Afghan President
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Hamid Karzai has won a second term by proclamation. Afghanistan’s election commission called off a scheduled run-off after Dr. Abdullah Abdullah pulled out saying he didn’t believe the run-off would be any less fraudulent than the initial vote. How are Afghans reacting to the news? And can Karzai now be the legitimate partner the U.S. needs to fight the Taliban? We’ll speak with the BBC’s Lyse Doucet in Kabul.
Internet Stimulus Money
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More than $7 billion is earmarked to expand high-speed Internet access across the country. We profile proposals in three communities to spend some of that money. We speak with Valerie Fast Horse, information technology director for the Coeur d’Alene Indian tribe in Idaho, which is asking for $12 million to expand wireless so more tribe members can access services such as the tribe’s video-sharing website, Rezkast. We also hear from Wally Bowen, executive director of the Mountain Area Information Network, which is asking for $2.5 million to extend wireless access in parts of Appalachia; and John Bunce, national logistics manager for Clearwire, which wants to use $19 million in seed money to bring high-speed access to low-income neighborhoods in Detroit.
Election in New York’s 23rd Congressional District
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Voters go to the polls tomorrow in a contest that has become a proxy battle for the heart of the Republican Party. Sarah Palin has her favorite candidate; Newt Gingrich does too. Glenn Beck has even weighed in. Charles Mahtesian of Politico.com is our guest.
Quick Note on Ground Beef Recall
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A New York meat company has recalled almost 546,000 pounds of ground beef. The beef was sold by Fairbank Farms, and is linked to several cases of E. Coli-related illnesses and one death in New England. Learn More.
The Fall of the Wall
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Sabina Casagrande of Deutsche Welle Radio looks back on the events that led to November 9, 1989 — when the Berlin Wall fell.
Musician Poncho Sanchez
Poncho Sanchez performs in 2007 in Taipei, Taiwan. (AP)
Percussionist and bandleader Poncho Sanchez is known as the “Keeper of the Flame” for his efforts to expand the parameters of Latin-Jazz music. We talk with Sanchez about his new release, “Psychedelic Blues” which Poncho describes as a return to his roots.
Music from the Show
- Art Blakey, “C.O.R.E.”
- Thelonius Monk, “Caravan”
- Peter Dixon, “Nagog Woods”
- Fred Hirsch, “Desafinado”
- The Scorpions, “Winds of Change”
- Ahmad Jamal, “Patterns”
- “Silver’s Serenade” written by Horace Silver, arranged by Francisco Torres
- “Psychedelic Blues” written by Sonny Henry, arranged by Francisco Torres
- “Fried Neck Bones and Some Homefries” written by Willie Bobo and Melvin Lastie, arranged by David Torres
- “Grand Central” written by John Coltrane, arranged by Rob Blake
- “Crisis” written by Freddie Hubbard, arranged by Francisco Torres
- “Cantaloupe Island” written by Herbie Hancock, arranged by David Torres
In your story in Internet Stimulus Money, the interviewer asked Valerie Fast Horse to justify the Coeur d’Alene Indian tribes need for Internet access. I felt that this question was unfair and showed bias. Why wouldn’t the Tribe need Internet access? They need access for same reasons that anybody else does. Why wasn’t the same question asked of Wally Bowen, director of MAIN; for example, why do people in rural areas of North Carolina need Internet access?
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Posted by Dale Worley, on November 2nd, 2009 at 1:29 pmRE: Your story on stimulus money for internet access in rural areas.
Posted by Terry Harris, on November 2nd, 2009 at 1:49 pmThere was the same problem getting electricity to rural areas. That’s why all these Rural Electric cooperatives exist. The phone companies needed some encouragement to serve rural areas. Any kind of physical infrastructue has the problem that the lower the population densitity the more it costs per customer. You can run a mile of cable in a subdivision and serve a good number of customers. The same mile of cable on a road in a rural area might pass only a small number of houses. These houses are usually further back from the road.
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