The Last thing I need right now is a new thread but here goes:

I have been watching CSPAN on the dish and listening to it on the radio when driving. It is fascinating. You get to hear a wide range of ordinary people's opinions on the government. They are not cherry picked by right or left wingers. I would say it is even less biased than PBS.

As an extreme example. During a discussion on Katrina, an elderly woman called and said:

"It might sound a little strange but I think hurricanes are man made. People leave their bodies and whirl around and make a hurricane. Then they can buy the land cheap."

Also you get to hear all kinds of people speak. Today some "learned" guy from Bekaa in Lebanon, which is claimed to be the home of at least a dozen terrorist training camps. He was describing the viciousness of the Israeli attacks and how unjustified they were.

Then a Palestinian man and woman explaining how nasty Israel was and claiming that the news on CNN and others is biased against the Palestinians.

Then people were calling in to ask Dick Armey questions.

There are no moderators there to challenge the callers or interviewees. The hosts just sort of keep people on topic and urge them along.

Fascinating and educational. It beats Rush, O'Reily, Hannity, Matthews etc by a mile because they just don't rag on people. They let them have their say so you can decide if they are right or wrong.