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The Brian Lehrer Show / September 20, 2002

The Brian Lehrer Show

Friday, September 20, 2002
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    Unpredictable Party People

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    Democrat Dick Gepardht gearing up for an attack on Iraq. Republican Dick Armey questioning the evidence. Party lines don't seem to be dividing congressmen into predictable positions on whether we need to oust Saddam now. Find out how two New York representatives, Charlie Rangel (D-NY 15) and John Sweeney (R-NY 22), would vote on a resolution on Iraq. But we may not be so divided anymore, racially that is. Former Wall Street Journal columnist, Leon Wynter's discusses the topic of his book, American Skin: Pop Culture, Big Business and the End of White America, in which he argues that since the late 70s, American pop culture is increasingly, "transracial." Also: think class envy is outmoded? Not so, argues one journalist. And The full Text of Bush's National Security Strategy. (Login required)

Security Blanket

Gary Sick former member of the National Security Council staff during the Ford, Carter and Reagan administrations and Acting Director of the Middle East Institute at Columbia and Jim van deHei Washington Post Staff Writer on the National Security Strategy of the United States and the pending resolution on Iraq

Iraq-naphobia

Charles Rangel CONGRESSMAN D-NYSays pride goeth before a fall....

Iraq-naphobia--- Republican-style

John Sweeney R- NY 22 says Bush "couldn't have been more precise in his argument that the United Nations must take action against Iraq.

Class Act

Richard Cohen Syndicated Columnist The Washington Post on why we need class envy

Identity Crisis

Leon Wynter Author,American Skin: Pop Culture, Big Business & The End of White America (Crown, 2002)On black Americans and the future of American identity

A person dressed as a bear to represent a bear market performs outside the New York Stock Exchange on October 6, 200 in New York. Wall Street tumbled after the opening bell as fallout from the credit crisis triggered concerns about the economy and the Dow fell below 10,000 for the first time in four years.

Uncommon Indicators

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The Brian Lehrer Show wants to hear how the economy is affecting the little things in your daily life. Share your stories and photos of the downturn.

Just Launched! The Uncommon Economic Indicators Video Contest. All the details here!

Ray Young, General Motors Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

The Rocky Road Ahead

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Ray Young, the chief financial officer of General Motors, talks about GM’s bankruptcy.

Then, Damon Lester, president of the National Association of Minority Automobile Dealers, and Greg Williams, former owner of the recently closed Huntington Chevrolet in Huntington Station, NY., discusses the effect GM’s bankruptcy has had on dealerships and their employees.

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Tweet If You Use Twitter

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Farhad Manjoo, Slate's technology columnist and the author of True Enough: Learning To Live in a Post-Fact Society talks about what Twitter means and how different groups use it.

What's your take on Twitter? How do you use it? Comment below!

(<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alexerde/80417539/">alexerde</a>/flickr)

Don't Say That, Literally

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John Flansburgh of the band They Might Be Giants discusses the running list the band keeps of "things we can no longer say." (a few examples: "my bad" "don't go there" "one hundred and ten percent" and "voted off the island")

What would be on your list of banned words or phrases? Comment below!

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From Denmark with Love

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Jesper Grunwald, senior managing editor with the Danish Broadcasting Corporation, talks about the Danish economy, biking to work, and why the Danes are allegedly the happiest people in the world.

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Squatting, Then and Now

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As former squats in the East Village make the transition to coops, making homes from abandoned housing is again an issue. Andrew Reicher executive director of Urban Homesteading Assistance Board, Frank Morales an Episcopal priest involved in East Village/Lower East Side squatting and homelessness activism since the late '70s, and Rob Robinson, a leader of the Housing Campaign of Picture the Homeless, discuss the return of squatting.

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