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Trumix.com listings available of Rip and Read Blogger Podcast Podcasts Build your own playlists with this podcast. Wizbang Podcast #77 Sorry for the long absence. I was busy. I hope I can keep it up again. Here's what I thought you'd like to hear about today: What's Really Going on in Basra?What Really Went on at Bear Stearns?What would a Hillary Presidency Look Like?What's Really Going on with FISA?What's Really Going on with Real ID?Listen: Download Subscribe Add Wizbang Podcast to iTunes What's Really Going on in Basra? The anti-war media, like the NY Times and the Washington Post, have been spinning the recent uptick ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Wizbang Podcast #76 Here's what I thought you'd like to hear about today: Driving God out of the Public Square - Secularists and Bigots Attack RomneyGates on the NIE - It's not Policy, it's the Independent CIAMore Progress in Iraq - Permanent Progress Download Subscribe Add Wizbang Podcast to iTunes Driving God out of the Public Square - Secularists and Bigots Attack Romney On my last podcast I played a clip from Mitt Romney's Faith in America speech. Since then, he has been praised by Republicans, and con ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Wizbang Podcast #75 Here's what I thought you'd like to hear about today: Huckabee's Conversion on Illegal Immigration - The Fastest Recovery in Political HistoryRomney's Faith in America Speech - What does it mean for the Evangelical VoteThe White House Press Corp's Crazy Aunt in the Attic - Some of Helen Thomas' Latest EmissionsNewt Gingrich on the CNN-YouTube Debate - Selection Bias at the NetworkMoral Equivalence Run Amok - on Slate's Political GabfestAdvice to a New Recruit in Iraq - Write your Momma Ever ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Wizbang Podcast #74 Here's what I thought you'd like to hear about today: Gun Ownership: An Individual or Collective Right? - Eugene Volokh debates Erwin ChemerinskyRoe v. Wade - Time for a Second Look? Download Subscribe Add Wizbang Podcast to iTunes Gun Ownership: An Individual or Collective Right? - Eugene Volokh debates Erwin Chemerinsky There were two major events in the world of constitutional jurisprudence in the last two weeks. The first was the decision by the Supreme Court to grant a review of a C ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Wizbang Podcast #73 Here's what I thought you'd like to hear about today: Is Iran Cleaning Up their Act In Iraq? - Some Interesting Data PointsHillary's Equivocating - Having it all waysArmitage on Plame -She was Right, I'm an IdiotAre we Waterboarding Anyone? - Lindsey Graham says no, and he ought to know Hipcast is giving me fits, so no direct listening until tomorrow. Download Subscribe Add Wizbang Podcast to iTunes Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Wizbang Podcast #72 Here's what I thought you'd like to hear about today: Politicizing the California Fires - Some Fantasies in the MediaWorking with George - Nancy Pelosi's view of the PresidentWhy Does the Religious Right Prefer Hillary to Giuliani? - Dobson's AnswerDemagoguing the Jena Six in the House - Appealing to the prejudices and Fears of the PeopleCourage in India Pakistan - Benazir Bhutto after escaping an attack and I did write India by mistake. Sorry Download Subscribe Add Wizbang Podcast to iTu ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Wizbang Podcast #71 Here's what I thought you'd like to hear about today: Should we Talk to Iran? - Using North Korea as a Case StudyDefining Torture Down - When discomfort and fear is confused with tortureGood news on Iraq - How the media hides itPicking the Poster Children - Misplaying the Absolute Moral Authority Card Download Subscribe Add Wizbang Podcast to iTunes Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Wizbang Podcast #70 Here's what I thought you'd like to hear about today: Mission Descisions - Why don't we just fight the Terrorists in Iraq?The Myth of the Objective Anchor - Katie Couric and the Nefarious WeDinner Jacket visits the U.S. - and Columbia Screws it upHillary's Gigglefest - She Laughs at the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy Download Subscribe Add Wizbang Podcast to iTunes Play clip. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Wizbang Podcast #69 Here's what I thought you'd like to hear about today: The Petraeus Show Download Subscribe Add Wizbang Podcast to iTunes The Petraeus Show Those not living under a rock know that General David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker testified on capitol hill this week to cheer leading Republicans and skeptical Democrats. I listened to most of the House and Senate testimony over the past few days. There were few really surprising moments after the introductory remarks from both witnesses. Th ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Wizbang Podcast #68 Here's what I thought you'd like to hear about today: How long the Surge? - Admiral Mullen's ViewReinstating the Draft? - A Warning Shot from General Douglas LuteAre We Really at Risk of a Domestic Terrorist Attack? - Not according to the leftThe Debate on Changes to the FISA law - Rivkin v GreenwaldIs Iraq like Viet Nam? - What George Bush Actually Said Download Subscribe Add Wizbang Podcast to iTunes Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Wizbang Podcast #67 Here's what I thought you'd like to hear about today: How's that Surge Going, Congressman?Defending Alberto -Anyone out there?Next Steps on Iran -Why Bombing isn't such a good ideaA Moving Tribute to the Lion of Fallujah Download Subscribe Add Wizbang Podcast to iTunes Play clip. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Wizbang Podcast #66 Here's what I thought you'd like to hear about today: Is al Qeada in Iraq the same al Qaeda that Attacked America on 9-11?Who are we fighting? Download Subscribe Add Wizbang Podcast to iTunes Play clip. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Tony Snow hosts a bloggers conference call on the Iraq Interim Report As I reported on the main site earlier today, Tony Snow hosted a conference call for bloggers on the release of the White House Interim Report on Iraq. You can listen on the recording of the call below. This is largely unedited. Tony had most of us enthralled. It starts off with the roll call, then Tony joins at about 40 seconds in. Download Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Wizbang Podcast #65 Here's what I thought you'd like to hear about today: Closing Guantanamo? - Why We Can'tThose Busy Iranians in Iraq - with the Hezbollah ConnectionNew Progress on Reconciliation in Iraq - Calm After the latest Samarra BombingThe Army is not Breaking - Applying Lynch's Rules of War Download Subscribe Add Wizbang Podcast to iTunes Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Wizbang Podcast #64 Here's what I thought you'd like to hear about today: The Body Armor Story -an Update from the House Armed Services Committee and the Jerk Download Subscribe Add Wizbang Podcast to iTunes Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Wizbang Podcast #63 Here's what I thought you'd like to hear about today: Some progress in Iraq - Going Up the Teeter Totter to the Tipping PointThe Powerful Judicial Philosophy of Clarence Thomas - ABC's Jan Greenberg tells the storyFred Thompson Enters the Race - as the Anti-McCain Candidate Download Subscribe Add Wizbang Podcast to iTunes Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Wizbang Podcast #62 Here's what I thought you'd like to hear about today: The Body Armor Scandal - NBC is Scaring Families into Buying their Own Body Armor that Doesn't WorkThe Gonzales Pseudo-Scandal - Democrats are Firing BlanksRestarting Iraqi Industries -Get Ready to Buy Iraqi Made Clothing at your Local Retailer Soon Download Subscribe Add Wizbang Podcast to iTunes Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Wizbang Podcast #61 Here's what I thought you'd like to hear about today: Iraqi Police - Reaching the Tipping Point?Is Congress Fighting Last Year's War?Winning the Information War on the Ground in IraqTiming the Bush Veto of the Democratic Surrender PlanThe Nature of the Enemy we Face Download Subscribe Add Wizbang Podcast to iTunes Play clip. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Wizbang Podcast #60 Here's what I thought you'd like to hear about today:The Sharpton Hypocrisy -No apologies hereTraining the Police in Iraq -a British Officer's view15 months on, 12 months off -the Enlisted Man's PerspectiveMcCain at VMI -Doubling Down on Petraeus' PlanOne Father's Story -Some real straight talk on IraqA little rudeness at the endDownloadSubscribeAdd Wizbang Podcast to iTunesPlay clip. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Wizbang Podcast #59 Here's what I thought you'd like to hear about today: Is there enough time? - Pressure at homeThe evil we face - Chemical Bombs in IraqIs the Pressure Good - The Media thinks it helpsAbout those Attorneys - Hatch Goes Wild! Download Subscribe Add Wizbang Podcast to iTunes Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Wizbang Podcast #58 Here's what I thought you'd like to hear about today: Is the Surge working? - Someone on the front line explains Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Lorrie Byrd in the Foley Panel Podcast Lorrie Byrd posted an MP3 to the main Wizbang site today with a recording: Thanks to Michael Illions for inviting me to participate in a GOP USA Northeast Conservatives With Attitude podcast panel discussion with John Hawkins, Betsy Newmark and Ed Morrisey. The topic was the Foley scandal and it was definitely an interesting and colorful discussion. I put it in this blog so those who subscribe can get it automatically. Download Subscribe Add Wizbang Podcast to iTunes Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Wizbang Podcast #35 What's Going on in Iraq:Sectarian Violence or Civil War?A New Strategy, or new Tactics?Democracy with Armed Political Parties Download Subscribe Add Wizbang Podcast to iTunes Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Wizbang Podcast #34 Here's what I thought you'd like to hear about today: Who Won? - And what will the people of Lebanon think about it? What did Nasrallah really say? - Even Terrorists have trouble with leakers Islamic "Scholars" in the Media - Terrorism is the fault of the West Alan Dershowitz on Hezbollah and Lebanon Download Subscribe Add Wizbang Podcast to iTunes Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Wizbang Podcast #33 Here's what I thought you'd like to hear about today: Is Israel Deliberately Not Removing the Rockets from Lebanon? - What Thomas Ricks ClaimsBritish Media Bias against Israel - Sympathy for HezbollahDoes Hezbollah have an Influence on Reporters? -When they threaten to kill them? Listen Subscribe Add Wizbang Podcast to iTunes Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Wizbang Podcast #32 Here's what I thought you'd like to hear about today: Clinton & McCain Preen - The positioning of the 2008 candidates in front of the camerasShould We Leave Iraq now? - If it is a civil war?Looking to Syria - Daniel Pipes on a way out for Israel Download Subscribe Add Wizbang Podcast to iTunes Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Wizbang Podcast #31 Here's what I thought you'd like to hear about today: Incentives Count - Even for TerroristsHarvard Professor Calls for More Civilian Deaths in Lebanon - But what is a Civilian?Calling the War by It's Real Name - Santorum calls it what it is Listen Subscribe Add Wizbang Podcast to iTunes Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Wizbang Podcast #31 Here's what I thought you'd like to hear about today: Incentives Count - Even for TerroristsHarvard Professor Calls for More Civilian Deaths in Lebanon - But what is a Civilian?Calling the War by It's Real Name - Santorum calls it what it is Listen Subscribe Add Wizbang Podcast to iTunes Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Wizbang Podcast #30 Here's what I thought you'd like to hear about today: What Kind of People Does the Military Recruit, Anyway? - Did the Pentagon lower the bar for Iraq?The Proportional Force Canard - Who gets to decide proportionality?Should we talk? - With Syria? Listen Subscribe Add Wizbang Podcast to iTunes Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Wizbang Podcast #30 Here's what I thought you'd like to hear about today: What Kind of People Does the Military Recruit, Anyway? - Did the Pentagon lower the bar for Iraq?The Proportional Force Canard - Who gets to decide proportionality?Should we talk? - With Syria? Listen Subscribe Add Wizbang Podcast to iTunes Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Wizbang Podcast #29 Here's what I thought you'd like to hear about today: What Was Lost - by the disclosure of the terrorist financial tracking system? What Did Bob Novak Know, and When Did He Know It? - The tell-all on Fox News Download Subscribe Add Wizbang Podcast to iTunes Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Wizbang Podcast #29 Here's what I thought you'd like to hear about today: What Was Lost - by the disclosure of the terrorist financial tracking system? What Did Bob Novak Know, and When Did He Know It? - The tell-all on Fox News Download Subscribe Add Wizbang Podcast to iTunes Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Wizbang Podcast #28 Here's what I thought you'd like to hear about today:When Should The Press Shut Their Traps? -Just ask JFKSelf Cannonization in the Press -What they think of themselves and their criticsListenSubscribeAdd Wizbang Podcast to iTunes Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Wizbang Podcast #28 Here's what I thought you'd like to hear about today: When Should The Press Shut Their Traps? - Just ask JFKSelf Cannonization in the Press - What they think of themselves and their critics Listen Subscribe Add Wizbang Podcast to iTunes Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Wizbang Podcast #27 Here's what I thought you'd like to hear about today: Tracing Terrorist Financing Listen Subscribe Add Wizbang Podcast to iTunes Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Wizbang Podcast #27 Here's what I thought you'd like to hear about today: Tracing Terrorist Financing Listen Subscribe Add Wizbang Podcast to iTunes Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Wizbang Podcast #26 Here's what I thought you'd like to hear about today: Karl Rove & the Journalist's Burden of Proof - Squirming at Truthout, MSNBC, and the Yearly Kos Listen here: Download Subscribe Add Wizbang Podcast to iTunes Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Wizbang Podcast #26 Here's what I thought you'd like to hear about today: Karl Rove & the Journalist's Burden of Proof - Squirming at Truthout, MSNBC, and the Yearly Kos Listen here: Download Subscribe Add Wizbang Podcast to iTunes Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Wizbang Podcast #25 Here's what I thought you'd like to hear about today: Goodbye Tom - DeLay's Farewell AddressShould we Talk? - with someone you can't trust?The Threat to National Security - David Thompson and the White HelicopterCancelling AOL - the toughest inside sales rep in the business Listen Subscribe Add Wizbang Podcast to iTunes Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Wizbang Podcast #25 Here's what I thought you'd like to hear about today: Goodbye Tom - DeLay's Farewell AddressShould we Talk? - with someone you can't trust?The Threat to National Security - David Thompson and the White HelicopterCancelling AOL - the toughest inside sales rep in the business Listen Subscribe Add Wizbang Podcast to iTunes Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Wizbang Podcast #24 Here's what I thought you'd like to hear about today: Common Sense in the Senate on Immigration - The conservative minority in great deliberative body speaks outWhat is really going on in Guantanamo - An eyewitness accountFences Work - The San Diego Experience Listen Subscribe Add Wizbang Podcast to iTunes Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Wizbang Podcast #24 Here's what I thought you'd like to hear about today:Common Sense in the Senate on Immigration- The conservative minority in great deliberative body speaks outWhat is really going on in Guantanamo- An eyewitness accountFences Work- The San Diego ExperienceListenSubscribeAdd Wizbang Podcast to iTunes Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Wizbang Podcast #23 Here's what I thought you'd like to hear about today:National Security, Leaks, and Investigations- Reporters and their Sources under the magnifying glassListenSubscribeAdd Wizbang Podcast to iTunes Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Wizbang Podcast #23 Here's what I thought you'd like to hear about today: National Security, Leaks, and Investigations - Reporters and their Sources under the magnifying glass Listen Subscribe Add Wizbang Podcast to iTunes Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Wizbang Podcast #22 Here's what I thought you'd like to hear about today:General Hayden Goes to the Hill- a prelude to the confirmation hearings"President" Gore on Saturday Night Live- ItwasfunnyListenSubscribeAdd Wizbang Podcast to iTunes Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Wizbang Podcast #22 Here's what I thought you'd like to hear about today: General Hayden Goes to the Hill - a prelude to the confirmation hearings"President" Gore on Saturday Night Live - It was funny Listen Subscribe Add Wizbang Podcast to iTunes Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Wizbang Podcast #21 Here's what I thought you'd like to hear about today:We Don't Need to Worry About Zarqawi, says FiskThe Economy is Thriving, but No One Cares. Why?If Demand is Up, and Supply is Down, Why Are Profits Up?If prices are up, and demand is up, what would happen to supply if prices were forced down by politiciansListenSubscribeAdd Wizbang Podcast to iTunes Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Wizbang Podcast #21 Here's what I thought you'd like to hear about today: We Don't Need to Worry About Zarqawi, says FiskThe Economy is Thriving, but No One Cares. Why?If Demand is Up, and Supply is Down, Why Are Profits Up?If prices are up, and demand is up, what would happen to supply if prices were forced down by politicians Listen Subscribe Add Wizbang Podcast to iTunes Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Wizbang Podcast #20 Here's what I thought you'd like to hear about today: It's About OOOOOIIIIIILLLL! Bill Kristol on the advantage the Democrats have on the high gas price issueJuan Williams shoots down the tired old "supply and demand" argumentA Venture Capitalists sees an opportunity on NPRNancy Pelosi Demagogues Listen Subscribe Add Wizbang Podcast to iTunes Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Wizbang Podcast #20 Here's what I thought you'd like to hear about today: It's About OOOOOIIIIIILLLL! Bill Kristol on the advantage the Democrats have on the high gas price issueJuan Williams shoots down the tired old "supply and demand" argumentA Venture Capitalists sees an opportunity on NPRNancy Pelosi Demagogues Listen Subscribe Add Wizbang Podcast to iTunes Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Wizbang Podcast #19 Here's what I thought you'd like to hear about today: Hearing from the GeneralsWhen is Old News News AgainGoodbye to Scotty Listen Subscribe Add Wizbang Podcast to iTunes Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Wizbang Podcast #19 Here's what I thought you'd like to hear about today: Hearing from the GeneralsWhen is Old News News AgainGoodbye to Scotty Listen Subscribe Add Wizbang Podcast to iTunes Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Wizbang Podcast #18 Here's what I thought you'd like to hear about today: Confusion over the leakRush Reads WizbangWhat Makes Old News New?Heads in the Sand Listen Subscribe Add Wizbang Podcast to iTunes Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Wizbang Podcast #18 Here's what I thought you'd like to hear about today: Confusion over the leakRush Reads WizbangWhat Makes Old News New?Heads in the Sand Listen Subscribe Add Wizbang Podcast to iTunes Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Wizbang Podcast #17 Here's what I thought you'd like to hear about today:The New York Times Gets it Wrong - three examplesThe War in IraqThe NSA Eavesdropping and the FISA judgesThe LeakListenSubscribeAdd Wizbang Podcast to iTunes Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Wizbang Podcast #17 Here's what I thought you'd like to hear about today: The New York Times Gets it Wrong - three examples The War in IraqThe NSA Eavesdropping and the FISA judgesThe Leak Listen Subscribe Add Wizbang Podcast to iTunes Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Wizbang Podcast #16 Here's what I thought you'd like to hear about today:The Jobs Americans Won't DoStrange BedfellowsListenSubscribeAdd Wizbang Podcast to iTunes Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Wizbang Podcast #15 Here's what I thought you'd like to hear about today: Why did we go into Iraq?The President Answers Questions in ClevelandThe President Answers Questions in D.C. Listen Subscribe Add Wizbang Podcast to iTunes Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Wizbang Podcast #14 Here's what I thought you'd like to hear about today:Is Iran Helping the Insurgency in Iraq?How long will we be in Iraq?Press Gone WildListenSubscribeAdd Wizbang Podcast to iTunes Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Wizbang Podcast #13 Here's what I thought you'd like to hear about today: Dennis Ross on Iran: Sanctions have to BiteLong Term Consequences of the Port SNAFUWhat is the Biggest Threat to National Security?Scolding the President Listen Subscribe Add Wizbang Podcast to iTunes Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Wizbang Podcast #12 Here's what I thought you'd like to hear about today: When to Hold a StoryProud Idiots of the World Unite! You Have Nothing To Lose But Your Dignity!Bolton's Sabre RattlingThree Minutes Hate Listen Subscribe Add Wizbang Podcast to iTunes Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Wizbang Podcast #11 Here's what I thought you'd like to hear about today:The Press has PTSDTeacher has BDSListenSubscribeAdd Wizbang Podcast to iTunes Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Final Rip & Read Blogger Podcast The Final Rip & Read Blogger PodcastMoving Notice.Dear Listeners,I've moved my podcast from ripnread.com, to the Wizbang Podcast, a new endeavor of Kevin Aylward of the WizbangBlog. My new site is at WizbangPodcast.com. There won't be any new content on the Rip & Read Blogger Podcast address after this final podcast. If you don't mind, please change your feed in your podcatching client from feeds.feedburner.com/ripnread, to feeds.feedburner.com/WizbangPodcast. I'll have a redirect in place ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rip&Read #160 - 2005-12-17 Here's what I Ripped&Read today:A Rough FridayPelosi: Democrat Disunity is GoodWTO in Hong KongShow #160.Listen here:Subscribe here:A Rough FridayThe media and the Senate, on what should have been a day of triumph for the most successful election in the history of Iraq, has given President Bush a tough one-two punch of bad news. First theNew York Timespublished the disclosure of the NSA tapping phone lines of callers to overseas locations without a warrant, and then the Senate took that new ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rip&Read #159 - 2005-12-09 Here's what I Ripped&Read today:Spinning Rumsfeld on IraqDefeatocrats at WorkKerry's ClarityShow #159.Listen here:Subscribe here:Before I start, I'd like to ask all my listeners to go toWeblogAwards.organd vote for theRip&Read Blogger Podcast. I'm up against some terrific competition, including theMuggleCast, who are beating me at the moment by a score of 5826 to 35. So, if only 6000 of you go and vote, I have a chance. Or if one of you owns 6000 computers and can program them all to vote f ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rip&Read #154 - 2005-11-10 Here's what I Ripped&Read today:Kindergarten is in SessionMapes Rewriting HistoryRussert and Gotcha JournalismShow #154.Listen here:Subscribe here:Kindergarten is in SessionThat's the only wayto describe the Senate Joint Hearing on High Energy Prices this morning.C-SPANcovered it. There was so much posturing and grandstanding. It started out bad, as the chairman Ted "Bridge to Nowhere" Stevens got into a fight with the Democrats over whether the witnesses would be sworn in.Play clip.Eventua ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rip&Read #153 - 2005-11-03 Here's what I Ripped&Read today:Smearing WilsonThe Leaking CultureShow #153.Listen here:Subscribe here:Smearing WilsonJonah Goldberg onthe Cornerdisputes theLamestream Media's contention that the White House attacks on Wilson were because he was speaking truth to power. I hear that all the time. Here's what Jonah said:SMEARING WILSONIn arguments with readers and others I keep hearing the same argument: Why would the White House go to such lengths to smear Wilson if what he was saying wasn't ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rip&Read #152 - 2005-10-30 Here's what I Ripped&Read today:It's FitzmasWhat The Proper Conservative Response Should BeWhat the Left is Going to Do Now?Show #152.Listen here:Subscribe here:It's FitzmasThat's the name theliberal blogosphere has given to last Friday, the day when Special Counsel Fitgerald would disclose the indictments resulting from his investigation. At his press conference, Fitgerald gave them the gift on indictments against Libby, and Libby alone. I'm going to play some clips from the conference.I s ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rip&Read #147 - 2005-10-03 Here's what I Ripped&Read today:Bush Announces His ChoiceThe Conservatives Go CrazySome Cooler Heads Consider What It MeansShow #148.Listen here:Subscribe here:Bush Announces His ChoiceToday in the White House President Bush announced his choice to replace Sandra Day O'Connor on the Supreme Court. It was a full throated endorsement of Harriet Miers. Here's is a clip fromC-SPANwith his reasons for the choice.Play clip.It is his choice, after all.The Conservatives Go CrazyWell, that didn't ta ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rip&Read #144 - 2005-09-15 Here's what I Ripped&Read today:Feinstein on FeelingsSchumer Tries to Start a FightFeingold Goes BeggingShow #144.Listen here:Subscribe here:Feinstein on FeelingsAs Betsey Newmark atBetsey's Pagenoticed, Diane Feinstein wasted perfectly good oxygen in yesterday's hearing testimony.The whole spectacle of the Roberts hearings, if anyone is watching it, would present people withan example of Democratswho aremore interested in feelingsthan in the actual words of the Constitution.So, if she deci ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rip&Read #143 - 2005-09-14 Here's what I Ripped&Read today:Judge Roberts' OpeningKennedy's BloviatingBiden Pretends He's Your FriendShow #143.Listen here:Subscribe here:Judge Roberts' OpeningThe confirmation hearings for Judge Roberts started Monday, and his opening remarks, taking all of 6 1/2 minutes after bloviating by every senator on the committee were eloquent. As Jim Lindgren commented in theVolokh Conspiracy:Watching the Roberts hearings today, it is striking how ineffective most of the senators on both sides ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rip&Read #142 - 2005-09-08 Here's what I Ripped&Read today:Lessons LearnedWhere was the Red CrossHoward QuacksShow #142.Listen here:Subscribe here:Lessons LearnedGlenn Reynolds is one of the longest running and far and away the most linked blogger in the 'sphere with his aptly named Instapundit. Today he collected is thoughts for an uncharacteristically long but characteristically brilliantpost:SOME KATRINA LESSONS: We're going to see a plethora of commissions and inquiries (most about as useful and non-partisan as t ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rip&Read #141 - 2005-09-03 Here's what I Ripped&Read today:Casey's Mom Gets AngryThe Slow Response in New OrleansThe Chicken Hawk ArgumentShow #141.Listen here:Subscribe here:Casey's Mom Gets AngryThe Corner onNational Review Onlinehas been talking about Monday's Talk of the Nation on NPR in which Cindy Sheehan was interviewed by Neal Conan. Neal persisted in asking gentle but pointed questions, and Cindy persisted in her talking points, until it was clear that he was getting too close to her uncomfortable past. She ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website