Robert P. Murphy, scholar at the Mises Institute and author of The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Great Depression and the New Deal, discusses the 2008 bank bailout, interest paid on FED deposits provides disincentive for bank lending, the danger of massive unemployment and inflation, why the Fed's boom-bust cycles keep getting worse and why Cap-n-Trade is a bunch of crap.
09/16/09 – Eric Margolis – The Scott Horton Show
Eric Margolis, author of War at the Top of the World: The Struggle for Afghanistan, Kashmir and Tibet, discusses the massing of Indian troops on the India/China border, how nearly every border dispute outside the Western world stems from British imperialism, the little-known Chinese presence in Kashmir and the difficulty in keeping tabs on the 'finger in every pie' U.S. foreign policy.
New Liberty Stickers!
Update: I also fixed this one up to be a little easier to read:
Antiwar Radio 9/15/09: Eric Margolis, Daniel Lakemacher, Gareth Porter and Rebecca Vilkomerson
Today on Antiwar Radio: Eric Margolis, Daniel Lakemacher, Gareth Porter and Rebecca Vilkomerson 1-3 95.9 in Austin or stream from http://KAOSRadioAustin.org or http://antiwar.com/radio
09/15/09 – Daniel Lakemacher – The Scott Horton Show
Daniel Lakemacher, founder of the website WarIsImmoral.com, discusses his conscientious objector (CO) discharge from the U.S. Navy, how the experience of working at Guantanamo and (independently) learning about the libertarian 'non-aggression principle' changed his mind about war and justice, the process of becoming a CO and how the military defines morality in terms of obedience/disobedience.
09/15/09 – Eric Margolis – The Scott Horton Show
Internationally syndicated columnist Eric Margolis discusses the terrorist safe-haven and failed state of Somalia, U.S. mission creep on the African continent, the questionable legal authority of assassination via airstrike, Afghanistan's fraudulent election and popular discontent in Pakistan against U.S. influence.
09/15/09 – Gareth Porter – The Scott Horton Show
Gareth Porter, independent historian and journalist for Inter Press Service, discusses his article 'IAEA Conceals Evidence Iran Documents Were Forged,' the admission of an IAEA official that the 'smoking laptop' contents were compiled from multiple sources and the mainstream media’s tendency to play fast and loose with the facts on Iran.
09/15/09 – Rebecca Vilkomerson – The Scott Horton Show
Rebecca Vilkomerson, National Director of Jewish Voice for Peace, discusses the activist campaign to stop Caterpillar from selling bulldozers to Israel, what interested people can do to help promote peace, how the peace party can learn from the organizational and media saturation successes of the war party and the importance of criticizing anti-Semitism as well as those who misuse the charge (see MuzzleWatch).
09/11/09 – Adam Szyper-Seibert – The Scott Horton Show
Adam Szyper-Seibert, counselor and office manager at Courage to Resist, discusses Lt. Ehren Watada’s successful resistance to an Iraq deployment, the year-long waiting list for treatment at the VA, the fraternal bonds that keep reenlistment rates high, increased military success (since WWII) in training soldiers to be hate-driven killers and the 'Ft. Bragg 50”³ who are held without charges in degrading conditions.
09/11/09 – Anthony Gregory – The Scott Horton Show
Anthony Gregory, research analyst at the Independent Institute, discusses the numerous liberties lost in the new millennium, the U.S.-resident Muslims held on 'material witness' grounds after 9/11, Patriot Act and FISA amendment increases to government power and how Congressional authorization for the use of force is worse than a declaration of war.
09/10/09 – Robert Parry – The Scott Horton Show
Robert Parry, founder of ConsortiumNews.com, discusses Ronald Reagan’s lip service to torture prohibition and support for atrocities in Central America, the hypocritical critiques of 'moral relativism' by amoral neocons, the inheritance of an entire generation of government-worshiping journalists, Islamic fundamentalist blowback from Reagan administration attempts to weaken the USSR and the quid-pro-quo deal that enabled Pakistan to develop nuclear weapons.
09/09/09 – John Feffer – The Scott Horton Show
John Feffer, co-director of Foreign Policy In Focus, discusses a Jeffersonian-era U.S. navy suicide attack against Barbary pirates, the Western tradition of self-sacrifice for a 'greater good,' how suicide attacks are usually a desperate tactic taken against foreign occupation and not exclusive to Islam and the inability of Western claims of moral superiority to withstand scrutiny.
09/09/09 – Jeff Huber – The Scott Horton Show
Regular Antiwar.com columnist Jeff Huber discusses Bob Dole’s cheerleading for a 2012 Gen. Petraeus presidential candidacy, the constantly shifting Pentagon war slogans that distract attention from policy failures, why Obama can’t back down in Afghanistan after eschewing the Iraq war, how civilian-led nation building creates more targets for 'insurgents' and Gen. McChrystal’s tough transition from assassination squad leader to civilian casualty handwringer.
09/08/09 – Declan McCullagh – The Scott Horton Show
Declan McCullagh, senior writer for CNET News, discusses the historical decline of U.S. government involvement with the physical Internet, Jay Rockefeller’s Senate bill that gives the president broad powers during an ill-defined 'cybersecurity emergency,' the continuing struggle between government surveillance and private anonymity and how the private sector is much more capable of responding to cyber attacks than the Pentagon.
Ron Paul on Why Bill Clinton Should Have Been Impeached and Removed
Defying the constitution, murdering people, inciting terrorism against Americans. (On occasion of "Operation Desert Fox," December 1998.)
