Radio show transcripts
Transcript: Thom Hartmann talks about the moneychangers in health care, 21 September 2009
Nov. 11, 2009 4:57 am
By SueNThom: Ok, here’s the bottom line. Let me just lay this out as simply as I can. It is not rocket science. It is something that Americans have been living with, and surviving, tolerating, for a long time now, in the United States, and in large part because they didn’t realize. Most Americans don’t realize how it’s done in the rest of the world. Only three percent of Americans have passports. Only about one percent of Americans travel internationally, and most Americans just… And our news is just incredibly Amero-centric, it doesn’t show what’s going on in the rest of the world.
Thom talks to Michael Moore about his new film, "Capitalism: A Love Story", 01 October 2009
Oct. 16, 2009 4:53 amBy SueNThom Hartmann: Greetings my friends, patriots, lovers of democracy, truth and justice, believers in peace, freedom and the American Way. Thom Hartmann here with you, broadcasting live today and tomorrow from Stadtsteinach, Germany, Deutschland. And a little earlier today I had an opportunity to have a conversation with Michael Moore about his new upcoming movie, here it is.
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Thom Hartmann: Michael Moore?
Michael Moore: Yes sir.
Transcript: Thom asks Dr. Andrew Weil, is being 'conservative on health care' the "wrong diagnosis? 21 September 2009
Oct. 16, 2009 2:34 amBy SueNThom Hartmann: And our next guest, one of my personal heroes, Dr. Andrew Weil. The first book of yours, Dr. Weil, that I read was “From Chocolate to Morphine”.
Dr. Andrew Weil: Ah, that’s a long time ago, it’s still in print, and I’m going to do a revised edition soon.
Transcript: Thom asks Rolf Skar, is global warming the cause of wildfires? 10 September 2009
Oct. 16, 2009 12:26 amBy SueNThom Hartmann: Rolf Skar is with us. He’s with Greenpeace, greenpeace.org. A Greenpeace forest campaigner. Hey Rolf, welcome to the show.
Rolf Skar: Hey Thom, glad to be here.
Thom Hartmann: Great to have you with us. In fact, for those of you who are watching our video stream, Rolf is coming in by Skype, and so you can see him. How are you doing Rolf?
Rolf Skar: Doing well today.
Transcript: Thom's Corporate Personhood rant, 09 September 2009
Oct. 8, 2009 3:10 pmBy SueNOkay, let me just lay this out. Back in 1885, January 26th, 1885, Delphin Delmas was the lawyer who had been hired by the county of Santa Clara to argue this case before the Supreme Court. Santa Clara County vs. Southern Pacific Railroad. Prior to that, he had for free on behalf of the county, argued a case which actually led to the saving of the redwoods. There literally would be no redwoods left in the United States were it not for Delphin Delmas, this lawyer. An amazing man.
Transcript: Thom asks Roger Pilon if a corporation should have the rights of a person? 09 September 2009
Oct. 7, 2009 3:50 amBy SueNThom Hartmann: Roger Pilon is with us, from the Cato Institute. He is the Vice President for Legal Affairs, the B. Kenneth Simon Chair in Constitutional Studies, Director at the Center for Constitutional Studies at the CATO Institute, cato.org, of course their web site. And we have been talking about the Citizens United vs. FEC case, the initial arguments were just concluded.
Transcript: Thom talks to Jeff Milchen about the Supreme Court and corporate personhood, 09 September 2009
Oct. 5, 2009 4:12 amBy SueNThom Hartmann: Mind-boggling news. Max Baucus, the wholly-owned appendage of the health insurance industry, apparently has a piece of legislation that is going to be coming out of the Senate Finance Committee. And according to Robert Gibbs, the folks on K Street saw it before the White House did. What a surprise! I would suggest probably the folks on K Street wrote it. In any case there’s a Supreme Court case coming up, Citizens United vs.
Transcript: Thom asks, "why does America have the most sick and twisted healthcare system in the world?" 08 September 2009
Oct. 4, 2009 12:34 pmBy SueNI want to share with you, well really, I want to share with you some insights that Matt Taibbi put together brilliantly over at Rolling Stone, about where we’re at with this healthcare legislation.
Transcript: Thom Hartmann asks, should we give up our rights for the swine flu? 03 September 2009
Oct. 4, 2009 7:40 amBy SueNI want to talk about swine flu because my email load is starting to explode with this. In large part it’s my right wing email load. I’m also, you know, I’m on multiple email lists and you know I’ve got a giant pile of right wing email every day as well as the left wing or liberal email. I would say the average American email. But without getting into that debate.
Transcript: Thom talks to William Gladstone, author of "The Twelve: 12/21/12 A New Beginning" 02 September 2009
Oct. 3, 2009 5:25 pmBy SueNThom Hartmann: Well you know how sometimes you know what you know is right, and sometimes you know what you know is wrong, and sometimes you think you know what you know, and sometimes you think you don’t know what you don’t know, and sometimes what you know you don’t know, you know, all that kind of stuff.
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