The Year in Review

New Year's party extravaganza reviews highlights of the 2008 Mark Weaver Shows.

The Ponzi Age

Guest is Danny Schechter (M.A., London School of Economics) author of "Plunder", co-founder of Globalvision and former news producer for CNN and ABC 20/20 talking on The Ponzi Age. Plus: Obama's center-right Administration: financial-deregulation advocates of the 1990s now in charge of "fixing" the catastrophe they created. Go figure. Environmentalists give thumbs down to new Interior Secretary Salazar and thumbs up to Carol Browner; former Dallas mayor and free trader Ron Kirk now U.S. Trade Representative, Labor Secretary gets thumbs up with Hilda Solis and to top it all off anti-gay bigot Rick Warren to give invocation at inauguration. Also, more on the war on the war on terror, U.S. and New Zealand two biggest pot smoking countries on Earth, and the possible destruction of Europe or the Eastern U.S. by asteroid on Easter Sunday 2036.

It's STILL the Mortgages, Stupid!

Obama stiffing progressives; man-boy entrapment, solar cell plants, Republican toll roads, third parties, Cuba embargo, it's STILL the mortgages, stupid. Florida's most progressive talk show. LARGE GAP IN SHOW: DRAG SLIDER TO 1hr 12min mark when show goes dead.

The Descending Depression

First signs that we could be descending into a depression (defined by ten percent unemployment), worst since Great Depression. Two million now thrown out of work. Special guest Chuck Collins of the Institute for Policy Studies in D.C. talks about the economic bailout - limiting CEO pay and a fair plan to pay for the recovery. Also, majority of Miami Cuban-Americans, for the first time, support an end to the trade embargo (55%) and, get this, 65% support normalized relations! And, Bombay: America's future. In other Florida news, state commission strongly backs adopting California's leading emissions standards for vehicles sold in state; Republican legislature to block.

Obama's Center-Right Administration

Obama's center-right administration shapes up with new association: Toby Keith. Plus more chitter chatter from America's most progressive talk show host: Bombay, nuclear proliferation and more chilling news on the American global police state.

It's the Mortgages, stupid!

Capitalist crisis: Bush and Paulson still fiddling while USA burns. Why immediate mortgage bailout is populist key to the crisis and critical to stopping the collapsing economy. Plus, Obama to govern from center-right and Gaza heats up again as Israel violates six month cease fire, kills six Hamas tunnelers and Hamas hits back with rockets.

Clinton's Center-Right Third Term Begins

Obamawatch begins: some critical decisions to watch for as Clinton's shadow neo-con DLC center-right third term launches and why "change" is looking more and more like the farce it always was.

2008 Elections, the Dust Settles

A sweeping review of the election highlights: Obama wins Florida by 200,000 votes and 2.5%. Dems pick up two seats in Congress while Cheatin' Mahoney loses his Democratic seat. Dems gain only one seat in the State House and none in the Senate. Nationwide, voter turnout is 62.4%, second highest in modern times and almost eclipsing 1964's Johnson-Goldwater 62.6%. Latino vote was up 24% over 2004 and voted lopsided 68% for Obama. Meanwhile, Washington state passed a watered down assisted-suicide law, California ordered larger cages for farm animals, Michigan and Massachussets decriminalized marijuana, Massachussets and North Dakota voted 70% to retain their state income taxes. But the Bible Thumping assholes slapped constitutional bans on gay marriage in California (52%) , Arizona and Florida (64%).

Hear it all on today's Mark Weaver Show. ACTUALLY PROGRESSIVE.

Ralph Nader for President, Again!

Ralph Nader for President and why supporting Obama continues the empowerment of the flaccid shadow conservative-neoliberal Democratic Party establishment which can't confront the right wing zeitgeist and stop the fascistic militaristic drift of this country.

Floriduh's Still-Dysfunctional Election System

Why I oppose Obama (McCain goes without saying). Also, how the dysfunctional election system could create another contested election or even throw the election to McCain. Special guest Pamela Haengel of the Florida Voters Coalition updates us on the integrity of the Florida vote.

NOBAMA, NOVO(TE)CAINE!

Why you're drunk on Kool-Aid if you're for Obama (unless you're a Trojan Horse Republican anyway). How McCain might pull a Truman upset. Racial voting. Capitalist Crisis -- McCain gets it right with progressive Bottom Up Plan to bail out homeowners; Obama opposes. The coming Afghanistan Quagmire. Frisco to waste $60 million on suicide barrier.

Capitalist Crisis, Republican Brownshirts and Ike's Aftermath

Capitalist crisis. Bush must resign immediately. Republican Brownshirts. McCain gets it right on the mortgage crisis, while craven Obama shills for Wall Street. Hurricane Ike aftermath. And get this .... military now calling for negotiations with Taliban!

First Anniversary Show!!!

First Anniversary Show!!?*$!! -- we review some of the highlights of the past 52 shows. Plus, Democrat Alligators prepare for feast as McCain tanks, shocking Olmert call for justice for Palestinians, 16 year old vote, Crist shoring up '12 presidential bid with Christian-right Supreme Court appointments, alligator wrestling and other Florida tales.

What I Did On My Summer Vacation

The MW Show returns after a two week hiatus with new commentary on the prez campaign and other news of interest to decent people in Florida and beyond.

Live from the Cone of Hurricane Ike

Bizarre live reporting from Miami of a state of mind in the path of Hurricane Ike 930 miles away (which may have turned out to be a false alarm), along with a discussion of the need for national catastrophe insurance, how insurance companies have been cutting their coverage, raising deductibles, rejecting claims, cherry picking low risk, high profit policies and dropping higher risk people and gaining record high profit margins and record low payout ratios. Also, a call for a state Hurricane Hardening and Rapid Recovery Agency to recruit, train, license, vet, hire and supervise contractors to install hurricane hardening on all buildings according to high statewide standards and (affordable) prices and also build a national network of registered qualified honest contractors who can be rapidly deployed to a disaster area for rebuilding.

Democrats, U.S. Terror, Permatemp Work & the Decline of the Middle Class

Democratic Convention hangover. U.S. troops kill 95 civilians in one of largest terrorist attacks of Afghanistan invasion. Hurricane forecasters plead for a little money. One-fourth of U.S. jobs now in "security" industry -- and you still don't believe me about the fascist shift? Plus, stock picks in the new security economy. Labor Day report on "permatemp" work and the decline of the Middle Class.

Florida's First Anti Iran-War March

Guest Jeff Nall, co-founder of Brevard Patriots for Peace and the Space Coast Progressive Alliance talks about Florida's first anti-Iran war march. Hurricanes, a human problem. Lower the drinking age to 18! U.S. hypocrisy on Georgia and the revival of the Cold War.

The newly repackaged "Right War" on Afghanistan, "Permatemp" Jobs and the Decline of the Middle Class

Florida's first anti-Iran War march! The four false "justifications" for the newly repackaged Obama-McCain "The Right War" on Afghanistan. Bush's destruction of Iraq's Saddam era gay community. Iraq's female suicide bombers. Bishop Robinson wearing bullet proof vest. Latest U.S. terror attack in Iraq. Orlando's nascent hydrogen car infrastructure. "Permatemp" jobs, the exploitation of (probably) YOU and the decline of the Middle Class (starts at 1:45 hr mark).

All About Iran

Special guest Sasan Fayazmanesh, Ph.D., Professor of Economics, California State University talks about Liberal Democrats’ rationales for pushing for war on Iran with special analysis of Barack Obama’s chief Iranian policy advisor (10am). Also, Patrick Walsh, co-founder of the Black Mangrove Collective in Miami talks about grassroots organizing and how to fight for progressive causes in spite of the Democratic Party (9:40).

Obama health plan, Israeli settlements, Hamas Truce and Latest U.S. Terrorist Attack

Florida's nude beach, Obama protest, new Israeli settlement, Hamas truce, latest U.S. terrorist attack, Obama health plan, Santeria animal sacrifice raid.

Cuba's Top Performing Education System

Special guests Tallahassee radio host Hans Meyer plus Stanford University Professor Martin Carnoy talking on his research on the best performing educational system in Latin America -- Cuba's -- and what the U.S. can learn from it. Also, Miami International now laciviously strip searching passengers with milimeter waves.

Opposing Barack Obama

The Top 16 Reasons Why You Should OPPOSE Obama for President and work for an actual progressive cause instead. Also, the final installment of our long series on the War on Drugs. Note: nothing in this should be construed as anything other than total condemnation of the evil McCain/Republican Party.

Liberal Democrats Pushing War on Iran

Liberal Democrats pushing war on Iran with House Res. 362; latest U.S. terror attack kills 47 civilians in wedding party; people who love dogs more than people; Naomi Wolf's "The End of America," Hitler's takeover, FISA and the U.S. fascist shift.

Israel's Continuous Expansionism

Israel's Manifest Destiny. Enough is enough. The expansionism must be stopped at the 1967 borders.

The Middle East

A Just Palestinian State

This plan is the most just I've seen. It starts with Israel's pre-1967 seizure border and equally swaps land to address population changes since, adding territory to a Palestinian state (gray) and adding territory to Israel (black). Jimmy Carter favors this plan and the map is from his book, Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid.

Iran, Floriduh's Toilet & Socialist Party Presidential Nominee

Patriotic Fourth of July show! Breaking news on Iran war ramp up; Florida's Toilet: dumping sewage offshore because it's too anti-tax to build plants; interview with USA Socialist Party Presidential Candidate Brian Moore!

Democrats Beating Iran War Drums; Cuban Exiles; U.S. Sugar and the Everglades

Florida Democrats demanding blockade of Iran and provoking war, the destructive role of the anti-communist Cuban exiles in American politics and the need to abolish the electoral college; plus the stunning U.S. Sugar buyout and the still uncertain future of the Everglades and South Florida.

Bush's War Crimes at Kandahar, Bagram, Abu Ghraib, Guantanamo .....

Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz, Feith, Condi, Bolton, Ashcroft, Gonzalez+ must be tried for War Crimes. U.S. General says Bush committed war crimes and "authorized a systematic regime of torture"; Former Pakistani ambassador to U.S. says U.S. troops killed 11 Pakistani troops deliberately; FPL building solar plants; 2000 recount still possible!; the eery parallels between Hitler's rise and Democratic capitulation on FISA. Film review: "No End in Sight".

Obama Careens Right and "Progressive Democrat" is an Oxymoron

Obama careens Right, the definition of Progressivism and why "Progressive Democrat" is an oxymoron; Minnesota Democrats endorse Instant Runoff Voting (How 'bout Florida?); Reform the electoral college NOW; new study in the War on Drugs in Florida.

Obama NOT

Shorts today: Obama NOT; McCain impeachable; Criminalizing everything: teen felony-busted for taking naked pic of himself; South Florida public defenders rejecting flood of felony cases and police militarizing with high power rifles; insurance companies jacking rates again

Sea Level Rise In Florida and Stop Electing Judges

Special guests Melissa Meehan, Florida Climate Organizer with the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, and Jennifer Rennicks talk about heading off sea level rise, about carbon taxes and the abandonment of central Fort Lauderdale, Tampa and St. Petersburg. Plus Dr. James Obrien, Professor of Meterology and Oceanography at Florida State University. Also, why Florida must STOP electing its (hanging) judges. And continuation of our series on the fascist shift in the U.S.

ALMOST BANNED BY BLOGTALK RADIO!

This show was almost banned, until I talked them out of it. This is the original description that they objected to. Compare it to the slightly rewritten one that this link takes you to. Draw your own conclusions and post your comments.

Today's watershed MWSHOW formally Denounces Barak Obama for his neocon foreign policy statements and officially designates the U.S. Government as a Terrorist Organization. Also, kicking off our series on sea level rise in Florida.

Hard Voting in Florida, Reframing "Terrorism" and the War on Drugs

Yet another Last Place for Florida -- the hardest state to vote in; Reframing "Terrorism"; the Hashish cafes of Amsterdam and our continuing serialization of Naomi Wolf's "The End of America" on the fascist shift in the U.S.

2nd most regressive tax state

Floriduh, America's Third World State

Florida, America's Third World Colonial State. By every measure Florida ranks near the bottom of U.S. states and it's because we are dominated by predatory business interests that exploit our land and people. We have one of the lowest tax, regressive systems in the country. The heart of the problem is there is no state income tax. Special guest: Matt Gardner of the Institute for Taxation and Economic Policy in Washington, D.C.

Also, Obama wins the nomination and probably the Presidency as all stars are aligning for a Democratic landslide in November. Latest in our continuing deconstruction of the War on Drugs.

Introducing John McCain

Bullies, the War on Drugs and the Fascist Shift

Interesting how they tie together: Bullies, our continuing deconstruction of the War on Drugs and the latest serialization of Naomi Wolf's "The End of America" on the fascist shift. + meat eating and porous streets.

War Drums Pounding Louder on Iran

The Coming War on IRAN. With Hillary threatening to “obliterate” Iran in a nuclear war the war drums are beating louder and louder. Plus more on the new American police state and the War on the War on Drugs — cocaine and the hallucinogens.

Understanding Hamas/Instant Runoff Voting

Special guests: Anthony Lorenzo of the Coalition for Instant Runoff Voting launches drive for Sarasota County; and Conceptual Guerilla talks about progressive radio. Hamas -- Readings from Jimmy Carter's "Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid" (at 2:00)

Ending the War on Drugs & Assymetric Warfare in Pakistan

The War on Drugs. This one’s gonna be a classic. Also ruminations and shorts, a few words on Asymmetric Warfare in Pakistan.

Public Financing of Campaigns and Environmental Conservation

More campaign finance tales and special guests Ben Wilcox of Florida Common Cause talking about the Republican move to kill off public financing of statewide campaigns, and Jay Liles of the Florida Wildlife Federation updating us on the current legislative session.

The Breakdown of Florida's Tax System and the Need for a State Income Tax

More tears and drama on today's show: Callous Republican budget slashing and need for a state income tax. Backlash is forming but biggest problem in Florida is Progressives are cowering in fear of the Right Wing and need political psychoanalysis. We need a visionary bold movement. Republicans slashing $2 billion. My vision for nursing homes.

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THIRD LARGEST STATE

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Backlash brewing against Radical Republicans

FLORIDA'S FOX: THE MIAMI HERALD (part 2)

We continue our investigation of right wing bias at the state's biggest paper, The Miami Herald, and the disastrous effect it is having on progressive politics in Florida and the presidential election.

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THE FUNNIEST NEWSPAPER IN THE STATE

Right Wing Bias at the Miami Herald (part 1 of 2)

"Florida's FOX", a special report on right wing media bias at the state's biggest paper, The Miami Herald. A content analysis of every story the paper ran on Iran, Israel/Palestine, Cuba and Venezuela in January reveals shocking, unprofessional, one-sided ideological bias. Special guests Mark Kmetzo of the Florida Media Project and new Florida Media Reform Coordinator Mark Hart.

Miami Vice

This is a snippet from my interview with Mark Hart of the Florida Media Coalition on my March 15th show. Click on blogtalk to the right to access the archive.

All About Impeachment

Impeachment Special! Hon. Elizabeth Holtzman of the House Judiciary Committee that impeached Nixon will tell how this time is worse; Marjorie Cohn, President of the National Lawyers Guild will enumerate the charges; and David Swanson of After Downing Street.org will update and talk about the politics of impeachment -- why the Democrats and media keep it off the table.

Florida's Dysfunctional Regressive Tax System

Hey There, we've got yet another blockbuster this week, about the #1 issue in Florida, our dysfunctional, regressive tax system and the need for a comprehensive overhaul. Special guest is James Tait, executive director of the Florida Center for Fiscal & Economic Policy, coming on around 10am. Tait was Gov. Reubin Askew's economic advisor and chief of staff. But we start the show with the second installment of readings from Naomi Wolf's "The End of America" on the fascist shift.

Confronting Rightwing Israel

Readings from Jimmy Carter's new book "Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid"; the Florida New Foreign Policy Project; Florida Campaign Finance Tales

On the Road Again

Live at the Florida Progressive Summit in Tampa. We're asking the activists what Progressivism means to them and what is their strategy for achieving that vision in Florida.

ACORN and Gaza

Special guest Sheena Rolle, Director of Special Projects for Florida ACORN, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, the nation’s premiere veteran grassroots organization, talking about the hot issues on the streets and in the hoods around Florida right now. Also, part two of our look at Israel’s despicable total economic blockade and collective punishment of Gaza.

Pot Pourri

It's McCain vs. Clinton with Clinton winning, here's why; bike paths; Crist's phoney budget; property tax fallout; Israel's despicable collective punishment of Gaza; audio of Cynthia McKinney's announcement she's running for Green Party nomination for President.

Pot Pourri

Presidential climax - why Florida may actually decide the Republican nomination Tuesday; insurance companies defy the law; Crist the Environmentalist; life in the American police state; Bush's lies about Iraq.

Five Shorts

New serial on America's "fascist shift", horrifying weekly excerpts from Naomi Wolf's new book 'The End of America';our first obituary: Phillip Agee, American Hero who exposed CIA torture, murder and subversion; Labor Report: two-tiered part-time jobs and the decline of the middle class; Insurance companies defy Crist and legislature; first heart grown from stem cells.

Instant Runoff Voting

Special guest Anthony Lorenzo of the Coalition for Instant Runoff Voting in Florida tells how we can get better choices in elections; New Hampshire - race and gender; When Fidel Dies.

Iowa Caucus+

Iowa result, Hillary to win nomination; the property tax battle; Crist takes on the insurance companies (and watch who wins)