If anyone knows of the date of this interview...please share. How well he knows how to protect himself from the attorneys and thugs who did eventually visit and warn him...He begins to explore the confusions, contradictions, constitutional shredings...and we can't help but believe that he eventually came to greater doubt of the story told.
Mr. Vidal was one of the few patriots in this country to question our foreign interventions in the Middle East (Sen. Byrd of W. Va. was another) and look where our stupid leaders,esp. "W"--the Christian zealot,have taken us. There should be a "religious" test for elective office in this country. If you believe in "Judgement Day", you're toast!
i loved gore vidal and he speaks the truth, and americans are loosing their rights, and americans will sit back and let it happen. like gore vidal said in his book imperial america people live in a cage and most peoeple dont know what the outside of their cage looks like. the system has you
we all live in systems, we all are made of systems, we all lives in cages, what you say make no sense. The problem is, was and were money+power. If money goes to wise power you have -some - rights to live nicely, if money goes to greed and unfair power, well, you, we, are fucked.
i can imagine hitchens' hatred of islam (and religion in general) being a factor in his support for the invasion (or liberation as he liked to call it) but i find it hard to believe that someone of his intelligence could have bought into the US's bogus reasons for fighting there.
The rickety, bloody prom queen Gore F. Vidal has crapped out. There will be no more bouncing from lap to lap; no more vacuum-pump training; no more sobbing from wharves.
He saw it all by the time OwlCIAduh toadstool Barry Soetoro was in office! It'd be interesting to hear him comment about Drumphenkike moving the US Embassy to Jerusalem🤣
he said of the 2-300 unilateral strikes on 2nd or 3rd world countries were for no reason at all other than sheer malice and glee and to show 'our' power; do you agree with this?
@nathanbridle Between you, myself and this uploader here I think we have amassed over 90% of the Gore Vidal material on YT. But you guys have nothing on me so bow down and worship at my sacred altar or there will be trouble.
Gore was great, we were lucky to have him. He passed away last night and I'm sad he is no longer here. What a time, Hitchens and now this. And the fruitcakes live on and on. And there's still no such thing as 'accountability' in the United States.
accountability in the money driven politics of the USA and for other countries like it can only be described as a mirage nowadays, and is in its decline. I'm pretty sure that a lot of them will still be in denial in spite of the 9/11 controversy until their very last breaths. to protect the standards and values they stand for but disguisedly chipped off and damaged. that image is gradually falling apart, unless... who knows.
but if it was about the 'madness of islam' then iraq would be behind quite a few other countries in the queue to be invaded, no? saudi arabia for example? or iran? also, when you say, 'they are atrocious' , what exactly do you mean?
but if the reason for the first gulf war was to save the kuwatis from iraq why not go to war with iraq when it invaded iran in 1980? or go to war with indonesia when it invaded east timor in 1975? or go to war with every country that's invaded another country? and as for rape and murder, east timor was genocide.
what percentage of muslims do you think support the brutality and oppression carried out in the name of islam? what percentage of muslims do you think are just ordinary people who happen to hold a belief in the supernatural (like many people of the world) but are oppossed to violence and oppression?
First of all, *its. Second of all, do you have any reason to say that which doesn't involve anti-semitism? (by the way, I really don't see why Israel would have any reason to carry out 9/11 considering the close relation between the U.S.A. and Israel)
RIP Gore Vidal, a true patriot, a true American. He should have been president of the USA.
Perhaps vice; Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Should've been President, now he was a true patriot!
President of Fascist Amerika - what a horrible waste of talent.
How wonderful to get another Vidal interview. Thanks buddy.
his essays are brilliant funny and wise god bless him
If anyone knows of the date of this interview...please share.
How well he knows how to protect himself from the attorneys and thugs who did eventually visit and warn him...He begins to explore the confusions, contradictions, constitutional shredings...and we can't help but believe that he eventually came to greater doubt of the story told.
This is by far the funniest interview I have seen from him. Gold from 9:30 till the end.
From 7 minutes on .
I am regretful that I only found out about Vidal after his death.
Welcome! But it proves his education point, doesn't it. Hope you find all the great things he left us---
Same
Read his biography by Fred Kaplan. Fascinating life he had.
Rest in Peace Gore Vidal. The world will miss you!
Thank you MenOfLetters.... deep bow to you.
Mr. Vidal was one of the few patriots in this country to question our foreign interventions in the Middle East (Sen. Byrd of W. Va. was another) and look where our stupid leaders,esp. "W"--the Christian zealot,have taken us. There should be a "religious" test for elective office in this country. If you believe in "Judgement Day", you're toast!
i agree.everytime you utube minds like gore vidal u feel the synapses relaxing to form better sense than the tripe factory produces.
i loved gore vidal and he speaks the truth, and americans are loosing their rights, and americans will sit back and let it happen. like gore vidal said in his book imperial america people live in a cage and most peoeple dont know what the outside of their cage looks like. the system has you
we all live in systems, we all are made of systems, we all lives in cages, what you say make no sense. The problem is, was and were money+power. If money goes to wise power you have -some - rights to live nicely, if money goes to greed and unfair power, well, you, we, are fucked.
i can imagine hitchens' hatred of islam (and religion in general) being a factor in his support for the invasion (or liberation as he liked to call it) but i find it hard to believe that someone of his intelligence could have bought into the US's bogus reasons for fighting there.
Well said, sir.
Long live freedom and democratic equality
A great thinker indeed
The rickety, bloody prom queen Gore F. Vidal has crapped out. There will be no more bouncing from lap to lap; no more vacuum-pump training; no more sobbing from wharves.
He saw it all by the time OwlCIAduh toadstool Barry Soetoro was in office! It'd be interesting to hear him comment about Drumphenkike moving the US Embassy to Jerusalem🤣
Gore Vidal - RIP
he said of the 2-300 unilateral strikes on 2nd or 3rd world countries were for no reason at all other than sheer malice and glee and to show 'our' power; do you agree with this?
Barry Soetoro was just 'Green Running' the new Glowball Drone Enforcement Fleet.
@nathanbridle
Between you, myself and this uploader here I think we have amassed over 90% of the Gore Vidal material on YT. But you guys have nothing on me so bow down and worship at my sacred altar or there will be trouble.
When was this filmed??
@therav2222. It's 2002, at the top of the interview he says it's about a year after 9/11.
Lisa Simpson's idol!!!
Gore was great, we were lucky to have him. He passed away last night and I'm sad he is no longer here. What a time, Hitchens and now this. And the fruitcakes live on and on. And there's still no such thing as 'accountability' in the United States.
accountability in the money driven politics of the USA and for other countries like it can only be described as a mirage nowadays, and is in its decline. I'm pretty sure that a lot of them will still be in denial in spite of the 9/11 controversy until their very last breaths. to protect the standards and values they stand for but disguisedly chipped off and damaged. that image is gradually falling apart, unless... who knows.
great political analyst, too bad he never held public office ie. Congress
Bye Gore :'(
did you agree with hitchens on iraq (2003)?
At this point, I'd welcome the Martians. If Norway won't invade, maybe Mars.
@MenOfLetters I see our humour differs.
@MenOfLetters here here
but if it was about the 'madness of islam' then iraq would be behind quite a few other countries in the queue to be invaded, no? saudi arabia for example? or iran? also, when you say, 'they are atrocious' , what exactly do you mean?
Gore makes sense.
but if the reason for the first gulf war was to save the kuwatis from iraq why not go to war with iraq when it invaded iran in 1980? or go to war with indonesia when it invaded east timor in 1975? or go to war with every country that's invaded another country? and as for rape and murder, east timor was genocide.
Right on, Shirley. All Jewwy Fraud could say about East Timor to Amy Goodman was "He couldn't remember".
kudos
what percentage of muslims do you think support the brutality and oppression carried out in the name of islam? what percentage of muslims do you think are just ordinary people who happen to hold a belief in the supernatural (like many people of the world) but are oppossed to violence and oppression?
You should try living in a Muslim majority area , while professing some other religion or atheism, before even asking this question.
@greymanBB I do live in an area with a lot of Muslims and you are spot on . The words totalitarian and thugs come totota
9/11 didn't happen irl
ikr
Nothing is real.
Gore couldn't have been more wrong. 9:32 LOL
He has 200 million fans assh.........
First of all, *its. Second of all, do you have any reason to say that which doesn't involve anti-semitism? (by the way, I really don't see why Israel would have any reason to carry out 9/11 considering the close relation between the U.S.A. and Israel)
Disgusting! What a pompous ham and sham Vidal was. Good riddance to him.
gore was a c'''' suck'''