Daily Topics - Friday April 8th, 2011
Apr. 8, 2011 7:56 amBy shawnt56Get the new IPhone App for Thom Hartmann
Check out the new movie I AM (Thom is in it) here and see an interview here and here....
Thursday 7 April '11 show notes
Apr. 8, 2011 7:41 amBy SueN- Guest host: David Sirota, Host of The David Sirota Show 7-10am MT on AM 760 Colorado's Progressive Talk / syndicated columnist / author of several books, latest is "Back to Our Future: How the 1980s Explain the World We Live In Now"
- Do you think the Pentagon's budget should be exempt from cuts?
- Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH). Government shutdown.
- Sharona Coutts, Reporter - ProPublica.
Make the Wealthy Pay their Fair Share
Apr. 6, 2011 5:41 pmBy louisehartmannWATCH HERE! With or without a government shutdown, Republicans have already won the debate on our nation's budget. Why? Because the corporate media is on their side.
Make the wealthy pay their fair share.Wednesday 6 April '11 show notes
Apr. 6, 2011 4:14 pmBy SueN- Guest host: David Sirota, Host of The David Sirota Show 7-10am MT on AM 760 Colorado's Progressive Talk / syndicated columnist / author.
- Education expert Dr. Diane Ravitch. If "no child left behind" was such a disaster why can't we get rid of it?
- John Nichols of The Nation Magazine. War on democracy - Wisconsin Supreme Court election results.
- The Nation's Ari Berman.
Daily Topics - Wednesday April 6th, 2011
Apr. 6, 2011 10:02 amBy shawnt56Please welcome David Sirota, host of the David Sirota Show on Denver's AM 760 Colorado's Progressive Talk station in for Thom today!
Hour One: Why didn't we leave behind Bush's "No child left behind?" Dr. Diane Ravitch / Plus, latest on the war on democracy - John Nichols, The Nation Magazine
If they can't work this out, what will happen on May 15 when we hit our debt ceiling?
Apr. 6, 2011 7:16 amBy louisehartmannA government shutdown at the end of the week looks all but certain now. Yesterday – a meeting between Speaker of the House John Boehner and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid failed to produce a budget deal. Due to procedural rules in Congress – a deal needed to be reached by last night to allow for a vote before Friday when the government runs out of money.
Tuesday 5 April '11 show notes
Apr. 5, 2011 2:34 pmBy SueN- Senator Bernie Sanders, (I-VT). "Brunch With Bernie" (early bird special!)
- John Nichols of The Nation Magazine. Latest on the war on democracy - Election Day in Wisconsin.
- Seton Motley, President of Less Government. AZ propose $50 Medicaid tax for fatties & buttheads.
Walker handed over an $81,500 job overseeing state environmental regulations to the son of a wealthy campaign donor
Apr. 5, 2011 8:35 amBy louisehartmannSpeaking of Wisconsin – a little-known provision in Scott Walker’s anti-union bill converts 37 government workers into political appointees to be handpicked by Walker himself. So what can we expect form Walker’s choices? Apparently not much…the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported yesterday that Walker handed over an $81,500 job overseeing state environmental regulations to the son of a wealthy campaign donor in what looks like a quid pro quo.&nb
Daily Topics - Tuesday April 5th, 2011
Apr. 5, 2011 7:47 amBy shawnt56Get the new IPhone App for Thom Hartmann
Truthout proudly presents Thom Hartmann's book, "Unequal Protection" Click here for the latest chapter