Daily Topics - Thursday - June 10 2010
Jun. 10, 2010 6:56 amBy louisehartmannQuote: The most important word in the language of the working class is "solidarity." -- Harry Bridges
Hour One - BP spill...will anybody go to jail for negligent homicide? Congressman (D-WA) Brian Baird
Welcome to the Land of the Landed Gentry
Jun. 9, 2010 7:51 amBy louisehartmannBen Smith with Politico reported that a White House official called to tell him, "Organized labor just flushed $10 million down the toilet on a pointless exercise." in trying to beat Blanche Lincoln, Obama's candidate, in Arkansas.
Daily Topics - Wed June 9th 2010 - Do card carrying socialists love Obama?
Jun. 9, 2010 7:47 amBy louisehartmannQuote: “An election cannot give a country a firm sense of direction if it has two or more national parties which merely have different names but are as alike in their principles and aims as two peas in the same pod” -- Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hour One - Election results - the big winners were sneaky Republicans and big money
I Caught You Doing Something Right - Get a FREE!! Pigeon T-Shirt
Jun. 9, 2010 7:34 amBy louisehartmannSo often we catch people doing things wrong but really the best way to motivate people and to create a positive world view that gets people active is the catch people doing something right. Thom would like you to catch someone in your family, community or life doing something right.
They Get the Profits and We Bury the Dead...
Jun. 8, 2010 7:48 amBy louisehartmannPro Publica is reporting internal investigations over the last 10 years show BP systemically ignored its own safety policies from Alaska to the Gulf of Mexico to California and Texas. The classified documents show management neglected aging equipment, put pressure on employees not to report problems and cut short or delayed inspections to reduce production costs.
Daily Topics - Tuesday - June 8th 2010
Jun. 8, 2010 7:46 amBy louisehartmannQuote: It is up to us to live up to the legacy that was left for us, and to leave a legacy that is worthy of our children and of future generations -- Christine Gregoire, Gov. of Washington
Hour One - Is health care reform beginning and will it satisfy progessives? Ron Pollock Executive Director, Families USA www.familiesusa.org
Friday 4 June '10 show notes
Jun. 8, 2010 6:46 amBy SueN- Show live from the United Nations, New York City.
- Guests:
- Senator Bernie Sanders, (I-VT) spends the hour with Thom discussing the issues and answering listener questions.
- Nick Birnback, Chief of the Peacekeeping Public Affairs Section of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations.
Was the Oil Industry the No Tell Motel?
Jun. 7, 2010 7:42 amBy louisehartmannAs the president again visited the Gulf, reports that come up that President Obama was first briefed in April on how bad the spill would be and how difficult it would be to plug the hole. Largely Republican critics have pummeled President Obama for being too slow to seize the political responsibility for combating the BP oil spill in the Gulf Coast, now widely thought to be the worst environmental disaster in U.S. history.
Daily Topics - Monday - June 7th 2010
Jun. 7, 2010 7:14 amBy louisehartmannQuote: "When people refuse to obey, then democracy comes alive." Howard Zinn
Welcome! to our latest Thom Hartmann Program radio affiliate...WCWP 88.1 FM on Long Island airing all three hours of the program starting today!
Thursday 3 June '10 show notes
Jun. 7, 2010 6:34 amBy SueN- Show live from Dial Global studios, New York.
- Guests:
- Dr. Riki Ott, marine toxicologist and former commercial salmon fisher in Alaska, author of “Not One Drop: Betrayal and Courage in the Wake of the Exxon Valdez Spill".
- Trent Lange, Campaign Chair, Yes on Prop 15 - California Fair Elections Act.