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Outsource Our Prisons
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Let's Share The Wealth

  • Added: Dec 12, 2010
  • Length: 01:15
The Danger In An Education
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
You can learn things that will make you uncomfortable

  • Added: Nov 25, 2010
  • Length: 02:53
You Can Live On Less
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
You can live on less. Others can't.

  • Added: Aug 27, 2010
  • Length: 01:48
Keep Your Friends Close
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Chinese philosophy passed on to you by a Swede

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jul 30, 2010
  • Length: :36
  • Purchases: 1
Change The Color of Your Skin
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
We are told that there is status in skin color

  • Added: Jul 21, 2010
  • Length: 01:14
The Chicanery of Selling Carbon Credits
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
A Tale of Two Cities

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jul 14, 2010
  • Length: 02:11
  • Purchases: 1
A Commentary on Your Computer
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
What do you do when your computer quits?

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jul 06, 2010
  • Length: 01:47
  • Purchases: 1
Self Esteem
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Most men who work hard are very insecure.

  • Added: Jul 02, 2010
  • Length: 03:39
A Bona Fide Representative of God
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Will Beg You To Send Money

  • Added: Jun 27, 2010
  • Length: 02:28
Why We Can't Legalize Pot
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Corporate America can make more money when pot is illegal

  • Added: Jun 19, 2010
  • Length: 03:15
What's The Matter With Kansas?
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Why do poor people vote for the party of billionaires?

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Jun 09, 2010
  • Length: 02:52
  • Purchases: 1
The Cost of Living Adjustment
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
The cost of living goes up every year

  • Added: Jun 02, 2010
  • Length: 01:22
Snake Oil
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Snake oil is now euphemistically called herbal supplements.

  • Added: May 27, 2010
  • Length: 02:07
Let's Blame Congress For The Oil Spill
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
It's complicated.

  • Added: May 24, 2010
  • Length: 02:37
The US Has a Service Economy
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
A prison that is not full is penalizing its stockholders.

  • Added: May 06, 2010
  • Length: :39
Jay Gould - The Skunk of Wall Street
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Jay Gould was an American pioneer

  • Added: Apr 01, 2010
  • Length: 01:35
Why Did Unemployment Rates Drop?
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
the nation's unemployment rates dropped by a full percentage point last week

  • Added: Feb 07, 2010
  • Length: :19
The Supreme Court Decision
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
The good thing about the recent Supreme Court decision is that now corporate dollars will buy legislators from both parties. Because everyone wil...

  • Added: Jan 26, 2010
  • Length: :33
I'm a Nice Person
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Ask me no questions

  • Added: Jan 15, 2010
  • Length: 02:43
Attacked by Pirates
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
A segment of the population has been conditioned to believe that crime can be eliminated by more police, bigger jails and stiffer sentences

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Jan 13, 2010
  • Length: 01:14
  • Purchases: 1
OnLine Banking
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
If you didn’t know you could make your monthly mortgage payment electronically on line until just now, you may consider this to be a public service...

  • Added: Dec 09, 2009
  • Length: 02:01
Promoting Tourism
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Congress is considering a bill that would charge tourists $10 to enter our country. Good idea. Maine could also set up a toll booth and charge ever...

  • Added: Sep 07, 2009
  • Length: :50
Motivation
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
People who are properly motivated can move mountains.

  • Added: Aug 17, 2009
  • Length: 01:58
Come in and Save
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Have you noticed that everyone wants to help you "Come in and save" --- at least that’s what they tell you.

  • Added: Aug 12, 2009
  • Length: :55
She Hired A Hit Man To Kill Her Husband
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Most of the men who run ads for hit man services are really undercover policemen. The woman we’re talking about here must have been incredibly stup...

  • Added: Aug 06, 2009
  • Length: 01:24