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Privatize the profits. Socialize the pollution.
You don't have the right to know you're being poisoned. At least, not in Wyoming. Yesterday, County District Judge Catherine Wilking ruled against environmental groups fighting to make public the list of toxic ingredients used in hydraulic fracking fluid. According to Judge Wilking, Wyoming's state oil and gas supervisor was authorized to withhold the information, because the list of chemicals is considered a trade secret.
Halliburton, one of the companies involved in the 2010 BP Gulf Disaster, argued that if they disclosed the makeup of their fracking fluids, competing companies would be able to reverse engineer the toxic sludge. So, not only does Halliburton get to control the controversial hydraulic fracturing industry in Wyoming, but this ruling allows them to socialize all external costs.
Without knowing what chemicals are used in the process, people can't blame Halliburton when they get sick, or when their groundwater becomes contaminated. And it will be John Q Taxpayer picking up the tab when people can't cover healthcare or clean up related costs. Corporate power in our nation is out of control. It's even worse that Judges like Catherine Wilking are making that power even stronger.
-Thom
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Tonight on The Big Picture on RT TV at 7pm and 9pm... SCOTUS-Prop 8 preview (check your local listings for stations or stream at RT, and catch past shows on Youtube)
Need to Know: SCOTUS: Prop 8 Preview- Shane Farnan, Supreme Court Reporter - Talk Radio News Service 
Should Rev. Bill Keller be allowed to marry a duck?- Rev. Bill Keller, founder-LivePrayer.com
Daily Take: Healthcare lottery...may the odds be forever in your favor
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Monday's Daily Stack 
Hour One: That giant sucking sound...it's the Oligarchs
Hour Two: Does Congress have a constitutional duty to save the USPS?- Carrie Lukas, Independent Women's Forum
Article: " 27th Amendment. " No law, varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives, shall take effect, until an election of representatives shall have intervened."
Hour Three: GOP still forcing huge privatized loans on students
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Tuesday on The Thom Hartmann Program, 3-6pm ET
Hour One: SCOTUS: Prop 8 Preview- Shane Farnan, Supreme Court Reporter - Talk Radio News Service
Thom vs. Peter...the top 10 harms of same sex marriage- Peter Sprigg, Family Research Council / Author, FRC's brochure "The Top Ten Harms of Same Sex Marriage"
Hour Two: Has Kim Jong Un seen "Olympus Has Fallen"
Hour Three: Healthcare lottery...may the odds be forever in your favor
And, the best of the rest of the news and your calls right here on...
The Thom Hartmann Program...your media support group for "we the people"...
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Wednesday on The Thom Hartmann Program, 3-6pm ET
We'll have the latest from the Supreme Court as they review DOMA...plus, Congressman Marc Pocan (D-WI) will weigh in on the hearings...
And, why is the DOJ throwing the book at the Aaron Schwartzes of the world while the banksters go free? I'll have a conversation with Matt Taibbi of Rolling Stone Magazine...
Plus, the best of the rest of the news along with your calls right here on...
The Thom Hartmann Program, Occupying The Media 3 hours a day 5 days a week" for "we the people"...Democracy is NOT a spectator sport...it begins with you...
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Thom's Poll
Should gay marriage be left up to the states?
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Watch & Listen to Thom
The Oligarchs are Sucking Dry America's Working Class
Will space mining surpass earth mining?
Will Punxsutawney Phil be indicted over misrepresentation of spring?
Cons & Libs agree - NO more warrantless GPS Tracking
Will Cyprus Force you to Hide Your $ Under the Mattress?
A bloodless coup happened today in Detroit
Or watch the Full "Big Picture" Show...
Full Show 3/25/13: That Giant Sucking Sound...it's the Oligarchs
Thom talks with Economist Max Fraad Wolff on what the Cyprus/EU deal means and whether we should all be taking our money out of the bank. Also discussed: how Republicans want to repeal student loan reform, day one for Detroit's "emergency manager" and bipartisan support in DC for a bill requiring police to obtain a warrant to collect location (GPS data) from an individual's electronic device. In tonight's "Daily Take" Thom discusses how the oligarchs are sucking dry America's middle and working class, while the rest of us are being left to feed off of their crumbs.
Thom Hartmann on the News: March 25, 2013
Caller: Why are you so Hard on the Rich?
Time to Roll Back Reaganomics!
Thom Takes Down The Tenthers!
30 Years of reaganomics: What do we Have to Show?
30 Years of reaganomics: What do we Have to Show?
The Oligarchs are Sucking us Dry!
Thom Vs. Carrie Lukas: Save the Post Office?
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