07/10/08 – Philip Weiss – The Scott Horton Show

by | Jul 10, 2008 |

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

by | Jul 9, 2008 |

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

by | Jul 9, 2008 |

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...

07/08/08 – James Bovard – The Scott Horton Show

by | Jul 8, 2008 |

James Bovard, author of Attention Deficit Democracy, discusses the outrageous new FISA amendments, relative criminality of Nixon's wiretapping crimes to Bush's and relative courage of the Congress then to now, the lack of outrage among the population at large, the massive imperial court surrounding Washington DC and America's massive warfare-welfare-police state.

The News I Didn’t Get To

by | Jul 7, 2008 |

On the show today: What John McCain didn't learn in Vietnam - Suicide, Post-Traumatic Stress and Depression Haunt US Troops Back from Iraq and Afghanistan - Paintball was practice, says terror-cell mole - No evidence needed under terror profiling plan - Families tell of hidden Korean War executions - U.S. Okayed Korean War Massacres - US colonel wrote he sanctioned mass killing - Russia says Georgia could spark new war in Abkhazia - The Rise and McFaul of Obama's Russia Policy - (Yes, I know,...

07/07/08 – Carah Ong – The Scott Horton Show

by | Jul 7, 2008 |

Carah Ong, Iran Policy Analyst at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, discusses the new offer to Iran by the P5+1, the War Party's numerous propagandists, the current drum-beat towards war, the question of Iran's pre-2003 nuclear weapons program, the cat and mouse game of accusations the U.S. is playing with the IAEA and Iran, the need for cross-cultural exchange with Iran and the sanction/blockade resolution pending in Congress.

07/04/08 – Robert Dreyfuss – The Scott Horton Show

by | Jul 4, 2008 |

Robert Dreyfuss discusses the failures of American intervention and it's recent promotion by Barack Obama, what an Obama presidency might look like including the possibility of keeping Robert Gates as Secretary of Defense, the dynamics of the American struggle for strategic global dominance, how American power as an example rather than a threat works much better for building international relations and his belief that chances of war with Iran are quite low despite all the recent hype.

07/03/08 – Ryan Dawson – The Scott Horton Show

by | Jul 3, 2008 |

Ryan Dawson of Anti-Neocons.com discusses the tragic 9/11 kook movement and their wasted efforts, how the neocons morphed 9/11 lies into their Iraq invasion lies, the Israelis' prior knowledge of the attacks, U.S. policy toward Russia since the end of the Soviet Union, the rape of Russian industry by the oligarchs in the 1990s, the death of Alexander Litvinenko, the former Russian spy, in London and the continuation of the War Party by both presidential candidates.

07/03/08 – Gareth Porter – The Scott Horton Show

by | Jul 3, 2008 |

Gareth Porter discusses the new P5+1 agreement that Iran just agreed to by suspending their nuclear program expansion, the possible reasons the War Party is hesitant to attack Iran, the pending Iran War Resolution, the CIA whistleblower on Iran's nuclear program, the shifts of influence in Iraq in 2008 and the ignorance and complicity of the American press in promoting the Iran threat.