Sunday Weekly Review
May 29, 2005(broadcast stream
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Newsweek was right. General Hood has now confirmed that Pentagon spokesman Larry DiRita lied when he said there were no “specific, credible allegations” of Koran destruction. Will DiRita be fired? Will the Bush Administration apologize to Newsweek? Don’t bet on it!
Here’s the released excerpt of the FBI agent’s report on a detainee: “Personally, he has nothing against the United States. The guards in the detention facility do not treat him well. Their behavior is bad. About five months ago, the guards beat the detainees. They flushed a Quran in the toilet.”
Has the Republican grab for power — an attempt to end Constitutional checks and balances — finally gone too far? Does this pre-sage a Democratic victory in 2006? Even without hack-proof voting machines? Possible topics:
— The lowest ever poll ratings for Bush and Congress
— The nuclear “compromise”
— The Government plot to propagandize PBS and NPR
— The rejection of a Democratic bill to strengthen our borders
— Zygotic Stem Cell Research Bill
— Legal Bribery is Commonplace among most Republicans, not just Delay, and even a few Democrats
— Real salaries nationwide decrease on average for the first time in 14 years
— The Administration plays down genocide (it’s only “crimes against humanity”)
— Any other news of the week you wish to bring up
American Terror in Afghanistan
May 26, 2005(broadcast stream) (.mp3 download Right-click,”Save Target as”,”Save”)
As President Karzai of Afghanistan visits the USA this week, we explore the situation there. According to our guest, John Sifton, Human Rights Watch country specialist for Afghanistan: “It’s a combination of Taliban attacks, corruption, criminal activity and crucially warlordism, often with a close relationship to local authorities.”
Unfortunately we are part of the problem. Sifton says, “As early as 2002, U.S. forces were responsible for torturing and killing prisoners in Afghanistan.”
Remember Afghanistan? The Taliban? Home to Al Qaeda, the perpetrators of 9/11? What is going on there? Is US terror against Afghans the solution to Afghan terror against Americans?
The Battle over "Zygotic" (Pre-Embryotic) Stem Cell Research
May 25, 2005(broadcast stream) (.mp3 download Right-click,”Save Target as”,”Save”)
Can embryonic stem cells save lives? Cure diseases?
If so, is it moral to destroy them for this purpose?
As the Degette/Castle bill moves through Congress this week, there is an impassioned debate on the morality and efficacy of stem cell research.
Guests: Ross Frommer, an associate Dean at Columbia University Medical Center on the Board of Directors of the Coalition for the Advancement of Medical Research; and
Richard Doerflinger, Deputy Director, Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
Debate Tuesday
May 24, 2005(broadcast stream) (.mp3 download Right-click,”Save Target as”,”Save”)
Does a “nuclear compromise” on approval of judges in the Senate pre-sage the end of the hard-right extremism of the Bush Administration?
What does a Republican think about the “smoking gun” evidence that the Bush Administration “fixed facts and intelligence” to support a war in Iraq?
As always, your calls and comments are warmly appreciated.
Guest: Jim Parmelee, Chairman of the Northern Virginia Republican Political Action Committee
Televised on Channel 10 in Northern Virginia (Cox Cable)
Gang Warfare
May 23, 2005(broadcast stream) (.mp3 download Right-click,”Save Target as”,”Save”)
Why do young people join gangs?
How do our nation’s gun laws and drug laws affect gangs?
What should our Government be doing (and stop doing) to curtail gang violence?
Guest: Bob Bermingham, Gang Prevention Coordinator for Fairfax County, Virginia (with a population of over 1 million, Fairfax is the most populous county in Virginia and in the Metropolitan Washington DC area)
Televised on Channel 10 in Northern Virginia (Cox Cable)
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