Quote of the Day: Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds. -- Herodotus

Hour One: Univision has accepted $80,000 to air GOP ad that tells Latinos not to vote!! Plus the Polluters have bought the Republican Party now.....

Quote of the Day: All of us do not have equal talent, but all of us should have an equal opportunity to develop our talent. -- John F. Kennedy

Hour One: Need to know...does FOX News have blood on their hands and should they remove news from their name? Plus, Labor Segment - How are Unions helping to keep kids engaged in the classroom? Dennis Van Roekel, President of the National Education Association, will be here www.nea.org

The Big Picture on RT with Thom Hartmann. Looking for a better way of life? How about a place with more Fortune 500 companies than the US, China or Japan, not to mention world class health care that costs about half of what we pay? Thom explains why EU Democratic Socialism is beating US capitalism. And during the 2008 presidential Barack Obama drew record crowds of young voters to the polls. But it seems his well of popularity has hit a dry patch. Could MTV be the key to saving the president?

Evidence is mounting that humans are having a profound effect on the health of our planet. A World Wildlife Fund report points out that the world's population - particularly in the industrialized West - is using more resources than our planet can sustain -- 1 ½ times more. And it's getting worse; consumption has doubled in the last 40 years leading to declining animal populations around the globe and a 60% decline in the tr

After being exposed as a Nazi enthusiast, Ohio GOP Congressional hopeful Rich Iott quickly became a national pariah, although the only member of his own party willing to publicly disown him was Eric Cantor, and he only did it when repeatedly pressed by Debbie Wasserman-Schultz on national TV. Now it appears Cantor may have been the one out of line when he denounced “SS Soldier Iott”: the congressional wannabee has gotten thousan

Quote of the Day: Even if one takes every reefer madness allegation of the prohibitionists at face value, marijuana prohibition has done far more harm to far more people than marijuana ever could. -- William F. Buckley, Jr.

Hour One: "Brunch With Bernie" - Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) spends the hour with Thom discussing the issues and answering listener questions www.sanders.senate.gov

In our "Need to Know" news today, President Nicolas Sarkozy may be facing the biggest challenge of his presidency as the month-old protest against so-called pension reform intensifies. An astounding 3 million demonstrators – one in 20 of all French people – marched yesterday against the President's plans to hike up the retirement age from 60 to 62.

The Big Picture, a no-holds-barred talk show created and hosted by Thom Hartmann will appear on RT
Thom Hartmann, bestselling author of Screwed: The Undeclared War Against The Middle Class and We The People: A Call To Take Back America and network radio personality is going into partnership with RT television.

Quote of the Day: "In every religion, there are those who would drape themselves in the mantle of belief and faith only to distort it’s most sacred teachings -- preaching intolerance and resorting to violence." -- Hillary Clinton

Hour One: The French are protesting, why is the American press missing the "cash for geezers" angle?

SHOULD CORPORATIONS DECIDE OUR ELECTIONS?

A CoffeeParty ForumOn Corporate Personhood
Friday, October 15, 2010 All Souls Unitarian Church
7:00 pm—9:00 pm 1157 Lexington Avenue (at 80th St.), NYC

With panelists: Thom Hartmann, Lawrence Lessig, & Zephyr Teachout
Moderated by: Laura Flanders of GRITtv

Republicans are showing their true colors. Rand Paul took a tough line against Bill Clinton on Monday, going after him with a below-the-belt attack focused on Clinton's encounter with White House intern Monica Lewinsky. Responding to Clinton's campaign efforts for his Democratic rival Jack Conway earlier in the day, Rand Paul said, "I'm not sure I would trust a guy who had had sexual relations with an intern.

Quote of the Day: I am in favor of animal rights as well as human rights. That is the way of a whole human being.-- Abraham Lincoln

Hour One: News you need to know - How extreme will the GOP get?

Hour Two: Ayn Rand conservatism at work...should the "private" fire department be sued for allowing pets to die? Thom challenges Don Watkins from the Ayn Rand Institute www.aynrand.org

Quote of the Day: When asked by an anthropologist what the Indians called America before the white man came, an Indian said simply, "Ours." ~Vine Deloria, Jr.

Hour One: Has the Republican Party turned into the old John Birch Society? Plus, how to make change and have fun at the same time! OR State Rep Jefferson Smith, founder of the Oregon Bus Project for hands on democracy, will be here www.jeffersonsmith.com

Quote of the Day: "The time is always right to do what is right." --Martin Luther King Jr.

"Anything Goes on Townhall Fridays!"

Hour One: Brunch With Bernie - Senator Bernie Sanders spends the hour with Thom talking about the issues of the day and taking your calls www.sanders.senate.gov

Hour Two: "Tea & Crackers: How corporate interests and Republican insiders built the Tea Party monster" - Rolling Stone Magazine Investigative Journalist Matt Taibbi will be here www.rollingstone.com