Tag Archives: Obama administration

5/22 Apple, Immigration, Corporate Taxes And Press Freedom

Wolf Blitzer tries to force a viral moment in Oklahoma and makes an ass of himself, Apple hides taxes and threatens the Senate, Washington stops efforts to make the economy grow, why the political class only cares about the economic … Continue reading

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5/21 Glenn Greenwald: The Obama Administration’s War On Press Freedom

Glenn Greenwald explained the Obama Justice Department’s sweeping surveillance of journalists, President Obama’s atrocious record on press freedom, how the Wikileaks prosecution theory is now being used to criminalize all investigative journalism, the parallels between the Nixon and Obama Administration … Continue reading

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5/8 Samir Sonti: Why We Need to Make University Free, and How We Can Do It

Samir Sonti, explained the evolution of the corporate sectors view of public education, why eduction shouldn’t be about human capital, the origins of student debt, the enduring lessons of the GI Bill, why free education would boost the economy as … Continue reading

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5/2 Tim Karr: The Future of An Open Net & John Mullins Speaks Truth To Power

Free Press’s Tim Karr explained the background of President Obama’s new pick to head the FCC, who will control the Internet of the future, the drive by telecoms companies to control the Internet, Verzion’s Orwellian push to block your first … Continue reading

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5/1 Eli Clifton: Chemical Weapons In Syria & Zombie Foreign Policy

Matt & Michael hosted today’s show. The American Independent’s Eli Clifton, explained evidence for chemical weapons deployments by the Assad regime in Syria, who the Syrian rebels are, why the neocon foreign policy approach persists in Washington and President Obama’s … Continue reading

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4/23 Robert Greenwald: Exposing The War On Whistleblowers

On today’s show filmmaker Robert Greenwald explained why the Obama Administration had taken such a harsh attitude toward whistleblowers, how whistleblowers saved soldiers lives in Iraq, how Lockheed Martin made defective ships for the Coast Guard, the self preservation instincts … Continue reading

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9/13 Glenn Greenwald, Getting Away With Torture & Jeff Smith Previews Occupy’s Anniversary

On today’s show Sam was joined by Guardian columnist Glenn Greenwald to discuss the Justice Department’s decision not to prosecute murder cases related to the Bush Administration’s torture program in Afghanistan and Iraq. 

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7/19 Glen Ford, Obama as Effective Evil?

Glen Ford, editor of Black Agenda Report, on destructive policies of the Obama administration, the quiescent Left and the collapse of the Black community’s

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7/6 Cliff Schecter, News & Former Conservative Wunderkind, Jonathan Krohn

Cliff Schecter, from Libertas LLC, and Sam look to FDR & history in Obama assessment, talk jobs numbers and pick the low hanging fruit from the Romney

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7/03 Bill Scher, Arguing for Obama

Bill Scher executive editor at Liberal Oasis and Sam vigorously debate the virtues of the Obama Administration.  Also, in Occupy news, Occupy Philly in

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