As was the case with his earlier exchange with John McCain regarding "al Qaeda in Iraq", Barack Obama was served up a another softball by the Republican Party, and couldn't hit it out of the park. Hell, Obama barely could bunt back to the pitcher's mound . When Bush made a thinly veiled reference to Obama during his speech in Israel as an appeaser of terrorists, Obama's lame response was that he has stated "over and over again that I will not negotiate with terrorists like Hamas." Obama could...
The Restoring the Republic Conference
Jacob Hornberger, founder and president of the Future of Freedom Foundation, is holding his second annual Restoring the Republic Conference in Reston, Virginia June 6-8. Anthony Gregory recommends you show up to it.
Clone Wars Trailer
In August they're coming out with a new Star Wars digital cartoon movie, The Clone Wars, to take place between Episode II and III. It will be followed by a TV series. Here's the trailer. It looks good to me, but then, I liked Episode I. Thanks to Roderick T. Long.
The Show
for today: Winging it. Listen live from 11-1pm on 92.7 FM in Austin or stream it from KAOSRadioAustin.org.
Monterey Institute is an Enabler of Iran/Syria Nuke Claims
It was with disappointment, but not surprise, that I recently found out that the Monterey Institute’s Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS) is on board with the Neocons in hyping up the Syria/Iran nuclear claims of the Bush Administration. In the L.A. Times, Leonard Spector of the CNS, in conjunction with Avner Cohen, wrote on May 4: ‘In the Syrian case (as with the release last year of part of the National Intelligence Estimate on Iran's nuclear program) the intelligence community was...
The Show: David Beito and Philippe Sands
David Beito and Philippe Sands will be the featured guests on the Scott Horton Show at Antiwar Radio, Thursday, May 15. David Beito will be discussing his recent article in the Kansas City Star, "Battle Over Eminent Domain Is Another Civil Rights Issue" at 12:15PM Eastern. Philippe Sands will be discussing his new book, Torture Team: Rumsfeld's Memo and the Betrayal of American Values at 1:15PM Eastern. David T. Beito is Associate Professor of History at the University of Alabama. He received...
For the Back of Your Truck
05/15/08 – Philippe Sands – The Scott Horton Show
Philippe Sands, professor of law at University College London and author of Torture Team: Rumsfeld’s Memo and the Betrayal of American Values, discusses Douglas J. Feith’s role in coming up with the twisted excuse for abandoning the Geneva Conventions in the name of saving them, the 'necessity' excuse invoked by participants in the decision making process, the dismissal, last week, of the charges against the tortured '20th hijacker' al Quatani, the complete lack of evidence against him, his...
Rumsnamara
Rumsfeld On 2006 Election: "The Correction For That...Is An Attack" An ongoing exploration of the documents related to the Pentagon's "message force multipliers" program has unearthed a clip of former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld suggesting that America, having voted the Democrats back into Congressional power, could benefit from suffering another terrorist attack, and doing so in the presence of the very same military analysts who went on to provide commentary and analysis of the Iraq...
The Show: Christopher Ketcham
Christopher Ketcham will be the featured guest on the Scott Horton Show an Antiwar Radio, Wednesday, May 14, at 1:15PM Eastern. Christopher Ketcham will be discussing his recent article in Radar Magazine, "The Last Roundup." Christopher Ketcham is a freelance reporter and writer for many venues including Antiwar.com, Harper's, GQ, the Nation, Salon, Mother Jones, Men's Journal, Good Magazine, Radar, and National Geographic. In 2002, he was selected as a Livingston Awards finalist for his...
Bob Barr Ain’t No Ron Paul
Joshua Katz has his number.
Doug Feith on the Daily Show
John Stewart is a big let down again imo.
Gates: US will teach Iran a lesson
US Defense Secretary Robert Gates has revealed that Washington plans to engage in a number of 'exclusive' activities against Iran. "We're being very aggressive in going after the networks in Iraq, and the individuals who are interfering or supplying weapons from Iran," said Gates Tuesday. "We have a number of other activities under way. We take it very serioUSly. But at this point our activities are focUSed pretty exclUSively inside Iraq,'' he added. He accused the Islamic Republic of arming...
Niall Ferguson debunk
I made a half arsed debunk/piss take video of Nial Ferguson
05/13/08 – Eric Boehlert – The Scott Horton Show
Eric Boehlert, senior fellow at Media Matters for America and author of Lapdogs: How The Press Rolled Over for Bush, discusses the Pentagon’s army of retired generals sent out to disseminate the war party’s propaganda, how the corporate media failed to promote alternative viewpoints to the invasion, the power and danger of 'groupthink,' and John McCain’s free-ride from the media.
