Wednesday June 1 2011

Guest: Reporter Guy Lawson

May flew right by. Happy June, all! Sam just flew in from upstate NY on the MR helicopter to make it to the show on time.

Guy Lawson from Rolling Stone magazine joins us on the Stoner Arms Dealers, two Florida kids who armed Afghanistan.

In the Member’s Only Show Sam covers some stories he was unable to get to on the main show, talks about his call to Tom Scharpling’s “The Best Show on WFMU” (the birthplace of the Majority Report) to annoy Marc Maron, reminisces about the stories he reported on during the first ever MR, and responds to listener phone calls and IMs.

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21 Responses to Wednesday June 1 2011

  1. Sunshine Jim says:

    mornin gang !

    love y’all!

  2. I would like a little assistance if I could get it from the MR listeners –

    @JudgeCarter (R, TX-31) is doing an online townhall and is soliciting questions via Twitter that he says he will answer.

    I’ve asked my question – http://twitter.com/#!/politicallyme/status/75947010393505793

    Could you retweet my question to give it more visibility? Thanks!

  3. Linda in Denver says:

    Morning, Jim. Love you, too!! :)

    Happy June!

  4. Back at ya,SJ..

    Where’s my chopper,Damn it ! ;)

  5. Morning to you all!

  6. I would like a little assistance if I could get it from the MR listeners –

    @JudgeCarter (R, TX-31) is doing an online townhall and is soliciting questions via Twitter that he says he will answer.

    I’ve asked my question – http://twitter.com/#!/politicallyme/status/75947010393505793

    Could you retweet my question to give it more visibility? Thanks!

  7. Only in America..

  8. Dem pollster: Dems agree to Medicare benefits cuts at their peril
    By Greg Sargent

    If Democrats in deficit negotiations agree to a compromise that cuts Medicare benefits to seniors, they risk squandering the advantage they’ve built up over Republicans on the issue since 2010 and risk losing their more general edge as defenders of the middle class, a top Dem pollster who just completed an extensive health care poll tells me.


    Jeff Liszt, of the respected Dem firm Anzalone Liszt, has just completed a poll for two liberal-leaning groups finding that the Paul Ryan Medicare plan is deeply unpopular with voters, and particularly with seniors and independents, when the plan is described to them. The poll also found that Obama and Dems have increased their advantage over Republicans on Medicare, on health care in general, and on who can be trusted to defend the middle class.

    I followed up with Liszt to ask whether his polling indicated that Dems could lose those advantages if they agree to a deficit reduction deal that cuts Medicare benefits and shifts costs to seniors. His answer was unequivocal.


    “Agreeing to benefits cuts takes the foot off the gas in terms of going on the offensive against Republicans,” said Liszt, who did the poll for the Herndon Alliance and Know Your Care. “You have to draw a bright line somewhere and Medicare benefits are the best place to do that.”

    Read More

  9. lots of love, i read this story in the rolling stone – un friggin real!

  10. Linda in Denver says:

    That will be so cool to get the podcast of Sam on Thom’s show. He airs here on local radio, but I never can catch it when it airs. I hope Sam promotes the heck out of majority.fm to all Thom’s listeners.

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  12. Give Progressive, Vote Progressive!!

  13. Mike Brown says:

    Really great show today.

    I thought I didn’t need another reason to hate Christie. I was wrong.

    Read the article about the Ad Age study. Passing it on to others along with a link to your show.

    Leave the air conditioning on.

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