Michael Parenti - Is Bush A Failure?

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/01/17/Michael_Parenti_Discusses_Contrary_Notions

Progressive author Michael Parenti argues that popular liberal perceptions of a "failed" Bush Administration may not be accurate.

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Michael Parenti discusses Contrary Notions.

Internationally acclaimed, award winning author Michael Parenti is one of America's most astute and engaging political analysts. Covering a wide range of subjects, Parenti's work has enlightened and enlivened readers for many years. Here is a rich buffet of his deep but lucid writings on real history, political life, empire, wealth, class power, technology, culture, ideology, media, environment, gender, and ethnicity - along with a few choice selections drawn from his own life experiences and political awakening.

Parenti serves on the board of judges for Project Censored, and on numerous advisory boards as well as the advisory editorial boards of New Political Science and Nature, Society and Thought. He is the author of twenty books - Cody's Books

Michael Parenti received his Ph.D. in political science from Yale University. He has taught at a number of colleges and universities, in the United States and abroad.

Michael Parenti has won awards from Project Censored, the Caucus for a New Political Science, the city of Santa Cruz, New Jersey Peace Action, the Social Science Research Council, the Society for Religion in Higher Education, and other organizations. In 2007 he was awarded a Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition from U.S. Representative Barbara Lee.

During his earlier teaching career he received grants or fellowships from the Louis Rabinowitz Foundation, the Ford Foundation, Brown University, Yale University, State University of New York, and the University of Illinois. For several years he was a Visiting Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington, D.C.

He now serves on the board of judges for Project Censored, and on the advisory boards of Independent Progressive Politics Network, Education Without Borders, and the Jasenovic Foundation; as well as the advisory editorial boards of New Political Science and Nature, Society and Thought.

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[codybiroth]

This guy is one of the most intelligent people I know.

[MultiSmartass1]

Parenti is right. Bush is a failure to the working class and poor while a success for the rich and superrich.

Just depends what side of the cash register you are on.

[mystiquie1]

there is a big difference in a citezen and a people as defined in the preamble of the constitution. a people is a soveriegn and the us govt is there to serve the soveriegn. a people in-a-lien-able rights are god given and cannot be taken away ie. first ten amendments. a citizen was created after the civil war in the 14th amendment because of the freed slaves. 14 has two requirements born or naturlized. 2nd to be Subject to all laws of US and you have privledges not Rights and they can be taken.

[mystiquie1]

@MopDMTBARTL quoting george Carlin?

[LadaRay]

Bravo, Michael!

[lobzunpreston]

@ALPHAandOMEGA44 free market just leads to the power being concentrated in the few and the elite. If you're not in the circle then you're worth nothing. Pure unregulated capitalism exists in its true form in third world countries where it absolutely destroys everything. Capitalism and all it's surrounding ideologies are the ones that only work for you if you're fortunate enough. Socialist aspects are essential to most if not all modern democracies and probably help you in some way.

[CosmicFork]

George W. Bush performed his function, he basically eliminated taxes for the very wealthy. In every other way his presidency was a disaster for our country!

[eskorbutin89]

dous anyone know what fora stands for?

[AtheistAnarchoRudi]

@antiracistskin69 in what way is it bollox? prove your claim.

[antiracistskin69]

@VenusFriend The problem with zeitgeist is that its total bollox!

[VenusFriend]

What does Michael Parenti think about The Zeitgeist Movement and or The New Movie. Zeitgeist Moving Forward?

The new movie is very popular... 1,6 million views in 6-7 days