July 08 2008 show notes
Jul. 13, 2008 8:12 pmBy Thom Hartmann A...- What is rational tax policy?
- Guest: Dr. Edgar Browning, professor of economics, Texas A&M University. Author, "Stealing from Each Other: How the Welfare State Robs Americans of Money and Spirit".
- Guest: Roni Deutch, head of the nation's largest tax resolution law firm. Who has a better tax plan - McCain or Obama?
- Taxes, investment.
- Guest: Former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman. Update on his case. Karl Rove has been subpoenaed.
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On the Program - July 11 2008
Jul. 11, 2008 10:32 amBy Thom Hartmann A...Anything Goes! Friday
"Brunch with Bernie" Senator Bernie Sanders www.sanders.senate.gov taking your calls
Jon B. Eisenberg www.eandhlaw.com Topic: FISA - Jon's current case against the Bush Administration for the illegal warrantless wiretapping of Al - Haramain
Event Coming up - Thom is visiting Grand Rapids, MI on July 18th. Come meet Thom from 630p-730p for a booksigning and dinner courtesy of Lannings Catering at the UAW Regional Offices.
On the Program - July 10 2008
Jul. 10, 2008 9:49 amBy Thom Hartmann A...Hour One - Bishop Harry Jackson www.thetruthinblackandwhite.com Topic: Dilemma for black conservative voters...vote with their race or their faith?
Hour Two - Tom Hayden www.tomhayden.com Topic: election, politics, progressive issues and his books
Hour Three - Christy Harvey www.americanprogress.org Topic: News under the Radar
July 18th - Grand Rapids, MI - Thom broadcasts from affiliate WTKG...then 6:30-7:30pm, booksigning & dinner buffet courtesy of Lanning's Catering at the UAW Regional Offices
July 07 2008 show notes
Jul. 9, 2008 7:26 pmBy Thom Hartmann A...- How badly will the conservatives destroy America before Obama becomes President?
- Guest: Allison Kasic, Independent Women's Forum. Does overturning DC's gun ban "empower women?"
- Guest: Barry Siegel. Author, "Claim of Privilege".
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On the Program - July 9th 2008
Jul. 9, 2008 9:06 amBy Thom Hartmann A...Hour One - Jonah Goldberg www.jonahgoldberg.net Topic: Thom is challenging Jonah who is saying Obama's National Service plan is Slavery.
Hour Two - Howard Ruff www.rufftimes.com Topic: "How to Prosper During the Coming Bad Years In The 21st Century"
Hour Three - "Everything You Know is Wrong" Stephen Cass www.discovermagazine.com Topic: Surprise: NYC Air amy be healthier than you think.
On the Program - July 8th 2008
Jul. 8, 2008 10:09 amBy Thom Hartmann A...Hour One - Dr. Edgar Browning www.econweb.tamu.edu/profInfo.asp?id=8 Topic: Thom is challenging Dr Browning on his new book "Stealing From Each Other" and why he thinks Obama's economic plan will cost America it's future
Hour Two - Roni Deutch www.ronideutch.com Topic: Thom and Roni debate who has a better tax plan - McCain or Obama?
Hour Three - Former Governor, State of Alabama Don Siegelman www.donsiegelman.org
July 04 2008 show notes
Jul. 7, 2008 5:23 pmBy Thom Hartmann A...- This was a "best of" show.
- Welcome to new affiliate 92.1 The MIC, Madison.
- Guest: Reverend Dr. Jesse Lee Peterson, Brotherhood Organization of a New Destiny. What Role is Race going to play in the presidential campaign?
- Profits over Humanity - How low can we go? (transcript)
- Guest: Frank Gaffney, Center for Security Policy. Should individuals convicted of terrorist acts against America get the death penalty?
- Guest: Rich Trumka, Secretary-Treasurer of the AFL-CIO. AFL-CIO Working Families to McCain: Actions Speak Louder than Words.
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July 03 2008 show notes
Jul. 7, 2008 5:04 pmBy Thom Hartmann A...- This was a "best of" show.
- Guest: Stephen P. Halbrook, Research Fellow, The Independent Institute. Supreme Court second amendment case.
- Guest: Anthony Romero, National ACLU Executive Director. Their largest civil rights and liberties fundraising campaign in history.
- Guest: Carrie Lukas, Vice President for Policy and Economics, Independent Women's Forum. Will deregulating the health care industry turn it into the wild, wild west?
- Guest: CNS Editor-in-Chief Terence Jeffrey. Drilling for oil. Transport.
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- This was a "best of" show.
July 02 2008 show notes
Jul. 7, 2008 10:16 amBy Thom Hartmann A...- Marc Maron guest hosted the show today.
- Guest: Sarah Posner, American Prospect. Author, "God's Profits: Faith, Fraud, and the Republican Crusade for Values Voters".
- The framing of what Barack Obama is saying about his faith-based ideas.
- Do Republicans want Obama to inherit the mess that the country is in rather than McCain?
- Guest: Elizabeth Royte. Author, "Bottlemania: How Water Went on Sale and Why We Bought It".
- Guest: "Planet Bush Bureau Chief Lawton Smalls" (Kent Jones).
- Guest: James Wolcott, Vanity Fair. Author, "Attack Poodles and Other Media Mutants: The Looting of the News In a Time of Terror".
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On the Program - July 7th 2008
Jul. 7, 2008 10:09 amBy Thom Hartmann A...Quote: When a whole nation is roaring Patriotism at the top of its voice, I am fain to explore the cleanness of its hands and purity of its heart. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Hour One - How badly will the conservatives destroy America before Obama becomes President?
Hour Two - Allison Kasic www.iwf.com Topic: Does overturning DC's gun ban "empower women?" And, is the Fair Pay Act unfair?
Hour Three - Barry Siegel www.barry-siegel.com Topic: His new book "Claim of Privilege" uncovering the foundation of the "States Secret Privilege" now used frequently by the Bush Admin