Category Archives: Radio Spots

Dumbed-Down Democracy

  I’m Tom Dwyer, Newsweek asked 1,000 Americans to take the standard U.S. Citizenship test, and 38 percent of them failed. One in three couldn’t even name the vice-president. Ignorance poses a genuine threat. Reagan’s war on public education took … Continue reading

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More than just a bad idea… It’s policy.

     I’m Tom Dwyer, Two-tiered justice is now reality. It was hard to deny it when Assistant Attorney General Lanny Breuer explained HSBC bought its way out of jail because “the entire banking system would have been destabilized.” It … Continue reading

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No-Faith Negotiations

     I’m Tom Dwyer, Congress and the President continue to spar over the budget, but they quit negotiating long ago. Republican Eric Cantor gave a glimpse behind the curtain as to why things aren’t moving forward… “If the president wants … Continue reading

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Holder’s Promise

       I’m Tom Dwyer, …and I’ve been concerned. Concerned that drones, the mechanical angels of death from Pakistan, Somalia, and Yemen, would become a domestic tool. But Eric Holder, the man who explained that “due process” is not the … Continue reading

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Signature Strikes

      I’m Tom Dwyer, Debate about drone killing of American citizens without trial overshadows another facet of this lethal program. “Signature strikes” account for many, perhaps even most, drone strikes. More common than targeted strikes, they don’t focus on American … Continue reading

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Virtual Honor

Update 4/16/13- Today, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel cancelled the proposed cyber-warrior medal.           I’m Tom Dwyer, As battlefields shift from real to virtual the Pentagon’s shifting too.  They’ve created a medal for cyber warriors fighting from the safety of … Continue reading

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Talking Heads Keep Droning On…

            I’m Tom Dwyer, Talking heads at Fox so called news have been loudly criticizing Obama’s use of drones and trying to bash Liberals for not speaking out. One in particular called us vile and despicable, saying we went … Continue reading

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SOTU Confirms: The Age of The Drones

        “Today, the organization that attacked us on 9/11 is a shadow of its former self. Different al Qaeda affiliates and extremist groups have emerged – from the Arabian Peninsula to Africa. The threat these groups pose is evolving. But … Continue reading

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Still Smells As Sweet

I’m Tom Dwyer, Insanity is “doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results”. Eric Cantor’s “Make Life Work” speech to the American Enterprise Institute was just the most recent attempted face lift for the party of … Continue reading

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Straight Talk

       I’m Tom Dwyer, George Orwell said “Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable.” George Carlin laid out the classic “Seven Words You Can’t Say On Television” but the problem with that is that … Continue reading

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