Tuesday 23 February '10 show notes
Feb. 23, 2010 6:13 pmBy SueN- Guests:
- Bruce Judson, author of "It Could Happen Here: America on the Brink".
- Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky.
- Economic expert Marshall Auerback of New Deal 2.0.
- Economic expert Eamonn Fingleton, author of "In the Jaws of the Dragon".
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Daily Topics - February 23, 2010
Feb. 23, 2010 8:44 amBy LouiseQuote: "An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics." -- Plutarch
Hour One - Does the economy suck so bad that people are dying at yellow lights and walking away from their mortgages?
Wall Street bonuses were up 17 percent to over $20 billion in 2009!!
Feb. 23, 2010 8:37 amBy LouiseAccording to New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli, “Wall Street bonuses were up 17 percent to over $20 billion in 2009, the year taxpayers bailed out the financial sector after its meltdown.
Monday 22 February '10 show notes
Feb. 23, 2010 3:22 amBy SueN- Guests:
- UAW Vice President Bob King.
- Topics:
- How badly is the middle class screwed, is Joe Stack a symptom of it and is Obama going to fix it?
- What does privacy mean to you and is Orwell's 1984 here?
- When is organized labor going to get serious about demanding protectionism like China and Japan?
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Transcript: Thom Hartmann asks Herb Boyd about Haiti. 08 Dec '09.
Feb. 22, 2010 4:57 pmBy SueNThom Hartmann: Professor Herb Boyd is with us, he’s with FreeSpeechTv, he’s a special correspondent for Free Speech TV, an activist, a journalist, a teacher, managing editor at Blackworld today, author of 19 books. His most recent is "Pound for Pound, the life and times of Sugar Ray Robinson." Website, FSTV, actually it’s FreeSpeech.org, and professor Herb Boyd, welcome to our program.
Herb Boyd: How are you Thom?
Transcript: Thom Hartmann asks Marc Morano, is climate change just a big "left wing conspiracy" or will it end all life as we know it? 08 Dec '09.
Feb. 22, 2010 4:51 pmBy SueNThom Hartmann: Copenhagen is ongoing, global warming is ongoing, global climate deterioration. Senator James Inhofe coming out today with a pretty bad distortion of this. This is pretty amazing. This morning on CNN's American Morning, to discuss the Copenhagen climate change conference, James Inhofe says, “And just this morning the meteorologists, one of the groups, has said that they’re changing their position.” Right.
Transcript: Thom Hartmann talks to Congressman Peter DeFazio about Glass-Steagall and the banksters. 08 Dec '09.
Feb. 22, 2010 4:46 pmBy SueNThom Hartmann: On the line with us, one of my favorite legislators, I think one of the genuinely honest men in Washington DC, congressman Peter DeFazio of my state of Oregon, representing the 4th district here. Congressman DeFazio, welcome to the program.
Peter DeFazio: Thanks Thom.
Transcript: Thom Hartmann asks Carrie Lukas, are our legislators actually now working on Medicare Part E - Everybody? 08 Dec '09.
Feb. 22, 2010 4:38 pmBy SueNThom Hartmann: With me is Carrie Lukas, the Vice President of the Independent Women's Forum and Vice President of Policy and Economics at the Independent Women’s Forum. And Carrie welcome back to our show.
Carrie Lukas: Hey, thank you so much for having me on.
Daily Topics - Monday - February 22 2010
Feb. 22, 2010 8:57 amBy LouiseQuote: "The best political community is formed by citizens of the middle class." -- Aristotle, Politics
Hour One - Obama Healthcare?