i do think there is a higher bar. i do think we elected barack obama in part because he was on the right side of the iraq war debate. but the revisionist history on why we went to iraq and who got us there, that is an active campaign right now. david corn, what have we learned? well, i think rachel is right. the bar has been raised, because we learned that the government pulled what larry wilkinson in the film, he was chief of staff to colin powell at the time. he calls it a hoax. that s a pretty big word to use. that the campaign to convince this nation to go to war, a war that led to the loss of almost 5,000 american lives and over probably 100,000 civilian iraqi lives was a hoax. so i think we learned to be careful when people tell us there is a threat at hand. but at the same time to be a little less optimistic about it, a lot of people who got us into the war, a lot of the neo con drum majorettes and cheerleaders, dick cheney and others, when they come out today and say someth
0 nudge it off force, or you can go out there and just set it off, hoping that you re not going to screw it up and create a shower of these things which could be even worse. but we are the first generation of humans that can do something about it. so yes, a very scary day, but in a sense, an exciting day. and so right away, congressman lamar smith, from texas, a conservative said let s convene an asteroid meeting, we re all in. let s figure out what to do. i would like the asteroid meeting, i m excited about the floating sun you can read more of my work at wonkblog.com. the ed show is up next. good evening, americans, and welcome to the ed show from new york. meteors crashing into earth. congress goes on vacation again? and elizabeth warren is the new sheriff in town. all that and rachel maddow joins us tonight. buckle up. supervisory goals. and senator warren wasn t done making her point. we look at the distinction between what we could get if we go the trial and what we