Links & Guest Info from this morning’s show

Posted by Mary Mancini on September 11, 2006 under Uncategorized |

This morning’s show: Jim Norton, author of Saving General Washington will discuss his book, patriotism, national security, as well as his work with Al Franken at Air America. We’ll also talk to law professor Marjorie Cohn about why, after nearly 5 years of interrogating Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and 13 other alleged terrorists, George Bush choose just last week to bring them to “justice”? Also, both sides of the immigration issue make their voices heard in Nashville last week and according to some, it wasn’t pretty; VP Dick Cheney says he wouldn’t change a thing (we have a list of suggestions for him); why we’re voting for who we’re voting for come November; and Officials are Slow to Do Something about the illnesses of 9/11 First Responders.

It’s that time of the year again! Please take the time to vote for Liberadio(!) hosts Mary Mancini and Freddie O’Connell for best Radio Personality in the Nashville Scene’s Best of Nashville 2006 Readers’ Poll.*

Must Reads
9 Sep 2006
“War-Mongering America Terrorizes the World”, By Howard Zinn (AlterNet)
“There is something important to be learned from the recent experience of the United States and Israel in the Middle East: that massive military attacks, inevitably indiscriminate, are not only morally reprehensible, but useless in achieving the stated aims of those who carry them out.”

8 Sep 2006
“9/11 Conspiracies And Cons”, by John Prados (TomPaine.com)
It’s time to sort out the legitimate questions from the dangerous distractions.

7 Sep 2006
“Bush Fears War Crimes Prosecution, Impeachment”, by Marjorie Cohn
With great fanfare, George W. Bush announced to a group of carefully selected 9/11 families yesterday that he had finally decided to send Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and 13 other alleged terrorists to Guantánamo Bay, where they will be tried in military commissions. After nearly 5 years of interrogating these men, why did Bush choose this moment to bring them to “justice”?

“9/11 in a Movie-Made World”, By Tom Engelhardt (TomDispatch.com)
“We knew it was coming. Not, as conspiracy theorists imagine, just a few top officials among us, but all of us - and not for weeks or months, but for more than half a century before September 11, 2001.”

6 Sep 2006
“Elections are about issues”, by Paul Waldman (Boston Globe)
Waldman provides an 800-word gorilla in what amounts to an executive summary of his book, which gives guidance on how Democrats can better craft an identity and find strength. But still buy the book.

*Only ballots received via the United States Postal Service or the Nashville Scene website are eligible. Ballots must arrive at the Nashville Scene no later than 5 pm Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2006. Keep in mind that at least 25 categories must be completed for the ballot to be eligible.