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Yup. We'll have Maggie Reardon of CNET comment.

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Omelight,

Sorry that we didn't get the guests up yet! But one of our guests -- who most likely will join us in the last third of the show -- is Independence, OR mayor John McArdle. He'll be talking about their municipal broadband experience.

Dave

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I can't believe I did that!

So sorry. Perhaps it's because my nose is stuffy!

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And please: call me Dave!

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My mistake. I apologize.

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Laura,

Thanks for this tip! What a wonderful poem. The whole thing is here:

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/forgetfulness/

Dave

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JarodBishop,

I'll definitely bring your question onto the show -- it's central to the hour, I think. But one follow-up: do you get the sense that we as a society can agree on what "waste" is?

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"I... will vote Republican and that will be enough to get me nixed from OPB."

Farmerziffel,

Why would you write this, and do you really believe it? In only two months we've done a number of shows about partisan politics and partisan (if not necessarily easy to split down classic partisan lines) issues. In all of our shows, and all of our comment threads, we're striving only for civil, honest dialogue. But the idea that we would nix a comment for espousing a particular Democratic or Republican view is offensive. And I think you've been commenting enough in our threads to know that.

Dave

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Clayton Mosher,

You mention that there are numerous examples of prisoners "taking" jobs from citizens. I'd love to bring one up. Can you provide an example?

Thanks,
Dave

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Farmerziffel,

We're "mixing" three stories because we're spending an hour talking about eco-sabotage and environmentally motivated alleged arson. Obviously, a man in custody in Canada for the last four years wasn't responsible for the recent fire in Woodinville... but Julie didn't imply that (or, to my ear, "opine" on anything). We're simply using the spate of recent, related news items to talk about the larger story.

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I'm sold! And I won't tell anyone about this secret.

The only big stumbling block, it seems to me: you don't have to be "crazy" to go to weekday day games; you need to not have a day job.

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Folks,

You may notice that we've deleted the comment from dotyoureyes that I read on the air near the top of the show. It asked how "the party of fiscal responsibility" can campaign against "tax & spend liberals" when it can't even watch its own bank accounts. It also included an inaccurate statement about an FBI investigation, and so we've removed the comment -- as well as an "amen" rejoinder from Madrone.

We're looking into the FBI investigation question, and we'll report back when we have more information. In the meantime, here are the stories in the The Washington Post and the New York Daily News that prompted the comment.

(We're hoping that in the future we'll have the ability to remove a single line from a comment instead of being forced to delete the whole comment (along with any responses), but right now our moderating technology doesn't let us do that.)

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Cat,

I'm a bit confused by your comment. I see a real distinction between a public radio show making a pitch for donations and an interviewer asking a political party official about their money-raising strategy.

This was a news-gathering question that seemed pretty germane to the topic at hand. Brianne Hyder had just finished talking about the fact that, in recent years, people have been more likely to give to individual candidates than to the Republican Party. So Emily asked what her argument actually is for giving to the party itself.

Did you hear this question as some kind of endorsement?

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Jesse42,

I'll bring your question up. (And just so you know, we did try to get some punk voices into the show... but they didn't want to get up so early in the morning!)

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Quincey,

This is fascinating. I love the political parallels -- I can tell you that food-wise they ring true to me -- and I'll bring it up on the air. Thanks!

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Ah, just saw this! I would have credited you if I'd read it in time. The answer did yield the most interesting quote of the show: "The cheapest loan for the client is the one that the client chooses."

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Anyone? Don't be shy! This is your chance to ask Congresswoman Hooley a question.

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Changed. Thanks!

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I totally agree. All I can say for now, though, is that we're working on it. I think the best we can do for the short term is a series of incremental improvements.

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Thinkinggal: I'm interested in your comment, and in particular the "big business" line. Who's benefiting from petition gathering right now, in your mind?

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