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Bill Lindley will interview David Swanson on his latest book: Daybreak: Undoing the Imperial Presidency and Forming a More Perfect Union.

Daybreak is a prescription for political reform that literally ends with a to-do list for citizens, and draws inspiration from the misdeeds and missteps of the Bush and Obama presidencies. What powers were stripped from Congress and handed to the White House while George W. Bush lived there, and what would it take to permanently move them back? Which of these powers is Barack Obama making use of or even expanding upon? And in the future, how can we expand our rights, create democratic representation in Congress, and make presidents into executives rather than emperors? This is a citizens' guide to the long-term task of removing power from the hands of one person, placing it in a body of representatives, and (here's the hard part) making that body truly representative of the American people. Swanson's analysis makes clear that the imperial presidency, which advanced so dramatically during the Bush-Cheney era, will not be stopped merely by electing better presidents. Major structural changes are needed in our system of government to rein in both the imperial presidency and, at the same time, the presidential empire. Only through the active efforts of citizens, Swanson argues, can we restore and protect our rights, and expand our conception of political rights to meet new challenges.

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With at least 50 countries with making weapons grade uranium, why go to war with Iran. To get an idea of Obama's foreign policy which will advance war look at who surrounded him during the campaign and their ties to the weapons industry and support for war. See: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIPNBJeXirI

We were lied to about the attack on the USS Maine to start the Spanish-American war.

We were lied to about the Gulf of Tonkin incident to start the Vietnam War.

Lies and half-truths got us in Iraq. And now, lies, are part of the proganda leading us towards war with Iran.

Separation of powers is the political doctrine under which the executive, legislative and judicial branches of government are kept distinct, to prevent abuse of power. This U.S. form of separation of powers is sometimes also known as checks and balances.

ISSUE: The unitary executive theory is a theory of American constitutional law holding that the President controls the entire executive branch. The doctrine is based upon Article Two of the United States Constitution, which vests "the executive power" of the United States in the President.QUOTE OF DAY: "As nightfall does not come all at once, neither does oppression.
In both instances, there is a twilight when everything remains
seemingly unchanged. And it is in such twilight that we all must
be most aware of change in the air - however slight - lest we become
unwitting victims of the darkness." - Justice William O. Douglas

“Wild” Bill Lindley explores why we fight wars. He basis the discussion around the documentary Why We Fight (2005), directed by Eugene Jarecki, about the military-industrial complex. The title refers to the World War II-era newsreels commissioned by the U.S. Government during World War II to explain why we fight.
The show discusses the rise and maintenance of the United States military-industrial complex and its fifty-year involvement with the wars led by the United States to date, especially its 2003 Invasion of Iraq and now the potential in Iran. There have been lies to get us into the Spanish-American War, Vietnam, and other smaller wars and we have engaged in other wars, Tripoli for example, in defense of commerce and now some believe for oil and corporate interest.
The documentary Why We Fight asserts that in every decade since World War II, the American public was told a lie, so that the Government (incumbent Administration) could take them to war and fuel the military-industrial economy maintaining American political dominance in the world.
The issue of American destiny, the idea of spreading democracy, the doctrine of preemptive war, why so many hate us, blowback, Granada, Lebanon, Laos, Guatemala, the Gulf of Tonkin and Vietnam, the Maine and the Spanish American War, and now we must ask why we may fight Iran.

See the doumentary: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=9219858826421983682#

Republican congressional leaders urged President Barack Obama today to send more U.S. troops in Afghanistan. They urged him to act quickly as any delay could endanger troops already there in what some say is a deteriorating situation.
"Time is not on our side," said Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., after a bipartisan meeting with Obama. "We need to act with deliberate haste."
"He wants ample time to make a good decision. Frankly, I support that," added Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio, his party's leader in the House of Representatives.
"But we need to remember that every day that goes by, the troops that we do have there are in greater danger. I don't believe the president needs to make a decision in haste, but we need to get this right."

Exageration and hypebole are expected in politics. Generally there is some fire under all that smoke. What did the right base the scare tactics for Obama's heath care on?

Obama's foreign policy is a Bush III policy and if you liked Bush on his more wars for the empire, then you gotta love this guy. If you didn't know it during the campaign, wake up. Let's see who has more influence on Obama. His base, the left (which is fading), his heady ambition to make history and change the world, and/or the grasp of the war machine - now known as the Congressional Military Complex. I'm putting my money on war since that makes history and serves many special interests.

Those who clapped and cheered when news came that Chicago didn't get the 2016 Olympics were not glad America lost, they were glad that Obama lost and was exposed as less popular and less the world leader his PR machine has tried to convince the world he is. They cheered for reality hitting Obama in the face and because it showed he is not all that. They cheered because maybe his sway on health care reform and cape-and-trade and more big spending - policies that many believe are harmful to America - may have a chance of defeat. They cheered against an ego run amuck and a president running for the world leader rather than one whose priority is to run America. They cheered because Obama thought he could just ride in on his white horse and get credit for getting the 2016 because he was Obama the great. They cheered because the loss for Obama showed a chink in his armor and perpetuation of his myth of hypnotizing charisma that causes women to faint and men to have chills run up their legs. It shows that the world isn't falling for it hook line and sinker. It showed that maybe there are brakes on what some see as a run away train off the track and heading over the cliff. Americans want a better America and a better future and many do not believe dear leader is taking us there. They were cheering for America not against it. They were cheering that finally there was some truth about Obama that could not be concealed. The media can't always provide the magic carpet.

"Wild" Bill Lindley tells the truth. The question. How may times do you have to tell a lie before it becomes the truth? Answer. A lie never becomes the truth no matter how many times it is told.

The media and politicians, especially Netanyahu, keep saying that Iranian President Ahmadinejad has said "he" will "wipe Israel off the map." This a a lie no matter how many times it is said.

At a seminar on a world without Zionism, not without Jews, but, without the cult that believes that Palestine has no right to exist because of Isreali biblical claims to the land on which Israel and Palestine exist. The seminar took place before the word "zionist' was redefined to mean the Jewist identity. At the time of Ahmadinejad's speech at the seminar "A World without Zionism," it meant those Jews that made biblical claims to Palestine. So, it could be said that the issue was then picturing a "world in which people did not refuse to recognize Palestine's right to exist."

In any event, Ahmadinejad quoted from the Ayatollah Khemeni and, depending upon the interpretation, said, quoting Ayatollah Khemeni as saying he hope Israel would "vanish" or "collapse." Ahmadinejad did not say "he" was going to "wipe Israel off the map."