To Glenn Beck....Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel
Aug. 27, 2010 7:35 amBy louisehartmannThe Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) is reporting, according to FBI statistics that there's been a spike in anti-Latino hate crimes. This trend seems to be picking up steam side by side with the national debate over immigration reform. The report also takes a direct aim at politicians’ anti-immigrant rhetoric. For example, Texas Republican Reps.
Libertarian Paradise of Somalia
Aug. 26, 2010 7:48 amBy louisehartmannIn some big triumphs this year, the tea party movement has had successful wins against long-time Sen. Robert Bennett (R-UT), Tea Partier Trey Gowdy won over “reasonable Republican” Rep. Bob Inglis (SC), and now it looks like Senate candidate Joe Miller (R-AK) will beat current Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) in one of the biggest political upsets of the year.
Daily Topics - Thursday August 26th, 2010
Aug. 26, 2010 7:32 amBy shawnt56Quote of the Day: It is our attitude toward free thought and free expression that will determine our fate. There must be no limit on the range of temperate discussion, no limits on thought. No subject must be taboo. No censor must preside at our assemblies. -- William O. Douglas
Hour One: NBC TV's new Fall show "Outsourced"...funny or offensive? Thom has a rumble with Dan Gainor of the Business and Media Institute www.businessandmedia.org
Tuesday 24 August '10 show notes
Aug. 25, 2010 4:42 pmBy SueN- Guests:
- Ron Bailey, science correspondent for Reason Magazine.
- Patty Lovera of Food and Water Watch.
- Ron Stoddart, Attorney/Executive Director of Nightlight Christian Adoptions.
- Faiz Shakir, VP of American Progress and Editor-in-Chief of Think Progress.
- Guests:
Daily Topics - Wednesday August 25th, 2010
Aug. 25, 2010 8:01 amBy shawnt56Quote of the Day: “Jails and prisons are designed to break human beings, to convert the population into specimens in a zoo-obedient to our keepers, but dangerous to each other.” Angela Davis
Hour One: What do yesterday's primary election results mean for November? Zaid Julani, Reporter for the Center for American Progress will be here www.americanprogress.org
Shoot to Kill...Americans?
Aug. 25, 2010 7:14 amBy louisehartmannFrontline, The New Orleans Times-Picayune and ProPublica are reporting that in the jumbled days after Hurricane Katrina an order circulated allowing the New Orleans police to shoot looters, according to present and former members of the department. Some officers who were aware of the order say they refused to carry it out.
Monday 23 August '10 show notes
Aug. 24, 2010 7:18 amBy SueN- Guests:
- Bill Keller, Televangelist/President of Bill Keller Ministries, Founder-LivePrayer.com, and proprietor of the forthcoming 9/11 Christian Center at Ground Zero.
- John Berlau, Director of the Center for Investors and Entrepreneurs, Competitive Enterprise Institute.
- Scott Wheeler of the Republican National Trust PAC.
- Guests:
Leave no Billionaire Behind...
Aug. 24, 2010 7:10 amBy louisehartmannGiant U.S. companies and their multi-millionaire CEOs have stepped up their lobbying to block Democrats' plans to let the Bush tax cuts on wealthier Americans expire at year's end.
Daily Topics - Tuesday August 24th, 2010
Aug. 24, 2010 6:54 amBy shawnt56Quote of the Day: I have never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as a cause for withdrawing from a friendship. -- Thomas Jefferson
Daily Topics - Monday August 23rd, 2010
Aug. 23, 2010 7:53 amBy shawnt56Quote of the Day: "We base all our experiments on the capacity of mankind for self-government." James Madison
Hour One: Should Roger Ailes be in Guantanamo for supporting terrorism? Thom has a rumble with Televangelist Bill Keller, Founder-LivePrayer.com, and proprietor of the forthcoming 9/11 Christian Center at Ground Zero www.911christiancenter.com