- Guests:
- Dan Gainor, Vice President & T. Boone Pickens Free Market Fellow at the Business and Media Institute.
- Hans Josef Fell, Member of the German Parliament's Green Party, he framed the German Renewable Energy legislation with Hermann Scheer.
- Congressman Alan Grayson (D-FL, 8th district).
- Topics:
- The dismissal of Shirley Sherrod.
- If the British are ok with a Robin Hood tax on Wall Street, why aren't Americans?
- Would you pay more for energy to save the planet and has anyone broken your nose yet?
- What can we learn from Germany's energy renewal program?
- The Republican crazy train.
- Bumper Music:
- Too Big To Fail Austin Lounge Lizards.
- Act of God, Prince.
- Ghost Chickens in the Sky, Sean Morey.
- On Your Way Down, Trombone Shorty.
- The Mail Must Go Through, Larry Groce & The Disneyland Children's Sing Along Chorus.
- I'm Not Over, Carolina Liar.
- Around The World Red Hot Chili Peppers.
- What's Up, 4 Non Blondes (video)
- You can leave your hat on, Randy Newman.
- Walk Away, Kelly Clarkson.
- Grand Canyon, Dmitriy Lukyanov (you need to search for it) (with additional sounds by Jacob).
- Democracy, Leonard Cohen.
- 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: "If you think mitigated climate change is expensive, try unmitigated climate change" -- Dr. Richard Gammon.