Loading...(2010/10/04) Israel commits war crimes, Gov. Terminator guts the budget, and Listener Mail!
Episode #177 An Israeli military court has convicted soldiers of using a 9-year-old Palestinian boy as a human shield. The soldiers used the boy to check backs for explosives during the Gaza war. The convictions are the first serious ones in the criminal investigations into soldiers’ behavior during the Gaza invasion.
Allison explains why it may be premature to celebrate Elizabeth Warren’s largely symbolic appointment as an advisor on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Governor Terminator has proposed draconian cuts to California’s budget, including the elimination of California’s welfare-to-work program and virtually all child care for low income families. Allison talks about the “fiscal Conservative” hypocrites who bash Obama’s stimulus, while accepting federal aid. http://allisonkilkenny.com/2010/10/the-morality-disconnect/
More states have decided to allow guns in bars. The Times reports that Tennessee is one of four states, along with Arizona, Georgia and Virginia, that recently enacted laws explicitly allowing loaded guns in bars. (Eighteen other states allow weapons in restaurants that serve alcohol.)
It’s time for more of your Listener Mail! Today features questions from an illegal immigrant, an Iraq war veteran, ACLU Linda, and a 13-year-old atheist.
