December 16, 2008
On "The Real News," CIA alumnus Ray McGovern warns that
Afghanistan could become "Obama's Vietnam." He
also discusses
the needless conflict with Russia, and Obama's opportunities for
accommodation.
Comedian Robin Williams in top hilarious form as he riffs on the
Obama election and other matters before an audience in England.
Glenn Greenwald talks cogently about the differences between his
recent appearances on Bill Moyers' Journal on PBS and on Rachel Maddow's
cable show. The video of those discussions is embedded in the text.
A surprisingly insightful and friendly conversation
between pundit Chris Matthews (who wants to run for U.S. Senate in
Pennsylvania) and
former Weatherman Bill Ayers.
An Iraqi Journalist Throws His Shoes at Bush. During Baghdad
Press Conference.
Keith Olbermann discusses the incident.
Thomas Tamm, FISA Whistleblower has his first interview with Rachel
Maddow.
On Countdown,
Thom Hartmann tells David Shuster that the GOP response to the auto
crisis is " an Absolute Consequence of Reaganomics." (With David
Schuster)
December 9, 2008
Proposition 8,
the Musical. A hilarious three-minute romp, with all-star cast
and starring (no less) Jesus Christ. Intro. by Keith Olbermann.
Lt Col Darrel Vandeveld a Gitmo prosecutor who resigned in protest,
testifies about the atrocities that occurred there.
Amnesty International asks:
"When did torture become part of the American Way?," launching
the "Protect
the Human Campaign."
'The End of America,' Liberty: Use It or Lose It'" a compelling new
documentary by award-winning filmmakers Annie Sundberg and Ricki Stern
in collaboration with best-selling author Naomi Wolf.
Sen. Russ Feingold discusses
the rule
of law, presidential power and civil liberties with Bill Moyers.
President-Elect Obama announces his economic recovery plan.
The Daily Show's slant on
George Bush's exit interview with Charlie Gibson. Chris Matthews and
guests, Joan Walsh and Michelle Bernard, weigh in on the interview.
December 2, 2008
President-Elect
Barack Obama introduces his national security team. Remarks by
Secretary of State designate,
Hillary Clinton,
Attorney General designate,
Eric Holder,
and Secretary of Defense,
Robert Gates.
The carrot vs. the stick.
An anonymous Gitmo interrogator reports that empathy and rapport
succeeds with prisoners, where torture fails.
Robert Kuttner talks to Bill Moyers about the obstacles and
opportunities facing the Obama economic team.
Bill Moyers, returning from a trip to Europe, reports of attitudes
abroad about the U.S. and its new President.
Barack, Michelle and the kids pay a visit to Barbara Walters.
Keith Olbermann debunks
the damned lie of the week: the charge that the average autoworker
gets paid $70 an hour. This right-wing talking point originated with
Andrew Ross Sorkin, of the New York Times, no less.
Jonathan Turley tells Rachel Maddow that
we are all complicit in Bush's war crimes if we ignore them.
Noam Chomsky takes
a dim view of the
Obama appointments.
November 25, 2008
How Google violates the privacy of its users -- to make more money
from advertisers, of course -- and also violates the privacy of those
who receive or send messages from/to Google users. Scary.
Joe Lieberman tells Tom Brokaw that he "regrets" some of his
campaign statements bout Barack Obama. But no apologies.
Matthew Madia of OMB Watch explains to Amy Goodman on Democracy Now!
how Bush will try to dump a pile of federal regulations on Obama's
administration.
November 18, 2008
The 60 Minutes interview
with Barack and Michelle Obama.
On Democracy Now!,
Naomi Klein explains why the bailout is a multi-trillion dollar
crime scene.
At the Miami Book Fair, Jane
Mayer, Chris Hedges, Laila Al-Arian, and Jonathan Mahler, discuss
the Bush/Cheney crime syndicate.
(One Hour and fifteen minutes).
November 11, 2008
"Yes We Did!"
President-Elect Barack Obama's victory speech at Grant Park,
Chicago.
John McCain concedes defeat. The finest moment of his
campaign.
Obama's "Inner Circle" discusses Obama's victory on
"60 Minutes."
Part I,
Part II.
Keith Olbermann's "Special Comment" on
the defeat of Gay Marriage in California. "This vote is
horrible, horrible!"
Conservative New York Times columnist,
David Brooks tells Face the Nation that the Republicans, without a
coherent ideology, are forming a "circular firing squad.
"Real Time" with Bill Maher has exclusive footing of
FOX News' announcement of the Obama victory. Watch closely.
Jon Stewart's unique take on the media coverage of the Barack Obama
victory.
November 4, 2008
Rachel Maddow interviews Barack Obama in a wide-ranging, intelligent
discussion of major domestic and international issues. A rare interview
with meat on its bones.
Stealing America, Vote
by Vote. A film by Dorothy Fadiman, narrated by Peter Coyote.
Two videos on election fraud. 1. The Price of Liberty. Issues
and strategies of the election protection movement. (58 minutes)
2. The Connell Anomaly. Ohio 2004 election "fixer" was deposed in
federal court on Monday. Cliff Arnebeck, Mark Crispin Miller, and Steven
Spoonamore. (The final 22 minutes of "The Price of Liberty")
At last,
an in-depth
analysis of election fraud. In the corporate US media?
Don't be silly! It was in Al Jazeera. (Part
two here). Interviews with Clint Curtis and Brad Friedman.
"Nicholas, is it really you?"
Sarah
Palin is "pranked" by Franco-Canadian talk-jocks, posing as
French Prez, Nicholas Sarkozy.
October 28, 2008
Three "special comments" by Keith Olbermann:
Is Sarah Palin smarter than a third-grader?
Sarah Palin has a strange proposal for helping special-needs
children:
defund scientific research. (Why should anyone be
interested in fruit flies?)
KO urges John McCain
to "speak-up and lead" in denouncing the racism that is lurking in
the McCain/Palin campaign. Particular attention to the campaign
worker's fraudulent "assault."
Barack Obama's "Closing
Argument: One Week"
Sen. Ted Stevens (R, AK) Found Guilty on All Counts in Corruption
Trial.
On Meet the Press,
Tom Brokaw nails John McCain on taxing the wealthy and Reagan's
record
Here's a great movie by ACORN and Brave New Films which you should
send around to any skeptics you know and keep bookmarked for future use.
you may need it.
Prof.
Mark Crispin Miller ("Loser Take All") discusses the early-voting
anomalies that are popping up all over the country, from "vote-flipping"
to shortage of working voting machines in Democratic-leaning precincts,
and how the legitimacy of the November 2008 election is in jeopardy.
October 21, 2008
Here are
the full videos of all three presidential debates, and the VP
debate.
Colin Powell stunningly and brilliantly slices and
dices John McCain and his sleazy campaign tactics, and his running mate
Sarah Palin, in
his
enthusiastic endorsement of Senator Barack Obama.
Outside the studio, following the MTP interview,
Powell expands on his complaints about the campaign.
David Sirota
assesses the Powell endorsement.
In a special comment,
Keith Olbermann
rips into McCain, Palin, Backman, Limbaugh and others who would divide
the country into "real Americans" and "the rest of us." "Divisive, ugly,
paranoid bleatings..., culminating in the sliming of Colin Powell."
Keith Olbermann asks, "Why
do Republicans hate democracy?" An examination of the GOP
attack on ACORN.
BBC America examines the U.S. financial crisis. Impacts on
world economy. Interviews Paul Krugman.
McCain makes his notoriously postponed
appearance on The Late Show where he encounters the kind of tough
interview that the MSM (so-called) "journalists" avoid.
Obama ad debunks McCain's claim that he "is not George Bush."
Barack Obama and
John McCain pose as stand-up comics at the Al Smith dinner.
October 7, 2008
Velvet Revolution interviews
GOP Cyber security expert Stephen Spoonamore who explains how the
2004 election was stolen in Ohio, and how it could easily be stolen
again in November. Fascinating -- and very scary. (40 minutes).
An Exclusive Interview With a
Former
Diebold Contractor.
Homer Simpson tries to vote for Obama on a paperless "direct
recording electronic" voting machine.
Here's a clever, well-made video where
celebrities urge you, plead with you, NOT to vote, until the end
when they provide an important "if."
In two rarely seen videotapes from Robert Greenwald's invaluable
"The Real McCain" collection,
collection, John McCain demands immediate and unconditional
withdrawal of American troops
from Somalia. and
from Haiti.
The Obama Campaign's 13 minute mini-documentary on
"Keating Economics" and John McCain involvement with the S&L scandal.
"Hockey Moms in Glass Houses," In a Special Comment, Keith
Olbermann examines Sarah Palin's association with "domestic terrorists,"
and kooky preachers.
On Real Time, Bill Maher warns:
Beware Those Looking Forward To End Times.
Obama responds to McCain's personal attack onslaught in this campaign
ad,
'Erratic in Crisis'
John Pilger speaks about Media:
"Freedom Next Time." (44 minutes).
September 30, 2008
Amy Goodman of
Democracy Now reveals, via an Army Times story, that at least one
Army unit in Iraq will be sent back to the U.S. to be on call to deal
with protestors and civil unrest. One wonders what "October Surprise"
action the Administration is contemplating that might provoke such
protests.
With clips of McCain's own words, here is
a devastating putdown of McCain as the candidate most responsible
for our current mess. So far, this video ad hasn't appeared on TV.
RFK Jr. on how Rove already is implementing
his plan to steal the November election.
The SNL spoof of the Palin/Couric interview. It’s becoming
increasingly difficult to tell the difference between Sarah Palin and
Tina Fey. Not even joking. Her parody is that spot on.
On "Real Time," Bill Maher cautions that
race should not be a factor in politics. We should not vote
against a candidate, simply because he or she is white.
In Obama's best moment in the debate, he points out that McCain was
"wrong, wrong, wrong" about Iraq.
Katie Couric presses Palin on the
“Alaska is close to Russia” nonsense.
McCain stiffs David Letterman with a lie, and
Dave is super-pissed off. If McCain has lost Letterman, has he
lost the country?
CNN's Jack Cafferty lays it out:
If
Palin's proximity to the Oval Office "doesn't scare the hell out of you,
it should." This YouTube clip of Cafferty's remark gathered
more than a million views. Later, Cafferty asks,
"Should John McCain
ask Sarah Palin to step aside," and is deluged with replies. Here is
a sample.
September 23, 2008
Obama guts McCain
on his economic policies and his 180-degree-turn switcheroos.
Finally, hard-hitting responses are coming from the Dem candidate.
A chilling video about McCain's predeliction for war, and his
prediction that more wars are on their way.
Legal scholar, Cass Sunstein, points out that the "worst case
scenario" is not terrorism, it is climate change. Obama takes the issue
seriously, and McCain does not.
SNL roasts McCain for his casual attituded regarding anti-Obama
smear ads.
When, on ABC's "This Week,"
George Will calls McCain's behavior "unpresidential," you can see
that Senator Bomb-Bomb is in trouble. Cokie Roberts piles on by raising
the spectre of Herbert Hoover, and Sam Donaldson calls McCain's new
enthusiasm of regulation "hard to swallow."
On "Real Time,"
Naomi Klein nails Wall Street for the financial meltdown. Andrew
Sullivan's attempt to blaime gullible home-owners convinces no one on
the panel.
A new film, "The Third Term," revisits
John McCain's involvement in the Charles Keating Savings and Loan
scandal.
September 16, 2008
"Rage
on the Radio" Bill Moyers' Journal addresses hate talk radio.
Sarah Palin (Tina Fey) and Hillary Clinton (Amy Poehler) duke it out
in a hilarious opening skit on Saturday Night Live.
Clueless Sarah Palin
displays her ignorance about foreign policy in her ABC interview
with Charles Gibson.
Fails to identify "the Bush Doctrine."
Sarah
Palin's Churches and the Third Wave. This is Bruce Wilson's
ten minute video that was censored by YouTube.
Joe Biden
slams McCain hard on his pollyannish views on U.S. economy.
Finally!
Keith Olbermann blasts Bush and McCain and the Republican party in
general for exploiting 9/11 for partisan ends. A devastating
editorial comment.
Videos on The Real McCain from Robert Greenwald.
The Real
McCain 2: Watch as McCain's YouTube problem became his
nightmare in the video that received over 4 million views.
Less Jobs. More
Wars: What is this "Iraq war" charge on my bill?
John McCain vs.
John McCain: Tell McCain to get off the Double Talk Express.
McCain's
Spiritual Guide: The video that caused McCain to renounce
Rev. Rod Parsley's bigoted endorsement.
Why Won't
McCain Sign the GI Bill? Presenting the most blatant
hypocrisy of the McCain campaign.
"McCain vs.
McCain," where the candidate debates his earlier positions. Pointed
fun.
On "The View," the ladies
ask John McCain why he is spreading lies. Of course, he denies
that he is. Whoopi Goldberg asks McCain: "Do I Have to Be Worried about
Becoming a Slave Again?"
September 9, 2008
Joe Biden lays
the wood to McCain and Palin after the GOP convention
Dr.
Philip Butler tells his version of what McCain was like as a prisoner of
war in North Vietnam . It's somewhat different than McCain's story.
Jon Stewart explains how
'McCain: Reformed Maverick' would have to "give up, or abandon
everything he always stood for ... "
FOX Using the
Same Attacks on Obama They Used Against Kerry. FOX talking heads
shown reading the same talking points in 2004 and 2008.
With face-to-face contradictiory video clips,
Jon Stewart exposes the hypocrisy of Karl Rove (vs. Rove), Bill
O'Reilly (vs. O'Reilly) as they attempt to boost Sarah Palin.
Devastating!
An open mike reveals
Peggy Noonan's and Mike Murphey's real opinions of the Palin
nomination: "political bullshit," "it's over."
Obama on Countdown, Barack Obama tells Keith Olbermann that
McCain and Palin are “stretching the bounds of spin”
Jeffrey Toobin's take on McCain's acceptance speech:
“shockingly bad... I thought it was disorganized, I thought it was it
was themeless, I thought it was very, very boring.
September 2, 2008
Congressman
Dennis Kucinich delivers a firebrand speech at the Democratic
convention.
"Peace, Propaganda and the Promised Land." A tough, 70-minute
documentary on the shame of the U.S. media in not telling the story of
Israel's brutal military occupation of the Occupied Palestinian
Territories.
Republicans
and military men have something to say about John McCain.
Carl Pope of the Sierra Club offers a progressive response to T.
Boone Pickens' energy plan.
Naomi Klein assesses Barack Obama and the intellectual and political
integrity of the progressive movement.
On ABC's "This Week,"
John Kerry tells Steph that the selection of Sarah Palin Proves
McCain’s a “Prisoner of the Right Wing.”
Jon Stewart and Steven Colbert have a few choice words about that VP
choice.
As do some 11,000 e-mailers to CNN's Jack Cafferty.
Just in time for the main election event,
Bill Maher has returned with his New Rules.
August 19, 2008
Bill Moyers Interviews Andrew J. Bacevich, author of
The Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism,
Mikhail Gorbachev on Larry King Live
Explaining That Georgia Attacked Russia.
Keith Olbermann'a
Special Comment to McCain: Senator, grow up!
Robert Greenwald's pointed
skewering of McCain using McCain's own words
in excerpted videos, as the GOP candidate twists and turns and inverts
his own positions from one day to the next.
Paul Waldman of Media Matters for America
dissects and
eviscerates
Corsi's slanderous new book about Barack Obama.
Naomi Klein, author of the best-seller "The Shock Doctrine," discusses
how her "disaster capitalism" theory could well be used for opening up
offshore areas for oil drilling by the huge energy corporations.
August 12, 2008
Paris Hilton shows the Obama Campaign how to make a McCain put-down
ad. Now will the Obamites learn from it?
Ron Suskind discusses his new book,
"The
Way of the World," with Keith Olberman
John Dean adds his perspective. Claims that Suskind's book
"focuses on impeachable crimes."
Thomas Frank was doing the liberal media rounds,
promoting his new book "The Wrecking Crew." Here is his extended
interview on Democracy Now with Amy Goodman. (The interview begins three
minutes in):
Part I (3 minutes in),
Part II, and
Part III.
Frank tells Stephen Colbert that "the argument of my book is that
conservatives suck."
Stephen Spoonamore,
republican, computer expert and former McCain aide, blows the whistle on
Diebold's election fraud.
In eight parts. Here are the others:
Two,
Three,
Four,
Five,
Six,
Seven, and
Eight.
On Fox News,
McCain campaign chief, Rick Davis, brags about his boss's "maverick-ness."
FantasyLand.
Talking Points Memo has collected
"John McCain’s Greatest Campaign Hits." Great material for
Democratic ads.
Keith Olbermann suggests that
"nothing About The FBI’s Anthrax Story Adds Up."
Stephen Colbert deflates
McCain's "tire guage" attack on Obama, ably assisted by John McCain.
GOP Veep contenders kiss-up to John McCain. (Hilarious spoof
from barelypolitical vid).
Does John McCain have a pathological appetite for war? Pat
Buchanan worries that McCain "will make Cheney look like Gandhi."
August 5, 2008
The Onion morning-news show's coverage of
Bush's heartfelt tour around the country to survey the extensive
damage caused by his presidency.
Jon Stewart on McCain's attack ads the media's coordinated
talking-point attacks on Obama, and in general the MSM double-standard
treatment of McCain vs. Obama.
On MSNBC's "Race to the White House,"
Rachel Maddow slams Pat Buchanan. Seems that Pat insists upon
basing his argument on demonstrably false Obama quotes.
July 29, 2008
Jane Mayer,
author of the best-seller "The Dark Side," delivers a simple
explanation of Bush as chief torturer. Even interviewer David Letterman
is impressed.
Naomi Klein,
author of the best-seller "The Shock Doctrine, debunks Bush's
offshore drilling plan on Fox Business News' Happy Hour Program.
Three videos from the House Judiciary Committee's
(non-)impeachment panel.
Former District Attorney Elizabeth Holtzman, who sat on the
Nixon impeachment panel, tells Judiciary hearing why there's a
prima facia case for impeachment of George Bush.
Former prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi tells Judicary panel why Bush
should be tried for first-degree murder in connection with iraq war
and occupation.
Former Reagan Justice Department official Bruce Fein tells
Judiciary panel that Nixon's impeachment was an "immensely unifying
act" and maybe something similar would occur in this case.
July 22, 2008
On Countdown,
Jonathan Turley discusses Bush's evasion of justice, AG Mukasey's
betrayal of his office, and the Democrats spinelessness.
JibJab's hilarious cartoon take on the election:
"It's time for some
compaignin" to the tune of Bob Dylan's "The Times They are
A-Changing."
“The Future of Civilization is at Stake”:
Al Gore Issues a Major Energy Challenge.
Dan Abrams
and Rachel Maddow show us how "Teflon John" McCain continues to get
a free pass from MSM.
The High-Tech
HighJack of Ohio 2004 (and more!). From a new fillm: "Free for
All"
William Greider, on Bill Moyers' Journal, charges that "usury...is
rich people taking advantage of poor people.... This [the credit
industry] is Usury."
Naomi Klein, author of the best-selling
"The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism," talks with
Democracy Now host Amy Goodman about Obama's suspicious economic team;
why she's suing the U.S. government for spying on journalists like her;
and her recent trip to China, where she says the government is building
a high-tech police state with the help of U.S. military contractors.
John "he's better on foreign policy"
McCain flunks Geography -- again. "Iraq-Pakistan border"?!
Maybe he's just tired; needs to take a vacation in Czechoslovakia.
In a GritTV roundtable, Laura Flanders, Naomi Klein, Jeff Madrick,
and Bhairavi Desai explain that
the "economic
crisis" is in fact a crisis in capitalism. George Bush's
charge to "go out and shop" can not save the economy when there's no
more cash in hand to do the shopping.
July 15, 2008
"With friends like this..."
Governor Mark Sanford (R-SC) goes blank trying to find differences
between McCain and Bush’s economic policies.
On Countdown (this week with Rachel Maddow,) Jonathan
Turley discuss the International Red Cross report that
the Bush Administration is, in fact, guilty of war crimes. Big
news, predictably absent from MSM (so called) "news programs.
June 24, 2008
Doctors study ex Gitmo prisoners, find evidence of torture.
Gen. Taguba: ‘there is no longer any doubt that the current
administration committed war crimes.’
CBS correspondent Lara Logan tells Jon Stewart that she doesn't
watch US TV news: ‘I’d just blow my brains out because it would drive me
nuts.’
Jon Stewart
Knows the President's True Identity: he's "the Great
Procrastinator." Hilarious comic-book spoof.
Obama opts out of the public financing system. Needs big bucks
to counteract anticipated GOP swift-boating.
On Verdict with Dan Abrams,
Newsweek reporter Jonathan Alter tells of his disgust with the
continued smear of Michelle Obama over her “proud of her country”
statement. Alter notes that there is no comparable press outrage over
John McCain’s repeated statement that he “didn’t love America until (he)
was deprived of her company”.
On Countdown,
Jonathan Turley blasts the compromise FISA bill, and the cave-in by
the House Democrats. The FISA bill would allow the guilty telecoms to do
"what any criminal would love to do."
George
Lakoff, author of New York Times bestseller Don't Think of an
Elephant discusses his latest work, The Political Mind, on
The Young Turks. (21 minutes)
June 17, 2008
Al Gore endorses Barack Obama.
Part I and
Part II.
Stephen
Colbert warns America of the elitism menace. How to spot an
elitist? Hint: they read books.
Olbermann's "Special Comment" on
the unimportance of being John McCain. When McCain told Matt
Lauer that bringing our troops home was "just not that important," he
crossed a line from stupidity to being unforgivable.
In 2008, John McCain works hard to convince people
he’s not just like George W. Bush. In 2005, John McCain worked
hard to convince people of the exact opposite.
McCain vs. McCain (from the Jed Report).
On Countdown, Brandon Friedman of VoteVets explains
why John McCain doesn't respect the troops.
Scott McClellan promotes his book on Letterman's show. David
has some astonishingly candid comments about Bush/Cheney, Inc.
"Why
I’m Voting Republican." (Give it a look: you'll like it.
Repubs won't).
Dennis Kucinich discusses Impeachment with Amy Goodman on
"Democracy Now.
Part I and
Part II.
Barack
Obama's Speech on Father's Day.
June 10, 2008
Bill Moyers:
'Journalism in Profound Crisis.' Moyers' speech to the
National Conference for Media Reform.
Barack Obama
speaks to his HQ staff. The presumptive Democratic candidate
conveys the immense weight on the shoulders of these (mostly) young
staffers.
Rep. Dennis
Kucinich. Presents 35 Articles Of Impeachment Against Bush.
"The Girl Who
Silenced the World for Five Minutes," Her address to a United
Nations assembly is so clear-headed and heartfelt, but will these
diplomats act?
How easy is it to enter
any election results you want into the Diebold central tabulator?
When you use Diebold's "Manual Override" option, it's exactly this easy.
Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, then-Secretary of State Colin Powell's
chief of staff, says "what Dr. Rice has been saying is fairly consistent
with what the administration's position has been and that is that Iran
must stop enrichment before talks can happen. I think that's absurd.
Setting such conditions is a route to no talks at all, which is why
Cheney advocates such a policy. Iran made a serious approach in 2003 to
talk, Cheney made the State department turn it down. The plan was for
regime change throughout the Middle East."
On Countdown,
Richard Clarke says of the Bush Administration, “We Can’t Let
These People Back Into Polite Society.”
June 3, 2008
Keith Olbermann interviews Scott McClellan. In four parts:
One,
Two,
Three, and
Four.
Three Former Gitmo Prisoners to Address US Audience
in Historic Event.
Part 1,
Part 2.
Amy Goodman interviews Robert Scheer. How Defense
Hawks Hijacked 9/11 and Weakened America.
Part1.
Part 2.
On Countdown,
Chris Hayes of The Nation explains the controversy swirling around
McCain’s Lobbyist Campaign Co-Chair Phil Gramm.
Young Hillary Clinton. Clever spoof, suggests the roots of
Clinton's "never say die" attitude.
May 27, 2008
Gore Vidal on Obama, Clinton, McCain and Bush.
Part 1,
Part 2.
Keith Olbermann lets loose on Hillary's dropping of "the A-Word."
Part 1,
Part
2.
More reasons
not to bomb Iran. A montage video by Andrew Boyd & John
Sellers. True Majority has just launched a campaign in support of Senate
Resolution 356, which would require that any military action against
Iran be explicitly approved by Congress.
We are the
world. Avaaz.org exposes the myth of a fundamental clash
between Islam and the West. The clash is a problem of politics, not
cultures.
Robert F.
Kennedy, Jr., on how the US news media fails us.
May 20, 2008
Responding to criticisms from Bush (in Israel) and McCain, Barack
Obama points out that
"talking with the enemy" is not "appeasement." He cites JFK
and Khrushchev, Nixon and Mao, Reagan and Gorbachev.
Mark Crispin Miller warns of Election Theft & Martial Law.
Part I,
Part II.
Harry Shearer
spells out the Bush Administration lies, but only a few of them. So many
lies (935), so little time!
Obama to the Tennessee GOP:
Lay off my wife.
Listen closely to the Michelle clip: the word "really" (from "really
proud") has been edited out. (I've heard the unedited clip).
An
interview with Dina Rasor, co-author with Robert Bauman of
"Betraying Our Troops: The Destructive Results of Privatizing War,"
focusing on their first-hand accounts of fraud, deception, negligence
and treachery by contractors.
Brave New Films has released a sequel:
"The REAL McCain 2. Clips show McCain contradicting McCain, as
"the Straight Talk Express" runs off he rails.
Sen. Jim Webb points out that no President in history has vetoed a
benefits bill for those who have served. Yet it appears that Bush is
about to do so, with John McCain's support.
Rachel Maddow asks Chris Matthews about his refusal to allow talk
show host Kevin James to blindly repeat White House talking points
without having any idea what those buzzwords meant. Featuring a lengthy
clip of KJ's unraveling.
Why don't interviewers do this more often?
After learning that the GOP borrowed their new campaign slogan
from an anti-depressant medicine,
Jon Stewart put together this effective new ad that should hit the
airwaves soon.
Excerpts from "Silhouette City,"
a new documentary
by Michael Wilson that investigates apocalyptic Christian
nationalism.
May 13, 2008
Bill Moyers with Keith Olbermann on
Democracy & Our Bumper Sticker Media.
The Iranian weapons cache that wasn't.
Keith Olbermann
points out that "they're making it all up about Iran." Sounds
like Nazi propaganda about the Polish "raids" and "aggression" against
the poor Germans in the summer of 1939, that led to the outbreak of
WW-II.
Nir Rosen’s Iraq report. With Amy Goodman.
Part I.
Part II/
A closer look at
McCain's "spiritual guide," Rev. Rod Parsely. Consider, for
example, this new clip put together by Brave New Films and Mother Jones.
Philippe Sands testifies before a Congressional committee on
Guantánamo Bay and Interrogation Rules.
Military Analyst to Rumsfeld: You are our leader. Had O’Reilly
eating out of his hand. Reported by Howard Kurtz.
Hillary
CLinton: The Long Goodbye. Talking heads agree: It's over. A
video montage.
In this 40-minute interview with NPR's Terry Gross,
Lt. General Ricardo Sanchez, who was in charge of the Iraq
Occupation during the key years 2003-04, minces no words in indicting
the CheneyBush Administration for its crimes of commission and omission
in that country. Much of what he reveals here is elaborated upon in his
new book "Wiser in Battle: A Soldier's Story."
Howard Zinn:
Empire or Humanity? An animated summary of Zinn's A People's
History of American Empire: What the Classroom Didn't Teach Me about the
American Empire by Howard Zinn. Narrated by Viggo Mortenson.
"War
for the White House" from The Onion.
Jon Stewart
Analyzes Obama, Clinton & McCain For Larry King.
May 6, 2008
Bill Moyers:
Beware the Terrible Simplifiers. That’s how people see
Jeremiah Wright. Moyers responds to the flood of e-mails that followed
his interview with Rev. Wright.
Ben Stein: "Science leads you to killing people." That's what
Stein seems to be saying in his anti-evolution documentary, “Expelled:
No Intelligence Allowed.”
Daily Show:
Billy Graham vs. Jeremiah Wright. Jon Stewart puts Wright’s
comments in context last night…well, in the context of controversial
things former pastors of all stripes and presidential allegiances have
said over the years. Seems that only Democrats' remarks raise a media
ruckus. Gee, howcum?
More Jon Stewart response to
the Wright/media kerfuffle.
Goalposts on
wheels. Keith Olbermann examines what Hillary Clinton counts
as "significant states" and "significant voters."
Chuck Todd &
Keith discuss the Democratic delegate count. Still Obama's race to
lose.
The Empire
Strikes Barack. Hillariarious spoof, a la Star Wars.
The Great
Derangement. How much bullshit can the human organism
tolerate? A great video, promoting Matt Taibbi's new book, "The Great
Derangement."
April 29, 2008
On
Boston Legal: Alan Shore (James Spader) argues before the
Supreme Court.
On Real Time with Bill Maher,
Jeffrey Sachs discusses sustainabilty.
On Countdown,
Rachel Maddow
comments on Limbaugh's "hope" for riots at the Democratic convention
in Denver.
Democratic Sen. Byron Dorgan, giving examples, flays the CheneyBush
Administration for the millions, maybe billions, wasted in phony, often
no-bid contracts in Iraq. It's an open cash-register for their friends
and supporters.
Rev. Jeremiah Wright Explains his "God Damn America" sermon to Bill
Moyers.
Onion Poll: Bullshit-Conscious Voters. For a majority of
likely voters, meaningless bullshit will be the most important factor in
deciding who they will vote for in 2008. Intended as satire, but too
truthful to qualify.
April 22, 2008
Sexpelled: No Intercourse Allowed. Proponents of the "stork
theory" of the origin of human babies complain that the establishment
"sex theory" denies them fair opportunity to present their alternate
view in the schools and media. A parody-rebuttal to Ben Stein
anti-evolution film, "Expelled."
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., interviews Don Siegelman on Air America
Radio's "Ring of Fire.
Part I and
Part II,
Rev. Michael Pfleger,
a Catholic priest and personal friend of Rev. Jeremiah Wright, is
interviewed at considerable length by a Fox News "reporter." Pfleger's
defense of Wright is spirited and eloquent, and the unidentified
"reporter" is thoroughly outclassed. About five seconds of the interview
appeared on Fox News.
MSNBC's
Dan Abrams Responds to Karl Rove’s Letter re: Siegelman
Coverage.
On Countdown,
Keith Olbermann interviews Hillary Clinton.
From
Freepress.net. According to a recent article in the NY Times,
the so-called "objective" military pundits that have been appearing all
over the mainstream media networks for the last few years were mere
puppets of the Pentagon and Bush administration.
Here's more on the Cable/Military propaganda assault from Norman
Solomon’s
“War Made Easy. How Presidents and Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death."
Keith Olbermann and Rick Perlstein dissect "McBushenomics,"
wherein John McCain fully validates his confession that he doesn't know
much about economics.
Bill Moyers interviews McClatchey's
Baghdad correspondent Leila Fadel, who received a George Polk Award
for Foreign Reporting. In this interview she bluntly lays bare all the
spin on Iraq and Iran in a way that is all too rare these days.
On Face The Nation,
Bob Schieffer reminds us that there is more to patriotism than lapel
pins.
April 15, 2008
Saturday Night Live's take on
The Petraeus Hearings. This time it's Hillary that gets the
hard knocks.
Hillary Makes A Fool Of Herself on The Daily Show. Jon Stewart
asks: isn't "elite" a good thing? Don't "elite" presidents get their
heads carved into mountains?
On Countdown,
Keith Olbermann tears into Bush, highlighting GWB's lies and cruel
treatment of our soldiers by fact-checking his speech about Iraq.
KO and
Jonathan Turley put the spotlight on Bush And His War Criminal
Torture Team.
RE: "Bittergate" and "elitism."
Here's Obama's
powerful, skillful response to Clinton's criticism of his
controversial "bitterness" remarks uttered in San Francisco.
Rachel Maddow
scolds the media for coverage of Barack Obama’s comments, while
failing to deal with issues of substance.
Kitty Pilgrim on Lou Dobbs apparently believes that Obama’s
"elitist" words Are More Important Than Bush’s Torturing.
“Out of Touch”: an anti-McCain Ad, produced by Progressive Media
USA, an independent group organized by David Brock.
April 8, 2008
Don Siegelman, America's most prominent political prisoner, discusses
his case
with Scott Pelley on 60 Minutes, and
with Dan Abrams on MSNBC. (
Part II).
On Countdown, Keith Olbermann summarizes
five years of lies
on Iraq.
Keith Olbermann and John Turley:
the John Yoo Torture Memo Is More Evidence Of Impeachable Crimes
Rachel Maddow and Keith Olbermann are astonished at
McCain's failure to
support the new GI bill.
"Lapdogs of the Corporate Press." A devastating lampoon of the
mainstream media.
Martin Luther King's Anti-Vietnam War Speech, Riverside Church,
April 4, 1967. (Audio and text)
Martin Luther
King's "mountain top" speech, at the eve of his assassination.
(Audio)
Robert F. Kennedy
on Martin Luther King's assassination, April 4, 1968
On Face The Nation:
Lara Logan reports from Baghdad that the gains of the surge have
“almost disappeared.”
Scott L.
Silliman, head of the Center on Law, Ethics and National Security at
Duke University and a former Air Force lawyer, examines the military
acceptance of the John Yoo memo and the consequences of their failure to
resist.
April 1, 2008
Phil Donahue on corporate media and the Iraq war.
On Real Time with Bill
Maher
John Cusack promotes his new film, War, Inc. and discusses the Iraq
War and the Military Industrial Complex.
Morat Kurnaz: An innocent man loses 5 years of his life at
Guantanamo Bay. A profile on CBS's 60 Minutes.
Keith Olbermann's “Commander-In-Chief” Test? "You'll laugh,
you'll cry, you'll hurl." (Waynes' World).
Krugman on the housing crisis: “It’s like Katrina to say ‘let people
suffer’” From ABC's "This Week."
Lesley Stahl interviews
Al Gore On 60 Minutes
Part.1,
Part II.
Recession the
Movie: Now Playing Everywhere. John McCain and George W.
Bush told us it couldn't be true, that their policies could never lead
to a recession. They were wrong. This short film highlights their rosy
predictions vs. reality.
March 25, 2008
Frontline's stunning documentary, "Bush's War," can be seen online.
Bill Moyers Journal:
Body Of War focuses on a paralyzed Iraq vet, Tomas Young.
Moyers discusses the documentary with the producers, Phil Donahue and
Ellen Spiro.
The
full documentary is here.
Bill Maher
on Think
Tanks. "New Rules"
skewering
John McCain, and
Maher tells Chris
Matthews that Barack Obama is "the Jackie Robinson of politics."
Truth breaks
out On CNN! David Gergen and Carl Bernstein pile on Anderson
Cooper's recitation of anti-Obama talking points. Gergen: "You ought to
get a grip on reality here!" Bernstein: "David's absolutely right. He
[Obama] spoke a truth!"
This could
happen. Order a pizza and your life opens up in front of you,
courtesy of government corporate snooping.
Stephen Colbert Reminds Us of
McCain's Embrace of
Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell.
On Countdown: Keith Olbermann and Rachel Madow put a spotlight on
Sen. Bomb Bomb
McCain's Iran/al Qaeda lie. Not only is there NO EVIDENCE that
Iran supports terror in Iraq or against US troops in the region, but
simply threatening Iran with military action is against international
law.
March 18, 2008
Keith Olbermann sets his sights on Hillary Clinton's "advisors" and
Geraldine Ferraro, and their determination to secure HRC's nomination by
demolishing their rival, Barack Obama.
"This Is Not a
Campaign Strategy, This Is a Suicide Pact".
Bill Moyers on Whistleblowers. The few journalists and
whistleblowers that have tried to shine a light on the actions of the
Bush administration are fighting to not go to jail. The Bush
administration has consistently sought to squelch journalists and
whistleblowers like Risen, Sibel Edmonds, and even Talking Points Memo.
The inaugural episode of
MSNBC's "Race for the White House" discusses the economic emergency.
With David Gregory, Rachel Maddow, Eugene Robinson and Joe Scarborough.
Bush Says
Americans Must Thank Telecoms for Spying on Them, It's
"Patriotic Service"
Bush Cancels
the Presidential Election. In this Bush parody, inspired
by Musharraf, Bush decides to intervene in the 2008 election on his own
behalf. It seems pretty funny but then it dawns on you that Bush would
love to do this and stranger things have happened.
Winter Soldier Testimonials 2008: Veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan
Tell All. Here,
here, and
here.
Mort
Zuckerman, NY billionaire developer and Editor of U.S. News & World
Report, states that this is only "the fourth inning" of the Bush
Recession, which is likely to last "for years". He then go through the
list of economic catastrophes under the Bush Administration.
March 11, 2008
Bill Moyers asks how the republican party lost its way.
Amy
Goodman interviews Scott Horton about the local Alabama censorship
of the 60 Minutes Siegelman story.
Stephen Colbert eviscerates the Bush Administration's attempts to
grant amnesty to AT&T and other telecom giants for illegally spying on
U.S. citizens.
Rep. Wexler Responds to Mukasey’s Refusal To Enforce Contempt.
Bill Maher's new rule: stop saying American people are "smarter than
that." They aren't.
On "Real Time with Bill Maher,"
Iraqi Americans
discuss the war.
The Child
Featured in Hillary's "3 am Phone Call," Commercial, now 17,
Supports Obama.
The Onion: New Poll Shows
Bullsh*t Is the
Most Important Issue for US Voters.
March 4, 2008
Orwell Rolls In His Grave. This chilling documentary film
examines the relationship between the media, corporate America, and
government. In a country where the "top 1% control 90% of the wealth."
The film argues that the media system is nothing but a "subsidiary of
corporate America." (1 hour and 45 minutes).
Diebold
Accidentally Leaks Results Of 2008 Election Early. The
satirists at The Onion have fun with Diebold and election integrity.
Dan Abrams of MSNBC continues his probing of the Don Siegelman
case, and calls for the immediate release of Siegelman. Interview with
Dana Jill Siimpson, Scott Horton and Dana Siegelman.
Part One and
Part Two.
Robert Kennedy Jr.
and Mark Bowen discuss Bushevik censorship of climate science (NASA,
NOAA, etc.)
A Countdown Cornucopia:
On the
questioning of Obama's patriotism.
Keith Olberman with Rachel Maddow.
KO and Maddow
on Hillarly's 3AM ad.
KO on Bush's
Press Conference.
February 26, 2008
The CBS 60 Minutes segment on Don Siegelman.
Part I and
Part II.
Electronic Elections: Vote
Fraud in the 21st Century (10 mi).
Robert Greenwald:
"The Real
McCain."
Countdown: The Nexus Of Politics & Terror. Keith Olbermann spells
out the "coincidental" juxtaposition of "terrorism alerts" with events
politically embarrassing to the Busheviks.
Part I and
Part II.
Susan Jacoby discusses her book,
"The
Age of American Unreason," with Bill Moyers.
David Kay Johnson with Bill Moyers:
Discussing Johnson's book, “Free Lunch: How the Wealthiest Americans
Enrich Themselves at Government Expense (And Stick You with the Bill)”
Johnson interviewed by Amy Goodman
on
Democracy Now.
Diebold
Accidentally Leaks Results Of 2008 Election Early. (A
Satire)
Saturday
Night Live spoofs the Obama/Clinton debate.
February 19, 2008
Keith
Olbermann's Special Comment on FISA. It's a two-fer: KO drops
both the L-word and the F-word. That the President was willing to veto
this eavesdropping, means there is no threat to the legitimate
counter-terror efforts underway.
Kill The Messenger" -- a one-hour film on Sibel Edmonds, and the
treason that she is disclosing.
Samantha Power, foreign policy guru and Obama supporter on Charlie
Rose
Charlie Rose:
twelve-part
series on medical science. Sponsored by Pfizer.
A treasure-trove of Evolution vs. Creationism clips on YouTube.
Here are just a few among dozens:
Evolution vs. Creationism: Is Evolution Just a Theory?
Evolution vs. Creationism: Is Hearing Both Sides Fair?
Evolution vs. Creationism:Scientists Responsibility to Speak
Much more on the controversy check out the right-hand list at YouTube.
For our take on the controversy, see:
Creationism and the Devolution of the Intellect.
A should-see video about
the historical background of Iran/U.S. relations, which helps
explain why America is not trusted there.
Scientist
James Hansen, silenced by the Bush Administration when he worked for
NASA, on the massive ice-sheet melt and its implications.
Rep. Robert
Wexler (D-FL) Confronts Condoleezza Rice on Bush Administration's
935 Iraq War Lies. Rep. Wexler pressed Rice to explain the
inconsistencies, asking "isn't it true that you had intelligence that
cast doubt on your repeated claims?"
February 12, 2008
Brave New Films:
'What is this Iraq War Charge on my Bill?' A clever short film
that brings the humongous costs of the war down to the ordinary
rate-payer's level.
The Prairie
Home Companion Skit on the Campaign, featuring Bill and Hill
Clinton, Barack Obama, John McCain, with a cameo (channeled) appearance
by Ronald Reagan.
The Folly of
Attacking Iran: Lessons from History. How the CIA
overthrew Iranian democracy.
McCain eats his
own words. YouTube may prove to be the GOP's undoing.
John McCain's Double Talk Express:
A Day At The Beach.
(Flip-flop-flip-flop-flip-flop).
Barack Obama
and
Hillary Clinton are interviewed on Sixty Minutes.
On Countdown,
Rachel Maddow discusses Bush, McCain, etc.
Dan Abrams -
Has Right-Wing Radio Lost Its Influence?
February 5, 2008
Keith Olbermann blasts Bush on
the FISA bill
and retroactive telecom amnesty.
Also on Countdown,
Senator Jim Webb responds
to Bush's the State of the Union address.
Robert Greenwald of Brave New Films, depicts
John McCain as Gen. Buck Turgidson in "Dr. Strangelove".
Extracts of Moyers analysis of the 9/11 Commission Report. (Repeat:
November, 2004).
Part I,
and Part II.
Bill Moyers on Iraq Cost Accounting.
Sell the war or pay the consequences.
The price paid for dissent on the mainstream media, featuring Phil
Donahue, Ashleigh Banfield, Bill Maher, Montel Williams. Conspicuously
absent: Dan Rather.
Attorney General Mukasey on Waterboarding:
'It Would Be Torture If It Were Done to Me.' Even so, he says that the
matter is "unresolved."
January 29, 2008
Keith Olbermann and Rachel Maddow:
It's the economy,
stupid.
Ted Kennedy's
endorsement of Barack Obama.
Barack
Obama's response to Bush's State of the Union Address.
James
Adomiam's lampoon of a Bush State of the Union Address.
60 Minutes
interview with FBI agent George Piro. Saddam Hussein regarded
Osama bin Laden as a threat and an enemy.
On Bill Maher's "Real Time,"
Gay Sex Columnist
Dan Savage Confronts Homophobic Huckabee Supporters in South
Carolina.
January 22, 2008
Martin Luther King's
"I Have a Dream" Speech, August 28, 1963
Martin Luther King;s Riverside Church Speech,
Why I am opposed to the War in Viet Nam. April 4, 1967
Robert F. Kennedy reacts to the MLK Assassination.
April 4, 1968 (Video).
(Audio
only, but clearer).
Bill Moyers:
Martin Luther King,
Jr., LBJ, Obama, and Clinton.
John Edwards on MLK Day:
"We Can No Longer
Stand Silent"
Barack Obama's brilliant talk at
Ebenezer Baptist
Church, where Martin Luther King, Jr. preached.
Election Integrity Expert
Mark Crispin Miller says
'Fringe Movement' Within Republican Party Is 'Dismantling Democracy'.
Even A 'Cursory Study' Of The 2004 Election 'Makes It Abundantly Clear
That The Election Was Stolen.
Mort Zuckerman and McLaughlin Group:
The Economy is
Tanking.
January 15, 2008
Did Hillary really cry in New Hampshire? The MSM said she did.
(I couldn't see a single tear). See for yourself with your own
lyin' eyes. Jon Stewart has the clip, and a hilarious response to
it.
January 8, 2008
Barack Obama's
victory speech, Iowa Caucuses, January 3, 2008
Bill Moyers
and Dennis Kucinich discuss media in America.
An hour's worth of
Paul Krugman at
his best at authors@google.
Krugman discusses the economic crisis today, and (still worse) directly
ahead.
New York Times investigative reporter
David Cay Johnston explores how the Administration's subsidies and
new regulations have quietly funneled money from the poor and the middle
class to the rich and politically connected.
Bill Maher
Schools David Letterman on Iowa, Ethanol and the '08 Candidates.
"Keepers"
for your Audio and Video Libraries
"Press for Truth:" a movie about 9/11 -- the coverup and the attempt to
"uncover" the truth. (An hour and twenty minutes). A preview and
some excerpts
here. (More good video links at the right column, mixed with
some kookery -- e.g., UFOs and Creationism).
Two hour-plus films offer raw meat for 9/11 conspiracy buffs.
(2/21)
President Dwight D.
Eisenhower's Farewell Speech
warning the nation of 'The Military Industrial Complex'
(2/28)
INVISIBLE
BALLOTS: Governments are installing computerized voting
systems with no paper record to verify accuracy. Elections will be
controlled by companies that do not allow voters to inspect their software.
If vote counting becomes privatized, there may be no way to get it back.
Hightech vote fraud is already a reality. If you value your vote, you must
get this information to your friends – and fast! The link above will
lead you to a preview of the fifty minute video and purchasing information.
VOTERGATE is the investigative documentary feature film
uncovering the truth about new computer voting systems, which allow a few
powerful corporations to record our votes in secret.
This is the free 30 minute version of the film. Final work on the 90-minute
theater and DVD documentary is in progress, and release is expected soon. Be patient -- it takes a while for the film to download.
QuickTime
Rove's War. Here is a preview clip of
Takebackthemedia.co,'s 150
minute DVD chronology of the Rove/Plamegate scandal. (12/20)
If you missed this outstanding Cable TV extravaganza in
support of Global Warming action, or if you wish to see it again, aol.com
has the complete program, plus additional segments that were left out of the
two-hour TV show. (The show is broken into segments. The left-hand
column lists the segments. The right-hand column instructs "Go to Next
Part")
No commentary -- the clips and quotes say it all. " It uses
footage pulled directly from the White House, recent TV news clips and other
archival video to explain exactly what happened and why it’s important. Most
of the story is told by administration officials themselves.
"The Power of
Nightmares." All three hours of this provocative BBC series are available.
The series chronicles the parallel rise of neo-conservatism and Islamo-terrorism.
It concludes that the terrorist threat is greatly exaggerated and concocted
the Bush regime and the neo-cons to gain and gain and hold on to power.
Highly recommended
http://bulk.ctyme.com/bbc1.wmv
http://bulk.ctyme.com/bbc2.wmv
http://bulk.ctyme.com/bbc3.wmv
This archival footage
is invaluable in helping us understand how U.S. policy toward Saddam Hussein
evolved from outright support to suckering him into invading Kuwait to
turning him into a brutal dictator who had to be removed for reasons of oil
and power.
Here is an audio clip of
Edward R. Murrow's commentary on Senator
Joe McCarthy, from the May 9, 1954 broadcast. In part:
"We will not walk in fear, one of another. We will not
be driven by fear into an age of unreason, if we dig deep in our history
and our doctrine; and remember that we are not descended from fearful men.
Not from men who feared to write, to speak, to associate, and to defend
causes that were for the moment unpopular... We can deny our heritage and
our history, but we cannot escape responsibility for the result. There is
no way for a citizen of a republic to abdicate his responsibilities."
Sources -- Websites to Check Out
A good source of video clips, with commentaries and responses.
This website specializes in audio and video clips. A good place
to visit regularly, which we do.
And speaking of The Daily Show, here's their URL (above).
InformationClearingHourse has a huge trove of audios and videos at. You
will find them listed at the left-hand column of the home page.
Truthout's MultiMedia page.
BushFlash. Numerous
hard-hitting animations.
Media
Matters. David Brock's well-financed and well-staffed website, devoted
to picking apart the right-wing, neo-con media outlets. Audio and video
clips of newsworthy items.
"Too
Stupid to be President". A collection of hilarious video shorts,
lampooning the Bushevik menagerie and the GOP.
Just discovered: www.canofun.com . Hundreds of video clips
can be accessed here.
At www.dubyaspeak.com
you will find a collection of hundreds of audio clips of GeeDubya's
assaults on the English Language.
As always, it's a good idea to give
Amy Goodman's Democracy Now a
daily check.