‘Left, Right & Center’: Obama’s Nobel Speech; Blackwater + CIA; Bank Bonuses
Was Barack Obama's Nobel Peace Prize speech just idle wordplay or something more "muscular"? "Left, Right & Center" regular Tony Blankley thinks it was tantamount to a "triumph of belief in words over actions" and even invokes deconstructionism (eek!) in his analysis. Is the CIA in bed with Blackwater? And are big banks really cracking down on egregious executive bonuses?Was Barack Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize speech just idle wordplay or something more “muscular”? “Left, Right & Center” regular Tony Blankley thinks it was tantamount to a “triumph of belief in words over actions” and even invokes deconstructionism (eek!) in his analysis. Is the CIA in bed with Blackwater? And are big banks really cracking down on egregious executive bonuses? These and other light and easy topics are under consideration on this week’s show. –KA
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