This Week on Midweek Politics with David Pakman
April 29th, 2009
Produced by:
David Pakman, WXOJ, Northampton, MA
Louis Motamedi, WXOJ, Northampton, MA
Total Running Time: 56:37
This Week's Topics:
--Rabbi Irwin Kula joins is live to talk about gay marriage and religion, plus much more.
--Swine flu, including what it is, how it's spreading, where it's been, what to do, and more.
--We look at the World Health Organization's pandemic scale.
--How do those who don't have sick time at work or don't have health insurance handle a situation like swine flu?
--A pandemic of paranoia, with a bunch of media outlets suggesting illegal immigrants are the reason that swine flu made it to the United States.
--Senator Arlen Specter from Pennsylvania, one of the most senior Republican Senators, switches to the Democratic Party.
--Most media outlets report Specter's switch as a big story, although Fox News attempts to downplay its significance from the start.
--More on torture and waterboarding, including the question of whether lawyers can or should be prosecuted for giving bad legal advice.
--Senator Joe Lieberman suggests that we shouldn't worry about what Bush administration officlas did relating to torture because a few years have already passed.
--While we know George W. Bush was wrong when he said the US did not torture, we debate whether he was knowingly lying or not.
--Suggestions that by prosecuting former Bush officials the United States would be acting like a banana republic.
--A hate crime bill passes out of committee, and conservatives don't like it one bit.
--Much more...
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Midweek Politics with David Pakman 04-29-2009
