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array_files[14]=new Array(0,1,"http://lydiacornell.com/intro.html","2007-06-03","34K","Official Website of Lydia Cornell","",""," Official Website of Lydia Cornell                        HBOs Curb Your Enthusiasm: The Christ Nail   16,000 HOMELESS CHILDREN in L.A. There are 16,000 HOMELESS CHILDREN in L.A. including 5,000 infants, toddlers and preschoolers. There are over 88,000 homeless people here, altogether, on any given night.   Co-host of World Travel Awards With Michael Imperioli, Richard Belzer, Cheryl Hines TCFC DVD Season 1 With Deborah Van Valkenburgh, Co-star of Venus Conspiracy & Too Close for Comfort. Search This Site WARNING: Please be aware of scams. Lydia has never done nudity or pornography and does not condone pornographic websites, which illegally use of her name and also the fake pasting of her face onto another womans nude body. Those who use celebrities names to lure people to lewd websites will be prosecuted to the full extend of the law.   Lydia Cornell Blog View daily blogs written by Lydia Cornell powered by Blogger. Offers a complete profile of Lydia and archives of her past blogs. EVERY SATURDAY MORNING LISTEN LIVE TO LYDIAS NEW RADIO SHOW: BASHAM AND CORNELL PROGRESSIVE TALK From 9 - 10 a.m. We broadcast live from Las Vegas and Los Angeles -- or go to our website and click on the link to hear the entire show in the archives. Upcoming: Congressman Charles Rangel will be our guest April 14. He will discuss his 30-year Congressional career and his new book, And I Havent Had a Bad Day Since: From the Streets of Harlem to the Halls of Congress. And next week, well have Eric Boehlert, author of LAPDOGS: How the Press Rolled Over for Bush. Last week we had Mark Green, one of the new owners of Air America, founder of New Democracy Project and author of Losing Our Democracy. Weve had some amazing guests the past 3 weeks: former federal prosecutor Elizabeth de la Vega, author of U.S. vs BUSH which is going to be a movie, a courtroom drama on the Bush Impeachment. We also had Media Matters Paul Waldman, author of Being Right is Not Enough. View clip of LYDIA & DESTINY opening for PAUL RODRIGUEZ at PECHANGA!   Too C  ");
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array_files[18]=new Array(0,1,"http://www.lydiacornell.com/2007/05/keith-olbermann-bush-is-financing.html","2007-06-03","127K","Lydia Cornell: KEITH OLBERMANN: BUSH IS FINANCING DEATHS OF AMERICANS","",""," Lydia Cornell: KEITH OLBERMANN: BUSH IS FINANCING DEATHS OF AMERICANS Lydia Cornell  Tuesday, May 22, 2007   KEITH OLBERMANN: BUSH IS FINANCING DEATHS OF AMERICANS  RUN, RUSH, READ Keith Olbermanns riveting special commentary on Wednesday May 23. Bush , he says is the most shameful president in history, and he is financing the deaths of Americans in this illegal, heinous war. To paraphrase, Bush has manipulated Congress into thinking the troops will not get armor or protection, whereas a good president -- any honest leader, would never shame Congress and use the troops as barter. A good leader would cut Halliburtons profits — beg, borrow or steal from other pork projects before hed cut troop funding. The American people have spoken, and Bush, in his arrogance has put Democrats between a rock and a hard place.On the other hand, the Democrats must NOT BACK DOWN. We must end this war. I received this disturbing news item from my friend Garth Bixxo: This little known National Security Presidential Directive NDPD #51 of May 9th, essentially gives Bush the authority to take over the country --- like a dictator. I believe it has to be approved by Congress -- and pray that they quash it immediately. http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/05/print/20070509-12.html When the Cold War began in the 1950s, Directives were written and put into place in case of an atomic bomb attack on the government. These directives are still in effect---- meaning that #51 is not need, and is merely a power grab by Karl Rove and-or whoever directed it be written. Heres how www.truthout.org states it:Bush Anoints Himself asEnsurer of Constitutional Governmentin EmergencyScary eh---sounds like wed better impeach him before he implements NSPD#51.Every concerned citizen should call, write their Congressperson and Senator to say STOP Heres the Truthout.org write-up---by way of an Executive Summary which reads between the lines. Bush Anoints Himself as the Ensurer of Constitutional Government in EmergencyBy Matthew RothschildIn a new Nati  ");
array_files[19]=new Array(0,1,"http://www.lydiacornell.com/2007/05/gas-wars.html","2007-06-03","166K","Lydia Cornell: Gas Wars","",""," Lydia Cornell: Gas Wars Lydia Cornell  Tuesday, May 22, 2007   Gas Wars  Kucinich to Speak for Full Hour on House Floor on Iraq Oil LawMay 22nd, 2007May 22nd, 2007We encourage you to comment on this press release, and the impact this may have on the presidential race for 2008. This is the first time Congress has had a full discussion on the privatization of Iraq’s oil since the beginning of the war. http://blog.pdamerica.org/?p=1117WASHINGTON DC - WEDNESDAY, MAY 23, 2007 - At approximately 11:00 a.m. today, Congressman Dennis Kucinich will invoke a rarely used procedure to offer a privileged motion claiming one hour of time to speak on the floor of the House of Representatives about current legislative plans to privatize Iraq’s oil.This will be the first time in Congress that there has been a full discussion of the covert efforts to accomplish privatization of Iraq’s oil through the supplemental spending bill.Kucinich has alerted his colleagues to this concern in the past. Today he will do so on the floor of the House.Kucinich argued against invading Iraq prior to the 2003 vote that authorized it. He published his case against it and helped persuade many of his colleagues to vote No. Kucinich challenged the legality of the war in court in an effort to prevent it. He proposed a detailed plan to end the occupation of Iraq over three years ago. His current plan is found in his bill HR 1234, which includes these findings:“Any attempt to sell Iraqi oil assets during the United States occupation will be a significant stumbling block to peaceful resolution. There must be fairness in the distribution of oil resources in Iraq.”Kucinich has voted against every new funding bill for the occupation, including the recent Supplemental. He supports using the power of the purse to end the war. He opposes any attack on Iran and proposes formally forswearing the use of so-called preventive war. He has proposed the creation of a Department of Peace to address international and domestic violence.As with all House session  ");
array_files[20]=new Array(0,1,"http://www.lydiacornell.com/2007/05/upperdog-vs-underdog.html","2007-06-03","157K","Lydia Cornell: UPPERDOG vs. UNDERDOG","",""," Lydia Cornell: UPPERDOG vs. UNDERDOG Lydia Cornell  Thursday, May 17, 2007   UPPERDOG vs. UNDERDOG  We are pleased to have CATHERINE CRIER from COURT TV on our show Saturday, May 19 SATURDAY MORNINGS TUNE IN LIVE FROM LAS VEGAS and LOS ANGELES to our show BASHAM AND CORNELL PROGRESSIVE TALK from 9 - 10 a.m. We broadcast live -- or go to our website and click on the link to hear the entire show in the archives. Comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable. Thats what good preachers, and good journalists, do. It makes sense that comics, who sometimes preach and sometimes report the news, would follow this motto as well.Imus broke the power equation, Rogers says. He afflicted the afflicted, which made him a bully instead of a comic. Thats not funny.This happens a lot, not just with comics, but with journalists and preachers too. They get the motto backwards, they break the power equation. The journalists cozy up to the powerful, the preachers become bullying scolds. Both start to comfort the comfortable and afflict the afflicted. Its nothing new, Jesus described the same thing thousands of years ago, They tie up heavy loads and put them on mens shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them.The tricky thing -- whether youre a journalist, preacher or comic -- is that the comfortable and the afflicted are not immutable categories. Anyone, at some point, might be in either category. White House spokesman Tony Snow, for example, has had a lucrative career as a dishonest and thoroughly unprincipled apologist for power. That made him fair game for exposure, for jokes and jeremiads. But Snow now has cancer in his liver and the prognosis is not good. And jokes at the expense of a cancer victim just arent funny. Kicking a man when he is down is the work of a bully.This is, again, what I think Orwell was getting at in that essay on Charles Dickens Ive taken to quoting a bit too often: Orwell on DickensWhere [Dickens] is Christian is in his quasi-instinctive siding with the oppressed again  ");
array_files[21]=new Array(0,1,"http://www.lydiacornell.com/2007/05/iou-mom.html","2007-06-03","112K","Lydia Cornell: I.O.U Mom","",""," Lydia Cornell: I.O.U Mom Lydia Cornell  Sunday, May 13, 2007   I.O.U Mom  In 1870 Julia Ward Howe penned the Mothers Day proclamation. Howe had earlier authored the famous Battle Hymn of the Republic. Howe wrote the Mothers Day proclamation calling for the women of the world to unite for peace.The following piece was written in 1976 in honor of moms everywhere. These lyrics fit the typical mom. It probably describes your mom. Happy Mothers Day to all. We owe you more than we can ever repay.I.O.U.(Dean / Markes)Many people look through their wallet or their pocket books and, way down at the bottom, past thecredit cards and baby pictures and so on, you usually find a little ol piece of dog-eared poetry.I was cleaning out my wallet the other day and ran across a whole bunch of I.O.Us, some of emthirty-five years overdue. And you know the funny thing, all these I.O.Us are owed to one personand I kinda felt like that maybe now would be a pretty good time for an accountin.Mom, I sure hope youre listenin.Sweet lady, I.O.U. for so many things.....A lot of services, like nightwatchman for instance.....Lyin awake nights, listenin for coughs and cries and creakinfloorboards.....hah-hah, and me comin in too late.Boy, you had the eye of an eagle and the roar of a lion,But you always had a heart as big as a house.I.O.U. for services like, uh, short order cook, chef, baker.....For makin sirloin out o hamburger an turkey out o tuna fish,And big ol strappin boys out of leftovers.I.O.U. for cleanin services,The daily scrubbing of face and ears....all work done by hand.And for the frequent dustin of a small boys pantsTo try to make sure that you led a spotless life.And for washin and ironin that no laundry could ever do.Foy dryin the tears of childhoodAnd ironin out the problems of growin up.I.O.U. for services as a bodyguard,For protectin me from the terrors of thunderstorms and nightmaresHah, And too many green apples.And Lord knows, I.O.U. for medical attention,For nursing me through measles, mumps, bruises,Bumps, splinters a  ");
array_files[22]=new Array(0,1,"http://www.lydiacornell.com/2007/05/learn-history.html","2007-06-03","209K","Lydia Cornell: LEARN THE HISTORY","",""," Lydia Cornell: LEARN THE HISTORY Lydia Cornell  Thursday, May 10, 2007   LEARN THE HISTORY  Tensions among the followers of the three major monotheistic religions are front and center in the news headlines. But history shows that these tensions are nothing new — Christians, Jews, and Muslims have been battling one another for centuries. Each tradition values peace, but generation after generation, hostility and resentment seem to overcome idealism and end in violence. Though the human picture holds little hope, these obstacles to harmony direct our attention to a more spiritual perspective. And it is in this spiritual realm that there is hope for lasting healing and peace.The history of the Middle East is filled with ironies. First, it’s important to understand that these three religious traditions share a common ancestor: the patriarch Abraham. Bearing a name that some scholars interpret as “exalted father,” Abraham grew up about 4,000 years ago in Ur, a city in a section of southern Mesopotamia, later called Chaldea. Today this region is part of Iraq. Biblical tradition has Abraham receiving a covenant, or formal agreement, from God on behalf of Abraham’s descendants. In God’s covenant, He promised Abraham that his family would become a great people and would inherit land.The concept of a covenant is central to Biblical theology. Borrowed from ancient contract law, covenant gives a framework and vocabulary to what entered human experience as pure revelation: a sense of God’s identity, nature, and care for His creation. This covenant articulated a bond between God and His children comparable to a contract—a binding agreement. Later, this covenant’s specific terms were set forth in the Ten Commandments. While some groups have interpreted the covenant as limited to a specific religion or culture, in its highest sense God’s covenant is one of love. And this love embraces all, in every place, and throughout all time.Viewed from a human perspective, the covenant presented two serious problems.V  ");
array_files[23]=new Array(0,1,"http://www.lydiacornell.com/2007/05/crumbling-industrial-base.html","2007-06-03","189K","Lydia Cornell: THE CRUMBLING INDUSTRIAL BASE","",""," Lydia Cornell: THE CRUMBLING INDUSTRIAL BASE Lydia Cornell  Friday, May 04, 2007   THE CRUMBLING INDUSTRIAL BASE  FANTASTIC SHOW! TODAY we come up with solutions...on Basham and Cornell Progressive Talk, we interview Brian Katulis – who worked in the National Security Council at the State Department during the Clinton administration. After that, we talk with ex-CIA agent Larry Johnson about his letter to George Tenet and his views on the lies leading up to Bushs invasion of Iraq. Larry Johnson is an old school pal of Valerie Plame and has a terrific blog called NoQuarter.typepad.comThis is a show you wont want to miss. Lots of juicy details. Brian Katulis is a Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress where he examines U.S. national security policy in the Middle East and democratization, with a focus on Iraq. Prior to joining the Center, he lived and worked in the Middle East for the National Democratic Institute and Freedom House, including projects in Egypt, Iraq, and the Palestinian territories. SATURDAY MORNINGS TUNE IN LIVE FROM LAS VEGAS and LOS ANGELES to our show BASHAM AND CORNELL PROGRESSIVE TALK from 9 - 10 a.m. We broadcast live -- or go to our website and click on the link to hear the entire show in the archives. The U.S trade deficit with China has risen to a 46.4 billion deficit for the first quarter of this year, which is twice what the deficit was the first quarter of 2006. In 2006 the U.S trade deficit was an astounding 233 billion.At least eight million U.S jobs reportedly have went overseas over the past several years, and the manufacturing industry has been hit the hardest. Off shoring of jobs has also hit the technology industry as well as business and professional services.The U.S auto industry for instance is in serious trouble. Both General Motors and Ford have reported major losses and are teetering on the brink of oblivion, while Daimler-Chrysler hopes to sell The Chrysler Group due to falling profits.The U.S manufacturing industry will take another major blow as more than   ");
array_files[24]=new Array(0,1,"http://www.lydiacornell.com/2007/04/dawn-of-hope.html","2007-06-03","690K","Lydia Cornell: THE DAWN OF HOPE","",""," Lydia Cornell: THE DAWN OF HOPE Lydia Cornell  Monday, April 30, 2007   THE DAWN OF HOPE  I think we can come up with a statement on which all Americans, Republican or Democrat, rich or poor, straight or gay, can agree, despite our country being so tragically and ferociously divided. The first universal American sentiment I came up with was: Sugar is sweet. - Kurt VonnegutI am neither left wing nor right wing; I need both wings to fly. - Deborah Van Valkenburgh.L. to R: Lydia, Wally Wingerts mom, Deborah Van ValkenburghIn Burbank over the weekend, Deborah and I signed autographs and had fun with Henry Winkler (Fonzie from Happy Days and childrens book author of the Hank Zipper series), Ernie Hudson (Ghostbusters and Beverly Hills Cop. Ernie guest-starred on our show in its first season); Michael Beck from The Warriors; Lorenzo Lamas; Juliet Mills; Larry Thomas, the Soup Nazi from Seinfeld (LOVE THIS GUY!); Bruce Kulick, incredibly gifted guitarist from KISS; Wally Wingert - actor, amazing human, and voice over artist extraordinaire; William Forsythe, Branscombe Richmonds who is now host of GOOD MORNING HAWAII. Deborah and I did an interview for the show, and Ill try to upload clips after it airs. I love Branscombe; he played Jackie Rushs love interest on our show. I met lots of others, but have to post them later. Met the legendary sketch artist ROMEO who works in blue pencil; he gave me a portrait of my favorite actress of all time, Audrey Hepburn. My son got INVADER ZIMS autograph, Richar Horvitz, who played ZIM!!! THE DAWN OF HOPE 2Progressive is the term I choose to call my social and political leanings. Going forward, making progress, advancing new ideas, bringing people together in the spirit of love, making friends out of enemies, having compassion even for the offensive and downtrodden (because I know what its like to have a bad day.) Progressive means enlightened, spiritual, diplomatic solutions... getting along with ones enemies, finding common ground, realizing that by joining forces and engaging in  ");
array_files[25]=new Array(0,1,"http://www.lydiacornell.com/2007/04/talk-radio.html","2007-06-03","345K","Lydia Cornell: Talk Radio","",""," Lydia Cornell: Talk Radio Lydia Cornell  Friday, April 27, 2007   Talk Radio  SATURDAY MORNINGS TUNE IN LIVE FROM LAS VEGAS and LOS ANGELES to our show BASHAM AND CORNELL PROGRESSIVE TALK from 9 - 10 a.m. We broadcast live -- or go to our website and click on the link to hear the entire show in the archives. LISTEN TO YESTERDAYS SHOW IN THE ARCHIVES: Yesterday, we had Paul Waldman from Media Matters on to discuss Bill OReillys delusional rant accusing Media Matters of being a propaganda website funded by George Soros. This is hilarious, you have to hear it. Media Matters.org is a Washington think-tank whose sole purose is to correct deception, misinformation and hate-speak in the right-wing media. Media Matters for America is a Web-based, not-for-profit, 501(c)(3) progressive research and information center dedicated to comprehensively monitoring, analyzing, and correcting conservative misinformation in the U.S. media.TALK RADIO by Larry JohnsonTalk radio has become a billion dollar business in America and the audience is growing with the influence of Internet Talk Radio to capture a growing block of the audience. More and more people are logging on to listen to talk radio over their computers and hand held devices.Conservatives took the lead in talk radio with influences like Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity dominating the airwaves with their abrasive tones slanted sharply to a conservative point of view. As these shows caught on other conservative shows hit the airwaves and helped push the Republican party into power.Progressive talk shows came at a disadvantage as the conservative influence had long dominated the airwaves. As Air America came into existence and progressive talk shows began to gain an audience, politics in the U.S slowly started to turn.Eight of the top ten talk radio shows are conservative programs that reach millions of listeners, who daily use their broadcasts to further the conservative agenda. Each week these and other talk radio pundits make outrageous claims that often prove untrue.A ne  ");
array_files[26]=new Array(0,1,"http://www.lydiacornell.com/2007/04/oh-boy-crime-beneath-crime.html","2007-06-03","654K","Lydia Cornell: THE CRIME BENEATH THE CRIME","",""," Lydia Cornell: THE CRIME BENEATH THE CRIME Lydia Cornell  Tuesday, April 24, 2007   THE CRIME BENEATH THE CRIME  Love is whats in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen. Bobby - age 7 (Wow!) If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate, Nikka - age 6 _________________________________________Stephen Pitt Political Cartoons Before we get into the truth behind Gonzo-Gate, POTENTIALLY HABITABLE PLANET FOUND!! THIS IS EXCITING!!By SETH BORENSTEIN, AP Science Writer WASHINGTON - For the first time astronomers have discovered a planet outside our solar system that is potentially habitable, with Earth-like temperatures, a find researchers described Tuesday as a big step in the search for life in the universe.The planet is just the right size, might have water in liquid form, and in galactic terms is relatively nearby at 120 trillion miles away. But the star it closely orbits, known as a red dwarf, is much smaller, dimmer and cooler than our sun.Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070425/ap_on_sc/habitable_planet_5 Did the most powerful Republicans in America have the computer capacity, software skills and electronic infrastructure in place on election night 2004 to tamper with the Ohio results to ensure George W. Bushs re-election? The answer appears to be yes. On Election Night 2004, the Republican Party not only controlled the vote-counting process in Ohio, the final presidential swing state, through a secretary of state who was a co-chair of the Bush campaign, but it also controlled the technology that allowed the tally of the vote in Ohios 88 counties to be reported to the media and voters.Privatizing elections and allowing known partisans to run a key presidential vote count is troubling enough. But the reason Congress must investigate these high-tech ties is there is abundant evidence that Republicans could have used this computing network to delay announcing the winner of Ohios 2004 election while tinkering with the results.Read more below,  ");
array_files[27]=new Array(0,1,"http://www.lydiacornell.com/2007/04/god-bless-virginia-tech-students-and.html","2007-06-03","190K","Lydia Cornell: GOD BLESS VIRGINIA TECH STUDENTS and FAMILIES","",""," Lydia Cornell: GOD BLESS VIRGINIA TECH STUDENTS and FAMILIES Lydia Cornell  Tuesday, April 17, 2007   GOD BLESS VIRGINIA TECH STUDENTS and FAMILIES  Love one another. How do we survive this kind of tragedy? By loving one another, coming together. Survival is through community, and not letting go of each other. The massacre at Virginia Tech is one of the most tragic reminders of how much our nation needs healing, on every level. We should be more responsible in conveying values beyond the quick satisfaction of material needs. The constant glorification of violence through the gun culture, videoames, news broadcasts showing incessant bloodhsed, hatred, torture and bullying tactics on shows like “24″
 yes the gunman was deranged, but there is something deeper going on in our American Dream.Go to PlanetBlacksburg.com and leave a prayer message on the Wall. I am also sending out a blessing and prayer to Josie, my friend in Nebraska who is going through cancer surgery today. xoxoNo Spur Of The Moment Crime
9 mm Handgun Purchased On March 13
Returned To Dorm Room To Re-Arm After First Shooting, Left A Disturbing Note
Why dont we have a more rapid response to violence like this, whether its terrorism or random violence. The fact that the campus didnt sound a SIREN, send out an alert and cancel classes over a loudspeaker or alarm... or text messaging! In this day and age, in light of the times, why dont we have rapid response and lockdown immediately in the case of a crisis like this? Excerpted from Jane Smileys Blog at HuffingtonPost.com:Some years ago, I was talking to a man about guns. At the time, I didnt really know anyone with guns (still dont), but he did. He had had guns himself. He said, I gave my gun away, because when I had it, every time something happened that made me mad, my mind would start circling around that gun, and I would be thinking about using it.So I got rid of it and Im glad I did. Right up front I will say that I am opposed to casual gun ownership, but I also realize that Americans  ");
array_files[28]=new Array(0,1,"http://www.lydiacornell.com/2007/04/2007-pulitzer-prize.html","2007-06-03","420K","Lydia Cornell: TASERS: GUN ALTERNATIVE * SAVAGE WINS PULITZER PRIZE","",""," Lydia Cornell: TASERS: GUN ALTERNATIVE * SAVAGE WINS PULITZER PRIZE Lydia Cornell  Wednesday, April 18, 2007   TASERS: GUN ALTERNATIVE * SAVAGE WINS PULITZER PRIZE  Love one another. GUN CONTROL: A LOGICAL ALTERNATIVEImagine this: every kid and teacher in that school has a gun. Someone is out in the hallway waving a gun around in the air. Everyone rushes out from classrooms to the hallway, waving their guns. WHO IS THE ORIGINAL GUNMAN? If everyone has a gun, whos the bad guy? To the NRA and opponents of gun control: whats wrong with Tasers instead of guns? If you really are in fear and need to protect yourself, then have a taser handy.  This way its not permanent.Americans should have to pass eye tests, firearms classes, and metamphetamine tests, blood tests, even psychological testing (and see if theyre on medications for depression or using psychotropic drugs) and be licensed BEFORE they can buy a gun.It probably would not hurt at all to also have every applicant interviewed by someone trained to spot personality disorders, such as the kind that were so obvious to anyone who knew the mass murderer to be at Virginia Tech. The faculty there had already reported him to local police as a possible lunatic. And yet he was allowed to just walk into a gun store, where other murder weapons had been purchased, and walk out with a gun. There is something very broken about a system that failed to stop this.For Gods sake and for our childrens sake, there have only been 24 justified shootings in America - versus THOUSANDS of accidental and rampage shootings, as a result of our lax gun laws.In every other country where they have strict gun control, gun deaths are down.Every day they try to fill us with fear. The terrorists are coming over here to get us, they say. And why WOULDNT the terrorists want to come to Virginia, for example? Why theyve got some of the most lax gun laws anywhere, where even a deranged non-citizen can freely buy a high-powered assault weapon. And its not just people from overseas, criminals from all  ");
array_files[29]=new Array(0,1,"http://www.lydiacornell.com/2007/04/why-were-angry.html","2007-06-03","351K","Lydia Cornell: WHY WERE ANGRY","",""," Lydia Cornell: WHY WERE ANGRY Lydia Cornell  Wednesday, April 11, 2007   WHY WERE ANGRY  Just got this letter from John Conley, the Marine combat Vet (who sent me his Purple Heart, God bless him!)Dear Lyd, What Imus said was inexcusable and deserving of decisive punishment, but more inexcusable to me is the ongoing urgency to completely destroy his life and the very positive things he and his wife have built to help kids fight cancer. Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton have both needed forgiveness in the past for racial slurs and incidents (Jackson with his anti-semitic Hymietown remark in describing New York City and Sharpton with the Tawana Brawley myth he rushed into and helped perpetuate.)........both incidents just as inciteful, if not more, than anything Don Imus has said or done. In this case not only is there no forgiveness, but the punishment grossly outweighs the offense and a feeding frenzy has developed among bored journalists trying to uncover new excuses to hammer Imus even harder. The theory seems to be that If you want to prove youre not a racist, then step up and take your pound of flesh from Don Imus. I fear the pendulum is now swinging a little too far the other way. John**************************Part of being a public figure or celebrity means dealing with unsolicited opinions about yourself. On this blog as well as on others, I have been stung and hurt to the core by cruel, sexist comments. The first time it happened, my cheeks stung and I burst into tears, feeling lower than I had in my entire life. I cant imagine what these young Rutgers women must have felt like after working hard to get to college, to earn their place on the Rutgers team, to make it to the finals — only to be dismissed as whores (no matter the catchy slang, hos means one thing and applies to the worst thing men can call women.) Black women have it harder than any other group; they have been marginalized, forsaken, forgotten and maligned and yet they have such dignity and innate beauty in the face of unbearable hardship. I  ");
array_files[30]=new Array(0,1,"http://www.lydiacornell.com/2007/04/new-beginning.html","2007-06-03","609K","Lydia Cornell: HOW TO GET RICH? GIVE TO THE POOR","",""," Lydia Cornell: HOW TO GET RICH? GIVE TO THE POOR Lydia Cornell  Sunday, April 01, 2007   HOW TO GET RICH? GIVE TO THE POOR  “Let us serve instead of rule, knock instead of push at the door of human hearts, and allow to each and every one the same rights and privileges that we claim for ourselves.” – Mary Baker EddyGreat spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds - Albert EinsteinAs we enter Easter and Passover season, lets think about some new ideas. I heard a radical new theory the other day on Thom Hartmann’s Air America broadcast. He said, “Why are we so hell bent on ‘economic growth?’ Why not ‘economic stability?” If economic growth means even one more cancer death, then I am for stabilizing the economy, not growing it. As home prices drop to human levels, wouldnt it be great if the average American could actually afford to buy a home without killing himself — without holding down two jobs, or having his spouse bring in the second income while the children stay in day care until 7 p.m. after a harrowing drive in rush hour? This got me to thinking about Ted Knight’s favorite expression: “less is more.” He used to advise us not to mug for the cameras — and that there was more power in underplaying a scene. These were his acting tips in the beginning of Too Close For Comfort. I was too scared to look into his eyes, so Id look at his forehead instead. He kept standing on his toes to get into my line of vision. Ted thought I was doing this on purpose, and the National Enquirer sent spies down to check out the tension on the set. They didnt call me a dumb blonde for nothing. (Actually I was just shaking in my boots with fear.)Less is more could also pertain to this statement from the New Testament: “A soft answer turns away wrath.” I believe that less truly is more when it comes to quality of life. In fact, lately I’ve been longing for a pastoral life (but without the sheep.) Growing our own herbs and vegetables, building furniture, downsizing, sheddi  ");
array_files[31]=new Array(0,1,"http://www.lydiacornell.com/2007/03/objects-of-creation.html","2007-06-03","250K","Lydia Cornell: PEACE IS SEXY * OBJECTS OF CREATION","",""," Lydia Cornell: PEACE IS SEXY * OBJECTS OF CREATION Lydia Cornell  Wednesday, March 21, 2007   PEACE IS SEXY * OBJECTS OF CREATION  At the Pentagon peace rally the other day, a Republican protestor against the protestors held up a sign saying PEACE SUCKS. I know it isnt sexy to stop arguing or fighting. I know its more fun to gossip, vent, scream, yell and find fault with others. I know it is more exciting to watch a train wreck than a healing, but it doesnt help heal anything, in fact it keeps us stuck. Bad news proliferates because of our constant nurturing of it. Im not saying stop shining a light on the bad guys like Rove, Bush, Cheney, Gonzales, Delay, and corrupt corporations. Im saying lets also uplift each other by seeing the hope that is right around the corner. We need to see our innate goodness and know that truth will thrive as good people come into power. JOY I have been experiencing moments of pure joy lately. It all started when I consciously decided to shift my thought to seeing the beautiful in life. Believe me it hasnt been easy, in light of all the bad news in the world. But ever since I took a class in spiritual physics (metaphysics) I began to practice reversing my thought and looking up. Literally looking up at the treetops, at the higher laws in operation. In other words, the spiritual invisible goodness running things. Now Im madly in love with life, people, trees, flowers, nature — and Im seeing things I never saw before! Its amazingly beautiful out there. Im seeing more and more beautiful objects of creation. I have also shed my jealousy of others and have begun to see everything with new eyes. Suddenly a new sense of compassion and love for strangers in the news and on the street — even people who seem gruff and dont smile back. I saw a sad-looking Hispanic gardener on our street the other day, and I silently blessed him. He looked up and beamed back at me. Think of all the people who seem invisible, as if no one cares about their burdens. My ideal day: going on a road trip with   ");
array_files[32]=new Array(0,1,"http://www.lydiacornell.com/2007/03/petraeus-linked-to-suicide-in-iraq.html","2007-06-03","457K","Lydia Cornell: HAPPY ST. PATRICKS DAY * MARCH FOR PEACE!","",""," Lydia Cornell: HAPPY ST. PATRICKS DAY * MARCH FOR PEACE! Lydia Cornell  Saturday, March 17, 2007   HAPPY ST. PATRICKS DAY * MARCH FOR PEACE!  Today is St. Patricks Day! Thanks for wearing green and listening to our show BASHAM AND CORNELL PROGRESSIVE TALK from 9 - 10 a.m. We broadcast live from Las Vegas and Los Angeles -- or go to our website and click on the link to hear the entire show in the archives. Upcoming: Congressman Charles Rangel will be our guest April 14. He will discuss his 30-year Congressional career and his new book, And I Havent Had a Bad Day Since: From the Streets of Harlem to the Halls of Congress. And next week, well have Eric Boehlert, author of LAPDOGS: How the Press Rolled Over for Bush. Last week we had Mark Green, one of the new owners of Air America, founder of New Democracy Project and author of Losing Our Democracy. Weve had some amazing guests the past 3 weeks: former federal prosecutor Elizabeth de la Vega, author of U.S. vs BUSH which is going to be a movie, a courtroom drama on the Bush Impeachment. We also had Media Matters Paul Waldman, author of Being Right is Not Enough. The OFFICE is my favorite show. Here is The Oval Office, a great parody with Bush playing the Steve Carell character.  TODAY on BASHAM AND CORNELL PROGRESSIVE TALK CALL IN and discuss whatever is on your mind. Today, Saturday, Doug and I decided not to have a guest, so we can discuss all the current headlines in depth and take calls from listeners -- thats YOU! Please call in and talk about whatever bugs you the most: the Valerie Plame scandal, the firing of federal prosecutors, Roves hand in both of these scandals, Alberto Gonzales, our veterans, Walter Reed Medical Center, Westhusings suicide, Ann Coulter, Bill OReilly... and impeachment. We have some breaking news regarding mental illness in our returning vets. This is not to be missed. Bestselling authors, Senators and political leaders coming up on our show. Check out upcoming guests, leave comments on our blog or listen to the archives at: BASHAM AN  ");
array_files[33]=new Array(0,1,"http://www.lydiacornell.com/2007/03/cover-up-american-tragedy.html","2007-06-03","572K","Lydia Cornell: MARK GREEN: NEW OWNER OF AIR AMERICA!","",""," Lydia Cornell: MARK GREEN: NEW OWNER OF AIR AMERICA! Lydia Cornell  Wednesday, March 07, 2007   MARK GREEN: NEW OWNER OF AIR AMERICA!  TODAY ON BASHAM AND CORNELL PROGRESSIVE TALK we interview Mark Green, new owner of Air America and author of the brilliant new book LOSING OUR DEMOCRACY: How Bush, the Far Right and Big Business Are Betraying Americans for Power and Profit. Listen to the archives or listen live to our show from 9-10 a.m. Saturday mornings at: BASHAM AND CORNELL PROGRESSIVE TALKMark is the founder and president of the New Democracy Project - a national/urban affairs institute utilizing the assets of New York City to promote democratic participation, economic fairness and social justice. He was Democratic nominee for Mayor of New York City in 2001. Check out Marks web site New Democracy Project.orgFriday, March 9, 4 p.m. PST Im on THE SPIRITUAL POLITICIAN on BBS Radio Melinda Pillsbury Fosters live radio show, which is also on tape THE SPIRITUAL POLITICIANTHE COVERUP: AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY Economic domination through warmongering. - Hilary RosenGOOGLE IMAGE SHACK In legal terms, the jury has spoken in the Libby case. In political terms, Dick Cheney is still awaiting a judgment.For weeks, Washington watched, mesmerized, as the trial of I. Lewis Libby Jr. cast Vice President Cheney, his former boss, in the role of puppeteer, pulling the strings in a covert public relations campaign to defend the Bush administration’s case for war in Iraq and discredit a critic. - From the New York Times: By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG“There is a cloud over the vice president,” the prosecutor, Patrick J. Fitzgerald, told the jury in summing up the case last month.This is not a simple coverup, this is an absolute tragedy. There are lives at stake; weve lost thousands of our own soldiers in an illegal, mismanaged war. And hundreds of thousands of innocent Iraqi civilians have died in the needless bloodshed, including children. Two little boys searched for their 3-year old sister in the rubble of their apartment, after a c  ");
array_files[34]=new Array(0,1,"http://www.lydiacornell.com/2007/02/progressive-talk-radio.html","2007-06-03","578K","Lydia Cornell: PROGRESSIVE TALK RADIO - U.S. vs BUSH et al","",""," Lydia Cornell: PROGRESSIVE TALK RADIO - U.S. vs BUSH et al Lydia Cornell  Friday, February 23, 2007   PROGRESSIVE TALK RADIO - U.S. vs BUSH et al  THIS SATURDAY: VetStage Symposium to benefit troops returning from Afghanistan and Iraq who have lived to tell their own stories on stage and in film. VetStage hosts an acting & writing workshop with Academy Award© winning writer/producer, Bobby Moresco (Crash, Million Dollar Baby), casting director Sarah Finn (Iron Man, Mission Impossible II, Crash), former agent and current producer Larry Becsey (In the Valley of Elah, Against All Enemies) and award winning producer, Mark R. Harris (Crash, Gods and Monsters). Benefit Symposium for Vet Stage (all proceeds benefit vetstage.org Visit http://vetstage.com/index_files/moresco.htm to sign up.Upcoming: This Saturday morning, March 3, we will interview Paul Waldman of Media Matters on his amazing new book BEING RIGHT IS NOT ENOUGH: What Progressives Must Learn From Conservative Success. Upcoming on Basham And Cornell Progressive Talk 9 am PST Saturday mornings on 1230 AM KLAV in Las Vegas, simulcast on the internet at Basham and Cornell Progressive Talk This past Saturday February 24, We had the pleasure of interviewing former federal prosecutor Elizabeth de la Vega, author of the new bestseller U.S. vs BUSH The Case for Impeachment. It was a fascinating interview.Doug Basham was on Lou Dobbs last week as one of Americas top talkers. Check out Dougs site for a list of all the incredible guests he has interviewed and see what Senate Majority leader Harry Reid, Pat Buchanan, Joe Conason, Daniel Ellsberg, Catherine Crier, Helen Thomas, Caspar Weinberger, Lou Dobbs, Congress people and best-selling authors say about Doug Basham: Basham Radio **************In the sidebar is a YouTube clip of a recent interview with my co-stars from Too Close for Comfort. The editor cut the clip in the wrong place, just after I say, I had a crush on Jim Bullock and dreamed of him every night. I was the only person on the set who had no inkling   ");
array_files[35]=new Array(0,1,"http://www.lydiacornell.com/labels/war.html","2007-06-03","55K","Lydia Cornell","",""," Lydia Cornell Lydia Cornell  Tuesday, May 29, 2007   Its Those Little Things  by Larry Every relationship has its ups and downs. Every experience has been filled with a series of mishaps and milestones. Its those little things both good and bad that add up. Perhaps Bobby Goldsboro spoke best of love with these lyrics.Little things that you do make me glad Im in love with you.Little things that you say make me glad that I feel this way.The way you smile, the way you hold my hand,and when Im down you always understand.You know I love those little things in my ear, that you say when theres no one near. Little things that you do, let me know that your love is true.The way she cooks his favorite meal, the way she makes his dreams seem real, the way she makes a dollar last, the way she always forgets his past, its those little things.It could also be the way he ignores her every word, the way he makes her feel so hurt, the way he spends and never saves, the way he takes but has never gave, its those little things.As we live another day, we can always remember that those little things always add up, both good and bad. Some little things add up to make someone love their spouse even more. Other little things add up to make the spouse learn to abhor. There are little things in all walks of life.The way he lied the country into war, the thousands of deaths, and there will be more, the massive debt that we now owe, that we will reap what he will sow, yes its those little things.The way he took away our rights, the executive orders signed into the night, the way he uses the fear of terror, the way he overlooks every Presidential error, its those little things.The millions of jobs he sent overseas, the millions of Iraqis just wishing he would leave, The levels of corruption that lay at his desk, the hundreds whove been tortured simply at his bequest, its those little things.The way he overlooks each and every law, the lives he has left so torn and raw, the military funerals he refuses to attend, the Katrina victims strande  ");
array_files[36]=new Array(0,1,"http://www.lydiacornell.com/labels/West%20Point.html","2007-06-03","49K","Lydia Cornell","",""," Lydia Cornell Lydia Cornell  Saturday, March 17, 2007   HAPPY ST. PATRICKS DAY * MARCH FOR PEACE!  Today is St. Patricks Day! Thanks for wearing green and listening to our show BASHAM AND CORNELL PROGRESSIVE TALK from 9 - 10 a.m. We broadcast live from Las Vegas and Los Angeles -- or go to our website and click on the link to hear the entire show in the archives. Upcoming: Congressman Charles Rangel will be our guest April 14. He will discuss his 30-year Congressional career and his new book, And I Havent Had a Bad Day Since: From the Streets of Harlem to the Halls of Congress. And next week, well have Eric Boehlert, author of LAPDOGS: How the Press Rolled Over for Bush. Last week we had Mark Green, one of the new owners of Air America, founder of New Democracy Project and author of Losing Our Democracy. Weve had some amazing guests the past 3 weeks: former federal prosecutor Elizabeth de la Vega, author of U.S. vs BUSH which is going to be a movie, a courtroom drama on the Bush Impeachment. We also had Media Matters Paul Waldman, author of Being Right is Not Enough. The OFFICE is my favorite show. Here is The Oval Office, a great parody with Bush playing the Steve Carell character.  TODAY on BASHAM AND CORNELL PROGRESSIVE TALK CALL IN and discuss whatever is on your mind. Today, Saturday, Doug and I decided not to have a guest, so we can discuss all the current headlines in depth and take calls from listeners -- thats YOU! Please call in and talk about whatever bugs you the most: the Valerie Plame scandal, the firing of federal prosecutors, Roves hand in both of these scandals, Alberto Gonzales, our veterans, Walter Reed Medical Center, Westhusings suicide, Ann Coulter, Bill OReilly... and impeachment. We have some breaking news regarding mental illness in our returning vets. This is not to be missed. Bestselling authors, Senators and political leaders coming up on our show. Check out upcoming guests, leave comments on our blog or listen to the archives at: BASHAM AND CORNELL PROGRESSIVE TALKAfter the show, M  ");
array_files[37]=new Array(0,1,"http://www.lydiacornell.com/labels/war%20criminals.html","2007-06-03","60K","Lydia Cornell","",""," Lydia Cornell Lydia Cornell  Wednesday, April 11, 2007   WHY WERE ANGRY  Just got this letter from John Conley, the Marine combat Vet (who sent me his Purple Heart, God bless him!)Dear Lyd, What Imus said was inexcusable and deserving of decisive punishment, but more inexcusable to me is the ongoing urgency to completely destroy his life and the very positive things he and his wife have built to help kids fight cancer. Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton have both needed forgiveness in the past for racial slurs and incidents (Jackson with his anti-semitic Hymietown remark in describing New York City and Sharpton with the Tawana Brawley myth he rushed into and helped perpetuate.)........both incidents just as inciteful, if not more, than anything Don Imus has said or done. In this case not only is there no forgiveness, but the punishment grossly outweighs the offense and a feeding frenzy has developed among bored journalists trying to uncover new excuses to hammer Imus even harder. The theory seems to be that If you want to prove youre not a racist, then step up and take your pound of flesh from Don Imus. I fear the pendulum is now swinging a little too far the other way. John**************************Part of being a public figure or celebrity means dealing with unsolicited opinions about yourself. On this blog as well as on others, I have been stung and hurt to the core by cruel, sexist comments. The first time it happened, my cheeks stung and I burst into tears, feeling lower than I had in my entire life. I cant imagine what these young Rutgers women must have felt like after working hard to get to college, to earn their place on the Rutgers team, to make it to the finals — only to be dismissed as whores (no matter the catchy slang, hos means one thing and applies to the worst thing men can call women.) Black women have it harder than any other group; they have been marginalized, forsaken, forgotten and maligned and yet they have such dignity and innate beauty in the face of unbearable hardship. Imus lost his MSN  ");
array_files[38]=new Array(0,1,"http://www.lydiacornell.com/labels/voter%20fraud.html","2007-06-03","53K","Lydia Cornell","",""," Lydia Cornell Lydia Cornell  Tuesday, April 24, 2007   THE CRIME BENEATH THE CRIME  Love is whats in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen. Bobby - age 7 (Wow!) If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate, Nikka - age 6 _________________________________________Stephen Pitt Political Cartoons Before we get into the truth behind Gonzo-Gate, POTENTIALLY HABITABLE PLANET FOUND!! THIS IS EXCITING!!By SETH BORENSTEIN, AP Science Writer WASHINGTON - For the first time astronomers have discovered a planet outside our solar system that is potentially habitable, with Earth-like temperatures, a find researchers described Tuesday as a big step in the search for life in the universe.The planet is just the right size, might have water in liquid form, and in galactic terms is relatively nearby at 120 trillion miles away. But the star it closely orbits, known as a red dwarf, is much smaller, dimmer and cooler than our sun.Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070425/ap_on_sc/habitable_planet_5 Did the most powerful Republicans in America have the computer capacity, software skills and electronic infrastructure in place on election night 2004 to tamper with the Ohio results to ensure George W. Bushs re-election? The answer appears to be yes. On Election Night 2004, the Republican Party not only controlled the vote-counting process in Ohio, the final presidential swing state, through a secretary of state who was a co-chair of the Bush campaign, but it also controlled the technology that allowed the tally of the vote in Ohios 88 counties to be reported to the media and voters.Privatizing elections and allowing known partisans to run a key presidential vote count is troubling enough. But the reason Congress must investigate these high-tech ties is there is abundant evidence that Republicans could have used this computing network to delay announcing the winner of Ohios 2004 election while tinkering with the results.Read more below, but first an editorial comme  ");
array_files[39]=new Array(0,1,"http://www.lydiacornell.com/labels/Westhusing%20Cornell%20Progressive%20Talk%20Radio.html","2007-06-03","49K","Lydia Cornell","",""," Lydia Cornell Lydia Cornell  Saturday, March 17, 2007   HAPPY ST. PATRICKS DAY * MARCH FOR PEACE!  Today is St. Patricks Day! Thanks for wearing green and listening to our show BASHAM AND CORNELL PROGRESSIVE TALK from 9 - 10 a.m. We broadcast live from Las Vegas and Los Angeles -- or go to our website and click on the link to hear the entire show in the archives. Upcoming: Congressman Charles Rangel will be our guest April 14. He will discuss his 30-year Congressional career and his new book, And I Havent Had a Bad Day Since: From the Streets of Harlem to the Halls of Congress. And next week, well have Eric Boehlert, author of LAPDOGS: How the Press Rolled Over for Bush. Last week we had Mark Green, one of the new owners of Air America, founder of New Democracy Project and author of Losing Our Democracy. Weve had some amazing guests the past 3 weeks: former federal prosecutor Elizabeth de la Vega, author of U.S. vs BUSH which is going to be a movie, a courtroom drama on the Bush Impeachment. We also had Media Matters Paul Waldman, author of Being Right is Not Enough. The OFFICE is my favorite show. Here is The Oval Office, a great parody with Bush playing the Steve Carell character.  TODAY on BASHAM AND CORNELL PROGRESSIVE TALK CALL IN and discuss whatever is on your mind. Today, Saturday, Doug and I decided not to have a guest, so we can discuss all the current headlines in depth and take calls from listeners -- thats YOU! Please call in and talk about whatever bugs you the most: the Valerie Plame scandal, the firing of federal prosecutors, Roves hand in both of these scandals, Alberto Gonzales, our veterans, Walter Reed Medical Center, Westhusings suicide, Ann Coulter, Bill OReilly... and impeachment. We have some breaking news regarding mental illness in our returning vets. This is not to be missed. Bestselling authors, Senators and political leaders coming up on our show. Check out upcoming guests, leave comments on our blog or listen to the archives at: BASHAM AND CORNELL PROGRESSIVE TALKAfter the show, M  ");
array_files[40]=new Array(0,1,"http://www.lydiacornell.com/labels/tithing.html","2007-06-03","65K","Lydia Cornell","",""," Lydia Cornell Lydia Cornell  Sunday, April 01, 2007   HOW TO GET RICH? GIVE TO THE POOR  “Let us serve instead of rule, knock instead of push at the door of human hearts, and allow to each and every one the same rights and privileges that we claim for ourselves.” – Mary Baker EddyGreat spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds - Albert EinsteinAs we enter Easter and Passover season, lets think about some new ideas. I heard a radical new theory the other day on Thom Hartmann’s Air America broadcast. He said, “Why are we so hell bent on ‘economic growth?’ Why not ‘economic stability?” If economic growth means even one more cancer death, then I am for stabilizing the economy, not growing it. As home prices drop to human levels, wouldnt it be great if the average American could actually afford to buy a home without killing himself — without holding down two jobs, or having his spouse bring in the second income while the children stay in day care until 7 p.m. after a harrowing drive in rush hour? This got me to thinking about Ted Knight’s favorite expression: “less is more.” He used to advise us not to mug for the cameras — and that there was more power in underplaying a scene. These were his acting tips in the beginning of Too Close For Comfort. I was too scared to look into his eyes, so Id look at his forehead instead. He kept standing on his toes to get into my line of vision. Ted thought I was doing this on purpose, and the National Enquirer sent spies down to check out the tension on the set. They didnt call me a dumb blonde for nothing. (Actually I was just shaking in my boots with fear.)Less is more could also pertain to this statement from the New Testament: “A soft answer turns away wrath.” I believe that less truly is more when it comes to quality of life. In fact, lately I’ve been longing for a pastoral life (but without the sheep.) Growing our own herbs and vegetables, building furniture, downsizing, shedding excess... Ive actually been maki  ");
array_files[41]=new Array(0,1,"http://www.lydiacornell.com/labels/Too%20Close%20for%20Comfort.html","2007-06-03","65K","Lydia Cornell","",""," Lydia Cornell Lydia Cornell  Sunday, April 01, 2007   HOW TO GET RICH? GIVE TO THE POOR  “Let us serve instead of rule, knock instead of push at the door of human hearts, and allow to each and every one the same rights and privileges that we claim for ourselves.” – Mary Baker EddyGreat spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds - Albert EinsteinAs we enter Easter and Passover season, lets think about some new ideas. I heard a radical new theory the other day on Thom Hartmann’s Air America broadcast. He said, “Why are we so hell bent on ‘economic growth?’ Why not ‘economic stability?” If economic growth means even one more cancer death, then I am for stabilizing the economy, not growing it. As home prices drop to human levels, wouldnt it be great if the average American could actually afford to buy a home without killing himself — without holding down two jobs, or having his spouse bring in the second income while the children stay in day care until 7 p.m. after a harrowing drive in rush hour? This got me to thinking about Ted Knight’s favorite expression: “less is more.” He used to advise us not to mug for the cameras — and that there was more power in underplaying a scene. These were his acting tips in the beginning of Too Close For Comfort. I was too scared to look into his eyes, so Id look at his forehead instead. He kept standing on his toes to get into my line of vision. Ted thought I was doing this on purpose, and the National Enquirer sent spies down to check out the tension on the set. They didnt call me a dumb blonde for nothing. (Actually I was just shaking in my boots with fear.)Less is more could also pertain to this statement from the New Testament: “A soft answer turns away wrath.” I believe that less truly is more when it comes to quality of life. In fact, lately I’ve been longing for a pastoral life (but without the sheep.) Growing our own herbs and vegetables, building furniture, downsizing, shedding excess... Ive actually been maki  ");
array_files[42]=new Array(0,1,"http://www.lydiacornell.com/labels/upperdog.html","2007-06-03","46K","Lydia Cornell","",""," Lydia Cornell Lydia Cornell  Thursday, May 17, 2007   UPPERDOG vs. UNDERDOG  We are pleased to have CATHERINE CRIER from COURT TV on our show Saturday, May 19 SATURDAY MORNINGS TUNE IN LIVE FROM LAS VEGAS and LOS ANGELES to our show BASHAM AND CORNELL PROGRESSIVE TALK from 9 - 10 a.m. We broadcast live -- or go to our website and click on the link to hear the entire show in the archives. Comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable. Thats what good preachers, and good journalists, do. It makes sense that comics, who sometimes preach and sometimes report the news, would follow this motto as well.Imus broke the power equation, Rogers says. He afflicted the afflicted, which made him a bully instead of a comic. Thats not funny.This happens a lot, not just with comics, but with journalists and preachers too. They get the motto backwards, they break the power equation. The journalists cozy up to the powerful, the preachers become bullying scolds. Both start to comfort the comfortable and afflict the afflicted. Its nothing new, Jesus described the same thing thousands of years ago, They tie up heavy loads and put them on mens shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them.The tricky thing -- whether youre a journalist, preacher or comic -- is that the comfortable and the afflicted are not immutable categories. Anyone, at some point, might be in either category. White House spokesman Tony Snow, for example, has had a lucrative career as a dishonest and thoroughly unprincipled apologist for power. That made him fair game for exposure, for jokes and jeremiads. But Snow now has cancer in his liver and the prognosis is not good. And jokes at the expense of a cancer victim just arent funny. Kicking a man when he is down is the work of a bully.This is, again, what I think Orwell was getting at in that essay on Charles Dickens Ive taken to quoting a bit too often: Orwell on DickensWhere [Dickens] is Christian is in his quasi-instinctive siding with the oppressed against the oppressors. As a  ");
array_files[43]=new Array(0,1,"http://www.lydiacornell.com/labels/trees.html","2007-06-03","48K","Lydia Cornell","",""," Lydia Cornell Lydia Cornell  Wednesday, March 21, 2007   PEACE IS SEXY * OBJECTS OF CREATION  At the Pentagon peace rally the other day, a Republican protestor against the protestors held up a sign saying PEACE SUCKS. I know it isnt sexy to stop arguing or fighting. I know its more fun to gossip, vent, scream, yell and find fault with others. I know it is more exciting to watch a train wreck than a healing, but it doesnt help heal anything, in fact it keeps us stuck. Bad news proliferates because of our constant nurturing of it. Im not saying stop shining a light on the bad guys like Rove, Bush, Cheney, Gonzales, Delay, and corrupt corporations. Im saying lets also uplift each other by seeing the hope that is right around the corner. We need to see our innate goodness and know that truth will thrive as good people come into power. JOY I have been experiencing moments of pure joy lately. It all started when I consciously decided to shift my thought to seeing the beautiful in life. Believe me it hasnt been easy, in light of all the bad news in the world. But ever since I took a class in spiritual physics (metaphysics) I began to practice reversing my thought and looking up. Literally looking up at the treetops, at the higher laws in operation. In other words, the spiritual invisible goodness running things. Now Im madly in love with life, people, trees, flowers, nature — and Im seeing things I never saw before! Its amazingly beautiful out there. Im seeing more and more beautiful objects of creation. I have also shed my jealousy of others and have begun to see everything with new eyes. Suddenly a new sense of compassion and love for strangers in the news and on the street — even people who seem gruff and dont smile back. I saw a sad-looking Hispanic gardener on our street the other day, and I silently blessed him. He looked up and beamed back at me. Think of all the people who seem invisible, as if no one cares about their burdens. My ideal day: going on a road trip with the kids in the back of the minivan.   ");
array_files[44]=new Array(0,1,"http://www.lydiacornell.com/labels/underdog.html","2007-06-03","46K","Lydia Cornell","",""," Lydia Cornell Lydia Cornell  Thursday, May 17, 2007   UPPERDOG vs. UNDERDOG  We are pleased to have CATHERINE CRIER from COURT TV on our show Saturday, May 19 SATURDAY MORNINGS TUNE IN LIVE FROM LAS VEGAS and LOS ANGELES to our show BASHAM AND CORNELL PROGRESSIVE TALK from 9 - 10 a.m. We broadcast live -- or go to our website and click on the link to hear the entire show in the archives. Comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable. Thats what good preachers, and good journalists, do. It makes sense that comics, who sometimes preach and sometimes report the news, would follow this motto as well.Imus broke the power equation, Rogers says. He afflicted the afflicted, which made him a bully instead of a comic. Thats not funny.This happens a lot, not just with comics, but with journalists and preachers too. They get the motto backwards, they break the power equation. The journalists cozy up to the powerful, the preachers become bullying scolds. Both start to comfort the comfortable and afflict the afflicted. Its nothing new, Jesus described the same thing thousands of years ago, They tie up heavy loads and put them on mens shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them.The tricky thing -- whether youre a journalist, preacher or comic -- is that the comfortable and the afflicted are not immutable categories. Anyone, at some point, might be in either category. White House spokesman Tony Snow, for example, has had a lucrative career as a dishonest and thoroughly unprincipled apologist for power. That made him fair game for exposure, for jokes and jeremiads. But Snow now has cancer in his liver and the prognosis is not good. And jokes at the expense of a cancer victim just arent funny. Kicking a man when he is down is the work of a bully.This is, again, what I think Orwell was getting at in that essay on Charles Dickens Ive taken to quoting a bit too often: Orwell on DickensWhere [Dickens] is Christian is in his quasi-instinctive siding with the oppressed against the oppressors. As a  ");
array_files[45]=new Array(0,1,"http://www.lydiacornell.com/labels/torture.html","2007-06-03","51K","Lydia Cornell","",""," Lydia Cornell Lydia Cornell  Wednesday, April 18, 2007   TASERS: GUN ALTERNATIVE * SAVAGE WINS PULITZER PRIZE  Love one another. GUN CONTROL: A LOGICAL ALTERNATIVEImagine this: every kid and teacher in that school has a gun. Someone is out in the hallway waving a gun around in the air. Everyone rushes out from classrooms to the hallway, waving their guns. WHO IS THE ORIGINAL GUNMAN? If everyone has a gun, whos the bad guy? To the NRA and opponents of gun control: whats wrong with Tasers instead of guns? If you really are in fear and need to protect yourself, then have a taser handy.  This way its not permanent.Americans should have to pass eye tests, firearms classes, and metamphetamine tests, blood tests, even psychological testing (and see if theyre on medications for depression or using psychotropic drugs) and be licensed BEFORE they can buy a gun.It probably would not hurt at all to also have every applicant interviewed by someone trained to spot personality disorders, such as the kind that were so obvious to anyone who knew the mass murderer to be at Virginia Tech. The faculty there had already reported him to local police as a possible lunatic. And yet he was allowed to just walk into a gun store, where other murder weapons had been purchased, and walk out with a gun. There is something very broken about a system that failed to stop this.For Gods sake and for our childrens sake, there have only been 24 justified shootings in America - versus THOUSANDS of accidental and rampage shootings, as a result of our lax gun laws.In every other country where they have strict gun control, gun deaths are down.Every day they try to fill us with fear. The terrorists are coming over here to get us, they say. And why WOULDNT the terrorists want to come to Virginia, for example? Why theyve got some of the most lax gun laws anywhere, where even a deranged non-citizen can freely buy a high-powered assault weapon. And its not just people from overseas, criminals from all over the eastern seaboard come to Virginia in particu  ");
array_files[46]=new Array(0,1,"http://www.lydiacornell.com/labels/video%20games.html","2007-06-03","46K","Lydia Cornell","",""," Lydia Cornell Lydia Cornell  Tuesday, April 17, 2007   GOD BLESS VIRGINIA TECH STUDENTS and FAMILIES  Love one another. How do we survive this kind of tragedy? By loving one another, coming together. Survival is through community, and not letting go of each other. The massacre at Virginia Tech is one of the most tragic reminders of how much our nation needs healing, on every level. We should be more responsible in conveying values beyond the quick satisfaction of material needs. The constant glorification of violence through the gun culture, videoames, news broadcasts showing incessant bloodhsed, hatred, torture and bullying tactics on shows like “24″
 yes the gunman was deranged, but there is something deeper going on in our American Dream.Go to PlanetBlacksburg.com and leave a prayer message on the Wall. I am also sending out a blessing and prayer to Josie, my friend in Nebraska who is going through cancer surgery today. xoxoNo Spur Of The Moment Crime
9 mm Handgun Purchased On March 13
Returned To Dorm Room To Re-Arm After First Shooting, Left A Disturbing Note
Why dont we have a more rapid response to violence like this, whether its terrorism or random violence. The fact that the campus didnt sound a SIREN, send out an alert and cancel classes over a loudspeaker or alarm... or text messaging! In this day and age, in light of the times, why dont we have rapid response and lockdown immediately in the case of a crisis like this? Excerpted from Jane Smileys Blog at HuffingtonPost.com:Some years ago, I was talking to a man about guns. At the time, I didnt really know anyone with guns (still dont), but he did. He had had guns himself. He said, I gave my gun away, because when I had it, every time something happened that made me mad, my mind would start circling around that gun, and I would be thinking about using it.So I got rid of it and Im glad I did. Right up front I will say that I am opposed to casual gun ownership, but I also realize that Americans will always have guns. Period. Its a national   ");
array_files[47]=new Array(0,1,"http://www.lydiacornell.com/labels/theft.html","2007-06-03","53K","Lydia Cornell","",""," Lydia Cornell Lydia Cornell  Tuesday, April 24, 2007   THE CRIME BENEATH THE CRIME  Love is whats in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen. Bobby - age 7 (Wow!) If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate, Nikka - age 6 _________________________________________Stephen Pitt Political Cartoons Before we get into the truth behind Gonzo-Gate, POTENTIALLY HABITABLE PLANET FOUND!! THIS IS EXCITING!!By SETH BORENSTEIN, AP Science Writer WASHINGTON - For the first time astronomers have discovered a planet outside our solar system that is potentially habitable, with Earth-like temperatures, a find researchers described Tuesday as a big step in the search for life in the universe.The planet is just the right size, might have water in liquid form, and in galactic terms is relatively nearby at 120 trillion miles away. But the star it closely orbits, known as a red dwarf, is much smaller, dimmer and cooler than our sun.Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070425/ap_on_sc/habitable_planet_5 Did the most powerful Republicans in America have the computer capacity, software skills and electronic infrastructure in place on election night 2004 to tamper with the Ohio results to ensure George W. Bushs re-election? The answer appears to be yes. On Election Night 2004, the Republican Party not only controlled the vote-counting process in Ohio, the final presidential swing state, through a secretary of state who was a co-chair of the Bush campaign, but it also controlled the technology that allowed the tally of the vote in Ohios 88 counties to be reported to the media and voters.Privatizing elections and allowing known partisans to run a key presidential vote count is troubling enough. But the reason Congress must investigate these high-tech ties is there is abundant evidence that Republicans could have used this computing network to delay announcing the winner of Ohios 2004 election while tinkering with the results.Read more below, but first an editorial comme  ");
array_files[48]=new Array(0,1,"http://www.lydiacornell.com/labels/Virginia%20Tech.html","2007-06-03","46K","Lydia Cornell","",""," Lydia Cornell Lydia Cornell  Tuesday, April 17, 2007   GOD BLESS VIRGINIA TECH STUDENTS and FAMILIES  Love one another. How do we survive this kind of tragedy? By loving one another, coming together. Survival is through community, and not letting go of each other. The massacre at Virginia Tech is one of the most tragic reminders of how much our nation needs healing, on every level. We should be more responsible in conveying values beyond the quick satisfaction of material needs. The constant glorification of violence through the gun culture, videoames, news broadcasts showing incessant bloodhsed, hatred, torture and bullying tactics on shows like “24″
 yes the gunman was deranged, but there is something deeper going on in our American Dream.Go to PlanetBlacksburg.com and leave a prayer message on the Wall. I am also sending out a blessing and prayer to Josie, my friend in Nebraska who is going through cancer surgery today. xoxoNo Spur Of The Moment Crime
9 mm Handgun Purchased On March 13
Returned To Dorm Room To Re-Arm After First Shooting, Left A Disturbing Note
Why dont we have a more rapid response to violence like this, whether its terrorism or random violence. The fact that the campus didnt sound a SIREN, send out an alert and cancel classes over a loudspeaker or alarm... or text messaging! In this day and age, in light of the times, why dont we have rapid response and lockdown immediately in the case of a crisis like this? Excerpted from Jane Smileys Blog at HuffingtonPost.com:Some years ago, I was talking to a man about guns. At the time, I didnt really know anyone with guns (still dont), but he did. He had had guns himself. He said, I gave my gun away, because when I had it, every time something happened that made me mad, my mind would start circling around that gun, and I would be thinking about using it.So I got rid of it and Im glad I did. Right up front I will say that I am opposed to casual gun ownership, but I also realize that Americans will always have guns. Period. Its a national   ");
array_files[49]=new Array(0,1,"http://www.lydiacornell.com/labels/selfish%20anti-Christian.html","2007-06-03","65K","Lydia Cornell","",""," Lydia Cornell Lydia Cornell  Sunday, April 01, 2007   HOW TO GET RICH? GIVE TO THE POOR  “Let us serve instead of rule, knock instead of push at the door of human hearts, and allow to each and every one the same rights and privileges that we claim for ourselves.” – Mary Baker EddyGreat spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds - Albert EinsteinAs we enter Easter and Passover season, lets think about some new ideas. I heard a radical new theory the other day on Thom Hartmann’s Air America broadcast. He said, “Why are we so hell bent on ‘economic growth?’ Why not ‘economic stability?” If economic growth means even one more cancer death, then I am for stabilizing the economy, not growing it. As home prices drop to human levels, wouldnt it be great if the average American could actually afford to buy a home without killing himself — without holding down two jobs, or having his spouse bring in the second income while the children stay in day care until 7 p.m. after a harrowing drive in rush hour? This got me to thinking about Ted Knight’s favorite expression: “less is more.” He used to advise us not to mug for the cameras — and that there was more power in underplaying a scene. These were his acting tips in the beginning of Too Close For Comfort. I was too scared to look into his eyes, so Id look at his forehead instead. He kept standing on his toes to get into my line of vision. Ted thought I was doing this on purpose, and the National Enquirer sent spies down to check out the tension on the set. They didnt call me a dumb blonde for nothing. (Actually I was just shaking in my boots with fear.)Less is more could also pertain to this statement from the New Testament: “A soft answer turns away wrath.” I believe that less truly is more when it comes to quality of life. In fact, lately I’ve been longing for a pastoral life (but without the sheep.) Growing our own herbs and vegetables, building furniture, downsizing, shedding excess... Ive actually been maki  ");
array_files[50]=new Array(0,1,"http://www.lydiacornell.com/labels/Soldiers%20Iraq%20War.html","2007-06-03","55K","Lydia Cornell","",""," Lydia Cornell Lydia Cornell  Thursday, May 31, 2007   Memorial Day, Freedom and the Right Path  Memorial Day, Freedom and the Right PathGuest Blog By MikeThis past weekend was Memorial Day Weekend, and I couldnt help thinking what Memorial Day meant to me as a child, as well as what it likely means today to both Children in America as well as children in other countries.I think the main focus of Memorial Day is to honor the brave soldiers who gave their lives to protect our freedoms and liberties, I think the overwhelming majority of our country DOES honor and respect our soldiers and veterans, but I think Memorial day is also an occasion to remember the presidents who sent those soldiers to war -- and in some cases to their deaths. The majority were honorable men who sent our soldiers to war for honorable and legitimate reasons. Unfortunately this president, George W Bush, has not; he has sent our soldiers to their deaths for a lie and caused much of the world to despise rather than respect our country and our soldiers. For that reason, although I greatly respect and honor our brave soldiers, (many of which are friends and co-workers of mine or relatives of the former) who are being sacrificed and used as cannon fodder for a self serving lie.....I choose to focus on our president since speaking out against a culture of corruption that CHOOSES to put our soldiers in harms way for no justifiable reason and with no finite plan for a solution is in my opinion one of the best ways to truly support our soldiers.When I was a child, Memorial Day used to evoke images of both our brave soldiers who died to protect our freedom and liberties, as well as great presidents of the past who were great men, good men, wise men,respected by everyone; after much contemplation, I wondered how does the world look at Memorial Day now after 6 years of George W Bushs treasonous reign of evil.Better yet how does the world look at America now?America was always a bastion of goodness, a symbol of freedom, a land of opportunity, where har  ");
array_files[51]=new Array(0,1,"http://www.lydiacornell.com/labels/students.html","2007-06-03","46K","Lydia Cornell","",""," Lydia Cornell Lydia Cornell  Tuesday, April 17, 2007   GOD BLESS VIRGINIA TECH STUDENTS and FAMILIES  Love one another. How do we survive this kind of tragedy? By loving one another, coming together. Survival is through community, and not letting go of each other. The massacre at Virginia Tech is one of the most tragic reminders of how much our nation needs healing, on every level. We should be more responsible in conveying values beyond the quick satisfaction of material needs. The constant glorification of violence through the gun culture, videoames, news broadcasts showing incessant bloodhsed, hatred, torture and bullying tactics on shows like “24″
 yes the gunman was deranged, but there is something deeper going on in our American Dream.Go to PlanetBlacksburg.com and leave a prayer message on the Wall. I am also sending out a blessing and prayer to Josie, my friend in Nebraska who is going through cancer surgery today. xoxoNo Spur Of The Moment Crime
9 mm Handgun Purchased On March 13
Returned To Dorm Room To Re-Arm After First Shooting, Left A Disturbing Note
Why dont we have a more rapid response to violence like this, whether its terrorism or random violence. The fact that the campus didnt sound a SIREN, send out an alert and cancel classes over a loudspeaker or alarm... or text messaging! In this day and age, in light of the times, why dont we have rapid response and lockdown immediately in the case of a crisis like this? Excerpted from Jane Smileys Blog at HuffingtonPost.com:Some years ago, I was talking to a man about guns. At the time, I didnt really know anyone with guns (still dont), but he did. He had had guns himself. He said, I gave my gun away, because when I had it, every time something happened that made me mad, my mind would start circling around that gun, and I would be thinking about using it.So I got rid of it and Im glad I did. Right up front I will say that I am opposed to casual gun ownership, but I also realize that Americans will always have guns. Period. Its a national   ");
array_files[52]=new Array(0,1,"http://www.lydiacornell.com/labels/Rove%20criminal.html","2007-06-03","59K","Lydia Cornell","",""," Lydia Cornell Lydia Cornell  Thursday, May 17, 2007   UPPERDOG vs. UNDERDOG  We are pleased to have CATHERINE CRIER from COURT TV on our show Saturday, May 19 SATURDAY MORNINGS TUNE IN LIVE FROM LAS VEGAS and LOS ANGELES to our show BASHAM AND CORNELL PROGRESSIVE TALK from 9 - 10 a.m. We broadcast live -- or go to our website and click on the link to hear the entire show in the archives. Comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable. Thats what good preachers, and good journalists, do. It makes sense that comics, who sometimes preach and sometimes report the news, would follow this motto as well.Imus broke the power equation, Rogers says. He afflicted the afflicted, which made him a bully instead of a comic. Thats not funny.This happens a lot, not just with comics, but with journalists and preachers too. They get the motto backwards, they break the power equation. The journalists cozy up to the powerful, the preachers become bullying scolds. Both start to comfort the comfortable and afflict the afflicted. Its nothing new, Jesus described the same thing thousands of years ago, They tie up heavy loads and put them on mens shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them.The tricky thing -- whether youre a journalist, preacher or comic -- is that the comfortable and the afflicted are not immutable categories. Anyone, at some point, might be in either category. White House spokesman Tony Snow, for example, has had a lucrative career as a dishonest and thoroughly unprincipled apologist for power. That made him fair game for exposure, for jokes and jeremiads. But Snow now has cancer in his liver and the prognosis is not good. And jokes at the expense of a cancer victim just arent funny. Kicking a man when he is down is the work of a bully.This is, again, what I think Orwell was getting at in that essay on Charles Dickens Ive taken to quoting a bit too often: Orwell on DickensWhere [Dickens] is Christian is in his quasi-instinctive siding with the oppressed against the oppressors. As a  ");
array_files[53]=new Array(0,1,"http://www.lydiacornell.com/labels/Ted%20Knight.html","2007-06-03","65K","Lydia Cornell","",""," Lydia Cornell Lydia Cornell  Sunday, April 01, 2007   HOW TO GET RICH? GIVE TO THE POOR  “Let us serve instead of rule, knock instead of push at the door of human hearts, and allow to each and every one the same rights and privileges that we claim for ourselves.” – Mary Baker EddyGreat spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds - Albert EinsteinAs we enter Easter and Passover season, lets think about some new ideas. I heard a radical new theory the other day on Thom Hartmann’s Air America broadcast. He said, “Why are we so hell bent on ‘economic growth?’ Why not ‘economic stability?” If economic growth means even one more cancer death, then I am for stabilizing the economy, not growing it. As home prices drop to human levels, wouldnt it be great if the average American could actually afford to buy a home without killing himself — without holding down two jobs, or having his spouse bring in the second income while the children stay in day care until 7 p.m. after a harrowing drive in rush hour? This got me to thinking about Ted Knight’s favorite expression: “less is more.” He used to advise us not to mug for the cameras — and that there was more power in underplaying a scene. These were his acting tips in the beginning of Too Close For Comfort. I was too scared to look into his eyes, so Id look at his forehead instead. He kept standing on his toes to get into my line of vision. Ted thought I was doing this on purpose, and the National Enquirer sent spies down to check out the tension on the set. They didnt call me a dumb blonde for nothing. (Actually I was just shaking in my boots with fear.)Less is more could also pertain to this statement from the New Testament: “A soft answer turns away wrath.” I believe that less truly is more when it comes to quality of life. In fact, lately I’ve been longing for a pastoral life (but without the sheep.) Growing our own herbs and vegetables, building furniture, downsizing, shedding excess... Ive actually been maki  ");
array_files[54]=new Array(0,1,"http://www.lydiacornell.com/labels/Tasers.html","2007-06-03","51K","Lydia Cornell","",""," Lydia Cornell Lydia Cornell  Wednesday, April 18, 2007   TASERS: GUN ALTERNATIVE * SAVAGE WINS PULITZER PRIZE  Love one another. GUN CONTROL: A LOGICAL ALTERNATIVEImagine this: every kid and teacher in that school has a gun. Someone is out in the hallway waving a gun around in the air. Everyone rushes out from classrooms to the hallway, waving their guns. WHO IS THE ORIGINAL GUNMAN? If everyone has a gun, whos the bad guy? To the NRA and opponents of gun control: whats wrong with Tasers instead of guns? If you really are in fear and need to protect yourself, then have a taser handy.  This way its not permanent.Americans should have to pass eye tests, firearms classes, and metamphetamine tests, blood tests, even psychological testing (and see if theyre on medications for depression or using psychotropic drugs) and be licensed BEFORE they can buy a gun.It probably would not hurt at all to also have every applicant interviewed by someone trained to spot personality disorders, such as the kind that were so obvious to anyone who knew the mass murderer to be at Virginia Tech. The faculty there had already reported him to local police as a possible lunatic. And yet he was allowed to just walk into a gun store, where other murder weapons had been purchased, and walk out with a gun. There is something very broken about a system that failed to stop this.For Gods sake and for our childrens sake, there have only been 24 justified shootings in America - versus THOUSANDS of accidental and rampage shootings, as a result of our lax gun laws.In every other country where they have strict gun control, gun deaths are down.Every day they try to fill us with fear. The terrorists are coming over here to get us, they say. And why WOULDNT the terrorists want to come to Virginia, for example? Why theyve got some of the most lax gun laws anywhere, where even a deranged non-citizen can freely buy a high-powered assault weapon. And its not just people from overseas, criminals from all over the eastern seaboard come to Virginia in particu  ");
array_files[55]=new Array(0,1,"http://www.lydiacornell.com/labels/Pat%20Robertson.html","2007-06-03","65K","Lydia Cornell","",""," Lydia Cornell Lydia Cornell  Sunday, April 01, 2007   HOW TO GET RICH? GIVE TO THE POOR  “Let us serve instead of rule, knock instead of push at the door of human hearts, and allow to each and every one the same rights and privileges that we claim for ourselves.” – Mary Baker EddyGreat spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds - Albert EinsteinAs we enter Easter and Passover season, lets think about some new ideas. I heard a radical new theory the other day on Thom Hartmann’s Air America broadcast. He said, “Why are we so hell bent on ‘economic growth?’ Why not ‘economic stability?” If economic growth means even one more cancer death, then I am for stabilizing the economy, not growing it. As home prices drop to human levels, wouldnt it be great if the average American could actually afford to buy a home without killing himself — without holding down two jobs, or having his spouse bring in the second income while the children stay in day care until 7 p.m. after a harrowing drive in rush hour? This got me to thinking about Ted Knight’s favorite expression: “less is more.” He used to advise us not to mug for the cameras — and that there was more power in underplaying a scene. These were his acting tips in the beginning of Too Close For Comfort. I was too scared to look into his eyes, so Id look at his forehead instead. He kept standing on his toes to get into my line of vision. Ted thought I was doing this on purpose, and the National Enquirer sent spies down to check out the tension on the set. They didnt call me a dumb blonde for nothing. (Actually I was just shaking in my boots with fear.)Less is more could also pertain to this statement from the New Testament: “A soft answer turns away wrath.” I believe that less truly is more when it comes to quality of life. In fact, lately I’ve been longing for a pastoral life (but without the sheep.) Growing our own herbs and vegetables, building furniture, downsizing, shedding excess... Ive actually been maki  ");
array_files[56]=new Array(0,1,"http://www.lydiacornell.com/labels/peace.html","2007-06-03","49K","Lydia Cornell","",""," Lydia Cornell Lydia Cornell  Monday, April 30, 2007   THE DAWN OF HOPE  I think we can come up with a statement on which all Americans, Republican or Democrat, rich or poor, straight or gay, can agree, despite our country being so tragically and ferociously divided. The first universal American sentiment I came up with was: Sugar is sweet. - Kurt VonnegutI am neither left wing nor right wing; I need both wings to fly. - Deborah Van Valkenburgh.L. to R: Lydia, Wally Wingerts mom, Deborah Van ValkenburghIn Burbank over the weekend, Deborah and I signed autographs and had fun with Henry Winkler (Fonzie from Happy Days and childrens book author of the Hank Zipper series), Ernie Hudson (Ghostbusters and Beverly Hills Cop. Ernie guest-starred on our show in its first season); Michael Beck from The Warriors; Lorenzo Lamas; Juliet Mills; Larry Thomas, the Soup Nazi from Seinfeld (LOVE THIS GUY!); Bruce Kulick, incredibly gifted guitarist from KISS; Wally Wingert - actor, amazing human, and voice over artist extraordinaire; William Forsythe, Branscombe Richmonds who is now host of GOOD MORNING HAWAII. Deborah and I did an interview for the show, and Ill try to upload clips after it airs. I love Branscombe; he played Jackie Rushs love interest on our show. I met lots of others, but have to post them later. Met the legendary sketch artist ROMEO who works in blue pencil; he gave me a portrait of my favorite actress of all time, Audrey Hepburn. My son got INVADER ZIMS autograph, Richar Horvitz, who played ZIM!!! THE DAWN OF HOPE 2Progressive is the term I choose to call my social and political leanings. Going forward, making progress, advancing new ideas, bringing people together in the spirit of love, making friends out of enemies, having compassion even for the offensive and downtrodden (because I know what its like to have a bad day.) Progressive means enlightened, spiritual, diplomatic solutions... getting along with ones enemies, finding common ground, realizing that by joining forces and engaging in community we beco  ");
array_files[57]=new Array(0,1,"http://www.lydiacornell.com/labels/Progressive%20Talk.html","2007-06-03","67K","Lydia Cornell","",""," Lydia Cornell Lydia Cornell  Friday, May 04, 2007   THE CRUMBLING INDUSTRIAL BASE  FANTASTIC SHOW! TODAY we come up with solutions...on Basham and Cornell Progressive Talk, we interview Brian Katulis – who worked in the National Security Council at the State Department during the Clinton administration. After that, we talk with ex-CIA agent Larry Johnson about his letter to George Tenet and his views on the lies leading up to Bushs invasion of Iraq. Larry Johnson is an old school pal of Valerie Plame and has a terrific blog called NoQuarter.typepad.comThis is a show you wont want to miss. Lots of juicy details. Brian Katulis is a Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress where he examines U.S. national security policy in the Middle East and democratization, with a focus on Iraq. Prior to joining the Center, he lived and worked in the Middle East for the National Democratic Institute and Freedom House, including projects in Egypt, Iraq, and the Palestinian territories. SATURDAY MORNINGS TUNE IN LIVE FROM LAS VEGAS and LOS ANGELES to our show BASHAM AND CORNELL PROGRESSIVE TALK from 9 - 10 a.m. We broadcast live -- or go to our website and click on the link to hear the entire show in the archives. The U.S trade deficit with China has risen to a 46.4 billion deficit for the first quarter of this year, which is twice what the deficit was the first quarter of 2006. In 2006 the U.S trade deficit was an astounding 233 billion.At least eight million U.S jobs reportedly have went overseas over the past several years, and the manufacturing industry has been hit the hardest. Off shoring of jobs has also hit the technology industry as well as business and professional services.The U.S auto industry for instance is in serious trouble. Both General Motors and Ford have reported major losses and are teetering on the brink of oblivion, while Daimler-Chrysler hopes to sell The Chrysler Group due to falling profits.The U.S manufacturing industry will take another major blow as more than two-hundred thousand U.S auto j  ");
array_files[58]=new Array(0,1,"http://www.lydiacornell.com/labels/Pulitzer%20Prize.html","2007-06-03","51K","Lydia Cornell","",""," Lydia Cornell Lydia Cornell  Wednesday, April 18, 2007   TASERS: GUN ALTERNATIVE * SAVAGE WINS PULITZER PRIZE  Love one another. GUN CONTROL: A LOGICAL ALTERNATIVEImagine this: every kid and teacher in that school has a gun. Someone is out in the hallway waving a gun around in the air. Everyone rushes out from classrooms to the hallway, waving their guns. WHO IS THE ORIGINAL GUNMAN? If everyone has a gun, whos the bad guy? To the NRA and opponents of gun control: whats wrong with Tasers instead of guns? If you really are in fear and need to protect yourself, then have a taser handy.  This way its not permanent.Americans should have to pass eye tests, firearms classes, and metamphetamine tests, blood tests, even psychological testing (and see if theyre on medications for depression or using psychotropic drugs) and be licensed BEFORE they can buy a gun.It probably would not hurt at all to also have every applicant interviewed by someone trained to spot personality disorders, such as the kind that were so obvious to anyone who knew the mass murderer to be at Virginia Tech. The faculty there had already reported him to local police as a possible lunatic. And yet he was allowed to just walk into a gun store, where other murder weapons had been purchased, and walk out with a gun. There is something very broken about a system that failed to stop this.For Gods sake and for our childrens sake, there have only been 24 justified shootings in America - versus THOUSANDS of accidental and rampage shootings, as a result of our lax gun laws.In every other country where they have strict gun control, gun deaths are down.Every day they try to fill us with fear. The terrorists are coming over here to get us, they say. And why WOULDNT the terrorists want to come to Virginia, for example? Why theyve got some of the most lax gun laws anywhere, where even a deranged non-citizen can freely buy a high-powered assault weapon. And its not just people from overseas, criminals from all over the eastern seaboard come to Virginia in particu  ");
array_files[59]=new Array(0,1,"http://www.lydiacornell.com/labels/Petraeus.html","2007-06-03","49K","Lydia Cornell","",""," Lydia Cornell Lydia Cornell  Saturday, March 17, 2007   HAPPY ST. PATRICKS DAY * MARCH FOR PEACE!  Today is St. Patricks Day! Thanks for wearing green and listening to our show BASHAM AND CORNELL PROGRESSIVE TALK from 9 - 10 a.m. We broadcast live from Las Vegas and Los Angeles -- or go to our website and click on the link to hear the entire show in the archives. Upcoming: Congressman Charles Rangel will be our guest April 14. He will discuss his 30-year Congressional career and his new book, And I Havent Had a Bad Day Since: From the Streets of Harlem to the Halls of Congress. And next week, well have Eric Boehlert, author of LAPDOGS: How the Press Rolled Over for Bush. Last week we had Mark Green, one of the new owners of Air America, founder of New Democracy Project and author of Losing Our Democracy. Weve had some amazing guests the past 3 weeks: former federal prosecutor Elizabeth de la Vega, author of U.S. vs BUSH which is going to be a movie, a courtroom drama on the Bush Impeachment. We also had Media Matters Paul Waldman, author of Being Right is Not Enough. The OFFICE is my favorite show. Here is The Oval Office, a great parody with Bush playing the Steve Carell character.  TODAY on BASHAM AND CORNELL PROGRESSIVE TALK CALL IN and discuss whatever is on your mind. Today, Saturday, Doug and I decided not to have a guest, so we can discuss all the current headlines in depth and take calls from listeners -- thats YOU! Please call in and talk about whatever bugs you the most: the Valerie Plame scandal, the firing of federal prosecutors, Roves hand in both of these scandals, Alberto Gonzales, our veterans, Walter Reed Medical Center, Westhusings suicide, Ann Coulter, Bill OReilly... and impeachment. We have some breaking news regarding mental illness in our returning vets. This is not to be missed. Bestselling authors, Senators and political leaders coming up on our show. Check out upcoming guests, leave comments on our blog or listen to the archives at: BASHAM AND CORNELL PROGRESSIVE TALKAfter the show, M  ");
array_files[60]=new Array(0,1,"http://www.lydiacornell.com/labels/nature.html","2007-06-03","48K","Lydia Cornell","",""," Lydia Cornell Lydia Cornell  Wednesday, March 21, 2007   PEACE IS SEXY * OBJECTS OF CREATION  At the Pentagon peace rally the other day, a Republican protestor against the protestors held up a sign saying PEACE SUCKS. I know it isnt sexy to stop arguing or fighting. I know its more fun to gossip, vent, scream, yell and find fault with others. I know it is more exciting to watch a train wreck than a healing, but it doesnt help heal anything, in fact it keeps us stuck. Bad news proliferates because of our constant nurturing of it. Im not saying stop shining a light on the bad guys like Rove, Bush, Cheney, Gonzales, Delay, and corrupt corporations. Im saying lets also uplift each other by seeing the hope that is right around the corner. We need to see our innate goodness and know that truth will thrive as good people come into power. JOY I have been experiencing moments of pure joy lately. It all started when I consciously decided to shift my thought to seeing the beautiful in life. Believe me it hasnt been easy, in light of all the bad news in the world. But ever since I took a class in spiritual physics (metaphysics) I began to practice reversing my thought and looking up. Literally looking up at the treetops, at the higher laws in operation. In other words, the spiritual invisible goodness running things. Now Im madly in love with life, people, trees, flowers, nature — and Im seeing things I never saw before! Its amazingly beautiful out there. Im seeing more and more beautiful objects of creation. I have also shed my jealousy of others and have begun to see everything with new eyes. Suddenly a new sense of compassion and love for strangers in the news and on the street — even people who seem gruff and dont smile back. I saw a sad-looking Hispanic gardener on our street the other day, and I silently blessed him. He looked up and beamed back at me. Think of all the people who seem invisible, as if no one cares about their burdens. My ideal day: going on a road trip with the kids in the back of the minivan.   ");
array_files[61]=new Array(0,1,"http://www.lydiacornell.com/labels/NRA.html","2007-06-03","51K","Lydia Cornell","",""," Lydia Cornell Lydia Cornell  Wednesday, April 18, 2007   TASERS: GUN ALTERNATIVE * SAVAGE WINS PULITZER PRIZE  Love one another. GUN CONTROL: A LOGICAL ALTERNATIVEImagine this: every kid and teacher in that school has a gun. Someone is out in the hallway waving a gun around in the air. Everyone rushes out from classrooms to the hallway, waving their guns. WHO IS THE ORIGINAL GUNMAN? If everyone has a gun, whos the bad guy? To the NRA and opponents of gun control: whats wrong with Tasers instead of guns? If you really are in fear and need to protect yourself, then have a taser handy.  This way its not permanent.Americans should have to pass eye tests, firearms classes, and metamphetamine tests, blood tests, even psychological testing (and see if theyre on medications for depression or using psychotropic drugs) and be licensed BEFORE they can buy a gun.It probably would not hurt at all to also have every applicant interviewed by someone trained to spot personality disorders, such as the kind that were so obvious to anyone who knew the mass murderer to be at Virginia Tech. The faculty there had already reported him to local police as a possible lunatic. And yet he was allowed to just walk into a gun store, where other murder weapons had been purchased, and walk out with a gun. There is something very broken about a system that failed to stop this.For Gods sake and for our childrens sake, there have only been 24 justified shootings in America - versus THOUSANDS of accidental and rampage shootings, as a result of our lax gun laws.In every other country where they have strict gun control, gun deaths are down.Every day they try to fill us with fear. The terrorists are coming over here to get us, they say. And why WOULDNT the terrorists want to come to Virginia, for example? Why theyve got some of the most lax gun laws anywhere, where even a deranged non-citizen can freely buy a high-powered assault weapon. And its not just people from overseas, criminals from all over the eastern seaboard come to Virginia in particu  ");
array_files[62]=new Array(0,1,"http://www.lydiacornell.com/labels/power.html","2007-06-03","46K","Lydia Cornell","",""," Lydia Cornell Lydia Cornell  Thursday, May 17, 2007   UPPERDOG vs. UNDERDOG  We are pleased to have CATHERINE CRIER from COURT TV on our show Saturday, May 19 SATURDAY MORNINGS TUNE IN LIVE FROM LAS VEGAS and LOS ANGELES to our show BASHAM AND CORNELL PROGRESSIVE TALK from 9 - 10 a.m. We broadcast live -- or go to our website and click on the link to hear the entire show in the archives. Comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable. Thats what good preachers, and good journalists, do. It makes sense that comics, who sometimes preach and sometimes report the news, would follow this motto as well.Imus broke the power equation, Rogers says. He afflicted the afflicted, which made him a bully instead of a comic. Thats not funny.This happens a lot, not just with comics, but with journalists and preachers too. They get the motto backwards, they break the power equation. The journalists cozy up to the powerful, the preachers become bullying scolds. Both start to comfort the comfortable and afflict the afflicted. Its nothing new, Jesus described the same thing thousands of years ago, They tie up heavy loads and put them on mens shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them.The tricky thing -- whether youre a journalist, preacher or comic -- is that the comfortable and the afflicted are not immutable categories. Anyone, at some point, might be in either category. White House spokesman Tony Snow, for example, has had a lucrative career as a dishonest and thoroughly unprincipled apologist for power. That made him fair game for exposure, for jokes and jeremiads. But Snow now has cancer in his liver and the prognosis is not good. And jokes at the expense of a cancer victim just arent funny. Kicking a man when he is down is the work of a bully.This is, again, what I think Orwell was getting at in that essay on Charles Dickens Ive taken to quoting a bit too often: Orwell on DickensWhere [Dickens] is Christian is in his quasi-instinctive siding with the oppressed against the oppressors. As a  ");
array_files[63]=new Array(0,1,"http://www.lydiacornell.com/labels/love.html","2007-06-03","68K","Lydia Cornell","",""," Lydia Cornell Lydia Cornell  Thursday, May 10, 2007   LEARN THE HISTORY  Tensions among the followers of the three major monotheistic religions are front and center in the news headlines. But history shows that these tensions are nothing new — Christians, Jews, and Muslims have been battling one another for centuries. Each tradition values peace, but generation after generation, hostility and resentment seem to overcome idealism and end in violence. Though the human picture holds little hope, these obstacles to harmony direct our attention to a more spiritual perspective. And it is in this spiritual realm that there is hope for lasting healing and peace.The history of the Middle East is filled with ironies. First, it’s important to understand that these three religious traditions share a common ancestor: the patriarch Abraham. Bearing a name that some scholars interpret as “exalted father,” Abraham grew up about 4,000 years ago in Ur, a city in a section of southern Mesopotamia, later called Chaldea. Today this region is part of Iraq. Biblical tradition has Abraham receiving a covenant, or formal agreement, from God on behalf of Abraham’s descendants. In God’s covenant, He promised Abraham that his family would become a great people and would inherit land.The concept of a covenant is central to Biblical theology. Borrowed from ancient contract law, covenant gives a framework and vocabulary to what entered human experience as pure revelation: a sense of God’s identity, nature, and care for His creation. This covenant articulated a bond between God and His children comparable to a contract—a binding agreement. Later, this covenant’s specific terms were set forth in the Ten Commandments. While some groups have interpreted the covenant as limited to a specific religion or culture, in its highest sense God’s covenant is one of love. And this love embraces all, in every place, and throughout all time.Viewed from a human perspective, the covenant presented two serious problems.Viewed, however, fro  ");
array_files[64]=new Array(0,1,"http://www.lydiacornell.com/labels/massacre.html","2007-06-03","46K","Lydia Cornell","",""," Lydia Cornell Lydia Cornell  Tuesday, April 17, 2007   GOD BLESS VIRGINIA TECH STUDENTS and FAMILIES  Love one another. How do we survive this kind of tragedy? By loving one another, coming together. Survival is through community, and not letting go of each other. The massacre at Virginia Tech is one of the most tragic reminders of how much our nation needs healing, on every level. We should be more responsible in conveying values beyond the quick satisfaction of material needs. The constant glorification of violence through the gun culture, videoames, news broadcasts showing incessant bloodhsed, hatred, torture and bullying tactics on shows like “24″
 yes the gunman was deranged, but there is something deeper going on in our American Dream.Go to PlanetBlacksburg.com and leave a prayer message on the Wall. I am also sending out a blessing and prayer to Josie, my friend in Nebraska who is going through cancer surgery today. xoxoNo Spur Of The Moment Crime
9 mm Handgun Purchased On March 13
Returned To Dorm Room To Re-Arm After First Shooting, Left A Disturbing Note
Why dont we have a more rapid response to violence like this, whether its terrorism or random violence. The fact that the campus didnt sound a SIREN, send out an alert and cancel classes over a loudspeaker or alarm... or text messaging! In this day and age, in light of the times, why dont we have rapid response and lockdown immediately in the case of a crisis like this? Excerpted from Jane Smileys Blog at HuffingtonPost.com:Some years ago, I was talking to a man about guns. At the time, I didnt really know anyone with guns (still dont), but he did. He had had guns himself. He said, I gave my gun away, because when I had it, every time something happened that made me mad, my mind would start circling around that gun, and I would be thinking about using it.So I got rid of it and Im glad I did. Right up front I will say that I am opposed to casual gun ownership, but I also realize that Americans will always have guns. Period. Its a national   ");
array_files[65]=new Array(0,1,"http://www.lydiacornell.com/labels/lies.html","2007-06-03","57K","Lydia Cornell","",""," Lydia Cornell Lydia Cornell  Tuesday, May 29, 2007   Its Those Little Things  by Larry Every relationship has its ups and downs. Every experience has been filled with a series of mishaps and milestones. Its those little things both good and bad that add up. Perhaps Bobby Goldsboro spoke best of love with these lyrics.Little things that you do make me glad Im in love with you.Little things that you say make me glad that I feel this way.The way you smile, the way you hold my hand,and when Im down you always understand.You know I love those little things in my ear, that you say when theres no one near. Little things that you do, let me know that your love is true.The way she cooks his favorite meal, the way she makes his dreams seem real, the way she makes a dollar last, the way she always forgets his past, its those little things.It could also be the way he ignores her every word, the way he makes her feel so hurt, the way he spends and never saves, the way he takes but has never gave, its those little things.As we live another day, we can always remember that those little things always add up, both good and bad. Some little things add up to make someone love their spouse even more. Other little things add up to make the spouse learn to abhor. There are little things in all walks of life.The way he lied the country into war, the thousands of deaths, and there will be more, the massive debt that we now owe, that we will reap what he will sow, yes its those little things.The way he took away our rights, the executive orders signed into the night, the way he uses the fear of terror, the way he overlooks every Presidential error, its those little things.The millions of jobs he sent overseas, the millions of Iraqis just wishing he would leave, The levels of corruption that lay at his desk, the hundreds whove been tortured simply at his bequest, its those little things.The way he overlooks each and every law, the lives he has left so torn and raw, the military funerals he refuses to attend, the Katrina victims strande  ");
array_files[66]=new Array(0,1,"http://www.lydiacornell.com/labels/Mark%20Green.html","2007-06-03","49K","Lydia Cornell","",""," Lydia Cornell Lydia Cornell  Wednesday, March 07, 2007   MARK GREEN: NEW OWNER OF AIR AMERICA!  TODAY ON BASHAM AND CORNELL PROGRESSIVE TALK we interview Mark Green, new owner of Air America and author of the brilliant new book LOSING OUR DEMOCRACY: How Bush, the Far Right and Big Business Are Betraying Americans for Power and Profit. Listen to the archives or listen live to our show from 9-10 a.m. Saturday mornings at: BASHAM AND CORNELL PROGRESSIVE TALKMark is the founder and president of the New Democracy Project - a national/urban affairs institute utilizing the assets of New York City to promote democratic participation, economic fairness and social justice. He was Democratic nominee for Mayor of New York City in 2001. Check out Marks web site New Democracy Project.orgFriday, March 9, 4 p.m. PST Im on THE SPIRITUAL POLITICIAN on BBS Radio Melinda Pillsbury Fosters live radio show, which is also on tape THE SPIRITUAL POLITICIANTHE COVERUP: AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY Economic domination through warmongering. - Hilary RosenGOOGLE IMAGE SHACK In legal terms, the jury has spoken in the Libby case. In political terms, Dick Cheney is still awaiting a judgment.For weeks, Washington watched, mesmerized, as the trial of I. Lewis Libby Jr. cast Vice President Cheney, his former boss, in the role of puppeteer, pulling the strings in a covert public relations campaign to defend the Bush administration’s case for war in Iraq and discredit a critic. - From the New York Times: By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG“There is a cloud over the vice president,” the prosecutor, Patrick J. Fitzgerald, told the jury in summing up the case last month.This is not a simple coverup, this is an absolute tragedy. There are lives at stake; weve lost thousands of our own soldiers in an illegal, mismanaged war. And hundreds of thousands of innocent Iraqi civilians have died in the needless bloodshed, including children. Two little boys searched for their 3-year old sister in the rubble of their apartment, after a car bomb went off. All they found was he  ");
array_files[67]=new Array(0,1,"http://www.lydiacornell.com/labels/Muslims.html","2007-06-03","52K","Lydia Cornell","",""," Lydia Cornell Lydia Cornell  Thursday, May 10, 2007   LEARN THE HISTORY  Tensions among the followers of the three major monotheistic religions are front and center in the news headlines. But history shows that these tensions are nothing new — Christians, Jews, and Muslims have been battling one another for centuries. Each tradition values peace, but generation after generation, hostility and resentment seem to overcome idealism and end in violence. Though the human picture holds little hope, these obstacles to harmony direct our attention to a more spiritual perspective. And it is in this spiritual realm that there is hope for lasting healing and peace.The history of the Middle East is filled with ironies. First, it’s important to understand that these three religious traditions share a common ancestor: the patriarch Abraham. Bearing a name that some scholars interpret as “exalted father,” Abraham grew up about 4,000 years ago in Ur, a city in a section of southern Mesopotamia, later called Chaldea. Today this region is part of Iraq. Biblical tradition has Abraham receiving a covenant, or formal agreement, from God on behalf of Abraham’s descendants. In God’s covenant, He promised Abraham that his family would become a great people and would inherit land.The concept of a covenant is central to Biblical theology. Borrowed from ancient contract law, covenant gives a framework and vocabulary to what entered human experience as pure revelation: a sense of God’s identity, nature, and care for His creation. This covenant articulated a bond between God and His children comparable to a contract—a binding agreement. Later, this covenant’s specific terms were set forth in the Ten Commandments. While some groups have interpreted the covenant as limited to a specific religion or culture, in its highest sense God’s covenant is one of love. And this love embraces all, in every place, and throughout all time.Viewed from a human perspective, the covenant presented two serious problems.Viewed, however, fro  ");
array_files[68]=new Array(0,1,"http://www.lydiacornell.com/labels/Marine%20veterans%20suicide%20depression.html","2007-06-03","49K","Lydia Cornell","",""," Lydia Cornell Lydia Cornell  Saturday, March 17, 2007   HAPPY ST. PATRICKS DAY * MARCH FOR PEACE!  Today is St. Patricks Day! Thanks for wearing green and listening to our show BASHAM AND CORNELL PROGRESSIVE TALK from 9 - 10 a.m. We broadcast live from Las Vegas and Los Angeles -- or go to our website and click on the link to hear the entire show in the archives. Upcoming: Congressman Charles Rangel will be our guest April 14. He will discuss his 30-year Congressional career and his new book, And I Havent Had a Bad Day Since: From the Streets of Harlem to the Halls of Congress. And next week, well have Eric Boehlert, author of LAPDOGS: How the Press Rolled Over for Bush. Last week we had Mark Green, one of the new owners of Air America, founder of New Democracy Project and author of Losing Our Democracy. Weve had some amazing guests the past 3 weeks: former federal prosecutor Elizabeth de la Vega, author of U.S. vs BUSH which is going to be a movie, a courtroom drama on the Bush Impeachment. We also had Media Matters Paul Waldman, author of Being Right is Not Enough. The OFFICE is my favorite show. Here is The Oval Office, a great parody with Bush playing the Steve Carell character.  TODAY on BASHAM AND CORNELL PROGRESSIVE TALK CALL IN and discuss whatever is on your mind. Today, Saturday, Doug and I decided not to have a guest, so we can discuss all the current headlines in depth and take calls from listeners -- thats YOU! Please call in and talk about whatever bugs you the most: the Valerie Plame scandal, the firing of federal prosecutors, Roves hand in both of these scandals, Alberto Gonzales, our veterans, Walter Reed Medical Center, Westhusings suicide, Ann Coulter, Bill OReilly... and impeachment. We have some breaking news regarding mental illness in our returning vets. This is not to be missed. Bestselling authors, Senators and political leaders coming up on our show. Check out upcoming guests, leave comments on our blog or listen to the archives at: BASHAM AND CORNELL PROGRESSIVE TALKAfter the show, M  ");
array_files[69]=new Array(0,1,"http://www.lydiacornell.com/labels/Lydia.html","2007-06-03","59K","Lydia Cornell","",""," Lydia Cornell Lydia Cornell  Sunday, May 13, 2007   I.O.U Mom  In 1870 Julia Ward Howe penned the Mothers Day proclamation. Howe had earlier authored the famous Battle Hymn of the Republic. Howe wrote the Mothers Day proclamation calling for the women of the world to unite for peace.The following piece was written in 1976 in honor of moms everywhere. These lyrics fit the typical mom. It probably describes your mom. Happy Mothers Day to all. We owe you more than we can ever repay.I.O.U.(Dean / Markes)Many people look through their wallet or their pocket books and, way down at the bottom, past thecredit cards and baby pictures and so on, you usually find a little ol piece of dog-eared poetry.I was cleaning out my wallet the other day and ran across a whole bunch of I.O.Us, some of emthirty-five years overdue. And you know the funny thing, all these I.O.Us are owed to one personand I kinda felt like that maybe now would be a pretty good time for an accountin.Mom, I sure hope youre listenin.Sweet lady, I.O.U. for so many things.....A lot of services, like nightwatchman for instance.....Lyin awake nights, listenin for coughs and cries and creakinfloorboards.....hah-hah, and me comin in too late.Boy, you had the eye of an eagle and the roar of a lion,But you always had a heart as big as a house.I.O.U. for services like, uh, short order cook, chef, baker.....For makin sirloin out o hamburger an turkey out o tuna fish,And big ol strappin boys out of leftovers.I.O.U. for cleanin services,The daily scrubbing of face and ears....all work done by hand.And for the frequent dustin of a small boys pantsTo try to make sure that you led a spotless life.And for washin and ironin that no laundry could ever do.Foy dryin the tears of childhoodAnd ironin out the problems of growin up.I.O.U. for services as a bodyguard,For protectin me from the terrors of thunderstorms and nightmaresHah, And too many green apples.And Lord knows, I.O.U. for medical attention,For nursing me through measles, mumps, bruises,Bumps, splinters and spring f  ");
array_files[70]=new Array(0,1,"http://www.lydiacornell.com/labels/John%20Hagee.html","2007-06-03","65K","Lydia Cornell","",""," Lydia Cornell Lydia Cornell  Sunday, April 01, 2007   HOW TO GET RICH? GIVE TO THE POOR  “Let us serve instead of rule, knock instead of push at the door of human hearts, and allow to each and every one the same rights and privileges that we claim for ourselves.” – Mary Baker EddyGreat spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds - Albert EinsteinAs we enter Easter and Passover season, lets think about some new ideas. I heard a radical new theory the other day on Thom Hartmann’s Air America broadcast. He said, “Why are we so hell bent on ‘economic growth?’ Why not ‘economic stability?” If economic growth means even one more cancer death, then I am for stabilizing the economy, not growing it. As home prices drop to human levels, wouldnt it be great if the average American could actually afford to buy a home without killing himself — without holding down two jobs, or having his spouse bring in the second income while the children stay in day care until 7 p.m. after a harrowing drive in rush hour? This got me to thinking about Ted Knight’s favorite expression: “less is more.” He used to advise us not to mug for the cameras — and that there was more power in underplaying a scene. These were his acting tips in the beginning of Too Close For Comfort. I was too scared to look into his eyes, so Id look at his forehead instead. He kept standing on his toes to get into my line of vision. Ted thought I was doing this on purpose, and the National Enquirer sent spies down to check out the tension on the set. They didnt call me a dumb blonde for nothing. (Actually I was just shaking in my boots with fear.)Less is more could also pertain to this statement from the New Testament: “A soft answer turns away wrath.” I believe that less truly is more when it comes to quality of life. In fact, lately I’ve been longing for a pastoral life (but without the sheep.) Growing our own herbs and vegetables, building furniture, downsizing, shedding excess... Ive actually been maki  ");
array_files[71]=new Array(0,1,"http://www.lydiacornell.com/labels/joy.html","2007-06-03","48K","Lydia Cornell","",""," Lydia Cornell Lydia Cornell  Wednesday, March 21, 2007   PEACE IS SEXY * OBJECTS OF CREATION  At the Pentagon peace rally the other day, a Republican protestor against the protestors held up a sign saying PEACE SUCKS. I know it isnt sexy to stop arguing or fighting. I know its more fun to gossip, vent, scream, yell and find fault with others. I know it is more exciting to watch a train wreck than a healing, but it doesnt help heal anything, in fact it keeps us stuck. Bad news proliferates because of our constant nurturing of it. Im not saying stop shining a light on the bad guys like Rove, Bush, Cheney, Gonzales, Delay, and corrupt corporations. Im saying lets also uplift each other by seeing the hope that is right around the corner. We need to see our innate goodness and know that truth will thrive as good people come into power. JOY I have been experiencing moments of pure joy lately. It all started when I consciously decided to shift my thought to seeing the beautiful in life. Believe me it hasnt been easy, in light of all the bad news in the world. But ever since I took a class in spiritual physics (metaphysics) I began to practice reversing my thought and looking up. Literally looking up at the treetops, at the higher laws in operation. In other words, the spiritual invisible goodness running things. Now Im madly in love with life, people, trees, flowers, nature — and Im seeing things I never saw before! Its amazingly beautiful out there. Im seeing more and more beautiful objects of creation. I have also shed my jealousy of others and have begun to see everything with new eyes. Suddenly a new sense of compassion and love for strangers in the news and on the street — even people who seem gruff and dont smile back. I saw a sad-looking Hispanic gardener on our street the other day, and I silently blessed him. He looked up and beamed back at me. Think of all the people who seem invisible, as if no one cares about their burdens. My ideal day: going on a road trip with the kids in the back of the minivan.   ");
array_files[72]=new Array(0,1,"http://www.lydiacornell.com/labels/Imus.html","2007-06-03","46K","Lydia Cornell","",""," Lydia Cornell Lydia Cornell  Thursday, May 17, 2007   UPPERDOG vs. UNDERDOG  We are pleased to have CATHERINE CRIER from COURT TV on our show Saturday, May 19 SATURDAY MORNINGS TUNE IN LIVE FROM LAS VEGAS and LOS ANGELES to our show BASHAM AND CORNELL PROGRESSIVE TALK from 9 - 10 a.m. We broadcast live -- or go to our website and click on the link to hear the entire show in the archives. Comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable. Thats what good preachers, and good journalists, do. It makes sense that comics, who sometimes preach and sometimes report the news, would follow this motto as well.Imus broke the power equation, Rogers says. He afflicted the afflicted, which made him a bully instead of a comic. Thats not funny.This happens a lot, not just with comics, but with journalists and preachers too. They get the motto backwards, they break the power equation. The journalists cozy up to the powerful, the preachers become bullying scolds. Both start to comfort the comfortable and afflict the afflicted. Its nothing new, Jesus described the same thing thousands of years ago, They tie up heavy loads and put them on mens shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them.The tricky thing -- whether youre a journalist, preacher or comic -- is that the comfortable and the afflicted are not immutable categories. Anyone, at some point, might be in either category. White House spokesman Tony Snow, for example, has had a lucrative career as a dishonest and thoroughly unprincipled apologist for power. That made him fair game for exposure, for jokes and jeremiads. But Snow now has cancer in his liver and the prognosis is not good. And jokes at the expense of a cancer victim just arent funny. Kicking a man when he is down is the work of a bully.This is, again, what I think Orwell was getting at in that essay on Charles Dickens Ive taken to quoting a bit too often: Orwell on DickensWhere [Dickens] is Christian is in his quasi-instinctive siding with the oppressed against the oppressors. As a  ");
array_files[73]=new Array(0,1,"http://www.lydiacornell.com/labels/Lake%20Tahoe.html","2007-06-03","48K","Lydia Cornell","",""," Lydia Cornell Lydia Cornell  Wednesday, March 21, 2007   PEACE IS SEXY * OBJECTS OF CREATION  At the Pentagon peace rally the other day, a Republican protestor against the protestors held up a sign saying PEACE SUCKS. I know it isnt sexy to stop arguing or fighting. I know its more fun to gossip, vent, scream, yell and find fault with others. I know it is more exciting to watch a train wreck than a healing, but it doesnt help heal anything, in fact it keeps us stuck. Bad news proliferates because of our constant nurturing of it. Im not saying stop shining a light on the bad guys like Rove, Bush, Cheney, Gonzales, Delay, and corrupt corporations. Im saying lets also uplift each other by seeing the hope that is right around the corner. We need to see our innate goodness and know that truth will thrive as good people come into power. JOY I have been experiencing moments of pure joy lately. It all started when I consciously decided to shift my thought to seeing the beautiful in life. Believe me it hasnt been easy, in light of all the bad news in the world. But ever since I took a class in spiritual physics (metaphysics) I began to practice reversing my thought and looking up. Literally looking up at the treetops, at the higher laws in operation. In other words, the spiritual invisible goodness running things. Now Im madly in love with life, people, trees, flowers, nature — and Im seeing things I never saw before! Its amazingly beautiful out there. Im seeing more and more beautiful objects of creation. I have also shed my jealousy of others and have begun to see everything with new eyes. Suddenly a new sense of compassion and love for strangers in the news and on the street — even people who seem gruff and dont smile back. I saw a sad-looking Hispanic gardener on our street the other day, and I silently blessed him. He looked up and beamed back at me. Think of all the people who seem invisible, as if no one cares about their burdens. My ideal day: going on a road trip with the kids in the back of the minivan.   ");
array_files[74]=new Array(0,1,"http://www.lydiacornell.com/labels/libby%20cornell.html","2007-06-03","49K","Lydia Cornell","",""," Lydia Cornell Lydia Cornell  Wednesday, March 07, 2007   MARK GREEN: NEW OWNER OF AIR AMERICA!  TODAY ON BASHAM AND CORNELL PROGRESSIVE TALK we interview Mark Green, new owner of Air America and author of the brilliant new book LOSING OUR DEMOCRACY: How Bush, the Far Right and Big Business Are Betraying Americans for Power and Profit. Listen to the archives or listen live to our show from 9-10 a.m. Saturday mornings at: BASHAM AND CORNELL PROGRESSIVE TALKMark is the founder and president of the New Democracy Project - a national/urban affairs institute utilizing the assets of New York City to promote democratic participation, economic fairness and social justice. He was Democratic nominee for Mayor of New York City in 2001. Check out Marks web site New Democracy Project.orgFriday, March 9, 4 p.m. PST Im on THE SPIRITUAL POLITICIAN on BBS Radio Melinda Pillsbury Fosters live radio show, which is also on tape THE SPIRITUAL POLITICIANTHE COVERUP: AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY Economic domination through warmongering. - Hilary RosenGOOGLE IMAGE SHACK In legal terms, the jury has spoken in the Libby case. In political terms, Dick Cheney is still awaiting a judgment.For weeks, Washington watched, mesmerized, as the trial of I. Lewis Libby Jr. cast Vice President Cheney, his former boss, in the role of puppeteer, pulling the strings in a covert public relations campaign to defend the Bush administration’s case for war in Iraq and discredit a critic. - From the New York Times: By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG“There is a cloud over the vice president,” the prosecutor, Patrick J. Fitzgerald, told the jury in summing up the case last month.This is not a simple coverup, this is an absolute tragedy. There are lives at stake; weve lost thousands of our own soldiers in an illegal, mismanaged war. And hundreds of thousands of innocent Iraqi civilians have died in the needless bloodshed, including children. Two little boys searched for their 3-year old sister in the rubble of their apartment, after a car bomb went off. All they found was he  ");
array_files[75]=new Array(0,1,"http://www.lydiacornell.com/labels/KEITH%20OLBERMANN.html","2007-06-03","47K","Lydia Cornell","",""," Lydia Cornell Lydia Cornell  Tuesday, May 22, 2007   KEITH OLBERMANN: BUSH IS FINANCING DEATHS OF AMERICANS  RUN, RUSH, READ Keith Olbermanns riveting special commentary on Wednesday May 23. Bush , he says is the most shameful president in history, and he is financing the deaths of Americans in this illegal, heinous war. To paraphrase, Bush has manipulated Congress into thinking the troops will not get armor or protection, whereas a good president -- any honest leader, would never shame Congress and use the troops as barter. A good leader would cut Halliburtons profits — beg, borrow or steal from other pork projects before hed cut troop funding. The American people have spoken, and Bush, in his arrogance has put Democrats between a rock and a hard place.On the other hand, the Democrats must NOT BACK DOWN. We must end this war. I received this disturbing news item from my friend Garth Bixxo: This little known National Security Presidential Directive NDPD #51 of May 9th, essentially gives Bush the authority to take over the country --- like a dictator. I believe it has to be approved by Congress -- and pray that they quash it immediately. http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/05/print/20070509-12.html When the Cold War began in the 1950s, Directives were written and put into place in case of an atomic bomb attack on the government. These directives are still in effect---- meaning that #51 is not need, and is merely a power grab by Karl Rove and-or whoever directed it be written. Heres how www.truthout.org states it:Bush Anoints Himself asEnsurer of Constitutional Governmentin EmergencyScary eh---sounds like wed better impeach him before he implements NSPD#51.Every concerned citizen should call, write their Congressperson and Senator to say STOP Heres the Truthout.org write-up---by way of an Executive Summary which reads between the lines. Bush Anoints Himself as the Ensurer of Constitutional Government in EmergencyBy Matthew RothschildIn a new National Security Presidential Directive, Bush lays out his   ");
array_files[76]=new Array(0,1,"http://www.lydiacornell.com/labels/less%20is%20more.html","2007-06-03","65K","Lydia Cornell","",""," Lydia Cornell Lydia Cornell  Sunday, April 01, 2007   HOW TO GET RICH? GIVE TO THE POOR  “Let us serve instead of rule, knock instead of push at the door of human hearts, and allow to each and every one the same rights and privileges that we claim for ourselves.” – Mary Baker EddyGreat spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds - Albert EinsteinAs we enter Easter and Passover season, lets think about some new ideas. I heard a radical new theory the other day on Thom Hartmann’s Air America broadcast. He said, “Why are we so hell bent on ‘economic growth?’ Why not ‘economic stability?” If economic growth means even one more cancer death, then I am for stabilizing the economy, not growing it. As home prices drop to human levels, wouldnt it be great if the average American could actually afford to buy a home without killing himself — without holding down two jobs, or having his spouse bring in the second income while the children stay in day care until 7 p.m. after a harrowing drive in rush hour? This got me to thinking about Ted Knight’s favorite expression: “less is more.” He used to advise us not to mug for the cameras — and that there was more power in underplaying a scene. These were his acting tips in the beginning of Too Close For Comfort. I was too scared to look into his eyes, so Id look at his forehead instead. He kept standing on his toes to get into my line of vision. Ted thought I was doing this on purpose, and the National Enquirer sent spies down to check out the tension on the set. They didnt call me a dumb blonde for nothing. (Actually I was just shaking in my boots with fear.)Less is more could also pertain to this statement from the New Testament: “A soft answer turns away wrath.” I believe that less truly is more when it comes to quality of life. In fact, lately I’ve been longing for a pastoral life (but without the sheep.) Growing our own herbs and vegetables, building furniture, downsizing, shedding excess... Ive actually been maki  ");
array_files[77]=new Array(0,1,"http://www.lydiacornell.com/labels/Jews.html","2007-06-03","52K","Lydia Cornell","",""," Lydia Cornell Lydia Cornell  Thursday, May 10, 2007   LEARN THE HISTORY  Tensions among the followers of the three major monotheistic religions are front and center in the news headlines. But history shows that these tensions are nothing new — Christians, Jews, and Muslims have been battling one another for centuries. Each tradition values peace, but generation after generation, hostility and resentment seem to overcome idealism and end in violence. Though the human picture holds little hope, these obstacles to harmony direct our attention to a more spiritual perspective. And it is in this spiritual realm that there is hope for lasting healing and peace.The history of the Middle East is filled with ironies. First, it’s important to understand that these three religious traditions share a common ancestor: the patriarch Abraham. Bearing a name that some scholars interpret as “exalted father,” Abraham grew up about 4,000 years ago in Ur, a city in a section of southern Mesopotamia, later called Chaldea. Today this region is part of Iraq. Biblical tradition has Abraham receiving a covenant, or formal agreement, from God on behalf of Abraham’s descendants. In God’s covenant, He promised Abraham that his family would become a great people and would inherit land.The concept of a covenant is central to Biblical theology. Borrowed from ancient contract law, covenant gives a framework and vocabulary to what entered human experience as pure revelation: a sense of God’s identity, nature, and care for His creation. This covenant articulated a bond between God and His children comparable to a contract—a binding agreement. Later, this covenant’s specific terms were set forth in the Ten Commandments. While some groups have interpreted the covenant as limited to a specific religion or culture, in its highest sense God’s covenant is one of love. And this love embraces all, in every place, and throughout all time.Viewed from a human perspective, the covenant presented two serious problems.Viewed, however, fro  ");
array_files[78]=new Array(0,1,"http://www.lydiacornell.com/labels/Heavenly.html","2007-06-03","48K","Lydia Cornell","",""," Lydia Cornell Lydia Cornell  Wednesday, March 21, 2007   PEACE IS SEXY * OBJECTS OF CREATION  At the Pentagon peace rally the other day, a Republican protestor against the protestors held up a sign saying PEACE SUCKS. I know it isnt sexy to stop arguing or fighting. I know its more fun to gossip, vent, scream, yell and find fault with others. I know it is more exciting to watch a train wreck than a healing, but it doesnt help heal anything, in fact it keeps us stuck. Bad news proliferates because of our constant nurturing of it. Im not saying stop shining a light on the bad guys like Rove, Bush, Cheney, Gonzales, Delay, and corrupt corporations. Im saying lets also uplift each other by seeing the hope that is right around the corner. We need to see our innate goodness and know that truth will thrive as good people come into power. JOY I have been experiencing moments of pure joy lately. It all started when I consciously decided to shift my thought to seeing the beautiful in life. Believe me it hasnt been easy, in light of all the bad news in the world. But ever since I took a class in spiritual physics (metaphysics) I began to practice reversing my thought and looking up. Literally looking up at the treetops, at the higher laws in operation. In other words, the spiritual invisible goodness running things. Now Im madly in love with life, people, trees, flowers, nature — and Im seeing things I never saw before! Its amazingly beautiful out there. Im seeing more and more beautiful objects of creation. I have also shed my jealousy of others and have begun to see everything with new eyes. Suddenly a new sense of compassion and love for strangers in the news and on the street — even people who seem gruff and dont smile back. I saw a sad-looking Hispanic gardener on our street the other day, and I silently blessed him. He looked up and beamed back at me. Think of all the people who seem invisible, as if no one cares about their burdens. My ideal day: going on a road trip with the kids in the back of the minivan.   ");
array_files[79]=new Array(0,1,"http://www.lydiacornell.com/labels/greed.html","2007-06-03","74K","Lydia Cornell","",""," Lydia Cornell Lydia Cornell  Sunday, April 01, 2007   HOW TO GET RICH? GIVE TO THE POOR  “Let us serve instead of rule, knock instead of push at the door of human hearts, and allow to each and every one the same rights and privileges that we claim for ourselves.” – Mary Baker EddyGreat spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds - Albert EinsteinAs we enter Easter and Passover season, lets think about some new ideas. I heard a radical new theory the other day on Thom Hartmann’s Air America broadcast. He said, “Why are we so hell bent on ‘economic growth?’ Why not ‘economic stability?” If economic growth means even one more cancer death, then I am for stabilizing the economy, not growing it. As home prices drop to human levels, wouldnt it be great if the average American could actually afford to buy a home without killing himself — without holding down two jobs, or having his spouse bring in the second income while the children stay in day care until 7 p.m. after a harrowing drive in rush hour? This got me to thinking about Ted Knight’s favorite expression: “less is more.” He used to advise us not to mug for the cameras — and that there was more power in underplaying a scene. These were his acting tips in the beginning of Too Close For Comfort. I was too scared to look into his eyes, so Id look at his forehead instead. He kept standing on his toes to get into my line of vision. Ted thought I was doing this on purpose, and the National Enquirer sent spies down to check out the tension on the set. They didnt call me a dumb blonde for nothing. (Actually I was just shaking in my boots with fear.)Less is more could also pertain to this statement from the New Testament: “A soft answer turns away wrath.” I believe that less truly is more when it comes to quality of life. In fact, lately I’ve been longing for a pastoral life (but without the sheep.) Growing our own herbs and vegetables, building furniture, downsizing, shedding excess... Ive actually been maki  ");
array_files[80]=new Array(0,1,"http://www.lydiacornell.com/labels/guns.html","2007-06-03","46K","Lydia Cornell","",""," Lydia Cornell Lydia Cornell  Tuesday, April 17, 2007   GOD BLESS VIRGINIA TECH STUDENTS and FAMILIES  Love one another. How do we survive this kind of tragedy? By loving one another, coming together. Survival is through community, and not letting go of each other. The massacre at Virginia Tech is one of the most tragic reminders of how much our nation needs healing, on every level. We should be more responsible in conveying values beyond the quick satisfaction of material needs. The constant glorification of violence through the gun culture, videoames, news broadcasts showing incessant bloodhsed, hatred, torture and bullying tactics on shows like “24″
 yes the gunman was deranged, but there is something deeper going on in our American Dream.Go to PlanetBlacksburg.com and leave a prayer message on the Wall. I am also sending out a blessing and prayer to Josie, my friend in Nebraska who is going through cancer surgery today. xoxoNo Spur Of The Moment Crime
9 mm Handgun Purchased On March 13
Returned To Dorm Room To Re-Arm After First Shooting, Left A Disturbing Note
Why dont we have a more rapid response to violence like this, whether its terrorism or random violence. The fact that the campus didnt sound a SIREN, send out an alert and cancel classes over a loudspeaker or alarm... or text messaging! In this day and age, in light of the times, why dont we have rapid response and lockdown immediately in the case of a crisis like this? Excerpted from Jane Smileys Blog at HuffingtonPost.com:Some years ago, I was talking to a man about guns. At the time, I didnt really know anyone with guns (still dont), but he did. He had had guns himself. He said, I gave my gun away, because when I had it, every time something happened that made me mad, my mind would start circling around that gun, and I would be thinking about using it.So I got rid of it and Im glad I did. Right up front I will say that I am opposed to casual gun ownership, but I also realize that Americans will always have guns. Period. Its a national   ");
array_files[81]=new Array(0,1,"http://www.lydiacornell.com/labels/honor.html","2007-06-03","49K","Lydia Cornell","",""," Lydia Cornell Lydia Cornell  Saturday, March 17, 2007   HAPPY ST. PATRICKS DAY * MARCH FOR PEACE!  Today is St. Patricks Day! Thanks for wearing green and listening to our show BASHAM AND CORNELL PROGRESSIVE TALK from 9 - 10 a.m. We broadcast live from Las Vegas and Los Angeles -- or go to our website and click on the link to hear the entire show in the archives. Upcoming: Congressman Charles Rangel will be our guest April 14. He will discuss his 30-year Congressional career and his new book, And I Havent Had a Bad Day Since: From the Streets of Harlem to the Halls of Congress. And next week, well have Eric Boehlert, author of LAPDOGS: How the Press Rolled Over for Bush. Last week we had Mark Green, one of the new owners of Air America, founder of New Democracy Project and author of Losing Our Democracy. Weve had some amazing guests the past 3 weeks: former federal prosecutor Elizabeth de la Vega, author of U.S. vs BUSH which is going to be a movie, a courtroom drama on the Bush Impeachment. We also had Media Matters Paul Waldman, author of Being Right is Not Enough. The OFFICE is my favorite show. Here is The Oval Office, a great parody with Bush playing the Steve Carell character.  TODAY on BASHAM AND CORNELL PROGRESSIVE TALK CALL IN and discuss whatever is on your mind. Today, Saturday, Doug and I decided not to have a guest, so we can discuss all the current headlines in depth and take calls from listeners -- thats YOU! Please call in and talk about whatever bugs you the most: the Valerie Plame scandal, the firing of federal prosecutors, Roves hand in both of these scandals, Alberto Gonzales, our veterans, Walter Reed Medical Center, Westhusings suicide, Ann Coulter, Bill OReilly... and impeachment. We have some breaking news regarding mental illness in our returning vets. This is not to be missed. Bestselling authors, Senators and political leaders coming up on our show. Check out upcoming guests, leave comments on our blog or listen to the archives at: BASHAM AND CORNELL PROGRESSIVE TALKAfter the show, M  ");
array_files[82]=new Array(0,1,"http://www.lydiacornell.com/labels/illegal%20war.html","2007-06-03","49K","Lydia Cornell","",""," Lydia Cornell Lydia Cornell  Wednesday, March 07, 2007   MARK GREEN: NEW OWNER OF AIR AMERICA!  TODAY ON BASHAM AND CORNELL PROGRESSIVE TALK we interview Mark Green, new owner of Air America and author of the brilliant new book LOSING OUR DEMOCRACY: How Bush, the Far Right and Big Business Are Betraying Americans for Power and Profit. Listen to the archives or listen live to our show from 9-10 a.m. Saturday mornings at: BASHAM AND CORNELL PROGRESSIVE TALKMark is the founder and president of the New Democracy Project - a national/urban affairs institute utilizing the assets of New York City to promote democratic participation, economic fairness and social justice. He was Democratic nominee for Mayor of New York City in 2001. Check out Marks web site New Democracy Project.orgFriday, March 9, 4 p.m. PST Im on THE SPIRITUAL POLITICIAN on BBS Radio Melinda Pillsbury Fosters live radio show, which is also on tape THE SPIRITUAL POLITICIANTHE COVERUP: AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY Economic domination through warmongering. - Hilary RosenGOOGLE IMAGE SHACK In legal terms, the jury has spoken in the Libby case. In political terms, Dick Cheney is still awaiting a judgment.For weeks, Washington watched, mesmerized, as the trial of I. Lewis Libby Jr. cast Vice President Cheney, his former boss, in the role of puppeteer, pulling the strings in a covert public relations campaign to defend the Bush administration’s case for war in Iraq and discredit a critic. - From the New York Times: By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG“There is a cloud over the vice president,” the prosecutor, Patrick J. Fitzgerald, told the jury in summing up the case last month.This is not a simple coverup, this is an absolute tragedy. There are lives at stake; weve lost thousands of our own soldiers in an illegal, mismanaged war. And hundreds of thousands of innocent Iraqi civilians have died in the needless bloodshed, including children. Two little boys searched for their 3-year old sister in the rubble of their apartment, after a car bomb went off. All they found was he  ");
array_files[83]=new Array(0,1,"http://www.lydiacornell.com/labels/hope.html","2007-06-03","49K","Lydia Cornell","",""," Lydia Cornell Lydia Cornell  Monday, April 30, 2007   THE DAWN OF HOPE  I think we can come up with a statement on which all Americans, Republican or Democrat, rich or poor, straight or gay, can agree, despite our country being so tragically and ferociously divided. The first universal American sentiment I came up with was: Sugar is sweet. - Kurt VonnegutI am neither left wing nor right wing; I need both wings to fly. - Deborah Van Valkenburgh.L. to R: Lydia, Wally Wingerts mom, Deborah Van ValkenburghIn Burbank over the weekend, Deborah and I signed autographs and had fun with Henry Winkler (Fonzie from Happy Days and childrens book author of the Hank Zipper series), Ernie Hudson (Ghostbusters and Beverly Hills Cop. Ernie guest-starred on our show in its first season); Michael Beck from The Warriors; Lorenzo Lamas; Juliet Mills; Larry Thomas, the Soup Nazi from Seinfeld (LOVE THIS GUY!); Bruce Kulick, incredibly gifted guitarist from KISS; Wally Wingert - actor, amazing human, and voice over artist extraordinaire; William Forsythe, Branscombe Richmonds who is now host of GOOD MORNING HAWAII. Deborah and I did an interview for the show, and Ill try to upload clips after it airs. I love Branscombe; he played Jackie Rushs love interest on our show. I met lots of others, but have to post them later. Met the legendary sketch artist ROMEO who works in blue pencil; he gave me a portrait of my favorite actress of all time, Audrey Hepburn. My son got INVADER ZIMS autograph, Richar Horvitz, who played ZIM!!! THE DAWN OF HOPE 2Progressive is the term I choose to call my social and political leanings. Going forward, making progress, advancing new ideas, bringing people together in the spirit of love, making friends out of enemies, having compassion even for the offensive and downtrodden (because I know what its like to have a bad day.) Progressive means enlightened, spiritual, diplomatic solutions... getting along with ones enemies, finding common ground, realizing that by joining forces and engaging in community we beco  ");
array_files[84]=new Array(0,1,"http://www.lydiacornell.com/labels/hero.html","2007-06-03","51K","Lydia Cornell","",""," Lydia Cornell Lydia Cornell  Sunday, May 27, 2007   THE BEAUTY OF AMERICA on MEMORIAL DAY  If you missed it Saturday, you can hear our interview with Presidential candidate Mike Gravel by clicking on BASHAM & CORNELL PROGRESSIVE TALK Just click on archives and you can hear all of amazing guests, including: Congressman Rangel, Brian Katsulis; Media Matters Paul Waldman, Eric Boehlert, Karl Frisch, Dennis Yedwab; Mikey Weinstein; Former federal prosecutor Elizabeth de la Vega; and other bestselling authors, scholars and political leaders. SATURDAY MORNINGS TUNE IN LIVE FROM LAS VEGAS and LOS ANGELES to our show BASHAM AND CORNELL PROGRESSIVE TALK from 9 - 10 a.m. We broadcast live on KLAV -- or go to our website and click on the link to hear the entire show in the archives. MIKE GRAVEL, 2008 Democratic Presidential candidate and the MAN WHO STOLE THE first DEMOCRATIC DEBATE. We did a 45 minute interview with Gravel, who served 2 terms in the House and was a Senator from Alaska. He is primarily known for ending the draft following the Vietnam War, and for having put into the public record, the Pentagon Papers in 1971!Gravel is a hero of mine; he is the only cadidate committed to telling the truth and standing for his convictions. He has nothing to lose and no one to impress — but his conscience. He passionately speaks for the majority of Americans, but the mainstream media is focused on dumbing us down with celebrities-gone-wild gossip and obsessive Clinton-bashing.************************Military Coffins: The Photos Youre Not Supposed to SeeNot to See the Fallen... by mcjoan at thinkprogress.orgWhile memorializing those fallen today, dont forget the 143 journalists and media support workers, the most in any major conflict, who have been killed in Iraq.If theres one thing the hapless war planners and conducters in this administration managed to do right, at least by their calculation, its been to manage the medias access to and coverage of the actual story on the ground. Since the war began, theyve made the inc  ");
array_files[85]=new Array(0,1,"http://www.lydiacornell.com/labels/immoral.html","2007-06-03","49K","Lydia Cornell","",""," Lydia Cornell Lydia Cornell  Saturday, March 17, 2007   HAPPY ST. PATRICKS DAY * MARCH FOR PEACE!  Today is St. Patricks Day! Thanks for wearing green and listening to our show BASHAM AND CORNELL PROGRESSIVE TALK from 9 - 10 a.m. We broadcast live from Las Vegas and Los Angeles -- or go to our website and click on the link to hear the entire show in the archives. Upcoming: Congressman Charles Rangel will be our guest April 14. He will discuss his 30-year Congressional career and his new book, And I Havent Had a Bad Day Since: From the Streets of Harlem to the Halls of Congress. And next week, well have Eric Boehlert, author of LAPDOGS: How the Press Rolled Over for Bush. Last week we had Mark Green, one of the new owners of Air America, founder of New Democracy Project and author of Losing Our Democracy. Weve had some amazing guests the past 3 weeks: former federal prosecutor Elizabeth de la Vega, author of U.S. vs BUSH which is going to be a movie, a courtroom drama on the Bush Impeachment. We also had Media Matters Paul Waldman, author of Being Right is Not Enough. The OFFICE is my favorite show. Here is The Oval Office, a great parody with Bush playing the Steve Carell character.  TODAY on BASHAM AND CORNELL PROGRESSIVE TALK CALL IN and discuss whatever is on your mind. Today, Saturday, Doug and I decided not to have a guest, so we can discuss all the current headlines in depth and take calls from listeners -- thats YOU! Please call in and talk about whatever bugs you the most: the Valerie Plame scandal, the firing of federal prosecutors, Roves hand in both of these scandals, Alberto Gonzales, our veterans, Walter Reed Medical Center, Westhusings suicide, Ann Coulter, Bill OReilly... and impeachment. We have some breaking news regarding mental illness in our returning vets. This is not to be missed. Bestselling authors, Senators and political leaders coming up on our show. Check out upcoming guests, leave comments on our blog or listen to the archives at: BASHAM AND CORNELL PROGRESSIVE TALKAfter the show, M  ");
array_files[86]=new Array(0,1,"http://www.lydiacornell.com/labels/GOP%20election%20fraud.html","2007-06-03","53K","Lydia Cornell","",""," Lydia Cornell Lydia Cornell  Tuesday, April 24, 2007   THE CRIME BENEATH THE CRIME  Love is whats in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen. Bobby - age 7 (Wow!) If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate, Nikka - age 6 _________________________________________Stephen Pitt Political Cartoons Before we get into the truth behind Gonzo-Gate, POTENTIALLY HABITABLE PLANET FOUND!! THIS IS EXCITING!!By SETH BORENSTEIN, AP Science Writer WASHINGTON - For the first time astronomers have discovered a planet outside our solar system that is potentially habitable, with Earth-like temperatures, a find researchers described Tuesday as a big step in the search for life in the universe.The planet is just the right size, might have water in liquid form, and in galactic terms is relatively nearby at 120 trillion miles away. But the star it closely orbits, known as a red dwarf, is much smaller, dimmer and cooler than our sun.Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070425/ap_on_sc/habitable_planet_5 Did the most powerful Republicans in America have the computer capacity, software skills and electronic infrastructure in place on election night 2004 to tamper with the Ohio results to ensure George W. Bushs re-election? The answer appears to be yes. On Election Night 2004, the Republican Party not only controlled the vote-counting process in Ohio, the final presidential swing state, through a secretary of state who was a co-chair of the Bush campaign, but it also controlled the technology that allowed the tally of the vote in Ohios 88 counties to be reported to the media and voters.Privatizing elections and allowing known partisans to run a key presidential vote count is troubling enough. But the reason Congress must investigate these high-tech ties is there is abundant evidence that Republicans could have used this computing network to delay announcing the winner of Ohios 2004 election while tinkering with the results.Read more below, but first an editorial comme  ");
array_files[87]=new Array(0,1,"http://www.lydiacornell.com/labels/gun%20control.html","2007-06-03","51K","Lydia Cornell","",""," Lydia Cornell Lydia Cornell  Wednesday, April 18, 2007   TASERS: GUN ALTERNATIVE * SAVAGE WINS PULITZER PRIZE  Love one another. GUN CONTROL: A LOGICAL ALTERNATIVEImagine this: every kid and teacher in that school has a gun. Someone is out in the hallway waving a gun around in the air. Everyone rushes out from classrooms to the hallway, waving their guns. WHO IS THE ORIGINAL GUNMAN? If everyone has a gun, whos the bad guy? To the NRA and opponents of gun control: whats wrong with Tasers instead of guns? If you really are in fear and need to protect yourself, then have a taser handy.  This way its not permanent.Americans should have to pass eye tests, firearms classes, and metamphetamine tests, blood tests, even psychological testing (and see if theyre on medications for depression or using psychotropic drugs) and be licensed BEFORE they can buy a gun.It probably would not hurt at all to also have every applicant interviewed by someone trained to spot personality disorders, such as the kind that were so obvious to anyone who knew the mass murderer to be at Virginia Tech. The faculty there had already reported him to local police as a possible lunatic. And yet he was allowed to just walk into a gun store, where other murder weapons had been purchased, and walk out with a gun. There is something very broken about a system that failed to stop this.For Gods sake and for our childrens sake, there have only been 24 justified shootings in America - versus THOUSANDS of accidental and rampage shootings, as a result of our lax gun laws.In every other country where they have strict gun control, gun deaths are down.Every day they try to fill us with fear. The terrorists are coming over here to get us, they say. And why WOULDNT the terrorists want to come to Virginia, for example? Why theyve got some of the most lax gun laws anywhere, where even a deranged non-citizen can freely buy a high-powered assault weapon. And its not just people from overseas, criminals from all over the eastern seaboard come to Virginia in particu  ");
array_files[88]=new Array(0,1,"http://www.lydiacornell.com/labels/Gonzales.html","2007-06-03","46K","Lydia Cornell","",""," Lydia Cornell Lydia Cornell  Thursday, May 17, 2007   UPPERDOG vs. UNDERDOG  We are pleased to have CATHERINE CRIER from COURT TV on our show Saturday, May 19 SATURDAY MORNINGS TUNE IN LIVE FROM LAS VEGAS and LOS ANGELES to our show BASHAM AND CORNELL PROGRESSIVE TALK from 9 - 10 a.m. We broadcast live -- or go to our website and click on the link to hear the entire show in the archives. Comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable. Thats what good preachers, and good journalists, do. It makes sense that comics, who sometimes preach and sometimes report the news, would follow this motto as well.Imus broke the power equation, Rogers says. He afflicted the afflicted, which made him a bully instead of a comic. Thats not funny.This happens a lot, not just with comics, but with journalists and preachers too. They get the motto backwards, they break the power equation. The journalists cozy up to the powerful, the preachers become bullying scolds. Both start to comfort the comfortable and afflict the afflicted. Its nothing new, Jesus described the same thing thousands of years ago, They tie up heavy loads and put them on mens shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them.The tricky thing -- whether youre a journalist, preacher or comic -- is that the comfortable and the afflicted are not immutable categories. Anyone, at some point, might be in either category. White House spokesman Tony Snow, for example, has had a lucrative career as a dishonest and thoroughly unprincipled apologist for power. That made him fair game for exposure, for jokes and jeremiads. But Snow now has cancer in his liver and the prognosis is not good. And jokes at the expense of a cancer victim just arent funny. Kicking a man when he is down is the work of a bully.This is, again, what I think Orwell was getting at in that essay on Charles Dickens Ive taken to quoting a bit too often: Orwell on DickensWhere [Dickens] is Christian is in his quasi-instinctive siding with the oppressed against the oppressors. As a  ");
array_files[89]=new Array(0,1,"http://www.lydiacornell.com/labels/FINANCES%20DEATH%20OF%20AMERICANS.html","2007-06-03","47K","Lydia Cornell","",""," Lydia Cornell Lydia Cornell  Tuesday, May 22, 2007   KEITH OLBERMANN: BUSH IS FINANCING DEATHS OF AMERICANS  RUN, RUSH, READ Keith Olbermanns riveting special commentary on Wednesday May 23. Bush , he says is the most shameful president in history, and he is financing the deaths of Americans in this illegal, heinous war. To paraphrase, Bush has manipulated Congress into thinking the troops will not get armor or protection, whereas a good president -- any honest leader, would never shame Congress and use the troops as barter. A good leader would cut Halliburtons profits — beg, borrow or steal from other pork projects before hed cut troop funding. The American people have spoken, and Bush, in his arrogance has put Democrats between a rock and a hard place.On the other hand, the Democrats must NOT BACK DOWN. We must end this war. I received this disturbing news item from my friend Garth Bixxo: This little known National Security Presidential Directive NDPD #51 of May 9th, essentially gives Bush the authority to take over the country --- like a dictator. I believe it has to be approved by Congress -- and pray that they quash it immediately. http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/05/print/20070509-12.html When the Cold War began in the 1950s, Directives were written and put into place in case of an atomic bomb attack on the government. These directives are still in effect---- meaning that #51 is not need, and is merely a power grab by Karl Rove and-or whoever directed it be written. Heres how www.truthout.org states it:Bush Anoints Himself asEnsurer of Constitutional Governmentin EmergencyScary eh---sounds like wed better impeach him before he implements NSPD#51.Every concerned citizen should call, write their Congressperson and Senator to say STOP Heres the Truthout.org write-up---by way of an Executive Summary which reads between the lines. Bush Anoints Himself as the Ensurer of Constitutional Government in EmergencyBy Matthew RothschildIn a new National Security Presidential Directive, Bush lays out his   ");
array_files[90]=new Array(0,1,"http://www.lydiacornell.com/labels/God.html","2007-06-03","59K","Lydia Cornell","",""," Lydia Cornell Lydia Cornell  Thursday, May 10, 2007   LEARN THE HISTORY  Tensions among the followers of the three major monotheistic religions are front and center in the news headlines. But history shows that these tensions are nothing new — Christians, Jews, and Muslims have been battling one another for centuries. Each tradition values peace, but generation after generation, hostility and resentment seem to overcome idealism and end in violence. Though the human picture holds little hope, these obstacles to harmony direct our attention to a more spiritual perspective. And it is in this spiritual realm that there is hope for lasting healing and peace.The history of the Middle East is filled with ironies. First, it’s important to understand that these three religious traditions share a common ancestor: the patriarch Abraham. Bearing a name that some scholars interpret as “exalted father,” Abraham grew up about 4,000 years ago in Ur, a city in a section of southern Mesopotamia, later called Chaldea. Today this region is part of Iraq. Biblical tradition has Abraham receiving a covenant, or formal agreement, from God on behalf of Abraham’s descendants. In God’s covenant, He promised Abraham that his family would become a great people and would inherit land.The concept of a covenant is central to Biblical theology. Borrowed from ancient contract law, covenant gives a framework and vocabulary to what entered human experience as pure revelation: a sense of God’s identity, nature, and care for His creation. This covenant articulated a bond between God and His children comparable to a contract—a binding agreement. Later, this covenant’s specific terms were set forth in the Ten Commandments. While some groups have interpreted the covenant as limited to a specific religion or culture, in its highest sense God’s covenant is one of love. And this love embraces all, in every place, and throughout all time.Viewed from a human perspective, the covenant presented two serious problems.Viewed, however, fro  ");
array_files[91]=new Array(0,1,"http://www.lydiacornell.com/labels/get%20rich.html","2007-06-03","65K","Lydia Cornell","",""," Lydia Cornell Lydia Cornell  Sunday, April 01, 2007   HOW TO GET RICH? GIVE TO THE POOR  “Let us serve instead of rule, knock instead of push at the door of human hearts, and allow to each and every one the same rights and privileges that we claim for ourselves.” – Mary Baker EddyGreat spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds - Albert EinsteinAs we enter Easter and Passover season, lets think about some new ideas. I heard a radical new theory the other day on Thom Hartmann’s Air America broadcast. He said, “Why are we so hell bent on ‘economic growth?’ Why not ‘economic stability?” If economic growth means even one more cancer death, then I am for stabilizing the economy, not growing it. As home prices drop to human levels, wouldnt it be great if the average American could actually afford to buy a home without killing himself — without holding down two jobs, or having his spouse bring in the second income while the children stay in day care until 7 p.m. after a harrowing drive in rush hour? This got me to thinking about Ted Knight’s favorite expression: “less is more.” He used to advise us not to mug for the cameras — and that there was more power in underplaying a scene. These were his acting tips in the beginning of Too Close For Comfort. I was too scared to look into his eyes, so Id look at his forehead instead. He kept standing on his toes to get into my line of vision. Ted thought I was doing this on purpose, and the National Enquirer sent spies down to check out the tension on the set. They didnt call me a dumb blonde for nothing. (Actually I was just shaking in my boots with fear.)Less is more could also pertain to this statement from the New Testament: “A soft answer turns away wrath.” I believe that less truly is more when it comes to quality of life. In fact, lately I’ve been longing for a pastoral life (but without the sheep.) Growing our own herbs and vegetables, building furniture, downsizing, shedding excess... Ive actually been maki  ");
array_files[92]=new Array(0,1,"http://www.lydiacornell.com/labels/Easter.html","2007-06-03","65K","Lydia Cornell","",""," Lydia Cornell Lydia Cornell  Sunday, April 01, 2007   HOW TO GET RICH? GIVE TO THE POOR  “Let us serve instead of rule, knock instead of push at the door of human hearts, and allow to each and every one the same rights and privileges that we claim for ourselves.” – Mary Baker EddyGreat spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds - Albert EinsteinAs we enter Easter and Passover season, lets think about some new ideas. I heard a radical new theory the other day on Thom Hartmann’s Air America broadcast. He said, “Why are we so hell bent on ‘economic growth?’ Why not ‘economic stability?” If economic growth means even one more cancer death, then I am for stabilizing the economy, not growing it. As home prices drop to human levels, wouldnt it be great if the average American could actually afford to buy a home without killing himself — without holding down two jobs, or having his spouse bring in the second income while the children stay in day care until 7 p.m. after a harrowing drive in rush hour? This got me to thinking about Ted Knight’s favorite expression: “less is more.” He used to advise us not to mug for the cameras — and that there was more power in underplaying a scene. These were his acting tips in the beginning of Too Close For Comfort. I was too scared to look into his eyes, so Id look at his forehead instead. He kept standing on his toes to get into my line of vision. Ted thought I was doing this on purpose, and the National Enquirer sent spies down to check out the tension on the set. They didnt call me a dumb blonde for nothing. (Actually I was just shaking in my boots with fear.)Less is more could also pertain to this statement from the New Testament: “A soft answer turns away wrath.” I believe that less truly is more when it comes to quality of life. In fact, lately I’ve been longing for a pastoral life (but without the sheep.) Growing our own herbs and vegetables, building furniture, downsizing, shedding excess... Ive actually been maki  ");
array_files[93]=new Array(0,1,"http://www.lydiacornell.com/labels/comfort%20the%20afflicted.html","2007-06-03","46K","Lydia Cornell","",""," Lydia Cornell Lydia Cornell  Thursday, May 17, 2007   UPPERDOG vs. UNDERDOG  We are pleased to have CATHERINE CRIER from COURT TV on our show Saturday, May 19 SATURDAY MORNINGS TUNE IN LIVE FROM LAS VEGAS and LOS ANGELES to our show BASHAM AND CORNELL PROGRESSIVE TALK from 9 - 10 a.m. We broadcast live -- or go to our website and click on the link to hear the entire show in the archives. Comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable. Thats what good preachers, and good journalists, do. It makes sense that comics, who sometimes preach and sometimes report the news, would follow this motto as well.Imus broke the power equation, Rogers says. He afflicted the afflicted, which made him a bully instead of a comic. Thats not funny.This happens a lot, not just with comics, but with journalists and preachers too. They get the motto backwards, they break the power equation. The journalists cozy up to the powerful, the preachers become bullying scolds. Both start to comfort the comfortable and afflict the afflicted. Its nothing new, Jesus described the same thing thousands of years ago, They tie up heavy loads and put them on mens shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them.The tricky thing -- whether youre a journalist, preacher or comic -- is that the comfortable and the afflicted are not immutable categories. Anyone, at some point, might be in either category. White House spokesman Tony Snow, for example, has had a lucrative career as a dishonest and thoroughly unprincipled apologist for power. That made him fair game for exposure, for jokes and jeremiads. But Snow now has cancer in his liver and the prognosis is not good. And jokes at the expense of a cancer victim just arent funny. Kicking a man when he is down is the work of a bully.This is, again, what I think Orwell was getting at in that essay on Charles Dickens Ive taken to quoting a bit too often: Orwell on DickensWhere [Dickens] is Christian is in his quasi-instinctive siding with the oppressed against the oppressors. As a  ");
array_files[94]=new Array(0,1,"http://www.lydiacornell.com/labels/Cornell.html","2007-06-03","64K","Lydia Cornell","",""," Lydia Cornell Lydia Cornell  Sunday, May 13, 2007   I.O.U Mom  In 1870 Julia Ward Howe penned the Mothers Day proclamation. Howe had earlier authored the famous Battle Hymn of the Republic. Howe wrote the Mothers Day proclamation calling for the women of the world to unite for peace.The following piece was written in 1976 in honor of moms everywhere. These lyrics fit the typical mom. It probably describes your mom. Happy Mothers Day to all. We owe you more than we can ever repay.I.O.U.(Dean / Markes)Many people look through their wallet or their pocket books and, way down at the bottom, past thecredit cards and baby pictures and so on, you usually find a little ol piece of dog-eared poetry.I was cleaning out my wallet the other day and ran across a whole bunch of I.O.Us, some of emthirty-five years overdue. And you know the funny thing, all these I.O.Us are owed to one personand I kinda felt like that maybe now would be a pretty good time for an accountin.Mom, I sure hope youre listenin.Sweet lady, I.O.U. for so many things.....A lot of services, like nightwatchman for instance.....Lyin awake nights, listenin for coughs and cries and creakinfloorboards.....hah-hah, and me comin in too late.Boy, you had the eye of an eagle and the roar of a lion,But you always had a heart as big as a house.I.O.U. for services like, uh, short order cook, chef, baker.....For makin sirloin out o hamburger an turkey out o tuna fish,And big ol strappin boys out of leftovers.I.O.U. for cleanin services,The daily scrubbing of face and ears....all work done by hand.And for the frequent dustin of a small boys pantsTo try to make sure that you led a spotless life.And for washin and ironin that no laundry could ever do.Foy dryin the tears of childhoodAnd ironin out the problems of growin up.I.O.U. for services as a bodyguard,For protectin me from the terrors of thunderstorms and nightmaresHah, And too many green apples.And Lord knows, I.O.U. for medical attention,For nursing me through measles, mumps, bruises,Bumps, splinters and spring f  ");
array_files[95]=new Array(0,1,"http://www.lydiacornell.com/labels/criminals.html","2007-06-03","49K","Lydia Cornell","",""," Lydia Cornell Lydia Cornell  Wednesday, March 07, 2007   MARK GREEN: NEW OWNER OF AIR AMERICA!  TODAY ON BASHAM AND CORNELL PROGRESSIVE TALK we interview Mark Green, new owner of Air America and author of the brilliant new book LOSING OUR DEMOCRACY: How Bush, the Far Right and Big Business Are Betraying Americans for Power and Profit. Listen to the archives or listen live to our show from 9-10 a.m. Saturday mornings at: BASHAM AND CORNELL PROGRESSIVE TALKMark is the founder and president of the New Democracy Project - a national/urban affairs institute utilizing the assets of New York City to promote democratic participation, economic fairness and social justice. He was Democratic nominee for Mayor of New York City in 2001. Check out Marks web site New Democracy Project.orgFriday, March 9, 4 p.m. PST Im on THE SPIRITUAL POLITICIAN on BBS Radio Melinda Pillsbury Fosters live radio show, which is also on tape THE SPIRITUAL POLITICIANTHE COVERUP: AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY Economic domination through warmongering. - Hilary RosenGOOGLE IMAGE SHACK In legal terms, the jury has spoken in the Libby case. In political terms, Dick Cheney is still awaiting a judgment.For weeks, Washington watched, mesmerized, as the trial of I. Lewis Libby Jr. cast Vice President Cheney, his former boss, in the role of puppeteer, pulling the strings in a covert public relations campaign to defend the Bush administration’s case for war in Iraq and discredit a critic. - From the New York Times: By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG“There is a cloud over the vice president,” the prosecutor, Patrick J. Fitzgerald, told the jury in summing up the case last month.This is not a simple coverup, this is an absolute tragedy. There are lives at stake; weve lost thousands of our own soldiers in an illegal, mismanaged war. And hundreds of thousands of innocent Iraqi civilians have died in the needless bloodshed, including children. Two little boys searched for their 3-year old sister in the rubble of their apartment, after a car bomb went off. All they found was he  ");
array_files[96]=new Array(0,1,"http://www.lydiacornell.com/labels/coverup.html","2007-06-03","49K","Lydia Cornell","",""," Lydia Cornell Lydia Cornell  Wednesday, March 07, 2007   MARK GREEN: NEW OWNER OF AIR AMERICA!  TODAY ON BASHAM AND CORNELL PROGRESSIVE TALK we interview Mark Green, new owner of Air America and author of the brilliant new book LOSING OUR DEMOCRACY: How Bush, the Far Right and Big Business Are Betraying Americans for Power and Profit. Listen to the archives or listen live to our show from 9-10 a.m. Saturday mornings at: BASHAM AND CORNELL PROGRESSIVE TALKMark is the founder and president of the New Democracy Project - a national/urban affairs institute utilizing the assets of New York City to promote democratic participation, economic fairness and social justice. He was Democratic nominee for Mayor of New York City in 2001. Check out Marks web site New Democracy Project.orgFriday, March 9, 4 p.m. PST Im on THE SPIRITUAL POLITICIAN on BBS Radio Melinda Pillsbury Fosters live radio show, which is also on tape THE SPIRITUAL POLITICIANTHE COVERUP: AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY Economic domination through warmongering. - Hilary RosenGOOGLE IMAGE SHACK In legal terms, the jury has spoken in the Libby case. In political terms, Dick Cheney is still awaiting a judgment.For weeks, Washington watched, mesmerized, as the trial of I. Lewis Libby Jr. cast Vice President Cheney, his former boss, in the role of puppeteer, pulling the strings in a covert public relations campaign to defend the Bush administration’s case for war in Iraq and discredit a critic. - From the New York Times: By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG“There is a cloud over the vice president,” the prosecutor, Patrick J. Fitzgerald, told the jury in summing up the case last month.This is not a simple coverup, this is an absolute tragedy. There are lives at stake; weve lost thousands of our own soldiers in an illegal, mismanaged war. And hundreds of thousands of innocent Iraqi civilians have died in the needless bloodshed, including children. Two little boys searched for their 3-year old sister in the rubble of their apartment, after a car bomb went off. All they found was he  ");
array_files[97]=new Array(0,1,"http://www.lydiacornell.com/labels/Christ.html","2007-06-03","65K","Lydia Cornell","",""," Lydia Cornell Lydia Cornell  Sunday, April 01, 2007   HOW TO GET RICH? GIVE TO THE POOR  “Let us serve instead of rule, knock instead of push at the door of human hearts, and allow to each and every one the same rights and privileges that we claim for ourselves.” – Mary Baker EddyGreat spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds - Albert EinsteinAs we enter Easter and Passover season, lets think about some new ideas. I heard a radical new theory the other day on Thom Hartmann’s Air America broadcast. He said, “Why are we so hell bent on ‘economic growth?’ Why not ‘economic stability?” If economic growth means even one more cancer death, then I am for stabilizing the economy, not growing it. As home prices drop to human levels, wouldnt it be great if the average American could actually afford to buy a home without killing himself — without holding down two jobs, or having his spouse bring in the second income while the children stay in day care until 7 p.m. after a harrowing drive in rush hour? This got me to thinking about Ted Knight’s favorite expression: “less is more.” He used to advise us not to mug for the cameras — and that there was more power in underplaying a scene. These were his acting tips in the beginning of Too Close For Comfort. I was too scared to look into his eyes, so Id look at his forehead instead. He kept standing on his toes to get into my line of vision. Ted thought I was doing this on purpose, and the National Enquirer sent spies down to check out the tension on the set. They didnt call me a dumb blonde for nothing. (Actually I was just shaking in my boots with fear.)Less is more could also pertain to this statement from the New Testament: “A soft answer turns away wrath.” I believe that less truly is more when it comes to quality of life. In fact, lately I’ve been longing for a pastoral life (but without the sheep.) Growing our own herbs and vegetables, building furniture, downsizing, shedding excess... Ive actually been maki  ");
array_files[98]=new Array(0,1,"http://www.lydiacornell.com/labels/children.html","2007-06-03","50K","Lydia Cornell","",""," Lydia Cornell Lydia Cornell  Friday, May 25, 2007   FORGOTTEN VICTIMS OF WAR  FORGOTTEN VICTIMS OF WAR: THE CHILDRENThere have been many innocent victims resulting from George W Bushs war on Iraq. The U.S troops are obvious victims, as were the brave U.S troops who lost their lives in Iraq. The thousands of Iraqis who have been killed since Bushs invasion, are all victims of this senseless war, as are the remaining Iraqi people.One group of victims that are seldom noticed are the children. The childrens agency of the U.N better known as UNICEF says that insecurity in Baghdad and other parts have caused schools to close, and left hospitals and clinics nearly impossible to gain access to.UNICEF reports that only 30% of Iraqi children have safe drinking water as damaged sanitation systems increase the threat of diseases such as cholera and diarrhoea, which is the second highest cause of childhood death in Iraq.The constant bombings and kidnappings have claimed the lives of many Iraqi parents leaving the children susceptible to abuse and exploitation. Iraqi children seldom receive the help and support they need to cope with such anxiety and fear.Of the four million Iraqis who have fled their homes since Bush invaded Iraq in 2003, one million of those are children. Some two million of those Iraqis who have fled have remained in Iraq. The remaining two million have fled to Jordan, Syria and other countries in the region, where they live in extreme poverty.The Iraqi children are not alone. Thousands of U.S children whose parent have been assigned to the war lines of Iraq are also in need. Many military spouses live in poverty as the spouse is left to help make ends meet and raise their children.Those thousands of U.S soldiers who were killed in Iraq and Afghanistan left spouses and children behind to cope with grief and life. This has brought added stress on an already heavily troubled life of a child.It is of great question as to whether or not the Bush administration has taken into consideration how their actions h  ");
array_files[99]=new Array(0,1,"http://www.lydiacornell.com/labels/Christians.html","2007-06-03","52K","Lydia Cornell","",""," Lydia Cornell Lydia Cornell  Thursday, May 10, 2007   LEARN THE HISTORY  Tensions among the followers of the three major monotheistic religions are front and center in the news headlines. But history shows that these tensions are nothing new — Christians, Jews, and Muslims have been battling one another for centuries. Each tradition values peace, but generation after generation, hostility and resentment seem to overcome idealism and end in violence. Though the human picture holds little hope, these obstacles to harmony direct our attention to a more spiritual perspective. And it is in this spiritual realm that there is hope for lasting healing and peace.The history of the Middle East is filled with ironies. First, it’s important to understand that these three religious traditions share a common ancestor: the patriarch Abraham. Bearing a name that some scholars interpret as “exalted father,” Abraham grew up about 4,000 years ago in Ur, a city in a section of southern Mesopotamia, later called Chaldea. Today this region is part of Iraq. Biblical tradition has Abraham receiving a covenant, or formal agreement, from God on behalf of Abraham’s descendants. In God’s covenant, He promised Abraham that his family would become a great people and would inherit land.The concept of a covenant is central to Biblical theology. Borrowed from ancient contract law, covenant gives a framework and vocabulary to what entered human experience as pure revelation: a sense of God’s identity, nature, and care for His creation. This covenant articulated a bond between God and His children comparable to a contract—a binding agreement. Later, this covenant’s specific terms were set forth in the Ten Commandments. While some groups have interpreted the covenant as limited to a specific religion or culture, in its highest sense God’s covenant is one of love. And this love embraces all, in every place, and throughout all time.Viewed from a human perspective, the covenant presented two serious problems.Viewed, however, fro  ");
array_files[100]=new Array(0,1,"http://www.lydiacornell.com/labels/Craig%20Ferguson.html","2007-06-03","48K","Lydia Cornell","",""," Lydia Cornell Lydia Cornell  Friday, February 23, 2007   PROGRESSIVE TALK RADIO - U.S. vs BUSH et al  THIS SATURDAY: VetStage Symposium to benefit troops returning from Afghanistan and Iraq who have lived to tell their own stories on stage and in film. VetStage hosts an acting & writing workshop with Academy Award© winning writer/producer, Bobby Moresco (Crash, Million Dollar Baby), casting director Sarah Finn (Iron Man, Mission Impossible II, Crash), former agent and current producer Larry Becsey (In the Valley of Elah, Against All Enemies) and award winning producer, Mark R. Harris (Crash, Gods and Monsters). Benefit Symposium for Vet Stage (all proceeds benefit vetstage.org Visit http://vetstage.com/index_files/moresco.htm to sign up.Upcoming: This Saturday morning, March 3, we will interview Paul Waldman of Media Matters on his amazing new book BEING RIGHT IS NOT ENOUGH: What Progressives Must Learn From Conservative Success. Upcoming on Basham And Cornell Progressive Talk 9 am PST Saturday mornings on 1230 AM KLAV in Las Vegas, simulcast on the internet at Basham and Cornell Progressive Talk This past Saturday February 24, We had the pleasure of interviewing former federal prosecutor Elizabeth de la Vega, author of the new bestseller U.S. vs BUSH The Case for Impeachment. It was a fascinating interview.Doug Basham was on Lou Dobbs last week as one of Americas top talkers. Check out Dougs site for a list of all the incredible guests he has interviewed and see what Senate Majority leader Harry Reid, Pat Buchanan, Joe Conason, Daniel Ellsberg, Catherine Crier, Helen Thomas, Caspar Weinberger, Lou Dobbs, Congress people and best-selling authors say about Doug Basham: Basham Radio **************In the sidebar is a YouTube clip of a recent interview with my co-stars from Too Close for Comfort. The editor cut the clip in the wrong place, just after I say, I had a crush on Jim Bullock and dreamed of him every night. I was the only person on the set who had no inkling he was gay; I was madly in love with him, and  ");
array_files[101]=new Array(0,1,"http://www.lydiacornell.com/labels/creation.html","2007-06-03","48K","Lydia Cornell","",""," Lydia Cornell Lydia Cornell  Wednesday, March 21, 2007   PEACE IS SEXY * OBJECTS OF CREATION  At the Pentagon peace rally the other day, a Republican protestor against the protestors held up a sign saying PEACE SUCKS. I know it isnt sexy to stop arguing or fighting. I know its more fun to gossip, vent, scream, yell and find fault with others. I know it is more exciting to watch a train wreck than a healing, but it doesnt help heal anything, in fact it keeps us stuck. Bad news proliferates because of our constant nurturing of it. Im not saying stop shining a light on the bad guys like Rove, Bush, Cheney, Gonzales, Delay, and corrupt corporations. Im saying lets also uplift each other by seeing the hope that is right around the corner. We need to see our innate goodness and know that truth will thrive as good people come into power. JOY I have been experiencing moments of pure joy lately. It all started when I consciously decided to shift my thought to seeing the beautiful in life. Believe me it hasnt been easy, in light of all the bad news in the world. But ever since I took a class in spiritual physics (metaphysics) I began to practice reversing my thought and looking up. Literally looking up at the treetops, at the higher laws in operation. In other words, the spiritual invisible goodness running things. Now Im madly in love with life, people, trees, flowers, nature — and Im seeing things I never saw before! Its amazingly beautiful out there. Im seeing more and more beautiful objects of creation. I have also shed my jealousy of others and have begun to see everything with new eyes. Suddenly a new sense of compassion and love for strangers in the news and on the street — even people who seem gruff and dont smile back. I saw a sad-looking Hispanic gardener on our street the other day, and I silently blessed him. He looked up and beamed back at me. Think of all the people who seem invisible, as if no one cares about their burdens. My ideal day: going on a road trip with the kids in the back of the minivan.   ");
array_files[102]=new Array(0,1,"http://www.lydiacornell.com/labels/bush%20corruption.html","2007-06-03","118K","Lydia Cornell","",""," Lydia Cornell Lydia Cornell  Thursday, May 31, 2007   Memorial Day, Freedom and the Right Path  Memorial Day, Freedom and the Right PathGuest Blog By MikeThis past weekend was Memorial Day Weekend, and I couldnt help thinking what Memorial Day meant to me as a child, as well as what it likely means today to both Children in America as well as children in other countries.I think the main focus of Memorial Day is to honor the brave soldiers who gave their lives to protect our freedoms and liberties, I think the overwhelming majority of our country DOES honor and respect our soldiers and veterans, but I think Memorial day is also an occasion to remember the presidents who sent those soldiers to war -- and in some cases to their deaths. The majority were honorable men who sent our soldiers to war for honorable and legitimate reasons. Unfortunately this president, George W Bush, has not; he has sent our soldiers to their deaths for a lie and caused much of the world to despise rather than respect our country and our soldiers. For that reason, although I greatly respect and honor our brave soldiers, (many of which are friends and co-workers of mine or relatives of the former) who are being sacrificed and used as cannon fodder for a self serving lie.....I choose to focus on our president since speaking out against a culture of corruption that CHOOSES to put our soldiers in harms way for no justifiable reason and with no finite plan for a solution is in my opinion one of the best ways to truly support our soldiers.When I was a child, Memorial Day used to evoke images of both our brave soldiers who died to protect our freedom and liberties, as well as great presidents of the past who were great men, good men, wise men,respected by everyone; after much contemplation, I wondered how does the world look at Memorial Day now after 6 years of George W Bushs treasonous reign of evil.Better yet how does the world look at America now?America was always a bastion of goodness, a symbol of freedom, a land of opportunity, where har  ");
array_files[103]=new Array(0,1,"http://www.lydiacornell.com/labels/Basham.html","2007-06-03","76K","Lydia Cornell","",""," Lydia Cornell Lydia Cornell  Friday, May 04, 2007   THE CRUMBLING INDUSTRIAL BASE  FANTASTIC SHOW! TODAY we come up with solutions...on Basham and Cornell Progressive Talk, we interview Brian Katulis – who worked in the National Security Council at the State Department during the Clinton administration. After that, we talk with ex-CIA agent Larry Johnson about his letter to George Tenet and his views on the lies leading up to Bushs invasion of Iraq. Larry Johnson is an old school pal of Valerie Plame and has a terrific blog called NoQuarter.typepad.comThis is a show you wont want to miss. Lots of juicy details. Brian Katulis is a Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress where he examines U.S. national security policy in the Middle East and democratization, with a focus on Iraq. Prior to joining the Center, he lived and worked in the Middle East for the National Democratic Institute and Freedom House, including projects in Egypt, Iraq, and the Palestinian territories. SATURDAY MORNINGS TUNE IN LIVE FROM LAS VEGAS and LOS ANGELES to our show BASHAM AND CORNELL PROGRESSIVE TALK from 9 - 10 a.m. We broadcast live -- or go to our website and click on the link to hear the entire show in the archives. The U.S trade deficit with China has risen to a 46.4 billion deficit for the first quarter of this year, which is twice what the deficit was the first quarter of 2006. In 2006 the U.S trade deficit was an astounding 233 billion.At least eight million U.S jobs reportedly have went overseas over the past several years, and the manufacturing industry has been hit the hardest. Off shoring of jobs has also hit the technology industry as well as business and professional services.The U.S auto industry for instance is in serious trouble. Both General Motors and Ford have reported major losses and are teetering on the brink of oblivion, while Daimler-Chrysler hopes to sell The Chrysler Group due to falling profits.The U.S manufacturing industry will take another major blow as more than two-hundred thousand U.S auto j  ");
array_files[104]=new Array(0,1,"http://www.lydiacornell.com/labels/beauty.html","2007-06-03","48K","Lydia Cornell","",""," Lydia Cornell Lydia Cornell  Wednesday, March 21, 2007   PEACE IS SEXY * OBJECTS OF CREATION  At the Pentagon peace rally the other day, a Republican protestor against the protestors held up a sign saying PEACE SUCKS. I know it isnt sexy to stop arguing or fighting. I know its more fun to gossip, vent, scream, yell and find fault with others. I know it is more exciting to watch a train wreck than a healing, but it doesnt help heal anything, in fact it keeps us stuck. Bad news proliferates because of our constant nurturing of it. Im not saying stop shining a light on the bad guys like Rove, Bush, Cheney, Gonzales, Delay, and corrupt corporations. Im saying lets also uplift each other by seeing the hope that is right around the corner. We need to see our innate goodness and know that truth will thrive as good people come into power. JOY I have been experiencing moments of pure joy lately. It all started when I consciously decided to shift my thought to seeing the beautiful in life. Believe me it hasnt been easy, in light of all the bad news in the world. But ever since I took a class in spiritual physics (metaphysics) I began to practice reversing my thought and looking up. Literally looking up at the treetops, at the higher laws in operation. In other words, the spiritual invisible goodness running things. Now Im madly in love with life, people, trees, flowers, nature — and Im seeing things I never saw before! Its amazingly beautiful out there. Im seeing more and more beautiful objects of creation. I have also shed my jealousy of others and have begun to see everything with new eyes. Suddenly a new sense of compassion and love for strangers in the news and on the street — even people who seem gruff and dont smile back. I saw a sad-looking Hispanic gardener on our street the other day, and I silently blessed him. He looked up and beamed back at me. Think of all the people who seem invisible, as if no one cares about their burdens. My ideal day: going on a road trip with the kids in the back of the minivan.   ");
array_files[105]=new Array(0,1,"http://www.lydiacornell.com/labels/cheney%20stolen%20billions%20Iraq%20impeach%20bush.html","2007-06-03","69K","Lydia Cornell","",""," Lydia Cornell Lydia Cornell  Wednesday, April 11, 2007   WHY WERE ANGRY  Just got this letter from John Conley, the Marine combat Vet (who sent me his Purple Heart, God bless him!)Dear Lyd, What Imus said was inexcusable and deserving of decisive punishment, but more inexcusable to me is the ongoing urgency to completely destroy his life and the very positive things he and his wife have built to help kids fight cancer. Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton have both needed forgiveness in the past for racial slurs and incidents (Jackson with his anti-semitic Hymietown remark in describing New York City and Sharpton with the Tawana Brawley myth he rushed into and helped perpetuate.)........both incidents just as inciteful, if not more, than anything Don Imus has said or done. In this case not only is there no forgiveness, but the punishment grossly outweighs the offense and a feeding frenzy has developed among bored journalists trying to uncover new excuses to hammer Imus even harder. The theory seems to be that If you want to prove youre not a racist, then step up and take your pound of flesh from Don Imus. I fear the pendulum is now swinging a little too far the other way. John**************************Part of being a public figure or celebrity means dealing with unsolicited opinions about yourself. On this blog as well as on others, I have been stung and hurt to the core by cruel, sexist comments. The first time it happened, my cheeks stung and I burst into tears, feeling lower than I had in my entire life. I cant imagine what these young Rutgers women must have felt like after working hard to get to college, to earn their place on the Rutgers team, to make it to the finals — only to be dismissed as whores (no matter the catchy slang, hos means one thing and applies to the worst thing men can call women.) Black women have it harder than any other group; they have been marginalized, forsaken, forgotten and maligned and yet they have such dignity and innate beauty in the face of unbearable hardship. Imus lost his MSN  ");
array_files[106]=new Array(0,1,"http://www.lydiacornell.com/labels/Cheney%20Iraq.html","2007-06-03","60K","Lydia Cornell","",""," Lydia Cornell Lydia Cornell  Wednesday, April 11, 2007   WHY WERE ANGRY  Just got this letter from John Conley, the Marine combat Vet (who sent me his Purple Heart, God bless him!)Dear Lyd, What Imus said was inexcusable and deserving of decisive punishment, but more inexcusable to me is the ongoing urgency to completely destroy his life and the very positive things he and his wife have built to help kids fight cancer. Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton have both needed forgiveness in the past for racial slurs and incidents (Jackson with his anti-semitic Hymietown remark in describing New York City and Sharpton with the Tawana Brawley myth he rushed into and helped perpetuate.)........both incidents just as inciteful, if not more, than anything Don Imus has said or done. In this case not only is there no forgiveness, but the punishment grossly outweighs the offense and a feeding frenzy has developed among bored journalists trying to uncover new excuses to hammer Imus even harder. The theory seems to be that If you want to prove youre not a racist, then step up and take your pound of flesh from Don Imus. I fear the pendulum is now swinging a little too far the other way. John**************************Part of being a public figure or celebrity means dealing with unsolicited opinions about yourself. On this blog as well as on others, I have been stung and hurt to the core by cruel, sexist comments. The first time it happened, my cheeks stung and I burst into tears, feeling lower than I had in my entire life. I cant imagine what these young Rutgers women must have felt like after working hard to get to college, to earn their place on the Rutgers team, to make it to the finals — only to be dismissed as whores (no matter the catchy slang, hos means one thing and applies to the worst thing men can call women.) Black women have it harder than any other group; they have been marginalized, forsaken, forgotten and maligned and yet they have such dignity and innate beauty in the face of unbearable hardship. Imus lost his MSN  ");
array_files[107]=new Array(0,1,"http://www.lydiacornell.com/labels/Britney.html","2007-06-03","48K","Lydia Cornell","",""," Lydia Cornell Lydia Cornell  Friday, February 23, 2007   PROGRESSIVE TALK RADIO - U.S. vs BUSH et al  THIS SATURDAY: VetStage Symposium to benefit troops returning from Afghanistan and Iraq who have lived to tell their own stories on stage and in film. VetStage hosts an acting & writing workshop with Academy Award© winning writer/producer, Bobby Moresco (Crash, Million Dollar Baby), casting director Sarah Finn (Iron Man, Mission Impossible II, Crash), former agent and current producer Larry Becsey (In the Valley of Elah, Against All Enemies) and award winning producer, Mark R. Harris (Crash, Gods and Monsters). Benefit Symposium for Vet Stage (all proceeds benefit vetstage.org Visit http://vetstage.com/index_files/moresco.htm to sign up.Upcoming: This Saturday morning, March 3, we will interview Paul Waldman of Media Matters on his amazing new book BEING RIGHT IS NOT ENOUGH: What Progressives Must Learn From Conservative Success. Upcoming on Basham And Cornell Progressive Talk 9 am PST Saturday mornings on 1230 AM KLAV in Las Vegas, simulcast on the internet at Basham and Cornell Progressive Talk This past Saturday February 24, We had the pleasure of interviewing former federal prosecutor Elizabeth de la Vega, author of the new bestseller U.S. vs BUSH The Case for Impeachment. It was a fascinating interview.Doug Basham was on Lou Dobbs last week as one of Americas top talkers. Check out Dougs site for a list of all the incredible guests he has interviewed and see what Senate Majority leader Harry Reid, Pat Buchanan, Joe Conason, Daniel Ellsberg, Catherine Crier, Helen Thomas, Caspar Weinberger, Lou Dobbs, Congress people and best-selling authors say about Doug Basham: Basham Radio **************In the sidebar is a YouTube clip of a recent interview with my co-stars from Too Close for Comfort. The editor cut the clip in the wrong place, just after I say, I had a crush on Jim Bullock and dreamed of him every night. I was the only person on the set who had no inkling he was gay; I was madly in love with him, and  ");
array_files[108]=new Array(0,1,"http://www.lydiacornell.com/labels/Bush%20war%20crimes.html","2007-06-03","53K","Lydia Cornell","",""," Lydia Cornell Lydia Cornell  Tuesday, April 24, 2007   THE CRIME BENEATH THE CRIME  Love is whats in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen. Bobby - age 7 (Wow!) If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate, Nikka - age 6 _________________________________________Stephen Pitt Political Cartoons Before we get into the truth behind Gonzo-Gate, POTENTIALLY HABITABLE PLANET FOUND!! THIS IS EXCITING!!By SETH BORENSTEIN, AP Science Writer WASHINGTON - For the first time astronomers have discovered a planet outside our solar system that is potentially habitable, with Earth-like temperatures, a find researchers described Tuesday as a big step in the search for life in the universe.The planet is just the right size, might have water in liquid form, and in galactic terms is relatively nearby at 120 trillion miles away. But the star it closely orbits, known as a red dwarf, is much smaller, dimmer and cooler than our sun.Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070425/ap_on_sc/habitable_planet_5 Did the most powerful Republicans in America have the computer capacity, software skills and electronic infrastructure in place on election night 2004 to tamper with the Ohio results to ensure George W. Bushs re-election? The answer appears to be yes. On Election Night 2004, the Republican Party not only controlled the vote-counting process in Ohio, the final presidential swing state, through a secretary of state who was a co-chair of the Bush campaign, but it also controlled the technology that allowed the tally of the vote in Ohios 88 counties to be reported to the media and voters.Privatizing elections and allowing known partisans to run a key presidential vote count is troubling enough. But the reason Congress must investigate these high-tech ties is there is abundant evidence that Republicans could have used this computing network to delay announcing the winner of Ohios 2004 election while tinkering with the results.Read more below, but first an editorial comme  ");
array_files[109]=new Array(0,1,"http://www.lydiacornell.com/labels/charity.html","2007-06-03","74K","Lydia Cornell","",""," Lydia Cornell Lydia Cornell  Monday, April 30, 2007   THE DAWN OF HOPE  I think we can come up with a statement on which all Americans, Republican or Democrat, rich or poor, straight or gay, can agree, despite our country being so tragically and ferociously divided. The first universal American sentiment I came up with was: Sugar is sweet. - Kurt VonnegutI am neither left wing nor right wing; I need both wings to fly. - Deborah Van Valkenburgh.L. to R: Lydia, Wally Wingerts mom, Deborah Van ValkenburghIn Burbank over the weekend, Deborah and I signed autographs and had fun with Henry Winkler (Fonzie from Happy Days and childrens book author of the Hank Zipper series), Ernie Hudson (Ghostbusters and Beverly Hills Cop. Ernie guest-starred on our show in its first season); Michael Beck from The Warriors; Lorenzo Lamas; Juliet Mills; Larry Thomas, the Soup Nazi from Seinfeld (LOVE THIS GUY!); Bruce Kulick, incredibly gifted guitarist from KISS; Wally Wingert - actor, amazing human, and voice over artist extraordinaire; William Forsythe, Branscombe Richmonds who is now host of GOOD MORNING HAWAII. Deborah and I did an interview for the show, and Ill try to upload clips after it airs. I love Branscombe; he played Jackie Rushs love interest on our show. I met lots of others, but have to post them later. Met the legendary sketch artist ROMEO who works in blue pencil; he gave me a portrait of my favorite actress of all time, Audrey Hepburn. My son got INVADER ZIMS autograph, Richar Horvitz, who played ZIM!!! THE DAWN OF HOPE 2Progressive is the term I choose to call my social and political leanings. Going forward, making progress, advancing new ideas, bringing people together in the spirit of love, making friends out of enemies, having compassion even for the offensive and downtrodden (because I know what its like to have a bad day.) Progressive means enlightened, spiritual, diplomatic solutions... getting along with ones enemies, finding common ground, realizing that by joining forces and engaging in community we beco  ");
array_files[110]=new Array(0,1,"http://www.lydiacornell.com/labels/BUSH%20MANIPULATES%20TROOPS.html","2007-06-03","47K","Lydia Cornell","",""," Lydia Cornell Lydia Cornell  Tuesday, May 22, 2007   KEITH OLBERMANN: BUSH IS FINANCING DEATHS OF AMERICANS  RUN, RUSH, READ Keith Olbermanns riveting special commentary on Wednesday May 23. Bush , he says is the most shameful president in history, and he is financing the deaths of Americans in this illegal, heinous war. To paraphrase, Bush has manipulated Congress into thinking the troops will not get armor or protection, whereas a good president -- any honest leader, would never shame Congress and use the troops as barter. A good leader would cut Halliburtons profits — beg, borrow or steal from other pork projects before hed cut troop funding. The American people have spoken, and Bush, in his arrogance has put Democrats between a rock and a hard place.On the other hand, the Democrats must NOT BACK DOWN. We must end this war. I received this disturbing news item from my friend Garth Bixxo: This little known National Security Presidential Directive NDPD #51 of May 9th, essentially gives Bush the authority to take over the country --- like a dictator. I believe it has to be approved by Congress -- and pray that they quash it immediately. http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/05/print/20070509-12.html When the Cold War began in the 1950s, Directives were written and put into place in case of an atomic bomb attack on the government. These directives are still in effect---- meaning that #51 is not need, and is merely a power grab by Karl Rove and-or whoever directed it be written. Heres how www.truthout.org states it:Bush Anoints Himself asEnsurer of Constitutional Governmentin EmergencyScary eh---sounds like wed better impeach him before he implements NSPD#51.Every concerned citizen should call, write their Congressperson and Senator to say STOP Heres the Truthout.org write-up---by way of an Executive Summary which reads between the lines. Bush Anoints Himself as the Ensurer of Constitutional Government in EmergencyBy Matthew RothschildIn a new National Security Presidential Directive, Bush lays out his   ");
array_files[111]=new Array(0,1,"http://www.lydiacornell.com/labels/antichrist.html","2007-06-03","65K","Lydia Cornell","",""," Lydia Cornell Lydia Cornell  Sunday, April 01, 2007   HOW TO GET RICH? GIVE TO THE POOR  “Let us serve instead of rule, knock instead of push at the door of human hearts, and allow to each and every one the same rights and privileges that we claim for ourselves.” – Mary Baker EddyGreat spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds - Albert EinsteinAs we enter Easter and Passover season, lets think about some new ideas. I heard a radical new theory the other day on Thom Hartmann’s Air America broadcast. He said, “Why are we so hell bent on ‘economic growth?’ Why not ‘economic stability?” If economic growth means even one more cancer death, then I am for stabilizing the economy, not growing it. As home prices drop to human levels, wouldnt it be great if the average American could actually afford to buy a home without killing himself — without holding down two jobs, or having his spouse bring in the second income while the children stay in day care until 7 p.m. after a harrowing drive in rush hour? This got me to thinking about Ted Knight’s favorite expression: “less is more.” He used to advise us not to mug for the cameras — and that there was more power in underplaying a scene. These were his acting tips in the beginning of Too Close For Comfort. I was too scared to look into his eyes, so Id look at his forehead instead. He kept standing on his toes to get into my line of vision. Ted thought I was doing this on purpose, and the National Enquirer sent spies down to check out the tension on the set. They didnt call me a dumb blonde for nothing. (Actually I was just shaking in my boots with fear.)Less is more could also pertain to this statement from the New Testament: “A soft answer turns away wrath.” I believe that less truly is more when it comes to quality of life. In fact, lately I’ve been longing for a pastoral life (but without the sheep.) Growing our own herbs and vegetables, building furniture, downsizing, shedding excess... Ive actually been maki  ");
array_files[112]=new Array(0,1,"http://www.lydiacornell.com/labels/24.html","2007-06-03","46K","Lydia Cornell","",""," Lydia Cornell Lydia Cornell  Tuesday, April 17, 2007   GOD BLESS VIRGINIA TECH STUDENTS and FAMILIES  Love one another. How do we survive this kind of tragedy? By loving one another, coming together. Survival is through community, and not letting go of each other. The massacre at Virginia Tech is one of the most tragic reminders of how much our nation needs healing, on every level. We should be more responsible in conveying values beyond the quick satisfaction of material needs. The constant glorification of violence through the gun culture, videoames, news broadcasts showing incessant bloodhsed, hatred, torture and bullying tactics on shows like “24″
 yes the gunman was deranged, but there is something deeper going on in our American Dream.Go to PlanetBlacksburg.com and leave a prayer message on the Wall. I am also sending out a blessing and prayer to Josie, my friend in Nebraska who is going through cancer surgery today. xoxoNo Spur Of The Moment Crime
9 mm Handgun Purchased On March 13
Returned To Dorm Room To Re-Arm After First Shooting, Left A Disturbing Note
Why dont we have a more rapid response to violence like this, whether its terrorism or random violence. The fact that the campus didnt sound a SIREN, send out an alert and cancel classes over a loudspeaker or alarm... or text messaging! In this day and age, in light of the times, why dont we have rapid response and lockdown immediately in the case of a crisis like this? Excerpted from Jane Smileys Blog at HuffingtonPost.com:Some years ago, I was talking to a man about guns. At the time, I didnt really know anyone with guns (still dont), but he did. He had had guns himself. He said, I gave my gun away, because when I had it, every time something happened that made me mad, my mind would start circling around that gun, and I would be thinking about using it.So I got rid of it and Im glad I did. Right up front I will say that I am opposed to casual gun ownership, but I also realize that Americans will always have guns. Period. Its a national   ");
array_files[113]=new Array(0,1,"http://www.lydiacornell.com/labels/arianna%20huffington.html","2007-06-03","49K","Lydia Cornell","",""," Lydia Cornell Lydia Cornell  Wednesday, March 07, 2007   MARK GREEN: NEW OWNER OF AIR AMERICA!  TODAY ON BASHAM AND CORNELL PROGRESSIVE TALK we interview Mark Green, new owner of Air America and author of the brilliant new book LOSING OUR DEMOCRACY: How Bush, the Far Right and Big Business Are Betraying Americans for Power and Profit. Listen to the archives or listen live to our show from 9-10 a.m. Saturday mornings at: BASHAM AND CORNELL PROGRESSIVE TALKMark is the founder and president of the New Democracy Project - a national/urban affairs institute utilizing the assets of New York City to promote democratic participation, economic fairness and social justice. He was Democratic nominee for Mayor of New York City in 2001. Check out Marks web site New Democracy Project.orgFriday, March 9, 4 p.m. PST Im on THE SPIRITUAL POLITICIAN on BBS Radio Melinda Pillsbury Fosters live radio show, which is also on tape THE SPIRITUAL POLITICIANTHE COVERUP: AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY Economic domination through warmongering. - Hilary RosenGOOGLE IMAGE SHACK In legal terms, the jury has spoken in the Libby case. In political terms, Dick Cheney is still awaiting a judgment.For weeks, Washington watched, mesmerized, as the trial of I. Lewis Libby Jr. cast Vice President Cheney, his former boss, in the role of puppeteer, pulling the strings in a covert public relations campaign to defend the Bush administration’s case for war in Iraq and discredit a critic. - From the New York Times: By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG“There is a cloud over the vice president,” the prosecutor, Patrick J. Fitzgerald, told the jury in summing up the case last month.This is not a simple coverup, this is an absolute tragedy. There are lives at stake; weve lost thousands of our own soldiers in an illegal, mismanaged war. And hundreds of thousands of innocent Iraqi civilians have died in the needless bloodshed, including children. Two little boys searched for their 3-year old sister in the rubble of their apartment, after a car bomb went off. All they found was he  ");
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array_files[115]=new Array(0,1,"http://www.lydiacornell.com/2006/01/tapestry-spying-on-americans.html","2007-06-03","496K","Lydia Cornell: THE TAPESTRY * SPYING ON AMERICANS","",""," Lydia Cornell: THE TAPESTRY * SPYING ON AMERICANS Lydia Cornell  Sunday, January 08, 2006   THE TAPESTRY * SPYING ON AMERICANS  To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public. - Theodore Roosevelt THE TAPESTRYImagine if the human pageant were just a tapestry — and God sees the complete picture on the finished side, but from our vantage point below, we only see dangling threads that keep disappearing as they are woven in and out. As people pass on, certain threads disappear because they are part of a grand stitch that completes a beautiful landscape — or picture on the other side. We can’t see the whole picture. But God can. We dont know the reason for death and suffering; we dont know whats on the other side, but Im sure there are many mansions and colors -- and the weave creates a majestic tapestry. Somehow in this day and age, we’ve seen too much, done too much, been too naked. There’s too much hard-core violence and porn in the airwaves. We can’t really take it back and become innocent again. But I really want to be a virgin again in more ways than one. There is nothing in the physical world left to want, do or imagine. I don’t want one more luxury or gadget to make my life easier except maybe a Gizmo can opener. I don’t think anything impresses anyone anymore. Except seeing, actually seeing God. The great mystical force of love inside us all. I was thinking about the tragedy of the hurricane and the tsunami – and how many bodies have rotted and evaporated – how quickly human life is snuffed out. It proves to me what I’ve always known: that man is not made of matter, that rotting flesh has no essence in and of itself --- no matter how real the illusion seems. Man is spiritual; we are linked to the Divine mind, the one mind, God -- and to each other with the fabric of love. This is a universe of thought. Thought is energy and it   ");
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array_files[118]=new Array(0,1,"http://www.lydiacornell.com/2007/05/myth-of-hero.html","2007-06-03","355K","Lydia Cornell: THE BEAUTY OF AMERICA on MEMORIAL DAY","",""," Lydia Cornell: THE BEAUTY OF AMERICA on MEMORIAL DAY Lydia Cornell  Sunday, May 27, 2007   THE BEAUTY OF AMERICA on MEMORIAL DAY  If you missed it Saturday, you can hear our interview with Presidential candidate Mike Gravel by clicking on BASHAM & CORNELL PROGRESSIVE TALK Just click on archives and you can hear all of amazing guests, including: Congressman Rangel, Brian Katsulis; Media Matters Paul Waldman, Eric Boehlert, Karl Frisch, Dennis Yedwab; Mikey Weinstein; Former federal prosecutor Elizabeth de la Vega; and other bestselling authors, scholars and political leaders. SATURDAY MORNINGS TUNE IN LIVE FROM LAS VEGAS and LOS ANGELES to our show BASHAM AND CORNELL PROGRESSIVE TALK from 9 - 10 a.m. We broadcast live on KLAV -- or go to our website and click on the link to hear the entire show in the archives. MIKE GRAVEL, 2008 Democratic Presidential candidate and the MAN WHO STOLE THE first DEMOCRATIC DEBATE. We did a 45 minute interview with Gravel, who served 2 terms in the House and was a Senator from Alaska. He is primarily known for ending the draft following the Vietnam War, and for having put into the public record, the Pentagon Papers in 1971!Gravel is a hero of mine; he is the only cadidate committed to telling the truth and standing for his convictions. He has nothing to lose and no one to impress — but his conscience. He passionately speaks for the majority of Americans, but the mainstream media is focused on dumbing us down with celebrities-gone-wild gossip and obsessive Clinton-bashing.************************Military Coffins: The Photos Youre Not Supposed to SeeNot to See the Fallen... by mcjoan at thinkprogress.orgWhile memorializing those fallen today, dont forget the 143 journalists and media support workers, the most in any major conflict, who have been killed in Iraq.If theres one thing the hapless war planners and conducters in this administration managed to do right, at least by their calculation, its been to manage the medias access to and coverage of the actual story on the ground. S  ");
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array_files[120]=new Array(0,1,"http://www.lydiacornell.com/2007/05/memorial-day-freedom-and-right-path.html","2007-06-03","235K","Lydia Cornell: Memorial Day, Freedom and the Right Path","",""," Lydia Cornell: Memorial Day, Freedom and the Right Path Lydia Cornell  Thursday, May 31, 2007   Memorial Day, Freedom and the Right Path  Memorial Day, Freedom and the Right PathGuest Blog By MikeThis past weekend was Memorial Day Weekend, and I couldnt help thinking what Memorial Day meant to me as a child, as well as what it likely means today to both Children in America as well as children in other countries.I think the main focus of Memorial Day is to honor the brave soldiers who gave their lives to protect our freedoms and liberties, I think the overwhelming majority of our country DOES honor and respect our soldiers and veterans, but I think Memorial day is also an occasion to remember the presidents who sent those soldiers to war -- and in some cases to their deaths. The majority were honorable men who sent our soldiers to war for honorable and legitimate reasons. Unfortunately this president, George W Bush, has not; he has sent our soldiers to their deaths for a lie and caused much of the world to despise rather than respect our country and our soldiers. For that reason, although I greatly respect and honor our brave soldiers, (many of which are friends and co-workers of mine or relatives of the former) who are being sacrificed and used as cannon fodder for a self serving lie.....I choose to focus on our president since speaking out against a culture of corruption that CHOOSES to put our soldiers in harms way for no justifiable reason and with no finite plan for a solution is in my opinion one of the best ways to truly support our soldiers.When I was a child, Memorial Day used to evoke images of both our brave soldiers who died to protect our freedom and liberties, as well as great presidents of the past who were great men, good men, wise men,respected by everyone; after much contemplation, I wondered how does the world look at Memorial Day now after 6 years of George W Bushs treasonous reign of evil.Better yet how does the world look at America now?America was always a bastion of goodness, a symbol of  ");
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array_files[122]=new Array(0,1,"http://lydiacornell.com/new-bio.html","2007-03-28","22K","Official Website of Lydia Cornell","",""," Official Website of Lydia Cornell                        Biography For updated biography check out Lydia on WIKIPEDIA CLICK HERE!  Article LOS ANGELES – Lydia Cornell, a *Best Actress nominee at Method Fest for the indie film “Miss Supreme Queen”, is also an accomplished political writer, novelist and comedienne. She recently guest-starred with Larry David on HBO’s “Curb your Enthusiasm”; wrote and produced her own film Venus Conspiracy, and had leads in the feature films “Nooner” Erik Attias’ PBS play, and “Dean and Nancy”, along with Steven Tyler and Jon Bon Jovi. She also hosted the 2004 World Travel Awards in Barbados with The Sopranos’ Michael Imperioli, Curb’s Cheryl Hines, and Law & Order’s Richard Belzer. In addition to her new book of political essay, HOW TO TALK TO ANN COULTER, IF YOU MUST, Lydia’s new book Falling Up, is based on her humiliating adventures in Hollywood and spiritual growth. It is being developed for the stage. Winning the Peoples Choice Award, Lydia starred as Sara Rush”, Ted Knights daughter and Audrey Meadows’ granddaughter, in the hit 80’s show Too Close For Comfort — a top rated ABC series that has been in worldwide syndication for years. Just released on Rhino DVD, the show has attained cult status, with fans all over the world exchanging her trading cards. Lydia is fluent in Spanish and comes from a family dedicated to the arts. Her great-great grandmother was Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin. A children’s advocate, Ms. Cornell is passionate about helping orphans and underprivileged children. Her other passion is fighting drug and alcohol abuse. Profits from her ventures go to various children’s charities, including Give Kids a Break, Girls Inc. and Feed the Children. Lydia is also an inspirational public speaker. With a humorous and spiritual point of view, she talks about how she overcame a life-threatening tragedy that brou  ");
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array_files[138]=new Array(0,1,"http://lydiacornell.com/agreement.html","2007-03-01","9K","Official Website of Lydia Cornell","",""," Official Website of Lydia Cornell                        Agreement Policy When will my order ship? All orders should ship within 1 to 3 business days, providing there are no delays with your credit card, billing address or typo errors on your order form. Business days are Monday to Friday, except public holidays. Orders submitted after 4pm PST/7pm EST will be considered placed on the following business day. When I place an order, do I receive confirmation? You will receive an email within 72 hours once your order has been processed letting you know it will be shipped, if processed during regular business hours(Monday thru Friday 10am till 4pm PST). Orders processed on Saturdays or Sundays will not be shipped until the next business day. How To Delete An Item. You may delete an item at the completion of your order. When you are prompted to select how many copies of each release you want, simply place a zero in the appropriate field and your selection will be deleted. Ordering More Than One Copy. The smallest amount you should expect to order is 5.00 usd. Shipping and handling are taken into consideration when total shipping cost are calculated. Most Domestic orders, including Canada, are shipped via UPS unless the customer requests otherwise (USPS for example). You can calculate your shipping by visiting the following web page. UPS takes anywhere from 1-7 business days to reach you. Acceptable Returns: Please email us at info@lydiacornell.com with the order number, your name, email address and the order number which contains the picture(s) in question, detailed reason for return. A customer service rep will email you back a Return Authorization email detailing what to do. We will not accept returns without a return authorization. All images © Copyright 2005 Lydia Cornelll ");
array_files[139]=new Array(0,1,"http://www.lydiacornell.com/agreement.html","2007-03-01","9K","Official Website of Lydia Cornell","",""," Official Website of Lydia Cornell                        Agreement Policy When will my order ship? All orders should ship within 1 to 3 business days, providing there are no delays with your credit card, billing address or typo errors on your order form. Business days are Monday to Friday, except public holidays. Orders submitted after 4pm PST/7pm EST will be considered placed on the following business day. When I place an order, do I receive confirmation? You will receive an email within 72 hours once your order has been processed letting you know it will be shipped, if processed during regular business hours(Monday thru Friday 10am till 4pm PST). Orders processed on Saturdays or Sundays will not be shipped until the next business day. How To Delete An Item. You may delete an item at the completion of your order. When you are prompted to select how many copies of each release you want, simply place a zero in the appropriate field and your selection will be deleted. Ordering More Than One Copy. The smallest amount you should expect to order is 5.00 usd. Shipping and handling are taken into consideration when total shipping cost are calculated. Most Domestic orders, including Canada, are shipped via UPS unless the customer requests otherwise (USPS for example). You can calculate your shipping by visiting the following web page. UPS takes anywhere from 1-7 business days to reach you. Acceptable Returns: Please email us at info@lydiacornell.com with the order number, your name, email address and the order number which contains the picture(s) in question, detailed reason for return. A customer service rep will email you back a Return Authorization email detailing what to do. We will not accept returns without a return authorization. All images © Copyright 2005 Lydia Cornelll ");
array_files[140]=new Array(0,1,"http://www.lydiacornell.com/labels/people.html","2007-02-15","43K","Lydia Cornell","",""," Lydia Cornell Lydia Cornell  Monday, February 05, 2007   THE GIFT OF FOG  Fear is like fog: you can still drive through it, even though you can’t see your way. But it will always lift. (continued below, but first this... BREAKING NEWS: In Davos, Switzerland at the World Economic Forum, Rupert Murdoch was asked if News Corp. (FOX News) had managed to shape the agenda on the war in Iraq. His answer?“No, I don’t think so. We tried.” Asked by Rose for further comment, he said: “We basically supported the Bush policy in the Middle East
but we have been very critical of his execution.”Let me repeat this: “We Tried!”FOX NEWS, including Bill OReilly and Sean Hannity, have deliberately PROMOTED the war in Iraq! The fact that Murdoch virtually admits FOX is a propaganda network should be FRONT PAGE NEWS. This is unconscionable, illegal, shameful. It took an act of Congress to make Murdoch a citizen so he could buy a U.S. TV network -- in order to sway and manipulate Americans. If the news, which is supposed to be Fair and Balanced can be bought and sold, then anyone with enough money can come in and do this. http://www.newscorpse.com/ncWP/index.php?p=341And he owns MYSPACE!!!Heard a great review yesterday on Harrisons show: Howard Zins new book Voices of a People’s History of the United States. The voices are loud and clear — and our vision is becoming clearer. I personally feel that I am coming out of a fog in my own life, on many converging levels. As I lift the blinders and come out of anesthesia, I am becoming more resolute. We cant allow these destructive people to hold our country hostage any longer. What kind of message does it send to the world that the most powerful democratic nation in the world — a government by the people, for the people and OF THE PEOPLE — allows a dictator to remain in office? On principle alone, we should start impeachment proceedings now. If Bush and Cheney were out, Pelosi would be President, but of course this wont happen; theres not enough time. I wonder if i  ");
array_files[141]=new Array(0,1,"http://www.lydiacornell.com/labels/voices.html","2007-02-15","43K","Lydia Cornell","",""," Lydia Cornell Lydia Cornell  Monday, February 05, 2007   THE GIFT OF FOG  Fear is like fog: you can still drive through it, even though you can’t see your way. But it will always lift. (continued below, but first this... BREAKING NEWS: In Davos, Switzerland at the World Economic Forum, Rupert Murdoch was asked if News Corp. (FOX News) had managed to shape the agenda on the war in Iraq. His answer?“No, I don’t think so. We tried.” Asked by Rose for further comment, he said: “We basically supported the Bush policy in the Middle East
but we have been very critical of his execution.”Let me repeat this: “We Tried!”FOX NEWS, including Bill OReilly and Sean Hannity, have deliberately PROMOTED the war in Iraq! The fact that Murdoch virtually admits FOX is a propaganda network should be FRONT PAGE NEWS. This is unconscionable, illegal, shameful. It took an act of Congress to make Murdoch a citizen so he could buy a U.S. TV network -- in order to sway and manipulate Americans. If the news, which is supposed to be Fair and Balanced can be bought and sold, then anyone with enough money can come in and do this. http://www.newscorpse.com/ncWP/index.php?p=341And he owns MYSPACE!!!Heard a great review yesterday on Harrisons show: Howard Zins new book Voices of a People’s History of the United States. The voices are loud and clear — and our vision is becoming clearer. I personally feel that I am coming out of a fog in my own life, on many converging levels. As I lift the blinders and come out of anesthesia, I am becoming more resolute. We cant allow these destructive people to hold our country hostage any longer. What kind of message does it send to the world that the most powerful democratic nation in the world — a government by the people, for the people and OF THE PEOPLE — allows a dictator to remain in office? On principle alone, we should start impeachment proceedings now. If Bush and Cheney were out, Pelosi would be President, but of course this wont happen; theres not enough time. I wonder if i  ");
array_files[142]=new Array(0,1,"http://www.lydiacornell.com/labels/fog.html","2007-02-15","43K","Lydia Cornell","",""," Lydia Cornell Lydia Cornell  Monday, February 05, 2007   THE GIFT OF FOG  Fear is like fog: you can still drive through it, even though you can’t see your way. But it will always lift. (continued below, but first this... BREAKING NEWS: In Davos, Switzerland at the World Economic Forum, Rupert Murdoch was asked if News Corp. (FOX News) had managed to shape the agenda on the war in Iraq. His answer?“No, I don’t think so. We tried.” Asked by Rose for further comment, he said: “We basically supported the Bush policy in the Middle East
but we have been very critical of his execution.”Let me repeat this: “We Tried!”FOX NEWS, including Bill OReilly and Sean Hannity, have deliberately PROMOTED the war in Iraq! The fact that Murdoch virtually admits FOX is a propaganda network should be FRONT PAGE NEWS. This is unconscionable, illegal, shameful. It took an act of Congress to make Murdoch a citizen so he could buy a U.S. TV network -- in order to sway and manipulate Americans. If the news, which is supposed to be Fair and Balanced can be bought and sold, then anyone with enough money can come in and do this. http://www.newscorpse.com/ncWP/index.php?p=341And he owns MYSPACE!!!Heard a great review yesterday on Harrisons show: Howard Zins new book Voices of a People’s History of the United States. The voices are loud and clear — and our vision is becoming clearer. I personally feel that I am coming out of a fog in my own life, on many converging levels. As I lift the blinders and come out of anesthesia, I am becoming more resolute. We cant allow these destructive people to hold our country hostage any longer. What kind of message does it send to the world that the most powerful democratic nation in the world — a government by the people, for the people and OF THE PEOPLE — allows a dictator to remain in office? On principle alone, we should start impeachment proceedings now. If Bush and Cheney were out, Pelosi would be President, but of course this wont happen; theres not enough time. I wonder if i  ");
array_files[143]=new Array(0,1,"http://www.lydiacornell.com/labels/impeach%20bush.html","2007-02-15","43K","Lydia Cornell","",""," Lydia Cornell Lydia Cornell  Monday, February 05, 2007   THE GIFT OF FOG  Fear is like fog: you can still drive through it, even though you can’t see your way. But it will always lift. (continued below, but first this... BREAKING NEWS: In Davos, Switzerland at the World Economic Forum, Rupert Murdoch was asked if News Corp. (FOX News) had managed to shape the agenda on the war in Iraq. His answer?“No, I don’t think so. We tried.” Asked by Rose for further comment, he said: “We basically supported the Bush policy in the Middle East
but we have been very critical of his execution.”Let me repeat this: “We Tried!”FOX NEWS, including Bill OReilly and Sean Hannity, have deliberately PROMOTED the war in Iraq! The fact that Murdoch virtually admits FOX is a propaganda network should be FRONT PAGE NEWS. This is unconscionable, illegal, shameful. It took an act of Congress to make Murdoch a citizen so he could buy a U.S. TV network -- in order to sway and manipulate Americans. If the news, which is supposed to be Fair and Balanced can be bought and sold, then anyone with enough money can come in and do this. http://www.newscorpse.com/ncWP/index.php?p=341And he owns MYSPACE!!!Heard a great review yesterday on Harrisons show: Howard Zins new book Voices of a People’s History of the United States. The voices are loud and clear — and our vision is becoming clearer. I personally feel that I am coming out of a fog in my own life, on many converging levels. As I lift the blinders and come out of anesthesia, I am becoming more resolute. We cant allow these destructive people to hold our country hostage any longer. What kind of message does it send to the world that the most powerful democratic nation in the world — a government by the people, for the people and OF THE PEOPLE — allows a dictator to remain in office? On principle alone, we should start impeachment proceedings now. If Bush and Cheney were out, Pelosi would be President, but of course this wont happen; theres not enough time. I wonder if i  ");
array_files[144]=new Array(0,1,"http://www.lydiacornell.com/2007/02/gift-of-fog.html","2007-02-14","632K","Lydia Cornell: THE GIFT OF FOG","",""," Lydia Cornell: THE GIFT OF FOG Lydia Cornell  Monday, February 05, 2007   THE GIFT OF FOG  Fear is like fog: you can still drive through it, even though you can’t see your way. But it will always lift. (continued below, but first this... BREAKING NEWS: In Davos, Switzerland at the World Economic Forum, Rupert Murdoch was asked if News Corp. (FOX News) had managed to shape the agenda on the war in Iraq. His answer?“No, I don’t think so. We tried.” Asked by Rose for further comment, he said: “We basically supported the Bush policy in the Middle East
but we have been very critical of his execution.”Let me repeat this: “We Tried!”FOX NEWS, including Bill OReilly and Sean Hannity, have deliberately PROMOTED the war in Iraq! The fact that Murdoch virtually admits FOX is a propaganda network should be FRONT PAGE NEWS. This is unconscionable, illegal, shameful. It took an act of Congress to make Murdoch a citizen so he could buy a U.S. TV network -- in order to sway and manipulate Americans. If the news, which is supposed to be Fair and Balanced can be bought and sold, then anyone with enough money can come in and do this. http://www.newscorpse.com/ncWP/index.php?p=341And he owns MYSPACE!!!Heard a great review yesterday on Harrisons show: Howard Zins new book Voices of a People’s History of the United States. The voices are loud and clear — and our vision is becoming clearer. I personally feel that I am coming out of a fog in my own life, on many converging levels. As I lift the blinders and come out of anesthesia, I am becoming more resolute. We cant allow these destructive people to hold our country hostage any longer. What kind of message does it send to the world that the most powerful democratic nation in the world — a government by the people, for the people and OF THE PEOPLE — allows a dictator to remain in office? On principle alone, we should start impeachment proceedings now. If Bush and Cheney were out, Pelosi would be President, but of course this wont happen; theres not enough ti  ");
array_files[145]=new Array(0,1,"http://www.lydiacornell.com/2006/11/liberal-bashing-as-blood-sport-wonders.html","2007-02-10","220K","Lydia Cornell: LIBERAL BASHING AS BLOOD SPORT * THE WONDERS OF Wii","",""," Lydia Cornell: LIBERAL BASHING AS BLOOD SPORT * THE WONDERS OF Wii Lydia Cornell  Tuesday, November 21, 2006   LIBERAL BASHING AS BLOOD SPORT * THE WONDERS OF Wii  An excerpt from a great article by my friend Robert Dreyfuss: GOING LONG IN IRAQ Last week, the situation in Iraq took another major turn for the worse. That might seem impossible, since the level of carnage and destruction is so immense already that it’s hard to imagine things getting worse. But get worse they did, when the ministry of the interior —the death squad-dominated, Shiite-run agency that has become a factory for torture and murder—announced that it was seeking the arrest of Iraq’s top Sunni cleric, Harith al-Dari, who heads the Muslim Scholars Association.Widely seen as someone who is close to the Sunni-led resistance in Iraq, Dari is hardly a radical. But that didn’t dissuade Iraq’s interior minister. “We have proof that he is involved in terrorism,” said a ministry spokesman. That announcement provoked a storm of outrage from those Sunnis, including moderates and centrists, who’d decided earlier this year to take part in Iraq’s political process rather than remain outside, and many of them immediately threatened to shut down the Iraqi government and boycott parliament. “We have to decide if we want a state, or not,” said Jalal Talabani, Iraq’s president, who would have done better to acknowledge that indeed, Iraq has no state at all. Indeed, over the past few days, terrorists—real ones, and the Shiite variety—launched brazen attacks against two government ministries, raiding the Iraqi education ministry and kidnapping scores of employees, and then kidnapping the deputy minister of health.The worsening crisis in Iraq lends desperate urgency to efforts in Washington to find a solution. While the capital awaits the report of the Iraq Study Group, co-chaired by James Baker and Lee Hamilton, in December or early January, the die-hards and dead-enders in and out of the Bush administration are making one last pus  ");
array_files[146]=new Array(0,1,"http://www.lydiacornell.com/2006/08/one-world-one-race.html","2007-02-10","960K","Lydia Cornell: ONE WORLD, ONE RACE","",""," Lydia Cornell: ONE WORLD, ONE RACE Lydia Cornell  Thursday, August 31, 2006   ONE WORLD, ONE RACE  Every moment is a choice between LOVE AND FEAR. As the Native Americans reminded us: No tree has branches so foolish as to fight among themselves.You can reach my Home page at: LYDIA CORNELLAnd for SPIRITUAL SOLUTIONS to the world crises, along with some amazing prayer miracles in the next few weeks, please check out RADICAL PRAYER at my other blog THE PEACEMAKERS* LIGHT OF TRUTHAnd we uncover the truth about Ann Coulter like no one has ever done before at: COULTER KAMPF where you can also find breaking news about hate-speak, extremism, propaganda and smear tactics.BREAKING STORY!! NEW EVIDENCE OF THE TACTICS OF PROPAGANDA FROM RIGHT-WING COULTER SMEAR MACHINE. ANN COULTER: POLITICS OF PERSONAL DESTRUCTION or HOW COULTERS PROPAGANDIST TRIED TO DESTROY A GOOD CHRISTIAN HUMAN EVENTS COVER-UP OF COULTERS PLAIGIARISM The online news journal HUMAN EVENTS recently published a hit-piece written by Lisa De Pasquale (Coulters publicist) assassinating the character of a lifelong conservative Christian in order to quell rising interest in Ann Coulter’s current plagiarism problems. At COULTERKAMPF you will find links to a 5-part series of essays by CoulterWatch on their mind-bending adventures trying to expose the truth about HUMAN EVENTS, one of the news journals that supports and enables Ann Coulters crimes.No longer will we be defensive with the Ann Coulters and the smear and fear crowd, we will take the fight to them, on our terms, and win the fight, our way. - Brent BudowskyBUSHS LAST WILL AND TESTICLEOpinion by Lydia CornellFirst published in March 2006 in the Macon DailyMACON,GA.- Maybe were all on Punked or Candid Camera and this is just a great big reality show called The Government. Like The Truman Show, the producers are just seeing how far they can go until we figure out its a big joke! Wouldnt it be wonderful to find out Bush is just an actor-clown they hired to make us go crazy? And the Blue team is going cra  ");
array_files[147]=new Array(0,1,"http://www.lydiacornell.com/2006/08/end-endless-war.html","2007-02-10","518K","Lydia Cornell: END THE ENDLESS WAR","",""," Lydia Cornell: END THE ENDLESS WAR Lydia Cornell  Saturday, August 19, 2006   END THE ENDLESS WAR  You can reach my Home page at: LYDIA CORNELLAnd for SPIRITUAL SOLUTIONS to the world crises, along with some amazing prayer miracles in the next few weeks, please check out RADICAL PRAYER at my other blog THE PEACEMAKERS* LIGHT OF TRUTH And we uncover the truth about Ann Coulter like no one has ever done before at: COULTER KAMPF where you can also find breaking news about hate-speak, extremism, propaganda and smear tactics.ANN COULTER: POLITICS OF PERSONAL DESTRUCTION or HOW COULTERS PROPAGANDIST TRIED TO DESTROY A GOOD CHRISTIAN HUMAN EVENTS COVER-UP OF COULTERS PLAIGIARISM No longer will we be defensive with the Ann Coulters and the smear and fear crowd, we will take the fight to them, on our terms, and win the fight, our way. - Brent BudowskyI realize Ann Coulter is distracting us from real news, but she is to blame for the hate-speak and annihilation prevalent today and must be called on it. Obviously her defenders on this blog are here to spread even more politics of personal destruction. My Christian conservative friend went through hell with Coulters propaganda team, and with Coulter herself. Her slander, lies and criminally threatening behavior has to be stopped. I too suffered death threats and a man coming right up to my front door as a result of Ann Coulter. (Read more by clicking articles in the sidebar.) Here on this website and in the press I have suffered from very similar swiftboating tactics. I have just found out that the people who committed slander in the tabloid got PAID to do so. I pray for Ed and send him love and forgiveness. He is a gifted artist and a man I once thought was very spiritual. But he has sold his soul. He knows that what he is doing is wrong; he KNOWS THE TRUTH. I have the profound sense that we can touch God everyday when we are loving to others, especially those who offend us and disturb us, and especially those less fortunate. BREAKING STORY! NEW EVIDENCE OF THE TACTICS O  ");
array_files[148]=new Array(0,1,"http://www.lydiacornell.com/2006/08/war-is-not-peace-diplomacy-is-not.html","2007-02-10","687K","Lydia Cornell: WAR IS NOT PEACE * DIPLOMACY IS NOT APPEASEMENT","",""," Lydia Cornell: WAR IS NOT PEACE * DIPLOMACY IS NOT APPEASEMENT Lydia Cornell  Friday, August 18, 2006   WAR IS NOT PEACE * DIPLOMACY IS NOT APPEASEMENT  Deborah Van Valkenburgh (who played my sister Jackie on Too Close for Comfort) in this poster from The Warriors.JOHN DEAN, author of Conservatives Without Conscience on BASHAM RADIO TODAY August 17!! Check for times at: DougBasham.comJust found this eye-opening post by JHBUCK at ThorninUrASSumptionsThere is no justification for the loss of 26 hundred of Americas highest hopes for the future. Dont feed me this crap about possible adverse effects if we leave Iraq now. I can pull the same time machine out and predict that if we bring everyone home right now, someone whose life gets saved by the withdrawal will cure diabetes. Someone who gets saved by the withdrawal will adopt children who otherwise will be homeless. People can be heroic by living to their fullest potential. Yes, our soldiers are heroes. But so are loving parents. And so are generous friends. And so are honest business people. Why is it vogue right now to be a hero because you are dead? Because an insane war room (at the Pentagon) decided to sacrifice lives with no foreseeable end? Isnt this the time for Denzel or Tommy Lee Jones to come out of the background and relieve Mr. Bush of duty? Why is war policy even allowed to be controlled by such a measurable minority? What happened to the idea of politicians representing us in their mountaintop offices? Condi is a parrot. She is having the most brazen affair through sharing power with the man. She is smarter than him, but she says his words. Whats wrong with this picture? Its disgusting, thats what! Its CRIMINAL thats what!! (these are Lydias words)Also, please read a brilliant post below (at bottom) by Jude Nagurney Camwell. But first, these enlightening words from one of the worlds great spiritual leaders:We should remember that the world is wide; that there are a thousand million different human wills, opinions, ambitions, tastes, and loves; that  ");
array_files[149]=new Array(0,1,"http://www.lydiacornell.com/2006/08/we-will-win-war-on-terror-by-getting.html","2007-02-10","626K","Lydia Cornell: WE WILL WIN WAR ON TERROR by GETTING OUT OF IRAQ","",""," Lydia Cornell: WE WILL WIN WAR ON TERROR by GETTING OUT OF IRAQ Lydia Cornell  Saturday, August 12, 2006   WE WILL WIN WAR ON TERROR by GETTING OUT OF IRAQ  REMEMBER: BUSH WANTED TO SELL OUR PORTS TO THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES. Bush rules only by fear which is False Evidence Appearing Real. FEAR. He uses terrorist tactics on us, making us think he thwarted these terror attacks! Thanks to Britain and Pakistan who shared information that helped thwart the London terrorist plot. Bush only found out about this on Sunday, so the Republican spin machine has no right to say Democrats are soft on terror or getting out of Iraq will make us less safe. IT IS THE EXACT OPPOSITE! STRENGTH LIES IN INTELLIGENCE. Democrats are stronger on terror because we know the value of human life. We will win the war on terror by gathering our forces and fortifying our homeland. By first bringing our troops home and strengthening our own borders, ports, airports and train stations and using our resources wisely. We cant afford to lose a single human life. Weve lost over 2,600 troops, and another 16,000 missing arms and legs, and weve spent over 300 billion dollars on a war that has DEFINITELY CREATED MORE HATRED AND TERRORISM throughout the whole world against us. Democrats will go out and communicate with our enemies: we will bridge the gap and open diplomatic channels. Syria, who was helping us right after 911 will be helping us again. Everyone wants to be on the side of the Peacemaker who brings a higher vision to conflict. In the time that George Bush and the Three Stooges have been in power, they have created more enemies than ever before in Americas history. This is the most shameful time in our country. We must get these primitive self-serving oil barons and Neanderthals out of power before they destroy the world.__________________________________ To NYTimes Editors Re: the liquid plane bomb threat. Two items from the massive press reporting do not ring true: 1) that the plotters go-ahead message begin the attack now would be sent w  ");
array_files[150]=new Array(0,1,"http://www.lydiacornell.com/2006/08/freedom-report-no-more-bushmen-no-more.html","2007-02-10","624K","Lydia Cornell: THE FREEDOM REPORT * NO MORE BUSHMEN! NO MORE WAR!","",""," Lydia Cornell: THE FREEDOM REPORT * NO MORE BUSHMEN! NO MORE WAR! Lydia Cornell  Friday, August 11, 2006   THE FREEDOM REPORT * NO MORE BUSHMEN! NO MORE WAR!  As the Native Americans reminded us: No tree has branches so foolish as to fight among themselves.You can reach my Home page at: LYDIA CORNELLAnd to discuss SPIRITUAL SOLUTIONS to the world crises, along with some amazing prayer miracles in the next few weeks, please check out RADICAL PRAYER at my other blog THE PEACEMAKERS * LIGHT OF TRUTH When I went on the USO tour of Beirut to visit the Marines, terrorism was in its infancy. This was right before the first major truck bomb suicide attack against U.S. Peacekeeping Forces. US Magazine published my Beirut Diary when I returned, and I did Good Morning America. We visited aircraft carriers USS INCHON, USS SUMTER AND USS SHREVEPORT. Ambassador Joe Wilson, ex-CIA agent Larry Johnson, me and Jack Carter at Doug Bashams Progressive Talk fundraiser in Vegas. (June 2006.) Hi Everyone. You can now leave comments here; we are experimenting with new websites, so please forgive the confusion. I am still on a spiritual retreat. This blog is back up and I will check in periodically. GEORGE W. BUSH OUT-TRICKS RICHARD NIXON!The BRAD BLOG congratulates George W. Bush for outlasting former President Richard M. Nixon in office!It has been no easy feat to out-slick Tricky Dick, but with the help of a compliant rubber-stamp congress and a castrated roll-over media, Bush has managed to get away with a contempt for his country in a way that Nixon could only have dreamt of. As the legendary and mysterious Freeway Blogger has previously pointed out, were all wearing the blue dress now... BRADBLOG.comGibson Converts to Judaism: Changes Name to Mel GibsteinReuters - In his boldest bid yet to apologize to the Jewish community, actor Mel Gibson today announced that he had converted to Judaism.The news took many Jews aback, since conversion to Judaism is a demanding process that can take months or even years of study, and Mr. Gibson  ");
array_files[151]=new Array(0,1,"http://www.lydiacornell.com/2006/08/human-events-coulter-cover-up.html","2007-02-10","40K","Lydia Cornell: Human Events’ Coulter Cover-up Continues: Editor Outs Ann Coulter, by Dan Borchers","",""," Lydia Cornell: Human Events’ Coulter Cover-up Continues: Editor Outs Ann Coulter, by Dan Borchers Lydia Cornell  Wednesday, August 02, 2006   Human Events’ Coulter Cover-up Continues: Editor Outs Ann Coulter, by Dan Borchers  We are expanding! Please forgive the transition and growing pains. This page no longer takes comments, BUT click this link which transports you to my new improved blog: PROGRESSIVE FREEDOM BLOGFor spiritual solutions to world crises (or any other fears) please check out my new PEACEMAKERS blog. You can reach my Home page at: LYDIA CORNELLEXCLUSIVE! ANN COULTERS PROPAGANDA MACHINE AT WORK! In their desperation to salvage the reputation of Ann Coulter, their five-time best-selling author, HUMAN EVENTS defamed a fellow conservative. They jettisoned truth and integrity for profit. And they have done a disservice to Conservatism and to themselves. In Part III, we will plumb the depths of their duplicity and discover the identity of the real culprits.Human Events’ Coulter Cover-up Continues: Editor Outs Their “Porn Queen”By Daniel BorchersOn July 10, 2006, Human Events published an online defamatory essay in order to discredit critics of Ann Coulter. Following a lengthy series of emails proving that it was false in sum and substance, that slanderous essay was removed – but not retracted. Indeed, no hint of apology has ever been given. My correspondence with Human Events Online Editor Robert Bluey is especially enlightening.In Part I of this series, I refuted several bogus claims, including: ‱ They claimed that my amply-documented essay exposing Ann Coulter’s plagiarism in her first book, High Crimes and Misdemeanors, was “ridiculous,” when, in fact, it was accurate in every detail.In Part II of this series, I refute additional phony claims made by Lisa De Pasquale and “verified” by Robert Bluey:‱ Their claimed that I distributed “pornographic photos.” – FALSE ‱ Their claimed that I doctored photos of Coulter. – FALSE READ THE REST OF THE STORY AND ALL THE DET  ");
array_files[152]=new Array(0,1,"http://www.lydiacornell.com/2006/08/peace-and-hope-progressive-gifts.html","2007-02-10","42K","Lydia Cornell: PEACE and HOPE: PROGRESSIVE GIFTS","",""," Lydia Cornell: PEACE and HOPE: PROGRESSIVE GIFTS Lydia Cornell  Thursday, August 03, 2006   PEACE and HOPE: PROGRESSIVE GIFTS  OKAY WERE BACK UP! We are expanding! Please forgive the transition and growing pains. You can reach my Home page at: LYDIA CORNELLAnd to discuss SPIRITUAL SOLUTIONS to the world crises, along with some amazing prayer miracles in the next few weeks, please check out RADICAL PRAYER at my other blog THE PEACEMAKERS * LIGHT OF TRUTH When I went on the USO tour of Beirut to visit the Marines, terrorism was in its infancy. This was right before the first major truck bomb suicide attack against U.S. Peacekeeping Forces. US Magazine published my Beirut Diary when I returned, and I did Good Morning America. We visited aircraft carriers USS INCHON, USS SUMTER AND USS SHREVEPORT. This melts my heart: Just received this from John Conley the brave veteran who recently (2006) gave me his Purple Heart for speaking out in support of our troops in Iraq. Certain people are trying to smear me, but there is nothing more wonderful than having the truth on your side. Truth has substance and is real. God showed me that facing my fear head on was the only way to conquer it and that knowledge made me stronger in other areas. No one can hurt you, Lyd. If youre getting swift-boated, wear it as a badge of honor.  I know in my heart of hearts that no one possesses more fear than an Ann Coulter or Rush Limbaugh. Thats part of their sociopathic natures. Have you noticed how trembly Coulter is when she begins attacking those who dont agree with her? Scared people spend their lives trying to appear strong and confident and that usually translates into physical or verbal violence.  You, on the other hand, are obviously a strong woman and Im personally glad youre carrying the fight. You are very formidable, my dear. Of course, you need to know that Ill always be ready to stand with you, for what its worth, in my capacity as a war veteran.....and I mean that literally. The fight is important enough and you mean eno  ");
array_files[153]=new Array(0,1,"http://www.lydiacornell.com/2006/07/israel-stop-killing-children-questions.html","2007-02-10","236K","Lydia Cornell: ISRAEL * QUESTIONS ABOUT ZIONISM","",""," Lydia Cornell: ISRAEL * QUESTIONS ABOUT ZIONISM Lydia Cornell  Sunday, July 30, 2006   ISRAEL * QUESTIONS ABOUT ZIONISM  Dissent is the highest form of patriotism. Thomas Jefferson. For TROLL-FREE blogging (without the malicious opposition trolls that personally insult people who comment here) please check out my other Progressive Blog at: FREEDOM BLOGFor spiritual solutions to the world crises, and some amazing prayer miracles in the next few weeks, please check out RADICAL PRAYER at THE PEACEMAKERSSunday Israels air raids killed 34 civilian children and 26 civilian adults. Satellite imagery of the Haret Hreik quarter of Beirut, before and after Israeli bombing, just shows that Israel is bombing without regard or a care in the world for civilian life. They flattened entire city blocks to take out a few terrorists. THE FIRST CRIME on OUR PART WAS our INVASION OF IRAQ. We tried to push democracy on others at the point of a gun. OTHER NATIONS THINK THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO INVADE AND BOMB EACH OTHER TOO. Of course Hezbollah is wrong; they are terrorists. But that doesnt excuse more terrorism. ISRAEL SHOULD HANG ITS HEAD IN SHAME and if they truly love God, they will CEASE FIRE for good and really trust God this time. And by the way Zionism may be the cause of modern anti-Semitism. Zionism is not true Judaism, as I heard a Rabbi say the other day. It is a political land-grab that may not have been the best choice for the nation of Israel. The Israelis should not be defined by land; they are a great nation with or without that piece of land. Life is more than material or geographical position. ** Obsession with land is idolatry: and the Ten Commandments say: Thou shalt have no other Gods before me. Is Israels obsession with their land getting in the way of Gods true purpose for them? It seems that they cant see the forest for the trees. Who would want to be in a arid land surrounded by enemies, when ones birthright is a spiritually powerful nation?If they would spiritually let go and let God, meaning cease fighting   ");
array_files[154]=new Array(0,1,"http://www.lydiacornell.com/2006/07/when-i-was-in-beirut-in-memory-of-our.html","2007-02-10","427K","Lydia Cornell: WHEN I WAS IN BEIRUT * IN MEMORY OF OUR 240 MARINES OF THE 24TH MAU who PERISHED","",""," Lydia Cornell: WHEN I WAS IN BEIRUT * IN MEMORY OF OUR 240 MARINES OF THE 24TH MAU who PERISHED Lydia Cornell  Monday, July 31, 2006   WHEN I WAS IN BEIRUT * IN MEMORY OF OUR 240 MARINES OF THE 24TH MAU who PERISHED  We are expanding! Please forgive the transition and growing pains. This page will still be here, but you can access my new blog at PROGRESSIVE FREEDOM BLOGYou can reach my Home page at: LYDIA CORNELLAnd to discuss SPIRITUAL SOLUTIONS to the world crises, along with some amazing prayer miracles in the next few weeks, please check out RADICAL PRAYER at my other blog THE PEACEMAKERS * LIGHT OF TRUTH Just posted a wonderful article Disowning Conservative Politics Is Costly for Pastor over there. Blessings to a brave Christian who woke up and realized the truth. Of course he will be persecuted for it. Found this photo of Johnny Grant, Kelly Patterson and myself with the troops in Beirut, Lebanon for USO tour. God Bless the brave Marines of the 24th MAU, who died from a suicide truck bomb launched by Hezbollah shortly after we left Beirut. Years later I received fan mail from the 13-year-old son of one of these Marines. He asked me if I had ever met his father, and would I describe him to him. The boy was dying of cancer. I will post parts of my Beirut Diary, which was published by US magazine, in the coming weeks. Audrey Meadows, who played my grandmother on Too Close For Comfort, was the one who encouraged me to go to a war zone on Christmas Eve, 1982. I will always be grateful to her for pushing me to go on this trip of a lifetime. I was scared to death flying into Lebanon; have some hilarious stories about paranoia and mine fields in a blacked-out city. There were so many wonderful Marines I met before the attack. I wonder if Col. Black Jack is still alive? Does anyone know Black Jack? He gave me a plaque with a gold Black Jack card engraved on it. Contemplate this photo of Sedona: it does wonders to bring down stress levels. Dissent is the highest form of patriotism. Thomas Jefferson. Why the Middl  ");
array_files[155]=new Array(0,1,"http://www.lydiacornell.com/2006/07/ann-coulter-politics-of-personal.html","2007-02-10","432K","Lydia Cornell: ANN COULTER: POLITICS OF PERSONAL DESTRUCTION (Part 1) by DAN BORCHERS","",""," Lydia Cornell: ANN COULTER: POLITICS OF PERSONAL DESTRUCTION (Part 1) by DAN BORCHERS Lydia Cornell  Saturday, July 29, 2006   ANN COULTER: POLITICS OF PERSONAL DESTRUCTION (Part 1) by DAN BORCHERS  This title should be: HOW ANN COULTERS PROPAGANDIST TRIED TO DESTROY DAN BORCHERS This picture of Sedona lowers my stress level. Dissent is the highest form of patriotism. Thomas Jefferson.Just posted a wonderful article Disowning Conservative Politics Is Costly for Pastor. You can read it at my Peacemakers Blog. Blessings to a brave Christian who woke up and realized the truth. Of course he will be persecuted for it. For spiritual solutions to the world crises, and some amazing prayer miracles in the next few weeks, please check out RADICAL PRAYER at my other blog: THE PEACEMAKERS For TROLL-FREE blogging (without the malicious opposition trolls that personally insult people who comment here) please check out my Progressive Freedom Blog at: FREEDOM BLOG EXCLUSIVE! NEW EVIDENCE OF THE TACTICS OF PROPAGANDA FROM RIGHT-WING COULTER SMEAR MACHINE. The online news journal HUMAN EVENTS recently published a hit-piece written by Lisa De Pasquale (Coulters publicist) assassinating the character of lifelong conservative Daniel Borchers in order to quell rising interest in Ann Coulter’s current plagiarism problems. Here Part One of Coulter Mystery is solved. Stay tuned for Part Two, which is most titillating. I realize Coulter is distracting us from real news, but she is to blame for the hate-speak and annihilation prevalent today and must be called on it. Obviously her defenders on this blog are here to spread even more politics of personal destruction. My friend went through hell with Coulters propaganda team, and with Coulter herself. Her slander, lies and criminally malicious behavior has to be stopped. Here on this website I have suffered from very similar tactics. But first this: WHAT IS UP WITH CHRIS MATTHEWS? HE NO LONGER PLAYS HARDBALL. I used to trust him. He must be a paid shill, fawning all over Coulter. Or he w  ");
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