Episode 8.9 - The State of Our Union
Jeff and John provide a comprehensive, full-on breakdown of Obama’s State of the Union and provide plenty of lively debate along the way; Devil’s Advocate - Jeff must defend the decision to detain indefinitely 50 Gitmo prisoners after Gitmo shuts down; Tony Blair faces Britain’s officil Iraq War Inquiry, but what would it be like if the US had the same thing?; Hickenlooper takes on the oil and gas lobby - kind of; Rants - Jeff on J.D. Salinger and John on Howard Zinn
Episode 8.8 - Ivory Discord
Haiti; John Hickenlooper and the US Senate race; latest health care news and the Massachusetts Senate race; updates on medical marijuana in Colorado; one of the most contentious arguments yet as Jeff and John discursively spar over the Obama admin’s new flight security policies - does it constitute racial profiling?; more disagreement over the proposed bank tax to recover TARP funds; Devil’s Advocate - John must defend the planned execution of ‘Chemical Ali;’ Rants - John on the need for a new approach to North Korea; Jeff defends Obama’s first year
Episode 8.5 - The Danish Panopticon of Health Care, Obama, and Tiger Woods
John has an important statement to make; a surprising discussion on health care reform; Government to pay Native Americans in a $3.4 billion legal settlement; Copenhagen climate talks updates; new polls on Colorado Senate races; Obama’s Nobel speech + J&J get into a heated argument on his foreign policy record; Devil’s Advocate - John has to defend Tony Blair’s admission that no WMDs in Iraq = NBD; is facebook the modern Panopticon?; Rants - John on ACORN’s vindication, Jeff on Jenny Sanford and Tiger Woods
