Posts from ‘March, 2009’

Update: Here’s the show.
On this week’s Partisan Gridlock, Wednesday from 10:00 – 11:00 PM on KPFT…
A couple of weeks ago, one of the biggest prostitution busts in Houston history took place. The Chronicle reports that
With two locations, several Web sites, dozens of apparently satisfied employees and perhaps thousands of loyal, well-heeled customers, the service business [...]

I’m thinking that Partisan Gridlock ought to have a quote of the year contest (or maybe even a quote of the week — you make the call).  They don’t necessarily need to be political, although that would be in keeping with the theme of the show.
The first nominee has to be Maurenge singer Elvis Crespo, [...]

Update: Here’s the show.
This week on Partisan Gridlock, Wednesday from 10:00 – 11:00 PM….
Right-wingers in Texas are busy trying to sneak their religious views into public schools. Aware that that annoying constitution of ours prevents them from actually teaching creationism, fundamentalists first tried to sneak their wacky views into your kids’ brains by rebranding their [...]

I substituted for Leo Gold on the New Capital Show today and Leo called in. We talked about — what else? — AIG and its politically disastrous decision to hand out $165 million worth of taxpayer-subsidized bonuses.
Really — if people want to make that kind of money, shouldn’t they try and find a job in [...]

Update: Here’s this week’s show.
On this week’s Partisan Gridlock — Wednesday, March 18th at 10:00 PM on KPFT, 90.1FM in Houston…
With all that we know — from planetary geology to physics to cellular biology — why do we continue to cling to explanations about the nature and composition of the universe offered 4,000 years ago [...]

Update: Here’s the first show.
This week, President Obama overturned the Bush Administration’s ban on funding embryonic stem cell research. Scientists were ecstatic. Among the happy eggheads is University of Minnesota, Morris professor and science blogging sensation PZ Myers. He’ll join us.
Pro-life and religious activists are, to say the least, none too pleased with Obama’s decision. [...]

Partisan Gridlock with, well, me, has been picked up by KPFT (here’s the pilot in case you missed it). The show will now air Wednesdays from 10:00 – 11:00 pm. We’re going to be produced by Laura Slavin, so to the extent the show is even remotely enjoyable, it’s because of her.
Special thanks is owed [...]