what kind of impact it's going to make on the future of the united states you're watching out. i. are sitting down with author blogger and public speaker james howard kunstler so thanks so much for joining us it's nice to be here let's get started with the occupy wall street movement we've seen many media outlets try to ridicule them marginalize this movement as something that's temporary and really an artist teenage behavior and you've essentially called this bogus in your blog let's talk about that what is your take on occupy wall street well first of all it's hilarious that all of these scolds in the media are shaking their fingers at these young people and say oh you don't you can articulate your position you have any agenda we're living in a time in the united states when the consensus about reality is so fractured even among people who are supposed to know what's going on that we cannot construct

a coherent story about what's happening to us and what we're going to do about it so to expect the young people to be able to construct a coherent narrative when nobody else in the culture is capable of doing that i think it's a little unfair. what's more you can tell just from the placards that they're carrying around when you know where their heads are at the the most significant or telling one that i saw said. i have seventy thousand dollars college debt twelve thousand dollars in medical bills i'm twenty two where's my bailout that's a good enough reason to be out there i think so and i think what it represents is very clear it's the idea that this younger generation feels like their future has been sold out from under them but with major unions joining we've seen a much more kind of mature knowledgeable group of people come out onto the streets

thousands of people do you think that's reason enough for the media and politicians to really start taking this seriously i don't know if we're capable of really interpretating what's going on politically in our country right now you know i have a pet theory that the more social and economic distress a culture goes through the the greater the delusional thinking gets so that you know as the social stress rises the crazy ideas and delusional ideas and tend to increase it's not a very. good it's not a very good set of conditions for you know arriving at a picture of reality if we compare occupy wall street to the arab spring we saw american politicians on the mainstream media plotting the arab spring yet this is somewhat of a similar beginning of some uprising along those lines is until double standard a little bit too obvious yeah it's amazing it's amazing that we were cheerleading

for all those people in the street in tahrir square you know anderson cooper was down there and you know all the other. usual media suspects were there cheering for the protesters in spite of the fact that there was a very good chance that the outcome of the revolution might not be so good let's put it this way you know the outstanding feature of the politics in the last three years. there's has been that nobody on wall street has had to sit in a court room to answer for the tremendous amount of misbehavior in banking and you know this includes acts that can only be described as swindles and frauds well people have been talking about the lack of accountability ever since the financial meltdown took place three years ago but we haven't seen anybody

come out onto the streets why now and do you think that this movement could end up taking america to a better place at least in terms of pushing politicians to hold someone accountable if just you know i do think there's a reason why we haven't seen a lot of protests the kind of things that have been happening to americans are very shameful they lose their job they lose their income they can't support their families they can't feed their families their house gets taken away from them you know these are things that tend to be humiliating and shameful and i think that because of the way our system works where you know this is the land of freedom and liberty people blame themselves and they internalize the lot of the bad feelings and then you know they suppress it because it's shameful the combination of the shame and the anger that's all kind of mixed up with that has not really expressed itself and it may take

a bit more to shove it over the edge and may take you know a bit more hardship now in one of your articles you say the hope invested in obama will end up in a museum of lost hopes along with the integrity of t.v. news i want to ask you if this were to be obama's only term as president what would he be remembered like in history well i voted for obama i think that he's probably when all is said and done he's probably a decent chap but it also appears that he's either a hostage to history or hostin. certain fatima's in our culture and economy like the wall street bankers. remember over a thousand people were successfully prosecuted for the misdeeds in the savings and loan scandals of the late one nine hundred eighty s. and early one nine hundred ninety s. no significant figure from the banking community has really been even sat in a courtroom and had to answer for any of their their deeds you know there have been

a couple of fluky cases including bernie made off you know these are outliers these are the marginal cases but really the heart of the system hasn't been touched i think that. mr obama will be remembered as kind of a spectacular failure and i also think that this is a period of history that is comparable to the eighteenth fifty's in the usa that was the period that preceded the civil war and it was a period in which political institutions were failing you know an interesting thing happens in situations like this institutions lose what's called legitimacy legitimacy a reason to exist and the faith among people who have subscribed to the their beliefs that they are worth believing in and you know we're seeing a grand failure of legitimacy now in the political system in the usa and it's

rather frightening you really sort of forecast every year for for the year ahead what the united states should await and in your forecast for twenty eleven you said that the number one question really is can a political economy be floating like a when he will loon of gusts of sheer fakery how's the balloon popped yeah well i think that the air has been going out of it steadily but surprisingly slowly for three years and you know we're the whatever pin. in this balloon you know where where it seems to be located at the moment is over europe with tremendous questions about the legitimacy of the european union and the banking sector more more generally but you know all of the banks in europe and north america are. interrelated and there's no chance that what happens on one continent

is not going to affect another i think that there are sooner or later we're going to see similar problems in the usa the air is going out of the balloon. it's been remarkable that the fabric of this bubble was so strong but when all is said and done it's a fabric of faith and confidence that the system is meaningful and sustainable and people are beginning to doubt that that it is if we could return to the role of the media you return to this issue in your blog quite often you've written that they shout down invited guest commentators pander to their demographic and dissed their rivals for ratings what role do they play these days well you know culture goes through cycles when institutions. take various forms acquire a certain legitimacy and then blow it throw it away and i've seen it happen in my lifetime where you know the authority of the evening news on the networks was

unquestioned but what's happened is that you know i think that the the media has lost its confidence it's certainly in a great state of. convulsive transition we do know that younger people tend not to really get their news from t.v. at all you know they mostly get it from the internet. there are very few kind of vested legitimate authorities on the internet who are trust. good news bringers they all appear to have an agenda of some kind or another whether it's left wing right wing capitalist socialists you know we never won it is and you know i think we have a long way to go before any of these things are sorted out and it's one of the reasons that we can't construct a coherent narrative about what's happening to us do you think the united states could face its own per store i prefer to call it

a reset because i don't think it's the end of the world or the end of culture or the end of america i think it's a reset of culture but it can be very very painful and you know there will be a lot of losses involved of property and status and you know things that were important to people that they're going to lose and so we have to somehow be prepared for this period of history that's very difficult what i think we're seeing is something that i did expect that we would mount a campaign to sustain the unsustainable because of our tremendous psychological investments in the stuff that we've got running you know we put all of our national treasure into building freeways and building these massive suburbs and building all of the accessories and furnishings for them you know the strip malls and the malls and all the you know all the stuff that comes with them. that's where our national

wealth has gone you know we're not going to just kick it into the garbage can without a struggle. but i don't think that it's going to work very well for us anyway so the final in the final analysis what i think is going to happen is america is going to be dragged kicking and screaming into a reset of daily life james howard kunstler thank you so much your time. from the gaze of the manhattan project maintenance one to the university of california has been involved through the science of its provision and scientists and their relationship to the versity you see since day one has been in charge of researching designing and testing nuclear weapons and to some extent producing

weapons every single long nuclear weapon incident is arsenal was designed by university of california. we don't warm go. to university of california was selected as the contract because the army needed scientists to it's there are versus the position it's. a group of protesters interrupted a university of california border regions meeting to demand the school's sever ties with the nation's nuclear weapons program.

latest news on the week's top stories on our bloodstained end to an era in libya about occasions colonel gadhafi was executed by the interim government troops the country is now bracing for upcoming elections but divisions among the victors dog causing a grim shadow on the nation's future. breaking point this week violent clashes

erupted in greece as people were hit with yet more austerity measures while e.u. leaders up against the clock meet to try and resolve the debt crisis. battle over barricades nato forces failed to remove roadblocks by force of the disputed because of a border as ethnic serbs got the blockade to stop the peacekeepers advance. on historic moment a russian soyuz rockets from our french space space in the tropics it's carrying europe's first satellite navigation system aiming to become a serious rival to america's g.p.s. . forty six in the afternoon here in the russian capital dimitris here now with the weekend sports.

hello there welcome to the school some day it's not so thanks for joining us this hour first let's take a quick look at what's making this school sing headlines around the globe. blackouts new zealand's are crowned the rugby world champions for the second time following a close eight seven victory over fans. across in russia the exciting game from north america draws a lot of new followers across the ocean. and some sad news to tell and roger marcus simmons challenged done is horrific crash at the malaysian military in six hang. so new zealand are they trying to levon rugby world cup champions the all blacks triumphing by the narrowest of margins of a french team in auckland it may have been the lowest scoring side ever it was also one of the most exciting one truck place for the subject town with protests going over for the house on fifth ten minutes french captain terry this it was touchdown

eight minutes after the break as a steven don't pouted out. seven the formal school. all blacks us to celebrate the second world crown. now football where the top two in the russian premier league are in action on sunday leaders in it playing away to rest of the teams are cowardly in action the latest score there is three want to look at this man with a final whistle about to after that spartak moscow will be attempting to move to a fourth place at the expense of rock bottom of sixth form and then the big one sam alito is under a bus a second place that's come on screen much hundred just for the need of some form setting the table with just one point from the. previous to dozen games. to the english premier league now where manchester united to cross-town rivals city no goals have been scored the old trafford just fifteen minutes of play. and to tame

stoke city it's also full in the. later is all there is to the visitors another game struggling like arse home to. play for chelsea make the short journey to new post on rangers. and now let's take a look at brazilian football where current champions from last to become an era bought two goals and missed the chance to move third in the table opened the scoring eleven minutes into the game food. but former moscow midfielder found the nets from. the strike had to be too strong for them as goalkeeper diego let's go with them what they are doing first half injury time cross powerful at the net post by undress. and to finish their miserable night out for the host referee and polish. several minutes before the final whistle.

over to. the has won her first ever career double take title the kremlin cup that south to bits in an epi in the women's singles final here in the russian capital think how to turned out to beth three sets it was a stone and. opener rather easily six three but the eighth seed slovak stormed back in the second set that she wanted to win a tie break. in the decider taken it seven five the match and the trophy. there will be an men's final in moscow letter on sunday with the architects ravitch set to take on defending champion viktor troicki russian for a time when he was unable to. make that ultimate round off to go down to the top seed divident go had been struggling with his serve in the russian capital i said baffled and nagging left leg injury the thirty year old was broken three times in

the open up allowing tipsarevic to take a six to six foot home crowd brawling behind him looked more composed in the second set going five four up with tips ravitch was no match before and this product that him six two seven five victory. i know it's been a while has already shown his liking for the crumbling courts winning the title last year with some fathers german charlie thanks to the reigning champ and try to go back to the bench when late in the first set to take a six for the twenty five year old wrapping up the second by the same scoreline with an ace trix full sixty all to the. now the north american sport of lacrosse has become unlock with pos tom and rush of the exciting game drawing a lot of new followers here this year as consider it but top of now explains. lacrosse is recognized as the oldest north american sport with origins in the fifth

century the native americans who took it to their horrocks even went as far as calling it the little brother off war many amendments have occurred since stand alone to popularity in the past indeed world wide to flourish. is a team game so it's got that competition thank is in the air so it's now here three dimensions and there's more scope for dinner clever stuff like that you know you've got to bring your stake in you've got yeah it's like an extension of yourself i think harry. and the cons i think it's kind of fun is ok you know padded up you know you know you think about her really but he does not like i got the bug suddenly like four guys in the land i think it's ok by me you know it's amusing like ross has been a surprising revelation for russian audiences despite having few domestic players and just to be clubs one each in moscow and st petersburg this poor state sure is growing and every match between the rivals is a big advantage at the moment flooring fans are in the majority in the stands i i

think in russia it's a it's an upcoming sport it's you know it's a brand new sport i think you know we have a lot of americans a lot of british people here. are play with the russians and teach the russians how to play the cross and hopefully integrate it into russian culture is a great game for young people because it's it's of the us but i don't know if you know it's good to get out there to become fit to get stronger and to make friends to be a team like ross has been a tool in big games in one thousand all for a night in a weight with canada topping the podium on both occasions it's also the national summer sport of the country the physically demanding pastime with its full context stands not too dissimilar to the country number one sport ice hockey oh i was looking for team mates to play hockey but got into lacrosse and now i like it not a lot of people here know anything about the game and i like to watch people's amazed. faces when they see my stick and helmets in the street it has

a lot in common with hockey so i mean the shooting i mean the game itself the strategy involved it's pretty similar to hockey and hockey is popular here so i mean i think it could definitely grow in russia there is still a long way to go full across before it becomes a well known sport on russian soil but if the enthusiasm of the people really playing it here is anything to go by the signs are that it will happen sooner rather than leave. or cheat. but move to the world of vengeance was the best and leading the standings of brawler of spain after the second day of the competition the frenchman started the day with a thirty second lead over to luck for the from finland and only let his opponent cut this gap by two seconds to ten stages for the entire looks only title rivals finnick a haven and compared to. sitting on faith after the second day that gaps of almost two and four minutes respectively leave them with chances of beating the

seven time world champion during today's program. fun live era said no to tell and roger marco simoncelli has died after a crash at the malaysian motor event in supplying the twenty four year old was hit by two bikes ten eleven after hearing that awful at once and want to know the american rider also fell but escaped serious injury while fellow teller ross who was able to return to the pits rest was immediately stopped after the tragedy had been a noted g.p. rider to seasons following that checketts career in the lower classes so yet another tragedy in much. ok after the more sports stars from around the globe for in toss time hannity well there is next i think.

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forces fail to remove roadblocks by force of the disputed serbia kosovo border ethnic god the blockade to stop the peacekeepers advance. on historic moment a russian soyuz rocket sets off from a french space space in the tropics carrying europe's first satellite navigation system in any to become a rival to america's g. . yes. you're watching the weekly here on r.t. with the week's main headlines rory sushant libyans are celebrating the beginning of a new era with the death of colonel qadhafi he was gunned down in unclear sucked.