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Daily Topics - Thursday June 24th, 2010
Jun. 24, 2010 6:43 amBy shawnt56Hour One: Should BP be charged with criminal animal abuse?
Get Ready for The McChrystal Soap Opera
Jun. 23, 2010 7:50 amBy louisehartmannIn calling the top officials of the Obama administration whom he criticized to a Rolling Stone reporter, Gen.
Daily Topics - Wednesday June 23rd, 2010
Jun. 23, 2010 6:52 amBy shawnt56Hour One: Is McChrystal only a symptom of what's really wrong with the war in Afghanistan?
Hour Two: A judge in BP's pocket overturned the President's moratorium on deep sea drilling...how do we get corrupt politicians, judges and corporations out of the energy equation?; Plus, Everything You Know is Wrong...about ants! Author/Adventurer Mark Moffett is here www.adventuresamongants.com
Fremont, Nebraska Goes after Employers...of Illegal Immigrants
Jun. 22, 2010 7:45 amBy louisehartmannFremont, Nebraska, a meat-packing town of about 25,000 people, voted Monday in favor by 57% to banish illegal immigrants from jobs by using a federal database, and rental homes by requiring renters to provide citizenship information to the police and to obtain city occupancy licenses, overturning an earlier decision by city leaders.
Daily Topics - Tuesday June 22nd, 2010
Jun. 22, 2010 6:19 amBy shawnt56Hour One: If we deport 1 liberal for every illegal alien...how many conservatives can we deport for each barrel of oil spilled in the Gulf? Thom challenges Congressman Steve King (R-IA) http://steveking.house.go; Plus, Is what Fox News says true...that the Gulf efforts are failing because of beaurocracy? Congressman Brian Baird has the latest from the Gulf Coast http://baird.house.gov
Corporate Tentacles
Jun. 21, 2010 7:34 amBy louisehartmannRhode Island Democratic Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, just after Rep. Joe Barton's "off the wall" apology to BP, laid out how deeply "corporate tentacles" have reached into our regulatory agencies in Congress. He said, "The scope, the extent, the insidious nature of corporate influence in regulatory agencies of government--this question of regulatory capture--is something we should attend to here.
Will the Internet be Shut Down?
Jun. 18, 2010 8:14 amBy louisehartmannSen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT), along with Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) and Sen. Tom Carper (D-DE), introduced a bill called, The Protecting Cyberspace as a National Asset Act, last week that would permit the President to effectively shut down the internet by emergency decree.
Daily Topics - Friday June 18th, 2010
Jun. 18, 2010 5:48 amBy shawnt56Hour 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
Hours Two and Three: "Anything Goes on Townhall Friday!"
Here's BP by the numbers...
Jun. 17, 2010 7:40 amBy louisehartmannHere's BP by the numbers. Corporate felon BP agreed to pay $20 billion into an escrow account. They will build the fund over 3.5 years with the first payment of $3 billion in the third quarter, and $2 billion in the fourth quarter. Then BP will pay $1.25 billion each quarter until the $20 billion is met.