Tuesday 22 December '09 show notes
Dec. 27, 2009 6:49 pmBy SueN- Guests:
- Conservative attorney Robert Thompson of the Thomas More Law Center.
- Jayson X, Deputy Director of the World Union of Deists.
- Topics:
- Is it possible to get the Senate to change on the filibuster rules in order for the Senate to be more democratic?
- How long is it going to be before we realize what a mistake we're making on Afghanistan?
- Guests:
Transcript: Thom Hartmann riffs on Lessons from Spain... what we won't talk about, but must! 3 Dec '09
Dec. 27, 2009 9:19 amBy SueNThom Hartmann: And greetings my friends, patriots, lovers of democracy, truth and justice, believers in peace, freedom and the American Way. Thom Hartmann here with you.
Transcript: Thom Hartmann riffs on Afghanistan just before Obama gives his speech. 1 Dec '09
Dec. 26, 2009 10:29 amBy SueNTonight President Barack Obama is going to be giving his speech announcing what in all probability is going to be about a 30,000 troop surge, I don’t know what the word is, into Afghanistan. We spent an hour on this yesterday at some length, the third hour of our program with multiple perspectives. We’re going to revisit it again in the second hour of our program. Scott Ritter is going to be with us, the former weapons inspector. One of the early voices warning us about the stupidity of going into Iraq.
Transcript: Thom Hartmann asks, why are conservatives trying to destroy the future of America by making education available only to rich, stupid children? 1 Dec '09
Dec. 26, 2009 6:23 amBy SueNOur quote for the day, this is from Alex Carey, an Australian social scientist: “the 20th century has been characterized by three developments of great political importance: The growth of democracy, the growth of corporate power, and the growth of corporate propaganda as a means of protecting corporate power against democracy.” Brilliant.
Transcript: Thom Hartmann hosts a Senator Bernie Sanders townhall: the health care bill, finance, jobs. 20 November 2009
Dec. 25, 2009 8:37 pmBy SueNThom Hartmann: "Brunch With Bernie”. Our, of course, our national town hall meeting, been going on for years and years and years, one of my favorite, my favorite hour of the entire week, and I know for many of you it is as well. Your opportunity to talk with not just a United States Senator, but in my opinion, our United States Senator. The guy who’s always there for the average American, for working people, Senator Bernie Sanders, the Independent from Vermont.
Transcript: Thom Hartmann talks to Don Siegelman about his wrongful, selective prosecution. 17 November 2009
Dec. 25, 2009 3:27 pmBy SueNThom Hartmann: In 2006, Don Siegelman, the Governor of Alabama, was convicted on corruption charges. There’s been an on-going controversy due to counter accusations that his prosecution was intentionally wrongful, that it was engineered by Presidential advisor Karl Rove and officials of the Bush Justice Department to gain political advantage.
Transcript: Thom Hartmann talks to John Perkins about "Hoodwinked: An Economic Hit Man Reveals Why The World Financial Markets Imploded-and What We Need To Do To Remake Them". 17 November 2009
Dec. 25, 2009 10:25 amBy SueNThom Hartmann: John Perkins is with us. Let me grab his book here. This is extraordinary. John, one of my heroes, he’s written some incredible stuff. And "Hoodwinked: An Economic Hit Man Reveals Why The World Financial Markets Imploded-and What We Need To Do To Remake Them". John, welcome.
John Perkins: Thanks Thom. It's great to be here with you.
Transcript: Thom Hartmann talks to co-author Lamar Waldron about explosive new information about the JFK assassination. 17 November 2009
Dec. 24, 2009 7:58 amBy SueNThom Hartmann: Up next, what’s the new information that we’ve just uncovered in the last few months that ties together Dick Cheney, Watergate burglars, and the JFK assassination?
Daily Topics - Wednesday December 23 2009
Dec. 23, 2009 8:46 amBy LouiseHour One - Do the Democrat's have a secret plan...shhhh, don't tell anyone...to get health care passed?
The Holiday Gift This Country Needs...
Dec. 23, 2009 8:30 amBy LouiseThe gift our country needs this Holiday season is an economy that serves us instead of us just serving those who own or control most of the economy.