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Tuesday, March 07, 2006

Bob Dole (R-KS) and George McGovern (D-SD) have joined forces to help fight hunger in the nation's schools with the "Got Breakfast?" campaign. We'll get their take on that and other top issues, including Senator Dole's role as a lobbyist for Dubai Ports World. Plus, allegations of bid-rigging involving New York City Central Labor Council president Brian McLaughlin, an appreciation of newspaper obituaries, and listeners call in about the politics of anger.

Light on Labor

Tom Robbins, columnist for the Village Voice on the allegations of streetlight bid-rigging involving NYC labor bigwig, and Bloomberg supporter, Brian McLaughlin
» Village Voice

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Dead Letters

Marilyn Johnson, author of The Dead Beat : Lost Souls, Lucky Stiffs, and the Perverse Pleasures of Obituaries
- on the perverse pleasure of obituaries

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Got Ideas?

George McGovern, former Senator (D-South Dakota) and former Democratic Presidential Candidate
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Bob Dole, former Senator (R- Kansas) and former Republican Presidential candidate,
- on the Got Breakfast? Campaign and other issues
» Got Breakfast? website

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Open Phones

Listeners call in on the politics of anger

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Mental Block

Xeni Jardin,co-editor of the blog, BoingBoing and freelance technology reporter
- how corporate filtering software blocks innoccuous sites like BoingBoing

» BoingBoing's entry about the SmartFilter software blocking its site
» BoingBoing's original entry on the subject
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Walking the Dead Beat

Author Marilyn Johnson talks about the preverse pleasure that we get from reading obituaries

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Bloomberg Booster Bamboozled Bidding?



Tom Robbins, of the Village voice, talks about allegations of bid-rigging in the cut-throat world of streetlight repair

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