224: How the Truth Becomes Illegal (Part 1) - The Spirit of '76

06/13/13 • 90 min

School Sucks: Higher Education For Self-Liberation

Picture: The more things change...

Topic:
Part one in a series of shows inspired by recent current events involving the NSA, Prism, Edward Snowden and the barrage of leading questions from the mainstream media about the government's "legal" power to censor or silence the truth.

This installment deals primarily with WWI, the Wilson administration and the Espionage Act of 1917, a very important (albeit absurd) precedent in the current legal conversation.

Bumper Music:
Dmitri Shostakovich - Symphony No. 5, 4th mvt. - Allegro non troppo - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfPEaElG3m4

Look Closer:
Chapter 14: War is the health of the state - http://www.historyisaweapon.com/defcon1/zinnwarhea14.html

Who Was Edward M. House? - http://www.lewrockwell.com/higgs/higgs86.html

Woodrow Wilson's Right Hand: The Life of Colonel Edward M. House, by Godfrey Hodgson - http://www.amazon.com/Woodrow-Wilsons-Right-Hand-Colonel/dp/0300092695/lewrockwell/

The Espionage and Sabotage Act - http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtID=2&psid=3479

The Witzke Affair: German Intrigue On The Mexican Border, 1917-18 - http://www.fas.org/irp/ops/ci/docs/ci1/ch3e.htm

The Rise of Stalin - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XExAieB2Xg

Dmitri Shostakovich and Soviet Censorship - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9p4UsWczI1E9

Eugene Debs - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_Debs

Espionage Act of 1917 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Espionage_Act

Sedition Act of 1918 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sedition_Act_of_1918

The Hidden History of the Espionage Act - http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/history_lesson/2010/12/the_hidden_history_of_the_espionage_act.html

Clear and Present Danger - http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Clear-and-present+danger+test

Schenck v. United States - http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Schenck+v.+United+States

Freedom of the Press: Rights and Liberties Under the Law, By Nancy C. Cornwell - http://books.google.com/

Language, Symbols, And the Media: Communication in the Aftermath of the WTC Attack, edited by Robert E. Denton - http://books.google.com/

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Previous Episode

223 (Live Show): Mediocrity Prizes, Endless Internships and Self-Esteem

Recorded live 5-23-13 with Osborne, Cory and various participants in the chat

Topic:
Our discussion grows out of an article called America is raising a generation of interns. We spend the live portion of the podcast reading the piece and discussing our issues with the writer's message. While we recognized that there are some formidable challenges for young people in today's economy, we were also very critical of entitlement mentality of many of these interns and their advocates.

Brett's Introduction: (START - 5:01)
schoolsucksproject.com - http://schoolsucksproject.com/

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Live Portion: (6:31 - 49:05)
The Week: America is raising a generation of interns - http://theweek.com/article/index/242065/america-is-raising-a-generation-of-interns

Non-Live Addition: (50:04 - END)
The Six Pillars of Self-Esteem - http://www.scribd.com/doc/33902492/The-Six-Pillars-of-Self-Esteem

Healthy Mind, Fit Body Podcast - http://healthymindfitbody.com/category/podcast/

Next Episode

225 (Live Show): The Road To Hell Is Paved With Central Plans

...from Eugenics to Common Core

Recorded live 6-6-13 with Joe, Cory and various participants in the chat

Topic:
The themes of central planning and well-intentioned megalomania tie together two distinct topics: a survey history of eugenics and the new Common Core national curriculum.

The article that leads into our eugenics conversation: Huffington Post: People Getting Dumber? Human Intelligence Has Declined Since Victorian Era, Research Suggests

Look Closer
Galton Centenary 2011 - http://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums/galton/centenary

Legacy of eugenics: mini-lecture (UCL) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5zSRYch50A

UNA21 - US Education Goal: Dumb & Dumber 1 of 7 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpr4iiOh62I

Peg Luksik "Who Controls Our Children?" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfInio1sLE0

Indoctrination in Common Core ELA Texts - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGph7QHzmo8

Ron Paul: 'Common Core' Nationalizes and Dumbs Down Public School Curriculum - http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?415650-Ron-Paul-Common-Core-Nationalizes-and-Dumbs-Down-Public-School-Curriculum

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