C&L Podcast: Glenn Greenwald Discusses His New Book
By SilentPatriot Sunday Apr 20, 2008 12:00pm
I was fortunate enough Thursday to interview Glenn Greenwald about his new book, Great American Hypocrites: Toppling the Big Myths of Republican Politics. In this podcast exclusive, we discuss the major theme of his book in the context of John McCain and the press' reverence for him, as well as the successful campaign we waged to kill the AT&T bill and what it says about the emerging power of the blogosphere.
I'll post the transcript once it's complete. In the meantime, you can find some excerpts here and here, as well as some of the other reviews from around the blogosphere:
- Digby, and another one in the context of the ABC debate
- Amanda Marcotte at Pandagon
- Buzzflash
- Daily Kos
And don't forget to pick up a copy and support one of our own.
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GAH!!!(?)
Nope. I have a wall of books already and no more room.
But Hannity & /co. already told me I'm a commie pinko.
Love the title.
Glen what are you doing in the field of Law for us these days.
And "developments"?
Sorry for the OT - this group is worth a look. (UK video/news group)
http://www.youtube.com/user/journeymanpictures
L.A. Confidential @ 5:
When you walk through the field of Law, do you have to watch where you step?
Glen you need to dump Random House and self publish. Go digital. Random House has to voracious an appetite for trees for my liking.
a Great interview.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Greenwald
another great book.. "How Would a Patriot Act?"
speaking of...
April 15, BILL VOTE: Emergency Assistance for Secure Elections Act of 2008
A bill that would have helped states switch to paper-election balloting systems and for random audits
http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2008/roll188.xml
Democratic GOOD ON THIS BILL=223
TRAITORS ON THIS BILL = 2
Republican: GOOD ON THIS BILL=16
TRAITORS = 176
needed a two-thirds majority to pass, went down to defeat in the House 239-178, with 223 Democrats in favor and 176 Republican opposed, after the White House ( crooks ) sent out a statement opposing the measure.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/legislative/sap/110-2/saphr5036-h.pdf
L.A. Confidential @ 8:
I wish; I've only been trying to get published for 25 years now.
ysbaddaden @ 10:
It's who you know. Nothings changed.
L.A. Confidential @ 11:
It's who you know. Nothings changed.
Even then you need to be serious as hell to get into the I got a major label book publishing deal club.
Glenn's the man.
I dig him to pieces.
Glenn's blog on Salon.com is a MUST READ.
He explains issues in understandable and eye-opening ways.
salon.com/opinion/greenwald/
pinkobait @ 13:
I'd like to have a beer with him sometime.
LOL
Glenn is great. His posts are fact-based, intelligent, progressive illuminations. The book is great. And he's despised by the Right.
This should be a very interesting read. In fact, I have been pondering how Republicans are viewed compared to what they actually are in reality and what they are is almost always the polar opposite of what they present to the public. For example:
If they say they are tough on national defense and want more wars you can pretty much bet they are cowards themselves and/or have been draft dodgers.
If they say that they will do everything to protect children from sexual predators they almost always are pedophiles themselves.
If they say they are against homosexual marriage or relationships you can pretty much bet that they are homosexuals themselves.
If they say they are anti-corruption they are pretty much corrupt themselves.
I think Republicans got this method to hide their weaknesses and temptations from the old Christian teachings about Satan. Christians always say that Satan will not present himself to people as he truly is but will come across as the exact opposite. He will show himself as a friend or someone to be trusted in order to gain their confidence. Once that is done, Satan will do his evil work. Republicans seem to operate in a similar manner.
ChrisM70 @ 14:
If people don't realize we're screwed for a long while by now they probably never will.
theWalrus @ 16:
It's called polarization. Something this country can live without but it's not looking like it's going away anytime soon.
Polarization is an ugly environment to have to live in.
Joe O. @ 17:
Let me clarify a bit here on one of those examples I have given. i'm not saying that homosexuality is evil. Not at all. But I am saying that the way Republicans use homosexual bigotry and hatred as a way to cover their own homosexuality can be seen as evil.
Finished the book two nights ago. Very good. Covers well known territory, but ties in nicely a number of themes. Also last chapter good. Is the construction and hopefully deconstruction of McCain. I like Greenwalds style and found the book streamlined and fun to read.
moondancer @ 21:
He give any practical advise on how to stop the McCain machine?
Guess we'll have to wait till the Clinton-Obama Match is over before we can think about that.
L.A. Confidential @ 15:
Or maybe go duck hunting with him..
Downloaded an e-book file the day it came out, but as I like to read while I eat and the dinning fac does not allow cell phone use inside, that has put a damper on my main reading habits.
I'd like to make a list on amazon of all the books that presents conservatives for what they really are, this book and conservatives without a conscience are the two definite.
Great piece, but don't play a drinking game where you take a drink every time someone says "you know," LOL.
Ordered my copy last friday. Glenn's blog on Salon is a must read.
Interview at Democracy Now:
http://www.democracynow.org/2008/4/18/great_american_hypocrites_glenn_gr...
glennzilla's book is on order
soon, this one will be too
What a shitty mix. Unlistenable.
Glenn Greenwald will be appearing LIVE in avatar form this Thursday at 6pm Pacific in Second Life where he will be interviewed for a show called "Virtually Speaking" in front of an audience of other avatars. This is your chance to meet Glenn "in person" virtually, after the interview. Second Life is FREE to join and is home to a growing community of progressives, activists and political junkies like you. Go here to sign up for a FREE Second Life account today so you are all ready on Thursday evening http://www.secondlife.com
For those of you with lame-ass computers with pitiful video cards, low memory and slow chips - you can also listen to the interview LIVE at Blog Talk Radio http://www.blogtalkradio.com/virtuallyspeaking
Jesus' General will also be there and he loves talking to new people 0 Jesus' General also runs Thinking Liberally, a web site for and about progressives in Second Life, check it out here http://thinkingliberally.blogspot.com/
Finally - you can listen to podcasts of previous shows (including last week's PZ Myers) at http://www.inworldstudios.com/vs
Hope to see you there!
It's a great book and the perfect one to give to those new democrats, or folks who have been uninvolved politically. Much detail about these thugs who have seized control of our government and the fact that they are complete, unequivocal fakes.
Is Hillary in the book ?
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