Tonight's guests are Andrew Napolitano on The Daily Show and John McCain on The Colbert Report.
Andrew Napolitano is a former New Jersey Superior Court Judge who is a political and senior judicial analyst for Fox News Channel as well as author. His latest book is
Suicide Pact: The Radical Expansion of Presidential Powers and the Lethal Threat to American Liberty
In Suicide Pact, Napolitano details a long, sordid history of governmental—and especially presidential—encroachments on liberty, enacted in the name of protecting America but which serve insead to undermine national security and erode the nation’s founding freedoms.
Appealing to all politically aware Americans but especially to highly engaged conservatives and libertarians (including his 576,000 Facebook fans and 240,000 Twitter followers), Napolitano’s sobering-yet-patriotic perspective unmasks rampant political doubletalk and Washington power plays by taking a clear, legally grounded look at how we got here.
Blending fascinating history with fresh reporting and analysis on contemporary issues such as drone warfare and executions, NSA surveillance, and secret federal courts, Suicide Pact casts a vision beyond hollow rhetoric to common-sense solutions for returning sanity to our shores.
While I certainty care about the runaway surveillance state, I have a feeling the judge won't be able see past his ideology and the end result will be a call for dismantling the government, but we will see. In the event that the interview is bad, enjoy the following music.
Back around 1993 or 1994 to promote the multimedia capabilities of Windows, Microsoft and Packard Bell included a cd with media clips. The music video that follows is the complete version of one of the videos included on that disc!
John McCain is the senior Senator from Arizona, the failed Republican presidential nominee for the 2008 presidential race and an author. Tonight he is on to promote the book
Thirteen Soldiers: A Personal History of Americans at War
John McCain’s evocative history of Americans at war, told through the personal accounts of thirteen remarkable soldiers who fought in major military conflicts, from the Revolutionary War of 1776 to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
As a veteran himself, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and a long-time student of history, John McCain brings a distinctive perspective to this subject. Thirteen Soldiers tells the stories of real soldiers who personify valor, obedience, enterprise, and love. You’ll meet Joseph Plumb Martin, who at the tender age of fifteen fought in the Revolutionary War; Charles Black, a freeborn African American sailor in the War of 1812; and Sam Chamberlain, of the Mexican American War, whose life inspired novelist Cormac McCarthy. Then there’s Oliver Wendell Holmes, an aristocratic idealist disillusioned by the Civil War, and Littleton “Tony” Waller, court-martialed for refusing to massacre Filipino civilians.
Each account illustrates a particular aspect of war, such as Mary Rhoads, an Army reservist forever changed by an Iraqi scud missile attack during the Persian Gulf War, and Monica Lin Brown, a frontline medic in rural Afghanistan who saved several lives in an ambushed convoy. From their acts of self-sacrifice to their astonishing bravery, these thirteen soldiers embody the best America has to offer.
GWEN IFILL: … In your latest book, you decided to write about 13 soldiers, not yourself, and from the Revolutionary War to our latest enterprises in Afghanistan and Iraq. Is there a through-line of similarity between all of those?
SEN. JOHN MCCAIN, (R) Arizona: I think there is a similarity, in that, no matter where they came from or what their gender or race was, that they were dedicated to serving the country, sometimes with honor and integrity, and sometimes maybe not so much, but they — courage.
They served with courage, and I think they epitomized many aspects of that particular conflict. In other words, our first guy, Joseph Plumb Martin, who was in the Revolutionary War at 15, almost starved to death, literally almost starved to death.
GWEN IFILL: And died in poverty.
SEN. JOHN MCCAIN: Yes, and died in poverty without a pension. Well, actually, it took them 30 years before a pension.
But compare that with Mike Monsoor, who was a man who sacrificed his life for the lives of others. It wasn’t a question or food. It wasn’t a question of equipment. It was a dramatic change, but each of them served and sacrificed, and ordinary people who did extraordinary things.
McCain offers portrait of America at war through the lives of its heroes
While I don't plan on reading it, it doesn't sound too bad.
I don't expect the interview will be too bad but I will post a video here too, just in case. I heard this band on an anime soundtrack and was blown away, they are an absolutely amazing funk band from Japan, Mountain Mocha Kilimanjaro. Seriously, take some time to listen to this, these guys are amazing.
This Week's Guests
THE DAILY SHOW WITH JON STEWART
Tu 12/2: Dave Grohl
We 12/3: Sophie Delaunay
Th 12/4: Angelina Jolie
THE COLBERT REPORT
Tu 12/2: Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga
We 12/3: Christopher Nolan
Th 12/4: Dr. Paul Farmer
Tomorrow looks like some great musical guests.