by | Mar 18, 2010 |

I was IMing with Scott, when I mentioned that I hadn't seen Scott's speech in New Hampshire, yet. Scott said "Don't" Being a cranky individualist, I went and looked almost first thing. When I listen to Anti-War Radio, I play computer games. When I am working I drive when I listen to Anti-War Radio. (ooo, safety) So I kicked up Scott on Youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFNndR8mGKE After a few moments of "Wow. He doesn't look like he sounds. Skinny." I Alt-Tabbed and played some spider...

03/18/10 – Cindy Sheehan – The Scott Horton Show

by | Mar 18, 2010 |

Peace activist Cindy Sheehan discusses the start of the Peace of the Action civil resistance against war and empire in Washington, DC, the scarcity of both peace activists who are willing to challenge a Democratic president and pro-war hecklers who demand obedience to 'Commander in Chief' Obama, the circumstances around Casey Sheehan’s death in Iraq in 2004 and how substituting the word 'hero' for 'victim' redirects blame from the US government to the enemy du jour.

03/18/10 – Luke Ryland – The Scott Horton Show

by | Mar 18, 2010 |

Luke Ryland, proprietor of the blog Let Sibel Edmonds Speak, discusses the disclosure of pre-9/11 FBI investigations that corroborate some of Sibel Edmonds' previously unsupported claims, Turkish lobbies involved in Congressional bribery and drug trafficking, US foreign military aid (funded by taxpayers) that keeps the world awash in F-16s and lines the pockets of defense contractors and the best online resources for getting up to speed on Sibel Edmonds' story.

03/18/10 – John V. Walsh – The Scott Horton Show

by | Mar 18, 2010 |

John V. Walsh, frequent contributor to Counterpunch.org, discusses Paul Krugman’s 'economic chauvinism' regarding China’s currency valuation, provocative US military postures in Central and East Asia, China’s eons-long history of open trade and self defense and why the US should abandon the policy of 'containing' China.

Hurting the few for the benefit of the many

by | Mar 17, 2010 |

Like Scott, I quit writing, too. On facebook, Scott posted this link http://news.antiwar.com/2010/03/10/civilians-among-17-killed-in-latest-us-drone-strikes/ About yet another drone strike in Pakistan killing civilians in Pakistan. I posted a comment thumb nailing my current opinion about politics. Someone posted back "Urrr?" I will elaborate here. Some kid in a control room in Nevada X-Boxed those people to death. Why? Well, the same reason Howard Zinn pressed the button to drop iron bombs on...

03/17/10 – Cole Miller – The Scott Horton Show

by | Mar 17, 2010 |

Cole Miller, Founding Director of No More Victims, discusses the plight of children injured by the US wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, charitable giving that produces tangible results, why the visceral impact of seeing a child victim of war can't be underestimated and how duplicating the No More Victims model of focused individualism could help victims of other injustices.

03/16/10 – Jesse Walker – The Scott Horton Show

by | Mar 16, 2010 |

Jesse Walker, managing editor of Reason magazine, discusses his experience at the recent Left-Right anti-empire/antiwar conference in DC, the large contingent of writers featured at Antiwar.com in attendance, finding an alternative to mundane and ineffective peace marches and the stumbling blocks that prevent broad coalitions from uniting around a common issue.

03/16/10 – Dahr Jamail – The Scott Horton Show

by | Mar 16, 2010 |

Dahr Jamail, author of The Will to Resist: Soldiers Who Refuse to Fight in Iraq and Afghanistan, discusses the nostalgia many Iraqi women have for the (relative) gender and religious tolerance in the Saddam Hussein era, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's firm grip on power despite the low functionality of Iraq's government, loopholes in the US-Iraq Status of Forces Agreement that could extend the occupation beyond 2011 and the disastrous results of the US invasion of Iraq so far.

The New American Militarism

by | Mar 15, 2010 |

Man pleads guilty to telling people he was a Marine at his high school reunion - he has "stolen" the "valor" of our Homeland's true heroes. "$250 fine and a year’s probation. He must also undergo mental health counseling." Courts grant near-cop and prosecutor-level immunity to returning imperial troops for crimes they commit against any of the rest of us.