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May 27, 2007
Video Introductions from Video Free Speech America
Free Speech America is introducing video to its webiste. We are posting video introductions for our weekly programs. We will post those introductions here. We are currently using You Tube, but will be making direct video posts in the near future.
We also will be using video more as a part of creating the Interactive Broadcasting System. If you have a video you want to submit to us, email the video, or the video link, to us at info@freespeechamerica.us.
Below is the introduction to the show for Thursday May 31, 2007. Our guest is Congressman Lincoln Davis.
Click here for video introduction to Free Speech America for the May 31, 2007 broadcast.
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Remembering Those who Serve our Country
This Memorial Day it is fitting to remember the cost of war...
American Military Casualties in Iraq
Date Total In Combat
American Deaths
Since war began (3/19/03): 3452
Since "Mission Accomplished" (5/1/03) ( the list) 3313
Since Capture of Saddam (12/13/03): 2991
Since Handover (6/29/04): 2593
Since Election (1/31/05): 2015
American Wounded Official Estimated
Total Wounded: 25549 23000 - 100000
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May 22, 2007
Tax Hike for Education
Governor Bredesen proposes Cigarette Tax Hike of 40 cents for Education.
THe following is a video excerpt of the Governor's message regarding his plan for education as it relates to increased funding for education. As a part of the Governor's plan he is proposing a tax hike in the cigarette tax. The Governor is proposing changes to the state's basic education program which equalizes funding for the state's larger metropolitan counties.
Click the link below to view an excerpt of the Governor's speech in Chattanooga.
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May 18, 2007
Richest Shipwreck Gold Found
From MSNBC. In this photo provided by Odyssey Marine Exploration, Odyssey co-founder Greg Stemm, left, examines coins recovered from the "Black Swan" shipwreck with an unidentified member of the conservation team Thursday at an undisclosed location
500,000,000 dollars. See the video report by clicking here.
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May 15, 2007
What Makes American Idol Tick
What makes American Idol tick? No one may figure it out. After all, this is the show that airs a two hour borecast raising over 60 million dollars. This is the show that tied donations to votes for the future American Idol receiving more than 50 million votes before its "Idol Gives Back" program. This is the program that takes a charitable cause and turns it into a ratings bonanza.
What makes American Idol tick? Why are there more votes for potential idols than votes cast for President? How many of you readers tell people in public that you do not watch the show, and then you go home to watch and vote for the next Idol? Why do we watch?
Click here to read more.
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May 14, 2007
The Debate: Is the Democratic Budget Bad for America?
The following are two pieces, one from Third Congressional District Congressman Zach Wamp and the other from John Bailes, Chair of the Hamilton County Democratic Party. The question to be answered is whether Wamp is right in making his claim that the Democratic Budget is bad for America.
Click here to read more.
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Harold Ford Jr: America Needs Optimisim
After six years of stagnant incomes, increasing inequality, rising debt and declining confidence, many Americans are rightly anxious about their economic futures.
But the last thing they need is an old populism that plays to their fear, anger and pessimism, and, in the end, will only make matters worse. Yet, there are unmistakable signs of a growing "populist" revolt against globalization, especially immigration and trade.
Right-wing populists claim immigrants are stealing Americans' jobs. Left-wing populists say trade is shipping our jobs overseas. Both look backwards toward an allegedly better past and argue that, by sealing our borders and retreating from global markets, government can recover it.
Our country's problem isn't immigration or trade, It's uneven prosperity. Searching for scapegoats and stoking feelings of victimization is the wrong answer.
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May 08, 2007
Ann Coulter is a Right Wing Nut Job
Ann Coulter is a right wing nut job, plain and simple. The following is from the Associated Press:
"WASHINGTON - A recent Newsweek poll showing Democrat Barack Obama leading top Republican presidential hopefuls could have been made up and might help al-Qaida, conservative commentator Ann Coulter said in her latest verbal broadside."
Where does she get this stuff? What is her source, little green men from Mars?
Here is more from the report:
"Coulter, a best-selling author known for outrageous and often controversial statements, was asked Sunday on Fox News' "At Large" what she thought about the survey results.
"I think this is Newsweek doing more push polling for al-Qaida," she said, referring to campaign-season telephone calls to voters masquerading as neutral surveys but designed to build opposition to targeted candidates.
Asked by host Geraldo Rivera whether she thought Newsweek would make up the results, Coulter said, "Yes, I do," adding, "In polls where people are actually allowed to vote, Republicans do a lot better."
Coulter did not explain how the poll might help the terrorist group."
Click here to go to Free Speech America to view the video of Ms. Coulter's claims
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One Soldier's View by Blake Baxter on Free Speech America
The news from Balad Ruz was bad again this week. The al-Huriya police station in eastern Balad Ruz was struck by a suicide bomber and some more of my Iraqi police friends were killed. Thinking about this particular police station made me think about the national debate we are now having about our policy in Iraq. The debate reminds me that the al-Huriya station came into existence because of an "arbitrary" deadline that we imposed on the Iraqis.
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