Guest: Investigative journalist Matt Taibbi
Protests continued in Wisconsin and throughout the country last weekend. Michael Moore gave a speech in Madison declaring that “America is not broke. The country is awash in wealth and cash. It’s just that it’s not in your hands.”
In the Middle East Egyptian protesters have stormed the headquarters of the secret police in Cairo finding evidence of phone tapping and torture. And in Libya it appears that a full on civil war has pretty much begun.
Yesterday was Sunday which means that John McCain had to be on TV and he continued his streak of inconsistency by saying he is now against Muammar Gaddafi (but was for him two years ago). What a maverick!
Sam went into a tirade of profanities on Friday’s Members Only show when discussing the treatment and new charges brought against Bradley Manning but kept it clean for further comment today. Alternet echos Sam’s take: Why Is Exposing a War Crime More Dangerous Than Committing One?
Matt Taibbi joins Sam to talk about his new article in Rolling Stone magazine about why Wall Street isn’t in jail.
Record crowds gather in Trenton, NJ last weekend to protest the Republican party’s (and it appears the main stream media’s) new darling Governor Chris Christie and his sweeping budget cuts.
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On today’s Members Only show Sam tries to allay fears about the popularity of Chris Christie- likening him to Rudy Giuliani’s 2008 run for president, give us the Majority Report name origin story, and takes listeners IMs.
11:37 am
Sam’s competing with Obama again today. Obama meeting with Australian PM Julia Gillard.
11:52 am
Good morn..
11:59 am
g’morning…
11:57 am
“There’s “no way “President Obama doesn’t know about the Bradley Manning situation”. “You’re saying that to say WHAT Sam”? Do you know what his response was to it? Or did you make that comment to try and implicate Obama in this?
11:58 am
huh?
12:03 pm
Jamel, I follow what you are saying…sammy does like to shit on Obama sometimes, as does the entire obama-centric media…
however, I think sammy is doing this more as a plea to make it stop, and you would hope obama would have the power to do so.
12:05 pm
Obama has not said anything about the Bradley Manning case. Nothing! Sam is saying Obama has done nothing re the Manning case. Sam also said that Obama knows what is happening and has done nothing.
If you know different…post your facts here!
12:10 pm
Well, what are the options…
1) Obama knows about “the Manning situation” and has done nothing to change it;
2) Obama doesn’t know the status of the supposedly top espionage leaker of our time, someone who has now been charged with leaking info to our enemies and may face the death penalty;
Neither reflects well on Obama.
12:30 pm
it is possible that Obama didn’t know the details. i doubt that he ordered this treatment, it was probably handled by generals.
12:00 pm
Oh, and before you accuse me of being an “OBAMA APOLOGIST”, I’m just wondering what facts you have to back that statement up. That’s all.
12:04 pm
sammy would have been better served to shout, “Mr President Obama, you must make this right!”
12:02 pm
mornin gang!
wall st.
what a bag of vipers.
12:23 pm
You could almost call ‘em vampires…
http://motherjones.com/toc/2011/03/coming-soon
(and g’morning…)
1:09 pm
it’s been Twilight Zone stuff since Raygun was prez.
12:22 pm
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An Overblown ‘Crisis’ For State Pension Funds http://huff.to/e3sYCg @zachdcarter
1:09 pm
What is Sam’s e-mail again??
1:11 pm
Majority Reporters <majorityreporters@gmail.com
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1:09 pm
Hi toni ~ how r ya doin?
1:10 pm
Late Good Morning to everyone …..
1:20 pm
beauty day here.
doggers snoozed out in their pre-breakfast mode.
i’m planning on being in Oregon for the 2012 elections.
1:13 pm
Thanks Sunshine Jim!!!
2:58 pm
Hey Sam/Dorsey/”Guys”,
Can you post a link to that British article Sam cited in that interview w. Taibbi about how the bankers destroyed more wealth than they created in this crisis?
Fanks!
4:57 pm
Cool intro Sam! U rock/ lol wheel out McCain…
7:35 pm
Regarding Bradley Manning being an “intelligence officer.” He is/was an enlisted guy; therefore, not an “officer,” intelligence or otherwise. Maybe he should be described as an “intelligence analyst.” I believe his military occupational specialty (MOS) was 35F.
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