Democracy - a lesson from Ralph Nader

[yankeedoodle]

Yankee Doodle firmly - FIRMLY - believes that Ralph Nader is the greatest American he has known in his lifetime.  Anybody care to ponder how many lives he has saved, and injuries he has lessened, due to his campaigning for auto safety?  Countless - almost countless - Americans, quite literally, owe their lives to him.   

So, the Ralph the Great gives us a little insight into the great American political debate.     And, as a bonus, he gives us a little lesson about the "democratically-elected" American government's democracy-crushing activities abroad.

On the subject of debates, Yankee Doodle has had many moments of mirth as he watches the great American political debate spread around the world, because, invariably, the day after he hears these momentous words "nobody scored a knock-out punch."   

Ralph talks to the executive director of Open Debates, George Farah, who takes us behind the curtain to reveal how our presidential debates have been co-opted by the two major parties.  And foreign policy critic, William Blum, talks about the long list of countries the CIA has overthrown in the past sixty years.  Plus more of your Facebook questions.

http://ralphnaderradiohour.libsyn.com/

http://ec.libsyn.com/p/1/6/c/16c378befd1492bd/RALPH_NADER_EP_61.mp3?d13a76d516d9dec20c3d276ce028ed5089ab1ce3dae902ea1d06cb8532d3c95d4f64&c_id=9006064

[Michael K.]

I love Ralph Nader too.  We get the Nader radio hour on the local Community FM radio station.

https://weru.org

You can web stream the live shows.