RADIO TIDBITS

It's no surprise but Fats Limbaugh is against the proposed expansion of SCHIP. He complained that it was a middle-class entitlement. This bill passed 360-45 in the House and 68-31 in the Senate. As you could predict, all the nays in the Senate were by Republicans:

Allard (R-CO) Barrasso (R-WY) Bennett (R-UT) Brownback (R-KS) Bunning (R-KY) Burr (R-NC) Chambliss (R-GA) Coburn (R-OK) Cochran (R-MS) Cornyn (R-TX) Craig (R-ID) Crapo (R-ID) DeMint (R-SC) Dole (R-NC) Ensign (R-NV) Enzi (R-WY) Graham (R-SC)Gregg (R-NH) Hagel (R-NE) Inhofe (R-OK) Isakson (R-GA) Kyl (R-AZ) Lott (R-MS) Martinez (R-FL) McCain (R-AZ) McConnell (R-KY) Sessions (R-AL) Shelby (R-AL) Thune (R-SD) Vitter (R-LA) Voinovich (R-OH)


On Brian and The Judge, Dore Gold, a former Israeli ambassador, was a guest and he made the outrageous claim that Iran by 2015 would have a missile capable of hitting the eastern seaboard of the U.S. He also spoke as if Iran already had WMD. This appeared to be more fear mongering designed to shore up the neo-conservative foreign policy. The Judge claimed that "Israel is our closest ally on the planet" and that's another bizarre claim and reminded me of Russell Kirk's remark on the neo-cons. Perhaps closest dependent state is a better description.