is marginalized and neutralized by the mainstream media, in the way that ralph nader and his greens and winona laduke are made to look a little off. because they want true change and true democracy, the mainstream media seeks to marginalize them. and that's why the average comedy audience listens-- you know, they listen to the mainstream media. they listen to when ari fleischer says, "loose lips sink ships," if you will, you know? and so it's harder for a comic to win over their audience or to get the audience to listen if they're not just being a "team player." you know, i've got a lot of things to say about my government, because i care, because i am patriotic, you know what i mean? george carlin is very patriotic. that's why he's so mad. you know what i mean? bill hicks, when he was alive, had a lot to say because he cares about what the government does in his name. now, the government makes decisions on your and my behalf constantly. they do not let us in on 90% of it, and then they will ask you to sacrifice your children and grandchildren to pick up the pieces and clean up the

host: let me add the voice of ralph nader, wrote an op-ed in "the wall street journal" today.coalition of progressive and conservatives -- "convergence of liberal-progresses with conservative-libertarian centering on the autocratic, corporate-dominated nature of our government." how does that fit into the tea party? guest: the argument is about academic and i will have to sit down and wonder my way through it a little bit. one of the myths of political discourse today is that the republican party is the party of corporate america. the democrat party, quite frankly, has a greater symbiotic relationship with corporate america than the republican party. i think the empirical facts of campaign contributions and largess and government programs that benefit corporate america is clearly documents that what we really want is for corporate america to quit turning to the government for pork barrel bailouts and giving us silly, as a nine notions like to big to fail -- silly, asinine notions like to big to fail, and to take it like a man. we say to the government, look, mind your own busi

you take a person like ralph nader, who was made a career about changing laws for the consumer and has been running for president -- if we could have them into the products it to commission, at the head of that, we might be able to solve some of the problems we are experiencing now. the question i would like to ask is, how you feel about that? guest: the idea of an independent candidates running? caller: bringing back a balanced of our government through a free party. guest: i think that independence -- the purpose is really to shed light on and jewissues that are not being covered and provide a voice to that. if the idea is to influence a larger number of people, you have to go to where the people are. my thought that an independent and does better joining up with a party in trying to influence the party, rather than vice versa, and tried to spread the message that way. host: a lot of attention being focused on a florida today. should sort of be seen as a bellwether, an indicator of how things will progress as we move towards november? guest: yes, it should. i would say that' every ca

how many people remember ralph nader's book, "unset at any speed?" debate about putting seatbelts into automobiles. i'll never forget the statistics. my dad took me to the highway department and is a had shoes of people who died on the highway. he gave me these numbers. 150 million people in this country, and 60,000 died on the highway this year. this is still a terrible number but there are 300 millions of us and 30,000 people die on the highway. remember the debate about putting seatbelts in? interferes with free enterprise? or air bags or the interstate highway system? we are approaching the point now with information technology, it touches all of us as such a significant level, we're all set dependent, there is going to have to be a partnership between government and private sector how to balance this out, and what the united states' role in leading the world for the right set of solutions for this space. that is a tall order. and no one has picked it up at that level. week argue about pieces and free enterprise and argued that a cloud is coming,

how many in here remember the boat by ralph nader? unsafe at any speed? when i was a youngster, the thing that i wanted most in life was to drive an automobile, and i will never forget the statistics. my father took me to the highway department, the cars and the issues. they were the people who died. he gave me these numbers, and he said, "son, there are 150 million people in this country, and 160,000 died." 30,000 people now die on the highways. remember the debate about putting seat belt in? or airbags? or interstate highway systems? we are approaching the point now with information technology. it touches all of us said such a significant level, we are also dependent, there is going to have to be a partnership between government and the private sector. what the united states role is in leading the world, the right set of solutions, that is a pretty tall order, no one, at least my observation, no one has picked up but that level. we will argue about free enterprise, the independence of the world wide web, the worldwide mlb.com web, i would say sometimes,