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The Brian Lehrer Show / June 09, 2004

The Brian Lehrer Show

Wednesday, June 09, 2004
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  • President George W. Bush discusses the future of Iraq at the Ford Community and Performing Arts Center
    President George W. Bush discusses the future of Iraq at the Ford Community and Performing Arts Center

    The Reason Why

    Why did President Bush decide to invade Iraq? Investigative journalist James Bamford believes oedipal issues made Bush receptive to a secret, never-implemented 1996 war plan drawn up for then-Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Also, debating Reagan’s legacy in New York, Bloomberg’s new noise initiative, and Ashcroft’s appearance before the Senate yesterday.

"Shining City on a Hill" or the Dumps?

Robin D.G. Kelley professor of anthropology and African-American studies at Columbia University and author, Freedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination (Beacon Press, 2002) and Yo Mama's Disfunktional(Beacon Press, 1998)on the legacy of Ronald Reagan's urban policies
and E.J. McMahon senior fellow for tax and budgetary studies at the Center for Civic Innovation at the Manhattan Institute on the legacy of Reagan's urban policies

The Mayor's Noise Job

Charlie Komanoff freelance environmental policy analyst, author of a booklet called "Drowning in Noise" on the Mayor's new proposals against noise pollution

Ash covering the Senate

Mike Isikoff Investigative Reporter, Newsweek discusses John Ashcroft's testimony in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee

The Reason Why

James Bamford former Washington investigative producer for ABC's "World News Tonight with Peter Jennings" and author, A Pretext for War : 9/11, Iraq, and the Abuse of America's Intelligence Agencies (Doubleday, 2004)and Body of Secrets : Anatomy of the Ultra-Secret National Security Agency (Doubleday, 2001)thinks he can explain the Iraq war

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.

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.