Today on The David Pakman Show / January 24, 2013
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On the Show:
–William Labov, Professor of Linguistics at University of Pennsylvania and author of Dialect Diversity in America, joins David to discuss the various and changing dialects and accents spoken in American English, and the political nd economic factors in those dialects
–World View with Denis Campbell, Editor-in-Chief of UK Progressive Magazine, looks at the US continuing to sell F-16’s to Egypt while Egypt continues in a humanitarian and civil rights crisis.
–In talking about a Joe Biden story, including Biden’s gaffe, David gaffes the same way, calling Joe Biden the President.
–Hillary Clinton’s Benghazi hearings finally happen, and are riddled with absurdity, including Clinton setting Senator Ron Johnson straight on Republican obsession over the “true source” of the violence, answering Congressman Joe Wilson’s question about why she didn’t appear on Sunday shows to discuss the incident, instead sending Susan Rice, and from Senator Rand Paul, who said he would have fired Clinton had he been the President.
–Senator John Kerry’s confirmation hearings for Secretary of State begin, and they are basically a total show, just like most Supreme Court confirmation hearings are.
–North Korea carries out a third nuclear test ‘aimed at the US.’
–After making their central argument for a long time that an unborn child is a person, the Catholic Church is trying to get out of paying malpractice damages by arguing that unborn fetuses are not persons.
–Voicemail on the Westboro Baptist Church from an Irish viewer, about birthing a Neanderthal, about TDPS theme music, and more…
–On the Bonus Show: Drunk driving permits, NFL brain injury tracking, expulsion for security issue reporting, more…
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