Don't go in the spa! A 56-year old man in China went to a beauty spa this week to bathe with small eels that eat away dead skin and are supposed to make people look younger. But let's just say things didn't go according to plan. While sitting in the water - the man felt an immense pain in his..."manhood" region - and realized one of the slimy eels was trying to wiggle its way into his body - through a rather small hole. He later told a Chinese newspaper - "I tried to hold it and take it out, but the eel was too slippery to be held and it disappeared up my..." Well - you know what. The man then had to have an emergency 3-hour surgery to remove the 6-inch slithery eel from his bladder. And in a new development in the story - doctors say that the eel was 6 inches long - but the man continues to insist that it was 8 inches long!!!

Thom discusses the possible outcome of the economy if Republicans were to pass or reject President Obama's job creation bill. Later in the show, he breaks down the highs and lows of the Republican Tea Party Debate with a guest panel.

Maggie Fox, Al Gore's Climate Reality Project, joins Thom Hartmann. Proof is on the way for the GOP and other Climate Changing "Deniers." Researchers at the University of Breman's Institute of Environmental Physics in Germany have discovered that summer sea ice in the Arctic Ocean is now at its lowest levels since recording began back in 1979. And researchers at the University of Washington measuring the volume of that sea ice - as in how thick it still is - noted that the ice has now thinned to a record level. But despite these clear indicators of a warming planet - as well as the freak weather that's been terrorizing the nation in recent years - Americans are still unconvinced - and not too worried about global warming. According to a June poll from Yale University - only 47% of Americans believe that global warming is man-made - and just slightly more than half of the country is worried about the effects of global warming. Now - former Vice Presdient Al Gore is trying to boost those numbers. On Thursday of this week - he'll launch a 24-hour webcast to be broadcast across the planet to make the case that man-made global warming is occuring - and it's the reason for the freak weather we've been experiencing. Tune in @ climaterealityproject.org.

Anthony Summers, author, of "The Eleventh Day: The Full Story of 9/11 and Osama bin Laden" joins Thom Hartmann. Could there be something that even our members of Congress haven't been told about the September 11 terrorist attacks? Our guest will tell you what he has uncovered that is causing one senator to call for the government's inquiry into the events of 9/11 to re-open. The American people have the right to know exactly what happened on America's darkest day.