The Couth Hillbilly

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  • Conservatives. Why?
    There are many types of conservatives. Almost all vote against their own interests. This provides information that conservatives need to know
    28 min
  • The Mythological South

    How myths and ignorance of the Antebellum South lead the denizens of this region to act against their own self-interests and how it keeps the South from rising . . . economically and politically. Outro: Fats Waller – Your Feets Too Big – The outro I a famous funny jazz song from the 1930s. That’s the way Feets is spelled in the song’s title.

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    10 min
  • Debt Ceilings
    Yea! We’re special. We’re the only country in the world with a debt ceiling. Also, it just happens to be unconstitutional. But of course, reading the Constitution is apparently not considered cool by those inside the Beltway.
    18 min
  • The Truth About Taxes
    The GOP always promotes cutting taxes. That’s popular but, while it gets them re-elected, they spend like drunken sailors. Somehow, the debt gets larger. Somehow, the Democrats get blamed, though many of them do use the same rule-book.
    22 min
  • Democracy

    What it is supposed to be. What it isn’t. How Athenians practiced it. How we abuse the concept. Then just what are we if not a democracy? Don’t jump to the conclusion that its opposite is called a republic.

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    23 min

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