Please tune in today to “Hoist the Black Flag” on Rightalk. The show begins at 4:05 pm EST, 1:05 pacific.
Today’s guest is Travis Rowley, whose e-book Out of Ivy documents his drift toward conservatism as a result of his eventual disillusion with the radical politics in vogue at Brown.
Oh. And sadly, I STILL don’t have the broadcast equipment, so I’ll be doing the show from a telephone. Again. Which explains my tinny, nasally voice. And of course my failure to celebrate same sex marriage with the same fervor I might celebrate winning Powerball, or good seats at a really upscale strip club.
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Today’s topics: How does one come to his or her politics, and at what point do those politics become so ossified that true partisanship sets in? Also, I wouldn’t mind talking about the Doodlebops—although I don’t have much to say about them, really, except that I don’t think I’d feel much were I to take out one or more of them with a crossbow.
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Can’t make it, have a final. If you discuss the Doodlebops, though, be sure to throw in a “may they burn in hell, including Busdriver Bob” for me. Thanks.
Would one be permitted to say Doodlebop on the air? I’d check it out, if I were you. And I wouldn’t mind if you shot a few of those doodlebopping doodlebopheads with a crossbow, either.
I posted something related today about the way people arrive at positions on things, if anyone’s interested.
Doodlebops?
I musta missed something again, I guess…
Take out Rooney first. Once he goes, the others will fall in line.
Man, I thought you had a Mac!? Just use iChat and a $5 headset. Sounds like maaaagic.
– Good show Jeff…..
Hoist the Black Flag?
Are you fellers using nerve gas precursors over there?
So, what exactly is this “broadcast equipment” of which you speak?
When I was doing the show with Bill, I had a professional headset with XLR mic that plugged into a dial-up console. I would dial in and get patched directly to the mixing board.
Now I’m using my own small portable phone. So I don’t feel like I’m part of a radio broadcast so much as I’m talking on the phone to some people about politics.
One of the downsides is that I sound like I’m on ‘ludes.
Which I am, of course. But I was hoping professional equipment would disguise that better.
Please, please whack the ‘Bops, but leave Bus Driver Bob alone. The working poor deserve better than being perforated with bolts from the Denver metro area. And though I expect that NCVOL is right that DeeDee and Moe will “fall in line” after Rooney goes down clutching his chest, what on earth do we want them to fall in line for, if not a mass grave?
Interesting question. I was raised by a Communist and was pretty much a ‘liberal’ until about 5 years ago. So I’d like to believe that if you keep thinking and studying, there’s hope for a better day.
About the tinny, nasally voice: blowing your nose usually helps. Also, try standing up a little straighter.
Hell Jeff. I thought all intellectuals had “tinny, nasally” voices.