The Liberal Dan Radio Program

On tonight's episode of Liberal Dan Radio: 

CPAC met last week. I will go over some of the audio that will either make you laugh or cry. 

I will go over the tweet of the week which references many of the horrific rape apologia that went on after the Steubenville rape verdicts were announced. And if you thought victim blaming only went on in that town, you are wrong...

Finally, an update on the tolls. Your's truly was booed at a town hall meeting the other day for daring to suggest that all the votes should count. I had an interesting discussion with Pat Hand, attorney for stop the tolls, that might have you questioning how he ever was able to graduate law school. Some other news and notes about the tolls will also be discussed. 

All that, headlines, and more. Tonight on Liberal Dan Radio: Talk from the left, that's right. 

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On tonight's episode of Liberal Dan Radio, the topics will include:

Voter disenfranchisement in Louisiana. The election to overturn the toll renewal in New Orleans is being thrown out because of some issues with the provisional ballots. See why the the ruling is trampling voter rights and is par for the course for Conservatives across this country.

The FDA is going to consider a request by the milk industry to change what can be called "milk". See how you can petition your government to stop this abusive change.

New York's soft drink law was thrown out. Why should it have existed in the first place and how has Mississippi gone completely off the wall in making an "Anti-Bloomberg" law and why is that similar to what is being asked of the FDA?

Those topics and more on Liberal Dan Radio: Talk from the left, that's right.

This week I welcome Alyssa Royse to discuss a variety of issues. From the Good Men Project article that created some controversy to rape culture and various other issues.

Also this week will be another snarky look at the headlines of the week, the tweet of the week, and another update from coolminiornot.com.

All that and more this week on Liberal Dan Radio: Talk from the left, that's right.

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Besides the new addition I have to my family, I am adding some new features to the show this week. 

First I will start with headlines, a toungue in cheek look at some of the recent headlines of the week. Then I will announce this weeks winner of the "Tweet of the Week" award. The prize is just acknowledgement on the show and being showcased on the @liberaldanradio twitter page. But it is a fun segment that I look forward to doing from now on. 

Then I welcome on previous guest Joanna Schroeder to discuss some of the happennings this week. From the Oscars to the passage of VAWA we will touch on those topics. 

Later I will bring on Bryan from Coolminiornot to discuss another major anouncement from their company. 

I will also be bringing up the Supreme Court and their look at the voting rights act. 

All that and more tonight on Liberal Dan Radio: Talk from the left, that's right. 

Show discussion page can be found here:

A recent Supreme Court ruling reversed earlier precedent by saying that a dog need not be trained in the kind of drugs found in order to make the search of a vehicle after a reaction by the dog. Does this set a very dangerous precedent?

Who caused the sequester? Does it matter? How are Republicans being ridiculous about their claims of Obama not compromising?

Louisiana was found to be the most corrupt state in the union. Is this a surprise? What about the claims that Governor Jindal made about improving our system of ethics? Did they fail to reach their goals? Or where they doomed from the start.

Those topics and more, tonight on Liberal Dan Radio: Talk from the Left, That's Right.

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In the age of the internet the State of the Union often has a lot of spoilers. The President releases notes about that speech. The rebuttal side releases notes about that speech. So for both speeches, you have people responding before a speech is even made. Hell, even I was able to "shoot first" and critique both speeches made on my blog. You can see my State Of The Union live blog here. Feel free to comment about what I said.

Now that it is after the fact, we can listen to the responses made by the GOP and see if what they are saying are valid responses to the President or if they are just more of the same.

One of the items brought up in the SOTU was the President's drone strike policy that enables him to target American Citizens believed to be part of a terrorist network. I have a huge problem with this.

However, we have a similar attitude in the LAPD in the hunt for Dorner. It seems that they also had no problems shooting first and asking questions later in that manhunt as well.

Discuss all those topics and more, tonight on Liberal Dan Radio: Talk from the left, that's right.

 

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Tonight Liberal Dan Radio continues the discussion of gerrymandering and how it harms the voters. I created a petition to the White House to look into attempts to gerrymander districts to give a political advantage. 

Now, it is not just in red states. Blue states also have gerrymandered districts and it is just as wrong there as well. We will go into some more numbers on that topic as well. 

Food trucks are also becoming big business in several major cities. Why does New Orleans, a city that is known for its cuisine, having problems trying to implement them? 

An update will also be given about the homelessness and parking issues that I have complained about recently. 

Those topics and more, tonight on Liberal Dan Radio: talk from the left, that's right.

This week on Liberal Dan Radio:

President Obama officially started his 2nd term in office. Conservatives made their typical attacks against his speech, but his speech is being lauded as being one for the history books by liberals. So what is the truth?

Hillary Clinton was questioned by the Senate about issues surrounding Benghazi. Some very good points were made by her and others. However, the GOP couldn't help themselves and had to attack the current presumptive nominee for 2016.

Gerrymandering is back in the news. The GOP in Virginia took advantage of an absence and pushed through redistricting meant to increase their legislative power. What can be done about this blatant abuse of power?

All this and more on Liberal Dan Radio, talk from the left, that's right.

Tonight on Liberal Dan Radio: 

- What is a campaign promise really? If a Presidential Candidate doesn't deliver on platform issues stated on the campaign trail, is it a lie? 

- A discussion of the Mitt Romney campaign lie about Chrysler and China. Why are people still bringing it up? 

- The executive orders by Obama. An unconstitutional power grab by a dictator usurping power? Or common sense suggestions that don't really have much weight? 

- A discussion of horrible extremist right wingers who are not only using the Newtown shooting to promote their extremist agenda but are doing so in horrific ways. 

All those topics and more, tonight on Liberal Dan Radio: Talk from the left, that's right.

Tonight Liberal Dan Radio explores the subject of optics. A weekend show on a cable news channel debated the optics of Obama's appointments. This means they were observing how is cabinet looked. Is that important? Why or why not?

Also, the discussions of gun control keep going since the Newtown shootings. Does a solution have to be perfect in order to be good?

Those topics and more tonight on Liberal Dan Radio: Talk from the Left, that's right.