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The Brian Lehrer Show / October 28, 2003

The Brian Lehrer Show

Tuesday, October 28, 2003
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  • Rummy Punch

    His shoot-from-the-hip style has made defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld a media darling. But he has also ruffled congressional feathers with “disrespectful” behavior. Rumsfeld Biographer Midge Decter says he’s one of America’s best assets.

The Hard Truth About "Soft Targets"

Fawaz A. Gerges holds the Christian Johnson Chair in Middle East Studies at Sarah Lawrence College The Islamists and the West (soon to be published by Cambridge University Press) analyzes the worsening security situation in Iraq and Jonathan Capeheart deputy editorial page editor at the Daily News argues for resumption of major combat operations in Iraq

New Jersey Dreaming

Bob Hennelly WNYC New Jersey correspondent on New Jersey elections

Rummy Punch

Midge Decter author, Rumsfeld: A Personal Portrait (HarperCollins, 2003) thinks Donald Rumsfeld is the President's best asset

Presidential Press Conference

live broadcast of President Bush's press conference on Iraq and impending legislation

Press Conference Commentary

Midge Decter author, Rumsfeld: A Personal Portrait (HarperCollins, 2003) offers commentary on President Bush's press conference

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.

Cast your vote for our video contest semi-finalists.

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.

Judge Sotomayor

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.

Video Picks

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Check out some recent video clips of interviews with guests and Brian Lehrer's weekly Web video picks.