Tired of Tweety? Hit here for Great Populist Radio! Greenwald Interviews Sirota!

[KoKo]

GOOD STUFF! It's all about "where do we move" beyond many of our Dems that we really don't like anymore...but we hope to CHANGE!

Listen Here:

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http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/radio/2008/07/28/sirota/index.html

Glenn Greenwald
Monday July 28, 2008 11:43 EDT
Salon Radio with Glenn Greenwald: Interview with David Sirota

(updated below - Update II)

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For today's edition of Salon Radio with Glenn Greenwald, I spoke with author and columnist David Sirota, whose most recent book is Uprising: An Unauthorized Tour of the Populist Revolt Scaring Wall Street and Washington. Sirota's book explores how the pervasive and intense dissatisfaction among the citizenry with our political class can be channeled into genuine political change. I discuss that issue with Sirota, along with corporate control over our political process, the impact of America's growing income inequality on political change, strategies for undermining the political establishment, and how the Obama candidacy fits into these goals.

http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/radio/2008/07/28/sirota/index.html

[KoKo]

1. Hey...thanks for that vote...It's a good listen ...for many of us looking for Direction

..after all the disappointments, lately. I felt upbeat after listening...

[Gabi Hayes]

2. thanks for that link! is it a new show? will check to see if there are others.

I've only heard/seen him on AAR. nowhere else, especially TV

they don't like him much, cause he explodes their truthiness

he's right up there among the most incisive commentators

did you hear him on Allan colmes, when he was on AAR....sirius left, anyway, which used to be AAR?

he was on against Frank Gaffney and just DESTROYED him in a discussion about Gaffney's made up Abrahama Lincoln quote, RW lies, etc

it's online somewhere. if I can find it, I'll link it

[Gabi Hayes]

3. here

http://www.crooksandliars.com/2007/02/16/glenn-greenwald-exposes-frank-gaffney/

On Alan Colmes' radio show last night, Glenn Greenwald debated Frank Gaffney on his disgraceful article in The Washington Times wherein he argues — after opening with with a widely-discredited & fabricated quote — that dissent during war time is treasonous. Glenn and Alan had him immediately backpeddling and it only got better from there, with Colmes even chiding Gaffney at one point for violating FCC rules and cursing at Glenn.

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Gaffney's babbling about the Iraq Survey Group is worth noting since it seems to be the last refuge of the reality-denying True Believers. Contrary to Gaffney's insistence that Saddam did indeed have WMD, the group's report concluded nothing of the sort . What it did say is that Saddam retained dual-use capabilities that could have possibly been used to start rebuilding weapons in the future. That's a far cry from saying he (a) had them and (b) threatened us with them. It really is quite remarkable to see how the remaining factions of the Bush movement try to reconcile their pre-war rhetoric with the post-war realities. Remember, before the war Vice President Cheney said: "Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction." In Gaffney's world, there is nothing untrue about that statement. Even still today.

[KoKo]

4. Thanks...there are more interviews there. Don't miss his debate with Cass Sunstein...

it's a good one, too. :hi:

[Gabi Hayes]

5. thx...I read about that. Sunstein is usually quite good, but, being a lawyer,

his services are apparently up for 'sale,' and he was most likely looking forward for a cushy sinecure high up in the Clinton admin, yes?