When Democracy Failed – 2005

It started when the government, in the midst of an economic crisis, received reports of an imminent terrorist attack. A foreign ideologue had launched feeble attacks on a few famous buildings, but the media largely ignored his relatively small efforts. The intelligence services knew, however, that the odds were he would eventually succeed.

Written on February 22, 2005 | Posted in Democracy/Politics | Comments Off| Read More »

Transcript: NLP 11. Feb 15 2005

Thom's online class in NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming).
Week 11: Branding. Features without a larger context are irrelevant. Benefits statements without features lack credibility. Identity. Democrats need sense of tribe. LBJ, Martin Luther King, Franklin Roosevelt, Teddy Roosevelt, Thomas Jefferson understood branding.
 

Written on February 15, 2005 | Posted in Radio Show, Transcripts | Comments Off| Read More »

Progressives and Democrats: Assert Your Brand!

Politics is all about branding. And brands are not about issues or details – they’re about identity.

Written on February 10, 2005 | Posted in Democracy/Politics | Comments Off| Read More »

The Alphabet Versus the Goddess: The Conflict Between Word and Image

Book by Leonard Shlain
Review by Thom Hartmann, originally published at buzzflash.com on February 3, 2005.

Written on February 2, 2005 | Posted in Books | Comments Off| Read More »

Transcript: NLP 10. Feb 01 2005

Thom's online class in NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming).
Week 10: President Bush drops the word 'crisis' to characterize Social Security. Branding, logo, identity. What's in it for you or for me? Who am I? Features and benefits. Features without benefits lack relevance, benefits without features lack credibility. Democratic Party identity.
 

Written on February 1, 2005 | Posted in Radio Show, Transcripts | Comments Off| Read More »

Nobles Need Not Pay Taxes

A new aristocracy is taking over not just the United States of America but also the world. … This is more than just a tax cut story. It’s about a fundamental shift in power and wealth from average people and the governments they had formed to represent them, to the capture of those governments and [...]

Written on February 1, 2005 | Posted in Democracy/Politics | Comments Off| Read More »