• How do we recover the moral high ground in America Political debate?
• Guest: Scott Swett, "To Set The Record Straight: How Swift Boat Veterans, POWs and the New Media Defeated John Kerry".
• Campaign Finance reform.
• Is the use of torture destroying the America the founders fought and died for?
• The purpose of torture.
• Guest: Bart Jones. Author, “Hugo!”: The Hugo Chavez Story From Mud Hut To Perpetual Revolution.

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Who would you vote for if the election were held today?

Senator John Edwards 38

Congressman Dennis Kucinich 27

Senator Hilary Clinton 4

Senator Barack Obama 3

Gov. Bill Richardson 2

Senator Chris Dodd 2

Senator Joe Biden 1

Former VP Al Gore 1

Congressman Ron Paul 1

Former Pres. Jimmy Carter 1

Hour One - Cliff Kincaid www.aim.org Topic: Cliff and I will debate if Michael Savage's anti-Muslim statements should be considered "hate" talk or his 1st Amendment right to free speech?

Hour Two - Why are the Republicans stopping some states from saving the environment?

Hour Three - Guest: Naomi Klein www.thenation.com Topic: Guns Beat Green: The Market Has Spoken

Guest: Isaiah Poole www.tompaine.com

Guest: Christy Harvey www.americanprogress.org Topic: News from under the radar

• Is the Republican Party's criminal machine starting to become unraveled?
• Look at the federal attorneys who kept their jobs, not those who lost them.
• Video of Don Siegelman on the theft of his election.
• Guest: Senator Chris Dodd, presidential candidate, who filibustered FISA yesterday.
• Last night the House passed an omnibus spending bill.
• Guest: Lawrence Mitchell. Author, "The Speculation Economy: How Finance Triumphed over Industry".

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Hour One - How do we recover the moral high ground in America Political debate?
Guest: Scott Swett www.tosettherecordstraight.com author of - To Set the Record Straight: How Swift Boat Veterans, POWs and the New Media Defeated John Kerry

Hour Two - Is the use of torture destroying the America the founders fought and died for?

Hour Three - Guest: Bart Jones www.steerforth.com Topic: HUGO! The Hugo Chavez Story from Mud Hut to Perpetual Revolution

Thom Hartmann interviews Senator Chris Dodd on the FISA filibuster - 12/18/07

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• Economy rant.
• Are Americans too lazy?
• Sen. Chris Dodd filibustering on FISA today.
• Yesterday was the 234th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party.
• Guest: Jay Inslee, co-author, "Apollo's Fire: Igniting America's Clean Energy Economy".
• Guest: Stewart Acuff, AFLCIO.

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Hour One - Is the Republican Party’s criminal activity starting to become unraveled?

Guest: Chris Dodd http://dodd.senate.gov
Topic: FISA and the Filibuster

Guest: Rep. Steve Israel http://israel.house.gov/
Topic: Revealing the Omnibus bill

Hour Two - Guest: Larry Pratt www.gunowners.org
Topic: Larry and I will debate - Should a school principal or teacher carry a concealed gun at school to stop a school massacre?

Hour Three - Guest: Lawrence Mitchell www.bkpub.com
Topic: Lawrence’s book - The Speculation Economy: How Finance Triumphed Over Industry

Guests & Topics

Thom Hartmann 12-12-07 debates Sam Kazman www.cei.com

• "Brunch with Bernie" with Senator Bernie Sanders, Independent of Vermont.
• "Anything goes" Friday.
• Intelligence Authorization Bill.
• Bush's vetoes and threats to veto.
• Calvinism - the belief that those blessed by God with wealth should rule.
• Carbon-Dioxide Levels At 650,000-Year High.
• Debt spending.

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• Guest: Richard E. Ralston, Americans for Free Choice in Medicine. Is mandatory health insurance a crime?
• Guest: Congressman Chris Van Hollen. SCHIP.
• Al Gore on the melting Arctic, the USA's obstructionism.
• Guest: Berkeley Lewis,, Addiction Recovery Professionals Inc.
• Guest: Scott Horton, Harper's magazine. The Don Siegelman case.
• Guest: Jane Hamshire, FireDogLake.
• Guest: Christy Harvey, Director of Strategic Communications, Center for American Progress.

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• Guest: Sam Kazman, CEI. Junk food in schools.
• Guest: Barry Cooper. How not to get busted for drugs.
• Guest: Larry Scott, VA Watchdog.The choice of Peake for VA.

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