This week's Bill Moyers' NOW - Defense spending & Debt, War in Iraq

[Wonk]

http://www.pbs.org/now/thisweek/index.html
This week on NOW:

In the wake of the deadliest two weeks for American forces since the war began, the President this week made a case for "staying the course" in Iraq. NOW analyzes what the reality on the ground in Iraq means for the prospects for peace in the Middle East. Bill Moyers talks with Mahmood Mamdani for context and analysis. Mahmood Mamdani's new book is: GOOD MUSLIM, BAD MUSLIM: AMERICA THE COLD WAR, AND THE ROOTS OF TERROR. He is the Herbert Lehman Professor of Government in the Departments of Anthropology and International Affairs, and Director of the Institute of African Studies at Columbia University.
http://www.pbs.org/now/politics/mamdani.html
http://www.pbs.org/now/politics/iraq.html

As America faces record deficits, Alice Rivlin and Isabel Sawhill of The Brookings Institution say they have a plan to balance the federal budget. Their recent report, RESTORING FISCAL SANITY: BALANCING THE BUDGET, provides a clear-eyed assessment of the federal budget outlook over the coming decade and examines approaches designed to restore fiscal sanity over the coming decade and help prepare for the baby boomers' retirement. David Brancaccio sits down with Rivlin and Sawhill to discuss viable solutions to our fiscal crisis on which, they say, both parties can agree.
http://www.pbs.org/now/politics/electiontaxes.html
http://www.pbs.org/now/politics/deficit.html
http://www.pbs.org/now/politics/sawhillandrivlin.html
http://www.pbs.org/now/politics/deficitdebate.html

This week, as the Pentagon announced the extension of Iraq combat tours of some 20,000 troops, across the nation America's military families are lining up for free food to make ends meet. With soldiers in Iraq making a base pay of as little as about $1300 per month, are America's service men and women worrying about their families affording their basic needs back home? NOW travels to San Diego, CA, home to more than 95,000 military personnel and a city where many are chipping in to feed the families of US armed forces.
http://www.pbs.org/now/society/militarypay.html
http://www.pbs.org/now/politics/hungermap2.html
http://www.pbs.org/now/society/vetbenefits.html

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http://www.pbs.org/now/sched.html

[Wonk]

1. kick

[Wonk]

2. MUST SEE TV

[Wonk]

6. mp3s here for those who missed it

E-Company in Fallujah, 2 M

Front Lines and Food Lines, 2 M

Mahmood Mamdani, 4 M

Sawhill & Rivlin, 4 M

[Wonk]

8. vp3 videos here

E-Company in Fallujah, 22 M

Front Lines and Food Lines, 29 M

Mahmood Mamdani, 57 M

Sawhill & Rivlin, 48 M

And here's another thread about the excellent interview with Mahmood Mamdani
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x502708

[Wonk]

3. time zone kick

[scarletwoman]

4. Thanks! Looks interesting, as always....

Pretty disturbing start, so far...

sw

[scarletwoman]

5. Al Sadr is a "milleniarian"

"You cannot destroy nationalism by military force" -- Wow, this man being interviewed by Bill Moyers is EXCELLENT!

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[GregD]

7. up in 15 minutes on the west coast