The consequences of this corporate takeover are clear. Thanks to lobbying cash used to defeat regulations - we suffered from the BP oil spill last year. And we were swamped by the Wall Street financial crisis in 2008. And we drown in an endless stream of health insurance abuses year in and year out that have kicked more than 53 million Americans out of the US healthcare system. Corporations - with their Supreme Court-given powers of personhood - are devouring our nation - and making mountains of money in the process. And as our Declaration of Independence instructs - when an institution's behavior, "becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it...as to them shall seem most likely to affect their Safety and Happiness." It's time to listen to Jefferson and abolish the institution of corporate personhood. Tell your legislators - move to amend the Constitution now!

Bob Edgar joins Thom Hartmann tonight for Conversations with Great Minds. He has an extraordinary resume: author, pastor, former Congressman and CEO of the non-profit organization "Common Cause." We'll discuss his time in office and the issues he's now taking on of war, peace, and the corruption of the Supreme Court.

Two days after the debt limit deal the Dow Jones takes a major dive. Thom talks to economist Max Fraad Wolff about these uncertain financial times and who's really to blame for the stock markets crashing. Republicans have learned to play hostage takers. This time they've partially shut down the FAA. Paul Rinaldi, President of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association, talks about how politics is affecting thousands of union workers and the country. Then the shadowy, non-profit organization known as ALEC is meeting with movers and shakers in New Orleans. Reporter and blogger, Lee Fang, discusses his rough encounter with officials and what's happening at the ALEC convention. Then Thom explains the link between water, evolution and the first great migration in the new Geek Science segment. Plus talking turkey gets heated on tonight's show.

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