by our "free" market system, this interview in made for you. After we recorded the Interview, Maria and I recorded a mini interview for this website. You can check it out now and visit The Working Family Radio Network on Thursday.
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Show 79 - Reverend Manny Returns!
Reverend Manny will be on my show on the Working Family Radio Network on Thursday 7/14 at 3:00 PM EDT discussing today's issues. The show covers a wide range of issues that are very relevant to everyday life in this corporate owned world of ours.
Two of the highlights of the show are a thorough analysis of the politics of President "Change We Can Believe In" using threats of no "Social Security Checks in August" as a negotiating tool, frightening our Seniors as a byproduct and a brisk discussion of the News Corp, News Of The World Scandal and how it relates to their activities in the USA.
We recorded a mini show to whet your appetite for Thursday's main course.
You can hear the Reverend Manny on a mini show by clicking the button below:
Two of the highlights of the show are a thorough analysis of the politics of President "Change We Can Believe In" using threats of no "Social Security Checks in August" as a negotiating tool, frightening our Seniors as a byproduct and a brisk discussion of the News Corp, News Of The World Scandal and how it relates to their activities in the USA.
We recorded a mini show to whet your appetite for Thursday's main course.
You can hear the Reverend Manny on a mini show by clicking the button below:
Show 78 - Harvard & MSM: Kids Who Celebrate July 4th Will Become Republicans.
Just when you think that you've heard everything, the Main Stream Media digs deep to find a story for the Independence Day weekend that tops almost any right wing, corporatist spin that they have ever put on a news story. Almost every major TV outlet broadcast a segment on the evening news citing a Harvard University "study" that states that children who attend Patriotic Fourth Of July Celebrations at a young age are likely to become Republicans when they grow up.
Isn't that special? Doesn't that play into the long standing Republican position that they own patriotism?
To hear that you don't need a Harvard education to know that the story is bull, push the button below:
Isn't that special? Doesn't that play into the long standing Republican position that they own patriotism?
To hear that you don't need a Harvard education to know that the story is bull, push the button below:
Show 77 - The Lesser Of Two Evils, A Corporate Trap For Working People!
Ever since 1947, when the Republican and corpporate backed Taft-Hartley Act was passed with the help of many Democrats, working people have been stuck in a "lesser of two evils" trap! With the passage of Taft, the Democrats made the transition from the party of FDR, with it's great accomplishments for the middle class and the poor to a party that acts in complicity with the Republicans to protect the interests of corporations, Wall Street and the rich at our expense! Well meaning Democratic elected officials have their best efforts crushed by the Dems tendency towards "bipartisanship" and "compromise" a.k.a. throwing the boxing match.
Many party line Democrats like to say that a vote for a third party candidate is a vote for the Republicans, I say that there is little difference!
To break out of the corporate trap and empower unions, click the button below:
Many party line Democrats like to say that a vote for a third party candidate is a vote for the Republicans, I say that there is little difference!
To break out of the corporate trap and empower unions, click the button below:
Show 76 - Jim White Returns To The Jack Wade Show.
Whenever I do a show with Jim White things happen. In this case, teabaggers are probably tearing their collective hair out! If you like this interview, tune into the Working Family Radio Network on June 16 at 3:00 PM EDT for an hour's worth of enlightenment!
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Can't wait for the live show? Click here for a few minutes of instant gratification:
Show 75 - Wade Goes Ballistic!
The constant stream of deficit cutting rants coming from the Republicans has finally gotten to me. Eric Cantor's remark about blocking funds for the tornado victims in Joplin, Mo unless Congress approves spending cuts to offset it was the last straw!
You can hear how I feel about ANYONE who would use a tragic natural disaster to extort concessions on partisan issues by tuning in to my show on the Working Family Radio Network today (5/26/11) at 3:00 PM EDT. Flash: If you missed the show, you can go to the Working Family Radio Network and click the "On Demand" button
You can hear a excerpt from the calmest part of the show by clicking the button below:
You can hear how I feel about ANYONE who would use a tragic natural disaster to extort concessions on partisan issues by tuning in to my show on the Working Family Radio Network today (5/26/11) at 3:00 PM EDT. Flash: If you missed the show, you can go to the Working Family Radio Network and click the "On Demand" button
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Show 74 - Interview With Steve Cooper Of The We Party Patriots
On Thursday, May 19 at 3:00 PM EST, Steve Cooper of the We Party Patriots will be my guest when The Jack Wade Show airs on The Working Family Radio Network. Steve's organization, The We Party Patriot's steers working people into unions and away from the Tea Party. Their motto of "Don't Drink The Tea. Think With With The We" says it all!
The one hour version airs on Thursday on The Working Family Radio Network. The I've posted a mini interview here to whet your appetite.
To hear what Steve has to say, click the button below:
The one hour version airs on Thursday on The Working Family Radio Network. The I've posted a mini interview here to whet your appetite.
To hear what Steve has to say, click the button below:
Show 73 - Overseas Mission Accomplished, Domestic Mission Just Beginning!
On September 11, 2001, I was an up close and personal witness to the horror that took place on that fateful day. I saw unspeakable death and suffering but also watched superhuman bravery and heroism. That experience left an indelible scar on my psyche as it did to New York's and for that matter, to America's collective psyche!
All of the horror of 9/11 was instantly conjured up every time anyone mentioned the name Osama Bin Laden. He truly was the architect of that nightmare. There was much conjecture about why the Bush administration couldn't capture Bin Laden and hold him accountable. I have my theories but, in the interest of brevity, will not go into them here. What I will say is that from where I stand, the military mission in the Middle East is accomplished!
To hear what I have to say on this issue, just press the button below:
All of the horror of 9/11 was instantly conjured up every time anyone mentioned the name Osama Bin Laden. He truly was the architect of that nightmare. There was much conjecture about why the Bush administration couldn't capture Bin Laden and hold him accountable. I have my theories but, in the interest of brevity, will not go into them here. What I will say is that from where I stand, the military mission in the Middle East is accomplished!
To hear what I have to say on this issue, just press the button below:
Show 72 - I interview Jim White, Pres. CWA Local 2277, Martinsville, VA
Whenever Jim is on The Union Edge, things are always interesting. He is never at a loss for words. Jim is my guest on a future show that we recorded, so I asked him to do do a mini interview here.
Please click the button below for five minutes of pure enlightenment:
Please click the button below for five minutes of pure enlightenment:
Show 71 - Globalism: The Corporate (Unfair) Advantage!
When American corporations use the world as their hiring hall, everyone loses.
American workers lose, our country loses and the poor souls, working overseas for pennies on the dollar lose. Global "free" trade is the real culprit behind our unemployment and fiscal crisis. Self-serving corporate sponsored politicians from BOTH parties are the enablers of global "free" trade. Because of them, we are a country without a product!
Click the button below to outsource the jobs of both parties' greedy politicians to a third party:
American workers lose, our country loses and the poor souls, working overseas for pennies on the dollar lose. Global "free" trade is the real culprit behind our unemployment and fiscal crisis. Self-serving corporate sponsored politicians from BOTH parties are the enablers of global "free" trade. Because of them, we are a country without a product!
Click the button below to outsource the jobs of both parties' greedy politicians to a third party:
Show 70 - A Few Choice Words For John Boehner And Co. From Mrs. Jack Wade!
Now they've done it!! John Boehner and his Republican cronies in Congress have incurred the wrath of Mrs. Jack Wade! I can no longer calm her down so I'm letting her put her two cents in on The Jack Wade Show. Let's sit back and listen to my better half telling Mr Crybaby off.
(This broadcast also contains the April 12th edition of Workers Independent News, a great news resource for working people)
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(This broadcast also contains the April 12th edition of Workers Independent News, a great news resource for working people)
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Show 69 - Complacency, The Great Destroyer Of Democracies!
Do you think that the outcome of your favorite reality show is more important than your family's future? Perhaps a gossip show is more to your liking? I didn't think that you like that garbage. Hey, you're a discerning Jack Wade Show listener!
Believe it or not, there are many folks out there who love those shows and watch them day and night, but won't make the slightest effort to find out the facts about their politicians. They want that information spoon fed to them by the same people who gave them their "reality" shows. They can't even tell the difference between a political commercial and news. Believe it or not, these people actually vote. All the more reason for people like us to take an active role in the selection of and voting for any candidate.
(This broadcast also contains the April 11th edition of Workers Independent News, a great news resource for working people)
Do your civic duty and click the link below to hear what I have to say:
Believe it or not, there are many folks out there who love those shows and watch them day and night, but won't make the slightest effort to find out the facts about their politicians. They want that information spoon fed to them by the same people who gave them their "reality" shows. They can't even tell the difference between a political commercial and news. Believe it or not, these people actually vote. All the more reason for people like us to take an active role in the selection of and voting for any candidate.
(This broadcast also contains the April 11th edition of Workers Independent News, a great news resource for working people)
Do your civic duty and click the link below to hear what I have to say:
Show 68 - I interview Author/Blogger Reverend Manny
Let's face it, I can be a very disagreeable person, just ask my wife who had to put up with me for all these years and is sentenced to put up with me for many more years. There are very few times that I agree with someone on so many points. When I started reading Reverend Manny's book, it only took a few chapters to know that I must do an interview. I interviewed him on my Thursday show on The Union Edge and also recorded one for here.
As he will be the fist to tell you, Reverend Manny is the author's pen name, not his title. Although I tend to agree with 99 percent of what he stated in his book, I don'tr agree with everything. Hey, 99 percent is pretty good considering the fact that I can be a very disagreeable person a.k.a. a grouch. His book is definitely worth a read if you are frustrated by the abject ignorance and apathy of the average American voter.
You can learn more about Reverend Manny and order his book by visiting his web site.
To listen to my interview with Reverend Manny, just press the button below:
As he will be the fist to tell you, Reverend Manny is the author's pen name, not his title. Although I tend to agree with 99 percent of what he stated in his book, I don'tr agree with everything. Hey, 99 percent is pretty good considering the fact that I can be a very disagreeable person a.k.a. a grouch. His book is definitely worth a read if you are frustrated by the abject ignorance and apathy of the average American voter.
You can learn more about Reverend Manny and order his book by visiting his web site.
To listen to my interview with Reverend Manny, just press the button below:
Show 67 - Corps. To Americans: Elect A CEO Governor And We Own You!
Let's face it, everyone is a product of his or her environment. If you've spent your whole life working hard for every penny that you've earned and live from paycheck to paycheck, you tend to see things differently than if you have a corporate penthouse office and make a salary that could support thousands of families. Lately, it seems like Republican or Teabag Governors come in two varieties, corporate CEOs and corporate lackeys. Neither one has much sympathy for the plight of the working person.
To see why CEOs make lousy elected officials, press the button below:
To see why CEOs make lousy elected officials, press the button below:
Show 66 - Why Should I Raise My Standard Of Living, I'll Just Lower Yours?
Did you ever notice that teabaggers seem to look at union workers with a mixture of contempt and envy? They seem to be so envious of union benefits that were earned by good old fashioned collective bargaining that the title of this show could be their motto. Their ignorant, short sighted thinking plays right into the hands of today's greedy corporate robber barons who have turned playing worker against worker into a science!
When you have one segment of the population that can't see the forest for the trees, it hurts the entire country. The only beneficiary would be the top 2% de facto ruling class!
To hear me set those people straight, click the button below:
When you have one segment of the population that can't see the forest for the trees, it hurts the entire country. The only beneficiary would be the top 2% de facto ruling class!
To hear me set those people straight, click the button below:
Show 65 - If We're The Majority, Why Aren't They Listening To Us?
The vast majority of Americans are NOT independently wealthy, nor are they self employed. Most Americans work day in and day out for a hard earned paycheck. Since we comprise the majority, you might think that our electeds are falling all over each other to see to it that the corporate powers that be who employ us (if we are not public employees) pay us fairly, have decent benefits and keep us working by not offshoring manufacturing to places like China.
For the most part, our electeds have put laws on the books that favor corporate interests and ignore us and the labor unions that look out for our interests!
To find out why our electeds think that our votes are a dime a dozen, push the button below:
For the most part, our electeds have put laws on the books that favor corporate interests and ignore us and the labor unions that look out for our interests!
To find out why our electeds think that our votes are a dime a dozen, push the button below:
Show 64 - Reagan Returns, Things Come Full Circle!
With every passing day, I get the feeling that even though I voted for "Change We Can Believe In", I wound up with the reincarnation of Ronald Reagan! President Obama's appointment of GE CEO Jeffrey Immelt as Chairman of the President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness juxtaposed with his support of the South Korea US Free Trade Agreement just sealed the deal for me. As a union person, I now feel that he will do as much good for unions as Reagan did for the Air Traffic controllers.
The icing on the cake was when during his State Of The Union address, Obama stated that the South Korea US Free Trade Agreement has the "support of labor". Basically, it has the support of two unions, one of which probably gave the support as a quid pro quo for the government bailout of the automobile industry. Just about the rest of "labor" hate the agreement. The AFL-CIO strongly opposes it. The bottom line is that unions have to stop giving unconditional love, funds and votes to politicians who put corporate interests before that of working people.
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The icing on the cake was when during his State Of The Union address, Obama stated that the South Korea US Free Trade Agreement has the "support of labor". Basically, it has the support of two unions, one of which probably gave the support as a quid pro quo for the government bailout of the automobile industry. Just about the rest of "labor" hate the agreement. The AFL-CIO strongly opposes it. The bottom line is that unions have to stop giving unconditional love, funds and votes to politicians who put corporate interests before that of working people.
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Show 63 - Mr. President, Where Are Our Seats At The Table?
President Obama's appointment of GE CEO Jeffrey Immelt to chair the newly renamed Council on Jobs and Competitiveness should send a strong message to working people. During his tenure at GE, Mr. Immelt was responsible for off-shoring many U.S. jobs to China and India. This appointment, plus the large number of corporate and Wall Street types on the council speaks volumes. There is only one, yes one representative of organized labor on the council.
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Show 62 - Mrs. Jack Wade Speaks Out!
The tragedy in Arizona has caused certain culpable people to literally go into deep states of denial. My wife wanted to speak out on that issue, so I gave her this forum. We have a difference of opinion on this issue in that I think that there isn't a shared blame for the tense atmosphere that could trigger violence, it all belongs to the right wingers.
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To hear her valid point of view, click the button below:
Show 61 - America's Families Can't Survive On Green Jobs Alone!
Did you notice that whenever the subject of unemployment is mentioned to many politicians, they like to go into a spiel about green jobs? They know that saying some mumbo jumbo about green jobs will make you think that they have the answers to the unemployment problem. They don't have the guts to fix the real cause of unemployment in our country.
Just press the button below and I'll tell you about the real cure for unemployment:
Just press the button below and I'll tell you about the real cure for unemployment:
Show 60 - New Year's Resolutions, 2011
Time sure does fly because it seems like I made my 2010 resolutions a few days ago.
If you are going to be making a resolution about your continued support of the same old candidates and political parties just keep this in mind, " If you keep on doing what you've always done, you'll keep on getting what you've always gotten". In order to have real change, we have to change.
To listen to my New Year's resolutions, just click the button below:
If you are going to be making a resolution about your continued support of the same old candidates and political parties just keep this in mind, " If you keep on doing what you've always done, you'll keep on getting what you've always gotten". In order to have real change, we have to change.
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Show 59 - Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays From The Jack Wade Show
Thank you fighting the good fight and for traveling with me on my radio journey in 2010! Here's an audio Christmas card for you.
You can open the envelope by pushing the button below:
You can open the envelope by pushing the button below:
Show 58 - ABC, CBS, NBC - Where Were You?
Thanks to CSPAN, I was watching Senator Bernie Sanders' marathon impassioned
speech and realized that he's one of the few politicians who gets it. He doesn't sit up on an elected pedestal and proclaim that we must take a bad deal that will only get worse as time passes. In his totally honest speech he made it clear that he will not submit to Republican extortion. To paraphrase: Yes, we have to get the Republicans to stop holding the unemployed hostage but that's a separate issue that they are using in an act of economic terrorism. Unemployment renewal was always a given in bad economic times under Republican and Democratic administrations. Why are things different now? Why do they need to be bribed with a package of goodies for the rich that will hurt the rest of us?
If you were able to watch the speech, you would have known that there was at least one politician out there who really cares about the well being of John and Jane Q. Public, not corporations and the rich. Sadly, those of you who relied on the big three networks for news got none of it. Not much better on the cable networks. At best NBC showed a quick three or so seconds of Sen. Sanders with their anchor voicing over him so you couldn't hear what he was saying. How can the American public make informed decisions on issues that affect them if they can't hear BOTH sides of an issue?
Push the button below to hear my take on this real threat to our democracy:
speech and realized that he's one of the few politicians who gets it. He doesn't sit up on an elected pedestal and proclaim that we must take a bad deal that will only get worse as time passes. In his totally honest speech he made it clear that he will not submit to Republican extortion. To paraphrase: Yes, we have to get the Republicans to stop holding the unemployed hostage but that's a separate issue that they are using in an act of economic terrorism. Unemployment renewal was always a given in bad economic times under Republican and Democratic administrations. Why are things different now? Why do they need to be bribed with a package of goodies for the rich that will hurt the rest of us?
If you were able to watch the speech, you would have known that there was at least one politician out there who really cares about the well being of John and Jane Q. Public, not corporations and the rich. Sadly, those of you who relied on the big three networks for news got none of it. Not much better on the cable networks. At best NBC showed a quick three or so seconds of Sen. Sanders with their anchor voicing over him so you couldn't hear what he was saying. How can the American public make informed decisions on issues that affect them if they can't hear BOTH sides of an issue?
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Show 57 - The Unemployed, Retired & Working People Say-Where's My New Deal?
Over the past thirty or so years, there has been a systematic transfer of wealth from the poor and middle class to the rich. This looting of America's working people by various corporate interests was aided and abetted by politicians who were all too eager to sacrifice the future of American workers and their families on the altar of deregulation. All of that deregulation and game playing reached a crescendo during the Bush administration and led to the current depre... oops, I mean recession.
When we were chanting "Yes We Can" and elected Barack Obama President, we expected the second coming of FDR's "The New Deal", Wall Street and the Banks got that and we got The Raw Deal. After much soul searching, I realize that it's easy to be an apologist for President Obama's record to date if you aren't one of those poor unfortunates: who is unemployed, who is barely making a living by holding down multiple part time jobs, who had his/her job outsourced, who is retired and has to worry about an Obama appointed Deficit Commission.
I will NOT do that!
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When we were chanting "Yes We Can" and elected Barack Obama President, we expected the second coming of FDR's "The New Deal", Wall Street and the Banks got that and we got The Raw Deal. After much soul searching, I realize that it's easy to be an apologist for President Obama's record to date if you aren't one of those poor unfortunates: who is unemployed, who is barely making a living by holding down multiple part time jobs, who had his/her job outsourced, who is retired and has to worry about an Obama appointed Deficit Commission.
I will NOT do that!
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Show 56 - Exporting, Corporate Snake Oil For Working People!
Our unemployment problem is causing many politicians to grasp at straws for answers. They are so eager to preserve the "free" trade, globalization structure they created for their corporate benefactors that the prospect of exporting even a small fraction of what we import is causing them to salivate. Working people, don't kid yourselves. Our electeds know that there's only one way to fix our economy. They have to undo the damage they caused in the first place!
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Hit the button below for "Doctor" Wade's old fashioned cure for what ails ya:
Show 55 - For Survival's Sake, The Democrats Must Become The New Party Of No!
The Republicans have richly earned the title "The Party Of No" by obstructing almost every Democratic initiative that would have eased the Bushwhacked economy's burden on the middle class, the poor and the unemployed. The Democratic response to those Republican political roadblocks was to water down their initiatives to placate the Republicans and show their "bipartisan" spirit. The Republicans responded with a flat NO to almost everything. The end result was that some really good legislation that started as soaring campaign promises wound up as so many pieces of unfinished business or worse, legislation that didn't pass.
Once again, the Democrats are talking about "bipartisanship". This time around, that could mean erasing some of the hard fought gains of fairness and social equity that managed to survive the first round of "bipartisanship".
Let's stop the Democrats from shifting into "R" for reverse by pressing the button below:
Once again, the Democrats are talking about "bipartisanship". This time around, that could mean erasing some of the hard fought gains of fairness and social equity that managed to survive the first round of "bipartisanship".
Let's stop the Democrats from shifting into "R" for reverse by pressing the button below:
Show 54 - A Tea Party Halloween Party!
Did you ever wonder if Tea Partiers have their own Halloween party? Why would anyone wonder about such things? Well, I have a lot of time on my hands. This show may not answer that question, but it delves into the world of the politically strange and bizarre.
The creepy music is courtesy of an old friend of mine, J.S. Bach
To tear up your invitation to the party, click the button below:
The creepy music is courtesy of an old friend of mine, J.S. Bach
To tear up your invitation to the party, click the button below:
Show 53 - Political Advertising: Foreign Funding Isn't The Main Issue!
Most news commentary about the recent controversy surrounding foreign funding of The U.S. Chamber of Commerce's TV political ads missed the main issue by a mile! While stories about foreign entities influencing our political system with an influx of money make for sensational and frightening headlines, the main issue is that NO corporate or corporately funded entity should be allowed to use vast amounts of cash to mount an attack on political candidates who have a differing viewpoint!
Stand up for "we the people" by pushing the button below:
Stand up for "we the people" by pushing the button below:
Show 52 - The President Steps Up To The Plate And Hits One Out Of The Park!
H.R. 3809, The intestate Recognition Of Notarizations Act was, to the untrained eye, a seemingly innocuous piece of legislation. The bill was actually a Trojan horse that could help banks speed up the foreclosure process.
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Show 51 - Jack Wade, The People's Repo Man!
The Republicans have used their brand of patriotism for years to fool people into thinking that they are the party of Mom, the flag and apple pie. Sadly, many working people have been tricked into voting for those clowns. The Republicans think that they are the exclusive owners of patriotism. They don't own patriotism, they "borrowed" it and by their actions, defaulted on that loan.
Wouldn't it be great if we could send a repo man to take it back?
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Wouldn't it be great if we could send a repo man to take it back?
To repo patriotism, click the button below:
Show 50 - Dignity & Respect
Corporations: Workers are commodities, not people.
The unspoken casualty of the current U.S. depre... er, I mean recession is the dignity of the American worker and the respect that corporations and by extension, the politicians they own have for workers and their families. This isn't a new situation by any means but the culmination of years of corporate manipulation of the American system. Politicians from BOTH parties have supported unpatriotic "free" trade agreements that shipped our jobs overseas, destroyed our manufacturing infrastructure and are a major cause of our current unemployment problems. Unions are not getting the solid support they deserve from EITHER party.
To hear me give our unions and working people some respect, click the link below:
To hear me give our unions and working people some respect, click the link below:
Show 49 - They Had Their Bagstock, We Might Need A Wadestock Rally!
If you were watching the network newscasts over the weekend, you may have noticed that Glen Beck's rally was the lead story on all three networks and generated constant breathless buzz on most cable networks. If any of this sounds familiar to you, it should. Last year's Tea Party Town Hall Meeting disruptions gave our spineless politicians cold feet and in part, caused them to weaken the Health Care Bill. Those meetings got the same breathless lead story coverage from the same electronic "journalists". Do I have to remind them of the five "W's" of journalism, especially "Who"?
All of that finally got the best of me so I recorded this show.
Just punch the button below to hear me vent:
All of that finally got the best of me so I recorded this show.
Just punch the button below to hear me vent:
Show 48 - An Open Letter To America's Corporate CEOs!
Have you noticed that you just can't get your elected officials to listen to you. They seem to be marching to the beat of a different drummer. That drummer is their friendly neighborhood lobbyist. His cash and favors call the corporate tune and drown out the populist clicks of our voting booths. Since most of our politicians have turned a deaf ear to the needs of their voting constituency, I have taken the liberty of going over their heads to the people who get their undivided attention - corporate CEOs!
Push the button below to hear what I have to say to
the people who are pulling the strings in our country:
Push the button below to hear what I have to say to
the people who are pulling the strings in our country:
Show 47 - Forget Fiscal Responsibility, Our Politicians Need Moral Responsibility!
The bitter fights in Congress and The Senate over the Health Care Bill and the acrimony in The Senate over passing an Unemployment Insurance Extension made one thing perfectly clear, those people don't work for us, they work for their pet lobbyists!
Don't worry, all is not lost, we can still get our country back!
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Don't worry, all is not lost, we can still get our country back!
You can take the first step by clicking the button below:
Show 46 - Thought Police: You've Had Your Say, Now It's My Turn!
These days, it's hard to be a progressive Democrat on Twitter. You get static from every direction. You expect the Republicans and teabaggers to hurl epithets your way. What really hurts is when party line Democrats, self-appointed keepers of the faith accuse you of helping the Republicans win elections in November.
My being a union member complicates the issue because the Obama administration is about to sign The South Korean Free Trade agreement in the midst of already high unemployment. Reminder: Bill Clintion's NAFTA caused a wave of job offshoring, making his administration a disaster for working people. We don't need a repeat performance of that betrayal of the American middle class.
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My being a union member complicates the issue because the Obama administration is about to sign The South Korean Free Trade agreement in the midst of already high unemployment. Reminder: Bill Clintion's NAFTA caused a wave of job offshoring, making his administration a disaster for working people. We don't need a repeat performance of that betrayal of the American middle class.
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Show 45 - We Demand An Unemployment Insurance Extension!
I'm Disgusted!!! The very Senators who are, in many ways responsible for our economic crisis and fell all over each other to give the banks and Wall Street bailouts are denying an unemployment insurance extension to the long term unemployed. I am letting you and them know what I think about that in no uncertain terms!
I want you and as many Americans as possible to click the button below:
I want you and as many Americans as possible to click the button below:
Show 44 - Small Business, Corporate America's Other Victim!
When a local business closes, we all suffer!
Everyone's saying that in this bad economy, small businesses not corporations will be doing the bulk of hiring. All of that sounds good until you look at what happens when corporate run stores compete with those small businesses.
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Show 43 - The Sovereign State of Denial.
Are you a union person, a progressive, or just a member of the middle class who doesn't want the American dream to fade away? Are you tired of politicians who say one thing when they are campagning and do something else when elected? Are you tired of politicians who say that they are the champions of working people when running for office then pass laws that favor corporations over people once elected? Then you are going to love this tale of olde when knights were bold.
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Press the button to start the adventure:
Show 42 - Who Is Divisive?
Some Democrats seem to be overly concerned about progressives dividing the party. What they fail to realize is that the Democratic party politicians are dividing the party by their actions. When working people see banksters and Wall Street getting bailouts while their homes are being repossesed. When working people see unemployment rise while Wall Street big-wigs get huge bonuses. When working people see almost every Democratic initiative that could help them compromised by internal bickering caused by the blue dogs, they either give up on the political process or, God forbid become Republicans or teabaggers. Progressives are not dividing the party, progressives just might be the ones who save the party by shining the light of truth on the Democratic politicians who would rather protect the corporations that support their campaigns with massive contributions.
This show is a gentle audio introduction to an interesting five part series that's on my blog page
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This show is a gentle audio introduction to an interesting five part series that's on my blog page
Click the button below, you'll thank me later:
Show 41 - Same Problem, Different Place!
Conservatives just love to blame government social programs for our economic problems. They figure if they make enough noise about those programs, they will get their pet teabaggers fired up and maybe no one will notice that the real cause of our problems is their free market, deregulatory philosophy that allows greedy corporations and Wall Street gamblers to soak the rest of us for everything they can get.
Now that Europe has it's own economic problems, our conservative windbags are trying to blame European government run social programs. Well wouldn't you know it, the same crew of corporate leeches and gamblers are "hard at work" over there!
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Now that Europe has it's own economic problems, our conservative windbags are trying to blame European government run social programs. Well wouldn't you know it, the same crew of corporate leeches and gamblers are "hard at work" over there!
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Show 40 - Hey, I Can Draw On A Blackboard Too!
Rambling, manic, paranoid dialogue accompanies a hand fervently drawing a convoluted diagram on a cluttered blackboard. The audience pretends to understand everything and gives the speaker their unconditional approval. Are we in the lab of a noted scientist? Could the diagram be some strange genealogical chart? No, we're just watching a conservative talk show host explain his political theories. Theories that are so advanced, even he doesn't understand them.
In the name of the U.S. educational system, I am hereby restoring said blackboard to it's former status as a bonafide teaching tool. Come join me as I use it to explain the current state of our political system.
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In the name of the U.S. educational system, I am hereby restoring said blackboard to it's former status as a bonafide teaching tool. Come join me as I use it to explain the current state of our political system.
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Show 39 - Big Media: "Freedom of Speech, We Mean Ours, Not Yours!"
What does the Six o' Clock News, teabaggers and conservative talk radio have in common? All of the above have had an undue and in some cases, unfair influence on public opinion, our elected officials and by extension, national policy. All of the above wouldn't exist in their present form if the Fairness Doctrine were still in place. If you get ALL of your information from one-sided, biased sources, it can and will affect your decisions on election day and can do serious damage to our country.
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The above tower picture is a derivative work by Jack Wade
based on an original photo by Wesha and is licensed under
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License as is the original
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Show 38 - Wrong, Wrong, Wrong!
Did you ever get up on the wrong side of the bed, look at the world around you and decide that all's wrong with the world? For some reason, when I woke up this morning, I started going through the events of the past year and a third, which was my mistake. I am now in a terrible mood and just have to vent!
It takes a lot of courage to push the button below:
It takes a lot of courage to push the button below:
Show 37 - Health Care Bill, Just The First Step!
As rational people, we should be gratified that passing the health care bill brings a small measure of security to American families. As realistic people, we have to realize that, due to the endless distortions, half-truths and out and out lies of the Republicans, the health care bill was watered down to placate them and is only an incremental measure, there must be more changes for a complete fix of America's health care problems.
Many of us wanted government run, single payer health care to give America's families complete peace of mind and security. What we have now is an incomplete fix to a problem that isn't going away. Although corporate lobbyist dollars can override our votes, we can't compromise the health and safety of our citizens just to protect corporate profits! By adopting single-payer health care, we are protecting an individual's rights, protecting a corporation's "right" to do business is nothing more than corporate welfare!
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Many of us wanted government run, single payer health care to give America's families complete peace of mind and security. What we have now is an incomplete fix to a problem that isn't going away. Although corporate lobbyist dollars can override our votes, we can't compromise the health and safety of our citizens just to protect corporate profits! By adopting single-payer health care, we are protecting an individual's rights, protecting a corporation's "right" to do business is nothing more than corporate welfare!
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Show 36 - The Double Whammy, Age Discrimination In Hiring!
It's rough getting a job these days. For anyone between forty and sixty-four years old, it's virtually impossible. Although there are laws against age discrimination, hiring managers have become expert in skirting those laws.
All of this goes on with a wink and a nod from almost everyone, even so called "employment experts". Did you ever read an "advice" column on an internet job search site that "advises" you to drop years of experience from your resume to make you appear younger to a potential employer? We're talking about valuable experience that would be an asset in a sane society. The reason the "expert" is telling you to drop the experience is that age discrimination has become the rule, not the exception in the "good old USA".
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All of this goes on with a wink and a nod from almost everyone, even so called "employment experts". Did you ever read an "advice" column on an internet job search site that "advises" you to drop years of experience from your resume to make you appear younger to a potential employer? We're talking about valuable experience that would be an asset in a sane society. The reason the "expert" is telling you to drop the experience is that age discrimination has become the rule, not the exception in the "good old USA".
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Show 35 - Disney v.s. Cablevision - A Corporate Strike?
New Yorkers who are Cablevision subscribers lost their local ABC Network TV station, WABC on the day of the Oscar Awards, due to a dispute between The Walt Disney Co. and Cablevision.
This just in: WABC restored the feed to Cablevision about 15 minutes into the Academy Awards. Cable customers pay through the nose for their cable service and should never be held hostage by corporate haggling.
To see why I call the dispute a corporate strike, press the button below:
This just in: WABC restored the feed to Cablevision about 15 minutes into the Academy Awards. Cable customers pay through the nose for their cable service and should never be held hostage by corporate haggling.
To see why I call the dispute a corporate strike, press the button below:
Show 34 - Health Care For All!
This is the most important show that I've ever done because this one can save many lives. Please listen and send a link to this page to your friends. Let's show our politicians that people's lives mean more than corporate dollars!
Just click the button to help the helpless:
Just click the button to help the helpless:
Show 33 - Yes! No! Maybe So?
Many Democrats say that the Republicans are the party of no. From that, one must assume that the Democrats think that they are the party of yes. I say that we voted for them, thinking that we got the party of yes and wound up with the party of maybe, at best.
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Say YES to reality by clicking the button:
Show 32 - Job Application Rejection Letter.
Have you answered an employment ad in a newspaper or on the internet lately? Due to our bad economy, employers are in the driver's seat and they keep finding new and different ways to let you know that you don't count. These days, you are lucky to get a rejection letter because most companies don't have the courtesy to even reply.
Push the button to listen to this well-deserved rejection letter:
Push the button to listen to this well-deserved rejection letter:
Show 31 - For Middle Class - Union Yes, Tea Party, No!
If you believe much of the the mainstream media, the Tea Party movement is the new voice of the middle class. If you really believe that, ask yourself:
Will the Tea Party lobby to keep your job from moving to China or India?
Will the Tea Party file a grievance with your boss if he tries to fire you without cause?
Will the Tea Party negotiate to get you a raise in salary?
Say hello to your new best friend, UNIONS by clicking the button:
Will the Tea Party lobby to keep your job from moving to China or India?
Will the Tea Party file a grievance with your boss if he tries to fire you without cause?
Will the Tea Party negotiate to get you a raise in salary?
Say hello to your new best friend, UNIONS by clicking the button:
Show 30 - Healthcare, What Were We Thinking?
Now that President Obama has firmly stated his position during his meeting with the Republicans, I feel compelled to revisit the issue of healthcare, with an eye towards urging the President to push for single payer healthcare. In order to fully understand how we wound up with a healthcare system that routinely denies coverage to many and is the most expensive one in the world, we have to look at it's history.
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Press the button to hear the sad story of failure:
Show 29 - State of The Union Impressions.
What was notable about President Obama's 2010 State Of The Union was that It looks like he has finally realized that he doesn't have to seek the approval of the Republicans and Blue Dog Democrats to achieve hs agenda. He has made it clear that he will attain his goals with or without their help. His speech showed that he has finally made the unemployed and the beleagured middle class a priority.
I still disagree with him about Tim Geithner and Ben Bernanke. They are kind of like having wolves guard the hen house.
As someone who is not unfamiliar with the plight of working people in the USA, I have three suggestions that could help reduce unemployment or at least make life easier for those seeking work and for the poor and the middle class.
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I still disagree with him about Tim Geithner and Ben Bernanke. They are kind of like having wolves guard the hen house.
As someone who is not unfamiliar with the plight of working people in the USA, I have three suggestions that could help reduce unemployment or at least make life easier for those seeking work and for the poor and the middle class.
Click the button below to hear what I have to say:
Show 28 - Corporations Are People!
The United States Supreme Court's decision that gives corporations the constitional right of free speech will do more to undermine our nation as we know it than any enemy nation we've ever faced.
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Show 27 - The Bully Pulpit!
Bully Pulpit was a term that President Theodore Roosevelt, 1906 Nobel Peace Prize winner used to illustrate the political power that a President has to champion a cause that's in the public interest and get a piece of legislation passed. These days, it's common knowledge that the bully pulpit is strongest in the first few months of a President's term. At that time, a President can shock and awe almost any legislation through Congress and the Senate.
Let's take a look at which issues had priority in those all important first few months of the Obama Presidency.
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Let's take a look at which issues had priority in those all important first few months of the Obama Presidency.
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Show 26 - The Worst of Both Worlds!
Over the past twenty or so years, America's concept of what is fair to the middle class and poor has evolved, or should I say devolved. The average working person has lost almost any hope of being a part of the American dream. He or she has seen corporations eager to outsource his job to China or India and a federal government that has done little to prevent that from happening and, in fact has given outsourcing tacit and in some cases overt support. The first step in fixing a problem is recognizing that the problem exists.
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Click the button below to see and hear the light:
Show 25 - The Great American Big Lie!
Remember the old slogan, "what's good for GM is good for America"? Back in the day, that was true. Corporations and working people through their unions had an unspoken agreement that made the American worker a partner in prosperity. That was the reason that we had a middle class and the highest standard of living in the world. Conservatives think that the slogan still applies today. I say that today's corporate greed has turned that phrase into the great American big lie.
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Push the button below to hear the truth:
Show 24 - State of the Working People
Well, here we are at the beginning of a brand new decade. I'm going to start things off right by giving you a snapshot of how the previous ten years have altered the American dream. You may or may not agree with my entire evaluation, but it will give you some food for thought.
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Click the button and see if you agree:
Show 23 - My New Year's Resolutions.
Everyone makes New Year's resolutions, it's a tradition. I make two sets of resolutions, personal resolutions and resolutions for The Jack Wade show. The personal resolutions are the easiest to make and keep. The show resolutions are another matter because they involve other people namely you, the listener. I have an obligation to look out for the best interests of working people and will continue to do that to the best of my ability.
Happy New Year and thank you for listening.
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Happy New Year and thank you for listening.
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Show 22 - Beware The Loopholes!
They say that the devil is in the details. That couldn't be more true of the pending healthcare legislation. The disturbing thing is that most of the laws enacted in the past year that protect the average person, have many loopholes that allow corporations to continue their questionable practices.
Let's look at one specific loophole by omission in the healthcare legislation. Keep in mind that it's one of many loopholes, courtesy of your friendly neighborhood lobbyists.
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Let's look at one specific loophole by omission in the healthcare legislation. Keep in mind that it's one of many loopholes, courtesy of your friendly neighborhood lobbyists.
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Show 21 - All Things To All People.
When we voted for Barack Obama and a Democratic majority in Congress and the Senate, we expected to get a government that works for John and Jane Q. Public. As Democrats, we expected our electeds to put our needs before the needs of multi-national corporations. We expected a vast sea change from the previous eight years of pro big business, pro big money government. Well that didn't work out, did it?
We now have a two party system: The Republicans and The Bipartisans. The Republicans are unfied and have a party agenda that is basically conservative and pro big business, the Bipartisans are a conglomeration of progressive and Blue Dog Democrats who are Republican wannabes. When the Bipartisans, who are the majority in both houses need to pass legislation that improves the lot of John and Jane Q. Public such as a healthcare bill, they have a problem. The progressive side of the party has to negotiate with the Blue Dog side of the party and work out a compromise that usually winds up protecting big business' interests more than it protects the average person. Essentally, the Blue Dogs are the spoilers that are the Republicans ace in the hole.
Our President was elected to bring about change. His campaign slogan was "Change We Can Believe In".
One of his primary campaign promises was healthcare legislation that would put us on a par with every other industrialized nation. In order to accomplish that, he has to take a proactive role from day one. He had to personally lobby each and every member of Congress and the Senate and make his preferences known in no uncertain terms.
He had to do exactly what LBJ did in the sixties to get Medicare passed. He had to be the driving force that unified each and every Democratic Congressman and Senator and got them to support the bill. He didn't do that. His mantra was that he was seeking bipartisan support. How did that work out?
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We now have a two party system: The Republicans and The Bipartisans. The Republicans are unfied and have a party agenda that is basically conservative and pro big business, the Bipartisans are a conglomeration of progressive and Blue Dog Democrats who are Republican wannabes. When the Bipartisans, who are the majority in both houses need to pass legislation that improves the lot of John and Jane Q. Public such as a healthcare bill, they have a problem. The progressive side of the party has to negotiate with the Blue Dog side of the party and work out a compromise that usually winds up protecting big business' interests more than it protects the average person. Essentally, the Blue Dogs are the spoilers that are the Republicans ace in the hole.
Our President was elected to bring about change. His campaign slogan was "Change We Can Believe In".
One of his primary campaign promises was healthcare legislation that would put us on a par with every other industrialized nation. In order to accomplish that, he has to take a proactive role from day one. He had to personally lobby each and every member of Congress and the Senate and make his preferences known in no uncertain terms.
He had to do exactly what LBJ did in the sixties to get Medicare passed. He had to be the driving force that unified each and every Democratic Congressman and Senator and got them to support the bill. He didn't do that. His mantra was that he was seeking bipartisan support. How did that work out?
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Show 20 - Their Words Hide Their Deeds!
Politicians like to use words that sound warm and fuzzy but are really cold and nasty. One example of those words is the phrase "Right To Work States, which is a deceptive term for the 22, mostly southern and western states that have laws that make it difficult to unionize a company and condemn many of the residents of those states to a lifetime minimum wage career at a big box store . The pseudo patriotic term Free Trade which basically means that corporations want little or no government regulation so they can ship your job overseas is another example. When these words start to hurt you and your family, it's time to take action.
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Show 19 - Your New Mantra.
In the past year, all of us have been mentally hammered by conflicting news stories about issues that are vital to our personal well being. At this point, most people feel like they are observers of, rather than participants in our political system. The reason we feel disenfranchised is that corporate bucks speak louder than our ballots.
I will give you a magic mantra that will make that problem go away.
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I will give you a magic mantra that will make that problem go away.
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Show 18 - My Ultimatum To Senate Blue Dogs!
A somewhat palatable health care bill passed in Congress. I congratulate them for doing the right thing. Now it's on to the Senate, where a health care bill with a public option faces a minefield of opposition. Republican opposition is a given, but the thing that disturbs me the most is the possibility of the bill being trashed by Blue Dog Democrats.
These turncoats were swept into office on President Obama's coattails. They were voted in to support an agenda that reverses the damage done by eight years of a government that transformed the USA into a place that we could barely recognize, a corrupt nation that is devoid of any regulatory protection for the average citizen.
The Republicans would like to keep it that way, with the Blue Dog's help.
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These turncoats were swept into office on President Obama's coattails. They were voted in to support an agenda that reverses the damage done by eight years of a government that transformed the USA into a place that we could barely recognize, a corrupt nation that is devoid of any regulatory protection for the average citizen.
The Republicans would like to keep it that way, with the Blue Dog's help.
Punch the "we're not gonna take it" button, so I can deliver my ultimatum:
Show 17 - Disclaimer Label
We voted for Democratic candidates and expected them to live up to their campaign promises. Why are some of them hedging about the public option? I think we all know the answer to that question.
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You can fire up the old truth meter by clicking the button:
Show 16 - Let's Outsource Congress!
U.S. Congress-Proposed New Location.
Have you noticed that whenever congress passes legislation that seems to help the average person, it always has loopholes that give big business a way to evade it's provisions. The Credit Card Act, with it's nine month delayed effective date is a good example. Why is there so much controversy about passing a health care bill that would bring us up to par with the rest of the industrialized countries? Could the reason for all this be corporate and special interest lobbyists?
Today is your lucky day, because I have a way to straighten things out:
Outsource Congress to a call center in India!
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Today is your lucky day, because I have a way to straighten things out:
Outsource Congress to a call center in India!
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Show 15 - The Right's Double Standard
The Right Wing always has two sets of rules, one they follow and one they expect the rest of us to follow. They also have a special dictionary that has two definitions of the word "socialism", one that applies to our agenda and one for their schemes.
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Push the button, and Mr. Wade will start his remedial politics for neocons class :
Show 14 - Meet The Right-To-Work State's Three Stooges
Three right-to-work state Governors would rather have a European corporation get a U.S. Defense Department contract than an American corporation as long as the foreign corporation builds a non-union factory in their states.
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Show 13 - Thank You, Joe!
On October 27, 2009, Sen. Joe Lieberman turned his back on the very voters who put him in office and on his own party. This is something that he's done many times before. This time it's different and we owe him a vote of thanks.
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Push the button and I will thank him:
Show 12 - Fear, The Secret Weapon of the Right?
Did you ever wonder how conservative talk show hosts and Republican politicians get certain middle class people to endorse policies that are against their own best interest? They do it by creating doubt and confusion in the minds of their voters or listeners.
Please don't panic, just hit the truth button:
Please don't panic, just hit the truth button:
Show 11 - Bipartisan or Sell Out?
After watching the President's address at the Presidential Forum on Service at Texas A&M, hosted by himself, The Points of Light Institute and President George H. W. Bush, I came down with a severe case of deja vu. My mind drifted off to the Bill Clinton years and his attempts at making nice, nice with Newt Gingrich that caused most of the free-trade/globalization mess that put us where we are today. We elected Democrats to bring about change, not closet Republicans!
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Remind our elected officials that they're Democrats, click the button:
Show 10 - Wade's Theory of Economics.
All of the so called financial "experts" have blamed the housing bust and mortgage crisis for our present economic woes and rampant unemployment. The root cause goes much deeper than a hyperinflated housing market and a few bad mortgage loans. It goes all the way back to the Reagan administration and it's down hill from there. John and Jane Q. Public already know the cause of our problems, so let me explain it to our polticians and our upper crust.
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Push the button so I can enlighten our politicians:
Show 9 - Moral Outrage!
Did you know that 44,000 people a year die because they don't have health insurance? That is unacceptable in a country that many claim is guided by religious moral values. We can no longer allow profit to be more important than life!
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Click the button so we can bring the wrath of God down on the greedy:
Show 8 - Crybabies 2
The Republicans are at it again, with a tantrum worthy of a three year old. They have zeroed in on Florida Rep. Alan Grayson who called the Republicans out on their handling of the health care crisis. Still stinging from the spanking delivered to them after their brat, Congressman Joe Wilson misbehaved during Pres. Obama's address to Congress, they are looking for a Democrat to punish.
Whack the button to let me give them some corner time:
Whack the button to let me give them some corner time:
Show 7 - Senate Public Option Vote
On Tuesday, September 29, the United States Senate is going to vote on the addition of a public option to the Senate's version of the healthcare bill. Please call your Senator and let him or her know that anything less than a yes vote to the public option is a betrayal of your trust.
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Show 6 - Dream Along With Me.
Come along with me as I wander through the land of Dr. Freud. Is it just a dream or is it our future?
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Grab a cup of wake-up coffee and click the button:
Show 5 - Crybabies!
The most shocking thing about the Republican tantrum at President Obama's Congressional address on health care wasn't their display of bad manners, it was their refusal to accept the fact that they lost the election.
Push the play button and get out your baby rattle to calm them down:
Push the play button and get out your baby rattle to calm them down:
Show 4 - For My Listeners On Labor Day.
Let's use this Labor Day holiday to try to recapture an escaping American dream. If we truly understand the past, we can do something about the future.
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Press the play button to march in our Labor Day parade:
Show 3 - Who Voted For You?
Did you elect a conservative talk show host President? Why do so many of them think that they run our country? Conservative hosts, the party's over, Wade's here!
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If you're going to click the play button, please hold your ears:
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Show 2 - Wow, a Town Hall In My Living Room!
If you've never had the dubious pleasure of going to a health care town hall meeting, don't worry, one might come to you. A world of mis-information awaits you and all you have to do is answer your phone.
Why wait for that phone call? Just hit the play button and follow me to never, never land:
Why wait for that phone call? Just hit the play button and follow me to never, never land:
Show 1 - Hypocrisy!
Manipulative politicians and talk show hosts know which verbal buttons to push to win the hearts and minds of John and Jane Q. Public. Some use polarizing words like "socialism", "death panel" and the ever popular "liberal". By using the term socialism, they imply that anyone who supports any government program that they brand socialist is un-American. Let's look at what is and isn't socialism.
Just push the old play button and the truth shall set you free:
Just push the old play button and the truth shall set you free: