Gareth Porter, reporter for IPS News, discusses the fight between the 'realists' and hawks in the Bush administration, the routine where Rice gets what she wants, but then Cheney makes her efforts meaningless — as in the case of William Burns’ trip to Geneva, George Bush Jr.’s complete inability to lead — thank goodness, crying wolf, the public’s distracted impotence to stop a war they oppose, the relative influence of the Israeli Lobby on Middle East policy in Congress and the White House,...
07/18/08 – Andy Worthington – The Scott Horton Show
Andy Worthington, author of The Guantánamo Files, discusses the recently released footage of Omar Khadr, the Canadian juvenile being held in Guantanamo, the dubious 'charges' against him, the legal black hole of the made-up 'enemy combatant' status, the evil and counterproductive nature of torture and the kangaroo court system in Guantanamo. MP3 Here
Gun Grabbers Stoked on Scalia
"[T]he lower courts are likely to interpret Heller as giving a constitutional green light to virtually every gun control law short of a handgun ban." -Dennis Henigan, of the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence
07/17/08 – Peter Crail – The Scott Horton Show
Peter Crail discusses the ongoing negotiations with North Korea to understand and dismantle their nuclear programs, the dubious allegations about a DPRK secret uranium enrichment program and accusations about their involvement with the Syrians on plutonium production. MP3 Here
07/16/08 – Mark Thornton – The Scott Horton Show
Mark Thornton, Senior Fellow at the Ludwig von Mises Institute, discusses the crime of the Fed's "bailout" of the big financial institutions and the cronyism between the two, the problems with our fractional reserve system, the destructive consequences of a close state-private business relationship, the perils of inflation on society, the possibility of a catastrophic global dollar sell-off, how our trade deficit is a symptom of the federal budget deficit whereby we flood China with extra...
07/16/08 – Ray McGovern – The Scott Horton Show
Former CIA analyst Ray McGovern discusses his recent article on the probable Israeli/U.S. attack on Iran, Israel's need for new war in Iran to keep the U.S. military in the Mideast due to the failure in Iraq, the outspokenness of the military brass against an attack on Iran, AIPAC's drafting of the new Iran war resolutions, Bush and Cheney's loyalty to Israel, the never-ending conflicts created by the Israel occupation of Palestine, the need for the American people and Congress to understand...
07/15/08 – Jon Eisenberg – The Scott Horton Show
Jon B. Eisenberg, partner in the law firm of Eisenberg and Hancock, discusses his article Suing George W. Bush: A Bizarre and Troubling Tale;' his clients’ lawsuit against the Bush administration for illegally tapping their phone, how the feds accidentally handed them evidence proving that the NSA illegally spied on his clients and their standing to sue, the Kafkaesque states’ secrets runaround insisted upon by the government in order to try to evade justice, his teams various successes and...
U.S. Quislings Torture and Murder Iraqi Children
You see, we had to invade Iraq because we have to save the poor people from Saddam Hussein's torture dungeons.
07/14/08 – L. Neil Smith – The Scott Horton Show
L. Neil Smith discusses how the political establishment controls supplies to sway markets, the millennium old clash of civilizations and aggressive tendencies of all religions, the story of The Probability Broach, the continuous liars who are writing the history books, the Waco tragedy, the danger of retuning U.S. occupation enforcers turning into local cops, the over-militarization of the American police forces and Hamilton's attempt at forming an American Monarchy. MP3 here.
Great Speech, Bad Audio
Ron Paul at that thing in DC:
07/11/08 – Scott Ritter – The Scott Horton Show
Former UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter discusses the likelihood of a U.S. attack on Iran and the smokescreen of diplomatic progress, how Iran’s recent promise of retaliation has raised the stakes by ensuring limited U.S. strikes would be inadequate, how facts and reason are irrelevant since the neocons in command believe they can generate their own realities, the need for Congress to reduce the level of tension not increase it with their current pending Iran war resolutions, how the War...
07/10/08 – Alan Bock – The Scott Horton Show
Alan Bock, author of the weekly column Eye on the Empire for Antiwar.com, discusses the question of whether the U.S. will attack Iran, the hurdles put up by the military brass to the neocons, the dismal shape of the military, the likely disaster to unfold in the event of war, William Odom, the shaky relationship between Russia and the U.S., how Russia may react to an attack on Iran and the debacles of American intervention throughout Africa.
07/10/08 – Philip Weiss – The Scott Horton Show
Philip Weiss, syndicated columnist, author of the blog MondoWeiss and the book American Taboo: A Murder in the Peace Corps, discusses the touchy subject of the Israel Lobby and Jewish power in American politics, the difficulty Americans face in criticizing Israel due to the smear of 'antisemitism,' the centrality of Israel policy to the neoconservatives, majority Jewish-American support for the takeover of Jerusalem, Barack Obama’s pandering to the Lobby, the relative peace position of the...
Zeitgeist
I just finished the watching the documentary Zeitgeist. It's very interesting and I'd like to know what some of the rest of you think of it. Google video has a copy here This is a torrent link to a DVD ISO image that can be burned or mounted. In my view, not much more quality is gained over the Google version. Official Website. The film is constructed in 3 parts. Notes on part 1: * Suggested origin of Judeo-Christian religions as being Egyptian. * Comparison of Jesus and Horus * Suggestion...
07/09/08 – Wade Boese – The Scott Horton Show
Wade Boese, research director of the Arms Control Association and contributing writer to Arms Control Today, discusses the missile defense system being implemented in Poland and the Czech Republic, under the facade of defense from Iran while actually threatening Russia and China, the current and future status of Iran's missile capabilities, the reality that Iran has no reason to attack the west anyway, the threat still posed by U.S. and Russian nuclear arsenals, the unwillingness of the Bush...
