American Politics Videos

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American politics is always been a contact sport. Heck, even the founding fathers didn t agree on many things and that s what caused the original founding party to break up but what we re seeing today is a little bit different. It started with Richard Nixon. He learned the art of divide and conquer. He used in California politics in the late 40s and again in the 60s. He used it to get elected to Congress in the early 50s. He was able to use the Vietnam war and patriotism to get elected president in 1968. So, I can think of no better expert to talk to than Rick Perlstein, author of the book, Nixonland. It was Nixon who taught Ronald Reagan. More correctly, Ronald Reagan learned from Richard Nixon. I decided to post my interview with Rick Perlstein, again. It seems we needed the perspective after the elder former President Bush decided to personally attack Keith Olbermann and Rachel Maddow. This wouldn t be any big deal if the President wasn t calling for civility not five minutes before attacking them. What I find most reprehensible is not that he questioned the reporting or their delivery of their commentaries or even their shows but instead it was a personal attack. There are a couple of sick puppies. I think you ll find this interview informative and enlightening. Enjoy!

In this rapid-fire presentation, Harvard law professor Lawrence Lessig examines the prevalence of institutional corruption in American politics, medicine, and journalism, and describes his plan to study and contain the problem.

Palin quits (again) but the GOP and media just can't quit her (irony alert on our part we know), the G8 just can't quit screwing up on the climate crises (thanks for the help on that Stephen Harper), and the hypocritical attacks on Supreme Court nominee and future judge Sotomayor won't quit either. We say, Palin is in trouble or if not the GOP is in trouble, The New Scientist says prepare for floods, and all of the hand wringing in the Senate over Sotomayor is just a set-up for next time, but Stephen thinks Obama is ready, Matt is unconvinced. Plus of course, news you might have missed, including not one but two nuclear problems, the first internet censorship law in Europe, a fox in the FDA henhouse, and Germany looks back at the "good old days".

Palin quits (again) but the GOP and media just can't quit her (irony alert on our part we know), the G8 just can't quit screwing up on the climate crises (thanks for the help on that Stephen Harper), and the hypocritical attacks on Supreme Court nominee and future judge Sotomayor won't quit either. We say, Palin is in trouble or if not the GOP is in trouble, The New Scientist says prepare for floods, and all of the hand wringing in the Senate over Sotomayor is just a set-up for next time, but Stephen thinks Obama is ready, Matt is unconvinced. Plus of course, news you might have missed, including not one but two nuclear problems, the first internet censorship law in Europe, a fox in the FDA henhouse, and Germany looks back at the "good old days".

New film from award-winning documentary maker John Pilger which suggests that, far from bringing democracy to the world as it claims, the US is doing its best to stifle its progress. Talking exclusively to American government officials, including agents who reveal for the first time on film how the CIA ran its war in Latin America in the 80s, Pilger argues that true popular democracy is more likely to be found among the poorest in Latin America, whose movements are often ignored in the West.

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