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Blood Libel?
More positive news is coming out of a Tucson hospital where Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords is recovering from a gunshot wound to the head. Doctors report that she is able to breathe on her own and now put her chances of survival at 100%. In the coming days – families will begin burying those that died in the shooting rampage. Arizona state lawmakers passed legislation ensuring that protestors – like the lunatics at the Westboro Baptist Church – cannot interrupt these funerals by establishing a 300 ft. perimeter around the site. And President Obama is expected to make a major speech this evening in Arizona while he attends a memorial service for the victims.
Meanwhile - the family of the shooter – Jared Lee Loughner – broke their silence yesterday and issued a statement regarding the tragedy saying they were deeply sorry. And they also expressed the same sort of confusion that’s gripping the rest of the country saying, “There are no words that can possibly express how we feel. We wish that there were, so we could make you feel better. We don't understand why this happened." Our nation - with the exception of Sarah Palin, who today issued a youtube video accusing commentators and reporters of "blood libel" in calling out her use of violent rhetoric for political gain - is asking these very same questions today.
-Thom
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Tonight on The Big Picture on RT TV at 9pm and 11pm... Cultural addiction to violence (check your local listings for stations or stream at RT, and catch past shows on Youtube)
Need to Know: Sarah Palin reaction... The reincarnation of Ronald Reagan, Right says Obama at funeral for political gain.
Screwed: Cultural addiction to violence Hate and Violence Are Encoded in the DNA of the American Right. With Professor Jared Ball, Assistant professor of communication studies at Morgan State University, and Arun Gupta, Alternet contributor, founding editor of The Indypendent newspaper.
Rep. Carolyn McCarthy will be introducing her high-capacity gun magazine legislation With Robyn Thomas, Attorney and Executive Director-Legal Community Against Violence and Chad Ramsey, Director of Federal Legislation-Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence.
The Best of the Rest of the News...
Haiti one year after the quake: power struggle destroying recovery efforts With Melinda Miles, Founder and director of Let Haiti Live, a project of TransAfrica Forum and Mark Weisbrot, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research.
Campaign Finance and Tom DeLay...neither will be going "away" soon With Andy Wilson, Public Citizen.
Crazy Alert: The infamous words of Congressman Joe Wilson – “You Lie” – will now be immortalized…on assault rifles..
The Good, The Bad, The Ugly
Daily Take:
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The Daily Stack 
Quote: "The main goal of the future is to stop violence. The world is addicted to it." -- Bill Cosby.
Hour One: Has Paul Krugman committed blood libel against Sarah Palin?
Hour Two: Rep. Carolyn McCarthy's high-capacity gun magazine legislation scheduled to be introduced today With Robyn Thomas, Attorney and Executive Director-Legal Community Against Violence.
Her story of heroism, survival and her meeting later today with President Obama Patricia Maisch, AZ Businesswoman/Giffords supporter who helped tackle the gunman, wrestled clip away as he tried to reload.
Hour Three: "Aflockalypse Now" - Why We Should Really Be Concerned About the Huge Bird and Fish Die-off Thom talks with Tara Lohan, Sr. Editor with Alternet and editor of the new book "Water Matters".
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Coming up Wednesday on The Thom Hartmann Program
Hour Three: The State of Connecticut says the public option could save...you heard me SAVE...their state up to $355 million dollars in 2014!! Why do conservatives hate the idea? Thom has a rumble with Wayne Root, Entrepreneur, 2008 Libertarian Party vice-presidential candidate and a front runner for the 2012 Presidential nomination; author of 7 books-latest is “The Conscience of a Libertarian: Empowering the Citizen Revolution with God, Guns, Gambling & Tax Cuts”.
Plus, Geeky Science Rocks - Could the hornet be our key to renewable energy?
And, the best of the rest of the news and your calls right here on...
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Blood Libel: Sarah Palin's claim recalls anti-Semitic history - is this the end of Sarah Palin's bid for President/2012?
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Who Owns the Rainbow?
The Big Picture Rumble, Pt 1
The top issues of the week with Jonathan Strong, reporter for the Daily Caller covering Congress, Seton Motley, the president of Less Government and Susan Turnbull, the Chair of the Maryland Democratic Party.
The Big Picture Rumble, Pt 2
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