"Guns & Butter" investigates the relationships among capitalism, militarism and politics. Maintaining a radical perspective in the aftermath of the September 11th attacks, "Guns & Butter: The Economics of Politics" reports on who wins and who loses when the economic resources of civil society are diverted toward global corporatization, war, and the furtherance of a national security state.
Produced and hosted by Bonnie Faulkner.
E-mail Bonnie at blfaulkner@yahoo.com
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this man's argument seems equivalent to saying that God created the universe today, but God created it to look exactly like it would if it were several billion years old and had the laws of physics that we've observed (or think we've observed). and further proof: there are still so many unanswered questions about the universe! and physicist and astronomers even admit that there are many unanswered questions and things they don't know!
what pushed me over the edge was his claim that the phone calls from people on the planes to loved ones were part of the "drill." so, it would be more likely a real hijacking if the people on the planes had just continued reading their magazines and watching the movie while flight attendants and pilots were being murdered and cockpits taken over?
God did create the universe... but it is up to us to help those people like the overlords to make responsible humanitarian decisions... Humans need to be lead and guided... but it is up to the people to speak up when something does not look right... The Over World society does not look and feel right... so journalist like Ryan help with spreading knowledge and possible arguements why things may be the way they were. Dick and Don are but mere mortals their legacy is theirs to explain. History may not be kind to them. They still have choices to make and hopefully they will take time to explain the truth behind accusations of their destructive ruthless ways and the permanent tarnishment they have left on the American Shield. Peace be with you.
You can now be arrested for attempting to make a cellphone call during a commercial flight. Most of the Skyphones have been removed. I have broken the law I guess by attempting to make a cellphone call on a flight from DC to Newark. It will not work as far as I can tell. So I concluded from that "Let's Roll" is a Goebbels-type Big Lie to tug at the heartstrings. I think the guy who is upset with the Tarpley information is sentimental and self-deceiving.Are Americans children who must not have fantasies questioned even in the face of treasonous terrorism? Thanks Bonnie.
Yes. Americans are like children in their view of the world. Even the eldest are among the most gullible saps on the planet. The false flag psyops of 9/11 (including the government sponsored "anthrax attacks") are merely the most absurd egregious of examples. TV, cable, radio, Hollywood films (like the ridiculously fictional "Zero Dark Thirty") the means used to herd the sheeple. As McLuhan observed long ago, "The Media IS the Massage".
I do wish though that the show appeared on the archives a while after it is aired, like every other show on KPFA. Had to go to the doctor today so missed it.
By following the money trail the thugs that have taken over our country can be exposed. The problem is to get the general public to understand. Complex issues are not translated to their understanding well since the mainstream media is controlled by the very people who have taken over our government. Money talks, the rest of us walks. Until it can be relayed by American Idol, there is little hope of the "Average Joe" being on our side of this issue.
Thanks for giving us the bold information so we can see these truths. I have hope people are tired of this criminal activity and will go to the polls to vote the criminals out!
Good morning Bonnie,
Great show as always. A good interview parter of yours would be Bill Engdahl (oil geopolitics) or Daniele Ganser (NATO's secret stand behind armies). Should you need this contacts please send me an e-mail.
Bonnie keep on going with this show.
Greetings from Abkhazia
Vital
I can't believe Bonnie Faulkner allowed Hamid Gul to claim yesterday (Sept. 28, 2011) that 9/11 was an "inside job" without challenging such insanity. Al-Qaeda's online magazine, Inspire, just condemned President Ahmadinejad of Iran for saying essentially the same thing last week at the U.N.: "Iran and the Shi’a in general do not want to give Al Qaeda credit for the greatest and biggest operation ever committed against America because this would expose their lip-service jihad against the Great Satan" (see "Stop the Conspiracy Theories, Al Qaeda Tells Iranian Leader," http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/28/stop-the-conspiracy-theories...).
I'm sorry to see that KPFA has become the mouthpiece in California for the ISI. When will journalists in the U.S. challenge their interviewees with facts, like a number British journalists do?
"9/11 was an "inside job"without challenging such insanity." by Victor
Victor I am sure you are not a qualified physician to make the diagnosis of "insanity," but most important, I don't think you know about the scientific forensic evidence of thermate in the dust.
Now some people prefer to believe magic bullet fairy tales and refuse to believe the forensic evidential facts RFK that make Sirhan Sirhan a patsy.
Well, the scientific forensic evidence has been in for a number of years now, and it has never been challenged.The science is good and it solid. Advanced grade nano thermate is in the 911 dust. This advanced compound is made only by a few companies inside the military industrial complex. Connect the dots Victor.
911 was an inside job. The government is rogue and these evil doers are getting away with it because good men are not doing enough to bring them to justice.
There is no reason to believe the official 911 fairy tale unless you are either incredibly uniformed or you are in collusion to the crime of the century.
"9/11: Explosive Evidence - Experts Speak Out, Part Two", total nonsense. If your purpose is to spread lies on 911 issues, you picked the most successful snake-oil salesman there is on 911. Discussions with Gage are just a Gish Gallop away. If your purpose is to be a journalist, you should be exposing Gage's anti-intellectual approach for making money from suckers. Gage only fools those who refuse to think for themselves. Take a field trip to your local engineering school, and discuss the work of Gage with real engineers.
"Take a field trip to your local engineering school, and discuss the work of Gage with real engineers."
I would do one better and pick from the list of 1,600+ licensed architects and engineers that signed Mr. Gage's Architects and Engineers Petition for a new investigation into 911.
Your comments are very immature and lack any intellectual merit whatsoever. All you have is name calling which is the best friend of a scoundrel.
Got thermate?
Robert, there are a lot of what you would call "fools" out there. Mr. Gage could find easier ways to swindle a buck, and I take it you dismiss the 1,700 + architects and engineers who have signed on with him. I've met him and he appears to be a man of integrity and commitment to principle, which takes some courage when you're up against a stonewall from the very folks who were sworn to protect you, the Constitution, etc.
Beyond www.ae911truth.org (good site reflecting fair observation and honest thought), there are groups of other truly patriotic folks who question the official dissembling on 9/11 issues, including lawyers and judges, and other government and military officials. Google it while you still can!!
I find Katherine Austin Fitts very confusing, and probably confused. There are many competent economists to draw on, I recommend that you find an intelligent expert. The 2008 bank bailout did not cost $13 trillion. The New York Times states $2 trillion, and Zandi and Blinder claim $1.6 trillion. Both are significant expenses, but the $13 trillion figure means Ms. Fits is not paying attention to detail. She is not thought provoking. Here's the link to the NYT article: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/02/04/business/20090205-bailout-...
Call on someone at Z Magazine, or Institute for Policy Studies, or Jobs for Justice, someone who has responsible opinions.
You need to continue to do your "own" homework and follow the money. It's been said many times, not just by Ms. Fitts, that the bailout started way back during Bush, and continued until "The Bank Bailout" of $750B. There is so much information not spoken of from the mainstream 'news', besides they all don't want us, most of us, to know the whole story. So get your 'responsible opinions' from whomever you please, I, and many others with continue to listen to Dear Catherine Austin Fitts, who fills in all the lose gaps.
Because "Z Magazine" and IPS are foundation funded gatekeepers and Judas goats deployed to police the limits of discussion on the stage-managed American "left".l
Katherine Austin Fitts is very confusing and I think there are numerous other left-wing thinkers and economists who can help listeners at KPFA understand the nation's economy. The bank bailout of 2008 cost taxpayers either $2 trillion or $1.6 trillion. You can google "New York Times Cost of the Bailout" and find the article, or "Zandi and Blinder How The Great Recession Came to an End" -- We do not need wacky ideas confusing people. Try Z Magazine or Institute for Policy Studies or Jobs for Justice,
keep up the good work!!!! Truly appreciated that their are others that are awake to this nonsense
Take a field trip to your local engineering school, and discuss the work of Gage with real engineers.
To BenL8: Fitts isn't confusing, she's brilliant and is discussing a sophisticated topic which confuses you. Not her fault. Bonnie is admirable for having her on.
To: Victor & Robert Miller: The evidence and opinions that Gul and Gage present aren't snake oil or insanity. Gage, for his part, has laid out his evidence, his "wares," in extreme detail. Shysters never do that. I'm also guessing that the engineers who are signatories at AE911 Truth all went to engineering school. Anyway, free fall is free fall, even to a layman.
Bonnie has my admiration for swimming upstream, and in her I see (I think) the logical overlap of the progressive and the libertarian movements. I'm grateful for her show. If there were a thousand more like it around the country, I doubt we'd be at war or that we'd be about to lose the Bill of Rights.
Her ruthless pursuit of the details on both 9/11 and Newtown (interview with Prof. James Tracey) are just two examples. How does "Guns and Butter" still manage to sparkle like a diamond in the otherwise compromised swine trough of Pacifica, still baffles me. Let's hope that Bonnie and her staff are already taking out their scalpels to deconstruct the corporate media's current "Boston Marathon" trauma event.
Outstanding reality check.. on Ron Paul..... powerfull and incisive
Thanks Bonnie
After my time in the U.S. Army I moved to Northern California and found KPFA. Then I found Guns and Butter- from there: political activist, campaign helper, community volunteer, History and Arabic studies and next year, law school. Guns and Butter motivated me in the right direction for our future. I love you guys and can't wait to make more money and give it back to conscience driven people doing amazing work!
I don't listen to the show anymore. Like most others, the program shows a reluctance to discuss or to get suitable guests on to discuss the subject of the US being an occupied territory.
Have missed the last 2 shows 4/18 & 4/11 2012; but have listened to you for years! Got chossudovsky's book and most everything is manifesting itself--MILITARIZATION OF PD'S COAST TO COAST, worse than military by soldiers accounts. Great job and hope I'll make it to next grand lake 911. Bonnie u do a great job! vitriol
Why put on this controlled demolition crap? Their leaders are Charlie Sheen and Ron Paul. Sad.
Kevin, shut up you're an imbecile. PS. wheres the podcast?
These people clearly need more tax cuts http://richkidsofinstagram.tumblr.com/
I wish the interviewer had asked Max Keiser how he sees a remedy for our situation. The interview was interesting but it was just a bummer. I was left feeling doomed. Why didn't she ask him how he sees our "out"?
Hamid thanks to you I am now legally retarded in fact I would have to be for reading this garbage twice. I actually thought this was a joke but you actually believe it. You belong on comedy central this material is priceless. Funny funny man
Hi Bonnie, I love "Guns and Butter!" and I really enjoyed watching Operation Terror last week. I couldn't stay for the Q and A, and I've been trying to listen to it on the noliesradio.org site, but it keeps turning off and crashing every time after about 1 minute. Is there any way I can get a written copy of the Questions and Answers session, or can someone help me hear it somewhere else? What I really want to know, in case no one asked, is, was the killing of all the conspirators based on fact, or was it just a dramatization? please email me! thanks gw
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