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US National Debt

We’ll look at the Obama administration’s decision to expand its military presence in Colombia and a 12-Nation declaration to oppose the US in the region; also, Catherine Austin Fitts talks about the report from the Atlanta Fed that the unemployment rate is well over 18%; and the Knight Report.

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Guests:

Eva Golinger, The Chavez Code

Catherine Austin Fitts, Solari Network

…check out the National Debt Clock!

Healthcare or Warfare?

A special report on Mexico: teetering on the economic brink; also, expanding resistance and repression in Honduras, we’ll feature a live report from “Coup City”; syndicated columnist Norman Solomon reports on destruction and refugee camps in Kabul; plus, the Democrats: spineless corporate rats on health care; and the Knight Report.

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Guests:

Tim Russo, Free Speech Radio News

John Ross, Historian, author and poet

Russell Mokhiber, Corporate Crime Reporter and Single Payer Action

Norman Solomon, media critic, Executive Director of Institute for Public Accuracy

New Orleans, August 2005

The first in a series of special reports on New Orleans, four years after it was demolished by hurricane Katrina; also, former high-level CIA analyst Ray McGovern talks about the potential to jail Bush administration officials for torture and kidnapping; plus, on our regular segment, Community Business, we’ll look at the ongoing corporate bailout and the disappearance of tens of thousands of jobs every month; and the Knight Report.

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Guests:

Jordan Flaherty, editor, Left Turn Magazine; journalist and New Orleans activist – most recent article here

Ray McGovern, former high-level CIA analyst – most recent article on torture here

Catherine Austin Fitts, Solari Network