47. Henry Rollins. The Age of Eventuality. The Full Rollins Origin Story. Trump is Punk Rock. Henry Breaks Down the Candidates. And, And, And. Bloomberg’s Big Surge. Here Comes Nevada. Rise Above, Rise Above.

Independent Americans with Paul Rieckhoff

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Daily News, Veteran, News, Politics, News Commentary, National Security

4.6 • 907 Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2020

⏱️ 141 minutes

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With America disrupted and divided like never before in our lifetime, what better time to sit down with the American icon, punk rock legend, thought-leader, author, political activist and spoken-word master, Henry Rollins (@HenryRollins). Henry is one of the most interesting, most experienced, most entertaining, most thought-provoking activists in the world. And a conscience for America. [40:02] Henry Rollins has been a music and cultural innovator for three decades. From his early days as the front man for Black Flag and The Rollins Band, to films to TV to books to hosting his own radio and TV show, Henry is a voice of power, insight and clarity. He’s journeyed around the world as a curious traveller, a musician and and touring for his music and spoken word shows. He’s seen over 100 countries, been to war zones, won a Grammy, and acted alongside Al Pacino. He’s an activist for gay rights, freeing of the “West Memphis Three”, legalization of cannabis and has performed for US troops on USO tours in Djibouti, Kuwait, Iraq, Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan (twice), Egypt, Turkey, Qatar, Honduras, Japan, Korea and the United Arab Emirates. If you love Henry Rollins, this will give you a fix like you’ve never had before. If you don’t know Henry Rollins, welcome to a ride you won’t forget. He’s a great American success story. And he’s known our host, Paul Rieckhoff (@PaulRieckhoff), for almost two decades. And before a live audience in Hollywood on Valentine’s Day, they candidly, rapid-fire rip through topics ranging from Henry’s epic breakout moment on a New York stage in 1981, to how technology is ruining dating to his analysis on all the leading candidates. Join the Angry Americans community for free now for upcoming event tickets and behind-the-scenes video with guests like Henry Rollins, Meghan McCain, Ambassador Susan Rice, Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Bradley Whitford, Sarah Jessica Parker, Tulsi Gabbard, Rachel Maddow, Samantha Bee and more. Angry Americans is connecting, uniting and empowering independent people nationwide. It’s changing the podcasting landscape. And powered by Righteous Media. Watch the Conversation: https://youtu.be/_HBykPV3xxg

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0:00.0	Welcome to Angry Americans. Welcome to episode 47. I'm your host, Paul Rikoff. And if you're not angry, you are not paying attention.
0:23.8	The Attorney General is a man with incredible integrity. Just so you understand, I chose not to be
0:31.1	involved. I'm allowed to be totally involved. I'm actually, I guess, the Chief Law Enforcement
0:36.7	Officer of the country, but I've chosen not to be involved.
0:40.9	Actually, he's not the chief law enforcement officer.
0:44.8	That's supposed to be the attorney general.
0:46.6	And despite what he says, he's involved.
0:49.6	He's very involved.
0:51.5	He's involved in everything.
0:53.7	And he's messing up everything in the Department of
0:57.1	Justice just like he did at the FBI and just like he did at the Department of Defense and just like
1:02.6	he's doing everywhere else. Our president is shameful. Our president is a liar. Our president is a
1:10.2	racist. Our president is a bad person. Our president is a liar. Our president is a racist. Our president is a bad person. Our president is a punk. And in all the worst ways, Robert De Niro was right. I mean, he's so blatantly stupid. He's a punk. He's a dog. He's a pig. He's a con, a bullshit artist. A mutt who doesn't know what he's talking about. Doesn't do his homework. Doesn't care. Thinks he's gaming society. Doesn't pay his taxes. He's an idiot. Colin Powell said it best. He's a national disaster. He's an embarrassment to this country. It makes me so angry that this country
1:45.5	has gotten to this point, that this fool, this bozo has wound up where he has. He is a punk,
1:53.0	but he's also the man, the worst kind of man. He's the worst kind of authority figure. He's
1:59.3	oppressive, selfish, authoritarian, mean.
2:04.0	Trump is all the things that punk music stands against.
2:08.5	And if there were ever a time that America needed to channel the spirit of punk music,
2:14.1	it's now.
2:15.9	Because this is our war, the war for the future of our country.
2:20.8	It's your war.
2:22.3	It's our war.
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