Well it was long... I am sad to say that the following is my impatient and lazy point by point thrashing (in lieu of an actual article) of Fred Kagan from the American Empire Institute and the stupid lies that he puked up on a recent page of the Weekly Standard. A friend of mine says that someone he cares very much about found Kagan's essay incredible and irrefutable. I find that laughable, but not very funny. Sorry for all the cursing and insults below. It was late when I did this... (and for...
04/08/08 – Glenn Greenwald – The Scott Horton Show
Glenn Greenwald, civil libertarian, blogger and author, discusses the themes in his new book Great American Hypocrites: Toppling the Big Myths of Republican Politics, conservatives' bogus anti-government rhetoric as they preside over the biggest growth of government ever, their contempt for the Constitution they claim to venerate as they consolidate all power constitutional and otherwise in the presidency, the legacy of William F. Buckley in destroying what was once conservatism with the...
04/08/08 – Aran MacKinnon – The Scott Horton Show
Aran S. MacKinnon, associate professor of South African History at the University of West Georgia in Carrollton, discusses the history of the Rhodesian independence movement, the post-colonial period in Zimbabwe and the rise of the Mugabe regime, disputes between different ethnic and tribal groups and white landowners, the relative legitimacy of different factions to land claims, Mugabe's distribution of confiscated land to political cronies and their inability to make productive use of them,...
Joe Briggs Interviews Will Hopkins
04/07/08 – Mike Gravel – The Scott Horton Show
Former U.S. Senator Mike Gravel, now running for the Libertarian Party nomination for president, explains how he helped to force the expiration of America's conscription program, the many views he holds in common with libertarians (eg: the war, the draft, the military industrial complex, empire, habeus corpus, renditions, the Patriot Act, Alaskan Oil and fair debates), democracy versus limited government, America's belligerence toward Iran, his desire for an unlimited majoritarian world state...
04/07/08 – Philip Giraldi – The Scott Horton Show
Philip Giraldi, former DIA and CIA officer and columnist for Antiwar.com, discusses the administration’s renewed line that Iranian-controlled 'special groups' of the Mahdi Army are at war with the U.S. in Iraq, Sadr and Badr’s relative ties to Iran, Iranian objectives in Iraq, indications that Cheney ordered Maliki to attack Sadr’s forces last week and his again waxing influence in the administration, the continuing influence of the neconservatives at AEI on Iran policy and danger that they...
04/07/08 – Howard Zinn – The Scott Horton Show
Historian Howard Zinn, author of the new People’s History of American Empire, discusses the long history of American imperialism from the genocide of the American Indians to the wars against Mexico, Spain, the Good War, and the 'war on terrorism,' and the long and proud history of the American antiwar movement too.
Hillary Clinton and Her Supporters: Power-Mad Crazies
I know, politics is politics and all that, but I haven't had a chance to denounce Hillary Clinton in a day or two, so I thought I'd share this with you.
Bob Barr Announces “Exploratory Committee”
Good.
The Show for Monday: Howard Zinn, Mike Gravel, Glenn Greenwald
Monday on Antiwar Radio, Howard Zinn, Mike Gravel and Glenn Greenwald will discuss the end of the empire, the beginning of an LP presidential campaign and the criminal surveillance state. Monday, 11am to 1pm Texas time, 92.7 FM in Austin, or listen online at KAOSRadioAustin.org or Antiwar.com/Radio. Zinn first hour, Gravel Second, Greenwald in there somewhere.
British fear US commander is beating the drum for Iran strikes
Dang.
British fear US commander is beating the drum for Iran strikes
Dang.
Israel Runs on Iranian Gas?
Well, say it ain't so. Update: Lew, of course, is right that this is a good thing and that the U.S. should follow Israel's lead (and allow the rest of the world to as well).
A couple new stickers
04/04/08 – Bruce Falconer – The Scott Horton Show
Bruce Falconer, Washington correspondent for Mother Jones magazine, discusses Eric Prince’s Blackwater mercenary force, the history of the company, their ties to the GOP, their work for the State Department in Iraq, the important role played by the Blackwater subsidiary Greystone in recruiting from third world countries, their vast capabilities, including helicopters, airlines, troop ships, intelligence agencies, the military’s increasing dependence on them, their move into the African...
