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Here’s the link to the podcast from yesterday’s show, February 20th, 2012. We had a discussion about education and homeschooling and the corporate and industrialist roots of the public education system. We also talk about Ron Paul and Rick Santorum’s support for homeschooling.
Here are the links to this week’s liberty news and war reports brought to you by In Context. This week in the Liberty News we talked about whether Ron Paul won the Maine caucus and what happened to those missing votes from Belfast and Waldo county. Then we talked about the FBI’s arrest of Amine El Kalifi, a Moroccan accused of plotting to blow up the capitol building with fake bombs and weapons provided by the FBI. Then we talked about the NDAA nullification bill that passed the Virginia house 96-4.
In the War Report, we talked about Iran and Russia sending ships to aid Syria, Al Qaeda linked to the Syrian rebels, and the increasing possibility of an Israeli strike on Iran.
Our interview with Dr. Peter Breggin has been rescheduled to March 12, 2012 at noon. We look forward to bringing you an informed discussion of the risks of psychiatric drugs then.
In today’s show, we will look at an array of recent stories and invite your calls and emails. The show is broadcast on WPKN 89.5 FM from Bridgeport, Connecticut and streams live at www.wpkn.org. We’ll announce the call-in number at the beginning of the show and you can email us before or during the show at ken@mdrtalk.org.
At noon on Monday, February 20, 2012, our guest will be psychiatrist Dr. Peter Breggin, author of “Medication Madness “ and we’ll discuss whether psychiatric drugs are doing more harm than good. Our discussion will include the possible role of psychiatric drugs in violence, suicide and crime. Call in during the show, or send us an email before or during the show to ken@mdrtalk.org.
We filmed two more episodes of our new YouTube show yesterday. In the first episode, the Liberty News, we talked about the Maine caucus from Saturday where Romney was prematurely announced as the winner. Ron Paul lags behind with less than 200 votes, but there are still 65 caucuses remaining to vote. Then we talked about a new AP report about a rash of kidney disease cases in Central America and there possible link to agricultural chemicals and pesticides.
In our episode for the War Report, we talked with Marchand about the bombings in Georgia and India that took place yesterday. They appear to have been targeting Israeli diplomats and have been blamed on Iran and Hizbollah, though there are some apparent flaws in the stories that raise questions.
We’re excited to release the first episode of our new show, “The Liberty News and War Report”. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to get updates on new releases as they come out.
In the first segment we talk about Ron Paul and the recent election news. We spend a bit talking about Mitt Romney and his qualifications as a hedge fund manager and how that relates to the economy. We break down the CNN exit polls from Florida and Nevada to see what they say about the mindset of republican voters and how they contradict the polls for the general election. In the second segment we are joined by our military affairs commentator Marchand to discuss Iran, Syria, Russia, China and the potential for a 3rd world war brewing in the middle east.
In the January 26th Jacksonville, Florida debate televised on CNN an audience member of Palestinian descent asked a question about what the candidates would do to promote peace between Palestinians and Israel. Only Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich were given a chance to respond, after all, political debates are not about debating issues, they are about being the biggest demagogue. I do think it’s safe to say that neither Romney nor Gingrich are very concerned with pandering to the republican arab vote.
Both Newt and Mitt agree with each other and yet Rep. Ron Paul wasn’t even consulted to weigh in on the topic even though everyone knows he would have had an opposing view. Shouldn’t it be considered good debate moderation to allow opposing views to be heard and solicited in the spirit of actual debate of controversial issues?
The poor guy who asked the question was treated very callously and must have felt like he was a criminal the way he was treated. Romney almost appeared offended by the question even being asked. Yet he asked a question about a very complex and multi-faceted issue. Unfortunately for everyone though, the answer he was given was quite un-complex and one dimensional. He was essentially told that neither candidate would support peace with Palestine unless the Palestinians make more concessions and stop fighting back. This is easy for chicken-hawks like Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney to say since they’ve never lived in ghettos without access to medicine, jobs, food and freedom of travel. The Israeli’s are after all the ones who are continuing to build settlements in Palestinian territory in blatant disregard to all U.N. rulings and pleas by outside parties attempting to help negotiate peace. Ever seen all the videos of the Israeli army guarding guarding chainsaw operators as they cut down Palestinian olive trees on private property?
The Israelis encroach on private property day after day, pushing the Palestinians into a small corner and act indignant when they are attacked, either with gun or something as simple as rocks. Clearly, there cannot be peace as long as some Palestinian leaders say things like they want the eradication of Israelis and the Palestinians MUST act and reject this kind of speech because it only does them a disservice by promoting violence and portraying them as aggressors.
Saying that we can’t have peace until the Palestinians stop fighting back is like like blaming someone who is being smothered with a pillow for flailing their arms. “Not until this person stops flailing their arms while we have peace! Of course, he will be dead, but we will have peace nonetheless.” The Palestinians are being occupied, just like the Afghans and Iraqis. What is the constant theme amongst occupations? Insurgency. Until we get this point, we won’t understand foreign policy and won’t be fit to be called the “leaders of the free world”. This is like having a tax cheat as our secretary of the treasury. Oh wait, we already have that.
