Noam Chomsky on the Global Economic Crisis, Healthcare, US Foreign Policy and Resistance to American

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Conversation with MIT professor and author Noam Chomsky on the global economic crisis, healthcare, the media, US foreign policy, the expanding wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan, resistance to American empire, and more.
http://www.democracynow.org/2009/4/13/noam_chomsky_on_the_global_economic

its two parts but I can not find part one.

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1. Heres a link to part one

http://www.democracynow.org/2009/4/3/noam
Democracy Now! | Noam Chomsky on US Expansion of Afghan Occupation, the Uses of NATO, and What Obama Should Do in Israel-Palestine

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3. Thanks, listened to both segments, k&r,

Fascinating, I need to listen to more Chomsky. He just turned 80, btw. Expressed that elections in the US are essentially the moneyed interests putting up cash to invest in the candidates that will best serve them. Noted that "Nobel prize winning economists" will not be invited to the table to discuss the economy, since he's (i.e., Krugman) a millimeter to the left of center.

Here's what he said near the end of the second clip (~min 45:30) when asked about Obama,

Frankly, I never had any expectations. I've written that he's essentially a centrist democrat -- (the) Bush admin was off the spectrum, especially the first term -- moving things back towards the center, as far as policy is concerned, which unless he's under a lot of pressure from activist sectors, he's not going to go beyond what he's presented himself as -- a centrist democrat, (and will) continue Bush's policies, maybe in a more modulated way.

Can't say I disagree, esp. when hearing about the continuation of Bush privacy & wiretapping initiatives.

Quite worth listening to, Chomsky's a national treasure.

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