March 12 2008 show notes
Mar. 12, 2008 6:22 pmBy Thom Hartmann A...- Thom Hartmann is traveling to Darfur, Laura Flanders was guest host today.
- New York Governor Eliot Spitzer is resigning effective from Monday 17 March.
- Guest: Richard Kim, The Nation.
- Guest: Lori Price, manager, Citizens For Legitimate Government.
- The resignation of Admiral Fallon as CENTCOM commander.
- Guest: Congressman Steve Cohen, Tennessee.
- Guest: Richard Belzer.
- Guest: Representative Henry Waxman.
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March 11 2008 show notes
Mar. 12, 2008 1:19 pmBy Thom Hartmann A...- Thom Hartmann is traveling to Darfur, Sam Seder was guest host today.
- Eliot Spitzer prostitute connection. Did they investigate the person rather than the crime?
- Guest: John Gorenfeld, "Bad Moon Rising: How Reverend Moon Created the Washington Times, Seduced the Religious Right and Built an American Kingdom".
- Guest: Scott Horton. Don Siegelman, Eliot Spitzer.
- John McCain and torture.
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March 10 2008 show notes
Mar. 11, 2008 2:13 pmBy Thom Hartmann A...- Thom Hartmann is traveling to Darfur, setting off straight after today's show.
- Guest: Brink Lindsey, Cato Institute, "The Age of Abundance: How Prosperity Transformed America’s Politics and Culture".
- "China admits effect of pressure over Darfur".
- Economy rant.
- Bill Foster won Denny Hastert's seat.
- Fix FISA.
- Guest: Al Parienello, "How the Democrats created poverty in America and are hell-bent on keeping us poor!"
- Guest: Robert Creamer. "Listen to Your Mother: Stand Up Straight: How Progressives Can Win".
- Guest: Terry O'Sullivan, Laborers' International Union of North America.
- Eliot Spitzer Is Linked to a Prostitution Ring.
- Guests hosts while Thom is away.
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On the Program - This week and next - March 11-March 18
Mar. 11, 2008 8:55 amBy Thom Hartmann A...Tuesday March 11 - Air America's Sam Seder filling in for Thom
Wed & Thur March 12 & 13 - Air America's Laura Flanders filling in for Thom
Friday March 14 - Thom is live by Satellite from Darfur
Monday and Tuesday March 17 & 18 - Peter B Collins will be live from the Take Back America Conference filling in for Thom
On the Program - March 10 2008
Mar. 10, 2008 7:22 amBy Thom Hartmann A...Hour One: Brink Lindsey www.cato.org Topic: Thom will be challenging Brink - Why do Conservatives and libertarians want to throw away the abundance that FDR's liberal economic policies brought us?
Hour Two: Al Parienello www.preservetheamericandream.com Topic: Thom will confront Al on his article - "How the Democrats created poverty in America and are hell-bent on keeping us poor!
Hour Three: Robert Creamer www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-creamer Topic: Stand Up Straight: How Progressives can Win
March 07 2008 show notes
Mar. 8, 2008 9:15 pmBy Thom Hartmann A...- "Brunch with Bernie" with Senator Bernie Sanders, Independent of Vermont.
- Guest: Ravi Batra, professor of economics, author of "Greenspan's Fraud".
- What might have actually happened in Ohio and Texas? Tin foil hat required?
- Guest: Nicholas Kristof. Columnist, The New York Times. Darfur.
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March 06 2008 show notes
Mar. 7, 2008 9:01 pmBy Thom Hartmann A...- Guest: Congressman Donald Payne (D-NJ), just back from Darfur.
- Guest: Dr. Ha-Joon Chang, "Bad Samaritans: The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism".
- Why, or why not, should Hillary and Obama embrace each other as running mates?
- Relationship counseling / couples therapy.
- Taking My Country Back: Guest: Bill Foster. Candidate for Congress in the Illinois 14th district.
- Progressive advertising segment: Guest: Dean Cycon, Dean's Beans.
- Guest: Veteran CIA counterterrorism officer Michael Scheuer, "Marching Toward Hell: America and Islam After Iraq".
- Guest: Christy Harvey, Center for American Progress.
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On the Program - March 7th 2008
Mar. 7, 2008 9:30 amBy Thom Hartmann A...Hour One - Guest: "Brunch With Bernie" Senator Bernie Sanders http://sanders.senate.gov
Hour Two - Guest: Professor of economics - Dr. Ravi Batra http://www.ravibatra.com Topic: The state of our economy...recession or slowdown?
Hour Three - Guest: Nicolas Kristof - Columnist, The New York Times http://kristof.blogs.nytimes.com Topic: Darfur
March 05 2008 show notes
Mar. 6, 2008 8:37 pmBy Thom Hartmann A...- The election last night.
- Republicans who followed Rush's suggestion to vote for Hillary lost out.
- Guest: David Sirota. Free trade.
- Guest: DNC Vice Chair Susan Turnbull.
- United Technologies, Diebold, lobbyist.
- Guest: Mia Farrow. Darfur.
- Brattleboro and Marlboro voted to arrest Bush and Cheney.
- Guest: Larry Scott, founder and Editor of VA Watch Dog. Vote Smart - Vote Vet.
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On the Program - March 6th 2008
Mar. 6, 2008 9:25 amBy Thom Hartmann A...Hour One
Guest: Congressman Donald Payne (D-NJ, 10th District)www.house.gov/payne Topic: Darfur trip - "Africa expert" in CongressGuest: Ha-Joon Chang http://www.econ.cam.ac.uk/faculty/chang/index.htm Topic: "Bad Samaritans: The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism"
Hour Two
Guest: Bill Foster - Candidate for Congress in the Illinois 14th district http://www.foster08.com Topic: The special general election is this Saturday…the first opportunity in 2008 for Democrats to flip a congressional seat (Dennis Hastert’s)Hour Three
Guest: Veteran CIA counterterrorism officer Michael Scheuer www.simonsays.com Topic: His experiences as the first Chief of the U.S. Rendition program, his latest book "Marching Toward Hell: America and Islam After Iraq"It's Rush Wot Won It