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fact that iraq today is an iranian satellite we said we were going to transform it into this anglo-saxon democracy that would ultimately be friendly to the west and friendly to the united states and today iraq is effectively an iranian client state who are we kidding this is this is part of a much larger problem and money that we've spent has simply being squandered and lost certainly so much to talk about i think you have a really good point there u.s. army colonel douglas macgregor executive vice president of the burke mcgregor group . well the story that we've reported on recently has continued to gain some steam fox news among others is reporting that the m.t.n. group the firm with ties to iran that reportedly paid white house adviser david plus one hundred thousand dollars in speaking fees in two thousand and ten has even deeper ties with the iranian government the firm it's been alleged was behind quote a premeditated program of corruption that included bribery and influence on corrupt and control officials this type of in-depth reporting brings some very interesting questions to l

fact that iraq today is an iranian satellite we said we were going to transform it into this anglo-saxon democracy that would ultimately be friendly to the west and friendly to the united states and today iraq is effectively an iranian client state who are we kidding this is this is part of a much larger problem and money that we've spent has simply being squandered and lost right certainly so much to talk about i think you have a really good point there u.s. army colonel douglas macgregor executive vice president of the berkman greater group well that's going to do it for now for this evening but for more on the stories we covered go to youtube dot com slash r.t. america he should also check out our website r.t. dot com slash usa and you certainly follow me on twitter you can find me at christine friends out on thank you for watching now have a great night.

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fact that iraq today is an iranian satellite we said we were going to transform it into this anglo-saxon democracy that would ultimately be friendly to the west and friendly to the united states and today iraq is effectively an iranian client state who are we kidding this is this is part of a much larger problem and money that we've spent has simply being squandered and lost certainly so much to talk about i think you have a really good point there u.s. army colonel douglas macgregor executive vice president of the burke mcgregor group . so i don't r.t. you have the right not to record that anything you film or record it can and will be used against you in a court of law especially if you secretly taped a police officer already the case of one journalist who was a rusted or doing his job. what drives the world the fear mongering used by politicians who makes decisions to break through it's already been made can you try no one. is imbue it with a global missionary zeal where. we had a state controlled capitalism is called fashion's when nobody dares to ask we do r t a question more. let's

ren the anglo saxon comment about there is not an anglo saxon in the white house, the left wing is tryingcapture the poplism by playing the narrative that mitt romney is too wealthy, out of touch, offshoring jobs and bankrupting companies while he is making millions of dollars. both sides trying to capture this economic populist moment. it's not clear who is going to -- who has the advantage, though. >> well, so mudcat if we are going down this path of advising, say, the war room of the obama team and the war room is asked: what do i do in the south to keep those voters or to get those voters what do you tell them? >> i think you tell them the same thing you tell the democratic party and donnie's dad, don, has been a proponent of this for a long time. we have a fight down here. and we are just for the doing it the democrats for all practical purposes are continuing to write off the south. i mean if you look at the 2004 campaign with john kerri, he wrote off 223 electoral votes before labor day in the south. i mean it's crazy. and i mean we are sitting here now fighting eric cantor and, yo

comments he made abroad about the president not truly appreciating when he was in england the anglo-saxon in the world, when you put it together with his anti-immigrant policies and the things that he has said, i think what it reveals is a sort of perspective on america that would take us back to the days of ozzie and harriet rather than recognizing that we are, in fact, a strong people because we are a diverse people. we are a people who believe that every individual has and should have the opportunity to succeed and that opportunity expands in our country when each of us has the ability to make it in america. >> is that code for you think he's appealing to the white vote? >> i think that his -- i think -- well, i think that their party, in fact, is a party that has a problem, as jeb bush has said, with being an e exclusive party, a party that makes comments about women's rights, about immigration, about even basic voting rights. i mean, look at the number of their republican governors who have signed bills that make it harder to vote. had h when you have a party that says coded things t

jeb bush even saying that they have the change for the long-term, because the view of white anglo-saxon and i'm a true american and nobody questions where i was born sort of thing is really off putting to those of us who believe that the diversity is the strength and we are nation of diversity. >> well, governor, it is absolutely true that the president has joked i think over the past two couple of white house correspondents dinners that i have been to, he has joked about the birth certificate thing, and can't you take this mitt romney at his word, he was joking and in his hometown of michigan and what is so wrong with that? have we lost, quote, our sense of humor as one of the previous guests suggested? >> well, i think that what it shows is a loss of and a lack of perspective and an appreciation when you have policies and advance positions that are bashing of new americans and new immigrants, and when you have policies that want to take us back in terms of women's rights and freedom of women to choose, i think that it becomes a very exclusive party and that birther comment is simply m

i'm sam saxon for thom hartmann in washington d.c. and here's what's coming up tonight on the big picture with an economy in turmoil a nation in crisis in years of failed economic policies it's clear we need some new revolutionary ideas to get america back on track we know romney and ryan aren't the people to give us these new ideas but maybe dr jill stein is the green party's candidate for president of the united states joins me in just a moment also paul ryan has close ties to a certain labor union that sounds crazy right well if you know what's going on at this union then it shouldn't be too surprising that story coming up a little later and what would america be like if we held corporations accountable for their actions like the big banks were destroying our economy or big oil for destroying our environment while some countries do punish out of control corporations and the united states should be doing the same thing tom we'll explain in tonight's daily take. and we begin tonight with the seventy year old idea rewind with me back

and welcome back to the big picture i'm saved saxon from tom hartman coming up in this half hour to a new report our economy has lost one third of its ability to create what are known as good jobs but that's just half the story the other half is coming up in just a moment and in the last couple of years conservatives have wage wars against women labor and even education and when you throw in their love of conspiracy theories and dog whistle politics it's clear conservatives have gone far far right so why would anyone want to call themselves a conservative today. welcome to the new american economy we're good jobs are as hard to find as mitt romney's tax returns a new report by the center for economic and policy research finds that our economy has lost one third of its ability to create what are defined as good jobs a good job is one that pays at least thirty seven thousand thirty seven thousand dollars and offers health insurance and a retirement plan and the data shows that since one nine hundred seventy nine american workers of all education levels have lost these good jobs that inc

i'm sam saxon for tom hartman in washington d.c. and here's what's coming up tonight on the big picture. tonight julian assange remain stuck in the ecuadorian embassy in london with british police guarding against any possible escape how does this on his fight represent a larger struggle underway in america and the entire western world also what was supposed to be an organized strike to protest working conditions for miners in south africa turned into a bloody massacre last week why did police open fire on the miners and what should americans take away from this show of violence against organized labor overseas and seen her padding their leather wallets with your taxpayer money you know why because corporations are running our government it's called fascism and tom will tell you more about it in tonight's daily to. ok so it's now been five days since the government of ecuador granted wiki leaks founder julian assange political asylum yet tonight remain stuck in the ecuadorian embassy in london as british police around the building r

i'm sam saxon for tom hartman in washington d.c. and here's what's coming up tonight on the big picture oil companies are raking in billions of dollars in some have even secured so this is some of the most profitable corporations to ever grace the planet what exactly are they doing to make all that money the answer predation greg palast joins me in just a moment. libertarian presidential candidate gary johnson is looking to make a splash in november sure a lot of americans are fed up with the two party do awful in america there's a libertarian really the right answer and from the east coast to the west coast the use of excessive force by police is on the rise with hundreds being hurt and injured for no reason what's happening to police forces in america and how can we reel them back in and stop all the brutality. all right so we're going to begin tonight with some role play ok let's pretend for a moment that i'm not the guest host of this t.v. show you're watching ok instead i'm the king of big oil now i know it's hard to imagine bu

i'm sam saxon for tom hartman in washington d.c. and here's what's coming up tonight on the big picture. president obama will soon be holding his two hundredth fundraiser since taking over the white house the most by any president in their first term ever but how else can the president compete in post citizens united america is this really how we envision our democracy work it alternates they'll stand joins me in just a moment. also according to a new report unions have been giving money to p.r. firms to help boost their image the only problem is the same p.r. firms are helping to destroy the unions at the same time labor journalist might delicacy here to get to the bottom of the story and you would think a nuclear disaster would make a government rethink using nuclear power right wrong why is the japanese government restarting nuclear power plants while thousands of japanese citizens are protesting the streets and the crippled fukushima plant spews radiation. and we begin tonight with bad news for those who want four more years of

same saxon for tom hartman in washington d.c. and here's what's coming up tonight on the big picture. no new nukes at least temporarily the nuclear regulatory commission announced it's putting a freeze on issuing new licenses for nuclear power plants in america so what prompted this decision and does the ongoing crisis that fukushima have anything to do with it also right now there are almost fifty million americans living in poverty a number of never before seen in this country are the social safety nets that were put in place to help the poor enough to keep up with such a high demand and forget weak gun laws one of the biggest reasons gun violence is so prevalent in america is because corporations are allowed to write our laws how can we stop the corporate takeover of the legislative process and stop the epidemic of gun violence in the process. right so here's something that people living in florida should know your governor rick scott the national rifle association and the koch brothers funded american legislative exchange cou

unwelcome headline after he upset the brits over the olympics, palestinians suggesting that anglo-saxonture is superior. there is one press conference in the foreign tour in which he took three questions. then candidate obama on his foreign tour four press conferences, 25 questions. romney campaign they did offer high profile one on which we asked about the negative headlines starting when he said he wasn't sure if the london games would go well. >> would you answer it the same way? >> i tend to tell people what i actually believe. referring to the comments that were made in the media is something which i felt was honest reflection of what was being, concerning folks. >> tonight a senior advisor that is exactly you want from a president. he now heads back to the u.s. eager to turn the page. mitt romney is back in boston and his wife is back in london to wap her prize horse compete in the olympics and choice of a running mate, mitt romney is not likely to do that without ann back in the united states. he won't be back august 9th or 10th in the next chapter of the presidential race. >>> b

and the peasants are still speaking anglo-saxon. so think about the english language with regard to the food. if it's on your plate, as french. the elegant fancy people, the french word. when it's outside in the barnyard making noise that is, let's take a simple example. imagine our to invite you to dinner. as they please come to dinner. we shall be serving swine. would you like another slice of cake? or perhaps a slice of cow as the thought is rather repulsive and shocking. instead, it is pork on your plate. it is a pic when it's outside pier but it's on your fancy china, it poured just desserts french. and similarly as the fun we have done the same to china. cow when it's outside being tended by cowherd or anglo-saxons. if you listen carefully, you can hear the distant echoes of conquest that established the modern english state. now let's look at characteristic features of modern states that are defining features of state power. at the first one is a monopolization of law. they claim to have a monopoly that we the sovereign power

. >> the anglo-saxon remark, i don't think that was an accident because there's an audience. he has a shrinking audience of people considering voting for them, and some of those are probably racist. >> time has shrunk. keli, keith, and susan, thank you so much. >>> coming up, i'm opening up the dyson-ary to give you the true definition of the word independence. stay tuned. >>> up next, the latest entry in the dyson-ary. we'll look at how the gop is redefining the word independence. and in the big finish, we'll take a closer look at race relations since the election of the first african-american president. lehigh university professor james peterson will join me. >>> and don't forget to head to our facebook page and like the ed show. connect with fans, get updates on the show, share you thoughts. "the ed show" on facebook is the living, breathing nerve center of everything we do online. if you don't like us, you have no one to blame but yourself. we'll be right back. [ male announcer ] it seems like every company has a facebook page these days. but where's the relationship stat

. >> no white anglo saxon protesta protestant, in time around. you went to salt lake city.ecial is called "race, religion, and sex." >> hello salt lake city, i'm hoefth a special town hall meeting, it's about race, religion and sex. three of your favorite things. know what's interesting? i've been pedaling for three hours and i haven't seen a single black person. >> was there anything that surprised you about that community at all? >> i tell you, ed, it's surprising, it's a very progressive city. salt lake city. it was named by "the advocate" as the gayest city in north america, i swear to god. it's the gayest unknown gay city in america. you would never think that salt lake city is like that but it's very progressive, to be honest with you. >> what is your show, the sex end of it, republicans are always good for a sex scandal every now and then, will we get one this year? >> didn't the strippers double down in tampa this week or something? they're putting on an unbelievable show i hear there because apparently the republicans pay more for strippers i think than democrats,

he doesn't share the anglo-saxon heritage from mitt romney's own campaign. so thirdly, i think, what is important here is for us to understand this is the politics of distraction. the republican party, especially with mitt romney's leadership, has done nothing to not only reach out to african-american people and other people of color, but its policies have been detrimental in both theory and practice to the very strength and stability of these people. but to call president obama a man full of -- who is angry and who has hate is not only ridiculous but it appeals to, gin, those racial politics that says any african-american person who expresses himself with vigor automatically must be angry, which is quite ridiculous when it comes to president obama. >> senator rob portman was on the platform tonight so was john casic. to characterize the campaign saying take your anger and your campaign of hate back to chicago, does this elevate the rhetoric in the campaign, and where does it end? where is the civility in all of this? >> it is escalating the racial rhetoric

. >> the fact remains it is a white anglo saxon who did it. he was bald so can i say was' skinhead? all these thoughts do come into your mind. >> we're in america. we have freedom of religion, freedom of qee quality and this is all happening -- of equality and this is all happen glrg we discovered his music was backed by label 57 based in lithicum. he's featured in a number of pictures on the label's myspace page but the label released a statement later saying they do not condone page's actions and removed all images of his band on the label's website. andrea, we just learned that the sikhs in the washington community, about 7,000 to 10,000 members of that community will be gathering at a rockville temple tonight at 7:00 for a vigil to honor the victims in wisconsin. back to you. >> delia goncalves with the latest from our satellite center. >>> a university of maryland student accused of making threats is scheduled to plead guilty later today. that according to prince george's county state's attorneys office. police arrested alexandria sangh last month. the poster wrote he would kil

they said the five anglo-saxon countries. -- studied five anglo-saxon countries.hat they found was we estimate that reductions in tax rates explain between 1/3 and 1/2 of the rise of the richest income group. even if it was only half, this makes these numbers really not a profit for the uses in which they're being put. it is not make them appropriate as an excuse for raising tax rates. tax rate in transfer payments are not counted in the data. that is all i have to say. [applause] >> i can do this. i just have to minimize this. ok. there it is. >> if any of these speakers have cell phones, turn them off. it causes a little bit of feedback. >> i am a senior. i am entitled to aida portion of his income. let me think the cato institute for inviting me to be on the panel today. really i do not get to be thelefty on the panel. i initially about half a dozen libertarians' running around. the cato institute benefited greatly from grappling with alan's work. i am glad to have a chance to respond. i want to disagree -- i want to agree that the questions that brian raises g

. >> the anglo-saxon remark, i don't think that was an accident because there's an audience -- he hase of people considering voting for them, and some of those are probably racist. >> oh, come on! >> the time has shrunk. keli, keith, and susan, thank you so much. >>> coming up, i'm opening up the dyson-ary to give you the true definition of the word independence. stay tuned. [ female announcer ] with swiffer dusters, a great clean doesn't have to take longer. i'm done... i'm going to read one of these. i'm going to read one of these! [ female announcer ] unlike sprays and dust rags, swiffer 360 dusters extender gets into hard to reach places so you can get unbelievable dust pick up in less time. i love that book! can you believe the twin did it? ♪ [ female announcer ] swiffer. great clean in less time. or your money back. ♪ >>> up next, the latest entry in the dyson-ary. we'll look at how the gop is redefining the word "independence." and in the big finish, we'll take a closer look at race relations since the election of the first african-american president. lehigh university professo

. >> it is a white anglo-saxon who did it. he was bald, so can i say he was a skinhead? all these thoughts do come into your mind. >> you can't yes state the local hurt, concern -- overstate the local hurt, concern, maybe even fear caused by the carnage outside the sikh temple in milwaukee this weekend. >> we're in america. we're supposed to have freedom of religion and freedom of inequality that this is all happening. >> reporter: the door to the entrance of the temple, shoes off, head covered. there are maybe 7 to 10,000 members throughout the washington area, 11 temples in all. at the sikh temple on columbia pike in silver spring a group gravid to meet with us this afternoon to discuss the -- agreed to meet with us this afternoon to discuss the apparent assault of one man. >> though we do not know what the motive of the assailant was, but the fact is that he singled out especially the sikhs with the turban on. >> we went through this in 9/11 where the first person who got killed after the 9/11 was a sikh itself just like here, mistaken identity. >> reporter: they need

it's interesting to see the interpretation, especially by the anglo-saxon press. she says we're all for saving the euro. that has been interpreted as euro being full blown support to support the ecb program to buy bonds outright. i don't think that's true because the constitutional court needs to rule and germany has had a hard time and finland has some issues at least on communication policy in terms of where they stand on this. >> what is an investor to do? >> i hate to say this, but this is really the time where you want to keep the powder dry, because we're not in business not to do business. just relaxing and policymakers has been a way which is always good news because as you know, the more macro we have the better it is. as we come in to september this activity will increase. we see these comments today, hope of policy responses across the globe, and i don't see any value. we're chasing similar to what we did in 2007 and 2008 and chasing yield ultimately always ends up with somebody crying and those crying will be investors, unfortunately. >> steve, good to

somehow in anglo saxon minds, the housing sector maybe has greater value. but it's key. >>> well, inna india made headlines when it suffered the worst power outages. the deputy governor of rhett serve bank of india told lisa oak how the central bank is viewing that failure. >> i would say the equivalent of a natural disaster of some kind. fortunately, there aren't the same human consequences that a storm or hurricane or cyclone would have. but in a sense, it is a sharp shock disruption and people lose lively hoods for a day or two, so on, you can make this up. it doesn't have a microcosm. it is highlighting several deeper problems with the sector, infrastructure. that is significant for supply bottlenecks and the way we're balancing growth. >> what is the worst performing currency in asia so far this year, the rupee. do you support it? >> the fact that we saw the rupee deappreciate shows that capital is slowing across the board, across all countries. the global markets are taking a risk off position. when that happened, the deficit drove the currency dynami

have this big will gather because it's a mixture of words from every other language, mainly anglo saxon and norman french, also we pick up words like pajamas and burrito and the like. we can have, we can hear the origins of this in the english language. civil society, means a city. and civil behavior which means you are respectful to other people. this is a culture of business people. one of the things you learn on your first job when you work for private business is do not kill your customers. [laughter] this is a really important lesson. you wouldn't think that from watching american tv shows were your typical business executive, gets it, has to step me and says god dammit, we are not killing enough of our customers. i want to see action. too many of the personages -- too many of the purchase of our product are surviving. you think hollywood portrays business activity, that's what business people do all day long. that's after that disposed of the body of the murdered transvestite who they picked up the night before, which if you look at the date of overwhelmingly on television most mu

people fundamentally deal with the level of debt and neither german method of austerity nor anglo-saxon option of endless amounts of qe is a solution because it's not about debt servicing costs. it's about the size of the debt itself. until we actually get with it. also the structures which lie behind the creation of that. it's our belief in economics style -- >> five more years. that's what i'm hearing from you, mark. at least five more years. >> i would have thought so, yes. >> but i think what people do need to remember always in that respect is emerging world in asia, latin america, is going to be doing well. even if they have stops and starts, they will keep the world economy going. >> more with mark in a bit. >> we'll get his views. bank of england unveiling inflation report. we'll bring you the press conference in 45 minutes. 10:30 uk time. [ male announcer ] this is the at&t network. in here, every powerful collaboration is backed by an equally powerful and secure cloud. that cloud is in the network, so it can deliver all the power of the network itself. bringing people together

saxon, georgia, bill, and republican. caller: one of my main concerns is more along the lines of i guess you would say the actual content of the ads and the information that we see. so much of the stuff we see is half truths, information that is pulled out. it is not totally -- it is a statement where something is pulled out, and it is not alive but is not a complete truth. i am one of these people that, well, we southerners tend to like to hear the whole message, and we hear and and and it has a statement, and it is a partial statement. i do not care for that very much. that turns me off, whether it is a republican or a democrat making that statement. but i am concerned, too, with the fact that we are going to go into a stage where we are going to be so bracketed or hit with so many -- well, commercials for the election period, that i think people are going to be turned off to the election. host: thank you, sir. guest: the first point about half truths and deceptions in campaign ads -- keep in mind that some of these ads

. >> but at the same time, you have the anglo saxon comment from the romney campaign and him saying he's>> gretchen: will it come down to the debates? will people really start to focus then and try to not look at the ads or will they continue to look at the ads and look at the debates? >> i think it's the thing that people won't pay attention 'til labor day to see how romney does on the same stage with the president. it will be heathed, but i hope civil. let's hope for that. i have think a lot of independents and undecide ready wait for that. >> i think they're looking for paul ryan against biden. >> that's very true. >> gretchen: october 11. mark your calendar. >> barak obama is very calm, too cool for school. >> he needs to talk about the issues. >> these guys are saying, i feel your anger. that's not good for the country. >> gretchen: stick around because we want to talk to the panel about this, police are investigating the shooting at the family research center in washington as a political crime and the main stream media is silent. we want to know why. then, bill clinton, meet bill c

tony atkinson and andrew lee studied five anglo-saxon countries from 1997 until 2000.i atkins is a co-author. and what they found and lee soundlessly estimate that reductions in tax rate explained between one third and one half of the rise in the income of the richest percentile grew. now even if it was only half -- i'm saying is more than that, this makes these numbers really not appropriate for the use and which they are being put. it certainly doesn't make them appropriate as an excuse for raising tax rates are increasing transfer payments because tax rates in transfer payments are counted in the data. that's all i have to say. thanks. [applause] >> scott, over to you. >> if any speakers of cell phones on by the way, turn them off because it causes a little impact. >> i am a senior and therefore i am entitled to a portion of his income. [laughter] let me thank the cato institute for inviting me to be on the panel today. i am pretty excited. really i don't get to be the lefty on the panel. i actually considered to be myself on a about half a dozen libertarians runnin

but i've been coming narrative history come to think that an anglo-saxon going back to the 18th centurybout the rest of it, totally different to the german first in history commotions always been much more better idea as scientific. history can only be a branch that cannot be tested in the laboratory. i did not faintest notion of scientific history. >> guest: c-span: came in the atmosphere we would find u.n., give us a set at. were you write and how he would go about putting all this information on paper? >> guest: is having huge up again as usual from my colleagues and work with for many, many years. i am now way for 17 years, she knew the material i was looking for in the russian archives. she was looking at material for that direction in germany. so when that material would arrive, obviously they would all be in different files and then i could copy it across to the skeleton chapters. aiming to begin with, nearly 60 skeleton chapters. so i could use them down or whatever. you're never going to know how it's going to work out. sometimes it is so much material from the archives. or a m

tony atkinson and andrew lee studied five anglo-saxon countries from 1970-2000 the tony atkinson by the way, a co-author with piketty and saez. and what they found, atkinson and lee that we estimate that reductions in tax rates explained between one-third and one half of the rise in the income of the richest percentile grew. now, even if it was only, say have, i'm saying it's more than that, this makes these numbers really not appropriate for the uses in which they are being put. it's really does make them appropriate as an excuse for raising tax rates are increasing transfer payments because tax rates in transfer payments are not counted in the data. that's all i say. thanks. [applause] >> over to you. >> i can do this. >> all you have to do is minimize. >> there is. and any speakers have cell phones on by the way, turn them off because it causes a little bit of feedback. >> i am a senior and, therefore, i am entitled to -- [inaudible] >> let me thank the cato institute for inviting me to be on this panel today. i'm pretty excited. lately i don't be a lefty on the panel. actually i con