October 17 - The GOP Dirty Trickster Strikes Again; Seven Billion and Counting: How African/Americans Look at Obama and MLK

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Part 1	We begin with the latest sting by the Republican dirty trickster James O’Keefe, aimed at Lawrence Mishel, the president of the Economic Policy Institute who joins us to explain why he is the target of the GOP hitman who brought down ACORN, went after CNN and NPR and got arrested trying to sting Senator Mary Landrieu.
Part 2	Then with the world’s population about to pass 7 billion, we look at population growth in terms of biodiversity with Amy Harwood who is the 7 Billion and Counting Campaign Coordinator at the Center for Biodiversity. We discuss how the earth’s resources, already stretched thin, can cope with the current population, let alone an expected 8 billion people by 2025 and 10 billion by 2083.
Part 3	Then, following President Obama’s dedication of the Martin Luther King memorial on Sunday, at which he alluded to criticism of the civil rights leader from African/Americans that is similar to the criticism the president is getting from some in the black community who feel he is not doing enough and is going too slow. Darnell Hunt joins us. He is the director of the Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies and professor of Sociology at UCLA. With record unemployment in the African/American community, particularly among young men, we discuss the president’s standing as a critical election year approaches.