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- Yes, We Can Walk and Chew Gum for 05/18/2012 May 18, 2012One of the most overused metaphors in a writer's arsenal is the one about "walking and chewing gum at the same time." As a hiker and Big League Chew enthusiast, I particularly hate this cliché. Nonetheless, I feel it is fitting right now because it so perfectly summarizes the argument being made by Republicans. They now insist that America can ...
Read Sirota's article here - Our Guns and Butter Economy for 05/11/2012 May 11, 2012With the economy still struggling and the debates over how to fix the problem more intense than ever, one word still evokes bipartisan consensus: exports. "I want us to sell stuff," said President Obama, summing up the bipartisan sentiment. That nebulous word "stuff" is significant. It asks us to see all exports as the same and to refrain ...
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- Yes, We Can Walk and Chew Gum for 05/18/2012 May 18, 2012
Huffington Posts
- Budget Showdown Aims To Quietly Exempt Pentagon and Focus All Cuts on Social Programs April 7, 2011The unwritten and unspoken story of the budget showdown in Washington is the tale of both parties deliberately working to once again exempt the ever-growing Pentagon from America's larger deficit discussion. ...
Read Sirota's article here - How Your Taxpayer Dollars Subsidize Pro-War Movies and Block Anti-War Movies March 16, 2011Connections between the Pentagon and the entertainment industry, first intensified in the 1980s, continue to embed militarism in seemingly non-political products like video games and action movies. ...
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- Budget Showdown Aims To Quietly Exempt Pentagon and Focus All Cuts on Social Programs April 7, 2011
CNN American Morning: The Democratic “Enthusiasm Gap”
Sirota appeared on CNN with FireDogLake.com founder Jane Hamsher to discuss the prospect of a Democratic “enthusiasm gap” in the 2010 election. Watch the discussion here:
Sirota appeared on MSNBC’s Dylan Ratigan Show to discuss Rep. Charlie Rangel’s ongoing ethics woes, as well as the results of the Colorado Senate Democratic primary. Watch the discussion here:
MSNBC: Elizabeth Warren and Her Critics
Sirota appeared on MSNBC to talk with Cenk Uygur about why some are strongly opposed to Elizabeth Warren potentially being appointed to head a consumer protection agency. Watch the discussion here:
Sirota appeared on MSNBC to debate recent congressional ethics investigations and a Republican plan to change the 14th amendment as it relates to immigration. Watch the clip here:
MSNBC: The New Guns vs. Butter Debate
Sirota appeared on MSNBC with guest host Chris Hayes to discuss Sirota’s latest syndicated newspaper column about the emerging debate in Congress pitting defense spending against domestic spending. Watch the discussion here:
David Sirota appeared on MSNBC’s Dylan Ratigan Show to discuss the Iranian nuclear program, the CPAC Conference, and President Obama’s new bipartisan deficit commission. Watch the discussion here:
Sirota appeared on MSNBC’s Dylan Ratigan Show to discuss why liberal groups seem to take orders from White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel. Watch the clip here:
CNN: The Rise of Left-Right Populism
Sirota appeared on CNN to discuss the rise of both progressive and conservative populism in the wake of the Massachusetts senate race. He discussed themes from his book, The Uprising, and how they are playing out in America today. Watch the clip here:
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- Yes, We Can Walk and Chew Gum for 05/18/2012One of the most overused metaphors in a writer's arsenal is the one about "walking and chewing gum at the same time." As a hiker and Big League Chew enthusiast, I particularly hate this cliché. Nonetheless, I feel it is fitting right now because it so perfectly summarizes the argument being made by Republicans. They now insist that America can ...
Read Sirota's article here
- Yes, We Can Walk and Chew Gum for 05/18/2012
SALON.COM ARTICLES
- Mitt’s favorite new dodge May 18, 2012Romney and the GOP insist the economy is more important than social issues. Why can't we address both? ...
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- Mitt’s favorite new dodge May 18, 2012
Other Articles
Hollywood Glorifies Military at Taxpayers’ Expense
San Francisco Chronicle
Since the taxpayer-supported “Wings” won the first Academy Award in 1927, the U.S. government has worked closely with Hollywood to promote, glorify and celebrate the armed forces. In the 1980s, this partnership became a highly political Military-Entertainment Complex, which today grants and denies filmmakers access to military hardware on the basis of filmmakers’ ideology and message.
The result is that many pro-war films are supported by huge public subsidies that underwrite studios’ use of military planes, boats and hardware – as long as those studios promise to produce a film that Pentagon spinmeisters approve of. Antimilitarist filmmakers, by contrast, are often barred by the government from even photographing the same hardware.
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