CSPAN 2 -- BOOK TV ALERT FOR SAT -- Lots of Anti-Bush Authors Today

[Khephra]

1:45 PM ET -- Mark Crispin Miller, Cruel and Unusual: Bush/Cheney's New World Order

On Saturday, September 4 at 1:45 pm
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Cruel and Unusual: Bush/Cheney's New World Order
Mark Crispin Miller

Description: From Politics and Prose Bookstore in Washington, DC, author Mark Crispin Miller talks about his book, "Cruel and Unusual: Bush/Cheney's New World Order." Mr. Miller argues that the Bush administration is leading the country to a place where democracy will be the thing of the past. The author compares Bush's leadership to that of ruthless dictators. After the discussion, Mr. Miller answers questions from the audience.

Author Bio: Mark Crispin Miller is the author of "The Bush Dyslexicon." He is a professor of media studies at New York University.

(Make sure to catch it today, as this is the only time it's being shown this weekend.)

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On Saturday, September 4 at 5:00 pm and Sunday, September 5 at 2:00 am and Monday, September 6 at 6:00 am --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Books on President Bush
Paul Krugman, Sidney Blumenthal, Joseph Wilson, Craig Unger, and Mark Green

Description: A panel discussion with authors who are critical of President Bush's domestic and foreign policy. The participants are Mark Green ("What We Stand For"), Paul Krugman ("The Great Unraveling"), Craig Unger ("House of Bush, House of Saud"), Sidney Blumenthal ("The Clinton Wars"), and Joseph Wilson ("The Politics of Truth").

Author Bio: The event was hosted by the New Democracy Project. For more information, visit www.newdemocracyproject.org.

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(Be careful though, as there's several shows on this weekend with groups of Conservative writers including one with Zell Miller.)

[Khephra]

1. Also tomorrow at 7AM on CSPAN2

On Sunday, September 5 at 7:00 am
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PEN American Center Readings on Free Expression
Salman Rushdie, Paul Auster, Russell Banks, Don DeLillo, Ariel Dorfman, Eve Ensler, Walter Dean Myers, et al.
Description: During this two hour PEN American Center event, fifteen authors read selections from such writers as John Stuart Mill, Henry David Thoreau, Mark Twain, Zora Neale Hurston, Jose Marti, Miguel de Cervantes, Nawal El Saadawi, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Zbigniew Herbert, Dalton Trumbo, and James Baldwin. The event was held at Cooper Union in New York City. Speakers include Salman Rushdie, Laurie Anderson, Paul Auster, Russell Banks, Don DeLillo, Ariel Dorfman, Eve Ensler, Jonathan Safran Foer, Barbara Goldsmith, A. M. Homes, Margo Jefferson, Edward P. Jones, Walter Dean Myers, Francine Prose, and Monique Truong.

Author Bio: PEN is an association of poets, playwrights, essayists, editors, and novelists that was founded in 1921. The PEN American Center, one of 130 centers worldwide, has 2,700 members. For more information, visit www.pen.org.

[Khephra]

13. Also the Strand Book Store program will have some good lefties

On Sunday, September 5 at 12:00 pm and at 4:00 pm and Monday, September 6 at 12:00 am
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In Depth: Strand Book Store

(Some of these people are Righties, but I don't know a few of them, so I'm posting the whole list.)

Art Spiegelman, Richard Brookhiser, Harold Evans, Amy Goodman, John Fund, Nicholas Basbanes, Marvin Mondlin, and Nat Hentoff; publishers Peter Osnos and Adam Bellow; and Strand owners Nancy Bass and Fred Bass.

[DavidDvorkin]

2. Gee, they didn't invite me.

Sniffle. Sob.

Okay, mine's fiction. But it's anti-Bush.

[Khephra]

3. Maybe they'll invite you next week?

:hi:

[KoKo]

4. Thanks! Just in time for me to tune in! Sounds good (n/t)

[Khephra]

6. Anytime! This is great stuff! I'm glad I checked the schedule today

[Kanary]

5. Crispin is on NOW!

Thanks so much for the headsup..... I usually look for the schedule ahead of time, and missed it this time. I'm recording Crispin, as I won't be able to get the book (at least for a while), so this is great.

Hurrah for your team!

:toast:

Kanary

[Khephra]

7. Thanks right back at you!

:-)

[Kanary]

8. khephra, I'm going to ask your understanding on one point here.....

This is something that affects me personally, and I guess I've gotten to the point where I can no longer just sit silently through something like this, so I'd appreciate your understanding on this. If gay people were being hit with something like this, they wouldn't stand for it.

Crispin just talked about saying there is little difference between the Dems and the Reps is "self-indulgent". I can agree with that as far as it being directed towards middle-class folks, which is really all that the parties are addressing anymore.

However, for those of us who are on the bottom rung of the ladder, this is an uncaring attack. Please, hear me out, instead of the usual DU knee-jerk attack. I know you are a reasonable person, so that's why I'm directing this to you. Those of us who are seeing our very existence on the line, know the score. The Dems have folded on many issues, and this is a big one. Kerry voted FOR welfare deform, which is responsible not just for the suffering of many, but for DEATHS. I have absolutely NO HOPE that he will hold the line n further cuts, which will be the end for me and thousands like me.

Can you explain why my own concern for my very survival is "SELF INDULGENT"?

It doesn't just make me mad....... it makes me feel very hopeless. When people no longer care about those at the bottom, they will obviously not make it.

Kanary

[Khephra]

9. I'm afraid that I can't explain why your feelings would be

"self indulgent" because I'd have to think that your feelings actually were "self indulgent".

I know where you're coming from and don't disagree with anything you've said in the above post--if I've understood you correctly.

Mind you, I might disagree with something you've said in other posts or will in the future, but there's no way I'd ever think that you were "self indulgent" based upon the above post. I've been at the bottom, and I'm only barely at the bottom of middle class right now because I live at home. We've been on every form of welfare at one time or another, so I share your concerns.

[Kanary]

10. Thanks, khephra, I appreciate your reply.

I really am tired of this blanket kind of criticism. It seems to be to be either a blindness towards those who are seen as people who "don't count", or something more sinister. Coming from the "left", it's even more disheartening, to say the least.

If the level of awareness about gay issues was this low, there would be a huge outcry.

What in the world has happened to this party????

Kanary, who obviously doesn't matter.....

[Xenus Sister]

11. Kerry/Edwards kids on Sunday too (C-Span 1)

I was just setting my TiVo and saw that, on C-Span 1, tomorrow (Sunday 9/5/04) at 5:00pm (Central time) is

"ROAD TO THE WHITE HOUSE - The children of Senators John Kerry and John Edwards participate in a town-hall meeting."

It looks like it's repeated at 8:30pm.

At 7:00pm (CST) on Booknotes is Richard Viguerie ("America's Right Turn"). Anyone know about this? Does he think it's a good thing or a bad thing? I want to know if I should set my Tivo for it.


I'm glad I saw this thread. Thanks!

[Khephra]

12. He's part of this discussion, so I'd bet he thinks it's a good thing.

Conservative Books Discussion
Zell Miller, Bob Barr, Linda Chavez, David Frum, Michael Barone, John Fund, Hugh Hewitt, George Marlin, John Podhoretz, Richard Viguerie, Cal Thomas, Brad Miner