Summary: Issa, the American Dream, and Ukraine! This week on Talking Left, we tried to get into all of this week's important news - foreign and domestic. First, we spoke with Lou Colagiovanni of Ruthless-Politics.com about Congressmen Darrell Issa and Elija Cummings, and how big-money corrupts our politics. Representative Issa is the richest man in Congress, so he probably doesn't mind that his political witch hunts have cost our nation millions, yet failed to turn up any real evidence of scandal. Between Benghazi, Fast and Furious, and the IRS, Issa has proven nothing except that he can provde Fox so-called News with lots of great, phony material. Lou chatted with us about that, and money in politics, but you can read about so much more over on his great site Ruthless-Politics.com, and on his Facebook page - We Survived Bush, You Will Survive Obama. Next, we had the honor of speaking with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Hedrick Smith, about his latest book: Who Stole The American Dream. Hedrick was part of the team that brought us the Pentagon Papers, and he has an amazing ability to break down complex issues into commonsense ideas. He explained how the war on the middle class started, what perpetuated it, and what we can do to change it - and he did it all in 15 minutes. And, that's just a small fraction of what you can find in his latest book! Next, we spoke with Mikhail Beznosov, Head of the governing board of the East-Ukrainian Society for International Studies, about the latest on the situation in Ukraine. As we don't claim to be experts in foreign policy or international affairs, it was important to us to have an expert explain his view of Russian, European, and American involvement in the region, and what people on the ground in Ukraine are experiencing. The American and Western media has provided a ton of anti-Russian news and information, so we wanted a guest who could provide a different perspective. And, we are still working on getting more guests from Ukraine, so that we can provide a wide-range of coverage. If you know someone, or have a guest suggestion for this topic - please email us at TalkingLeft@gmail.com. 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, and SoFlo Radio- for helping to ensure all listeners have corporate-free, independent radio! Remember - Talking Left will soon be available on the Progressive Voices Channel on Tune In. We'll let you know when you can tune in to hear the show there. 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! As always, thanks for listening!
