Summary: In this edition of Planet Waves FM, I look at the issues surrounding the debt ceiling battle that really amounts to an economic and political power grab: a kind of false flag collapse of the economy. It's happened before the banking crash of 2008 was both avoidable and intentional, and many people profited to a degree that the public has no concept of. There are several theories about what's happening at the moment, one of the most cohesive coming from one of our commenters who is fairly close to the action. By any analysis, the conduct of legislators in Washington ranges from irresponsible and deceitful to blatantly insane; and while Obama is doing his best to maintain his public image, he is offering up Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid to the flesh-eating monster of the conservative movement. I briefly discuss the Oslo attacks but I don't discuss the chart. I have a few comments about Amy Winehouse and what an extraordinary chart she had unfortunately time did not permit. I cover this in a streamlined, one-hour program featuring musical guests the Grateful Dead. Monday would be the 69th birthday of Jerry Garcia, so we have two hot folk-blues numbers for you, lovingly selected from a pretty good collection.
