Here's a Thought - 3/27/09

Episode 5 is finally up

For this episode, we tackled Hilary Clinton's trip to Mexico, where she admitted that part of the current Mexican drug cartel crisis is our fault.

For our second topic, we discussed a report claiming that there has been an increase in Anti-Palestinian rhetoric following the Israeli incursion into Gaza.

Finally, we discussed what's quickly becoming our favorite topic, the shenanigans of the Republican party, more specifically, the fact that their proposed budget didn't include any budget.

You might be thinking "Wait, didn't all that happen like, 3 weeks ago"? That's quite the astute observation you've just made. We originally recorded this podcast on the 3/27, and then promptly had Aldo's computer, which we use for our recording and editing, crap out on us. We managed to salvage it, albeit belatedly, and the result is what you're reading now.

We should be back up and running, and spamming your inbox with updates soon.

In addition, we're up on Itunes, and can find us here.

Episode 4!

Another week, another podcast!

This week's podcast was dominated by a discussion of the AIG bonuses and the economy.

We started our weekly dialogue with Sen. Grassley's (R-IA) suggestion that AIG executives contemplate "Hairy Carey" as a way to regain their now hopelessly lost honor.

This was followed by a monologue (by yours truly) in which I attempted to review some of the many reckless decisions that brought us to our current systemic crisis.

Forgive us for our delay, as we struggled with some technical difficulties in getting this week's episode up. I'm still not totally happy with the sound quality, so bear with us while we figure this out.

As always, we welcome your feedback. Leave us a comment or send us an email at HeresAThought1@gmail.com

-Hady

"Pigz Eating Pigz"

Here's an original cartoon I made based on the events that have transpired this past week.

-Aldo

New Podcast Released

The latest podcast is out!

This week we started our show with a discussion of a topic that has all of the news networks atwitter, earmarks.

We followed that up with Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele’s surprising comments on abortion, which instantly degenerated into an argument about the legality of abortion.

Finally, we offered up our opinions on the recent spate of Republican governors who have decided not to accept parts of the stimulus package.

As always, we welcome your feedback. Leave us a comment or send us an email at HeresAThought1@gmail.com

Second Podcast!

Our second podcast is now up!

This week we took a less academic tone, and discussed one of my favorite topics, the media, particularly the three main 24 hour news networks (Fox, CNN, MSNBC).

We also discussed President Obama’s decision to keep 35,000 to 50,000 troops in Iraq, and what this bodes for the future

Finally, we delved into the senate investigation of the CIA's interrogation techniques under the Bush administration

We hope you enjoy it, because it was fun for us. Let us know what you think by leaving a comment or sending us an email.

Thanks

-Hady

First Episode Out!

Here's our inaugural podcast, we hope you guys like it.

For our freshman outing we discussed the International Criminal Court's arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir as well as President Obama's decision to send 12,000 combat and 5,000 support troops to Afghanistan. Be on the lookout for another post within the next week.

Thanks

-Hady

Welcome!

Welcome everyone, and thanks for checking us out. It's been an interesting experience trying to get this thing started and I've already learned a lot from it.

For both Aldo and me, this is the first time we've ever done anything like this, so I hope you guys will forgive our low production values. In time, we're going to get better at this both stylistically and substantively.

For now, I just hope we have something that's either informative, entertaining or both. We would love to hear your feedback, so if you have any comments, complaints or suggestions, please leave us a comment here on the blog or email us at HeresAThought1@gmail.com


-Hady