{"id":576024,"date":"2010-05-23T07:49:18","date_gmt":"2010-05-23T11:49:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thehollywoodliberal.com\/2010\/05\/23\/sunday-talking-heads-may-23-2010\/"},"modified":"2010-05-23T07:49:18","modified_gmt":"2010-05-23T11:49:18","slug":"sunday-talking-heads-may-23-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/576024","title":{"rendered":"Sunday Talking Heads: May 23, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/firedoglake.com\/2010\/05\/23\/sunday-talking-heads-may-23-2010\/\" >Sunday Talking Heads: May 23, 2010 \t\t<\/a><br \/>Primary Election Returns, Oil Spill.<\/p>\n<div class='hitEmbed_right'><object width=\"325\" height=\"263\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/eKTtezc7-js&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;color1=0x3a3a3a&#038;color2=0x999999\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/eKTtezc7-js&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;color1=0x3a3a3a&#038;color2=0x999999\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"325\" height=\"263\"><\/embed><\/object><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.alabamarivers.org\/press-room\/headlines\/hurricane-creekkeeper-john-wathen-named-local-person-of-the-year-by-locust-fork-news-journal\">Hurricane Creekkeeper<\/a>, along with SouthWings pilot Tom Hutchings and his daughter Brinkley, fly out to the source of the BP slick to give us a bird&#8217;s eye view of the disaster.\u00a0 The sadness in his voice is heartbreaking, &#8220;We have to do something.\u00a0 We need every scientific mind in the country working on this, and not just those at BP who are trying to protect the resource.&#8221;\u00a0 (<a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eKTtezc7-js\">YouTube link<\/a>, h\/t to TalkingStick for the video.)<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a lot of talk scheduled about the primary elections, a little about the oil spill, and some pretty stale roundtables.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.c-span.org\/Series\/Washington-Journal.aspx\" ><strong>Washington Journal:<\/strong><\/a><strong> 7:45am  \u2013 Alex Isenstadt<\/strong>, Politico.\u00a0 <strong>8:30am \u2013 Donald Kerwin<\/strong>,  Migration Policy Institute.\u00a0 <strong>9:15am \u2013 Victor Cha<\/strong>, Center for  Strategic &#038; International Studies, Former Director for Asian Affairs  National Security  Council 2004-07.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/ThisWeek\/coming-kaine-steele-classic-roundtable\/story?id=10700656\" ><strong>ABC&#8217;s This Week:<\/strong><\/a> Chairman of the Democratic  National Committee, <strong>Tim Kaine<\/strong>, and the  Chairman of the Republican National Committee, <strong>Michael Steele<\/strong>.<em> Roundtable<\/em>.\u00a0<strong>Sam Donaldson<\/strong>, <strong>Cokie Roberts<\/strong>, <strong>Donna  Brazile<\/strong>, <strong>George Will<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/sections\/ftn\/main3460.shtml\" ><strong>CBS&#8217; Face The Nation:<\/strong><\/a><strong> Robert Gibbs<\/strong> White House Press Secretary.\u00a0 <strong>Sen.  Lamar Alexander<\/strong> (R-TN) Chairman, Republican Conference, <strong>Rep.  Joe Sestak<\/strong> (D-PA) Democratic Senate Candidate.<span id=\"more-86536\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thechrismatthewsshow.com\/index.php\" ><strong>Chris Matthews:<\/strong><\/a> <strong>Norah O&#8217;Donnell<\/strong>, <strong>Howard   Fineman<\/strong>, <strong>Jonathan Alter<\/strong>, <strong>Kathleen Parker<\/strong>.\u00a0 <em>Topics<\/em>:  How Can Barack Obama Run Against Washington This Year?\u00a0 Rand Paul&#8217;s  Civil Rights Problem.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/CNN\/Programs\/state.of.the.union\/\" ><strong>CNN&#8217;s State of the Union:<\/strong><\/a><strong> <\/strong> <strong>Gov. Ed  Rendell <\/strong>(D-PA) and <strong>Gov. Tim Pawlenty<\/strong> (R-MN).\u00a0 BP&#8217;s Managing  Director, <strong>Robert Dudley<\/strong>, then <strong>Admiral Thad Allen<\/strong>,  commandant of the Coast Guard.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/CNN\/Programs\/fareed.zakaria.gps\/\" ><strong>Fareed Zakaria &#8211; GPS:<\/strong><\/a> &#8220;[O]ne man&#8217;s terrifying  experience in Russia  &#8212; that raises much bigger questions about that country and where it is  headed.\u00a0 Plus, the President of Georgia on dealing with Russia  two years after the Georgian war.\u00a0 And finally, two experts  discuss Putin&#8217;s Russia.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/fns.blogs.foxnews.com\/2010\/05\/21\/this-week-on-fox-news-sunday-52310\/\" ><strong>Fox News Sunday:<\/strong><\/a><strong> <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">Rand Paul<\/span><\/strong> <strong>Sarah  Palin<\/strong>.\u00a0 Then, Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, <strong>Tim  Kaine<\/strong>, and the   Chairman of the Republican National Committee, <strong>Michael Steele<\/strong>.\u00a0  Fox News AllStars: <strong>Brit Hume<\/strong>, <strong>Mara Liasson<\/strong>, <strong>Bill  Kristol<\/strong>, <strong>Kirsten Powers<\/strong>.\u00a0 <em>Power Player of the Week<\/em>:<strong> Ginni Thomas<\/strong>, Founder of Liberty Central \/Wife of Supreme Court  Justice Clarence Thomas.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/3032608\" ><strong>NBC&#8217;s  Meet The Press:<\/strong><\/a> <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\"><strong>Rand Paul<\/strong><\/span> ? <em>replacement<\/em>.\u00a0 Plus, <strong> Rep. Joe Sestak  (D-PA<\/strong>). \u00a0Then,\u00a0the chairman of the National Republican Senatorial  Committee, <strong>Sen. John Cornyn<\/strong> (R-TX) vs. the chairman of the Democratic  Senatorial Campaign Committee, <strong>Sen. Robert Menendez<\/strong> (D-NJ).<em> Roundtable<\/em>: <strong>Tom Friedman<\/strong>, <strong>Paul Gigot<\/strong>, <strong>Andrea  Mitchell<\/strong>, <strong>Bob Woodward<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.c-span.org\/Series\/Newsmakers.aspx\" ><strong>Newsmakers:<\/strong><\/a> Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman <strong>Rep. Chris Van  Hollen<\/strong> (D-MD) explained the source of anti-incumbent sentiment among  voters and how it may affect his Party&#8217;s majority prospects in the  November elections.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.q-and-a.org\/Program\/?ProgramID=1284\" ><strong>Q  &#038; A:<\/strong><\/a><span><strong> Terence Samuel<\/strong>, author of the new book  &#8220;The  Upper House: A Journey Behind the Closed Doors of the U.S. Senate.&#8221; It  looks at the institution of the Senate and some of its members.  Mr.  Samuel was chief congressional correspondent for U.S. News &#038; World  Report from 2000 to 2005.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/\" ><strong>Religion  &#038; Ethics:<\/strong><\/a> SCOTUS Juvenile Sentencing Decision. \u00a0AZ  Immigration Law. \u00a0Gossip. \u00a0Drones and the Ethics of War.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/sections\/60minutes\/main3415.shtml\" ><strong>60 Minutes:<\/strong><\/a><strong> Are They Safe?<\/strong> &#8211;  Chemicals called phthalates found in soft plastic products we use  everyday are so ubiquitous, that traces of them can be found in  everybody. The government has banned some of them in children&#8217;s toys for  fear they may be harmful, but are they?\u00a0 <strong>The SEED School<\/strong> &#8211;  There&#8217;s a unique urban public boarding school that&#8217;s giving kids  from an inner-city neighborhood a shot at college they never had  before.\u00a0 <strong>Marty&#8217;s Big Idea<\/strong> &#8211; Hear the story of the invention of  the cell  phone from the man whose team came up with it at Motorola. The  inventor, Martin Cooper, is still at it, improving the gadget he came up  with 37 years ago.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/ttc\/\" ><strong>To The Contrary:<\/strong><\/a><em> Topics<\/em>: 1- Sarah  Palin and Frontier Feminism; 2- Why Latina  entrepreneurship is essential to Hispanic wealth and community  building.\u00a0 <em>Panelists<\/em>: Former EEOC Chair <strong>Cari Dominguez<\/strong>;  Progressive Commentator  <strong>Patricia Sosa<\/strong>; Independent Women&#8217;s Forum&#8217;s <strong>Nicole Kurokawa<\/strong>;  the Center  for American Progress&#8217; <strong>Heather Boushey<\/strong>; Small Business Owner <strong>Leticia    Velez-Hudson<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.univision.com\/content\/content.jhtml?cid=1276528\" ><strong>Univison&#8217;s Al Punto:<\/strong><\/a><strong> <\/strong><strong>Dan Restrepo<\/strong>,  Special Assistant to the President and Senior  Director for Western Hemisphere Affairs at the National Security  Council; <strong>Juan Hernandez<\/strong>, Expert on U.S.- Mexico Relations and  Former Cabinet Member During the Presidency of Vicente Fox; <strong>Julius  Genachowski<\/strong>, Chairman of the FCC; <strong>Barabara Palacios<\/strong>, Former  Miss Universe, Entrepreneur and Writer.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.blogtalkradio.com\/virtuallyspeaking\/2010\/05\/23\/virtually-speaking-sundays-avedon-carol-and-jay-ackroyd\" >Virtually Speaking:<\/a> <\/strong><strong>Avedon Carol<\/strong> and <strong>Jay   Ackroyd<\/strong>.\u00a0 Big news this week is, yet again, what was supposed to be  evidence for a  repeat of a 1994 GOP sweep of the Hill turned out not to be.  Avedon and I will mock the excuses,then discuss reasonably seriously the  role of incumbency in this mini election cycle.  Then we will discuss the fascinating question of the new petroleum  enriched Gulf ecosystem.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.booktv.org\/Default.aspx\" ><strong>C-SPAN&#8217;s   Book TV.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thehollywoodliberal.com\/2010\/05\/23\/booksalon\/\" ><strong>FDL  Book Salon:<\/strong><\/a><strong> An End to al-Qaeda:  Destroying Bin Laden&#8217;s Jihad and Restoring America&#8217;s Honor<\/strong>.\u00a0 <strong>&#8220;<\/strong>Career   intelligence officer  Malcolm Nance proposes a quantum shift in  how to eliminate al-Qaeda in  less than twenty-four months, while  recreating America\u2019s reputation as a  force for good around the world.&#8221;\u00a0  Come chat with author <strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/smallwarsjournal.com\/blog\/authors\/malcolm-nance\/bio\/\" >Malcolm Nance<\/a><\/strong>, 5pm ET.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thehollywoodliberal.com\/2010\/05\/23\/booksalon\/\" >FDL Movie  Night Monday:<\/a><\/strong><strong> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/patentabsurdity.com\/\" >Patent Absurdity: How Software Patents Broke The System<\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0   <strong>&#8220;<\/strong>Patent Absurdity explores the case of software patents and the  history   of judicial activism that led to their rise, and the harm being done to   software developers and the wider economy.&#8221;\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/patentabsurdity.com\/watch.html\" ><strong>Watch  the movie online.<\/strong><\/a> Join <strong>Luca Lucarini<\/strong>, Director,  Cinematographer, Editor; <strong>Peter Brown<\/strong>, Producer; and host <strong>Lisa  Derrick<\/strong>, 8pm ET.<\/p>\n<p><div class='hitEmbed_none'><object width=\"580\" height=\"465\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/melDpcr0SCI&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;color1=0x3a3a3a&#038;color2=0x999999\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/melDpcr0SCI&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;color1=0x3a3a3a&#038;color2=0x999999\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"580\" height=\"465\"><\/embed><\/object> <\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"akst_link\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thehollywoodliberal.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/share-this\/share-icon-16x16.gif\" alt=\"Share This icon\" \/><a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/firedoglake.com\/?p=86536&#038;akst_action=share-this\"  title=\"Email, post to del.icio.us, etc.\" id=\"akst_link_86536\" class=\"akst_share_link\" rel=\"noindex nofollow\">?<\/a> <\/p>\n<p><br style='clear:none' \/> \t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sunday Talking Heads: May 23, 2010 Primary Election Returns, Oil Spill. Hurricane Creekkeeper, along with SouthWings pilot Tom Hutchings and his daughter Brinkley, fly out to the source of the BP slick to give us a bird&#8217;s eye view of the disaster.\u00a0 The sadness in his voice is heartbreaking, &#8220;We have to do something.\u00a0 We [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":807,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-576024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/576024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/807"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=576024"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/576024\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=576024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=576024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=576024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}