In this episode Bob and Mark discuss the movie "300."  It caused quite a stir amongst the hippies who were so enmeshed in their anti-Bush rage that they actually saw it as an allegory for the Bush presidency.  THK pokes fun at their hysteria and delve into just why the hippies have such a problem with this movie.

In this episode Bob and Mark discuss Don Imus kerfluffle.  They talk about what constitutes racism and about the self-serving nature of all race-based community â��leaders.â��

 

Links

Rutgers Basketball team

University of Tennessee Basketball team

Harlem massacre that was instigated by Al Sharpton

Link 1

Link 2

Really good example of  white timidity in the face or â��racistâ�� allegations

Jackie Mason weighs in

 

Well cried is probably too strong but we know you wanted to.  The first ever live show failed.  But Mark and Bob were ready for a show and they pushed through the funk of failure to bring it to you.

In this episode they talk about the Walter Reed "scandal."  From there it's on to Danish leftists rioting over not being allowed to squat.  Bob makes the observation that it's time to put the Socialist back into National Socialist. Lastly, they discuss economist Dean Baker's thoughts on the recent DOW down turn.
 

Links

"Scandal" at Walter Reed Army Medical Center
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/17/AR2007021701172_5.html
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17316437/site/newsweek/page/4/
http://dir.salon.com/topics/walter_reed_army_medical_center/

Mark Benjamin on On the Media
http://www.onthemedia.org/transcripts/2007/03/02/01

Danes Running Wild in the Streets
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6416421.stm

Dean Baker on On the Media
http://www.onthemedia.org/transcripts/2007/03/02/03

His article at The American Prospect
http://www.prospect.org/deanbaker/2007/02/should_bernanke_be_stabilizing.html#015697

and his bellyaching about the loss in retirement income for those workers who were invested in Enron stock
http://www.cepr.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=932&Itemid=45
http://www.cepr.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=935&Itemid=45

In this episode Bob and Mark revisit poverty.  Many on the left have transformed the poor into the most sacrosanct segment of our society.  Any honest criticism of the poor is dismissed with a wave of the "blaming the victim" rhetorical wand.  They discuss the case of Brenda Kelly, just one of the many props that leftists trot in order to garner support for their anti-poverty programs.  Bob and Mark refuse to be cowed by the "blame the victim" tactic and point out that the true "solution" is the re-introduction of personal responsibility.  Most importantly, Bob and Mark announce that the show will be going live starting March 4, 2007 at 8:30pm EST.  If you're interested in participating, email them at

TheHippieKillers@gmail.com.

Links

Brenda's Newspaper article (make sure you follow the multi-media link)
http://v2.charleston.net/assets/webPages/departmental/news/default_pf.aspx?NEWSID=130028

Dayton Daily News Article about Food Stamps
{subscriber only, article not really all that interesting}

Other links of interest:

Profile of the Working Poor, Bureau of Labor Statistics
http://www.bls.gov/cps/cpswp2003.pdf

Wikipedia article about the Working Poor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Working_poor

A side-discussion about economic exploitation
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exploitation

Point counter-point with Business Week and Thomas Sowell
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/04_22/b3885001_mz001.htm
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/sowell060104.asp

Government links discussing measuring poverty                   
http://aspe.hhs.gov/poverty/07poverty.shtml
http://www.census.gov/hhes/poverty/povdef.html
http://aspe.hhs.gov/poverty/05fedreg.htm
http://aspe.hhs.gov/poverty/faq.shtml#differences
http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/poverty/threshld/thresh04.html

Link to the liveshow feed.
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/TheHippieKillers

This show really has no central theme.  The original topic grew stale while waiting to be

discussed and that left Bob and Mark with no topic.  But that didn't stop our intrepid hosts from putting something out anyways.  If you come away with anything from this episode you will learn what it's like to be in Bob's shoes when Mark brings out a couple of his "theories."  And we find out that Mark and Bob had slightly different conceptions of just exactly who comprises the "hippies."

Links

The Sanity Squad
The particular episode Mark was referring to
If you haven't read Nietzsche's On The Genealogy of Morals, where he develops his theory of ressentiment, here's a decent essay about it

The tree of liberty is watered with the blood of patriots.  The hedgerow of the libertine is watered with......... well you really don't want to know.  In this episode Bob and Mark discuss the rather marked differences between libertarianism and libertinism.  The distinction is fine because both share a common root, the desire to conduct one's life as one sees fit.  Mark would like to let everyone know that Charles Morgan, not Murray, wrote "Liberties of the Mind."  It's an obscure book, but you should be able to get it through your local library.

Links

Libertarian Does Not Equal Libertine, by Chuck George

Libertarianism and Libertinism?, Frank S. Meyer

Hugo Chavez won re-election to become the President of Venezuela.  In this episode Bob and Mark discuss the effect that his presidency will ultimately have on this country.  Little reported is how corrupt the Chavez regime is.  Like all other populist movements before him, ultimately all that changes is that the corrupt class is replaced by a new "revolutionary" class that becomes just as corrupt.  As usual progressives over-look the reality of what is ocurring choosing to be blinded by the dazzling vision of the State organized to help "the people."  As progressives have been doing since the Bolsheviks, they cheerlead and cover up for dictatorial and corrupt regimes in order to keep the socialst faith. Being infidel's in the minds of socialist sangha, Bob and Mark take a look at what Chavez, and his fellow travellers, will ultimately do to the region and the poor that they are supposedly so concerned with helping.  At 23 minutes in there is a discussion about the nature of poverty that is a MUST hear.  In typical Hippie Killer fashion an objective discussion of poverty is given that will provide criteria to guides one's thinking when it comes to evaluating the various prescriptions put forth in an attempt to solve this problem.

Links:
Jack Clarke,Podcast 71, Even After a Thumpin', Bush Continues Appointing Right-Wing Extremists/QuickBlast: Chavez Landslide Victory In Venezuela
 
Corruption, Mismanagement,and Abuse of Power in Hugo Chávez’s Venezuela by Gustavo Coronel

Reversal of Fortune

Other links:

Tranparency International

Article about the Skye Ventures bond problem
http://www.nypost.com/seven/11212006/business/chavez_ducks_6_bill_business_paul_tharp.htm
http://www.petroleumworld.com/issues011806.htm

Mark clipped out an appearance by Gloria Allred on The Adam Carolla Show.  Ms. Allred is now representing four gentleman who were the victim of Michael Richard's meltdown at the laugh factory.  Carolla is one of the few people who have ever actually challanged Allred's convenient, as well as lucrative, definition of "victim."  This show is about 25 minutes long and well worth the listen.

Since before the invasion of Iraq, Charles Rangel has been proposing a reinstatement of the draft.  Ostensibly it's about "sharing" the burden of defending our country, but in reality it's really about grabbing headlines.  Part of hippie folklore is that the military draws disproportionately from the poor and minorities.  This buttresses their belief that if the privileged classes shared the burden, there would be no war in Iraq.  Bob and Mark discuss this and show that it is patently false.  America's armed forces are one of the few institutions that actually closely mirrors demographic characteristics of
the American population as a whole. 

Links:
Stupid soldiers: Central to the Left's Worldview

Who Bears the Burden?

Who Are the Recruits? The Demographic Characteristics of U.S.
Military Enlistment, 2003–2005

Kerry implies that soldiers are stupid

Kerry's "apology"

Charlie Rangel on Face the Nation (see related video for the
Lindsey Graham clip)

Racial Divide Evident in Military by Juan Gonzalez