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THE DISSENT IS GOING TO BE HORRIFYING. HOW DID YOU COME TO THAT CONCLUSION? >>
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Guest: WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I SPENT 20 YEARS ON THE OUTER REACHES OF EMPIRE AS A FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT. SO I'VE SEEN AN ASPECT OF EMPIRE THAT MOST PEOPLE...
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WE ARE FOLLOWING THE TRAJECTORIES OF ALL THE EMPIRES THEY EXPAND BEYOND THEIR CAPACITY TO SUSTAIN THEMSELVES. WE HAVE RUN UP THE LARGEST DEFICITS IN...
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| 00:02:30 |
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Host: IN YOUR BOOK YOU WROTE AND PUBLISHED IN 2009, YOU WRITE, THOSE CAPTIVE TO IMAGES CAST BALLOTS BASED ON HOW CANDIDATES MAKE THEM FEEL. THEY VOTE...
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Guest: WE WILLS IMPERIAL STATE REMAINS UNTOUCHED. IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER WHICH POLITICAL PARTY HOLDS OFFICE. THE POLICIES OF GEORGE W. BUSH HAVE BEEN...
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| 00:05:04 |
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OF THE LIBERAL CLASS CAME OUT. HERE'S A QUOTE. THE ELECTION OF OBAMA WAS ONE MORE TRIUMPH OF ILLUSION OVER SUBSTANCE. IT WAS A SKILLFUL MANIPULATION...
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THE FINANCIAL COLLAPSE, WALL STREET WAS TERRIFIED. THEY THOUGHT THEY'D BEEN FOUND OUT. >> THEY THOUGHT THEY WOULD
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TO HAVE PAY A PRICE FOR THEIR CRIMINAL ACTIVITY, FRAUDULENT ACTIVITY AND MALFEASANCE. AND OBAMA FUNCTIONED AS A BRAND IN THE SAME WAY THAT PEOPLE...
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| 00:06:22 |
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THEMES IN A LOT OF YOUR BOOKS IS CRITICISM OF LIBERALS. WHY? >> Guest: BECAUSE
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| 00:06:27 |
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THE LIBERAL CLASS WAS NEVER MEANT TO FUNCTION AS THE POLITICAL LEFT. THE LIBERAL CLASS WAS MEANT TO FUNCTION AS THE POLITICAL CENTER. AND I SPENT A...
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| 00:14:42 |
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IN YOUR BOOK BACK TO THE LIBERAL CLASS, THAT THE CREED OF IMPARTIALITY AND OBJECTIVITY THAT IS INFECTED THE LIBERAL CLASS TEACHES ULTIMATELY THE IMPORTANCE...
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| 00:15:03 |
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Guest: OF COURSE. BECAUSE WHAT YOU END UP DOING IS PAYING DEFERENCE TO INSTITUTIONS LIKE GOLDMAN SACHS WHICH ARE CRIMINAL ENTERPRISES. YOU PAY DEFERENCE...
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| 00:16:41 |
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BACK TO YOUR MOST RECENT BOOK, THE WORLD AS IT IS, FIRST OF ALL, HOW IS THAT BOOK ORGANIZED? >>
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| 00:16:48 |
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Guest: IT'S ORGANIZED AROUND -- THESE ARE ESSAYS. I WRITE A WEEKLY COLUMN FOR BOB SHEAR'S WEBSITE AND I'M A GREAT ADMIRER OF HIS FRIEND AND A GREAT FRIEND....
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| 00:17:53 |
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LAST COLUMN IN THE BOOK, THEY KILL ALEX, IT'S CALLED. WHO IS CARLOS ARODONDO. >> Guest: HE'S A FATHER OF
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| 00:18:04 |
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A YOUNG MARINE WHO WAS KILLED IN IRAQ. IT'S THE STORY THE PAIN OF THAT FAMILY AND THE LOSS OF THAT SON AND I'M VERY SAD TO REPORT THAT JUST A FEW DAYS...
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DO AFTER HE FOUND OUT HIS SON WAS KILLED? >> Guest: HE WENT TO THE
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| 00:18:29 |
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VAN WHERE THE TWO MARINE OFFICERS HAD DRIVEN TO HIS HOUSE INFORM HIM ABOUT THE DEATH OF HIS SON WITH A CAN OF GASOLINE AND LIT IT ON FIRE. >> Host:...
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| 00:18:41 |
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HEDGES, YOU WROTE THE BOOK LOSING MOSES ON THE FREEWAY, THE TEN COMMANDMENTS IN AMERICA. WHO ARE OR WERE PATRICK AND TYRONE? >> Guest: PATRICK AND
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| 00:18:53 |
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TYRONE, WHEN I GRADUATED FROM COLLEGE AT COLGATE UNIVERSITY, I MOVED INTO -- OR ACROSS THE STREET FROM A HOUSING PROJECT IN BOSTON IN ROXBURY, THE...
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| 00:22:18 |
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HAVE A GOSPEL OF EMPOWERMENT LIBERALS SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE PRESS GROUPS THEY NEVER MEET, ADVOCATING UTOPIAN AND UNREALISTIC SCHEMES TO BRING ABOUT...
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| 00:22:40 |
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WENT INTO SEMINARY TO BE AN ORDAINED MINISTER AND I BECAME INCREASINGLY DISENCHANTED WITH BOTH LIBERAL INSTITUTIONS LIKE HARVARD DIVINITY SCHOOL AS...
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| 00:25:16 |
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BOOK, MOSES, YOU WRITE ABOUT YOUR LAST NIGHT IN ROXBURY THROWING A BOTTLE AT THE CHURCH. >> Guest: YEAH. >> Host: WHERE
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| 00:25:22 |
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YOU HAD SERVED AND THEN DRIVING OFF. >> RIGHT. >>
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| 00:25:25 |
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Host: ARE YOU STILL A CHRISTIAN? ARE YOU A CHRISTIAN? >>
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| 00:25:30 |
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Guest: IT DEPENDS ON WHOSE DEFINITION. YOU KNOW, THE LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS REVIEWED A BOOK I WROTE WHERE, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN BATTLING THESE NEW ATHEISTS,...
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| 00:26:41 |
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AFTERNOON. HAPPY NEW YEAR AND WELCOME TO BOOKTV'S "IN DEPTH" PROGRAM. THIS IS OUR MONTHLY PROGRAM WITH ONE AUTHOR LOOKING AT HIS OR HER BODY OF WORK...
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| 00:28:28 |
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SAME PLACE, ACTUALLY. MY FRUSTRATION -- PART OF MY FRUSTRATION WITH THE LIBERAL CHURCH IS THAT THEY DIDN'T CALL OUT THE PROPONENTS OF THE GOSPEL...
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| 00:31:27 |
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ATHEISM BECOMES RELIGION CAME OUT IN 2008. IT CAME OUT AFTER PUBLIC DEBATES WITH SAM HARRIS AND THE LATE MR. CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS. MR. HARRIS WRITES...
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| 00:32:02 |
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WE HAD A LITTLE DISPUTE OVER SOMETHING CALLED THE IRAQ WAR. AND I SPENT A LOT OF MY LIFE NOT ONLY, OF COURSE, IN THE MIDDLE EAST BUT IN IRAQ. I UNDERSTOOD,...
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| 00:34:14 |
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WRITES, I HAVE NEVER SOUGHT TO BE OBJECTIVE. HOW CAN YOU BE OBJECTIVE ABOUT DEATH SQUADS IN EL SALVADOR, MASSACRES IN IRAQ OR SERBIAN SNIPER FIRE...
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| 00:34:46 |
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THANK YOU. AND GOOD AFTERNOON TO BOTH OF YOU. YOU KNOW, YOU SPOKE OF YOUR ADMIRATION FOR DWIGHT McDONALD. THE ONLY THING WITH WHICH I AGREE WITH LEON...
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| 00:35:30 |
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IRAQ. I SAID IF WE WENT TO IRAN WITH IRAN. I WROTE AN ARTICLE FOR IRAN IN THE NATION ARTICLES, I SAID I WOULD NOT PAY HIS TAXES. >>
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| 00:35:38 |
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Host: AND WHAT ABOUT HIS POINT ABOUT LIBERAL JOURNALISTS WRITING FOR THE "NEW YORK TIMES"? >> Guest:
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| 00:35:42 |
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I DON'T THINK THE "NEW YORK TIMES" AT THIS POINT CAN BE CONSIDERED A LIBERAL NEWSPAPER. REMEMBER, THAT IT WAS ONE OF THE CHIEF PROPAGANDISTS OR CHEERLEADERS...
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| 00:37:07 |
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FROM CALIFORNIA. MIKE, YOU'RE ON BOOKTV WITH C-SPAN2. >> Caller: THANK YOU FOR BOTH
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| 00:37:13 |
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OF YOU. I REMEMBER MR. HEDGES -- I REMEMBER MR. HEDGES BOOK WAR -- [INAUDIBLE] >> Caller: AND WRITING
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| 00:37:21 |
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THAT BOOK BACK IN THAT TIME ERA. IN CALIFORNIA, THAT WAS GNARLY, DUDE. MR. HEDGES FORM OF MUSIC HAS HE HEARD OF THE SCIENCE FICTION AUTHOR WHO WROTE...
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| 00:37:58 |
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THANK YOU FOR ALL THOSE QUESTIONS. >> Guest: I HAVEN'T
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| 00:38:01 |
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READ THE DUNE SERIES I CAN'T RESPOND TO THAT ONE. I THINK WHAT THE CALLER IS TALKING ABOUT IS SOMETHING CALLED BIOLOGICAL DETERMINISM. THE IDEA THAT...
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| 00:39:08 |
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ILLUSION, AT NO PERIOD IN AMERICAN HISTORY HAS OUR DEMOCRACY BEEN IN SUCH PERIL OR THE POSSIBILITY OF TOTALITARIANISM AS REAL. OUR WAY OF LIFE IS OVER,...
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| 00:40:19 |
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TO THE PASSAGE THAT YOU JUST READ, IF WE DON'T RADICALLY RECONFIGURE OUR RELATIONSHIP TO THE CONSUMER CULTURE, TO THE FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY AND TO...
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| 00:42:14 |
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HAS WRITTEN THE OCCUPY MOVEMENT HAS NOT HAVE A POLITICAL AGENDA OTHER THAN CREATING A INTERNET MEM, THE 99% VERSUS THE 1% DRAWING A ATTENTION OF THE...
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| 00:42:31 |
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Guest: I DISAGREE THAT IT DOESN'T HAVE A MESSAGE. I THINK THE MESSAGE IS VERY CLEAR. AND THE MESSAGE IS THE CORPORATE COUP HAS TO BE REVERSED. THE CORPORATE...
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| 00:45:33 |
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CHRIS HEDGES COMES FROM SEATTLE, BOB, THANKS FOR HOLDING. YOU'RE ON BOOKTV. >> Caller: YEAH, HI, MR. HEDGES. I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR WORK. SAY, YOU...
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| 00:45:39 |
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THE VICTOR. BUT LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION. YOUR CURRENT CROP OF POLITICAL PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY, WHO WOULD YOU PICK AS SOMEONE THAT COULD REBALANCE...
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| 00:46:49 |
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BOB, WE GOT THE POINT. THANK YOU, MR. HEDGES? >> Guest:
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| 00:46:52 |
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FIRST OF ALL, LET ME TALK ABOUT CAPITALISM. I'M NOT -- I'M NOT A MARXIST. I'M NOT AGAINST A CAPITALISM. THERE'S DIFFERENT FORMS CAPITALISM. THERE'S...
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| 00:50:31 |
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I LUCE OF WISDOM, EMPIRE OF ILLUSIONS MR. HEDGES WRITES OUR ELITES, THE ONE IN CONGRESS, AND THE ONES IN AND BUSINESS SCHOOLS DO NOT HAVE THE CAPACITY...
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| 00:51:48 |
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Caller: IT'S SO NICE TO SEE SOMEONE LIKE MR. HEDGES ON C-SPAN. I FEEL STRONGLY THAT THE LIBERAL MEDIA AND THE GOVERNMENT WORK TOGETHER AND BY DOING...
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| 00:52:35 |
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ME IN THE AWKWARD POSITION OF DEFENDING THE "NEW YORK TIMES." I DON'T THINK IT'S QUITE THAT BLACK AND WHITE. I DON'T THINK THE "NEW YORK TIMES" IS...
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| 00:56:49 |
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YOUR FIRST BOOK, WHICH WAS A FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITIC CIRCLE AWARD FOR NONFICTION, WAR IS A FORCE THAT GIVES US MEANING, YOU WRITE THE...
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| 00:57:47 |
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A GREAT DEAL OF PAIN BECAUSE I KNOW WHAT VIOLENCE DOES AND THE POISON THAT IT IS. AND I SAID IN SARAJEVO WHEN IT WAS BEING HIT WITH 2,000 SERBIAN...
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| 01:00:10 |
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NEXT CALL FOR CHRIS HEDGES COMES FROM LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY, JOE, THANKS FOR HOLDINGS. YOU'RE ON BOOKTV ON C-SPAN2. >> Caller:
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| 01:00:17 |
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HEY, C-SPAN, HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU GUYS. >> Host: YOU TOO. >> Caller: HAPPY NEW YEAR,
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| 01:00:22 |
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CHRIS HEDGES. I LIKE YOUR STUFF. >> Guest: THANK YOU. >> Caller:
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| 01:00:28 |
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I JUST WANTED YOUR OPINION ON THE -- JUST YOUR PERSONAL OPINION ON WHO ACTUALLY CONTROLS OUR WORLD. WHO CONTROLS THE WORLD, CHRIS. TELL US. I KNOW...
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| 01:03:03 |
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HEDGES, DAVID E-MAILED IN TO YOU FROM NEW YORK CITY. YOU SEE TODAY'S ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL CLIMATE AS SOMEWHAT RESEMBLING THAT WHICH EXISTED IN GERMANY...
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| 01:03:15 |
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AN GREAT ADMIRER OF CHOMSKY, HAS MADE THAT COMPARISON. I THINK IN SOME WAYS YES, IT'S ALWAYS DIFFICULT TO MAKE THOSE HISTORICAL ANALOGIES BECAUSE...
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| 01:05:55 |
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BOOK, "LOSING MOSES ON THE FREEWAY" THE 10 COMMANDS IN AMERICA, MR. HEDGES WRITES WE WATCH HIM PASSIVELY AS THE WEALTHY AND ELITE, THE HUGE CORPORATIONS...
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| 01:06:23 |
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I WANT TO THANK YOU ORDER OF THOUGHTS AND YOUR BOOKS, THEY'RE VERY DEEP AND THEY REALLY OPEN MANY OF OUR MINDS. VERY IMPORTANT CONCEPTS. AND YOU'VE...
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| 01:07:05 |
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IN JERUSALEM FOR TWO YEARS. I DON'T SPEAK HEBREW. THAT WAS A CONSCIOUS DECISION BECAUSE WHEN I WORKED IN THE MIDDLE EAST, TO BE WORKING IN SYRIA OR...
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| 01:10:05 |
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PINE RIDGE AND WHEN WILL THIS NEW BOOK ABOUT? >> Guest: I'VE BEEN
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| 01:10:10 |
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WORKING FOR TWO YEARS WITH THE COMIC ARTIST JOE SOCKO ON A BOOK CALLED DAYS OF DESTRUCTION FROM THE FACE OF EVIL, THAT WOULD BE OUT IN JUNE. AND WE...
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| 01:12:38 |
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Host: YOU ARE WATCHING THE TV ON C-SPAN2, IN DEPTH" PROGRAM. CHRIS HEDGES, AUTHOR, JOURNALIST, PULITZER PRIZE WINNER IS OUR GUEST THIS MONTH. SONORA...
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| 01:12:53 |
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HEDGES. YOU MENTIONED EARLIER ABOUT GOING INTO I THINK THE OTHER CAR, I THINK HE SAID IRAQ AND WE TALKED ABOUT IRAN. AND I'M KIND OF WONDERING, WHAT...
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| 01:13:18 |
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ALL, AND I COVERED IRAN, I SPENT A LOT OF TIME THERE INCLUDING SOME TIME IN IRANIAN JAIL CELLS. I WAS DEPORTED AT ONE POINT IN HANDCUFFS. MY BEST GUESS...
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| 01:16:03 |
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Host: CHRIS HEDGES, HOW DID YOU EARNED THE HONORS OF BEING HANDCUFFS AND DEPORTED FROM IRAN? AND IF PEOPLE WANT TO READ ONE OF YOUR BOOKS AND HEAR THAT...
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| 01:16:14 |
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Guest: I DON'T KNOW IF I PUT THAT STORY IN A BOOK. IT'S A MEDITATION ON WAR. STARTING OUT IT'S A CHRONOLOGICAL BUT IT'S A MEDITATION ON WHAT WAR DOES...
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| 01:18:36 |
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HE DID. THAT WAS NOT GOING TIME I WAS IN A JAIL CELL ANORECTIC I WAS ALSO PICKED UP IN A CAST INTO I DIDN'T HAVE PERMISSION TO BE, AND THEY HAVE MILITIAS...
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| 01:19:42 |
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RICHARD, LAUREL MARYLAND GOOD AFTERNOON. YOU'RE ON TV ON C-SPAN2. >> Caller: THANK
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| 01:19:49 |
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YOU. I HAVE A QUESTION IN MY MIND EVER SINCE 9/11. THERE NEVER HAS REALLY BEEN, THEN ADDRESS RATHER SPARSELY IN THE MEDIA, BUT PAT BUCHANAN, ON THE...
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| 01:20:43 |
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THE CALLER RAISES AN IMPORTANT AND DELICATE POINT. WHAT WERE THE ATTACKS OF 9/11? HUGE EXPLOSIONS AND DEATH ABOVE A CITY SKYLINE, AS A PECULIAR FORM...
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| 01:24:04 |
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UNIONTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, PLEASE GO AHEAD WITH YOUR QUESTION OR COMMENT FOR CHRIS HEDGES. >>
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| 01:24:08 |
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Caller: HIGH, PETER. IT WAS ONLY A FEW MONTHS AGO I CALLED IN AND I GOT THROUGH AND WHEN MICHAEL MOORE WAS THERE, AND I SUGGESTED GETTING CHRIS HEDGES...
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| 01:24:24 |
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THANKS. QUESTION ABOUT CORPORATE PERSONHOOD. THEY HATE JEWS, CORPORATIONS EXPLOIT EXPLOIT THE 14th AMENDMENT, LIKE GET MORE POWER. AND I WAS WONDERING...
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| 01:25:56 |
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BookTV'S "IN DEPTH" PROGRAM. OUR MONTHLY DUTCH MOTHER OFF PROGRAM WHERE WE FOCUS ON ONE AUTHOR AND HIS OR HER BODY OF WORK. THIS MONTH IT IS CHRIS HEDGES....
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| 01:26:22 |
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Caller: MR. HEDGES, SPECULATIVE QUESTION. WHAT MIGHT MR. BLANK FINE, THE RECENT CHAIRMAN OF GOLDMAN SACHS HAVE MEANT WHEN HE RESPOND TO THE QUESTION...
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| 01:28:07 |
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INTO YOU, MR. HEDGES, INTERESTED IN HEARING YOUR OPINIONS CONCERNING WIKILEAKS, ANTAGONISM WITH A NEW TIMES, JULIAN ASSANGE AND BRADLEY MANY. >> Guest:...
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| 01:28:18 |
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NEW YORK TIMES," I WOULDN'T CALL IT MISSED A ANTAGONISM BECAUSE OF COURSE THEY PRINTED MUCH OF THE WIKILEAKS DOCUMENTS. WHAT YOU HAD WAS THEY TOOK...
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| 01:36:09 |
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WITH OUR "IN DEPTH" GUEST, CHRIS HEDGES. MR. HEDGES, YOU ARE CURRENTLY READING THE CROSS AND THE LYNCHING TREE. WHAT IS THAT? >> Guest: ONE OF THE
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| 01:36:19 |
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MOST IMPORTANT BOOKS OF THEOLOGY OF THE LAST FEW DECADES. HE IS AN AMAZING THEOLOGIAN. THIS BOOK, WHICH HE SPENT 10 YEARS WRITING, IS A LOOK AT THE...
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| 01:37:26 |
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CAN CRUISE TALK ABOUT THE ISSUES, A BLACK MAN MIGHT FACE SAME SAYING THE SAME DANGEROUS ANTIWHITE AUDIENCE? >> Guest: WELL,
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| 01:37:45 |
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LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENED TO CORNELL WEST WHEN HE IS GOTTEN UP AND CRITICIZED BARACK OBAMA. HE HAS BEEN ATTACKED ROUNDLY, INCLUDING WITHIN THE BLACK MAINSTREAM...
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| 01:40:50 |
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FOR THOSE OF YOU IN THE EAST AND TIME ZONES. TO MOUNTAIN AND PACIFIC TIME ZONES. BOOKTV@C-SPAN.ORG IS HER E-MAIL ADDRESS. AT BookTV IS OUR TWITTER...
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| 01:41:10 |
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YOU FOR TAKING MY CALL. CAN YOU HEAR ME? >> Host: WE ARE LISTING. PLEASE GO AHEAD. >>
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| 01:41:17 |
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Caller: GOOD SHOW, MR. HEDGES DID YOU AND OTHERS LIKE YOU, -- [INAUDIBLE] CAN YOU BE SO KIND? WHO IS CONSTITUTIONAL ATTORNEY IS DISHEARTENING THAT --...
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| 01:41:42 |
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I THINK ONE OF THE TRAGEDIES OF THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION IS THAT YOU HAVE A CHIEF EXECUTIVE WHO IS CLEARLY INTELLIGENT. HE IS TRAINED AS A CONSTITUTIONAL...
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| 01:42:51 |
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IN "THE DEATH OF THE LIBERAL CLASS," ELECTION OBAMA WAS MORE ONE MORE TRIAL OF ILLUSION OF SUBSTANCE BUT IT WAS A SKILLFUL MANIPULATION AND BETRAYAL...
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| 01:43:15 |
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SO NICE TO LISTEN TO YOU. I DO FEEL THAT YOU DISPARAGE THE DEMOCRACY IN THE UNITED STATES. I'VE BEEN WORKING ON A SOUTHSIDE CHICAGO FOR ABOUT 15 YEARS...
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| 01:44:03 |
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WISH DEMOCRACY WAS PRACTICE, AND SHOULD BECOME IN THE UNITED STATES. AND I CERTAINLY FEEL THAT I, AS A WRITER ANY CITIZEN, AM FIGHTING AS HARD AS...
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| 01:44:40 |
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FROM ANCHORAGE, ALASKA. YOU'RE ON BookTV WITH CHRIS HEDGES. IT HELPS IF I PUSH THE BUTTON. SORRY ABOUT THAT. >> Caller:TRANSIT
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| 01:44:52 |
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AM ION NOW? POST THAT YOU ARE. >> Caller:
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| 01:44:55 |
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GOOD AFTERNOON. I WANT TO GO BACK TO YOUR BOOK, DATA DESTRUCTION, AND ASK YOU, DO MAKE ANY MENTION OF THE CHINESE IN AFRICA? I'M INTERESTED IN YOUR...
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| 01:45:12 |
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DESTRUCTION, DAYS OF REVOLT HAS NOT COME OUT YET BUT IT IS COMING OUT IN JUNE AND IT IS FOCUSED SOLELY ON THE UNITED STATES. SO, WE DON'T WRITE ANYTHING...
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| 01:45:34 |
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WE ARE GETTING A LOT OF E-MAILS, TWEETS ON THIS TOPIC, SO I WANT TO HAVE YOU ADDRESS THIS. THIS IS FROM "EMPIRE OF ILLUSION," 2009. UNIVERSITIES HAVE...
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| 01:46:04 |
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GO. THAT'S THE OCCUPIED MOVEMENT. WE ARE THE PEOPLE, WE HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR. I THINK THE POWER OF THE OCCUPIED MOVEMENT IS THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THAT...
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| 01:47:01 |
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Host: NEXT CALL FOR CHRIS HEDGES COMES FROM NEW MILFORD CONNECTICUT. GEORGE, YOU ARE ON BookTV. >>
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| 01:47:07 |
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Caller: HI, MR. HEDGES. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU ABOUT, YOU MENTIONED SMEDLEY BUTLER A LITTLE BIT AGO. COULD YOU TALK OF A MORE BUTLER AND HIS ROLE IN...
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| 01:47:30 |
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THINK SERVED 33 YEARS AND FOR MUCH OF SOMETHING IN THE U.S. MARINE CORPS, AFTER THE WAR BEGAN TO REFLECT, I THINK WE HAD A CURRENT FIGURE, A COLONEL...
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| 01:48:44 |
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OUR GUEST. GRETCHEN FROM ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA, E-MAILS INTO YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR HELPING ME WITH YOUR WRITING TO NAVIGATE THESE LAST SEVERAL...
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| 01:49:24 |
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OF HER HUSBAND, CARL, WHO COMMANDED A MARINE CORPS BATTALION THAT I SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN THE FIRST BATTALION FIRST GREENS, AND THAT WENT INTO KUWAIT,...
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| 01:52:41 |
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TO MAKE HIS SPEECH AT ROCKFORD COLLEGE IN 2003? WHY DID YOU CHOOSE THAT COLLEGE? WHY DID YOU CHOOSE THEN? DID YOU KNOW WHAT THE REACTION WAS GOING...
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| 01:52:55 |
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DIDN'T. I HAVE BEEN SAYING SIMILAR KINDS OF THINGS FOR SOME TIME. MY BOOK, HAD COME OUT THAT FALL. INEVITABLY I WOULD BE ASKED ABOUT THE IMPENDING INVASION...
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| 01:55:04 |
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MAKE YOU DEDICATE SEVERAL OF YOUR BOOKS TO HER. YOU TAKE IT TO WRITE IT IN LATIN, THE DEDICATION. WHY IS THAT? >> Guest: BECAUSE I THINK
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| 01:55:16 |
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IT'S BEAUTIFUL. LATIN POETRY. AND IT'S A KIND OF, EXCEPT FOR A SUPPOSED FLATNESS, KIND OF A CODE THE TWIN MANNER. SHE IS ALMOST A CO-AUTHOR. I HAVE...
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| 01:55:42 |
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MINNESOTA, SAM, GO AHEAD WITH YOUR QUESTION OR COMMENT FOR CHRIS EDWARDS -- CHRIS HEDGES. >> Caller: THANK
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| 01:55:48 |
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YOU FOR TAKING THE CALL. I'M GOING TO COME DO YOU HAVE ANY OPINION ABOUT WHAT CORPORATE AMERICA HAS TO THE NATIVE AMERICAN AND OUR CULTURE, NO, THE...
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| 01:56:14 |
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THAT CAMERA, AND THIS IS JUST OUTSIDE OF RESERVATIONS, BUT I THINK WITHIN THE COUNTRY AT LARGE THAT SOME OF HIM IS A FORM OF DEVELOPMENT. YOU SEE,...
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| 01:57:21 |
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MARK PETERSON E-MAILS INTO YOU, I'M A GREAT ADMIRER OF WHICH ARE TRYING TO DO. AS A HISTORICAL LIBERAL, I FIND MYSELF PERPLEXED THE PASSION I FEEL...
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| 01:57:34 |
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PAUL FOR ME IS SORT OF A FUNNY GUY. I MEAN, HE SAYS A LOT OF GOOD STUFF, BUT FOR ME LIBERTARIANISM IS SORT OF A PRE- AND DUTCH OF IDEOLOGY. THE IDEA,...
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| 01:58:36 |
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PETER, ANOTHER E-MAIL. YOUR CLAIMS ABOUT THE WAY THE U.S. IS RUN SEEMS PLAUSIBLE, BUT HASN'T IT ALWAYS BEEN RUN ALONGSIDE SIMILAR LINES SINCE 1776?...
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| 01:58:49 |
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SOCIETIES? >> Guest: YES. EVERYTHING THAT ONE COULD ARGUE THAT THE BATTLE FOR AMERICAN DEMOCRACY HAS BEEN ONE LONG BATTLE AGAINST THOSE ELITE. THAT,...
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| 02:00:30 |
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YOU KNOW, ALL OF THESE PEOPLE ARE FIGURES THAT AT NO DIDN'T MAKE THOSE CONCESSIONS, AND THEY NEVER ACHIEVED FORMAL POSITIONS OF PAR, -- POWER, NOR,...
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| 02:00:49 |
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NYC118 FOR YOU, MR. HEDGES, WHAT DO YOU THINK OF OPRAH'S ROLE IN THE CULTURE AND RELIGIOUS PURSUIT OF PERSONAL WEALTH? >>
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| 02:00:59 |
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Guest: NEGATIVE. OPRAH PEDDLES THIS FANTASY THAT WE CAN HAVE EVERYTHING WE WANT IF WE JUST FOCUS ON HAPPINESS AND GRASP THAT WE ARE TRULY EXCEPTIONAL...
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| 02:02:49 |
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ANY PRESENCE LEFT IN CAMDEN? >> Guest:
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| 02:02:53 |
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YES. THEY HAVE A KIND OF INTERNATIONAL OFFICE, BUT IT'S A COMPLETE LIGATED COMMUNITY. YOU TAKE THE TRAIN TO CAM CAMDEN, YOU GO THROUGH THE GATE, AND...
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Host: GLENN, GOOD AFTERNOON, YOU'RE ON BookTV ON C-SPAN2. >> Caller:
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| 02:03:14 |
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THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MR. HEDGES, SOME PEOPLE NOW SAY THE HOLOCAUST IS A LIE. AT THE TIME, AT LEAST, SOME PEOPLE HAD THE EXCUSE OF SAYING THEY DIDN'T...
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| 02:04:15 |
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DON'T YOU THINK THERE'S SOMETHING MORE WE COULD BE DOING, UM, IN SITUATIONS LIKE SYRIA NOW? >> Guest: WELL, I SUPPORTED
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| 02:04:25 |
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THE INTERVENTION IN BOSNIA. I WAS MUCH MORE SKEPTICAL ABOUT THE INTERVENTION IN LIBYA. WE BECAME EMBROILED IN A SIX-MONTH-LONG CIVIL WAR IN LIBYA,...
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| 02:06:21 |
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ABOUT 50 MINUTES LEFT WITH THIS MONTH'S "IN DEPTH" GUEST, CHRISTOPHER HEDGES. FOR WHAT DID YOU WIN THE PULITZER? >> Guest: I WAS PART OF A
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| 02:06:29 |
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TEAM OF REPORTERS THAT WON A PULITZER PRIZE FOR OUR COVERAGE OF AL-QAEDA. I WAS BASED IN PARIS, AND I COVERED al-QAEDA IN EUROPE -- NOT IN GERMANY,...
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| 02:06:43 |
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AND HE IS THE AUTHOR OF NINE NONFICTION BOOKS, HIS MOST RECENT BOOK IS "THE WORLD AS IT IS," A COMPILATION OF HIS COLUMNS FROM TRUTH DIG, AND HIS NEWEST...
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| 02:07:00 |
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JOE SACCO WHO'S DONE SOME AMAZING STUFF. >> Host: QUEENS,
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| 02:07:05 |
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NEW YORK, YOU'RE ON. HAPPY NEW YEAR. >>
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| 02:07:07 |
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Caller: HAPPY NEW YEAR. THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO, SIR. I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT MEN OF PRIVILEGE FIGHTING FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE. ONE SUCH MAN,...
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| 02:08:13 |
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WELL, I'VE ALREADY TOLD CARL DICKS AND CORNEL WEST THE NEXT TIME THEY GO UP AND GET ARRESTED AT A STOP AND FRISK EVENT IN HARLEM, I'LL JOIN THEM. I'VE...
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| 02:08:33 |
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PART OF THE OCCUPY? >> Guest:
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| 02:08:35 |
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YES. CORNELL AND I DID A PEOPLE'S HEARING OF GOLDMAN SACHS IN ZUCOTTI PARK WHERE IT WAS BROADCAST LIVE BY A STATION IN NEW YORK WHERE WE HAD PEOPLE...
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| 02:08:57 |
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Host: I DON'T KNOW IF YOU READ YOUR ERSTWHILE NEWSPAPER THIS MORNING OR NOT OR SAW THE PICTURE OF ZUCOTTI PARK. >> Guest: I DID. >> Host: ANY REACTION
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| 02:09:05 |
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TO THE, TO THAT PICTURE AND THAT STORY ABOUT THE PARK? IT WAS BARREN AND NOW THEY'RE CHECKING BAGS? >> Guest: YEAH,
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| 02:09:12 |
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RIGHT. WELL, I MEAN, THEY -- THE FOOLISHNESS OF THESE CORPORATE FORCES, THEY THINK THEY CAN PHYSICALLY PUSH PEOPLE OUT OF THESE SPACES, AND THE PROBLEMS...
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| 02:09:57 |
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E-MAILS IN, MR. HEDGES, I HAVE READ EMPIRE OF ILLUSION THREE TIMES, PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT BOOKS I HAVE EVER READ, DISPELS QUITE A FEW...
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| 02:10:23 |
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WITH MORRIS IN THE SENSE THAT WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF COLLAPSE. THE LOOTING OF THE U.S. TREASURY. I MEAN, THE FIGURES THAT ARE COMING OUT THAT "THE...
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| 02:13:18 |
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OF ILLUSION, 2009," YOU HAVE A CHAPTER WHERE YOU VISITED LAS VEGAS FOR A MONTH, OR FOR A WHILE. WHAT CHAPTER IS THAT? >> Guest: ON THE PORN INDUSTRY....
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| 02:13:34 |
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YEAH. AND I GET VERY ANGRY WITH THE LIBERAL CLASS AND THE LEFT OVER THEIR REFUSAL TO CONDEMN PORNOGRAPHY. WHY IS IT MORALLY INDEFENSIBLE TO PHYSICALLY...
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| 02:16:35 |
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WITH CHRIS HEDGES ON "IN DEPTH." HE WAS JUST DISCUSSING HIS BOOK FROM 2009, "EMPIRE OF ILLUSION." OUR NEXT CALL COMES FROM JOHN IN LAS VEGAS. HI, JOHN....
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| 02:16:47 |
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YEAR. A WONDERFUL WAY TO START THE NEW YEAR, LISTENING TO CHRIS HEDGES, A VERY REASONED MAN. AND, MR. HEDGES, I WOULD IMAGINE YOUR LIFE EXPERIENCE...
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| 02:18:15 |
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WHO HAS LIVED IN DISINTEGRATING SOCIETIES, I WOULD CERTAINLY AGREE THAT HUMAN BEINGS ARE NOT PARTICULARLY RATIONAL. FREUD GOT THIS IN CIVILIZATION...
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| 02:20:07 |
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DESCRIBE YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH MR. HITCHENS OVER THE YEARS? FRIENDS? ADVERSARIES? >> Guest: DEEPLY ANTAGONISTIC. >> Host: DEEPLY? >> Guest: YEAH. >>...
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| 02:20:16 |
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YOUR BOOK "WARS OF FORCE THAT GIVES US MEANING," YOU WRITE THAT WAR FINDS ITS MEANING IN IF DEATH. THE CAUSE IS BUILT ON THE BACKS OF VICTIMS PORTRAYED...
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| 02:20:43 |
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THERE HAVE BEEN MOMENTS, OF COURSE, WHERE I THOUGHT I WOULD BE KILLED, SO, I MEAN, BUT THOSE WERE MOMENTS. IN TERMS OF A PLACE, IT WOULD BE SHARE SARAJEVO...
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| 02:22:38 |
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DON'T BELIEVE IN ATHEISTS," ALSO KNOWN AS WHEN ATHEISM BECOMES RELIGION, THE BELIEF THAT WE CAN ACHIEVE HUMAN PERFECTION, THAT WE CAN ADVANCE MORALLY...
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| 02:23:01 |
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Guest: YEAH. THE IDEA THAT TIME IS LINEAR. THAT'S PECULIAR TO BOTH THE HEBREW AND THE CHRISTIAN BIBLE. WHICH WAS ADOPTED BY THE ENLIGHTENMENT, THE...
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| 02:24:55 |
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WORLD AS IT IS," THE CREED OF OBJECTIVITY KILLED THE NEWS, AND YOU QUOTE MOLLY I'VE ADVANCE IN HERE, AND I JUST WANT TO READ JUST A LITTLE BIT OF...
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| 02:25:40 |
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IT. AND THAT'S WHY PROGRAMS LIKE THE DAILY SHOW OR COLBERT ARE SO POPULAR BECAUSE THEY POKE FUN AT THIS ABSURDITY OF BALANCE. WHERE YOU GET ONE LYING...
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| 02:27:55 |
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HEDGES IS OUR GUEST THIS MONTH ON "IN DEPTH." WE HAVE ABOUT A HALF AN HOUR LEFT. FRIEDA IN ALBANY, THANKS FOR HOLDING, YOU'RE ON THE AIR. >> Caller:...
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| 02:28:08 |
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YOU. MR. HEDGES, I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS ARE ON SLAVERY, BLACKS IN AMERICA AND REPARATIONS FOR THE OPPRESSED. THE OPPRESSED BLACK POPULATION....
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| 02:28:24 |
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WELL, THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT WAS A LEGAL VICTORY, BUT IT WAS NOT A VICTORY IN THE SENSE THAT MARTIN LUTHER KING AND MALCOLM X DEFINED IT BECAUSE...
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| 02:32:12 |
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THE AUTHOR OF NINE NONFICTION BOOKS. IN 2002, WARS OF FORCE THAT GIVES US MEANING, WHAT EVERY PERSON SHOULD KNOW ABOUT WAR IN '03. LOSING MOSES ON...
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| 02:32:48 |
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DESTRUCTION, DAYS OF REVOLT THAT I'M DOING WITH JOE SACCO. FIFTY PAGES WILL BE ILLUSTRATIONS AND COMIC PANELS. >> Host: AND
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| 02:32:57 |
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IF PEOPLE WANT TO READ YOUR WRITING OR READ ABOUT YOU, WHAT'S THE BEST WEB SITE? >> Guest:
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| 02:33:02 |
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TRUTH DIG. I DON'T HAVE A PERSONAL WEB SITE, AND I DON'T TWEET. >> Host: WHY? >> Guest: OH, I'D RATHER
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| 02:33:07 |
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READ BOOKS. I THINK THAT THERE ARE TOO MANY DISTRACTIONS OFFERED, THESE KIND OF VIRTUAL HALLUCINATIONS. IN ORDER TO THINK, YOU NEED QUIET AND SOLITUDE....
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| 02:33:25 |
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Host: DO YOU THINK AT SOME POINT, AT SOME POINT YOU WILL NEED TO DEVELOP YOUR OWN WEB SITE? >> Guest:
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| 02:33:30 |
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NO. I DON'T -- THAT'S ALL ABOUT THE CULTURE OF SELF-PROMOTION, I THINK, AND, UM, IT'S SOMETHING THAT I REALLY WANT TO GUARD AGAINST. I MEAN, I DON'T...
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| 02:33:48 |
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VERMONT, YOU'RE ON WITH CHRIS HEDGES. GO AHEAD, JACK. >>
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| 02:33:52 |
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Caller: HEY, CHRIS, YOUR AMAZING TO -- YOU'RE AMAZING TO LISTEN TO. YOU AND RICHARD WOLF, BETWEEN THE TWO OF YOU, I TAKE UP A LOT OF MY TIME LISTENING....
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| 02:35:07 |
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Guest: NO, I SPENT TIME WITH THE MARINES. THEY DID MAKE ME BOOT WHICH IF YOU'RE A MARINE, YOU'LL KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. [LAUGHTER] >> Caller:...
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| 02:35:18 |
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Host: JACK, QUICKLY, IF YOU COULD WRAP THIS UP. >> Caller: AND I'M LOOKING
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| 02:35:22 |
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AT CRAZY HORSE HERE ON THE WALL, THAT MONUMENT THEY'VE -- YEAH, OKAY. I'M WRAPPING IT UP. >> Host: ALL
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| 02:35:29 |
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RIGHT, JACK, TELL YOU WHAT. A LOT OF COMMENTS THERE ON THE TABLE, AND WE'LL GET AN ANSWER FROM MR. HEDGES OR A COMMENT FROM HIM AS
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| 02:35:36 |
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WELL. >> Guest: WELL, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE GIDDY INTOXICATION WITH THE DEATH INSTINCT, I THINK THE, THE SELF-DENIAL OR SELF-DELUSION AROUND GLOBAL...
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| 02:37:52 |
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A COUPLE OF RELATED E-MAILS HERE. THIS IS FROM PAUL, AND WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE HERE FROM SHEPHERD, AND THEY'RE BOTH TALKING ABOUT THEIR GRANDCHILDREN....
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| 02:38:27 |
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JUST WALKED AWAY FROM THE KYOTO ACCORDS BECAUSE OF THE -- [INAUDIBLE] SO I'M NOT SURE CANADA ANYMORE. I DON'T WANT TO GO ANYWHERE. I WANT TO SAVE...
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| 02:40:12 |
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YOU'RE ON THE FRONT LINE LIKE THAT OR WITH SOMEBODY LIKE CORNEL WEST, WELL KNOWN, ARE YOU TREATED WITH A DEFERENCE, OR ARE YOU TREATED DIFFERENTLY AT...
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| 02:40:26 |
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Guest: YES. I AM TREATED WITH DEFERENCE, AND WHEN I WAS ARRESTED IN FRONT OF GOLDMAN SACHS, EVERYONE WAS CUFFED IN FRONT OF THE CAMERAS EXCEPT I WAS...
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| 02:40:56 |
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MUCH. MR. HEDGES, I THINK YOUR WORK IS WONDERFUL. YOU TALK ABOUT THE MEDIA AND HOW THEY DON'T LIKE TO INTIMIDATE THE POWER CENTERS, BUT THERE'S ONE...
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| 02:41:37 |
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Guest: WELL, I THINK YOU SAW THAT IN THE MIDDLE EAST, THE WAY THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT CLUNG TO HOSNI MUBARAK UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE DEEPLY ANGERED AN...
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| 02:43:57 |
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IN TO YOU -- TWEETS IN TO YOU, GLAD TO SEE SOMEONE LOOKING AT CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY. IT'S LIKE A CITY UNDER OCCUPATION BY SOME OUTSIDE FORCES REFERENCING...
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| 02:44:22 |
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GOOD QUESTION. AND I THINK IT'S BECAUSE TRADITIONAL LIBERALS IN THIS SOCIETY ARE HYPOCRITES. THEY SPEAK IN THAT KIND OF FEEL-YOUR-PAIN LANGUAGE, CLINTON...
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| 02:45:36 |
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THE LIBERAL CLASS," CHRIS HEDGES WRITE OBAMA, SEDUCED BY POWER AND PRESTIGE, IS MORE INTERESTED IN COURTING THE CORPORATE RICH THAN IN SAVING THE DISENFRANCHISED....
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| 02:46:39 |
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YES, MR. HEDGES, UM, YOU ARE TRULY A TRUTH SAYER, AND I HAVE TWO THINGS I'D LIKE TO THROW OUT THERE. ONE IS THAT I KEEP HOPING IT'S NOT TRUE, BUT I...
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| 02:47:47 |
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IS POLITICAL THEATER. I THINK THAT'S THE PROBLEM. JUST ABOUT EVERY CAMPAIGN PROMISE THAT WAS MADE IN 2008 BY BARACK OBAMA WHETHER IT WAS FILIBUSTERING...
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| 02:49:15 |
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IS THERE TO STOP THE WARS AND THE BANKS BUT RON PAUL IF U.S. LASTS THAT LONG? WHO ARE WE TO VOTE FOR? AND I ASK THAT IN THE SENSE OF HOW CLOSELY ARE...
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| 02:49:31 |
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WELL, I TRY NOT TO FOLLOW IT. I DON'T REALLY CARE WHAT NEWT GINGRICH SAID OR WHAT MITT ROMNEY SAID OR, I MEAN, NOBODY'S TALKING ABOUT ISSUES, FRANKLY....
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| 02:52:49 |
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E-MAILS FROM ALBANY, CALIFORNIA, ALTHOUGH MY POLITICS ARE FAR TO THE RIGHT OF MR. HEDGES, I DO THINK THAT "DEATH OF THE LIBERAL CLASS" IS AN INTERESTING...
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| 02:53:12 |
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Guest: I'VE NEVER TRIED TO LAND A JOB IN ACADEMIA. I HAVE TAUGHT AS A VISITING PROFESSOR AT PLACES LIKE PRINCETON, COLUMBIA, NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, UNIVERSITY...
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| 02:54:52 |
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TEXAS. JACK, WE HAVE A FEW MINUTES LEFT. PLEASE, GO AHEAD. >> Caller: OKAY, THANKS
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| 02:54:56 |
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A LOT. FINE PROGRAM. SAY, MR. HEDGES, YOU MENTIONED ABOUT CAMPBELLS SOUP IN CAMDEN? ALSO RCA VICTOR. >> Guest:
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| 02:55:05 |
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YEP, THEY USED TO BE THERE. >> Caller: BUT MORE
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| 02:55:07 |
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IMPORTANT, WALT WHITMAN, HE WROTE A BEAUTIFUL POEM ABOUT THE OPENING OF PUBLIC SCHOOL AND HOWARD HANSON WROTE A MAGNIFICENT ORATORY Y'ALL TO ACCOMPANY...
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| 02:55:37 |
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NOT THAT POEM. I AM FAMILIAR WITH WHITMAN AND THE CHAPTER ON CAMDEN BEGINS WITH A WHITMAN POEM AND, OF COURSE, JOE AND I VISITED HIS GRAVE WHICH IS...
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| 02:55:53 |
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ALTOONA, PA. AS A JOURNALIST WHO HAS DEVOTED MUCH OF HIS WORK TO THE COVERAGE AND ANALYSIS OF WAR, WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF CARL VAN WHITE HOUSE WIT'S DECLARATION...
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| 02:56:15 |
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IS NOT THE CONTINUATION OF POLITICS BY OTHER MEANS, WAR IS ABOUT THE DESTRUCTION OF ALL LIVING SYSTEMS, ECONOMIC, POLITICAL, FAMILIAL, SOCIAL, COMMUNAL....
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| 02:57:43 |
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OF ILLUSION," THE GOVERNMENT STRIPPED OF ANY REAL SOVEREIGNTY PROVIDES LITTLE MORE THAN TECHNICAL EXPERTISE FOR ELITES AND CORPORATIONS THAT LACK...
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| 02:59:16 |
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Host: AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. WE WISH YOU A HAPPY NEW YEAR. THIS PROGRAM WILL REAIR TONIGHT AT MIDNIGHT EASTERN TIME, NEW YEAR'S DAY MIDNIGHT,...
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| 02:59:37 |
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A PANEL DISCUSSION OF WILLIAM F. BUCKLEY JR.'S BOOK "GOD AND MAN AT YALE," WITH A FOCUS ON THE BOOK'S
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