Summary: The guest this week is the columnist Margaret Kimberley. Kimberley's Freedom Rider column appears on the Black Agenda Report and this week we discuss a column she wrote entitled "The Snowden Litmus Test." It's Wednesday, July 10th, 2013 and I'm Douglas Lain the host of the podcast. The Kickstarter project to fund a book and podcast tour in September has five days remaining and is 81% funded. There are currently 69 backers and this week I want to thank Jennifer L, Aquila H, Kurt O, Cathy K, James G, Anna W, Christopher V, Henry W, Mark D, Brandy H, Matt L, Tony Y, Tom G, and Richard B. If you like the Diet Soap Podcast pledging to the Think the Impossible tour is a great way to support it. In related news there is a serialized audio version of my upcoming novel Billy Moon. It's a freebie that I'm giving away through the Kickstarter campaign, and to I'll post a link to the chapter five in this week's show notes. Here's an excerpt from Kimberley's column: Edward Snowden has been called a traitor, a narcissist, a loser and a danger to national security. Reporters have questioned whether he was friendly enough to his neighbors or why he made a good salary despite having just a GED. He has even been criticized for leaving the military after he broke his legs. His whereabouts are unknown because the federal government is preparing to file charges against him. Such extravagant and bizarre levels of vitriol can mean only one thing. When politicians and rich pundits all join together to deliver a very public beat down, the victim of the beating is probably someone who did the people a great service.
