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In this week's Shire Network News podcast, host "Tom Paine" interviews retired US Army special forces Colonel Gordon Cucullu about the effects of Obama Derangement Syndrome on the conservative side of politics in America - especially one particularly lunatic suggestion by columnist John Perry that President Barack Obama might be removed from power in a military coup. You remember how well those have worked out wherever they've been attempted in the past?

 

Oh, and if John Perry gets to hear about this, we are open to having him on the show as a feature guest to respond to our no doubt unfounded and ill-informed criticisms of his brilliant idea. Yes, advocating a military coup to overthrow the democratically elected President of the United States, always a fast track to wealth, success and respect. Bring a whole bunch of really good arguments John, but be warned, we tend not to lose arguments on this podcast. Especially about minor, trivial, completely inconsequential things like, oh, I don't know, upholding the Constitution of the United Staes! I can't remember the part where it says "...unless you don't like the President's policies, in which case just have some blokes in uniform show up to tell him he can take the rest of the afternoon off, hell, take the rest of his term, his services are no longer required." I must have been out taking a whiz when we covered that bit in first year political science.

 

Oh, and buy Colonel Cucullu's book about Gitmo, it's amazing what the mainstream media haven't told you about it.

 

Meryl Yourish is along to pile on the juvenile scorn about President Obama being awarded the Nobel Prize for Not Being George W Bush; and Doug Payton sells us some government cheese.

 

In Blog news we discuss the latest scientific research conducted in the field of controlled building demolitions and the viscosity of steel in extreme heat environments carried out by Professor Charles Sheen of the University of California Center For the Study of the Effect on Humans of Advanced Chemical Compounds and Prolonged Sex With Whores. In particular, we attempt to answer the age old philosophical conundrum of why that man even has a career in the first place.

 

British teachers reveal their fight against the dangers posed by patriotism, a boy gets a permanent black mark on his school record and is forced to make a public apology for playing soldiers, Christians aren't allowed to put up flyers at their local library while Muslims can, and New Zealand prime minister John Key makes a triumphant appearance on Letterman. Makes you wonder what Dave made him do to get that, huh? [rim shot] We have an alternative top ten list of reasons to visit New Zealand, and no, "Because my cousin who runs a fishing charter business in the Bay of islands needs the money" isn't one of them, true though it might be.

 

And we end with two visions of achieving peace. We favour one over the other. See if you can guess which one, and why.

 

Oh, and before we forget, it's that time of year again, when the Podcast Awards take nominations. Show your support for the best podcast on the planet. (And while you're there, nominate Shire Network News, too.)

http://podcastawards.com/

According to the voting rules, you can nominate one show for either "People's Choice" or "Best Produced" *and* one other category. Let's pool our voting power and go for the "People's Choice" and "Political" categories. While SNN does do satire, it's not aiming to be a comedy podcast, and while we do occasionally pan Michael Moore movies, the "Movies / Films" category is a bit of a stretch.

You only get one shot at nominating, so make sure the URL is okey dokey:

http://www.snnsite.com/

And thanks for your nomination!