2009 December | Thom Hartmann

Bend Over….

According to the upcoming New York Times Magazine, during the time of the tough negotiations over executive compensation headed by pay czar Kenneth Feinberg, Wall Street had an ally – in both the Treasury Department and the New York Federal Reserve. No one fought harder, though, than CFO David Herzog, who threatened to leave the firm if [...]

Daily Topics – Thursday December 31 2009

Hour One - As we watch…before our very eyes…Barack Obama is transforming himself into Bill Clinton
Hour Two - We need to fund the FBI not the TSA! Plus, Thom reveals his new year’s resolution…what’s yours?
Geeky Science Rocks – you’ll never believe what could help cure hospital viruses like MRSA!
Hour Three - Are we in for a double dip [...]

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Monday 28 December ‘09 show notes

KPOJ’s Carl & Christine fill in for Thom.
Guests:

Former managing director at Goldman Sachs, Nomi Prins, author of “It Takes A Pillage”
Journalist/author Sasha Abramksy.

Topics:

The attempted Christmas flight bombing, and calls for profiling.
Are we on the verge of another banking meltdown and would a new bill bringing back Glass-Steagall prevent it?
“Inside Obama’s Brain”

Bumper Music:

Brand New Day, Sting [...]

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Daily Topics – Wednesday December 30th 2009

Warm Welcome to our newest radio station KWAI 1080 AM in Honolulu, HI (where it’s expected to be 82 degrees today!!)
Hour One - Are we asking the wrong question about how to stop terrorism?
Plus – What makes someone like Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab become a terrorist? Nasir El Rufai, former Nigerian VP and current opposition leader www.hks.harvard.edu/about/giving/masonat50/profiles/el-rufai
Hour Two - Why are [...]

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Please Help the Salem Children’s Village If You Can…

Back in 1978, Louise and I started a community for abused children, the New England Salem Children’s Village, on Stinson Lake in Rumney, New Hampshire. A decade later we added a school to the property, the Hunter School, for ADHD kids. Both are 501(c)3 charities and all contributions are tax-deductible. And both are doing wonderful [...]

Written on December 29, 2009 | Posted in Live Blog | Comments Off| Read More »

Sen Jim DeMint – Terrorists or Unions?

The TSA – which keeps us safe from airplane bombers – is without a director. Why would one of our most vital security agencies be headless? Well, it’s actually quite simple. President Obama nominated a very highly qualified candidate, former FBI special agent Erroll Southers, but Southers has expressed his support for federal employees being [...]

Written on December 29, 2009 | Posted in Live Blog, Thom's Blog | 30 Comments| Read More »

Transcript: Thom Hartmann asks Howard Bloom, is global capitalism on its last legs? 3 Dec ‘09

Thom Hartmann: Well, you know, sometimes you know what you know and sometimes you know what you don’t know and sometimes well, sometimes even as the Firesign Theater is fond of noting, everything you know is wrong. “You know that you’re wrong, but you fear you’re right! You suspect you’re out of sync. You think [...]

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Limousine Conservatives at it Again….

Republican Sen. Jim DeMint has used the attempted attack on a airplane bound for Detroit to go after working-class Americans. He told Fox News’ Chris Wallace on Sunday, “We have to outthink the terrorists and when we formed the airport security system, we realized we could not use collective bargaining and unionization because of that [...]

Written on December 28, 2009 | Posted in Thom's Blog | 8 Comments| Read More »

Highlights on the Show…December 28, 2009 – January 1, 2010

Monday

Hour Two: Are we on the verge of another banking meltdown and would a new bill bringing back Glass-Steagall prevent it? Former managing director at Goldman Sachs, Nomi Prins, author of “It Takes A Pillage” guestswww.nomiprins.com
Hour Three: “Inside Obama’s Brain” Journalist/author Sasha Abramksy stops by to talk about why the President is uniquely suited for [...]

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Wednesday 23 December ‘09 show notes

Guests:

Dan Gainor of the Business and Media Institute.
Alex Epstein, Fellow at the Ayn Rand Institute.

Topics:

Do the Democrat’s have a secret plan…shhhh, don’t tell anyone…to get health care passed?
Class Warfare…who’s winning, rich or poor?
What makes you happy about the holidays…family & friends or commercialism?!

Bumper Music:

Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Harry Connick, Jr.
Do [...]

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