Midweek Politics 9.19.07 - "Ironic" troop deaths, Iraq, Tasers, Censorship, more

[dpakman91]

This Week's Show:

September 19, 2007

Produced by:
David Pakman, WXOJ, Northampton, MA
Louis Motamedi, WXOJ, Northampton, MA

Total Running Time: 56:36

This Week's Topics:

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--Katie Couric describes the deaths of soldiers who questioned the motives behind the war as "ironic."

--Sally Field is censored by FOX at the Emmy Awards.

--A University of Florida student is tasered and arrested during a speech by Senator John Kerry.

--The wife of a victim from Michael Moore's SiCKO responds to a piece done by John Stossel on ABC about health care.

--A Washington Post critic claims that Fox news is "entitled" to be a Bush "cheerleader."

--Senator Joe Lieberman seems to think General Petraeus should have his authority expanded to allow him to invade Iran.

--Senator Chuck Hagel calls the Petraeus testimony "dishonest, hypocritical, dangerous, and irresponsible."

--A strange propaganda video from the Republican Party.

--Congressman John Boehner stated that the soldiers being lost in Iraq are "a small price to pay" relative to what he considers to be the benefits of that war.

--Rudy Giuliani claims that the objectives in Iraq today are "no different" than in 2003, but is that really the case?

--Bill Maher talks to George W. Bush biographer Robert Draper.

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[Nonphixion]

What's with the song change? What brought this on? And I like The Doors but are you aware it starts out the show a bit pussy and liberal.

edit: The "irony" at 35:30 is the 2 sergeants who were killed doing banal routine things (large truck convoy) while in Iraq, and their article in the New York Times sites banalities as being death-defying for Iraqi civilians.

[dpakman91]

Originally Posted by Nonphixion

What's with the song change? What brought this on? And I like The Doors but are you aware it starts out the show a bit pussy and liberal.

edit: The "irony" at 35:30 is the 2 sergeants who were killed doing banal routine things (large truck convoy) while in Iraq, and their article in the New York Times sites banalities as being death-defying for Iraqi civilians.

It's not the Doors, it' the Editors. Just time for a change I thought.

[Nonphixion]

It's funny because I have that album and didn't pin down the song

But yeah the irony was menial/banal being hard for Iraqis and them dying the way of the Iraqi civilians.

It's called "Munich".