Ashley Todd, who John McCain called to comfort yesterday and whose campaign hyped the story as loudly as they could, has admitted that her story about a big, scary, black man who beat her up and carved - ever so lightly - a backwards "B" for Barack on her face ... was pure bullshit. Yesterday: "She also indicated she was sexually assaulted as well. She indicated that when he had her on the ground he put his hand up her blouse and started fondling her. But other than that, she says she doesn’t...
10/24/08 – Grant F. Smith – The Scott Horton Show
Grant F. Smith, director of the Institute for Research: Middle Eastern Policy and author of America's Defense Line: The Justice Department's Battle to Register the Israel Lobby as Agents of a Foreign Government, discusses the intrigue behind the AIPAC spy case, long rage patterns of neocon duplicity and criminality, the history behind the Logan Act, the complicity of the corporate media, the likely continuity of Mideast policy in an Obama administration and the War Party's shutting down of...
Sarah Palin to Fans Asking Her to Turn Up the Mic:
"I hope those protesters have the courage and honor to give veterans thanks for their right to protest."
10/23/08 – Gareth Porter – The Scott Horton Show
Gareth Porter, independent historian and reporter for IPS News, discusses the Status Of Forces Agreement being negotiated with Iraq, Bush's abetting of the Iranian influence in the Iraqi government, last week's massive demonstrations against the occupation, Russia and the soon to expire UN mandate, the longstanding canard of Iran's nuclear ambitions the waning likelihood of an attack on Iran and the situation in Pakistan.
10/23/08 – Matthew Rothschild – The Scott Horton Show
Matthew Rothschild, editor of The Progressive and author of You Have No Rights: Stories of America in Our Repressive Age, discusses the U.S. Army's NORTHCOM acquisition of part of the 3rd Infantry Division, the effective suspension of the Insurrection Act and Posse Comitatus, the need for a political realignment around the most important issues of liberty and war, the use of the military at both conventions and the sadly un-exercised power of impeachment.
10/23/08 – Michael Scheuer – The Scott Horton Show
Michael Scheuer, former chief of the CIA's bin Laden unit and author of Marching Toward Hell: America and Islam After Iraq, discusses the likely view of Barack Obama and John McCain's foreign policy positions from al Qaeda's perspective, how developments in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq are too good to be true for them, the importance of the book Who Speaks for Islam, former DCI George Tenet's withholding of Scheuer's team's report debunking accusations about Saddam Hussein's ties to al Qaeda...
The Show: Lester Ness and Jim Bovard
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10/22/08 – Jim Bovard – The Scott Horton Show
Jim Bovard, author of many great books, most recently Attention Deficit Democracy, discusses America's abandonment of law and rising police state, many people's need to identify with a savior, the benefits of the Ron Paul candidacy, the story behind the Republicans failure to remove Bill Clinton from power in 1998, the continuing failure of the corporate media and the hope for a more humble foreign policy with Obama.
10/22/08 – Lester Ness – The Scott Horton Show
Lester Ness, friend of the show and American English teacher in China, discusses that land and it's relationship with the United States.
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Antiwar Radio: Robert Murphy
Robert Murphy, author of the blog Free Advice and ConsultingByRPM.com, as well as The Politically Incorrect Guide to Capitalism, discusses the financial crisis, Credit Default Swaps, the manipulation of modeling systems, the Austrian school economists' predictions of the housing bubble’s burst, the myth of our ‘free-market,’ why artificial booms lead to busts, the danger of price controls and the case against monetarist economics. MP3 here. (58:45)
10/21/08 – Jim Fine – The Scott Horton Show
Jim Fine, Legislative Secretary for Foreign Policy for the Friends Committee on National Legislation's Iraq Peace Campaign, discusses the pacifism of the Quaker faith, the defeat of the Iranian war resolution in Congress, the exaggerated Iranian threat, the need for global nuclear disarmament and to negotiations with adversaries, Ahmadinejad's admission of the 2003 negotiations that the U.S. backed out of, Bush's signing statements immunizing him from obeying the law stopping permanent...
10/21/08 – James Bamford – The Scott Horton Show
James Bamford, author of The Puzzle Palace, Body of Secrets, A Pretext for War and now, The Shadow Factory: The Ultra-Secret NSA from 9/11 to the Eavesdropping on America, discusses what the NSA knew about the 9/11 hijackers before the attack, the infighting between the CIA, NSA and FBI, the 9/11 hijackers proximity to NSA headquarters in Maryland prior to the attacks, the abandonment of law and limits on their domestic spying after 9/11, the complicity of major telecoms in helping the state...
Anthony Gregory Challenges Jacob Weisberg’s Argument
Mr. Weisberg has blamed libertarianism for the current economic crises. Young Mr. Gregory seems to disagree quite strongly. I wonder if Mr. Weisberg will respond back and defend himself. I hope so. This could be a great educational experience, watching an intellectually vigorous debate about important ideas and all that.
10/20/08 – Robert Murphy – The Scott Horton Show
Robert Murphy, author of the blog Free Advice and ConsultingByRPM.com, as well as The Politically Incorrect Guide to Capitalism, discusses the financial crisis, Credit Default Swaps, the manipulation of modeling systems, the Austrian school economists' predictions of the housing bubble’s burst, the myth of our 'free-market,' why artificial booms lead to busts, the danger of price controls and the case against monetarist economics.
