The parallels between the Nixon administration and the current Obama Administration are striking although 41 years have passed.  Considering Richard M. Nixon is a Republican and Barack H. Obama a Democrat, the similarities are not only surprising, but increasingly disturbing.  

The current administration parrots "transparency and accountability" at every possible turn while operating one of the most secretive, classified governments in history.  The present historical backdrop is eerily similar to that of the Nixon presidency.  The paths both Nixon and Obama have chosen

Not only do striking similarities between the historical backdrop of Nixon's presidency and Obama's administration exist, the path these two Presidents have chosen to embark on; separated by 41 years in time, are eerily analogous.  

Please join Fred & Marg, on  BTR's Lies My Country Told Me, "Fast Forward: The Nixonification of the Presidency" on Saturday, May 18, 2013 at 2:00 pm EST (1:00 pm Central, 12:00 pm Mountain, 11:00 am Pacific and 3:00 pm Atlantic).  You can join us either in the chatroom or call in at 347-677-1814 to give your opinion. 

As always, you can contact us via email at liesmycountrytoldme@gmail.com with comments, opinions or show ideas at anytime.

Four years have passed since events put into motion decades ago lead to the almost complete financial cataclysm facilitated by the Masters of the Universe who acted with malfeasance, forethought, premeditation and intent. These acts lead to financial ruin of individuals, companies, and nations, yet no one has been held accountable, no one is jailed. Many of the Kings of the Street have profited immensely and the nation demanding accountability have been told “the banks too big to fail, are now too big to jail”. While we teeter at the edge of the abyss, how is it possible that not one Wall Street executive has been charged and prosectued? Does justice no longer apply to all, but favours only the Masters of the Universe?

Please join Fred and Marg, along with special guest Jeff, to discuss “The Fleecing of America: The Great American Bank Robbery” on Blog Talk Radio’s, Lies My Country Told Me, April 6th at 2:00 pm EST (1:00 pm Central, 12:00 pm Mountain, 11:00 am Pacific and 3:00 pm Pacific). You can join the discussion in either the chatroom or call in with your opinion to (347) 677-1814. You are always welcome to email us any talking points or show ideas at liesmycountrytoldme@gmail.com.

It's that time of the year again, when CPAC (The Conservative Political Actioin Conference) descends on an unsuspecting city. GO-Baggers GO WILD!  All of the restraint demonstrated by the GO-Baggers in real life in order to get elected is gone and tthrough caution to the wind and let loose.  Every nonsensical thought that pops into their empty heads is verbalized.  Louuie Gomert is the folk hero of the Conference, while Republican Govenor Chris Christie is not even invited, obviously not crazy enough.  It is like an overcrowded mental asylum has opened it's floodgates and let loose every brand of GO-Bagger ideologue to have their 15 minutes in the sun.  

For a group of so called Christians, their so called Christian principles aren't evident, as for GOProud and the Log Cabin Republicans; the Republican faction of Gay/Lesbian Conseravatives,  the Inn is full.  No room in the manger for them.  After Day One of CPAC, the division between the old GOP guard and the new crazy faction is evident.

Join Fred and Marg on Saturday, March16, 2012 at 2:00 EST (1:00 pm Central, 12:00 pm Mountail, 11:00 am Pacific…and 3:00 pm Atlantic) on Blog Talk Radio's, Lies My Country Told Me:  The CPAC Comes To Town!  Share your opinion in the chatroom or call in at (347) 677-1814.  You can always email us at liesmycountrytoldme@gmail.com.

"I want to make sure that people understand actually drones have not caused a huge number of civilian casualties…. For the most part, they have been very precise, precision strikes against al Qaeda and their affiliates. And we are very careful in terms of how it's been applied."

- President Obama, January 2012

The world is becoming more and more complicated and we certainly do have enemies.  A government’s role, first and foremost is to take care of its population.  I get it.  My question is, where is keeping a population safe involve killing an elderly woman or a sixteen-year old boy? 

Nameless, faceless drone attacks have become the modus operandi of the US government in a war it has waged against "terror".  If you ask the victims, the countless families who suffer the loss of a son, mother, grandmother, brother or sister, the label of terror may aptly applied to a government that has taken the definition of war and has essentially turned it into the newest craze, the newest video game, the drone attack. 

Where is it possible that the most powerful nation in the world, the alleged leader of the global community fails to recognize that the reliance on sheer brutal, military force diminishes the stature, the principles, the foundation of what the country it is allegedly protecting.  At some point one has to ask, “is there really anything left to protect”?

I gather that the President has a whole new definition of the term precision and believes that who qualifies as a civilian is arbitrary.  What also seems to be up in the air is what does “for most part” actually mean and how many civilians injured or killed are deemed an acceptable loss of life, acceptable collateral damage?

More disturbing is the way these facts are presented.   In October 2012, the media reported the death of 3 Al Qaeda operatives in Pakistan failing to report that a civilian death of someone’s mother, grandmother and wife was killed “while working late in the field”, along with six of her grandchildren. Are we willing to stand by and consider this an acceptable loss of human life while hunting down Al-Qaeda?   Is it time for us to realize that the shit we reign down on another population, the governments we support that do the same, perhaps drives the threats of terror the United States faces and it is not some vague hatred of all things American which invoke acts of terror?

The arrogance we demonstrate; as if it is our right to rule the world by military might, is a reflection of the standard we apply to others, yet fail to apply to ourselves.  We seem to think that we are excepted from the rule of law, of international law as we  believe that we are allowed to break the rules for a greater good.  There is no greater good involved in any of this.  The acts of terror the United States faces are a direct result of the acts of state terrorism they have inflicted upon largely civilian populations.  Terrorist groups are “mad at us” because they hate our Western ways and our “freedoms”, they hate us directly for what we have done to them and what we continue to do.

Michigan has joined 23 other "work to rule" states to fulfill the corporatocracy and right wing agenda of union busting.  Rick Snyder, Michigan's Republican Governor, signed this into legislation contrary to his election commitment in which he stated " I've been very consistent that I didn't want right-to-work on the table."  As more and more states join the GOP ranks with "work to rule" legislation, the collective rights of workers will be squashed.

In addition, as part of this feature on labour, we are going to talk about the "Death of North American Manufacturing" and who/what killed it.  n addition, while the Union movement is often considered the culprit behind the exodus of manufacturing job, perhaps it is time to look at Corporate North America's role.The union movement always seems to be the brunt of the GOP/Corporate North America's accusatory finger, but how accurate of an assessment is this ideology.  Is corporate North America the driving force behind the mass exodus of manufacturing jobs?

Please join Fred and Marg on Saturday, October 27th at 2:00 pm Eastern Standard Time (1:00 pm Central, 12:00 pm Mountain, 11:00 am Pacific, and 3:00 pm Atlantic) on BTR's "Lies My Country Told Me", to discuss not only Michigan's recent passed legislation and what it means for Michiganders, but how it affects the long term impact of legislation such as this on the unionized workers' movement.  You can join us in the chatroom on the BTR website or call in and give us your opinion at (347) 677-1817.