Visit www.democracynow.org for the complete transcript, additional reports on this topic, and more information. Watch the independent, global news hour live weekdays 8-9am ET. Academy Award-winning Oliver Stone has teamed up with historian Peter Kuznick to produce a 10-part Showtime series called, "Oliver Stone's Untold History of the United States." Drawing on archival findings and recently declassified documents, the filmmakers critically examine US history -- from the atomic bombing of Japan, to the Cold War, to the fall of Communism, and continuing all the way through to the Obama administration. Contrary to what's taught in schools across the country, the filmmakers found the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were militarily unnecessary and morally indefensible. Watch Part 2 of this interview youtu.be Stone and Kuznick also suggest the Soviet Union, not the United States, ultimately defeated the Germans in World War II. And, they assert the United States, not the Soviet Union, bore the lion's share of responsibility for perpetuating the Cold War. The filmmakers also found US presidents, especially in wartime, have frequently trampled on the Constitution and international law, and they note the United States has brought the world dangerously close to nuclear war by repeatedly brandishing nuclear threats. The first episode of the series aired Monday night on Showtime. For more about this series and the companion book, we are joined by Stone and Kuznick <b>...</b> Author: democracynow Duration: 15:28
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160+ Fox News Bias videos at bit.ly When Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann argued that the ACLU runs the CIA under President Obama based on misinformation about torture, waterboarding, and the so-called "war on terror," I was glad to see her claims vigorously challenged the next day by journalist David Gregory on NBC, but not surprised to see her get only softball questioning a day later from supposedly straight news anchor Martha MacCallum on Fox News, as I show in this video. The clips I use of Congresswoman Michele Bachmann's debate answer come from CBS' November 12, 2011, broadcast "Republican Debate" available online at bit.ly The clips I use of David Gregory interviewing Michele Bachmann come from NBC's November 13, 2011, broadcast of "Meet The Press" available online at on.msnbc.com The clips I use of Martha MacCallum's interviewing Michele Bachmann come from Fox News' November 14, 2011, broadcast of "America's Newsroom" a longer clip of which is available online at bit.ly The clip I use of President Barack Obama's November 13, 2011, APEC press conference in Hawaii comes from the public domain video at bit.ly The image I use of the ACLU blog post titled "ACLU: If We Ran the CIA" comes from bit.ly The image I use of of my December 2008 video titled "Hiroshima: Right or Wrong?" comes from the YouTube video player page at bit.ly The image I use of my May 2011 video titled "Dick Cheney Lies About Torture Working" comes from the YouTube video player <b>...</b> Author: LiberalViewer Duration: 8:00
If you're a Teabagger, put on your powdered wig and tri-cornered hat for a little history lesson. The original Boston Tea Party, the one from the history books, was sparked by a corporate tax cut for a British corporation. It was civil disobedience against a private corporation. The original Boston Tea Party feared that corporate greed would destroy America. The original Boston Tea Party believed government was necessary to protect us against corporate excess. How many teabaggers did you see getting arrested at their protests? None. We all saw their signs that are THIS CLOSE to being threats against the president of the United States, but did you see anyone getting beat up, maced, or arrested? No! When we saw teabaggers bringing loaded guns to town halls and speeches by Obama, did you see any of them getting hauled off in handcuffs? No! You know how to tell who the good guys are? The sane people? The people who represent the truth? They're the ones the police are beating up, macing and arresting. That's exactly how it was in the 60's when me and my hippy friends were protesting the Viet Nam war. If you haven't heard of Kent State, go look it up. 4 dead in Ohio! And do you know who came out on the right side of history. We did. We were right back then when everybody said we were wrong -- and everybody knows it now. The Wall Street protestors are the real deal - they're on the right side of history. They know who the real enemy is, and if you live long enough, you'll see I <b>...</b> Author: oldfartrants Duration: 9:34
Dr. Paul Craig Roberts www.infowars.com July 27, 2011 In my last column I suggested that an unintended outcome of the debt ceiling impasse could be Congress' loss of the power of the purse. In this column I suggest an intended outcome that the ongoing political theater might be designed to produce. President Obama has said that he will not resort to the various powers open to him to keep the government running should Congress fail to deliver a debt ceiling increase. This is a suspicious statement, as it is not credible that a president would leave troops at war unpaid and without supplies, Social Security checks unsent and stand aside while the US dollar collapses and the credit rating of the US government is destroyed. There are national security directives and executive orders already on the books, as well as the 14th Amendment, that Obama can invoke to set aside the debt ceiling. Congress would sigh with relief that Obama had prevented the lawmakers from destroying the country. So what might be going on? One possibility is that the political theater is operating to bring about otherwise politically impossible cuts in the social safety net. If the drama continues to the absolute deadline without a deal, Obama, who perhaps favors cutting the safety net as much as do the Republicans, would have to accept the Republican package in order that the troops are not cut off from supplies, Social Security checks can continue to go out, and the dollar be saved. Having opposed the <b>...</b> Author: TheAlexJonesChannel Duration: 9:31
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The man who was instrumental in working with the federal government to sabotage a bill that would have made TSA grope downs a felony in the state of Texas was Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, a former CIA agent and establishment insider considered to be the wealthiest man in Texas politics. Alex welcomes back to the show former federal prosecutor and a former member of the United States House of Representatives from Georgia, Bob Barr, who was the Libertarian Party nominee for President of the United States in the 2008 election. Barr will talk about his Atlanta Journal Constitution article detailing how the government and the House Armed Services Committee plan to expand the war on terror, not roll it back following the purported assassination of Osama bin Laden. www.bobbarr.org/ www.infowars.com www.prisonplanet.tv Author: TheAlexJonesChannel Duration: 15:10
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"I have recently been examining all the known superstitions of the world, and do not find in our particular superstition (Christianity) one redeeming Author: Mark Duignan Duration: 4:13
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After Obama slips up during an address on health care, White House officials are forced to admit the president occasionally uses a backing track for important speeches. Author: TheOnion Duration: 2:30
www.infowars.com The Carroll National Guard unit will train on urban military operations by holding a four-day exercise at Arcadia. prisonplanet.tv Author: TheAlexJonesChannel Duration: 10:59
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