Clips:

• God Bless the U.S.A. by Lee Greenwood
• Run Through The Jungle by Creedence Clearwater Revival

Notes:

• In 1931, when Brave New World was being written, I was convinced that there was still plenty of time. The completely organized society, the scientific caste system, the abolition of free will by methodical conditioning, the servitude made acceptable by regular doses of chemically induced happiness, the orthodoxies drummed in by nightly courses of sleep-teaching - these things were coming all right, but not in my time, not even in the time of my grandchildren....Twenty-seven years later,...I feel a good deal less optimistic... In the West,...individual men and women still enjoy a large measure of freedom. But...this freedom and even the desire for this freedom seem to be on the wane.
  Aldous Huxley Brave New World Revisited 1958

Headlines:

• US Fortifies Hawaii to Meet Threat From Korea‎
  (Wall Street Journal, June 19, 2009, Pg. 1)
  The U.S. is moving ground-to-air missile defenses to Hawaii as tensions escalate between Washington and Pyongyang over North Korea's recent moves to restart its nuclear-weapon program and resume test-firing long-range missiles. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said that the U.S. is concerned that Pyongyang might soon fire a missile toward Hawaii. Some senior U.S. officials expect a North Korean test by midsummer, even though most don't think the missile would be capable of crossing the Pacific and reaching the islands. Gates told reporters that the U.S. is positioning a sophisticated floating radar array in the ocean around Hawaii to track any incoming missile. The U.S. is also deploying missile-defense weapons to Hawaii that would theoretically be capable of shooting down a North Korean missile, should such an order be given, he said. ...
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  090619 - FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 2009

  audio file Listen Now! Notes: Obama's Plan for Financial Regulatory Reform “We recommend that the FSB complete its restructuring and institutionalize its new mandate to promote global financial stability by September 2009.” (p. 16) US Economy Seen Stabilizing, But Risks Remain International Monetary Fund, DC Beginning in the fall, the IMF will be working with the authorities to assess the US financial system and regulations more deeply in the Financial Sector Assessment Program, which is a detailed examination of a country's financial sector. ... IMF revises up US forecast, uncertainty weighs Boston Globe all 418 news articles (including markedly disparate viewpoints) “(FSB) by September 2009...” + “(FSAP) Beginning in the fall...” = ??? Hmm... I wonder if there's some correlation... Now to backtrack a bit: I mentioned the aforementioned story IMF revises up US forecast... on Tuesday's broadcast, noting China picked it up, but no U.S. press outlets carried the Reuters story. However, the Boston Globe obviously did - that's one...