No less strong a Clinton Supporter and Senior Advisor than James Carville recently admitted that Barack Obama likely has the Democratic Presidential nomination in the bag. Tonight, as West Virginia votes to keep the contest between Senator Obama and Hillary Clinton going, probable Democratic nominee Obama sits down with Hawke and Dove to explain how he plans to bring Republicans and Democrats together in a spirit of bipartisanship.
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HD219 - Barack Obama Interview Part One
Posted by hdadmin on May 13th, 2008HD218 - Minimum Wage - Good or Bad?
Posted by hdadmin on May 6th, 2008On the eve that the Connecticut State Senate has passed an increase of the minimum wage from $7.00 to over $8.00 while the federal minimum wage remains a stagnant $5.85 per hour, Hawke and Dove pick up their battle-axes and prepare to jostle over this contemptuous issue. While many different presidents have touted their own minimum wage standards, the issue of a raise in the minimum wage has been significantly absent in this year’s Presidential primary elections, despite a failing economy, record oil and rice prices, and unprecedented home foreclosures. Many other countries are indeed giving their minimum-wage earners tax breaks to help with the slowdown in the global economy.
Perhaps the candidates aren’t making minimum wage a campaign issue because of this summer’s increase in the federal minimum wage after more than 10 years. This belated action by Congress unfortunately does little to help a citizenry reeling from the effect of high gas prices, and does nothing to help those who live in the dozens of states that have already surpassed the federal standard, and did so long ago.
In the end, no matter what the minimum wage is, it will never be good enough to satisfy everyone.
Note: This show topic was suggested by Heather in our topic suggestion forum. Why don’t you head over and register to participate in the forum? We’ll see you there.
HD217 - Potential Running Mates
Posted by hdadmin on April 28th, 2008With the Democratic Primary becoming this season’s longest-running television sitcom, speculation has turned towards who might offer the most traction to either a Clinton or an Obama ticket. At the most recent debate, both candidates appeared to back away from the suggestion that they be willing to run together as a dream team. Speculation is not limited to the Democratic side, of course… with McCain’s nomination secured, he appears to be biding his time and won’t send out signals regarding his potential pick one way or another. Of course, this hasn’t prevented Florida Governor Charlie Crist from auditioning for the role, or Mitt Romney from begging for a VP nod.
Into this fracas wade Brick Hawke, Attacus Dove and Myron Bunkerling. Knowing that no Veep has added much to the ticket since Dan Quayle, each of our speculators have their own agenda, of course, and wise listeners will discern immediately which elements of the electorate each panders to with their suggestions. Don’t forget to join the discussion forum at http://hawkeanddove.com/bb/
HD216 - Hawke and Dove Fight Over FISA
Posted by hdadmin on April 23rd, 2008National Public Internet apologizes for this week’s Hawke and Dove Program being two days late.
Hardly any partisan skirmish in Congress this term has been as drawn-out and protracted as the fight to fix FISA, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. With GOP congressmen lining up behind the Telecom companies in support of immunity for their apparent illegal wire-tapping and snooping, Democrats appear to be the new libertarians, fighting for privacy rights after unprecedented citizen involvement. Judiciary Committee Chairmen in both houses are adamant that the Bush Administration be disallowed from hiding their actions in the closet any longer.
Hawke, Dove, and Myron explore the slippery slope of public surveillance, snooping, and spying in this episode, which reveals more than it intends.
HD215 - Don’t Matter If You’re Jeremiah Wright?
Posted by hdadmin on April 13th, 2008Barack Obama has taken much criticism for his continued support of his personal Pastor Jeremiah Wright, who has made controversial comments on race. In this episode, Bricke Hawke tries to hoist Mr. Obama on his own petard by playing some of these quotes, including “God damn America,” and other comments regarding the government’s involvement in spreading HIV/AIDS, and America’s “chickens” coming “home to roost.” Attacus Dove does his best to defend Mr. Wright and, by extension, Mr. Obama. But in today’s sensitive racial environment, can an honest dialogue on race take place? Myron Bunkerling seems to think so, and he has the force of history on his side.
Includes actual audio clips from Reverend Wright’s Sermons and Barack Obama’s speech on race from Philadelphia.
HD214 - The Role of the Super Delegates in the Democratic Primary Process
Posted by hdadmin on April 7th, 2008
HD214 - Role of the Super Delegates in the Democratic Primary Process [11:25m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadGiven all the attention given the role of the Super-Delegates in the Democratic Primary Process thus far this election season, it’s easy to see why so many are frothing over just who Wisconsin Senator Herb Kohl will choose to support. Indeed the speculation over what these super-delegates will do has the entire leftist blogosphere in a blather. And wouldn’t you know it, any discussion of a small elite making decisions for a larger portion of the population must somehow involve the jews.
Just how does the average citizen understand this opaque process, when even Wolf Blitzer’s org charts and John King’s best pointing and clicking don’t make the situation any clearer? Easy. Let Hawke and Dove explain it in today’s podcast. Topics discussed include:
- What exactly are super-delegates?
- What color was the bad acid at Woodstock?
- The Power of Persuasion in Political Commercials
- What are super-delegates, again?
- Republican Dirty Tricks
- Just How Super are Super Delegates?
- The Powers of Super Delegates
- Who’s better, DC or Marvel?
- WTF is a GD Super Delegate?
In the end, perhaps it is just and right to leave everything up to the super delegates, given these voters’ reasoning:
HD213 - Myron Tries His Hand At Punditing
Posted by hdadmin on March 31st, 2008Since Attacus Dove is out of the studio this week, Brick Hawke, in an enormous display of generosity, indulges our hirsute moderator, Myron Bunkerling, by letting him try his hand as a pundit. Although there are many amateur pundits out there, Myron Bunkerling takes the phrase pundit to new heights.
While Hawke tries to keep the conversation on point, Myron discusses such hot-button issues as:
- The Bunkerling Matriarch
- Proper Grammar in Notes
- hummels
- The Social Aspect of Social Security
- Action Figures
- Star Wars
- Kenner Toys
- The Art of the Zing
- The Ownership Society
- Tennis as an Anti-Narcoleptic Device
- The Layout of a Clue Boardgame
- The Soul
- Popping and Locking
- Hawke Misses Dove
- Hypnotizing with the Force
HD212 - Hawke, Dove and Myron Make A Movie for YouTube
Posted by mjradmin on March 24th, 2008Nothing has democratized the political process so much this season as the YouTube Phenomenon. Everyday citizens can now create and distribute their own political ads, and many of them are doing a better job of it than the candidates themselves. Brick Hawke, Attacus Dove and Myron Bunkerling, committed to staying as current as possible, have undertaken the YouTube challenge. In this podcast, listen to the behind the scenes commentary as they produce their own YouTube style film. Will creative differences tear the project apart? Not since Hearts of Darkness has a film set had has much creative friction.
In this episode…
YouTube videos
Documentary Filmmaking
Jesus
Cowboys
The Bombing of Hiroshima
Michael Moore
Kitty Cats
C-clamps
HD211 - The Mortgage Meltdown and Ensuing Financial Crisis
Posted by hdadmin on March 17th, 2008 HD211 - The Mortgage Meltdown and Ensuing Financial Crisis [7:35m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadExperts agree that the housing crisis is on the verge of becoming a full-blown pandemic. Greedy lenders extended bad loans to under-qualified borrowers, and now those unfortunate souls with adjustable rate mortgages (ARMs) are seeing their mortgage payments rise through the roof. Into this mess wander Hawke and Dove, each with unique experiences to help shed light on the matter. Attacus Dove has recently made a bad real estate purchase of his own, and he seeks listener help to get him out of it. Brick Hawke, with his vast network of conservative financial advisors, has managed to profit throughout, with investments that some might find less than scrupulous. Myron Bunkerling, whose living situation involves unknown numbers of cats, does his best to keep the conversation on a relevant level.
Topics covered include:
The mortgage crisis
Lenders
Borrowers
Adjustable Rate ARM Mortgages
Geodesic Dome Homes
Gold
Third World Water Rights
Land Mine Placement and Removal
Dennis Kucinich
Nancy Pelosi
Henry Waxman
Joanie
Chachi
HD210 - Hillary Clinton vs. Barack Obama
Posted by hdadmin on March 10th, 2008Conservatives have been trying to spin the apparent indecisiveness on the part of the Democratic party with respect to it’s two presidential candidates as evidence of a split Democratic party, papering over their own very real split between fiscal, social, and talk-radio conservatives. It’s a hard canard to swallow, since Democratic turnout has dwarfed Republican turnout even in Ohio and Texas this last mini-super-Tuesday.
Interestingly enough, the only states where Democratic turnout was less then overwhelming were