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July 23, 2006
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George Lakoff; the FAA's Relaxed Safety Regulations; "Who Killed the Electric Car?"
George
Lakoff, "Whose Freedom?" author
P L U S :
Harlan Ullman on the Middle East
Frank Koughan on the FAA's relaxed rules
Chris Paine, "Electric Car" filmmaker
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July 23, 2006 show: We talk to linguist George Lakoff, who argues that conservatives and liberals have very different definitions of the word "freedom." "There is a radically different and frightening notion of what extremists on the right call 'freedom' shaping our culture and our political life," he warns. Lakoff talks about the right's use of the word and decodes a July 7 statement by George Bush on "freedom" in Iraq.
We also hear from Harlan Ullman of the Center for Strategic and International studies. With the current crisis in the Middle East, how should the U.S. proceed if it's truly interested in long-term peace?
Plus, we talk to Frank Koughan, co-author of a new Mother Jones article that exposes how new FAA policies are putting the public at risk. In "Waiting to Happen," he and Jim Morris investigate how the FAA is relaxing safety inspection procedures -- and allowing airlines to inspect themselves.
Finally, why can't you buy an electric car? The technology exists, and several car companies put them on the road in California a decade ago. So what happened? Filmmaker Chris Paine, director of "Who Killed the Electric Car?," tells us what really happened.
Web bonus: Click here to hear our extended 18-minute interview with George Lakoff.
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