By SueN
- Guests:
- Pastor Doug Cunningham.
- Renee Lee, an SEIU member who is facing foreclosure.
- Texas Railroad Commissioner and Republican Candidate for U.S. Senate Elizabeth Ames Jones.
- Reason Magazine Editor in Chief Matt Welch
- California Congressional District 48 candidate Beth Krom, running for Congress against right-wing conservative John Campbell.
- Topics:
- Can we trust the word of a felon...and does Obama's deal with BP go anywhere near far enough?
- "National People's" Action Protest Vigil at Bank of America in NYC
- Why do some people want to continue subsidies to the oil industry rather than nationalizing our oil supplies and using the money to immediately begin conversions to alternative energies?
- Geeky Science Rocks - Can whale poop save the world?!
- Is the UN trying to pry that big juicy burger out of our "cold, dead hands" and are they right??
- "Taking our Country Back"
- Bumper Music:
- Smooth Criminal, Alien Ant Farm.
- A Matter of Trust, Billy Joel.
- At The Zoo Simon And Garfunkel.
- Crazy, Gnarls Barkley.
- The Best, Tina Turner.
- Science Rocks!, Rock Chick & Science Geek.
- Big Yellow Taxi, Counting Crows.
- Give It To Me, 3 Doors Down.
- Cheeseburger in Paradise, Jimmy Buffett.
- Piggies, George Harrison, Beatles (video).
- Grand Canyon, Dmitriy Lukyanov (you need to search for it) (with additional sounds by Jacob).
- I'm taking my country back, Tony Stampley, Honky Tonkers for Truth (video) (lyrics).
- Today's newsletter has details of today's guests and links to the major stories and alerts that Thom covered in the show, plus lots more. If you haven't signed up for the free newsletter yet, please do. If you missed today's newsletter, it is in the archive.
- Quote: "The ultimate measure of a person is not where they stand in moments of comfort and convenience, but where they stand at times of challenge and controversy" -- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
