What Would Machiavelli Do? The Big Lie Lives On

There is nothing new about the Swift Boat ads. German filmmaker Fritz Kippler, one of Goebbels’ most effective propagandists, once said that two steps were necessary to promote a Big Lie so the majority of the people in a nation would believe it. The first was to reduce an issue to a simple black-and-white choice [...]

Written on August 25, 2004 | Posted in Democracy/Politics | Comments Off| Read More »

Transcript: Dennis Weaver. Aug 24th 2004

Thom and the late Dennis Weaver discuss ecolonomics.
 

Written on August 24, 2004 | Posted in Radio Show, Transcripts | Comments Off| Read More »

Ralph Nader: Let The Voter Beware

The frauds and deceptions of the Bush administration are legion and, sadly, to be expected, based on the Bush family’s past (from sweetheart business deals going back to WWII, to smearing John McCain in South Carolina in 2000, to lying to the American people just before the election of 2002 about the threats Iraq posed). [...]

Written on August 5, 2004 | Posted in Democracy/Politics | Comments Off| Read More »

How I Came to Write “What Would Jefferson Do?”

Book by Thom Hartmann
Originally published at buzzflash.com on August 5, 2004.

Written on August 4, 2004 | Posted in Books | Comments Off| Read More »