Entries from September 2008 ↓

Episode #59 features some new stuff from Soundflat Records (The Hara Kee-Rees, King Salami & the Cumberland Three and Wild Billy Childish & the MBEs) plus a buncha great ’60s garage (The Grains of Sand, The Wheels, Shadows of Knight, the Starfires), some “new” Link Wray as well as a couple of great floor shakers from King Khan & The Shrines, some big beat courtesy of The Kaisers, plus the Dead Boys, the Cryin’ Out Louds, and more. Dig in and dig it.

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Let’s face it, John McCain is 72 years old. The life expectancy for white men in the U.S. is 75, and even less than that for veterans and even less than that for POWs (Dept. of Veterans Affairs tells us that the POW experience shortens veterans’ lives by seven years). Add to that the fact that McCain has had the most lethal form of skin cancer (malignant melanoma) four times. He also smoked two packs of cigarettes a day for most of his adult life but has now quit. McCain’s father died at 71 and his grandfather died at 61.

It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to understand that there is a VERY good chance that he will die while in office if elected president. If that happens, can you honestly tell me you would feel comfortable having Sarah Palin be the leader of our country? A person who doesn’t believe the science of global warming? A person who wants to ban abortion even in cases of incest and rape and who opposes stem-cell research? A person who is in favor of banning “questionable” books from the public library and whose only political experience prior to being elected governor just two years ago was as mayor of a small town in the smallest state (population under 700,000) in the country? I don’t know about anyone else, but she actually scares me more than Dick Cheney, and THAT is saying something.

One more thing: Sarah Palin has opposed funding what she calls explicit sex-education programs in Alaska and supports abstinence-only programs, which urge teens to refrain from having sex until marriage. If she can’t even get her own daughter to follow this type of program, then how do you think it will fly with kids all across the country? More unwanted pregnancies, more unwed mothers, and lots more babies! Oh yeah, and once she reverses Roe vs. Wade with her one or two Supreme Court Judge nominations, more back-alley abortions. Wonderful.

All I’m asking you is to THINK about what you’re going to do on November 4 and register to vote if you haven’t yet. Keep in mind that only one in five people voted for George W. Bush in 2004… that’s because almost half of eligible voters (two out of five) STAYED HOME.