ePluribus Media Podcast #10: Dec. 29, 2005

Shownotes:

• This week's host: Kay Shepherd
• Top story: Snoopgate! Jeff Huber talks about the Constitutional issues and what may be a primary Bush Administration defense -- a hair-splitting definition of "United States person"
• What don't you know about Samuel Alito? EPMedia collaborates with the Booman Tribune on a discussion of what to expect from a Supreme Court featuring Alito in "The 12 Days of Justice"
• More about those "Commander-in-Chief" powers -- Cedwyn writes in on what the Bush Administration wants to do with the Posse Comitatus Act
• For many Americans, the coverage gap is the current health crisis -- Xicano Power discusses how a pandemic might affect the 39 percent of U.S. Hispanic populations with no insurance
• Did the War on Christmas go far enough? TXJ and other EPMedia members talk about the season of giving as good as you get
• Visit the community!
• ...And dig Aaron Barlow's recitation of his Scott McClellan-inspired poem -- "Jessica, Go Ahead"

Featured links:

• The Ides of December: Smoke, Mirrors, and War Powers
• Snoopgate: Here Come the Landmines
• The 12 Days of Justice:
• Day One - Balance of Power in Government
• Day Two - Age Discrimination/FMLA
• Day Three - Judicial Ethics
• Day Four - Needs of the Disabled
• Day Five - Roe v. Wade
• Day Six - Separation of Church and State
• Day Seven - Freedom of Religion
• Day Eight - Old Boys Club
• Day Nine - Equality Under the Law
• Day Ten - Gender Discrimination
• Day Eleven - Corporate Interests
• Day Twelve - Presidential Powers
• Posse C in da House? Part I
• Posse C in da House? Part II
• Health Insurance and the Pandemic: Hispanics Continue to Lag in Health Coverage
• Why I Hate Friggin' Christmas
• "Jessica, Go Ahead" (a poem by Aaron Barlow, from the works of Scott McClellan -- the original text)