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Video: BILL MOYERS JOURNAL

November 20, 2009 "Our country wonders this weekend what is on President Obama's mind. He is apparently, about to bring months of deliberation to a close and answer General Stanley McChrystal's request for more troops in Afghanistan. When he finally announces how many, why, and at what cost, he will most likely have defined his presidency, for the consequences will be far-reaching and unpredictable....

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The Unitary Executive: Presidential Power From Washington To Bush …

The ill-starred John Kennedy issued numerous orders and had federal troops invade Mississippi. Lyndon Johnson pushed presidential power well beyond Kennedy, and Nixon stalwartly asserted yet more executive powers. … Popular wars or those too ancient to stir controversy may be mentioned, mostly as an arena for presidential heroics. The Mexican War squeaks by [...]

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Looking Back - Kennedy Shot Dead In Dallas

On this day in 1963,The President of the United States was assassinated by a gunman in Dallas, Texas. John F Kennedy was hit in the head and throat when three shots were fired at his open-topped car. The presidential motorcade was travelling through the main business area of the city. Texas Governor John Connally was also seriously injured when one of the unknown sniper's bullets hit him in the back....

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Obama says it: There’s a chance he won’t run in 2012 Who’s Afraid of the big bad Palin'?

Obama says it: There’s a chance he won’t run in 2012 President Obama in China In an interview with CNN in China, President Obama opened the possibility to not running for re-election in 2012 — something that no president has done since Lyndon Johnson. Here’s what he said: “You know, if – if I feel like I’ve made the [...]

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Bill Moyers on Afghanistan

Our country wonders this weekend what is on President Obama's mind. He is apparently, about to bring months of deliberation to a close and answer General Stanley McChrystal's request for more troops in Afghanistan. When he finally announces how many, why, and at what cost, he will most likely have defined his presidency, for the consequences will be far-reaching and unpredictable. As I read and listen...

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Can We Change?

Barack Obama is being besieged from all sides about his pending decision on what to do about an undeclared war. I don’t know why this should be his decision alone. If conservatives in congress still have ants in their pants for war, as they did when Lyndon Johnson was president, why don’t they summon the [...]

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War Is for Children

“It really boils down to one of two decisions, getting out or getting in.” --President Lyndon Johnson, speaking about Vietnam. “Soldiers came to school today,” announced the Kindergarten kid. "They only kill bad people. They don't kill good people." This is story comes to us by way of Jon Letman of Truthout. The Kindergarten kid was his son, who is five. Letman relates...

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Around the Tubes vol. XXX

I have gotten a plethora of cool press releases have been flooding my inbox recently that you may find interesting. This post will include blurbs on Chuck , Christmas in Rockefeller Center , WWII in HD , The Lost JFK Tapes: The Assassination , When Crocs Ate Dinosaurs , Caprica , and Delta Blues . - I was never a fan of the idea of Chuck returning before the Olympics and it looks like NBC will be fumbling...

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Foxx: Republicans ‘Passed Civil Rights Bills Back In The 60s Without Very Much Help’ From Democrats

By Matt Corley During a debate on the House floor today over designating 21 miles of the Molalla River as “ wild and scenic ,” Rep. Virginia Foxx ( R-old right wing battle ax ), who opposes the legislation, tried to claim a progressive environmental record for her party. “Actually, the GOP has been the leader in starting good environmental programs in this country,” said Foxx....

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Ugh. Her Again?

Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), whose classiness we have noted before , has reached to the bottom of the barrel and pulled up the stalest of wingnut chestnuts : THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS!!!1! . Yes, Virgina, once upon a time, the Republican Party had some moderate -- dare we even say -- liberal members, and yes, way back when, the Democratic Party still had its Strom Thurmonds...

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LBJ's Path to War

Airtime: Friday, November 20, 2009, at 9:00 PM (EST) on PBS (check local listings at http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/about/airdates.html ). As President Obama prepares to respond to General McChrystal's call for more troops in Afghanistan, Bill Moyers considers another president's decision to escalate troop levels in a military conflict. Through President Lyndon Johnson's taped phone conversations...

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Obama says it: There’s a chance he won’t run in 2012 | KansasCity.com Prime Buzz

In an interview with CNN in China, President Obama opened the possibility to not running for re-election in 2012 — something that no president has done since Lyndon Johnson. Here’s what he said: “You know, if – if I feel like I’ve made the very best decisions for the American people and three years from now I [...]

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Medal of Honor recipient Bud Day Speaks of Torture

I got shot down over North Vietnam in 1967, as a Squadron Commander. After I returned in 1973 I published 2 books that dealt a lot with "real torture" in Hanoi. Our make believe president is branding our country as a bunch of torturers when he has no idea what torture is. As for me, I was put through a mock execution because I would not respond. I was pistol whipped on the head. A couple...

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There's a chance 'The ONE' won't run in 2012

"In an interview with CNN in China, President Obama opened the possibility to not running for re-election in 2012 -- something that no president has done since Lyndon Johnson. Here's what he said:"

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Precious director may march to Selma

The story of the pivotal civil rights marches in Selma, Alabama is to be made into a film, with Lee Daniels poised to direct It is the Alabama town forever associated with the civil rights struggle after state troopers clubbed and tear-gassed activists as they tried to march on the state capital, Montgomery, 54 miles away. Now the story of the historic marches from Selma in 1965, which led to legislation...