Senator Arlen Specter was on Charlie Rose's show (PBS) last night, and a quick question at the end was about his role in the Warren commission championing the single bullet theory. I had no idea that a still acting senator had such a pivotal role in the still contested aftermath of this event.

As a further aside, there was an Australian show I saw once which did an excellent job of examining how a single bullet could have traveled how it was said to, and replicated the shot with gel dummies positioned exactly how the President and the Governor were sitting before the shot(the rear seats were elevated, a fact I had never known), even using the same style gun and ammo Harvey was found with, from the same distance, etc. It was pretty convincing. The head wound with ballistic gel dummy, if I recall correctly, did rock forward with the hit and then backwards in recoil, but it wasn't so much discussed.

According to Damien Hirst on the Charlie Rose show, this is owned by the artist and a syndicate that includes the folks who fronted the diamonds. There's talk of it being valued at 100 million dollars or so, with 12 million dollars worth of diamonds. Maybe that's true. This is important because this is the world we live in. I think the financing is part of the art.

Great! I wanted to post this a year ago, but back then you had to pay a dollar to stream it on google video.

I'll change it now. Thank you

In reply to this comment by jonny:
haven't had a chance to check the audio all the way through, but how about this copy:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5640093862168820605

In reply to this comment by mauz15:
I dont necessarily agree with everything he says, but I find him more interesting than say, Dawkins.

Hope you enjoy the sift.

EDIT: The sound seems to be out of synch. I am looking for a replacement but is not significant enough to affect your viewing experience and what he has to say.

Tags for this video have been changed from 'rove, bush, charlie rose, pbs, biggest goddamn liar in the universe' to 'rove, bush, charlie rose, pbs, biggest goddamn liar in the universe, turd blossom' - edited by fissionchips

Now I remember where I saw this before.

Charlie Rose always has the best people on his show. It is my dream to be interviewed by him; I just have to figure out what for.

"Here's a rule of thumb: if someone is on Charlie Rose, you can be absolutely, positively sure that they don't really matter."

charlie rose really needs replacing on the charlie rose show

http://www.videosift.com/video/Paul-Thomas-Anderson-and-Daniel-Day-Lewis-on-Charlie-Rose

http://www.videosift.com/video/The-Meth-Minute-P-COK

Spectacular interview. Bill Moyer and Charlie Rose do the best interviews. Insightful questions and an actual interview where they listen to the guest.

As to the content of this interview, I just have trouble thinking of the future. IF we make to the next president (that is IF Bush leaves office), there is no possible way that Bush or his cabinet will get any retribution for what they have done to the country. So disappointing.

Charlie Rose is a G

Charlie Rose is awesome. He's extremely well read and intelligent, but totally down-to-Earth. Widely respected for good reason.

I'm surprised you didn't decide on this Styron Interview.

He was a marine, too.

Comment hidden because you are ignoring dag. (show it anyway)

I suppose you're right Spoco2 - the comparison is probably unfair. In the US you could compare this to a Charlie Rose interview.

I like Andrew Denton too. I enjoyed his interview with the Waifs a few weeks ago. [off to search for it]

edit: and here it is.

Greenspan on Charlie Rose was excellent a few weeks back. Very powerful and poignant observations, and an amazing run-down of his very interesting life.