Thanks very much to Mark and Ian for having me on. Not much new here for you regulars, but fun. MP3 here. (at about 40:00)
11/19/08 – Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich – The Scott Horton Show
Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich, an independent researcher on U.S. foreign policy in Iran, discusses the worldwide goodwill Obama has already squandered with his hawkish appointments, the U.S.'s double standard when it comes to nuclear non-proliferation, ordinary Iranians' desire to be left alone to form their own government, and how neocons like Max Boot support fomenting factional conflicts to provoke an Iranian overreaction.
11/19/08 – Joseph Sottile – The Scott Horton Show
Joseph P. Sottile, the producer of the new documentary, The Warning, discusses the importance of Plato’s 'noble lie' in Straussian/ neo-conservative ideology, why Obama must be pressured to dismantle the imperial presidency, how the complicity of top Democrats in torture and wiretapping schemes prevents prosecution of Bush officials, and the remarkable North Korean origin of the U.S. torture manual.
Bumperstickers for Sale
11/18/08 – Tim Cavanaugh – The Scott Horton Show
Tim Cavanaugh, columnist for Reason magazine, discusses the efforts of activist Lira Tskhovrebova to tell the South Ossetian side of the Georgian invasion, the numerous accounts of Georgian soldiers deliberately killing civilians, the U.S. media failure to accurately portray the conflict and the mixed signals Saakashvili received from U.S. neocon agitators and the State Department.
11/18/08 – Robert Prechter – The Scott Horton Show
Robert R. Prechter, Jr., Executive Director of the Socionomics Institute, discusses how Elliott Wave market trend analysis is predictive not only of stock markets but also human social behavior, the societal mood as a leading indicator of economic trends and warfare, the correlation between bull markets and bright mini skirts and how the bailouts encourage recklessness on Wall St. by encouraging moral hazard.
11/17/08 – Philip Giraldi – The Scott Horton Show
Philip Giraldi, former CIA counter-terrorism officer and regular contributor to Antiwar.com, discusses his article 'AIPAC’s Man in the Obama Camp,' Rahm Emanuel’s family ties to Israel and military service there, his ascension in the Democratic Party from Clinton fund raiser to Democratic Leadership Council powerhouse, the domestic spy service floated by Democratic leaders, the overreaching ambition of Rep. Jane Harmon and the new headquarters of the Democratic War Party, the 'Project for a...
11/17/08 – Ray McGovern – The Scott Horton Show
Ray McGovern, former CIA analyst and co-founder of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity, discusses the prospect of a proper presidential intelligence briefing in an Obama administration, what questions Obama should ask his foreign policy gurus about Iran, how the NYT finally got the Georgia story right, how Russia's recent show of force helped put the kibosh on an Iran attack, Cheney's false flag operation fantasies and why Robert Gates is a greater threat to peace than Rumsfeld.
Lindsey Graham: Dope Pusher
Says Newsweek: "Lindsey Graham mischievously enjoyed getting [Sarah Palin's 7-year-old daughter] hopped up on Mountain Dew, a beverage to which he was mildly addicted." Maybe drug use isn't bad afterall. Perhaps the only problem is using drugs that aren't manufactured by politically-connected billion-dollar corporations...
Give Obama a Chance
That's what they keep telling me. Something snapped. I got pissed. I came up with this: I cannot for the life of me wrap my mind around the "Obama is anything less than the worst criminal in the world" point of view I keep seeing represented among real people - even my friends. It must be all the TV. Barack Obama is the little bitch of Goldman Sachs which just perpetrated the greatest heist in the history of the entire world. He says a trillion dollars worth of bailouts and purchases of major...
Oh, Jesus Christ
We are certainly headed for some dark days. Oh yeah, and Hillary Clinton is going to be the Secretary of State.
11/13/08 – Doug Bandow – The Scott Horton Show
Doug Bandow, author of Foreign Follies on Antiwar.com, discusses the need for a neocon purge from the Republican Party, the unsustainable U.S. empire of military bases, the failure of Bush diplomacy with North Korea, creating a political climate receptive to peace with Iran, Obama's post-election hawkishness and the lessons lost from WWI on entangling alliances.
11/13/08 – Patrick Cockburn – The Scott Horton Show
Patrick Cockburn, Middle East correspondant for the Independent, discusses the Iraqi National Intelligence Service threat to sue Ahmed Chalabi, the myth that the 'surge' pacified Iraq, the continued scarcity of clean water and electricity in Baghdad, a likely new UN resolution by the new year and how a Shia-dominated government may be strong enough to take over from the U.S.
11/13/08 – Eric Margolis – The Scott Horton Show
Eric Margolis, author of American Raj: Liberation or Domination?: Resolving the Conflict Between the West and the Muslim World, discusses the repeating of history in Afghanistan, India’s under-the-radar regional influence and sweetheart nuclear deal, ramifications of a future 'Pashtunistan', the precarious economic and political conditions in Pakistan, the possibility of Obama using Bill Clinton as Kashmir peacemaker, the need for a waxing Department of State and waning Pentagon in the foreign...
David T. Beito Vs. The New New Deal
All the democrat-types across the country are racing to dredge up the corpse (legacy) of America's Great Dictator, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, in order to justify a whole new round of freedom destruction. (Just turn on MSNBC if you don't believe me.) Thank goodness there are Historians Against the War out there - at least one of whom, my friend David Beito, opposes wars by our government against anyone, whether Iraqi, Afghan or American. Here David smashes the myth of FDR's greatness and...
