July 28 2009 show notes
Quote: “I have the consolation of having added nothing to my private fortune during my public service, and of retiring with hands clean as they are empty.” – Thomas Jefferson.
SHOULD THERE BE A “RIGHT TO RENT” PROGRAM?
Guest: Dean Baker, macro economist and co-director of the Center for Economic Policy Research. New homes sales surge. Thoughts? [...]
July 27 2009 show notes
WHY IS ANDREW J. HALL, HEAD OF CITIGROUP INC.’S TRADING FIRM, THE REAL CRIMINAL IN THE CASE OF THE OBESE TEEN?
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ROBERTS: If your child is obese, morbidly obese in medical terms, are you responsible? Even more, are you criminally responsible?
Well, in the case of Jerri Gray, the state of South Carolina says yes. And take [...]
Transcript: Chris Hedges, “Empire of Illusion”, 21 July 2009
Thom interviews Chris Hedges about his book “Empire of Illusion”, 21 July 2009
Thom: Is the world dying? Is our culture dying? Is this mess one that we have created ourselves? Is this something that is unique to the United States? Is it planet wide? What’s going on here? Chris Hedges, Pulitzer Prize winner, his new [...]
July 24 2009 show notes
“Brunch with Bernie” with Senator Bernie Sanders, Independent of Vermont. His committee passed a bill, not single payer, but public option, putting lots of money into primary health care – more access to doctors, disease prevention, quality control, increasing coverage to tens of millions. The Baucus finance committee is focusing on negotiating with Republicans, none [...]
July 23 2009 show notes
Quote: “Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good conscience, good health, occupation and freedom in all just pursuits.” – Thomas Jefferson.
Article: Iron ore spot prices forge path to $100 By Javier Blas (click on the graphic for [...]
July 22 2009 show notes
Quote: “The grandest of all laws is the law of progressive development. Under it, in the wide sweep of things, men grow wiser as they grow older, and societies better.” – Christian Nevell Bovee.
Article: Conductor dies in aided suicide. He wasn’t dying.
Should you have the right to decide when and how to end your life?
Guest: [...]
Transcript: Marc Goldwein on health care vs. health insurance, 22 July 2009
Thom: The whole issue of health care, this is starting to get very, very complicated, and we’ve got some members of Congress who, obviously we’ve got some members of Congress who are just playing weasel on this. The Republican National Committee has issued a memo saying basically use any means necessary to slow this down, [...]
Transcript: Danny Schecter on Protectionism, 20 July 2009
Thom: And greetings my friends! Patriots, lovers of democracy, truth and justice, believers in peace, freedom and the American Way. Thom Hartmann here with you. Over the weekend Louise and I were back in Michigan, in fact we did our show, those of you that were listening, Friday from Grand Rapids and our affiliate there, [...]
July 21 2009 show notes
Article: “Gates: ‘Iran is the greatest int’l security threat’“.
Article: “Ahmadinejad appoints new nuclear chief“.
Article: “The second Islamic Revolution” by David Horovitz.
Article: “Barak slams criticism of IDF conduct” by Yaakov Katz.
Guest: Jerusalem Post editor David Horovitz, author of “Still Life with Bombers: Israel in the Age of Terrorism” and “A Little Too Close to God [...]
July 20 2009 show notes
Quote: “We [journalists] reached our intellectual adulthood with daily close-ups of the inequality in a nation that was founded on the commitment to equality for all. So we are inclined to side with the powerless rather than the powerful. If that is what makes us liberals so be it, just as long as . . [...]
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