PBS’s Bill Moyers moderates a discussion with constitutional scholar Bruce Fein (who drafted the first article of impeachment against President Bill Clinton) and author John Nichol.

I’m hearing more and more about an attack into Iran. That last time things got this loud was in February/March 2007. Things quieted down for a while, but now they’re picking up. There’s speculation about an attack during the August congressional recess.

Indication of War:
-Chertoff’s Gut. There’s nothing like a terrorist attack to whip up public support. How much do we spend on the department of homeland security? And it’s a gut feeling? Like, gas? Evidence? No? Just a gut feeling. Maybe I should stock up on duct tape.
-Rice confirms Chertoff’s Gut. I’ve known privates who inspire more confidence than these people.
-Israel invasion gets thumbs up from US, EU, NATO, says Israel’s Minister of Strategic Affairs Avigdor Lieberman.
-Israeli general says time is running out.
-State Department issues travel advisory for Israel / Palestinian Territories.
-Joe “The Chicken-Hawk” Lieberman lays legal ground work for war with Iran.
-A column in Britain’s Guardian Unlimited.
-Another discussion.

Indications of Peace:
-Iran’s 30,000+ Jewish community rejects bribes to renounce their nation. Their long-standing peaceful existence, I think, stymies the warmongers.
-UN hails Iran nuclear agreement . . . and the warmongering, chicken-hawk, neo-cons, cry all the way back to the drawing board.
-Israel’s new U.K. envoy tells British Jews to put Iran on the agenda. I think (hope) this means they aren’t buying it.

My car battery died yesterday. My gut feeling is that Iran was behind it. Can we bomb them now? Pretty please?

I write this because most of the mainstream media seems determined to ignore it.

Congressman and Republican Presidential Candidate Ron Paul was excluded from a June 30 forum in Des Moines Iowa, so he spoke next door to the event, and drew a comparably-sized audience.

Here are some brief (under 5 minute) clips of his speech:

1 Introduction, State Responsibility
2 Life, Liberty
3 Property, Draft
4 Economy
5 Federal Reserve, Monetary Policy
6 Inflation Tax
7 Monetary Policy, Foreign Policy
8 Foreign Policy, Iraq
9 Constitution, Intervention
10 Just War, UN, Civil Liberties
11 Terror, Blow-back, Iran
12 Civil Liberties
13 Constitutional Revolution