Yesterday, David Swanson told us that War is a Lie. Today, we see the sad truth that comes out of those lies.
Restrepo, the Grand Jury Prize winner for Documentary at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, is a feature-length film by photojournalist Tim Hetheringon and journalist/author Sebastian Junger that chronicles the deployment of US troops stationed at one of the most dangerous outposts in Afghanistan. It’ll premiere Monday night (11/29) at 9pm ET on the National Geographic channel.
Tim Hetherington will be my guest this morning to talk about this new, unvarnished look at the realities of war.
In hour two, Gotta Laff of The Political Carnival joins in to talk about these stories and more:
Nancy Pelosi: Big Girls Don’t Cry, Big Boehners Do (reframing GOP as “unprofessional”… the “unprofessional Right”?)
Sarah Palin 2012, courtesy of cable “news” (plus a little Frank Rich thrown in)
Thom Hartmann: We need a Progressive movement, NOW.
“Outsider” Rick Scott puts GOP insiders, lobbyists on transition team
California GOP is “not just wounded, it’s in a coma” (for fun)
Next Tea Party Target: Corporate America. Yes, really.
TSA forces amputee to remove prosthesis, separates her from 4-year-old son
TSA pat-down leaves bladder cancer survivor covered in urine
The TSA forced a cancer survivor to show her prosthetic breast
