Podcast: Episode 1.5

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Intro: Nine Inch Nails – “Hyperpower!“
Outro: Clutch – “Animal Farm“

Topics on the show included (and beware the list… it’s a doozy [but you'll learn lots])…

Podcast: Episode 1.4

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Introduction:

Intro: Nine Inch Nails – “Hyperpower!“
Outro: Shelly – “State and Serf“

Topics on the show included…

Video: “Speech by War Veteran”

Yitzhak Benhorin – “Obama, McCain: Military option in Iran relevant”

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3600171,00.html

Obama, McCain: Military option in Iran relevant
US presidential hopefuls address Iranian nuclear threat in two separate interviews. Democratic candidate says will consider strike in extreme case, McCain says will attack before being attacked

Yitzhak Benhorin | September 22, 2008

The two United States presidential hopefuls, Senators Barack Obama and John McCain, firmly addressed the Iranian nuclear threat in two different interviews aired Sunday night on CBS’s “60 Minutes.”

Democratic candidate Obama promised to examine every option, “including military, to prevent them from obtaining a nuclear weapon,” while his Republican rival McCain spoke about the possibility of a preemptive war against Iran.

Obama was asked whether a nuclear-armed Iran was a direct threat to the US. His answer was direct and clear: “Yes. I think that a nuclear armed Iran is not just a threat to us, it’s a threat to Israel. And it is a game changer in the region. It’s unacceptable. And that’s why I’ve said that I won’t take any options off the table, including military, to prevent them from obtaining a nuclear weapon.

Susan Abulhawa – “Biden and Israel”

http://www.counterpunch.org/abulhawa09182008.html

Biden and Israel

Susan Abulhawa | September 18, 2008

John McCain eclipsed the democratic convention buzz, gained women voters, simultaneously reassured middle to far right conservatives and may have positioned a female presidential candidate for the Republican ticket for future elections. It makes sense. On the other hand, the best explanations for Barack Obama’s choice of Joseph Biden still don’t jibe.

It’s true that Mr. Biden brings some political experience to Mr. Obama’s ticket, but so could many of Mr. Obama’s other choices. Mr. Biden also narrows the race gap, which unfortunately still exists in America. But again, so could any of the other choices.

So, what then? Mr. Biden, the self-proclaimed Zionist, assuages Israeli and Jewish American fears that Mr. Obama might not be so accommodating to Israel.

Think Progress – “Bush: Iranians Are ‘A**holes’”

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/11/bush-iran-assholes/

Bush: Iranians Are ‘A**holes’

Think Progress | September 11, 2008

While serving as CentCom commander between March 2007 and March 2008, Adm. William Fallon consistently pressed the Bush administration for more engagement with Iran and criticized the calls for another war. “This constant drumbeat of conflict is what strikes me which is not helpful and not useful,” Fallon told al Jazeera last year.

In his new book “The War Within,” Washington Post journalist Bob Woodward details a telling White House meeting on Iran in spring 2007 (p. 334):

“I think we need to do something to get engaged with these guys,” Fallon said. Iraq shared a 900-mile border with Iran, and he needed guidance and a strategy for dealing with the Iranians.

“Well,” Bush said, “these are assholes.”

Ron Paul – “Ron Paul Statement to the National Press Club”

http://www.campaignforliberty.com/blog/?p=483%20-

Ron Paul Statement to the National Press Club

Ron Paul | September 10, 2008

The argument that the two parties should represent opposed ideals and policies, one, perhaps of the Right and the other of the Left, is a foolish idea acceptable only to the doctrinaire and academic thinkers. Instead the two parties should be almost identical, so that the American people can ‘throw the rascals out’ at any election without leading to any profound or extensive shifts in policy.
Carroll Quigley – Author of Tragedy & Hope

The coverage of the presidential election is designed to be a grand distraction. This is not new, but this year, it’s more so than ever.

Pretending that a true difference exists between the two major candidates is a charade of great proportion. Many who help to perpetuate this myth are frequently unaware of what they are doing and believe that significant differences actually do exist. Indeed, on small points there is the appearance of a difference. The real issues, however, are buried in a barrage of miscellaneous nonsense and endless pontifications by robotic pundits hired to perpetuate the myth of a campaign of substance.

The truth is that our two-party system offers no real choice. The real goal of the campaign is to distract people from considering the real issues.

Influential forces, the media, the government, the privileged corporations and moneyed interests see to it that both party’s candidates are acceptable, regardless of the outcome, since they will still be in charge. It’s been that way for a long time. George Wallace was not the first to recognize that there’s “not a dime’s worth of difference” between the two parties. There is, though, a difference between the two major candidates and the candidates on third-party tickets and those running as independents.

The Earl of Stirling – “The Iran War – How It Will Begin”

http://www.rense.com/general83/irwar.htm

The Iran War – How It Will Begin

The Earl of Stirling | September 6, 2008

I have served as a consultant to three very high tech aerospace firms. My specialty is conceptualizing advanced warfare especially as it relates to new cutting edge advanced weapon systems. What I see unfolding with a war on Iran is the most frightening set of circumstances I have ever seen; and I have been involved in advanced theoretical weaponry strategy and design for over 20 years.

Sometime in the weeks to months ahead, there will be a war launched against Iran. The war may be started by Israel, or by the United States, or by a NATO/EU/US embargo, or by some ‘false flag’ attack. What matters is that it will begin; and where it will take the world.

Ramzy Baroud – “Global realignment: How Bush inspired a new world order”

http://onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/article_3719.shtml

Global realignment: How Bush inspired a new world order

Ramzy Baroud | September 9, 2008

The series of unfortunate and costly decisions made during the two terms of the Bush administration, combined with economic decline at home, might devastate the US’s world standing much sooner than most analysts predict.

What was difficult to foresee was that the weakening of US global dominance, spurred by erratic and unwise foreign policy under Bush, would reignite the Cold War, to a degree, over a largely distant and seemingly ethnically-based conflict — that of Georgia and Russia. Who could have predicted a possible association between Baghdad, Kabul and Tbilisi?

Ron Paul – “How Foreign Policy Affects Gas Prices”

http://www.prisonplanet.com/how-foreign-policy-affects-gas-prices.html

How Foreign Policy Affects Gas Prices

Ron Paul | August 20, 2008

We’ve heard how the value of the dollar affects gas prices – and indeed the price of everything. I was pleased that my request for a hearing on such was granted by the Financial Services committee and we were able to hear some very informative testimony. Certainly domestic policies, regarding off-shore oil drilling bans, ethanol mandates, refining capacity, and CAFE standards are interventionist and harmful enough in the energy market.

Paul Craig Roberts – “Are You Ready For Nuclear War?”

http://vdare.com/roberts/080818_you.htm

Are You Ready For Nuclear War?

Paul Craig Roberts | August 19, 2008

Pervez Musharraf, the puppet installed by the US to rule Pakistan in the interest of US hegemony, resigned August 18 to avoid impeachment. Karl Rove and the Diebold electronic voting machines were unable to control the result of the last election in Pakistan, the result of which gave Pakistanis a bigger voice in their government than America’s.

It was obvious to anyone with any sense—which excludes the entire Bush Regime and almost all of the “foreign policy community”—that the illegal and gratuitous US invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, and Israel’s 2006 bombing of Lebanon civilians with US blessing, would result in the overthrow of America’s Pakistani puppet.

Stephen Lendman – “Blockades: Acts of War”

http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=9866

Blockades: Acts of War

Stephen Lendman | August 18, 2008

From July 21 – 31, Joint Task Force (mostly US, but also UK, France, Brazil and Italy) “Operation Brimstone” large scale war games were conducted off the US East coast in the North Atlantic. Its purpose may have been to prepare for a naval blockade of Iran. From what’s known a naval deployment may be planned, and a blockade may ensue. The situation remains tense and worrisome.

Reza Fiyouzat – “U.S. and Iranian Relations”

http://www.counterpunch.org/fiyouzat08142008.html

U.S. and Iranian Relations

Reza Fiyouzat | August 14, 2008

To the best of memory, one of the first authors, whom I respect, to shed doubts on the possibilities of an American military attack on Iran was Tariq Ali. In an article, on Counterpunch (May 11, 2006), he argued succinctly that Iran had been nothing but helpful to the American colonial ventures in Afghanistan and Iraq. So, why would the U.S. attack Iran and turn a big helping asset in the region into a colossal hostility, which would in turn make Americans’ presence in the region far more hellish?

A lot of Iranian socialists, liberals, radical democrats and plenty of people in the clerical and merchant classes, as well as millions of ordinary citizens know that the ruling classes in the U.S., divided as they are over attacking Iran militarily, are united in preferring an Islamic Republic, rather than a secular republic, in Iran. The American rulers know, or at least calculate, that any other political formation in Iran will definitely be socially to the left of the current set up. The Mullahs also know that the Americans know this. So, both are clear on this.

Eric Walberg – “Zbigniew Brzezinski to be the real power behind an Obama throne”

http://onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/article_3536.shtml

Zbigniew Brzezinski to be the real power behind an Obama throne

Eric Walberg | July 24, 2008

As the United States election race enters the final stretch, Barack Obama as the candidate promising change is revealing his true colours, much to the despair of anyone actually expecting any change.

His recent call to declare Jerusalem the undivided capital of Israel, his denial of Palestinans’ right of return, and his support for a Bantustan Palestinian “state” which poses no threat to Israel show how completely he has caved in to the Zionist establishment on that issue.

Paul Joseph Watson – “Largest Naval Deployment Since 1991 Heads For Persian Gulf”

http://www.prisonplanet.com/largest-naval-deployment-since-1991-heads-for-persian-gulf.html

Largest Naval Deployment Since 1991 Heads For Persian Gulf
Kuwait activates emergency war plan as three U.S. warships steam towards Iran

Paul Joseph Watson | August 12, 2008

The largest naval deployment since 1991 is unfolding as no less than three U.S. warships make their way towards the Persian Gulf in what observers are calling an “unprecedented” build-up, while Kuwait has activated its highest war alert in anticipation of a potential attack on Iran.

According to reports, the USS Theodore Roosevelt, the USS Ronald Reagan, and the USS Iwo Jima are steaming towards Middle East waters to reinforce the USS Abraham Lincoln and the USS Peleliu which are already in the region.

They will be joined by a British Royal Navy carrier battle group and a French nuclear hunter-killer submarine.