Stephen Schwab, professor of history at the University of Alabama, discusses his past work at the CIA, including time with Bob Barr, the changes Barr has made and still needs to make, the empire's playground of South America, escalating tensions with Russia and the need to rollback the empire.
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The Show for Today:
Maybe some news, FFF speeches... 11-1pm Central, KAOS Radio Austin.
…Without Undue Delay
The Libertarian Party when not destroying its credibility with the Antiwar Movement, actually does take stances. Not that you would know from recent Libertarian Party press releases. North Carolina State House candidate Susan Hogarth thought seven years was long enough without an official Libertarian Party statement. Alas, after a series of correspondence with LNC representatives and staff, Hogarth discovered she would have to wait a bit longer. "The resolution will be totally ignored unless...
The Show for Today: Dahr Jamail and Thomas Woods
Listen live from 11am-1pm central time on 92.7 FM in Austin, or stream live from KAOSRadioAustin.org or Antiwar.com/radio.
09/17/08 – Dahr Jamail – The Scott Horton Show
Dahr Jamail, reporter for IPS News, discusses the Winter Soldier testimonies, the critical dehumanization process in waging war, the intentional tactics the military uses to foment these views, the complete black-out of the Winter Soldier testimonies by the U.S. corporate media, 'drop-weapons' used by soldiers to frame dead civilians as enemies in Iraq, lies told by recruiters to brainwash young soldiers, the lie of the success of the 'surge' in a much more fragmented political situation in...
09/17/08 – Thomas Woods – The Scott Horton Show
Thomas E. Woods, senior fellow at the Ludwig von Mises Institute and co-author of Who Killed the Constitution? and We Who Dared Say No to War, discusses America's turn from republic to empire in the late 19th century, the conquest of Hawaii, the bogus propaganda of the War Party then and now, Grover Cleveland's refusal to steal Cuba, the neoconservatives' pretended reading of Article II which they say grants the president "plenary" war powers, the leading role of war in setting the precedents...
The Show for Today: Bob Murphey and Gareth Porter
Listen live from 11-1pm on 92.7 FM in Austin, or stream from KAOSRadioAustin.org.
09/16/08 – Robert Murphy – The Scott Horton Show
Robert Murphy, senior fellow in business and economic studies at the Pacific Research Institute and adjunct scholar at the Ludwig von Mises Institute, discusses the financial and credit meltdown, the perils of central banking, the reckless risks taken by the banks because they knew the Fed would socialize the costs if they failed, the use of the IRS as a weapon against dissent and the in's-and-out's of the inflation game.
09/16/08 – Gareth Porter – The Scott Horton Show
Gareth Porter, independent historian and reporter for IPS News, discusses the probable MEK-NCRI/Israeli origins of the supposed 'Smoking Laptop'; origin of all contemporary 'outstanding questions' related to Iran’s nuclear program, some reasons why the accusations based around it do not stand up to scrutiny, and the National Intelligence Council’s warning to the White House against the ratcheting up of the war inside Pakistan.
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The Show for Today: Steve Conners and Molly Bingham
Listen live from 11-1pm on 92.7 in Austin, TX or stream it live from KAOSRadioAustin.org.
09/15/08 – Steve Connors and Molly Bingham – The Scott Horton Show
Steve Connors and Molly Bingham discuss their movie 'Meeting Resistance' about the Sunni occupation resistance, how Saddam Hussein’s capture freed more Iraqis to fight against the Americans, the psych-ops aimed at America framing the insurgents as social outcasts instead of the normal citizens they are, the complex interplay between the Iraqi, Iranian and American factions in Iraq, the similarity in the way the West and Islamic traditions venerate war dead and the difficulty they had in...
Ron Paul Endorses Third Parties
From The Onion: Former Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul has refused to endorse Sen. John McCain or Sen. Barack Obama, calling the race a charade and choosing instead to back four independent candidates. What do you think? Sarah Sprague, Landscape Architect "All four? I wish he could be more specific as to how I can waste my vote." Jeff Baldwin, Systems Analyst "That’s it, I’m taking down the Ron Paul sign from my neighbor’s lawn." Sean Leslie, Bus Driver "Are any of his endorsees...
