Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from the Secret Frequency!

A few words from your Green Party for this Christmas season:

• Rod Blagojevich: "We told ya so..."
• Six Steps to Mitigate the Financial Crisis
• A Report on a UFPJ that's a leeeetle too eager to pack up the tent...
• The Massachusetts GRP stands by their man

 

We also discuss Obama's Cabinet and some sex workers looking for their rights (not the same folks, we don't think...)

Christmasy music for this episode by Podsafe for Peace, Pushstart Wagon, and Interlunia (whom we hope are still together)!

Some sounds for this episode provided under a Creative Commons Sample Plus License by user benjaminflack at Freesound. Plus, an out-of-this-world Christmas signoff, provided under the public domain. The hamster image comes from romap via a creative commons license.

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NOTE: Explicit language in this episode. See notes below.

Alright, so maybe we're not the most positive Greens in the world today...let's just say that with all that's happening lately, there's only so much "hope" and "change" we can believe in! The Frequency does its best to rain on your parade with these stories:

• The Indypendent, on Rahim Campaign in New Orleans: "In Final Days of Congressional Campaign, Green Party Candidate Fights Local Media Blackout in New Orleans", by Jason Neville
• Boston Globe: Channeling Dick Tracy in their Chuck Turner coverage; meanwhile, the Massachusetts GRP backs Turner against Federal charges
• Wikinews: Canadian Parliament suspended
• Reuters Canada: Iraqi court orders the U.S. military to release a photojournalist; the military (thus far) ignores them
• ITN: Icelanders near-riot over financial meltdown, police response
• KGW NewsChannel 8, Portland: TG man elected mayor

On the more positive side, however (yeah, we couldn't stay too negative for long!), we have plenty of shout-outs for our friends and neighbors:

• The Daily Splice is master of its own domain with a positive review of us!
• On the Wilder Side, a New York Greens blog, and...
• Independent Political Report, a new-ish blog covering "third" parties - both of whom linked to us here. Thanks! (Give them some hits in return!)
• GK and the Renegades have a new song out! Buy their albums! Makes the perfect Christmas gift for the really cool people on your list! And for all of you in the north of England, go see them at the Carling Academy in Liverpool on December 17th!
• Girl Meets Girl, one of our fellow shows on Libsyn. Go listen! Put it on your iPod, and vote for them at Podcast Alley, like we did! (Heck, while you're at it, vote for us, too!)
• Oh, and by the by, those weren't the alien lesbians. That was us, all the way back in our second episode...

Our song for this episode is "State of the Union II", by Choyce! Check him out here, too; and if you're in the NYC, look for his platters on IFA Recordings! Buy them for Christmas!

(NOTE: Explicit lyrics, yadda yadda yadda. Yeah, we'd rather not put this up, either, but we have established a family show of a sort, so...best to let people know what they're getting.)

Image provided through Creative Commons by Poseyal Desposyni Poet

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Results from the Louisiana Secretary of State's Web site:

Ahn Cao           R   33,122   49.55%
William Jefferson D   31,296   46.82%
Malik Rahim       G    1,880    2.81%
Gregory W. Kahn   L      548    0.82%

Kudos to the voters of the 2nd District for ridding themselves of corruption, at least overtly...but an extremely disappointing showing for the Green Party and Rahim, who dealt with corruption that was perhaps more covert and unethical than actually unlawful on the part of the city's media. Tune in to our upcoming podcast episode for complete details.

(Another minor correction:  Rep.-Elect Cao is a Vietnamese-American attorney, not a Korean-American businessman as described in the upcoming episode.  The Secret Frequency regrets the error.)