Pete’s guest today was Omar Fekeiki. Here’s the Salon.com article Pete referred to during the interview. And here’s search results for his articles in the Washington Post.One comment on the interview: Omar said he couldn’t understand why Americans would protest a recruiting center in their own town. The reasons they’re protesting are quite explicit: they don’t want young people from their community getting swindled into fighting wars that don’t serve the interests of their community. Disagree or not, I just think it’s important that, before criticizing people for doing something and implying they don’t have a reason, asking them why they’re doing it is a good move. I’m not a big fan of Code Pink, the group Omar was referring to, but here’s what they say about why they are protesting recruitment.

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Here’s a link to the video Pete and Scott the Trucker are discussing on the air right now.

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Here’s a link to the summary of media coverage I referenced on the air a little while ago. It is from an anti-war source, and a lot of it is anecdotal, but some of it is based on studies of the media, and the source is impeccably honest. It’s a long document, but if you read it or skim it and don’t come out feeling like we were not only duped but fucked by the media, let me know.

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We try to entertain while we confuse and inform, but sometimes we only manage to confuse and inform. These links aren’t entertaining, but maybe they’ll curb some of the confusion…

CongressPedia explanation of earmarks

The Sunlight Foundation’s massive database of earmarks and neat-o earmarks map

ProkBusters — an interesting site that goes after government waste of all types

Shit, even I’m bored now. You can Google the rest ya lazy bastards…

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After Pete is done interviewing Chuck Wolfe of the Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund, check out the full audio clip of Oklahoma state legislator Sally Kern and her anti-gay rant, complete with visual commentary.

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