The Man Who Stole Uganda - Idi Amin
Followed by a Q&A with Investigative Reporter Alex Mitchell and Producer John Sheppard
When most of the British media was welcoming Idi Amin after his January 1971 military coup, the conventional line being "Thank God we've seen the back of that awful drunken socialist Milton Obote, now Amin's the kind of chap we can deal with (pity about the coup, but hey, that's Africa)." World in Action's investigative reporter Alex Mitchell found a rather different picture, and obtained the first post-coup interview with the "Conquering Lion of the British Empire'.
The program proved an uncomfortable shock to the complacent, and was a correct augury of the appalling years that lay ahead for the country. Alex Mitchell will be accompanied on the platform by his minder (Producer) John Sheppard.
According to David Swanson we have seen the emergence of a monarch-like president coupled with an effete, irresponsible, and constitutionally ignorant Congress.
He should have mentioned that our Republic died in 1950 and that our Constitution is in shreds.
The Health Insurance Industry Detracts from Public Health
The
industry collects premiums, puts 30% in its pocket and passes the rest to the
health professionals. The industry 30% is a dead weight loss. By comparison,
administration costs for Medicare run 4 to 5%. This is a major reason why
Americans pay double for care ranked 19th among the industrialized nations.
If single payer falls, it will inspire the Republicans to dump other
legislation such as Social Security, Medicare, the Voting Rights Act and the
Fourteenth Amendment.
We All Should Have Watched Meet the Press
Rachel
Maddow tricked Dick Armey into admitting his priority targets are Medicare and
Social Security. GE lickspittle David Gregory cut both of them off.
Why hasn't this occurred to Progressives? They are too concerned not to bloody
their hands in a real fight. Heaven forbid they might offend somebody.
The word for liberals is effete, not tough. If Kucinich defended Medicare and
Social Security against the GOP, he could have walked through with single
payer.
The other side brings loaded pistols to the town hall and the left goes home
screaming, "Mama!"
The GOP Opposes Medicare and Social Security as Well
Only Rachel Maddow had the intestinal fortitude to challenge Dick Armey on this on Sunday's "Meet the Press." Armey confessed this before GE lickspittle David Gregory cut both of them off. During his after the show interview with Rachel, David could have asked her why 59 millions of Democrats are too dumb to use these as debating points.
Bruce Fein and David Swanson Make the Same Mistake
"David Swanson's masterful exposure of the emergence of a monarch-like president coupled with an effete, irresponsible, and constitutionally ignorant Congress is well worth the price of admission. An aroused public with a litmus test of honoring the Constitution is urgently needed to prevent the Republic from capsizing." -- Bruce Fein, Associate Deputy Attorney General under President Reagan. Fein and Swanson discuss personalities, as if individuals could change the system. In 1971 Mobutu was thrown out in favor of Idi Amin in Uganda. They changed the guys in charge, but not Uganda. The USA exchanged Bush for Obama, but the public remains accessory to injustice, torture and murder. Pundits should heed their own assertions. Our elected and appointed officials don't decide public policy. They set a tone for the leaders higher up. Most of our officials hike on the Appalachian Trail. If they cross the higher-ups, they are exposed or assassinated at least politically.
