Gitmo Nation Roundtable
C-SPAN 4 – The Quatro
Tuesday November 16, 2010

Brian Masi, Eric Carlson, RadioNed, and Robin Police sit down at the Roundtable to discuss this week’s news and their picks of the week. Key topics on this week’s GNR include the Rangel Ethics Trial, misplaced Islamophobia, Haitian protests over the Cholera outbreak, the new TSA guidelines and the public backlash, new measures to combat the Federal deficit and debt, new Republicans in Washington, and one Florida used truck dealer’s ploy to get new sales.

Listen to Episode 69 – C-SPAN 4 – The Quatro

Follow-Up
Charles Rangel Ethics Trial: Rangel Walks Out (VIDEO)
Amidst National Islamophobic Upheaval, Arizonans Protest Mosque That’s Actually A Church
Anger Erupts at U.N. in Haiti as Cholera Toll Nears 1,000
Haitians protest U.N. base over cholera claim
Haiti outbreak raises security fears: UN

This Week’s News
TSA Fondling
NJ lawmakers seek to stop airport security scans
If you won’t submit to screening, you won’t fly, TSA says
Who is John Tyner and why is he upsetting the TSA?
TSA to investigate body scan resister

Deficit Cutting
$4 trillion in deficit cuts proposed
Panel Seeks Social Security Cuts and Higher Taxes
Republicans could scale back US science budgets
Weaker Dollar Seen as Unlikely to Cure Joblessness

Politics
Boehner’s Office Reviewing C-SPAN’s Request For Access To House Proceedings
Huckabee Joins Tea Party-Progressive Coalition For Defense Cuts: Defense Must Be ‘Looked At Honestly’
John Boehner: Mitch McConnell earmark move restores ‘trust’
Conservatives warn GOP lawmakers

Guns, Candy, Florida
Florida residents entitled to a free AK-47 rifle

Picks of the Week
Brian’s Pick
Fix Congress First! – The Fair Elections Now Act
Eric Carlson’s Pick

Bush v. Baker: Battle of the Books & Truth

RadioNed’s Pick
CSPAN – TSA Oversight Hearing 9.30am Nov 17th
Robin Police’s Pick
A Rocket to Nowhere

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