Larry Flynt's Blog, page 31

ARE WE STILL EXPORTING TORTURE?

OBAMA PLEDGES THAT SUSPECTED TERRORISTS WILL BE TREATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AMERICAN VALUES, BUT WE'VE HEARD THAT SONG BEFORE.

by Nat Hentoff

From HUSTLER MAGAZINE – February 2010

One of President Obama's first executive orders closed the CIA's secret prisons ("black sites"). But we still have no confirmed reports of deaths that took place there during interrogations—and where "missing" prisoners are. Their families would like to know.

Another move by Obama to show his desire to "reform" ...

SENATOR AL FRANKEN: CONSTITUTIONAL CON MAN

THE NEW SENATOR FROM MINNESOTA BRAZENLY QUESTIONS THE GOVERNMENT'S SURVEILLANCE SUBTERFUGE BUT CAVES AT CRUNCH TIME.

by Nat Hentoff

From HUSTLER MAGAZINE March 2010

I was not a fan of Al Franken's comic turns, much preferring those instigators who went deeper into our hypocrisies, namely Lenny Bruce, Dick Gregory and Richard Pryor. But Franken has suddenly begun his career in the U.S. Senate as a mentor on the Constitution's rule of law—a dim memory, if that, for many of his colleagues.

To his ...

AMERICANS: SEFS RULED BY OLIGARCHS

THE GAPING DIVIDE BETWEEN THE RICH AND THE POOR CAN NO LONGER BE IGNORED; IT'S TIME TO IDENTIFY THE REAL ENEMY.

by Paul Craig Roberts

From HUSTLER MAGAZINE February 2010

Americans think that they have "freedom and democracy" and that politicians are held accountable by elections. The fact of the matter is that the U.S. is ruled by powerful interest groups that control politicians with campaign contributions. Our real rulers are an oligarchy of financial and military/security interests and the l...

AMERICA LOST

ONCE WE WERE THE GOOD GUYS. WHAT THE HECK HAPPENED TO CHANGE THAT?

by Alex Bennett

From HUSTLER MAGAZINE February 2010

A few months back I was watching one of those contentious town hall meetings. I can't remember the congressman who was holding it, but I can remember the endless parade of mindless assholes reciting what they had heard on right-wing radio and TV talk shows. All I could think was, Where is the exit to this country?

I grew up in the '40s and '50s. My life was that of a ...

WE THE PEOPLE? GOD HELP US!

From HUSTLER MAGAZINE – January 2010

Who are these nutjobs? I'm talking about those American citizens who have shown up at town hall meetings, including gatherings with the President of the United States in attendance, packing guns. And not just handguns—although that would be bad enough—but semiautomatic rifles as well.

We all agree that Americans should have free speech, due process and the right to bear arms. In fact, we demand it. But showing up at town hall meetings with weapons is...

BARACK OBAMA'S BIGGEST PROBLEM

From HUSTLER MAGAZINE – February 2010

America is obsessed with heroes. The Old West had Bat Masterson and Wild Bill Hickok. Later came President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, General George S. Patton, President John F. Kennedy, astronaut Neil Armstrong and, most recently, airline pilot Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger.

Heroes are resilient, unflappable and, most of all, masculine. If someone doesn't appear to be strong, Americans will back away.We tend to dislike people who are weak. Barack Obama was ...

ELLEN BROWN – WEB OF DEBT

A NOTED COLUMNIST AND AUTHOR DETAILS HOW THE BANKS ARE TURNING YOU IN TO A DEBT SLAVE AND HOW THE AMERICAN PEOPLE CAN TAKE BACK THE POWER OF CREATING MONEY.

from THE Q & A with Ellen Brown interviewed by Mark Johnson

in HUSTLER Magazine – February 2010

In 1933, President Roosevelt summed up the truth about power in America: "A financial element in the large centers has owned the Government ever since the days of Andrew Jackson." That financial element was—and still is—the banking system...

RESPONSE TO MURDER PICTURES OPPOSITION

Hustler's position is that while we believe we have every right to the crime scene photos involving the murder of Meredith Emerson, out of consideration for the family, we will not pursue their release.

We note that we have been doing true crime stories with crime scene pix for a number of years. We do not publish the pix for any perverse sexual reasons. We publish them because they help us communicate the horror of the story. The pix are information, no different in that regard than the...

JOE WILSON – "YOU LIE!"

ASSHOLE OF THE MONTH

from HUSTLER February 2010

"You lie!", shouted South Carolina's Joe Wilson as President Barack Obama addressed a joint session of Congress. The liar, however, was Representative Wilson. As Obama had claimed seconds before being heckled by the GOP lawmaker, nothing in the healthcare-reform legislation suggests illegal immigrants would be eligible.

It takes colossal gall to insult a sitting President—in the halls of Congress, no less. But ya know what? We don't give a rat's a...

GEITHNER'S REAL BOSSES KEEP CALLING

WALL STREET'S MOST INFLUENTIAL CEOs HAVE OBAMA'S TREASURY SECRETARY ON SPEED DIAL, AND IT PAYS.

by Robert Scheer

from HUSTLER Magazine – January 2010

When Timothy Geithner headed the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, he was very good at mealtime, particularly with the Wall Street fat cats he was supposed to be governing. The details of his endless private dining with the likes of Sanford Weill, Robert Rubin and other big bankers responsible for the economic meltdown only came out after...