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Is the era of small government over?
Today – Reagan worshippers across America are freaking out after President Obama’s Second Inaugural Address, because he laid out a vision for America that puts an end to the Reagan Revolution and imagines a nation in which “we the people,” through small-"d" democratic government, take better control of our economy and better care of each other. While Reagan stressed the importance of individualism in his inaugural, President Obama talked about cooperation and collective action. As he said on Tuesday, “preserving individual freedoms ultimately requires collective action.” It’s the difference between Reagan's “me” society and the traditional American “we” society the Founders envisioned. Reacting to the speech, Conservative pundit Charles Krauthammer called the President’s words, “historically very important” and said that, “Obama basically is declaring the end of Reaganism in America.”
President Obama also defended social insurance programs like Medicare and Social Security – directly calling out people like Paul Ryan by saying that these programs don’t make us a nation of “takers.” And the President called for us to do something about climate change. But now that the speech is over, it’s time for action. With looming deficit reduction talks, entitlement reform, approval of the Keystone XL pipeline, and economic troubles on the horizon in Europe – the time for talking is over.
Over the next four years, President Obama must find his inner revolutionary and change the trajectory of America by putting an end to Reaganomics and once again – to quote the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. – bend the arc of human history toward justice.
-Thom
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Tonight on The Big Picture on RT TV at 7pm and 9pm... Why we need a redistribution of wealth (check your local listings for stations or stream at RT, and catch past shows on Youtube)
Need to Know: Why we need a redistribution of wealth
The Best of the Rest...
The Hidden History of the 2nd Amendment- Professor Carl T. Bogus, Professor of Law at Roger Williams University, Rhode Island 
Why Criticizing 'Zero Dark Thirty' Is Not an Assault on Free Expression- Danny Goldberg, GoldVE Entertainment / Author-"Bumping Into Geniuses and How The Left Lost Teen Spirit"
Daily Take: GOP has to rig elections to win
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Monday's Daily Stack 
Quote: "Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that." -- Martin Luther King, Jr..
Hour One: Anything Goes - Inauguration Day / MLK, Jr. birthday / 3rd anniversary - Citizens United
The Big Picture- Sam Sacks, The Big Picture producer, progressive commentator
Hour Two: Anything Goes - Inauguration Day / MLK, Jr. birthday / 3rd anniversary - Citizens United
Hour Three: Anything Goes - Inauguration Day / MLK, Jr. birthday / 3rd anniversary - Citizens United
Speech: " I Have a Dream" by Martin Luther King, Jr., 28 August 1963, at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington D.C.
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Tuesday on The Thom Hartmann Program, 3-6pm ET
Hour One: GOP has to rig elections to win
Hour Two: Big government vs. Reaganism- Jamie Weinstein, The Daily Caller / Co-Author (w/Will Rahn) "The Lizard King"
Hour Three: Sunlight for the SuperPACs?- A.G. Eric Schneiderman, Attorney General-State of New York (D-NY)
Jobs, Trade and the Debt Ceiling...- Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH)
And, the best of the rest of the news and your calls right here on...
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Wednesday on The Thom Hartmann Program, 3-6pm ET
another day, another mass shooting...and the right says we don't need gun control? We'll check in with one our pro-second amendment friends...
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Is the era of small government over?
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Watch & Listen to Thom
A Second Inaugural - A Second Conspiracy...
Your Take/My Take - Why can't gun owners get the same treatment as car owners?
Bigger Picture - Are "We" looking at a new social contract?
Bigger Picture - "We" Society vs. the Reagan Revolution
Did the Flipping of the Reagan Revolution Begin Today?
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Full Show 1/21/13: The Second Term
Thom talks with Sam Sacks, Marc Harrold and Neil McCabe about Obama's inaugural address and what our president will focus on during his next four years in office. Thom takes viewer phone calls in "Your Take, My Take Live" and in tonight's "Daily Take" Thom looks back at what top Republican leaders were plotting the night of Obama's first inauguration and what they might be up to tonight.
Thom Hartmann on the News: January 21, 2013
Remembering The Caucus Room 4 Years Later
Obama Inauguration: Yes WE Can!
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