Fun With Dick & Jane

First of all, it’s not “Fun with Dick and Jane” anymore. Dick is no longer broadcasting. So far the new name is Money Matters Mid Day with Joe and Jane. If you can think of anything more catchy, let me know.

Today, we talked about health care – what else? Now that the president has said we will “focus like a laser on jobs, jobs, jobs” the only thing we hear about is health care. The democrats don’t have the votes so they are trying to pass the bill through reconciliation and if that fails (and it looks like it will) by using the Slaughter rule. I attempt to explain both during the show.

Then we had an interesting conversation about radio, and radio signals, and the difference between AM and FM signals. One of the things I really like about being on the radio is having a conversation like you would in your living room, where you get to learn things you would have never known.

We ended on the White house stonewalling about whether they offered Joe Sestak a job to not run against Arlen Spector. Doing so is against the law. No one doubts that it is done all the time, but the White House’s refusal to admit or deny keeps the issue coming back. It’s the same sort of thing that sunk the players in Watergate. Of course that involved a republican president so the press was a lot more eager to go with the story.