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NOW is the time for leadership
In a memorial speech on Sunday for the 26 victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, President Obama called the nation out. He asked the question of whether or not we as a nation are doing enough to keep our children safe. And he answered that question with a solemn, “No.” Acknowledging that this is the fourth time in his presidency he’s had to console victims of a mass shooting, the President said, “We can’t tolerate this anymore. These tragedies must end. And to end them, we must change.”
Though the president did not mention any specifics about gun control, he did call on all of us to confront the difficult choices ahead. He asked, “Are we really prepared to say that we’re powerless in the face of such carnage, the politics are too hard?” And speaking directly to those who say that unregulated guns are an expression of freedom in America, the President asked, “Are we prepared to say that such violence visited on our children year after year is somehow the price of freedom?”
Not since President Carter challenged the nation on our excessive use of energy, has a President challenged the nation to fundamentally change itself. There is no single silver-bullet solution to these massacres. But we can start by taking assault weapons, high-capacity ammo clips and other weapons of war off the streets. We can start by investing more in community mental health programs to give help to those in need before their madness consumes another town. And we can finally get down to addressing the underlying cause of much of the relationship between violence and mental illness, which is wealth inequality.
With twenty 1st graders set to be buried in the coming week, now is not the time for delayed debates and half-measures. Now is the time for leaders who will usher America out of this dark age of violence toward a new renaissance of peace and community.
-Thom
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Tonight on The Big Picture on RT TV at 7pm and 9pm... "Israel & Switzerland" solution to gun violence? (check your local listings for stations or stream at RT, and catch past shows on Youtube)
Need to Know: "Israel & Switzerland" solution to gun violence? - Attorney Mike Papantonio, host of "Ring of Fire Radio" 
The Best of the Rest of the News...
Everything You Know is Wrong - psychedelic drugs - Dr. Dennis McKenna, Ethno-Pharmacologist / Heffter Research Institute Author, "Brotherhood of the Screaming Abyss: My Life With Terence McKenna.
Daily Take: Obama's defining moment...
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Friday's Daily Stack 
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... Follow Bernie:     campaign site.
Hour Two: Anything goes on townhall Friday!
Hour Three: Anything goes on townhall Friday!
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Monday on The Thom Hartmann Program, 3-6pm ET
Hour One: Israel & Switzerland...not gun-toting utopias- Janet Rosenbaum, Ph.D., State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY.
Hour Two: Media's rush to judgement on cause of Newtown tragedy- Tommy Christopher, Mediaite.com
Hour Three: Obama's defining moment...
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Tuesday on The Thom Hartmann Program, 3-6pm ET
We're still learning more about the events that took place in Newtown, CT last Friday and we'll bring you the latest information as we get it...
Plus, the latest on the negotiations on the so called 'fiscal cliff'...
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Thom's Poll
Will Republicans block the assault weapons ban again?
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Watch & Listen to Thom
Great Minds - Dr. Neal Barnard - Can you Reverse Disease? P1
Great Minds - Dr. Neal Barnard - Can you Reverse Disease? P2
Safety Net? Could this be a Todd Aiken moment for Obama?
Big Picture Rumble - Is democracy dead in Michigan?
Big Picture Rumble - Not an issue of gun rights - the issue is human rights...
Or watch the Full "Big Picture" Show...
Full Show 12/14/12: Can We Talk About Gun Control Now?
Tonight's "Big Picture Rumble" panel discusses the tragic Connecticut School Shooting and Michigan's right-to-work (for less) law. In tonight's "Conversations with Great Minds" Thom talks with physician Dr. Neal Barnard, author of the book "The 21-Day Weight Loss Kickstart." In tonight's "Daily Take" Thom warns Obama about raising the age for Medicare.
Thom Hartmann on the News - December 14, 2012
Brunch with Bernie - December 14, 2012
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