Seth Berenzweig joins Thom Hartmann. State prisons everywhere are up for sale - or least thats what the Corrections Corporation of America wants. Is this desire signaling the doomsday scenario for capitalism in America?

Thom Hartmann vs. Andrew Moylan, National Taxpayers Union. Republicans - like any in government - are supposed to follow the principles of the Constitution. So why are they following the actions and words of a tax-loathing billionaire instead?

Obamacare may be in place for our nation - but something is still missing. What piece of the puzzle is still out of place - and how can we fix it?

Richard La Ruina, Pick Up Artist Training (PUA) joins Thom Hartmann. Tomorrow is Valentine's Day and men everywhere will be left to suffer through the day alone. But do they really need to be - or can a man get any woman he wants?

Greg Palast, investigative journalist joins Thom Hartmann. Is it really Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum battling it out for the GOP nod. Or are the Koch brothers, Shelly Adelson, and Foster Friess really fighting for power?

David Selig, Conservative Commentator joins Thom Hartmann. Despite the recent mortgage settlement deal - struggling American homeowners are still screwed. Questions are still swirling around last week's mortgage fraud settlement that forced the five biggest mortgage lenders in America to cough up 26 billion bucks to pay for their high crimes in the robosigning scandal. In exchange - the banks are off the hook for future investigations into at least the robosigning part of the massive foreclosure fraud scandal. That's not so bad - but many are questioning the $26 billion figure and whether it's fair. Even worse - a lot of that $26 billion dollars that is supposed to go toward helping struggling homeowners - won't go to homeowners at all. Instead - for example - America's most hated - and on the verge of recall - Governor - Scott Walker - plans to use the money to plug budget holes created by his tax cuts for rich people and corporations. Wisconsin homeowners are supposed to get more than $31 million bucks from the settlement - but Walker is peeling $25 million off the top of it to cover general state expenses. Democratic Governor Jay Nixon is planning to do the same thing with the settlement funds in his home state of Missouri. So how are homeowners once again getting a raw deal - while the banks - once again - make off like bandits...literally?

How will the Budgetary Battle Shakeout? Professor Max Fraad Wolff, Economist/Instructor, New School University joins Thom Hartmann. So, with radical Republicans on one side and President Obama on the other side - how might this budgetary battle shakeout? And what does it mean for our still very fragile economy?

Every other generation Republicans go insane.

Thom talks Obama's 2013 budget with Economics Professor Max Fraad Wolff. Also discussed: Santorum and his Super PAC billionaire buddy Foster Friess, what the mortgage foreclosure settlement will actually mean for homeowners and Thom's "Daily Take" on the biggest threat to Obamacare...the AMA Cartel.

Richard Fowler, Democratic Strategist, Tony Katz, The Tony Katz Radio Spectacular & Neil McCabe, Human Events Online all join Thom Hartmann. Questions...Are CPAC Conservatives despondent about 2012 Prez choices? Is birth control a Catholic or a Single Payer issue? Is the XL pipeline now a hostage scenario? Is the United States is doubling-down on nuclear power? If conservatives want to change the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America - then what else will they want to change?

Corey Robin, Associate Professor, Political Science-Brooklyn College joins Thom Hartmann. His most recent book is The Reactionary Mind: Conservatism from Edmund Burke to Sarah Palin. Corey Robin walks through the history of conservatism, examining key figures, such as Edmund Burke and Phyllis Schlafly. What makes a Conservative tick? What's at the very heart of the Conservative ideology?

Thom interviews author and political science professor Corey Robin. Tonight's Big Picture Rumble panel discuses the latest from the CPAC Conference, Birth Control and Religious Institutions, the Keystone Pipeline and Prop. 8. In today's "Daily Take" Thom tells why the education gap between the rich and poor is leading to oligarchy.

Corey Robin, Associate Professor, Political Science-Brooklyn College joins Thom Hartmann. His most recent book is The Reactionary Mind: Conservatism from Edmund Burke to Sarah Palin. Corey Robin walks through the history of conservatism, examining key figures, such as Edmund Burke and Phyllis Schlafly. What makes a Conservative tick? What's at the very heart of the Conservative ideology?

Thom interviews Bill Press on his latest book, "The Obama Hate Machine," and talks with National Organization for Marriage co-founder Maggie Gallagher on gay marriage. Also discussed: universal healthcare, Super PACs and Thom's "Daily Take" on Illinois' oppressive 1961 law which makes recording a police officer a crime, punishable by up to 15 years in prison.