the metaphors that are hidden in this commercial he had as a guest tomorrow holder and dinesh d'souza got on the topic of how fixing up the car industry has been a metaphor for fixing america's economic problems if asked me the ad was a straight up endorsement for the auto bailout but of course have they took the time to bash obama by saying that the bailout was crap that hurts the taxpayers in the long run because they have to foot the bill and cetera et cetera and then you decided to have fun with that other metaphor that clint eastwood made the ad when he says it's have time in america. so let's stop with the blame game let's talk about moving forward let's talk about halftime in america that's what this this is about that obama is really looking to get in there in time and you know we want to . and time in america as we know it i mean come on sean you're really going to make the sound apocalyptic does the u.s. fall off the map of obama gets the votes in november or worse does that mean the doomsday is around the corner and is a strong word but because i can't say i'm really all that surprised fear mongering is a tried and true

a political tactic no matter what the issue is and the president is no exception take for example erick erickson in a recent blog post the conservative wrote about his endorsement for the president saying we will be forced to hope for a deteriorating economy because while i will vote for romney and think he is vastly better than barack obama the fact is he has made no case for himself against barack obama except for that he can do a better job on the economy so erik's it is still anti obama that he's basically praying for the u.s. economy to completely crumble which will ensure that the president does doesn't come back for a second term kind of like that one time rush limbaugh said that he hoped this president would fail so here we go again conservative commentators want try to convince everybody that the world is going to end if obama returns i mean i knew the people said the world is going to end in two thousand and twelve but hell i don't know the mayans were aware of obama way back then and i should point out we've modified doomsday to happen on election day november third because that's when those g.o.p. mouthpieces think that it's all going to be game over on our clock at least you

know i thought that the media personalities were all about being patriotic doing with best for the country but openly saying that you hope the country and the people will suffer so that you can have a republican back in the white house that proves that you care more about politics than you do about people and sean hannity's attempts to be cute and terrifying at the same time but given his own football metaphor is saying that another term obama be game over for the us pretty lame in my book so for sean hannity doing is darn it is to scare the crap out of people he's tonight's tool time winner. our guide time for a happy hour i'm going to be deceiving lauren lyster host of the capital account here on r.t. and jim hansen retired special operations master sergeant and military blogger a black. hey guys. good thanks for having me on thanks for having me on your show to go you know i want to mention making the rounds and. let's talk about i mean

there's a lot of things you can get a vending machine these days right you can even get like i phones or something they have like apple opening machine at like little act that thing but maybe you never expected this one take a look. you know it's a burger university you can now get more than snacks from a vending machine and the college is now making the morning after pill available through a vending machine the plan b. emergency contraception can be obtained through a machine in the health center each dose cost twenty five dollars and the university will not make money from the sales. what do you think is the time that we loosened up a little. early that's brilliant that is way more valuable than i guarantee all of the other things combined that are in that vending machine of fritos and cheetos or whatever at least plan b. is something that actually value of having two hours of the health centers closed they can never be for everything our offering that you could get pregnant just cause they didn't open for an absolutely or the pharmacy right in to see the

vending machine i'm going to tell you this whole minefield and i'm just going to say maybe if they sold sex toys in the vending machine they could avoid the need for they have no they're not. going to have protection when it happens you know this is going to freak out of people this is going to cause want to get it over and i know it's sold and pharmacies you don't need a prescription you have to be over there going to be ordered like cigarette machines or whatever you mean how you can make sure that. well i mean they have bigger fish to fry than vending machine and just have a plan b. i guess that means any place to sell plan b. in a vending machine though it's college i think they should have been more proud i think they should roll them out more broadly and i think i think that building yeah the fact that you have them behind the counter and that you have to be over seventeen i think is completely ludicrous i think that this should be the future. ok i can at least disagree with that we can seventeen before you get by that i mean what are you twelve year old kids can then maybe a little control a modicum of control who gets to decide that you can't legislate morality parents

for the world you know and you know everything with. oh aren't i mean they won't. work at pharmacies are with us another interesting thing for you guys we have debated what we think about legislating morality think about twitter followers right if you work for a company and then you leave that company but you have like fifteen thousand twitter followers the you got during that time when you leave who do the twitter followers belong to we're seeing this happen in a certain case right now. let's move phone dog from his handle kept the seventeen thousand followers he had built up while at the company now phone dog has filed a lawsuit in california saying cravats followers should belong to the site the company wants two dollars and fifty cents a month per follower for months that makes three hundred forty thousand dollars. i think that's b.s. the company owns the twitter followers it's completely b.s. i don't even get you supposed to pay for the twitter followers the company will

just lose all the twitter followers once that guy is not. who they're following anyway fortunately you guys are both completely wrong there is such a thing as intellectual property the company paid him to generate these twitter followers on their dime it's the same as stealing an email list or a customer list and taking it to a direct competitor it's wrong i've never thought i'd be opining on a tweet custody case the bottom line is the company paid him to do that they own the followers and by taking that list and taking it to a rival he stole their intellectual property plain and simple i mean it was a spiritualist that's going to the bottom good idea of anybody making that is a good one i think good point if that's his you know not his personal life and that it was it was just i don't believe it's a company twitter handle and he was not on his followers under the image that is you know there is nothing there i don't even think i have like a barrier to number your peers or how that's a stretch right it's not like you have somebody contacts that in their private personal contact it's just their twitter name which is public ok but it's the same thing if you have a customer list and you take that to your direct competitor these are people they

generate advertising revenue from those twitter followers and by taking them to a direct competitor they cost his cost his company money it was stupid it was and probably is. going to if they do that through the forty thousand dollars it is that we don't trust the them so i hope he does i don't you just go get those twitter followers again if he's insane or send tweeting just say i have a new twitter handle folks people are retarded well i mean take i take. this is necessarily mean that i was the that's true that they're all right adults that are following it is hard it is very very funny word ahead so they're valuable that they're going to be valuable and you know where you are ok we have quite a problem in this country when even our dogs. are you getting fat and need to lose weight i mean there is actually a show out there i think a program to help dogs lose weight take a look. at joining us now is how do you see all the director of the doggie fat camp one of the first in the country you have changed the lives of hundreds of dogs have

to meet a couple of them right now first up i want to everybody to look at this before shot of lucky and let's see lucky did i come on how long. that's ridiculous and that makes me hate people that feel really going to actually exist but so based on a new survey from veterinarians nationwide half of all u.s. pets are dangerously overweight some forty one million dogs and forty seven million cats are so overweight or obese at their high risk for diabetes arthritis some cancers and premature death this is not shock can't just do it to ourselves we've got to do it in the end well known for the dogs and pets in their own little you are not an implant you have only made your smile i dismiss only fitting this completely follows everything we know about pets and their owners it's just so messed up but i think my parents dogs are overweight so. my dogs probably need a little well it is just an ill health it's

a whole industry of people that can capitalize there's doggie diet pills there is obviously camps really quickly let's john boehner speaker of the house we all know that he likes to tantalize things like. if you do win and you do become speak you will probably have the deepest hand of any speaker in american history there's actually been a poll out in your state of ohio saying thirty percent of the voters think you spent too much time on your ten and twenty seven percent don't like it is this something you have to go there are probably want there yesterday when i was in my group. a man well jokes aside the indoor tanning industry is political action committees contribute five thousand dollars to speaker john major's campaign i like it they should you support them why wouldn't they support him is there a better america right there a man with the people paying money to congress to keep that industry go yeah i think clearly agree are you guys thanks so much for joining me tonight that's it for tonight so thanks for tuning in make sure to come back tomorrow comedian tim

young is going to be joining us for happy hour but in the meantime don't forget to become a fan of the launch on facebook you can follow us on twitter if there's anything you ever miss it's you tube dot com slash the lot of shell and coming up next. but. let's start with that idea hostile yeah yeah yeah look there's a lot of the wait until you see the film on sirius yeah if you want to have sex go and have sex.

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. money from the humble job. all eyes are on syria tonight as president assad promises reform but will it be too little too late we'll tell you about russia's latest attempts to diffuse the tension between syria. and the world once again despite has been taken into the heart of baghdad were not on the outskirts were not in greater baghdad they're sitting off of the sidelines and into the story that a journalist a restful life and limb for the inside scoop but other relations between reporter and subject becoming a little too close to be considered objective. is

a ridiculous no no you're rewarding job i have a child i need a job i think they do the job and they can do a little bit better than what they're doing now it's a hard knock life for the u.s. that's right just blocks away from the wall street ball is america's poorest districts welcome to the south bronx. it's tuesday february seventh seven pm in washington d.c. i'm liz wall and you're watching our t.v. . we begin tonight with syria where deadly violence is escalating the u.n. estimates the death toll now at over six thousand and as the world watches clashing opinions about what to do about the rising tension that's ripping the country apart russia and china facing condemnation from the west and arab states for their

decisions of the a u.n. resolution on syria as diplomatic efforts fail a list is growing of countries pulling their ambassadors out of syria yesterday the u.s. shut down their embassy the u.k. called its ambassador recall that's embassador to damascus and today spain france italy all pull called their ambassadors home the united arab emirates bahrain saudi arabia ohman qatar and kuwait also took the measure it's all aimed at putting pressure on the assad regime and while they want president assad to step down russia and china refuse to choose sides as the international community fails to come to a consensus on syria what is next for the country artie's marina poor and i joined us just a short while ago from new york and gave me the latest on the situation after experiencing heavy criticism for not backing the resolution for assad to step down i asked her just why aren't syria or russia and china caving into pressure from the international community to question the reason there's many reasons for it liz but

one of the many reasons is the fact that russia and china will not support any draft resolution or international push towards regime change both countries have stated over and over again that the security council should not be used as a tool to overthrow governments of solver and states and because draft resolution on syria was vetoed and there was no consensus reached on saturday we did see russia's foreign minister and head of russia's foreign intelligence service visit damascus on tuesday to personally meet with syrian president. bashar al assad that meeting proved to be successful in many ways because following the meeting foreign minister lavrov informed the press that president assad has agreed to talks with the opposition groups he has also agreed according to mr lavrov to follow the arab league's road map for increasing the number of observers in syria also

president assad has agreed to send a government delegation to moscow which would meet with representatives of the opposition group now the syrian national council has agreed to allow moscow to mediate the roadmap for dialogue between the two sides this is an enormous positive sign considering the kind of standoff that the dividing parties have had in syria and the internet international community has had on reaching some type of consensus on how or how to approach the circumstance in a peaceful and fair manner now russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov said that moscow is committed to bringing peace and balance to syria but he also calls on both sides of the conflict to immediately lay down their weapons and put a halt to the violence in our approaches based on

a clear and simple goal to stop civilian deaths the region needs peace syria needs peace it is clear that efforts to end the violence need to go along with the start of a meaningful dialogue between all political sides today we've received confirmation from the syrian president of his readiness to participate in that process we will continue to work with various opposition groups but anyone who has more influence on them than russia should also work with them. according to russia's foreign minister of syrian president bashar al assad also has agreed to call a referendum shortly that would allow syrians to vote on a new constitution and to hold parliamentary elections in the near future so clearly a lot of progress being made by the visits that were made by russian officials to damascus and married i want to ask you because as the death toll continues to rise

there in syria and we are seeing these reports of the devastation in the country the shocking images could russia be blamed for the bloodshed in syria. well i think certain certain members of the media even certain diplomats are positioning their story that way we did hear the u.s. ambassador to the united nations susan rice saying that because russia and china both cast a veto on a resolution on syria the blood will be on their hands and i'm sure a lot of a lot of experts may may blame russia may blame china but russia and china will point to several examples one being libya there was military intervention into libya one of the security council approved one where the western countries promised would bring peace and security and now look at libya the fallout and the consequence has made libya more unstable than it was before colonel qaddafi the

former lever leader was removed and foreign intervention took place military intervention took place what russia and china are saying this is what they're saying that governments cannot continue to be removed disposed of when the international community decides there are no longer good for a country this problem in syria specifically russia and china believe is up to the syrian people to decide and it's the responsibility of the international communities to help facilitate a fair and balanced decision that ultimately they say should be made by the syrian people it's a hard problem though is it's not easy clearly well we're going to thank you for keeping us updated there that was our to correspondent in a port in iowa. well today republican presidential candidates are honing in on colorado minnesota and missouri where caucuses and primaries are taking place well since early on in the race campaign coverage has engulfed the mass media airwaves but despite the nonstop coverage our voters getting

a genuine look at the candidates i say collect now at how in covering both war and politics a certain type of reporting campaign imbeds a as it's called. can often lead to biased journalism and as you'll see this practice can't affect the message that gets out to the public. one embedded journalists came to rise during the war in iraq once again despite has been taken into the heart of baghdad we're not on the outskirts we're not in greater baghdad is it the department of defense planted hundreds of reporters in the field giving front row seats to approved media outlets like fox news and reporters like greg kelly well so happens to be a lieutenant colonel and the u.s. marine corps reserves this was the first time that we were seen war happening basically to live on television twenty four seven with the reporters right there in the middle of it but also enabling the military to control what journalists see and better tell their story you might focus more on those troops

and what their perspective is gina cov alero was imbedded in both afghanistan and iraq when you were embedded with the military you're covering the military you're not likely to just leave and go and stay with the villagers and for more to politics today reporters in bed with political candidates it's a technique commonly used by the mainstream media there with him paying off their network producers and follow the candidates around. these reporters are linked to their candidate almost around the clock to the moderate on the plane on the bus they get an up close and personal look the day in the life of the candidate they follow i think of it there we go any one of them yeah but he goes he back when he goes right in the process the reporters get to know their candidate well at least on the surface it's actually a very gratifying to hear the same speech over and over again when you're covering

someone man to man you notice the difference is. the tiniest things that he might say differently in a stump speech in a place like new hampshire versus a place like. but are political reporters for the mainstream media then campaign insiders and does the line blur between covering the candidate and working for them this iowa caucus was almost like a sham it was like a year ritual they were just reinforcing these rituals. for elections meanwhile a recent poll shows public opinion of the media at its lowest point in decades sixty six percent say news stories are often inaccurate seventy seven percent think news organizations tend to favor one side and eighty percent say the news is influenced by powerful people in organizations which some say is why one candidate doesn't get his fair share of coverage ron paul. a strong anti-war message strays from the republican mainstream when they do you have to cover him. not. to

cover him in a very probably again days away and try to the president disenfranchise him and while overlooking one candidate perhaps too much is divulged on others because we've got these twenty four hour cycles with these you know it from a should traveling very quickly their coverage is going to be even more superficial one of mitt romney's most recognizable features his hair and of course leave it to the new york times to track down his stylist who says that he's trying to tell romney to go more natural so when journalists form such cozy ties with candidates and set of covering and exposing them are they actually catering to them from the bias to the superficial reporters may need to break away from the bus and order to get the story right and to keep the public truly informed and washington liz wall artsy. and earlier i spoke to journalist and political contributor david seaman on his point of view of the campaign coverage we've been seeing in the media take

a lot. sure first of all thanks for having me on and covering this really i haven't seen anything like this before where one candidate is pretty much given a free pass and i'm talking about mitt romney of course the story will come out about him or his financial ties and it just basically disappears the next day goes no further than the blogosphere and then on the other hand as you were saying in the last piece you know ron paul and even governor buddy roemer who's also running for president are not getting much coverage and when they do it tends to be negative and so we just took a lock at mainstream media this trend of literally embedding their reporters with candidates how do you think this practice and other journalism practices a fax campaign coverage so when you embed a journalist in a war zone for example that has some very legitimate journalistic uses because you

have somebody on the ground with a camera who can speak to soldiers and all that but when you have embedded reporters who are on the campaign trail and have you know sort of an unspoken allegiance to a certain candidate that's very dangerous because you have a reporter who's acting more like a p.r. person than an actual journalist because they know if they dig a little too deep or dig a little too hard that they can be thrown off that campaign bus you know they can stop being invited to these press conferences where there's limited space and i don't like a lot of the embedded reporting that we've seen so far in the g.o.p. primary and this type of reporting most of the time it's hard to avoid inevitably this will lead to biased reporting how do you think campaign coverage can affect the outcome of elections. it has a tremendous effect you know the average person all the information about these candidates is out there it's online but the average person has such a busy life right now and they're so worried about paying their mortgage and doing

all these other things that they have to do that really they just turn on the t.v. for a few minutes at night and that's really that's where their opinions are coming from and so when they see that mitt romney is a strong leader and is going to turn this country around and when they see that ron paul is you know as bad foreign policy views that's really all they hear and they don't hear the other side which is that that isn't necessarily the truth at all and also in the campaign debates the questions they're throwing to these candidates are not the most controversial issues in the country right now they're not asking them about sopa and protect which were fascist internet censorship bills that congress tried to push through they're not asking them about. which the national defense authorization act president obama signed into law a little more than a month ago and it gives some powers that are much closer to the powers that a dictator or an emperor would have and they're not asking these candidates what they think of that and it's a big deal and i know that you are

a very outspoken critic of the n.d.a. of the national defense authorization act a law that president obama recently signed off on i mean why haven't we seen it much coverage of this there has been many opportunities to discuss this so many of these g.o.p. debates have gone have gone on very little time has been dedicated to discussing this topic. absolutely it's really surprising i mean as a journalist it's kind of interesting to see them ignoring this topic and skirting the issue but as an american citizen it's really terrifying it's not interesting to see them not talking about the fact that a lot of our civil rights have been signed away and it's being dismissed as not a big deal. and that was journalist and political contributor david seaman. well it's an issue the occupy movement has brought a voice to and one we highlight here at r t the sad tale of two america but the income inequality gap growing in the middle class dwindling the american dream for

many is dying and perhaps it's a new york city where this tale can best be told just miles away from the wealthy family jarius lifestyles manhattan offers is the nation's poorest district artie's on a stasia churkin and takes us to the bronx and gives us a glimpse into the daily struggles americans face there. welcome to the south bronx. where feeding garbage a daily fight for dignity it is the poorest district in america but yet just a twenty minute ride from the wealth of manhattan this is the stop for those whose life is largely a struggle a staggering quarter of a million people are living below the poverty line right here for many it's a tough life from the get go every second child in the area lives in poverty mothers like recently unemployed asia are livid is ridiculous we all need jobs i

have a child i need a job i think that the government can do a little bit better than what they're doing now rap group live and work in the south. but. they know the district like the back of their hand mike tyson was in here the a max is to name some celebrities but you know hundreds of thousands of young people behind bars. this is the infamous spofford prison. rod starr says industrial dumping into heavily secured areas is causing toxic waste sites we're standing in front of a mile in of garbage it's a dump site for the garbage for the waste of the whole dries the area this he says has resulted in a sixty percent spike in among locals and mr bonner probably not the right largely an immigrant community the south bronx is seeing mom and pop shops go out of business while the social safety net is disappearing when you talk about occupy wall street.