Who Does our Economy Serve?
Aug. 2, 2010 7:14 amBy louisehartmannEd Luce with The Financial Times’ has documented the “crisis of middle-class America.” He notes the “median wage stagnation” that has hit most American families, and writes, “the annual incomes of the bottom 90 per cent of US families have been essentially flat since 1973....That means most Americans have been treading water for more than a generation.” At the same time, the Financial Times notes, America's CEOs have seen their compens
Daily Topics - Monday August 2nd, 2010
Aug. 2, 2010 6:46 amBy shawnt56Quote of the Day: What a country calls its vital economic interests are not the things which enable its citizens to live, but the things which enable it to make war. Gasoline is much more likely than wheat to be a cause of international conflict. -- Simone Weil (1909-1943)
Hour One: How do we live in America after the American Dream has died?
Transcript: Thom Hartmann riffs on stories, 21 July '10.
Aug. 1, 2010 4:33 pmBy SueNThom Hartmann: Welcome back to our program. Alan Grayson, congressman Alan Grayson will be here shortly, he got called off to a vote. But first I want to talk about stories. The importance of stories. We just, you know, we were just talking to Dan Gainor in the last hour. You get a sense of the stories that he tells himself about the world. I think many of you are familiar with the stories that I tell myself about the world.
Friday 30 July '10 show notes
Aug. 1, 2010 6:00 amBy SueN- Guests:
- Senator Bernie Sanders, (I-VT).
- Dr. Mike Newcomb, host of the Mike Newcomb Show on 1480 KPHX in Phoenix.
- Topics:
- "Brunch With Bernie"
- The latest on the Arizona immigration law protests
- Bumper Music:
- Dig, Incubus.
- Guests:
Thursday 29 July '10 show notes
Aug. 1, 2010 4:59 amBy SueN- Guests:
- Former Reagan White House political director and author Jeffrey Lord.
- Dr. Judith Reisman, scientific advisor for the California Protective Parents Association; author of several books including her latest "Sexual Sabotage".
- Julie Gunlock of the Independent Women's Forum.
- Guests:
Wednesday 28 July '10 show notes
Aug. 1, 2010 4:12 amBy SueN- Guests:
- Sheriff Joe Arpaio
- Maria Elena Durazo, Los Angeles County Federation of Labor (AFL-CIO), leading 550 union members to Phoenix Thursday to protest new immigration law SB 1070, scheduled to go into effect July 29.
- Sheriff Clarence Dupnik, Pima County.
- Guests:
Tuesday 27 July '10 show notes
Aug. 1, 2010 3:23 amBy SueN- Guests:
- Filmmaker/director/activist/founder of Brave New Films Robert Greenwald.
- Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL, 9th District).
- U.S. Congressman Peter DeFazio (D-OR, 4th district).
- Curtis Dubay of the Heritage Foundation.
- Guests:
Monday 26 July '10 show notes
Aug. 1, 2010 2:18 amBy SueN- Guests:
- Former CIA analyst Ray McGovern
- Doug Cunningham of Worker's Independent News.
- Dr. George Watson, President of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons.
- Suspense writer Lisa Gardner.
- Guests:
From Global Warming to Goldman Sachs - It's all about the Money
Jul. 30, 2010 7:34 amBy louisehartmannFrom Global Warming to Goldman Sachs - It's all about the money. Flooding from extreme rains has killed at least 313 people in Pakistan and killed 29 people and displaced more than 254,000 in northeast China. Forest fires due to Russia’s most intensive heatwave in history killed 18 people, and Japan’s worst heat wave has killed 66 people. But wait, there's more....the U.S.