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Feb. 25, 2011 7:38 am
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Hour One: Latest from the trenches...War on Labor - John Nichols, The Nation Magazine
Hour Three: What were TSA screeners thinking?! Alaska State Rep. Sharon Cissna
Two children died in a fire in Philadelphia on Tuesday – and budget cuts could be to blame
Feb. 24, 2011 11:35 am
By louisehartmann
Two children died in a fire in Philadelphia on Tuesday – and budget cuts could be to blame. In an effort to cut spending – the city of Philadelphia “browned out” – or closed some of it’s fire stations for a day. One of those fire stations that were closed was Engine 61 – and it just so happened to be the nearest company to the fire that killed those two children – and thus would have been first on the scene. As local firefighter Mike Daily Topics - Thursday February 24th, 2011
Feb. 24, 2011 10:03 amBy shawnt56You pick the music week 2 - send us your favorite Labor songs!
Hour One: Latest on the war on Labor - Jon Nichols, The Nation Magazine
This political battle has the Koch brother’s fingerprints all over it....
Feb. 23, 2011 11:18 amBy louisehartmann
Yesterday – we reported about a little known provision in Governor Walker’s anti-union bill that would allow the state to sell of publicly owned power plants to private industries if it’s “in the best interests of the state.” That provision could allow Walker to sell off power plants to one of his top political contributors – Koch Industries – and give the Koch brothers a vertical monopoly on electricity in the state – owning the production, diWisconsin Governor Scott Walker answers his master's call
Feb. 23, 2011 9:26 am
By SueNThis from copied with permission (and at the request of): www.buffalobeast.com - after they put it up, their site was hacked down, so they asked us to repost it here - this is entirely their ariticle/editorial content.
We cannot attest to it's veracity here at Thom Hartmann, but it sounds real. Mother Jones and Huffington Post are now all over the story, so its accuracy/reality or lack thereof will come out quickly...
Daily Topics - Wednesday February 23rd, 2011
Feb. 23, 2011 7:44 amBy shawnt56You pick the music week 2 - send us your favorite Labor songs!
Hour One: Was Governor Scott Walker "punked?" Ian Murphy - The Buffalo Beast / Plus, Is the war for middle America about to turn hot? John Nichols - The Nation Magazine
Could be the beginning of the end for our Democracy?
Feb. 22, 2011 11:00 amBy louisehartmann
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker told the media yesterday and again this morning that he is unwilling to compromise on his so-called “budget repair” proposal that limits state workers’ collective bargaining rights – essentially destroying their union. In response, the state capital in Madison has been the scene of a weeklong protest against Governor Walker and Republican state lawmakers. 14 Democratic state Senators who fled Wisconsin toDaily Topics - Tuesday February 22nd, 2011
Feb. 22, 2011 8:09 amBy shawnt56Click here to request your favorite anti-war song!
Hour One: If Wisconsin busts the Unions, is it the beginning of the end of Democracy? John Nichols, The Nation Magazine
Hour Two: Why is America in decline? Victor Davis Hanson
Hour Three: Is Mark Williams the trickster? Mark Williams
What will the world look like in 2050?
Feb. 21, 2011 12:47 pmBy louisehartmann
What will the world look like in 2050? Well – according to scientists attending a conference yesterday with the American Association for the Advancement of Science – the planet will be “unrecognizable.” With a population over 9 billion by then – we’ll have to produce more food in the next 40 years than has been produced in the last 8,000 years. And as income in the developing world is supposed to increase – more people will be eatingDaily Topics - Monday February 21st, 2011
Feb. 21, 2011 6:45 amBy shawnt56Hour One: From the trenches...Wisconsin's war on labor continues - John Nichols, The Nation Magazine
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