Thom Hartmann Presidential Straw Poll 12/20/07
Who would you vote for if the election were held today?
Senator John Edwards 38
Congressman Dennis Kucinich 27
Senator Hilary Clinton 4
Senator Barack Obama 3
Gov. Bill Richardson 2
Senator Chris Dodd 2
Senator Joe Biden 1
Former VP Al Gore 1
Congressman Ron Paul 1
Former Pres. Jimmy Carter 1
The Thom Hartmann Program - Dec 20 2007
Hour One - Cliff Kincaid www.aim.org Topic: Cliff and I will debate if Michael Savage's anti-Muslim statements should be considered "hate" talk or his 1st Amendment right to free speech?
Hour Two - Why are the Republicans stopping some states from saving the environment?
Hour Three - Guest: Naomi Klein www.thenation.com Topic: Guns Beat Green: The Market Has Spoken
Guest: Isaiah Poole www.tompaine.com
Guest: Christy Harvey www.americanprogress.org Topic: News from under the radar
December 18 2007 show notes
- Is the Republican Party's criminal machine starting to become unraveled?
- Look at the federal attorneys who kept their jobs, not those who lost them.
- Video of Don Siegelman on the theft of his election.
- Guest: Senator Chris Dodd, presidential candidate, who filibustered FISA yesterday.
- Last night the House passed an omnibus spending bill.
- Guest: Lawrence Mitchell. Author, "The Speculation Economy: How Finance Triumphed over Industry".
Topics, guests, upcoming events, quotes, links to articles, audio clips, books & bumper music.
Today on the Program - Dec. 19th 2007
Hour One - How do we recover the moral high ground in America Political debate?
Guest: Scott Swett www.tosettherecordstraight.com author of - To Set the Record Straight: How Swift Boat Veterans, POWs and the New Media Defeated John Kerry
Hour Two - Is the use of torture destroying the America the founders fought and died for?
Hour Three - Guest: Bart Jones www.steerforth.com Topic: HUGO! The Hugo Chavez Story from Mud Hut to Perpetual Revolution
December 17 2007 show notes
- Economy rant.
- Are Americans too lazy?
- Sen. Chris Dodd filibustering on FISA today.
- Yesterday was the 234th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party.
- Guest: Jay Inslee, co-author, "Apollo's Fire: Igniting America's Clean Energy Economy".
- Guest: Stewart Acuff, AFLCIO.
Topics, guests, upcoming events, quotes, links to articles, audio clips, books & bumper music.
Transcript: Jay Inslee, "Apollo's Fire". Dec 17th 2007
Thom talked with Congressman Jay Inslee about his new book, "Apollo's Fire: Igniting America's Clean Energy Economy".
Today on the Program - December 18th
Hour One - Is the Republican Party’s criminal activity starting to become unraveled?
Guest: Chris Dodd http://dodd.senate.gov
Topic: FISA and the Filibuster
Guest: Rep. Steve Israel http://israel.house.gov/
Topic: Revealing the Omnibus bill
Hour Two - Guest: Larry Pratt www.gunowners.org
Topic: Larry and I will debate - Should a school principal or teacher carry a concealed gun at school to stop a school massacre?
Hour Three - Guest: Lawrence Mitchell www.bkpub.com
Topic: Lawrence’s book - The Speculation Economy: How Finance Triumphed Over Industry
The Thom Hartmann Program - December 17th 2007
Guests & Topics
December 14 2007 show notes
- "Brunch with Bernie" with Senator Bernie Sanders, Independent of Vermont.
- "Anything goes" Friday.
- Intelligence Authorization Bill.
- Bush's vetoes and threats to veto.
- Calvinism - the belief that those blessed by God with wealth should rule.
- Carbon-Dioxide Levels At 650,000-Year High.
- Debt spending.
Topics, guests, upcoming events, quotes, links to articles, audio clips, books & bumper music.
December 13 2007 show notes
- Guest: Richard E. Ralston, Americans for Free Choice in Medicine. Is mandatory health insurance a crime?
- Guest: Congressman Chris Van Hollen. SCHIP.
- Al Gore on the melting Arctic, the USA's obstructionism.
- Guest: Berkeley Lewis,, Addiction Recovery Professionals Inc.
- Guest: Scott Horton, Harper's magazine. The Don Siegelman case.
- Guest: Jane Hamshire, FireDogLake.
- Guest: Christy Harvey, Director of Strategic Communications, Center for American Progress.
Topics, guests, upcoming events, quotes, links to articles, audio clips, books & bumper music.
December 12 2007 show notes
- Guest: Sam Kazman, CEI. Junk food in schools.
- Guest: Barry Cooper. How not to get busted for drugs.
- Guest: Larry Scott, VA Watchdog.The choice of Peake for VA.
Topics, guests, upcoming events, quotes, links to articles, audio clips, books & bumper music.
The Thom Hartmann Program - Dec 13th 2007
Guests & Topics
December 11 2007 show notes
- Guest: Dr. John G. West, "Darwin Day in America"
- Guest: CNS Editor-in-Chief Terence Jeffrey. Overpopulation.
- Guest: Anthony Romero, Executive Director, ACLU.
Topics, guests, upcoming events, quotes, links to articles, audio clips, books & bumper music.
December 10 2007 show notes
- What is the true nature of America and Americans? Are we a brave people?
- Guest: Dan Gainor, Director of the Business & Media Institute. Recession.
- Guest: Larry Johnson. His blog What Destroyed Torture Tapes?
- Guest: Ajamu Baraka, Executive Director, US Human Rights Network. Racism in the US.
Topics, guests, upcoming events, quotes, links to articles, audio clips, books & bumper music.