The Audiophiles » politics http://www.theaudiophiles.net Fri, 13 Jan 2012 01:17:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 Week in Review http://www.theaudiophiles.net/2007/08/10/week-in-review-5/ http://www.theaudiophiles.net/2007/08/10/week-in-review-5/#comments Fri, 10 Aug 2007 08:01:41 +0000 nick http://www.theaudiophiles.net/2007/08/10/week-in-review-5/ OK, I’m the first to admit that we’re delving into less reputable topics for this week’s roundup. But at least it starts out with something you really ought to be aware of. I promise.

More on:
The Protect America Act here.
CREW’s complaint against House Minority Leader Boehner here.
Florida State Representative pleads fear of black men here.
Houston police officer trades sex for no ticket here.
Young Republican President accused of forcing sex on a sleeping man here.

]]> http://www.theaudiophiles.net/2007/08/10/week-in-review-5/feed/ 0 That nasty habit of gatekeeping http://www.theaudiophiles.net/2007/07/18/the-nasty-habit-of-gatekeeping/ http://www.theaudiophiles.net/2007/07/18/the-nasty-habit-of-gatekeeping/#comments Wed, 18 Jul 2007 20:43:06 +0000 nick http://www.theaudiophiles.net/?p=12 CNN is hosting the upcoming “CNN/YouTube Debates,” starting Monday. But rather than selecting uploaded YouTube video questions at random for the candidates to answer, they are hand-picking them beforehand.

Doesn’t that make the whole YouTube thing irrelevant?

View questions and submit your own here.

(Entry numbers for the questions featured in today’s podcast are, in order: 776
921, 1078, 992, 1147, 113, 857, 995, 1076, 1157)

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