05/22/08 – Gareth Porter – The Scott Horton Show
Dr. Gareth Porter discusses his article: 'Where are those Iranian weapons in Iraq?' and how the U.S. war party has had to de-emphasize their assertions that EFP’s in Iraq are coming from Iran, he exposes as total lies the U.S. claims of Iran arming the Shi’ite militias in Iraq, how the White House continues to divulge preposterous propaganda reports, the role of the compliant media in continuing these false allegations, how the Sunni resistance in Iraq is patiently waiting for the opportune...
05/22/08 – John Cusack – The Scott Horton Show
Actor, writer and producer John Cusack discusses his new satire War Inc., which opens Friday, May 23rd, in New York and Los Angeles, his outrage at the criminality of modern American war profiteers, the need for a grassroots bumrush of the first showings to guarantee national distribution, some critics’ complaints that the movie 'hits too close to home,' the great journalists whose work has inspired him, the socialization of the costs of all these private armies onto the American tax payer,...
05/22/08 – Jacob Hornberger – The Scott Horton Show
Jacob Hornberger, founder and president of the Future of Freedom Foundation, discusses the upcoming 'Restoring The Republic: Foreign Policy and Civil Liberties' conference on June 6-8 in Reston Virginia, why libertarianism ought to be the real center of Left and Right, how libertarian views are those of the founders and the only hope to save America from statism and empire, the importance of habeas corpus in a free society, the backgrounds of the conference speakers and the problem of...
The Show
for today: Other Scott Horton, Bill Kauffman. Listen live 11am-1pm Texas time on 92.7 FM in Austin or stream it from KAOSRadioAustin.org.
05/21/08 – Bill Kauffman – The Scott Horton Show
Bill Kauffman, author of Ain’t My America: The Long, Noble History of Antiwar Conservatism and Middle-American Anti-Imperialism, discusses the different categories of anti-war and anti-empire individuals, the uselessness of the label 'conservative,' how Bush’s false promises of a humble foreign policy helped expose him as a prep-school cheerleader rather than the cowboy he claims to be, John McCain’s lack of character, the history of our empire, how the war party has betrayed the legacy of...
05/21/08 – Scott Horton – The Scott Horton Show
The Other Scott Horton (no relation), heroic international human rights lawyer, journalist for Harper’s magazine and steadfast opponent of torture, discusses the new Department of Justice Inspector General report revealing the 'War Crimes File' kept by FBI agents stationed at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the dropping of the charges against alleged '20th hijacker' Mohammed al Qatani, a military judge’s recent dismissal of one of the members of the prosecution team after he pushed to have the 'sexiest'...
The Show
for today: Ray McGovern. Listen live from 11am-1pm on 92.7 FM or stream it live from KAOSRadioAustin.org.
05/20/08 – Ray McGovern – The Scott Horton Show
Former CIA analyst and antiwar activist Ray McGovern discusses his open letter to Adm. Fallon and the probability of a U.S. attack on Iran, the history of Robert Gates and his weak influence on Bush, the corporate media’s corrupt relationship with the state, the Pentagon’s bogus Iranian arms expose and the near total indifference of the press, Adm. Fallon’s firing for speaking out against attacking Iran, the Air Force’s role, the insanity of John McCain, the unconstitutionality and illegality...
The Show
for today: Mark Engler. Listen live from 11am-1pm on 92.7 FM in Austin, or stream from KAOSRadioAustin.org.
05/19/08 – Mark Engler – The Scott Horton Show
Mark Engler, analyst with Foreign Policy in Focus and author of How to Rule the World: The Coming Battle Over the Global Economy, discusses the disputes between the different factions behind our global empire, the differences in the doctrines of corporate and imperial globalization, the misuse of the term 'free-trade' by politicians to describe their mercantilist/fascist policies, how the neocons’ alienating the U.S. from the international organizations has hurt the empire’s domination of the...
McCain Gets A Pass on Foreign Policy
John McCain is an idiot. He knows nothing about foreign policy beyond the talking points he gets from the AEI. No matter what the question is, he gets it wrong. And no matter how wrong he gets it, the press in this country will always defer to his expertise, just because he was a POW one hell of an irrelevant long ass time ago. Here's John McCain saying the U.S. would have to deal with Hamas because they were the elected government of Palestine: And here is his spokeslady explaining that he...
Meet Menshevik McCain
Deep, deep down in his heart, John McCain believes in Communism (Just so long as he's the Premiere). Anyone who believes that "National Service" will be "voluntary" at the end of his first term will find themselves working for free and quite disappointed. As though the government is a cause greater than me; yeah right. Thanks to Butler Shaffer.
The Restoring the Republic Conference
Jacob Hornberger, founder and president of the Future of Freedom Foundation, is holding his second annual Restoring the Republic Conference in Reston, Virginia June 6-8. Anthony Gregory recommends you show up to it.
Clone Wars Trailer
In August they're coming out with a new Star Wars digital cartoon movie, The Clone Wars, to take place between Episode II and III. It will be followed by a TV series. Here's the trailer. It looks good to me, but then, I liked Episode I. Thanks to Roderick T. Long.
