Thursday night Stephen Colbert demonstrated that Ron Paul had gotten an incredible “Colbert Bump.” A wonderfully entertaining clip!
Gareth Porter
Cheney Lies About Iran
[audio:http://dissentradio.com/radio/07_06_21_porter.mp3]
Journalist and historian Gareth Porter debunks the lies of Dick Cheney regarding Iranian involvement in sending weapons to the Taliban in Afghanistan, AIPAC and the American Warfare State and the danger of instability in Pakistani nukes falling into the hands of the crazies.
Gareth Porter is a historian and journalist for InterPress Service. His latest book is Perils of Dominance: Imbalance of Power and the Road to War in Vietnam (University of California Press).
House Vote on Condemning Ahmadinejad
This afternoon the House of Representatives overwhelmingly voted to urge the United Nations to indict the President of Iran for inciting genocide. The charge is over a disproven allegation (based on a mistranslation) that Ahmadinejad was called for the destruction of Israel.
Only two members of the House voted against the resolution, Republican Ron Paul and Democrat Dennis Kucinich. Eleven members voted “present” indicating a weak opposition. Usually-consistently-antiwar Rep. Barbara Lee supported the hawks in this vote.
Becky Akers
“Drop the Sippy Cup Lady! Drop It!”
[audio:http://dissentradio.com/radio/07_06_20_akers.mp3]
Becky Akers, who regularly defends liberty from the pages of LewRockwell.com, discusses the national government’s Transportation Security Administration Nazis and their regular abuse of the rights and dignity of the American people.
MP3 here. (53:34)
Becky Akers writes for LewRockwell.com and is writing a book about the TSA.
Don Craven Jr., Ray Mcgovern
World War IV: A Letter to the President
[audio:http://dissentradio.com/radio/07_06_18_craven_mcgovern.mp3]
Don Craven, director of the new film World War IV: A Letter to the President, and Ray McGovern, a former CIA analyst featured in the movie, discuss the film and some of the themes within it: The neocons and the Israel Lobby, the lies regarding the “weapons of mass destruction” that led to war, the role of Christian Zionists in the War Party, Michael Ledeen’s admission of war crimes and possible consequences of war with Iran.
Don Craven is a Texas businessman and former Bush campaign donor turned documentary film maker.
Ray McGovern is a retired CIA analyst of 27 years.
Gordon Prather
Clinton and Bush II Betrayed Program to Secure Former USSR Nuke Material
[audio:http://dissentradio.com/radio/07_06_18_prather.mp3]
Nuclear physicist and Antiwar.com columnist Gordon Prather explains the efforts of Senators Nunn, Lugar and Domenici to collect the excess fissile material left over from the dismantling of the former USSR’s European based tactical nuclear weapons at the end of the Cold War and how Presidents Clinton and Bush II have thwarted these efforts. Also Pakistan’s nuclear weapons and Iran’s total lack of them.
Physicist James Gordon Prather has served as a policy implementing official for national security-related technical matters in the Federal Energy Agency, the Energy Research and Development Administration, the Department of Energy, the Office of the Secretary of Defense and the Department of the Army. Dr. Prather also served as legislative assistant for national security affairs to U.S. Sen. Henry Bellmon, R-Okla. – ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee and member of the Senate Energy Committee and Appropriations Committee. Dr. Prather had earlier worked as a nuclear weapons physicist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California and Sandia National Laboratory in New Mexico.