Kick the Oil Barons out of our Government!
A new report by the Department of Energy claims the United States has enough existing renewable energy to supply 80% of the nation’s electricity use by 2050. This is the largest study to date regarding our nation’s renewable energy capacity. But it’s reminiscent of a 1978 White House report during the Carter Administration that suggested the United States could become a “solar society” by the year 2020. Unfortunatel
Daily Topics - Thursday June 21st, 2012
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Hour One: Holder in contempt...why wasn't Karl Rove arrested?
Hour Two: The defenders of patriarchy have lashed out again... / Plus Geeky Science Rocks - Scared grasshoppers show a world more complicated
Hour Three: Obamacare...how much does it cost to bring down a president? Congressman Alan Grayson (D-FL)
Daily Topics - Wednesday June 20th, 2012
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Hour One: The outrageous conspiracy theory about guns behind 'Fast & Furious'
Hour Two: The debt connection...student loans & for profit colleges - Stephen DeMaura, Americans for Job Security
Hour Three: What to expect when you're electing...
Can You Hear the Giant Sucking Sound?
The U.S. call center industry has lost 500,000 jobs over the last six years thanks to corporations like Bank of America, Well Fargo, and T-Mobile outsourcing Americans jobs to foreign countries where they can exploit low-wage workers.
JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon's kabuki theater was back on Capitol Hill Tuesday
JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon starred in another dog and pony show on Capitol Hill Tuesday – this time appearing before the House Financial Services Committee. While receiving some tough questions from Democrats on the Committee who aren’t as dependent on Wall Street money, Dimon was once again given a free pass by Republicans who rely on Dimon for campaign cash.
Daily Topics - Tuesday June 19th, 2012
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Hour One: Republicans find another union to bust / Plus, Romney campaign carnival caravan hits Wisconsin - John Nichols, The Nation Magazine / And, Victory in Tucson AZ! Ben Bosley, Tucson United & Move to Amend
Austerity is losing momentum in Europe
Yes, the Conservative New Democracy Party finished first in the Greek elections Sunday, but it was not a democratic endorsement of the current austerity regime wrecking Europe. Looking at the polls, anti-austerity parties actually nabbed 52% of the vote in Sunday’s elections – and the far-left SYRIZA Party has doubled its share of the vote since May, garnering enough enthusiastic support that it can continue to push the new Greek coaliti
Daily Topics - Monday June 18th, 2012
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Hour One: Special edition - "Brunch With Bernie" - Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) takes your calls
Hour Two: 40th anniversary of the Watergate break-in - John Dean
Hour Three: LA ok to fund religious schools until other religions showed up
The situation in Greece is still unresolved
The pro-austerity New Democracy party edged out the anti-austerity SYRIZA party in Sunday’s Greek Parliamentary elections. However – New Democracy didn’t pick up enough seats to a have a majority in government and thus must cobble together a coalition government with other parties. But the SYRIZA party – which came in second and is staunchly opposed to more austerity, has rejected calls from New Democracy to form a coalition govern
Daily Topics - Friday June 15th, 2012
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Anything Goes on Townhall Friday
Hour One: Koch Brothers Exposed - Robert Greenwald, Brave New Films, takes your calls
This weekend in Europe it's democracy vs. bankster austerity
The world will be focused on Europe this weekend where voters hit the polls on Sunday to determine the fate of the banksters’ austerity regime. Already – central banks around the world are preparing for a liquidity crisis next week should Greece’s far-left SYRIZA Party, which has pledged to break Greece’s current bailout agreement with the EU, win and investors around the world panic.
Elections will also be held in France, which j
Daily Topics - Thursday June 14th, 2012
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Hour One: What kind of couples counseling do Obama and Progressives need?
Hour Two: Should unborn babies be tested for 3500 genetic faults? Mark Williams / Plus, Geeky Science - diet sodas may confuse the brain's calorie counters
Hour Three: Get your questions on the economy ready for Dr. Ravi Batri
The United States ranks 88th on the Global Peace Index
According to a new study by the Institute for Economics and Peace – the world is getting more peaceful – but the United States is still a pretty violent place to live. The just released 2010 Global Peace Index ranks the nations of the world based on how peaceful they are – taking into consideration prison populations, political instability, wars, and military expenditures.
Daily Topics - Wednesday June 13th, 2012
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Hour One: Why Mitt Romney is lying...
Hour Two: New Indiana law allows citizens to shoot police officers - Dr. John Lott, "Debacle"
Hour Three: Fascism...it can happen here
Is President Obama drinking the Thomas Friedman, one world, so-called "Free Trade" Kool-Aid?
Currently – the President is working on a new Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact to open up trading markets with eight Pacific nations. This morning – a critical document outlining new provisions in this trade deal was leaked – revealing the President stands behind giving foreign transnational corporations' unprecedented power to abuse American workers, pollute our environment, and destabilize our markets.
Under the agreem