September 29 2008 show notes
- Guest: Dan Gainor, the T. Boone Pickens Fellow and the Vice President of the Business & Media Institute. The Financial crisis.
- Financial crisis rant.
On the Program - Sep 30th 2008
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On the Program - Sep 29th 2008
Hour One: Dan Gainor www.businessandmedia.org Topic: Thom challenges Dan on why there’s Sarah Palin media blackout? Hour Two: Monetary system expert Andrew Gause www.andygause.com Topic: "Uncle Sam Bails Out Wall Street, Who Bails Out Uncle Sam?" Hour Three: “Labor Segment” Dennis Van Roekel www.nea.org Topic: How do Barack Obama’s and John McCain’s education reforms differ?
The Thom Hartmann Program - Weekly Report Sep 29 - Oct 3 2008
September 29 – October 3 2008 Radio Guest Highlights for the Week
Monday
Guest: Dan Gainor www.businessandmedia.org Topic: Thom challenges Dan on why there’s Sarah Palin media blackout?
Guest: Monetary system expert Andrew Gause www.andygause.com Topic: "Uncle Sam Bails Out Wall Street, Who Bails Out Uncle Sam?"
Guest: “Labor Segment” Dennis Van Roekel www.nea.org Topic: How do Barack Obama’s and John McCain’s education reforms differ?
Tuesday
Guest: Ralph Reed www.ralphreed.com Topic: McCain? Palin? What are Republicans thinking?
Guest: Barbara Comstock www.savetheelection.com Topic: Thom and Barbara debate the Employee Free Choice Act
Guest: Robert Baer www.crownpublishing.com Topic: his book "The Devil We Know: Dealing with the New Iranian Superpower"
Wednesday
Guest: Naomi Klein www.naomiklein.org Topic: The latest "shocks" on the American people...financial crisis, bailout.
Guest: Terry Jeffrey www.cnsnews.com Topic: The issues of the day through the lens of both conservative and liberal
Thursday
Guest: Peggy Noonan Journal and the best selling author of seven books Topic: Thom and Peggy discuss - Is post election unity possible no matter who wins?
Guest: “Taking our Country Back” Robert Hamilton www.roberthamiltonforcongress.com Topic: Running for California's 49th Congressional District...running against Republican Darrell Issa
Guest: Naomi Wolf Topic: Her new book "Give Me Liberty"
Guest: Christy Harvey www.americanprogress.org Topic: News under the Radar
Friday – “Brunch with Bernie” – Senator Bernie Sanders taking your calls
September 26 2008 show notes
- How Wall Street Can Bail Itself Out Without Destroying The Dollar
- "Brunch with Bernie" with Senator Bernie Sanders, Independent of Vermont.
- Guest: Robert Greenwald, Brave New Films. "John McCain's Health Records Must Be Released".
- Should Barack Obama use sound bites?
- What does Sarah Palin think the bailout is about? And what enhances her foreign policy credentials?
Topics, guests, upcoming events, quotes, links to articles, audio clips, books & bumper music.
September 25 2008 show notes
- John McCain stood up David Lettermna, and has a droopy eye. He returned to DC to grandstand the financial crisis.
- Guest: Gloria La Riva, 2008 Presidential Candidate of the Party for Socialism and Liberation.
- Guest: "Taking Our Country Back": Josh Zeitz. Running for Congress for NJ's 4th District against GOP incumbent Chris Smith.
- So what makes people vote Republican?
- Guest: Christy Harvey, Director of Strategic Communications at the Center for American Progress, MicCheckradio.org. "News Under the Radar".
Topics, guests, upcoming events, quotes, links to articles, audio clips, books & bumper music.
September 24 2008 show notes
- The bailout. Do we need to tax speculation now to save us from further economic ruin?
- Guest: CNS Editor-in-Chief Terence Jeffrey. Bailout.
- Guest: Heather Wokusch. US and Pakistan. Europe and economic meltdown.
- Guest: Alex Epstein, Ayn Rand Institute. Alex says democracy is an unjust system, while laissez-faire is the system of justice.
- Guest: "Everything You Know is Wrong": Dr. Rodney Stark. "What Americans Really Believe".
Topics, guests, upcoming events, quotes, links to articles, audio clips, books & bumper music.
On the Program - Sep 25th 2008
Quote: Thetest of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those whohave much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little - Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Hour One - Get ready for Witchy Woman, Spitzer, Strange Eyesand Beauty Queens
Hour Two - GloriaLa Riva www.votepsl.org Topic: What does theSocialist Presidential candidate stand for?
Guest: "Taking Our CountryBack" Josh Zeitz www.joshzeitz.comTopic: Runnning for Congress for NJ's 4th District against GOP incumbent ChrisSmith
Hour Three - ChristyHarvey www.americanprogress.org Topic: News under the Radar
On the Program - Sep 24 2008
Quote: "And to preserve their independence,we must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt. We must make ourelection between economy and liberty, or profusion and servitude." -Thomas Jefferson
September 23 2008 show notes
- The bailout of the banks. People are asking the wrong question.
- Guest: John Berlau, director of the Center for Entrepreneurship at the Competitive Enterprise Institute. The economic crisis.
- Guest: Brad Friedman, Brad Blog. Voter fraud, election fraud.
- Guest: Robert Kuttner, Distinguished Senior Fellow, Demos. "Obama's Challenge".
- Guest: Senator Bernie Sanders, Independent of Vermont. Senator Bernie Sanders suggests we could soon see a Reed-Pelosi-Bush bailout bill, and that this could be the October Surprise, the game-changing event, that ties Barack Obama to George Bush and cuts McCain away from Bush. Transcript. Clip.
- Guest: "Advertiser Success Story": Rosemary Roberts, Communications & Marketing Director for Horwitz, Horwitz & Associates (Chicago lawfirm).
Topics, guests, upcoming events, quotes, links to articles, audio clips, books & bumper music.
Transcript: Bernie Sanders: Wall Street Bailout. 23 September 2008
Senator Bernie Sanders voices his concerns and plans concerning the proposed $700 billion bailout of Wall Street. There's a petition on his site.
September 22 2008 show notes
- Guest: John Fund, author, "Stealing Elections: How Voter Fraud Threatens Our Democracy"
On the Program - Sep 23 2008
Hour One - Barbara Comstock www.savetheelection.comTopic: Thom and Barbara debate the Employee Free Choice Act. Hour Two - John Berlau www.cei.org Topic: Thom is challenging John on his statement about the economic crisis: In capitalism, failure is not a dirty word Guest: Brad Friedman www.BradBlog.com Topic: voter fraud Guest: Senator Bernie Sanders www.sanders.senate.govTopic: Economy...government is giving the store away this week...
Hour Three - Robert Kuttner www.demos.org Topic: new book "Obama's Challenge"
September 16 2008 show notes
- Carl Wolfson guest hosted as Thom flew back from Peru.
- Black Monday.