Shall Return...

Frequent SoonerThought Show guest Greg Palast returns with a
powerful new DVD. Check it out, and coming soon we hope to welcome Greg back to the show when we kick off a new series...stay tuned!

Heya--long time no hear, eh? If you are reading this, perhaps you are one of the hundred of listeners (most are in Japan!) who continue to download our archive. On behalf of EuroSatan, Jake, Mr. Mike, our other regular guests and myself, thanks very much.

Quick question--would you like to hear new shows? We might be tempted to come back...Let us know by email.  Just drop us a quick note saying: "I want more!" to soonerthought (at) gmail.com.

Thanks. Oh, and the photo is of the reason why we went on hiatus in the first place...

As the inauguration of the man of change looms, an era of blogging ends: the anti-W blogosphere will collapse.

Blogs started in opposition to W and his clearly failed policies will no longer have their raison d'être; those that hang around will have to make do with the entropic aftermath. Perhaps they will find new fodder for their daily posts in supporting President Obama as he grapples with cleaning up the Bush/NeoCon mess.

As W--all hat and no cattle--rides his one-trick pony into the proverbial sunset bloggers will turn from its fading light. They'll tie one on that good night and hope that the Obama sunrise will obliterate the hangover and be everything we hope it to be.

Most likely, it won't.

I think Obama's a good man. A smart man and the best possible choice for President. He has an able, sharp, experienced Vice President and a talented Cabinet. However, he's one good, smart man saddled with the problems and workload of at least ten good, smart men. He'll need the country's support.

He won't get it from the hardcore Rightwing. Of course, fringe racists will also cheer his failure. One place you will see the resilience of the Radical Right will be in the blogsphere. Count on numerous anti-Obama sites, replete with lies, half-truths, straw-man arguments and fallacies to populate exponentially like cancer cells in the body politic.

Obama, however, is good at fighting back. He fights logically, strategically and effectively. He'll still need his amen corner in the blogosphere, but that core group will be smaller than the legion of anti-W bloggers who banded together these past eight years.

SoonerThought was one of those Anti-W sites. In the midst of Bush's criminal power grab, I felt the need to make my opposition known. Therefore, SoonerThought started as a WordPress site in 2005. It garnered more than 200,000 hits before I downgraded it to this inexpensive, lower-profile blogger site a year and a half ago. The site featured original commentary and meta news, provoking some debate and even garnering national attention--most recently when the selection of Sarah Palin put our link on the front page of the Alaska Daily News.

The site's companion podcast posted more than 60 popular episodes featuring opinions, news and interviews with politicians, comedians, musicians and best-selling authors like William Blum and Greg Palast.

I'm proud of SoonerThought, proud of my words and proud that in some very small way it contributed to political change. However, as the saying goes, all good things must come to an end--especially when a sea change of political thought sweeps the nation.

Your humble editor will still make his opinions known, still be an activist, still write checks to good candidates and still comment in the blogosphere. But SoonerThought has come to its natural end. Similar to my sentiments when I left the political stage in Oklahoma as a candidate, I say four years is plenty. I have other things to say, other stories to tell.

President Obama will have my unequivocal support--it will just manifest itself in other ways, in other places. I hope you will support him, too. Our country needs every good man and woman to come to its aid--whether in the blogosphere, the voting booth, or the halls of power.

It's my hope that the blogosphere can become more civil, and that civility will seep back into our politics. It starts with you--those who write the blogs, read them and comment on them. Yes, I have been guilty of provocative, pugilistic and even nasty commentary. When political arguments ignite, when you see your country crashing and burning, you obviously get passionate. If I was uncivil at times, I apologize for my tone, though not my beliefs. I now make it my practice to be civil and constructive in my comments on other blogs, and hope you will, too.

As for SoonerThought, January 20 puts an end to our mission. Though the nation's work is far from done, this site's work is.

God bless America and our planet. Thanks for reading and listening.

Stunt Casting

SoonerThought is over the moon at the prospects of the Obama/Biden Dream Ticket. So is Our Karl Rove and I'm sure millions of Americans who now can see the leaders who will take us out of the dark wilderness we have endured the past eight years. The nightmare will end soon--but we have to get these guys elected. And yes, we will say it: WE TOLD YOU SO!--Editor 

Yup, we're behind in our production schedule again. We hope to do a EuroSatan Convention Special if scheduling allows. Until then, don't forget to visit the mothership for daily news, views and crap like that.

Thanks, Greg. Visit Greg's website by clicking here.

After a brief hiatus, Alex returns to beg your pardon and make some big announcements.

In this encore presentation from 2006, Alex shares clips of Lawrence O'Donnell expressing his dislike of Al Gore, Scott the Movie Guy reviews Over the Hedge and X Men 3, EuroSatan feels better, and Alex has a special tribute to RFK.

Hillary, 'Sorry' Not Good Enough

Having been born on the day Senator Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated, I have always taken a special interest in this great man and his times. It is also tasteless when you consider that Sen. Kennedy's younger brother Edward just received a terminal illness diagnosis--I mean really, how crass can you get? Senator Clinton's dumb remark sullies his memory by using his murder as an election talking point. Whether she meant to imply that Obama could also be assassinated or not, this is simply the point where she should fold up her tent. Apology is not enough. It is time for Sen. Clinton to stop embarrassing herself and our Party and go away. BBC coverage excerpt below. Keith Olbermann is doing a Special Comment tonight.--Editor


Clinton 'sorry' for RFK reference
Hillary Clinton
Mrs Clinton apologised for any offence her remarks may have caused

US presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton has apologised for evoking Robert Kennedy's 1968 assassination as she argued to continue her nomination bid.

Senator Clinton said she had been attempting to point out that previous campaigns had also continued into June.

Democrat Robert Kennedy was running for his party's presidential nomination when he was shot dead in June 1968.

A spokesman for rival Democrat hopeful, Barack Obama said Mrs Clinton's comment "has no place in this campaign".

Hi. If you're a regular listener to The SoonerThought Show, you have likely noted we have been on a very irregular schedule lately. Well, long story short, your host Alex has a new job, is working on a new book and also has a baby on the way!

As John Lennon said, Life's what happens to you while you are busy making other plans.

So, as they say, something's gotta give. We'll be back soon, and we hope you'll keep your subscription. The SoonerThought Show will be back. Talk to you soon!

Euro gets away from it all in his secret underground hideaway, and Alex drinks too many Warp Core Breaches as they discuss politics, midlife crises and more.

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Really, really tied up lately. Have a lot of audio in the can, but no time to put the show together. I promise we'll be up and running soon. In the meantime... Call our listener line at 206-333-0500 and ask your questions of Our Karl Rove and Euro.

Alex interviews Our Karl Rove! Don't miss it. Call our listener line at 206-333-0500 and ask your questions of Karl.

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