Summary: It's Talking Left's biggest show yet! With great guests, conversation, and analysis of Republican attempts to view the Bible, the Constitution, and the Budget as a la carte! {play}archive/TalkingLeft4-7-13.mp3{/play} Right click on this line, "save file as" to download the MP3 to your computer. First, we had a chance to hear from Mark Potok, Senior Fellow at the Southern Poverty Law Center. In a recent intelligence report on SPLCenter.org called The Year in Hate and Extremism, Mark went through the rise of so-called "Patriot" groups in our nation, and the recent political assassinations by White Supremacist groups in two states. With another three years of President Obama, and the fight for commonsense gun control in several states, we can expect the growth of these anti-government groups. You can stay informed on the issue at Southern Poverty Law Center's website and by following them on Twitter. Next, we featured out Trust Busters segment of the week - insurance companies. Some people may not know that insurance companies are protected by an anti-trust exemption known at the McCarren Ferguson Act. Although FDR originally proposed the exemption as a temporary measure, it's still law 60 years later. The Affordable Care Act originally removed this exemption, but some in Congress fought to keep it's removal out of the final bill. Only one other industry in our nation has such an exemption - Major League Baseball. It's time for Congress to repeal the McCarren Ferguson Act. Write or call your Representative and tell them that no one should have a monopoly on our health care! After that, we were joined by Tim Carpenter, President of Progressive Democrats of America. PDA is working hard to fight for the issues that effect our lives - through activism, legislation, and progressive unity. At the forefront now is preserving our social safety net... join their fight at PDAmerica.org and follow them on Twitter at @PDAmerica. After that we were joined by the one-and-only Congressman with Guts - Representative Alan Grayson of Florida's 8th district. Congressman Grayson is well known for telling it like it is, and his appearance on today's show was no exception. He's leading the fight in Congress to prevent cuts to Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid with his No-Cuts.Com campaign. Be sure to sign up for his newsletter at CongressmanWithGuts.com, sign your name at No-Cuts.Com, and share it with your friends using #NoCuts on Twitter. And last, but certainly not least, was our friend - brilliant comedian and activist, Lee Camp! In addition to hosting his amazing Moments of Clarity podcast, Lee's now even putting together a Moments of Clarity show. You can check out his amazing work on his website, and be sure to subscribe to his YouTube Channel! And - check back soon - we'll be adding a link to Lee's KickStarter campaign as soon as we get it. Thanks to Rocky Mountain Mike for writing and producing our incredible theme music! Please check out his amazing Sound Cloud! Thanks to We Act Radio - 1480AM WPWC, Radio or Not, Progressive Blend Radio, and SoFlo Radio - for helping to ensure all listeners have corporate-free, independent radio! And, of course, thanks to you, our listeners, friends, and family - for supporting us through all of our crazy shows, dreams, and political addictions!! You can also follow all of the news about upcoming topics and guests on our Facebook page and on Twitter @TalkingLeft. And you can subscribe to Talking Left free on iTunes and to our awesome new YouTube Channel! As always, thanks for listening!
