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GRITtv: John Fugelsang: Guns, God, and Goldman
Gun advocates rallied this week in support of their right to bear arms, the Pope has said that his church has sinned, Goldman Sachs is giving out bonuses in the throes of SEC charges, and laptops are taking pictures of kids while they sleep! This may sound like a vision of the end times, but really it's just another week in the news these days. Actor and comedian John Fugelsang joins Laura to try to make some sense--or some light--out of all of this. GRITtv with Laura Flanders brings participatory democracy onto your computer screen and into your living room, bridging the gap between audience and advocates. Watch any show, at any time: http://grittv.org Distributed by Tubemogul.
Email this page"Democracy Now!": Thurs. Feb. 25 2010
Glenn Greenwald, a constitutional law attorney and the political and legal blogger for Salon.com, says Democrats are disingenuously hiding behind the cover of the filibuster to justify their political inaction on the public option when they could approve it through budget reconciliation. The FBI and US attorney are investigating a Pennsylvania school district’s spying on young students through laptop webcams. For his new book, “The Watchers: The Rise of America’s Surveillance State”, National Journal correspondent Shane Harris spoke to the key architects of the US government’s surveillance programs over the past quarter century and tells the story of how spying on US citizens has become both easier and legal and is now the cornerstone of the Obama administration’s national security strategy. "Democracy Now!" is a daily independent newshour.
