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Have they all been taken over by the pigeon robots from the planet Zenu?
 More criminals are being named in Senator Carl Levin’s report on the causes of the 2008 financial crisis. According to the report – executives at the bank Washington Mutual were feverishly re-selling exploding mortgages to their clients – even though they knew they were completely worthless. In a 2005 memo – Washington Mutual CEO Kerry Killinger told an executive, “I have never seen such a high-risk housing market…this typically signifies a bubble."
Yet Killinger turned around and told the Board of Directors that the bank should still hustle that junk to their investors. What’s worse is that the Office of Thrift Supervision – a government agency in charge of making sure banks like Washington Mutual weren’t screwing with the markets – knew exactly what was going on – they cited over 500 problems at the banks - yet failed to do a thing. Washington Mutual eventually imploded in 2008 – the largest bank failure ever in the United States – taking with it these so-called investments – and the retirement pensions of many of their clients that were invested in them. Soooo – how many Washington Mutual executives are in jail? Zero! And what about an improvement in the regulatory system?
Republicans are trying to completely defund it! Have they all been taken over by the pigeon robots from the planet Zenu?
-Thom
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Tonight on The Big Picture on RT TV at 9pm and 11pm... Dr. Michio Kaku - string theory! (check your local listings for stations or stream at RT, and catch past shows on Youtube)
"Conversations With Great Minds." Tonight's very special guest is Dr. Michio Kaku, a theoretical physicist, best-selling author, and popularizer of science.
The Big Picture Weekly Rumble panel: With: - Erikka Knuti, Democratic Strategist (Progressive) - Brian Darling, columnist-Human Events, contributor to Redstate.com and BigGovernment.com/Director-Government Studies at Heritage Foundation/former Republican strategist (Conservative) - David Hogberg, Ph.D, Washington Correspondent - Investor's Business Daily (Conservative).
Daily Take: Unequal Protection: Jefferson believed rich people to be a threat to democracy.
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Read Thom's Book for Free!
Now you can read all of Thom Hartmann's " Unequal Protection: How Corporations Became 'People' and How You Can Fight Back" for free online. Truthout is publishing weekly installments over the coming weeks. Read the Chapter Four: The Boston Tea Party Revealed today. |
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The Daily Stack 
Quote: "The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all." -- John F. Kennedy.
Hour One: If it's Friday, it's "Brunch With Bernie"... the honorable Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT)joins Thom with all the news from our nation's capitol and as always he'll be spending the hour taking your calls and answering your questions too...
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Full Show - 4/14/11. Taxes...Who Pays them and Who doesn't?
Thom provides a detailed presentation of how the wealthy population in America pays minimal federal taxes, while the bulk of the tax percentage is paid by middle class Americans.
Thom Hartmann on the News - April 15, 2011
Thom Hartmann: Brunch with Senator Bernie Sanders - April 15, 2011
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