American Afternoon with Ron Reagan – Monday, May 12th 2008
Air America Radio welcomes Ron Reagan as our guest host all week. Ron, as you know, is the son of former President Ronald Reagan and First Lady Nancy Reagan. He is currently a political commentator for MSNBC.
Ron welcomes Scott Horton in HOUR ONE today. Horton is a contributor to Harper's Magazine and writes No Comment for this website. A New York attorney known for his work in emerging markets and international law, especially human rights law and the law of armed conflict, Horton lectures at Columbia Law School. A life-long human rights advocate, Scott served as counsel to Andrei Sakharov and Elena Bonner, among other activists in the former Soviet Union. He is a co-founder of the American University in Central Asia, and has been involved in some of the most significant foreign investment projects in the Central Eurasian region. Scott recently led a number of studies of abuse issues associated with the conduct of the war on terror for the New York City Bar Association, where he has chaired several committees, including, most recently, the Committee on International Law. Horton will be on today’s show talking torture and abuse of power with Ron Reagan.
Ron’s guests in HOUR TWO will be Kevin Phillips. Phillips is a writer and commentator, largely on politics, economics, and history. Formerly a Republican Party strategist, Phillips has become disaffected with his former party over the last two decades, and is now one of its harshest critics. He is a regular contributor to the Los Angeles Times and National Public Radio, and is a political analyst on PBS' NOW with Bill Moyers. Phillips was a senior strategist for Richard Nixon's 1968 campaign, which was the basis for a book, The Emerging Republican Majority, which predicted a conservative realignment in national politics, and is widely regarded as one of the most influential recent works in political science. His predictions regarding shifting voting patterns in presidential elections proved accurate, though they did not extend "down ballot" to Congress until the Republican revolution of 1994. Philips also was partly responsible for the design of the Republican "Southern strategy" of the 1970s and 1980s.
These guests plus your calls all on today’s American Afternoon with guest host Ron Reagan.
- May 12, 2008








You forgot to mention...
...he also co-anchors the Westminster Dog Show. Keep 'em coming - you're doing a heck of a job over there. Maybe Fannie Flagg or one of the original panel on "What's My Line" are available. Or if you're going for a more finger-on-the-pulse sort of thing I'm pretty sure Mickey Rooney's still around.
Maybe Jenna Bush would be thrilled to have a platform, or even Trisha Nixon. They had fathers that substantively added to our nation's destruction too.
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By zapplerMay 12, 2008 - 4:35pmI understand Reagan's in a tough spot...
But has he dealt publicly with his father's legacy?
His father did more damage to the middle class of this country and to the fabric of our society than any other president of the 20th century.
I like the son, but this is always the 30-ton elephant in the room whenever I see him.
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By Thom JeffMay 12, 2008 - 5:14pmRon Reagan
I hope you will consider hiring Ron Reagan permantly for this time slot. He is intelligent and presents the liberal viewpoint with clarity along with being very pleasant at the same time.
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By Elias32May 12, 2008 - 5:16pmWhat's the difference; IMPORTANT : URGENT : CRITICAL ? DEFCON #
The peak oil schpiel is a scam! The production of jet fuel and gasoline is constrained by facilities, which is easily resolved by having Brazil do the refining. They also have a recently discovered ocean fossil deposits yet to be tapped that could compare with the 2nd largest fields on the planet in Venezuela.
The imminent crash of the $US is directly linked to VOODOO FLAT EARTH FRB economics that is precisely attributable to those financial engineers / creative accountant THIEVES, just mentioned on air.
The GLOBAL WARMING catastrophe on the horizon is NOT an insurmountable dilemma if personal transportation is converted to pure ELECTRIC and rail is expanded to displace DIESEL TRUCKING. Commuting is resolved by reengineering lite rail as well. Non radioactive ZERO-POINT energy is not far off, so oil will be off the table entirely soon anyway. ( Note: There are many secrets, that are REAL unlike the Area-51 PSYOP and the HOLY GRAIL, which will come out once the IRON TRIANGLE is castrated. STAND BY!!! )
The problem is the overflowing K-Street CESSPOOL INSIDE THE BELTWAY that is unlikely to be resolved as long as perpetual WARS like the one on DRUGS (used for money laundering that finances SUPER BLACK OPs not already funded by the UNAUDITABLE DoD giga-budget, besides feeding the PRISON INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX for slave labor) and the one on TERROR (that justifies PROTO-FASCIST AUTHORITARIANISM) continue. Thus Catch-22!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The solution once again comes down to the grass roots dissent via massive civil disobedience, which ironically becomes more viable as the collapse of the economy cripples more of the once apathetic SILENT MAJORITY who can no longer afford their SOMA.
The preventative mechanism, that is K-12 EDUCATION on par with Norway and higher education in line with Switzerland is crucial, but not as important as the immediate penetration of the ADHD minds of those in line to enlist in the military and the party animals on college campuses across the nation. With them mobilized the effectiveness of FAUXnoise operatives proposing Band-Aids like a GAS TAX HOLLIDAY, can be virtually nullified and the TRUTH about the USA no longer being a 1st world country, but a banana republic whose TREASURY has been LOOTED by DECEPTICONS whose subjects will turn to CANNIBALISM shortly (a la USSR after UBL CIA in Afghanistan), will enter the consciousness of the dormant general population.
Then like Gravel and others have suggested, a CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION must be convened to codify government oversight regulations and institute a NATIONAL BALLOT INITIATIVE amendment so even if all three branches of government are overrun by tyrants and their minions to implement a FOURTH REICH PROTO-FASCIST NEW WORLD ORDER, the people can reign in the chaos without having to resort to VIOLENT REVOLUTION. That final solution is not as far fetched as you might think since there are countless numbers of TRUE PATRIOTS throughout the various law enforcement institutions and the US MILITARY who have read the DECLARATION of INDEPENDENCE and are honor bound by their OATH to the US CONSTITUTION are aware that the subjugation of the people, as has happened via FREE TRADE RUN AMUCK and the implementation of a POLICE STATE without HABEAS CORPUS via the USA PATRIOT Act, et. al. are UNCONSTITUTIONAL thus TREASON, even if the SCOTUS who UNCONSTITUTIONALLY selected the shrub in 2000, says otherwise!!!
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By SingSingMay 12, 2008 - 7:36pmHey Joe... said Jimmy
BUllSHit
NOBODY LIKES A SPAMMER!
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By heraclitus_fluxMay 12, 2008 - 7:20pmFUCK AAR
FUCK AAR. WE'RE BOYCOTTING AAR & ITS SPONSORS TILL SEDER GETS A DAILY SHOW.
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By joejamesonMay 13, 2008 - 2:33pmHire Ron Reagan for a regular show
Ron Reagan is great! Keep him on !! Enjoying him in Santa Fe on KSFR 101.1/ 90.7
thanks
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By steele505May 14, 2008 - 12:20amEnough "guest hosts!!" Bring back Sam Seder!!
I am not interested in listening to any more of the "guest hosts". None of them are worth my time, other than Marc Maron, who is not interested in returning to AAR. At this point I'd rather listen To Ed Schultz reruns! Bring back Sam Seder! He's the best & only choice! Bring back Sam!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If you must continue revolving guest hosts, put them on at 6am.Thanks.
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By KARENSCALESMay 14, 2008 - 4:04pm