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Another reason why Reagan sucked

2009-06-13T00:22:00Z

During his recent appearance at the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, former President Jimmy Carter stated that he made attempts at getting the U.S. to reduce its need for foreign oil and increase its use of alternative energy systems when he was president. He also explained that the Reagan admintration reversed those attempts and thus significantly contributed to current energy and environmental problems. That said, I'm of the mind that we might have 100 mpg cars by now among other improvements if Reagan hadn't employed his ignorant policies. So if we end up having resource wars, global flooding and other such geopoltical and environmental disasters, I say those disasters can ultimately be traced back to Reagan and his ignorant and uneducated policies

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He sounds like an anarchist

2009-04-12T03:20:17Z

During the recent In Depth interview with author Robert Higgs, a caller accused him of being a fascist for advocating the elimination of numerous social programs and such. But from what I've heard from his response to that caller and others, he sounds more like an anarchist than a fascist. That is, he often explains that governments use violence and threats of violence to implement their policies. Likewise, anarchists are always saying they oppose government because it uses violence and threats of violence to implement governmental policies.

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Racist moron phones Washington Journal more than once a month with anti-Obama propaganda

2008-12-05T15:32:23Z

Twice this week I heard the same moron phone Washington Journal with the claim that Barack Obama wasn't born in the U.S. His message is always the same: "Barack Obama was not born in the United States. Barack Obama was not born in the United States..." It's already bad enough that this racist maxhole got away with phoning C-SPAN more than once a month. But this mess also shows that America isn't as "racist-free" as some might suspect after the last election. If you don't like the fact that Obama won the election, you should move to another country! And if you claim Obama wasn't born in the U.S., provide some proof. But chances are you won't find any proof to that claim because BARACK OBAMA WAS BORN IN THE U.S.! BARACK OBAMA WAS BORN IN THE U.S...!

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More uninformed people on C-SPAN

2008-10-04T16:30:07Z

A very uninformed viewer who phoned Washington Journal recently claimed that the International Space Station costs $4 trillion. Holy crapoli! Last I heard, only $100 billion was spent on the ISS during its nearly 10 years of operation. And I'm sure that far less than $4 trillion has been spent on NASA during its 50-year history. Ironic that a person who doesn't know the difference between a retrorocket and a retrovirus can so suredly proclaim such a massively false statement about the space program.

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What's the story on Greta?

2008-09-20T01:34:40Z

I have to admit, i couldn't believe it for a moment..when i saw her on c-span a while ago..

what's the story on her?

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A nation of whiny Americans

2008-09-13T02:00:46Z

I really dug that one caller who said that "everybody whines." Because according to my observations, whining is an unavoidable part of human existence. People who claim to oppose whining often whine themselves as a result of such opposition. But with this being a world without consensus, I'm sure there are those who disagree. But that still doesn't mean they're not whiners.

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The Iowa Caucuses?

2008-01-03T03:09:12Z

Will CSPAN and its affiliates be having all-day coverage?

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Everybody loves Ron Paul

2007-10-11T14:26:30Z

Anybody noticed how many supportive phone calls Ron Paul got during a recent Washington Journal broadcast? Contrast that with mainstream news of Ron Paul which is nearly nonexistant.

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The right to abstain

2007-09-06T13:41:59Z

Here's something interesting I heard during a C-SPAN interview of author Christopher Hitchens: The right to vote should also include the right to abstain. I've been saying that for years, yet many Americans say voting should be (or is) mandatory. You can't have freedom of choice if that freedom doesn't include the right to say no as well as the right to say yes. But in this backward pseudo-society, many folks think freedom is not about choice, but is about what "society" tells you to think. Ho ve and whatever!

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Everybody hates Rupert Murdoch

2007-08-20T07:15:31Z

I noticed that most of this morning's Washington Journal viewers disliked the idea of Rupert Murdoch buying the Wall Street Journal. Or am I wrong about that?

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Giving up on nuclear fusion

2007-07-20T15:09:51Z

I saw Maryland Representative Roscoe Barlett on C-SPAN the other day, and he seemed to have made a statement that strongly implied that nuclear fusion may never be perfected. And he's not the only one. I've heard this pessimism about nuclear fusion a lot lately. And that upsets me to no end. It also confirms my belief that we live in an age of spectacular mediocrity. What happened to the days when an inventor would decide to invent something, and the invention actually comes into being? If Thomas Edison had the same attitude that most folks today have, he probably wouldn't have invented anything. Or if Thomas Edison were alive today he might decide to go into nuclear fusion reserach and actually succeed at making it work. But the reality is that in today's modern dystopia, spectacular mediacrity is preferable to problem-solving activities. Welcome to the new Dark Age.

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More bigots on C-SPAN

2007-07-06T14:40:50Z

I recently heard a number of callers on Washington Journal equate homosexuality with pedophilia. Though I again say that folks have the right to believe such things, I'm still disturbed that people think like that here in the (so-called) 21st century.

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"Ye" is pronounced "thee"

2007-07-04T17:33:46Z

I learned something today (actually last weekend). While watching the C-SPAN interview of author Seth Lerer, I learned that the Old English word "ye" is actually pronounced "thee." According to Lerer, "thee" was originally spelled with a letter that signified the "th" sound. Later, that letter was replaced with a letter that looks like "a 'y' with a hat" over it. Eventually, the word in question was spelled with a regular letter y. And as time passed, folks forgot about the true pronunciation of "ye." And now folks pronounce it with a "y" sound instead of the correct "th" sound. Now that's what I call the biggest historical surpise I've heard since I learned that pirates never produced treasure maps!

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There are few things more evil than the military-industrial-congressional complex!

2007-06-16T23:01:41Z

Yesterday's Washington Journal disturbed me with the number of callers expressing their support for the military-industrial-congressional complex. Some of them even claimed it's good for the economy. Of course that's not true -- especially if the military-industrial-congressional complex results in, say, nuclear war. At post-nuclear holocaust would be very bad for the ecomony. Unfortunately, too many people are so obsessed with the present, that it never occurs to them that perpetual war may not be perpetual and has the potential to destroy all life on Earth.

I often think of the military-industrial-congresional complex as being like a stun driver who forces you to drive with him on his stunts. The driver says nothing will go wrong. But since there are no guarantees, that assurance doesn't prove anything. As I recall, Robert McNamara said the main reason why the Cuban Missile Crisis didn't result in nuclear war was pure dumb luck. I think he's right because, among other things, human behavior is not 100 percent predicatable. And war -- like all other aspects of life -- is mostly unpredictable.

If you want to make a lot of money, do something other than an activity that is likely to turn the Earth into a dead hunk of rock. The military-industrial-congressional complex must be eliminated or it will eliminate us.

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In Depth - Lewis Lapham - CSPAN2

2007-06-03T16:39:33Z

If you're not watching it now, you should catch the rebroadcast. Excellent topics, great discussion. Earliest I've gotten up on a Sunday just to watch TV in a number of years...

On Sunday, June 3 at 12:00 pm EST and Monday, June 4 at 12:00 am EST
In Depth: Lewis Lapham

Description: Lewis Lapham will be our guest for In Depth on Sunday, June 3rd (LIVE from Noon - 3 pm ET). Mr. Lapham was the editor of Harper's magazine for nearly thirty years and is currently a national correspondent and editor emeritus who writes a bi-monthly essay. He is also the editor of Lapham's Quarterly, a journal of history. He is the author of several books including "Theater of War," "Pretensions To Empire," "30 Satires," "Waiting for the Barbarians," and "Gag Rule." Call Mr. Lapham with your questions during the program.

Author Bio: Lewis Lapham is the author of "Fortune's Child" (1980), "Money and Class in America" (1988), "Imperial Masquerade" (1990), "The Wish for Kings" (1993), "Hotel America" (1995), "Waiting for the Barbarians" (1997), "The Agony of Mammon" (1998), "Lapham's Rules of Influence" (1999), "Lights, Camera, Democracy!" (2001), "Theater of War" (2003), "30 Satires" (2003), "Gag Rule" (2004), "With The Beatles" (2005), "Pretensions to Empire" (2006).

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Not born in the U.S.A.

2007-02-21T15:34:54Z

A Washington Journal viewer recently expressed her desire that Ted Koppel run for president. But then I just remembered that he's not qualified since he wasn't born in U.S.A.

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JOIN THIS TRIBE!

2007-02-05T08:15:21Z

http://tribes.tribe.net/politicsreligionothers

Just want a beyond heated intelligent political and otherwise debate.

this tribe is not for the meek.
So if you know you are not going to be able to handle it, DONT JOIN!

Ok folks, thanks and let the games begin.

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Kruschev's Cold War

2007-01-20T18:54:06Z

Did anybody see author Timothy Naftali speech about his book Kruschev's Cold War? He seemed very convinced that the Soviet Union was less of a military threat to the U.S. than previously indicated.

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Crank calls on C-SPAN

2007-01-06T02:02:31Z

I recenty heard crank call on Washington Journal that went pretty much like this:

"Now that the Democrats have taken control of the House and the Senate and now that Saddam Hussein is dead, what will the American people think about my balls?"

I know that person was being totally irresponsible, but I also thought it was funny, funny, funny!

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FAIR is critical of C-SPAN

2006-12-20T07:44:10Z

I recently learned that FAIR is critical of C-SPAN. Here's an example: http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=2780
Though their figures may be correct, I do not support FAIR since even they only cover certain issues that interest them. Also, what about C-SPAN's significant coverage of anti-war activities -- especially anti-war rallies? You can see more anti-war info in just a couple of hours of C-SPAN than you'd see in a year's worth news on all other news networks combined. Or at least that's my estimation.

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CAIR view on U.S. withdrawl from Iraq

2006-12-19T20:58:39Z

I saw a talk on C-SPAN recently from the Council of American Islamic Relations, and most of the speakers seemed confident that a U.S. withdrawl from Iraq would improve conditions there. Anybody buy what they're saying?

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LA Times EDITORIAL: C-SPAN gets real

2006-12-16T17:22:57Z

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/editorials/la-ed-cspan16dec16,0,7244919.story?track=tothtml
EDITORIAL
C-SPAN gets real
Its chief executive wants the network, rather than the House speaker, to control cameras and show more of the chamber at work.

December 16, 2006

FOR MOST TV viewers, the House of Representatives on C-SPAN is about as appealing as an infomercial for juicers or wrinkle creams. That's partly because any semblance of real debate on the House floor vanished years ago, replaced by scripted exchanges with occasional bursts of feigned emotion. But another problem is that the cameras are controlled by the speaker of the House. C-SPAN wants to change that.

This week, C-SPAN Chief Executive Brian Lamb asked incoming House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco) to give viewers a more complete picture of the House floor. Citing Pelosi's pledge for a more open House, he urged her to let C-SPAN bring its own cameras into the chamber, under its own direction. That way, viewers would get more of the flavor of the House and the personality of its members. They would be more likely to see such excitement as members' reactions to provocative remarks, committee chairmen holding court in the back of the chamber and last-minute cajoling to win badly needed votes.

Lamb also wants immediate access to voting records. A giant electronic display board inside the chamber provides a real-time view of how individual members vote (and change their votes), but C-SPAN currently can show nothing but the total for each party until long after the tallying has ceased. It's not unusual for the majority party's leadership to extend the voting period while they woo holdouts, but unlike people watching from the gallery, C-SPAN viewers can't tell who those holdouts might be.

The changes wouldn't transform C-SPAN's coverage into gripping drama or even "Survivor: Capitol Hill." Nothing can do that, at least not since Congress put metal detectors at all the entrances to the Capitol. But they would add a needed dose of realism, which is why Pelosi is likely to turn Lamb down, just as incoming House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) did 12 years ago.

The House chamber may be open to the public, but only a predictable fraction of the activity there is broadcast across the country. Members who fly in on a red-eye know that they won't be caught napping on the floor as long as they pick a seat away from the microphones.

Still, that's no reason to put blinkers on the House cameras. The most notable time the cameras strayed off the member at the microphone was in 1984, when Gingrich and other Republican conservatives were blasting the Democratic leadership in speeches late in the day. House Speaker Thomas P. "Tip" O'Neill (D-Mass.) ordered that the cameras pan the empty chamber. The move, however partisan in motive, lifted the artifice that covers too much of the House's work. It's time again for the House to bring some reality to its TV.

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Michael Crichton says no one can predict the future

2006-12-11T21:41:25Z

Recently on C-SPAN 2, Michael Crichton talked about his new book Next. In relation to that, he mentioned that no one can predict the future. He then gave the Cold War as an example of how unpredictable the future is. He explained that even one week before the collapse of the Berlin Wall, there was no clear indication that that monumental event was going to happen. Similarly, I say the claim that the war on terror will last beyond a human life time hasn't been proven. To prove it, you have to be able to predict the future. And if Criton is right, no one can predict when the war on terror will end. For all we know, it could end tomorrow with a mass surrendering of al-Qaida and any and all other existing terror groups.

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Richard Dawking - this Sunday 11/12/06

2006-11-12T06:12:14Z

This was actually pretty good - if you're interested in Dawking, it's on tomorrow (Sunday) @ 19:00 EST - I didn't see the whole thing from the beginning but I'll be tuning in or taping it. There was really good interaction with the audience, especially those from Liberty University which came down as a class...

On Saturday, November 11 at 10:00 pm and Sunday, November 12 at 7:00 pm
The God Delusion
Richard Dawkins

Description: From Randolph-Macon Woman's College in Lynchburg, Virginia, Richard Dawkins argues that there is no rational or moral reason to believe in God or any other supernatural higher power. He says that because atheists are discriminated against in the United States they tend not to be vocal about their views, even though collectively they could be an influential political and social force. Professor Dawkins also reads selections from his new book, talks about his love for science, and answers questions from the Randolph-Macon audience.

Author Bio: Richard Dawkins is the Charles Simonyi Professor of the Public Understanding of Science at Oxford University. He is the author of many books, including "The Selfish Gene," "The Blind Watchmaker," and "Unweaving the Rainbow." For more on Professor Dawkins and his work, visit www.richarddawkins.net.

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin: www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com

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Kurzweil claim

2006-11-12T04:35:21Z

During his live interview on C-SPAN 2, futurist Ray Kurzweil claimed that nanotech systems have already been successfully tested in animals. If that's true, why isn't it front page news? And please don't give me the "the public's not interested in that" bullshit!

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Terrorists wrecked havoc during the Clinton years

2006-11-11T07:22:58Z

A viewer on today's Washington Journal claimed that the terrorists wanted a Democractic victory so they (the terrorists) can wreck havoc like they did when Clinton was in charge. Of course I have a different view of history than she had. That is, even though there was terrorism during the Clinton years, terrorism got much worse during the G.W. Bush years. Why would I say that? Because the worst terrorist attack in U.S. history happened when G.W. Bush was in charge!

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Abortion kills potential inventors?!

2006-10-18T20:58:43Z

A Washington Journal viewer recently suggested that the person or persons who could've invented breakthought alternative energy technology may have been arborted. My view on this is that he's partly right. I say that the person or persons who could've invented breakthought alternative energy technology could also be alive and well right now. The thing is that in today's backward, anti-science pseudo-society, such people are rarely given the public and/or financial support needed to advance technology. For example, nuclear fusion -- which could be considered the ultimate alternative energy technology -- has very little public and/or financial support. If fusion research were as popular as, say, Paris Hilton, there would be a better chance that fusion could be perfected. Or at least that's one possibility.

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John Dean: Conservatives Without Conscience

2006-09-25T20:08:26Z

For anyone interested in the podcast - it was a pretty interesting discussion. Podcast is up through iTunes and should be up on the website soon.
http://www.zocalola.org/radio.html
John Dean: Conservatives Without Conscience
Laurence J. Kotlikoff: The Coming Generational Storm
Interviews by Peter Stenshoel and Jennifer Berry
Sunday September 24, 2006 at 9pm on KPCC 89.3 FM
John Dean, former White House Counsel to U.S. President Richard Nixon, speaks with Zócalo Radio’s producer, Peter Stenshoel about the modern Conservative movement in America, his relationship to the late Senator Barry Goldwater, and his bestselling book, “Conservatives Without Conscience.” Laurence J. Kotlikoff sounds a warning in his new book, “The Coming Generational Storm: What You Need to Know about America's Economic Future,” in a cogent discussion with Jennifer Berry about threats to our nation’s economic security.

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9-11 skeptics

2006-09-23T08:38:20Z

Did anybody see that 9-11 skeptic on Washington Journal last week?

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campaign network.org

2006-09-05T15:28:32Z

http://www.campaignnetwork.org/

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"In-Depth" Interview with Tammy Bruce

2006-09-04T20:38:12Z

It was an interesting interview, but I am quite skeptical of anyone who is so willing to write-off conspiracy theories as being absolutely false, and those who charge the Left with being the only ones or mostly the only ones who "ruin" people's careers through name-calling and so forth. Puh-lease. I know, I know, that seems silly, but those types of broad strokes always make me suspicious of people like that. Also, she claims that she used to be the head and member of N.O.W.-Los Angeles and other liberal "causes", yet her move from the Left to the Right seems so seemless. I'm sure she had her inner battles to grapple with, but it all seems so fabricated. I'm sorry, guys, but I find it hard to believe anything a Bush-supporter says, particularly those who are so ready to point out who the "enemies" of the U.S. are.

Anyways, the link to booktv's "In-Depth" archive is below, her show's recording is at the bottom of the page.

http://www.booktv.org/indepth/archive_2006.asp

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Victims of communism

2006-09-04T15:03:30Z

I was about to watch this speech on C-SPAN 2 about the victims of communism when I soon discovered it was basically a rant glorifying right-wing extremism. I mean, it goes without saying that communism has been behind some of the greatest atrocities in human history. But the same thing can be said of right-wing extemism.

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Michelle Goldberg - Kingdom Coming: The Rise of Christian Nationalism

2006-08-15T17:12:22Z

Good lecture if you happen to catch it...

On Saturday, August 12 at 11:30 pm and Sunday, August 13 at 8:45 amEST
Michelle Goldberg - Kingdom Coming: The Rise of Christian Nationalism

Description: Michelle Goldberg appears at the All Souls Unitarian Church in Indianpolis, Indiana to discuss her book about religious conservatives. The author argues that many conservative religious leaders and organizations are working to make the United States an overtly Christian nation with Christian laws. She describes how the Bush administration's faith based initiative has changed public health policy and transformed organizations like the Salvation Army. Following her remarks she takes questions from the audience.

Author Bio: Michelle Goldberg is a senior writer for Salon.com and a member of the advisory board of the Campaign to Defend the Constitution (www.defconamerica.org). She has written for the San Francisco Bay Guardian, Rolling Stone, and Newsday. "Kingdom Coming" is her first book.

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A long war on terror BENEFITS the terrorists

2006-08-11T14:18:30Z

For years I believed that if the war on terror were to last for decades, it would increase the chances that the terrorist will win. Yesterday on C-SPAN, John Arquilla -- associate professor of defense analysis at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, CA -- said virtually the same thing. Now if a Joe Schmoe like me said that, it wouldn't mean much. But if a military expert like John Arquilla says it, then it must have at least some validity.

It's my opionion that those who say the war on terror will last for decades want it to last for decades. When World War II was being fought, few people said (as far as I know) that the war would last for decades. And if it did last for decades, there's a good chance that Germany would've had enough time to built the super weapons -- like an intercontinental bomber loaded with a radiological bomb targeted for New York -- that could have won them the war. Do you want to give terror groups enough time to aquire WMD that could create terror events that will dwarf 9-11? If so, then I guess a decades-long war on terror is what you want. If not, then you should call for a leaner, more inovative U.S. military that can beat the terrorist at their own game.

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REV BARRY W. LYNN ON C-SPAN TOMORROW

2006-08-04T20:00:27Z

REV BARRY W. LYNN ON C-SPAN TOMORROW

Americans United Executive Director Barry W. Lynn is scheduled to appear Saturday, Aug. 5, on C-SPAN’s “Washington Journal” to discuss creationism, “intelligent design” and other efforts to inject religion into public school science classes. “Washington Journal” is aired on C-SPAN 1. The program is from 9-9:45 a.m., EDT. Barry will be debating Logan Gage from the Discovery Institute. The program does take viewers’ calls.

To find the call-in numbers go to
C-SPAN's web site at: http://www.cspan.org/.

http://www.au.org/site/PageServer

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Beware the "blonde beast"

2006-08-02T19:03:19Z

I beleive that Ann Couter will be on this weekend's Book TV. So for those who can't stomach her stuff, be warned. For those who can, whatever.

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Read the Geneva Conventions

2006-07-13T18:42:58Z

A couple of days ago on C-SPAN, I heard a number of viewers claim that Geneva Conventions allow for the immediate execution of combatants who don't give their name, rank and serial number. Is that true? Well to find out, I've decided to read Geneva Conventions from beginning to end. That way, I can have an INFORMED opinion of the worth of the Conventions. Though I may be wrong, I'm of the mind that those C-SPAN viewers I mentioned never read Geneva Conventions. If so, they offered an UNINFORMED opinion of the Conventions. (Duh!)

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"Garibaldi" on C-SPAN

2006-06-06T16:58:04Z

Yesterday on C-SPAN, they showed a broadcast of Jerry Doyle's radio show. Anybody else see that?

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C-SPAN Topic of the day.

2006-05-11T11:49:04Z

This morning the C-SPAN topic is "should Rumsfeld resign?"

I dont think he should resign. I think he should be tried, convicted here in the states and sent to state prison not federal.

Any comments?

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Iraq discussion

2006-05-02T07:35:35Z

Did anybody hear Scott Ridder's claim that the best way to deal with the Iraq problem would be to withdraw American military personnel and give support to the Baathist insurgents?

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ROLL CALL!

2006-04-24T19:13:38Z

Is anybody still here?

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Not supporting Bush makes us "look idiotic"

2006-03-25T00:50:53Z

I heard some person phone in C-SPAN claiming that not supporting Bush makes U.S. citizens "look idiotic." That is, she gave the old "support the president no matter what" argument. But wait! I thought the U.S. is supposed to be a free country where citizens have the right to CRITIZE THEIR GOVERNMENT. After all, many of those who say we should support Bush no matter what constantly critized Clinton when he was president. But if it's true that U.S. citizens should support the preseident no matter what, then that must mean it applies to other nationalities as well. For example, if Germans didn't support Adolf Hitler, that would make them look like idiots. Or if Iraqis didn't support Saddam Hussein, that would make them look like idiots. Or if North Koreans didn't support Kim Jung Il, that would make them look like idiots. NO!! Politcal leaders as just as imperfect as the rest of us slobs. Therefore they need to be made aware of any mistakes they're making. Following leaders blindly is what often causes bloody dictaorships, so why shold freedom-loving Americans do that sort of thing?

Yeah, yeah, yeah! Folks have the right to believe in that "support the president no matter what" nonsense. But at the same time, the right to reject that nonsense also exists. Therefore, I'm going to keep rejecting it.

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Bigot on C-SPAN

2006-03-20T15:06:05Z

So, did anybody hear that bigot's comments on Washington Journal last Friday? You know, the guy who criticized Martin Luther King and Rosa Parks for breaking segregation laws? Though I understand that people have the right to believe in such outdated notions, I was still kind of shocked to hear that sort of thing here in the 21st century. On second thought, when considering other current racially-charged controversies (Katrina victims for example), maybe it's not so shocking.

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Secrecy abuse in gov't another WMD

2006-03-15T17:05:41Z

President Bush W. has certainly been keeping a lot of secrets from the very beginning of his Presidency. Secrecy is important however, it can be abused. Which is exactly what Bush W has been doing ... abusing secrecy. Feel free to add your own abuses of secrecy here in this thread. Secrecy abuse in gov't is another WMD.

"Washington Journal Entire Program (03/15/2006)" - Listen to todays show on Secrecy in gov't - http://www.cspan.org/homepage.aspCat=Series&Code=WJE&ShowVidNum=9&Rot_Cat_CD=WJ&Rot_HT=206&Rot_WD=&ShowVidDays=100&ShowVidDesc=&ArchiveDays=30

"Secrecy hides accountability" - http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/2006-03-13-secrecy-editorial_x.htm

"Secrecy and a free, democratic gov't don't mix"
~ President Harry Truman

"Harry Truman understood the importance of open government in a free society. George W. Bush does not.

From the first days of his administration, President Bush has taken steps to tighten the government's hold on information and limit public scrutiny of its activities. Expansive assertions of executive privilege, restrictive views of the Freedom of Information Act, increasing use of national security classification, stonewalling in response to congressional requests for information - all these were evident even before the September 11 attacks. Since then, the clamps on information have only tightened.

Here, Public Citizen chronicles and documents the administration's obsession with secrecy, as well as the steps we, and others, are taking to fight it. By clicking on the links provided here, you can reach up-to-date summaries of each of the administration's major secrecy initiatives, with additional links from those summaries to key documents, such as executive orders, congressional materials, judicial decisions, and legal briefs filed by both sides in the court battles raging over these issues. We'll also provide links to other resources on the web, as well as information about how you can use the Freedom of Information Act to take on government secrecy yourself.

In the long run, we don't think Americans will put up with a government that operates on the principle of keeping them in ignorance. The more light we shine on these actions, the less likely they are to succeed."

http://www.bushsecrecy.org/

"Here is an excerpt from remarks given recently by Bill Moyers, formerly of PBS Now, on the unprecented secrecy of the Bush White House: It has to be said: there has been nothing in our time like the Bush Administration's obsession with secrecy."
http://bcdems.net/node/499

"WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As part of its "war on terrorism," the Bush administration has vastly expanded government secrecy, removing information from the public domain, limiting its disclosures to Congress and allowing law enforcement agencies to operate in the shadows."
http://www.fas.org/sgp/news/2002/09/re090302.html

``Secrecy stifles oversight, accountability, and information sharing,''
~ Freedom of Information Act.

"... under the Bush administration, openness and accountability have been replaced by secrecy and evasion of responsibility."
~ Sen. Kennedy

http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/

"Pentagon Seeks Greater Immunity from Freedom of Information Act ...Dismissing the Freedom of Information Act as a hindrance to protecting national security, the military is asking Congress for more authority to withhold information from the public -- a move critics consider a leap on the slippery slope of secrecy." - http://newstandardnews.net/content/index.cfm/items/1781

Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) - http://www.usdoj.gov/04foia/

http://www.freedomofinformationact.com/

Ask for your own records to see what files they have on YOU! - "A CITIZEN'S GUIDE ON USING THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT AND THE PRIVACY ACT OF 1974 TO REQUEST GOVERNMENT RECORDS" - http://www.freedomofinformationact.com/

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CSPAN podcasts?

2006-02-06T19:35:18Z

What's up with the CSPAN podcasts? Anyone have any success downloading them lately? I haven't been able to.

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"Confessions of an Economic Hit Man"

2006-01-15T16:18:58Z

"Confessions of an Economic Hit Man" - by John Perkins

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1576753018/002-8812944-3681631?v=glance&n=283155

http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=04/12/31/1546207

Also on C-Spans "Book TV" on Jan 10, 06 to view the video.

http://www.cspan.org/

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The needlessly the hostile phone calls

2005-12-29T07:30:54Z

The needlessly the hostile phone calls Crispin Startwell received on this morning's Washington Journal seem to indicate to me that C-SPAN viewers aren't as smart I thought they were. I mean, if you don't like atheism, then DON'T be an atheist!

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An Impeachable Offense? Bush Admits Authorizing NSA to Eavesdrop on Americans Without Court Approval

2005-12-23T23:25:11Z

Monday, December 19th, 2005

"An Impeachable Offense? Bush Admits Authorizing NSA to Eavesdrop on Americans Without Court Approval"

"President Bush has admitted he secretly ordered the National Security Agency to eavesdrop on Americans without ever seeking court approval. Famed constitutional attorney Martin Garbus and former intelligence officer Christopher Pyle both say it is an impeachable offense. We also speak with investigative journalist James Bamford about the history of the NSA. Plus, The New York Times exposed the story, but why did they hold it for more than a year? [includes rush transcript] President Bush has admitted he secretly ordered the National Security Agency to eavesdrop on Americans without ever seeking constitutionally-required court approved warrants. Under the program -- authorized in the weeks following the 9/11 attacks -- the agency has monitored the international phone calls and e-mails of hundreds -- and possibly thousands -- of people inside the country. The New York Times broke the story Friday. Hours later, Bush was interviewed by PBS' Jim Lehrer.

* President Bush, interviewed on PBS' NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, December 16, 2005.

Bush later reiterated he would not comment on the program because doing so would: "compromise our ability to protect the people." But less than twenty-hours later, after a storm of public criticism, he reversed his position. This is President Bush, in his weekly radio address Saturday.

* President Bush, radio address, December 17, 2005.

The disclosure has led to bi-partisan calls for a congressional investigation. In response, administration officials pointed out both Democratic and Republican congressional leaders had been briefed on the program. But former Democratic Senator Bob Graham, who attended the briefings as chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, told the Washington Post he was never informed of the two key issues to arise from the disclosure. Graham says he was never told the government was eavesdropping on U.S. citizens and foreign nationals in the country, nor was he told it was bypassing the special courts imposed by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, or FISA.

Under FISA, the government can obtain warrants directly from a special court that requires almost no evidence or probable cause. Passed by Congress in late 1970s, FISA describes it itself and the criminal wiretap statutes as "the exclusive means by which electronic surveillance . . . may be conducted."

Several analysts have questioned the administration's decision to not seek court-approved warrants when FISA courts have almost never rejected them. According to the Electronic Privacy Information Center, FISA courts have rejected only FOUR of over 15,000 warrant requests made since 1979. That number includes over 4,000 warrant requests since the 9/11 attacks.

The Washington Post notes the revelation marks the third time in as many months the Bush administration has been forced to defend a departure from previous restraints on domestic surveillance. Most recently, NBC News reported last week the Pentagon has been conducting domestic intelligence on peaceful anti-war protesters and others... "

please read the full transcript &/or view the video from "Democracy Now"

http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=05/12/19/1515212

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'energy independence within 10 years' Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)

2005-12-08T15:45:43Z

I saw House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) actually say, 'energy independence within 10 years' on www.c-span.org

"ENERGY INDEPENDENCE IN 10 YEARS

America will achieve energy independence from Middle East oil in the next 10 years by developing emerging technologies that work in synergy with the existing energy infrastructure. A sustained investment in research and development is crucial to creating cutting-edge technologies that allow us to develop clean, sustainable energy alternatives and capitalize on America’s vast renewable natural resources.

To achieve this goal, Democrats will:

Substantially reduce the use of petroleum based fuels by rapidly expanding production and distribution of synthetic and bio-based fuels, such as ethanol derived from cellulosic sources, and by deploying new engine technologies for fuel-flexible, hybrid, plug-in hybrid and biodiesel vehicles.

Create a new DARPA-like initiative within the Department of Energy to provide seed money for fundamental research needed to develop high-risk, high-reward technologies and build markets for the next generation of revolutionary energy technologies, such as those emerging from biotechnology, nanotechnology, solar, and fuel-cell research."

http://democraticleader.house.gov/press/releases.cfm?pressReleaseID=1275

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This weekend 12.03.05 - Updike and Breyer

2005-12-02T22:48:47Z

Updike and Breyer on C-SPAN This Sunday; Ayotte v. Planned Parenthood Saturday

This Weekend on the C-SPAN Networks

This Sunday, we have two new, exclusive interviews on the C-SPAN networks. On Sunday, noon - 3 pm ET on C-SPAN2, our series In Depth features a live interview with John Updike. Join us for this three-hour conversation with the award-winning author, novelist, and literary critic as he discusses his life and work. There's also the chance for you to call in or e-mail us with your questions for the author.

Later, on C-SPAN at 8 and 11 pm ET Sunday, we have an interview with Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer on Q&A. He'll be talking about the Supreme Court and his new book, Active Liberty: Interpreting Our Democratic Constitution.

Also this weekend, we have another Supreme Court event. On America & the Courts at 7 pm ET Saturday on C-SPAN, we bring you the Supreme Court oral argument in Ayotte v. Planned Parenthood of Northern New England which took place earlier this week. This case deals with the New Hampshire Parental Notification Prior to Abortion Act requiring that the doctor notify the parent of a minor at least 48 hours before performing an abortion.

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Holy moly!!!!!

2005-12-01T18:12:13Z

Holy moly!!!!!

anybody else watching C-Span right now? It is getting out of control they are this close to a fist fight over the Hunter amendment - a counterfeit by republicans of the Murtha amendment.

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Chief of Staff to Colin Powell Reveals Secretive Cabal in Bush Administration

2005-10-28T14:46:03Z

Lawrence B. Wilkerson, who served as Chief of Staff to Secretary of State, Colin Powell, from 2002 to 2005, revealed a secretive cabal led by Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld on "Washington Journal" and in this Los Angeles Times op./ed. piece:

www.latimes.com/news/opini...55395.story

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Truth, Torture, and the American Way

2005-10-22T23:18:36Z

JENNIFER HARBURY ON C-SPAN-TV - A MUST SEE!!!

The director of UUSC’s STOP Campaign will be featured on C-Span/Book-TV this weekend discussing U.S.-sponsored torture and her new book. On Saturday, October 22 at 6:00 pm and Monday, October 24 at 7:00 am

http://www.booktv.org/General/index.asp?segID=6228&schedID=382

Her new book is titled - "Truth, Torture, and the American Way: The History and Consequences of U.S. Involvement in Torture"

Description: In “Truth, Torture, and the American Way” author Jennifer Harbury charts the history and consequences of American involvement in torture. The author draws on testimonials from torture victims in Latin America, Vietnam, and Iraq. She also tells the story of her husband, working with the Mayan resistance in Guatemala, who disappeared in 1992 and was subsequently murdered. The book also delves into the cases of detainees abused in Abu Ghraib Prison in Iraq and Gauntanamo Bay, Cuba. The author is critical of the government’s response to terror as well as the history of the CIA’s conduct towards prisoners of war.

Editorial Reviews From Publishers Weekly:

When torture photos from Abu Ghraib became public in spring 2004, Americans reacted with revulsion: how could our military commit such horrible acts? In fact, Harbury's well-documented volume reveals, American representatives abroad have been involved in torture for decades, much of it in Central America, where U.S. agents apparently encouraged the kidnapping, maltreatment and murder of left-wing fighters and their suspected sympathizers. Harbury's own husband became one of the Guatemalan victims-she described his fate in Searching for Everardo-and this new volume alludes to his story repeatedly. Its central chapter compiles testimony from Latin American torture survivors, making a case for U.S. involvement in "torture by proxy." Harbury accompanies her evidence with passionate if unsurprising denunciations, calling torture not just inhumane and illegal but ineffective: since tortured suspects confess to anything, she says, their statements may be worth nothing. Making use of her Harvard Law training, Harbury suggests legal avenues through which even federally sanctioned torturers may be held responsible. If her book holds few surprises for those who have followed these stories closely, its cases will certainly stoke the fires of outrage. Radio host Amy Goodman, of Pacifica's Democracy Now program, contributes a foreword (not seen by PW).

Book Description:

Jennifer Harbury"s investigation into torture began when her husband disappeared in Guatemala in 1992; she told the story of his torture and murder in Searching for Everardo. For over a decade since, Harbury has used her formidable legal, research, and organizing skills to press for the U.S. government"s disclosure of America"s involvement in harrowing abuses in Latin America, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East. A draft of this book had just been completed when the first photos from Abu Ghraib were published; tragically, many of Harbury"s deepest fears about America"s own abuses were graphically confirmed by those horrific images.

This urgently needed book offers both well-documented evidence of the CIA"s continuous involvement in torture tactics since the 1970s and moving personal testimony from many of the victims. Most important, Harbury provides solid, convincing arguments against the use of torture in any circumstances: not only because it is completely inconsistent with all the basic values Americans hold dear, but also because it has repeatedly proved to be ineffective: Again and again, "information" obtained through these gruesome tactics proves unreliable or false. Worse, the use of torture by U.S. client states, allies, and even by our own operatives, endangers our citizens and especially our troops deployed internationally.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0807003077/002-3818054-7760806?v=glance

Also checkout - http://www.uusc.org/

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Damali Ayo

2005-10-11T17:04:27Z

I saw author Damali Ayo talk about her recent book How to Rent a Negro on C-SPAN over the weekend. As I recall, her book primarily and humorously looks at the way many whites continue to cling to sterotypes about blacks. On the one hand, I wasn't surprised to hear Ayo's shocking tales on this issue. On the other hand, I was also surprised that this problem continues here in the 21st century. If I had my way, I'd establish a racially-diverse colony on Mars where clinging to sterotypes about blaks or anyone else would not exist. Plus, we'd speak Esperanto all the time there too. It's just a though.

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C-SPAN MARKS 25 YEARS OF CALL-IN PROGRAMMING

2005-10-08T16:56:16Z

schdule here => http://www.c-span.org/c-span25/viewercalls.asp

C-SPAN MARKS 25 YEARS OF CALL-IN PROGRAMMING

C-SPAN launched television’s first-ever, regularly scheduled national viewer call-in program on October 7, 1980 from the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. We’re marking the call-in anniversary with a live, 25-Hour Call-In Marathon starting on Friday, October 7, 2005, at 8 p.m. and continuing through Saturday, October 8, 2005 at 9 p.m. ET.

Every hour, the special program will highlight key events from a year in recent history starting with 1980. Interviews with guests who helped shape or cover the event, archival video and statistics from that year are scheduled. Also, interviews with 25 winners from C-SPAN’s Viewer Call-In Essay Contest will be featured hourly.

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AUDIO - Brian Lamb TOTN 10/06/2005

2005-10-07T09:25:04Z

C-SPAN 25th Anniversary

Talk of the Nation, October 6, 2005 · In October 1980, C-SPAN founder Brian Lamb made a simple request to his viewers -- call and share your opinion. Over the next 25 years, the cable network fielded more than half a million phone calls, from ordinary citizens to presidents.

Guest: Brian Lamb, chairman and CEO of C-SPAN
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4947986

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Did the Bush Administration Intentionally Allow the 9/11/01 Attacks to Happen?

2005-10-06T12:27:38Z

On "Wahington Journal" this morning, Bush appointee, Porter Goss, was discussed because of his comments that failed to hold anyone accountable for the attacks.

Several callers advanced the notion that September 11 seems to have been planned to some degree by the Bush Administration.

With the fall of the Soviet Union during the Clinton Administration, the former President cut the budget of the defense department in half.

Defense is the largest part of the budget of the federal government, which is, itself, the largest enterprise on Earth.

Within a few months of taking office, the new President, along with his Vice President, found a new enemy to replace the Soviets. It just so happens that the job Vice President Cheney left to pursue his second-in-command post was none other than C.E.O. of one of the leading defense contractors: Halliburton. Now, defense spending is at record levels that far exceed U.S. spending during the Cold War.

It also just so happens that Bush appoints to his administration, at this time, a disproportionately large number of participants in the Project for a New American Century, a Washington, D.C. think tank that is comprised of oil magnates, defense contractors, and extremist Zionists, including Richard Perl.

The think tank promotes the U.S. invasion of Iraq, Iran, and Syria long before George W. Bush ever takes office. And, the group publicly states that it would need an event on the order of Pearl Harbor to win popular support for the Project.

Osama bin Laden, the son of a family whose business is demolition, and his al-Qaida unsuccessfully attack the World Trade Center in the early 1990's. Later, intelligence reports reveal that al-Qaida's plan is to hijack commercial airliners and collide them with major structures in the U.S. Al-Qaida is known for orchestrating multiple events at once and for returning to a previous target if it had been unsuccessfully attacked in the past.

A month before the attacks of September 11, George W. Bush receives a Presidential Daily Briefing that reveals that al-Qaida is going to attempt an attack on the U.S. President Bush and his handlers fail to take any action at this time either intentionally or accidentally.

The attacks ensue and, in the Congressional investigation, George W. Bush declares executive privilege with regard to the memorandum in question. Mr. Bush and Mr. Cheney further refuse to speak with the investigators publicly.

Later, the Bush Administration gathers false evidence to make a case for invading Iraq without provocation. The Administration also appoints Porter Goss Director of Intelligence knowing that he will be the one to eventually whitewash the failures.

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Constitution Day

2005-09-17T09:51:18Z

Did anybody see today's Washington Journal where Brian Lamb gave a quiz on the Constituion to callers? I don't know about you, but those questions seemed monstrously easy to me.

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Why Geography Matters

2005-09-12T14:30:11Z

A talk from author Harm de Blij (hope I spelled his name right) about his recent book Why Geography Matters on C-SPAN 2 over the weekend was definitely one of the most interesting talks I’ve heard on C-SPAN lately. Because, according to the author, not only is knowing geography important in geopolitical matters, but it’s also import in terms of geology, climatology and a host of other fields.

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Pre-Katrina hurricane forcasts

2005-09-06T21:19:11Z

Did anybody see the meeting of weather experts on the issue of hurricanes that was taped on June 30 of this year? It turns out that much of what these experts said actually came true via Hurrucane Katrina.

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Podcasting Beta Site

2005-08-20T08:43:23Z

Podcasting Beta Site
C-SPAN is now offering podcasts of some of its most popular programs. Follow the links below to download a podcast aggregator. Follow the "Subscribe to a Podcast" instructions to listen to C-SPAN podcasts on your iPod or personal computer.

http://www.c-span.org/podcast/

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Weekend 08/20 Book TV Pics

2005-08-20T07:59:56Z

Saturday, August 20
12:00 pm In Depth: Dr. Helen Caldicott

Sunday, August 21
6:00am Matt Taibbi, Spanking the Donkey: Dispatches from the Dumb Season
9:30 am Joseph Wheelan, Jefferson's Vendetta: The Pursuit of Aaron Burr and the Judiciary
12:00 pm In Depth: Robert Kaplan BALKAN GHOSTS

Monday, August 22
5:45am 2005 Virginia Festival of the Book: Reading and Philosophy Panel
6:55am Sen. Robert Byrd, Robert C. Byrd: Child of the Appalachian Coalfields

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The computer industry helps the Chinese government censor the Internet

2005-07-22T23:57:52Z

I recently heard a journalist on C-SPAN mention that the computer industry is voluntarily helping the Chinese government censor the Internet. For example, if someone types in the term "democracy" in a serach engine, they'd get a "forbidden word" warning on their computer. Has anybody else heard about this?

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"The Working Poor"

2005-07-17T00:17:33Z

Did anybody else catch the C-Span 2 video about David K. Shipler & his book "The Working Poor" ?

He was spot-on with everything he said. Politicians should be learning from his research & Americans should be taking to the streets in protest over this poverty issue. Politicians in America have a very long history of ignoring poverty & the poor. The video was on saturday the 16th, 05.

Here's the book -

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0375408908/ref=pd_sxp_f/104-0454589-7323964

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Support for NASA on C-SPAN

2005-07-13T14:19:24Z

Today's edition of Washington Journal asked the question of the worth of the space program. I was very surprised to find that the majority of callers seemed to support the space program. Does that mean most Amercan's support NASA? My guess is no. Therefore, it would probably be more accurate to say that most C-SPAN viewers support NASA.

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What is C-SPAN's agenda?

2005-07-06T16:02:53Z

What are your thoughts? The question is loaded and has different implications for different people. Just curious what response such a question, with regards to C-SPAN, elicits from you.

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C-SPAN rocks!

2005-07-05T14:20:00Z

In my estimation, C-SPAN is the only news service on television. Because unlike other "news" services, C-SPAN covers a wide range of topics. In addition to coverage of the two major U.S. political parties, C-SPAN has also covers the Libertarian Party, the Green Party, press conferences relating to the recent Mars and Saturn probes, interviews with authors from many political areas and much, much more.

Contrast that with most "news" services which only cover popular events. Since true news is supposed to be about informing people of events whether they're popular or not, and since most "news" services only cover popular events, then most news services are therefore entertainment. In fact, I would dare say that all the 24-hour "news" channels combined probably wouldn't give you as much information as C-SPAN does. That's because mainstream "news" repeats coverage of the same (popular) events contunously, while C-SPAN continuosly provides viewers with a variety of news topics.

Yup! Again I say that C-SPAN rocks! We need more C-SPAN!

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Brian Lamb dominates ALL

2005-06-23T18:18:30Z

Is there a better interviewer in the universe?

If aliens settle our planet, I want Biran Lamb to conduct the first interview with their leader.

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Roscoe rocks!

2005-06-22T23:03:31Z

I can't get over that Rep. Roscoe Bartlett from Maryland! Seeing him in action is like seeing Carl Sagan in Congress (only not so liberal)! The scientific discussions he gives in Congress are what I call a rare benefit that more politcal leaders should express. Unfortunately, most politcal leaders wouldn't discuss science issues for all the software in Silicon Valley. But Roscoe still rocks though!

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The SpaceShipOne guy

2005-05-20T19:27:28Z

I saw SpaceShipOne designer Burt Rutan on C-SPAN this morining. And in my admittedly limited opinion, I think it was one of the coolest things they ever put on C-SPAN. It's also what I call further evidence that C-SPAN actually covers news instead of only covering popular events. I think the last time Rutan was seen in mainstream news outlets was back in October or November od last year.

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Ray Bradbury

2005-05-18T14:19:41Z

I saw Ray Bradbury on C-SPAN this weekend. A definite decent deal! It also turns out that I was kind of thinking about him a day or so before his C-SPAN appearence because I had just read the book 3001 by Arthur C. Clarke -- another old-time science fiction writer. I hope they have more SF writers in future C-SPAN broadcasts.

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LA Times Festival of Books

2005-05-02T04:03:59Z

Some of those pannels got pretty boysterous...

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John Bolton Confirmation

2005-04-13T22:18:43Z

Anyone catch any of this?

It's kind of a perverse fascination watching things like this - He's almost as good as Condaleeza Rice...

It's incredible how someone high up in government can say that they don't know the "procedure" for something directly concerning them. What the hell do these people do? It's like saying, "I don't know my job, so it's not my fault."

It's like a horror movie watching this - looking at the frightening bits through one's fingers yet not being able to turn it off or stop looking.

It's amazing that this country functions at the executive level...

I would love to hear someone say just once, "You sir are a liar."

The national news media will fail to give any sort of meaningful analyses of this - The Daily Show will hopefully milk some good jokes from this.

Bolton keeps saying he doesn't remember... Just can't answer a yes or no question! Are all these people senile?

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Big Bang: The Origin of the Universe

2005-03-28T23:11:07Z

http://inside.c-spanarchives.org:8080/cspan/cspan.csp?command=dprogram&record=134292834

Anyone else catch this?
It was pretty entertaining, especially when Stairway to Heaven was played backwards to illustrate the patterns that the human mind looks for in things...

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What happened to the war protest coverage?

2005-03-23T22:35:39Z

What happened to the war protest coverage? I didn't see any war protest coverage at all on C-SPAN this weekend. Are they going to broadcast it some other time or what?

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Inauguration protest coverage

2005-01-21T15:57:53Z

Just when C-SPAN started getting boring to me, they get around to covering some alternative current events like the inauguration protest. Glad C-SPAN didn't let me down.

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The C-SPAN touch

2004-12-29T20:20:02Z

If C-SPAN suddenly and mysteriously got higher ratings than all the other cable "news" networks combined, there's a very good chance that these other "news" networks would alter the quality of their news coverage so that it would resemble that of C-SPAN. So instead of non-news like the Scott Peterson case or Martha Stewart's incarceration getting constant coverage, networks like CNN, MSNBC and Fox News would just report on what's happening in the world. No opinion malarkey or manipulation propaganda. Real news would finally become mainstream.

But needeless to say, I have a better chance of being appointed military governor of the Earth Alliance space station Babylon 5 before C-SPAN becomes the top news network. Yet at the same time, I can't say it's entirely impossible. Who knows? Maybe some kind of word-of-mouth campaign could put C-SPAN on top like it deserves to be

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Global climate change

2004-11-17T15:14:53Z

Did anybody see that Senate hearing on global climate change on C-SPAN? I think it was another classic example of how C-SPAN acts as the only news source on TV. While other "news" channels frequently bring up non-events like Martha Stewart and Scott Peterson, C-SPAN actually tells people what they need to know. I may be wrong, but I think knowing about global warming issues is far more important than hearing about jailed celebrities.

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A vacation from C-SPAN

2004-11-10T01:27:47Z

Even though I still think C-SPAN rocks, I feel I have to forgo watching the network for a while due to what I would call unsatisfactory election results. That is, C-SPAN very likely has and will provide coverage of the Bush "victory", and I am not interested in seeing that.

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