This week's Bill Moyers NOW - God + Government, Wall St. scandals, more...

[Wonk]

http://www.pbs.org/now/thisweek/index.html

This week on NOW:

Despite opposition from Congress, President Bush has pushed ahead with his faith-based initiative. He wants to fund religious groups to play a much larger role in running government social services. Already, taxpayer-funded faith offices have sprouted up in some of the most powerful federal agencies - including Health and Human Services, Justice, and Housing and Urban Development. These offices will help funnel billions of tax dollars to religious and other groups. But critics worry, are these religious groups doing what the law expressly forbids: trying to convert the people they are helping? NOW continues its report on the changing relationship between church and state. With the potential of billions of tax dollars headed to faith-based groups, the broadcast examines the debate between critics who claim that there is a political agenda that threatens democracy behind the faith-based initiative, and supporters who say religious groups only want to help people in need.
http://www.pbs.org/now/politics/churchandstate.html
http://www.pbs.org/now/politics/compassion.html
(This is part two. If you missed part one, click here.)


NOW with Bill Moyers co-host David Brancaccio interviews Wall Street insider John Bogle. Founder of the Vanguard Group, one of the biggest mutual fund organizations in the world, Bogle has been about the state of American capitalism. Brancaccio talks to Bogle about the mutual fund scandal that has rocked Wall Street and left millions of Americans alarmed about their future, and how to restore confidence in an era that some call unregulated greed.
http://www.pbs.org/now/politics/mutualfunds.html
http://www.pbs.org/now/politics/corpreform.html

John Ridley has been called a "triple-threat" writer of novels, film and television. His work includes: the Hollywood films UNDERCOVER BROTHER, THREE KINGS, the network television series THIRD WATCH MARTIN, and the critically acclaimed novels STRAY DOGS, LOVE IS A RACKET, EVERYBODY SMOKES IN HELL and most recently THOSE WHO WALK IN DARKNESS. Bill Moyers sits down with Ridley and taps into his keen insight for a lively discussion of the intersection of politics and entertainment.
http://www.pbs.org/now/politics/ridley.html

Check your local listings.
http://www.pbs.org/now/sched.html

[TeeYiYi]

1. Thanks for the reminder Wonk . . .

. . . hopefully this can remain kicked above the 'Rush is a big fat fuckin' liar addict' threads until after the show. :7

TYY

[Wonk]

2. Welcome (kick)

:kick:

[Wonk]

3. rush kobe rush tweety rush oxy rush *K*I*C*K*

[TeeYiYi]

4. *rush*poppers*jeff*oxy*christie*contin* KICK

TYY :kick:

[Wonk]

5. On now (on some stations) kick

[Wonk]

12. mp3s here

FCC, Clear Channel, 1 M

John Ridley interview, re: Ahnold, 2 M

Funding Faith, 5 M

John Bogle interview, re: Wall Street, 2 M

[Wonk]

16. quicktimes for those who missed it

FCC, Clear Channel, 16 M

John Ridley, 45 M

Funding Faith, 74 M

John Bogle, 31 M

[Submariner]

6. finally some quality programming on the tube

eom

[Submariner]

7. I can't believe what I just heard

my (your) tax money going right into the pockets of Pat "I speak in tongues" Robertson via that POS faith-based intitiative BS that chimpy signed by executive order bypassing the Senate.

I thought that faith-based crap was still being discussed, it's giving away our money now!

[Wonk]

8. Pretty disgusting, but well worth watching, imho.

:puke:

[Terwilliger]

9. Looks good!

Remind me later, ok? 3 hrs

[Wonk]

14. Reminder for Terwilliger: It's on in 5 minutes. (kick)

[Lorien]

10. Was that an Ahnold love fest

I just saw? Who was the bald guy gushing "how can anyone NOT love Arnold Schwartzenegger"? WTF? I hope he was being sarcastic about "a new morning in America" and likening Ahrold to the Kennedys. I don't know of anyone in Cali who feels as this guy does.

[ldf]

11. i had the same response...

john ridley, i believe.

he apparently doesn't realize that he, and people like him, are a big part of the problem. but i got the impression that he was so impressed with himself that that idea would never cross his mind.

but then again, he did say that he worked in the media. and it was all ok with him, just more of what has been going on since the hearst days.

and they are SUCH an attractive couple, aren't they? sex sells. the media makes money off of it by actually deciding american political direction. what's wrong with that? why SHOULDN'T that be happening? ratings, you know......

duh! asshole.

ratings should NOT decide our politics. and besides, ratings is only a small part of it. they media is actively trying to line it's pockets by influencing politics. any idiot can see that.

except mr. ridley.

:grr:

[oasis]

18. Ridley sounds like a guy would sell his grandma's medicine to make a buck.

[MODemocrat]

19. Well Jen, there must be a lot of people who feel that way

It's mostly because of the association of the Kennedy family, that he won. The family all worked for him too. Maria wanted to be a first lady; evidently, she doesn't get enough publicity on her own.

[Wonk]

13. Time zone kick

[oasis]

15. Excellent program kick... check PBS listings for repeat this weekend.

[oasis]

17. Kick for posts #12 and #16