[Peace-discuss] News from Neptune for 1 June 2012

[C. G. Estabrook]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xs8CXyx3LMk

Mark Twain is supposed to have said that History doesn't repeat  
itself, but it does rhyme. The child-killer in the White House is more  
aware of the rhymes than most Americans: he's consciously working to  
head off a repetition of the Sixties, that drove two presidents from  
office. (See "Audacity of Hope," for his plans.)

To that end, in a shameful ceremony this week, Obama gives the Medal  
of Freedom to Bob Dylan, who should have broken into song, about  
"fastening all the triggers for others to fire, sitting back and  
watching the death count get higher."

Meanwhile this week, former head of state Charles Taylor gets 50 years  
for his role in the 14 year Liberian civil war (250,000 dead). Bush  
stands with Obama and gets an oil painting in the White House. His  
role in the Iraq War (over 1 million dead) bears no interest to the  
International Criminal Court. "Such nice people, such pleasant  
company," writes Vijay Prashad.



News From Neptune - Episode # 164
Carl Estabrook and guests discuss the news of the week and its  
coverage by the media. In this episode, produced for Friday, June 1st,  
2012, he is joined by D...