Al Gore spoke on "An Inconvenient Truth". Thom introduced the event. His big carry home message was that we're screwed if we don't do something fast and there are things we can do.

The environment, alternative energy, and the jobs it would create.

Jeff in Denver, Colorado asked Thom: "Listening to your guest and listening to other Objectivists and Libertarians, they seem to be very much against rules, yet there are some rules where they adhere to more than anybody. I'd be very curious, because they keep saying, 'That's not right', what are those things, you know, what is that fundamentalist thing, what are those fundamental rules that they feel that you can never break? They keep talking about the individual."

They consider themselves great American patriots. They love this country just as much as you and I do. Their vision of how it should be is different than ours - their rationale and their reasons are different than ours - but they think that they are doing the right thing. In fact, they so think that they are doing the right thing, that even if it involves lying to achieve their ends, that the ends justifies the means...

If the Democrats do not win and least one branch of government, there will be no investigations into the high crimes and misdemeanors fo the current administration.

Thom's view of George W. Bush's responses when Brian Williams asked him about the war in Iraq.

Dr. Lewis Mehl-Madrona is a physician, a psychiatrist, a professor of medicine. A Native American, he is the author of books about Native American healing including "Coyote Healing" and "Coyote Wisdom".

"Labor Day is coming up and, you know, Labor Day is the day of the year when were supposed to be reflecting on what's happening to working people: their aspirations, where they are, where we want to go. And I think it's good to spend a minute just analyzing what is happening."

Starting with Nixon's southern strategy in 1972.

Dr. Helen Caldicott is the author of "Nuclear Power Is Not the Answer".

Tom Delay's "Democrats are weak on terror" meme: "They don't want to fight this war on terrorism. If they did Bill Clinton would have led us into the war on terrorism and against Islamic fanatics. Their world view is, 'Can't we all get along? Surely we can talk our way out of this.' And so when we are attacked, their first reaction is to recoil and say, 'This is really horrible. It's too harsh and you can't go after these wonderful people that just killed a bunch of Americans.'

Text of President Bill Clinton's speech at a fundraiser for Congressman Jim McDermott in Seattle on 31 July 2006. Thom emceed it and played clips from it on his shows.

John Dean, the former council to Richard Nixon, is author of "Conservatives without Conscience".

Sometimes it's useful to revisit your statement of purpose; your charter.

Winona Laduke is an author, environmental advocate, Native American leader and two-time vice presidential candidate with the Green Party. Alternative Energy on Native American lands.