http://www.thomhartmann.com News. Opinion. Debate. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:43:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Six Democrats have sided with banks, against the Landmark Student Lending Reform. Who are they? Bill Nelson (Fl.), Tom Carper (Del.), Blanche Lincoln (Ark.), Jim Webb (Va.), Mark Warner (Va.) and Ben Nelson (Neb.). The student lending industry has launched an “aggressive lobbying campaign” of senators representing states where big ... http://www.thomhartmann.com/2010/03/11/thomas-jefferson-on-student-lending/ Quote: "Behind the ostensible government sits enthroned an invisible government owing no allegiance and acknowledging no responsibility to the people. To destroy this invisible government, to befoul the unholy alliance between corrupt business and corrupt politics is the first task of the statesmanship of the day." -- Theodore Roosevelt Hour One - Tancredo ... http://www.thomhartmann.com/2010/03/11/daily-topics-thursday-march-11th-2010/ Guests: Katherine Mangu-Ward, Senior Editor and Columnist at Reason magazine and Reason.com – the magazine of “Free Minds and Free Markets.” Rev. Roger Christie, Ordained minister the Religion Of Jesus Church; licensed to marry people by the Department Of Health, State of Hawaii, specifically as a ‘Cannabis Sacrament‘ minister. Progressive investigative journalist, columnist ... http://www.thomhartmann.com/2010/03/10/tuesday-09-march-10-show-notes/ http://www.thomhartmann.com/2010/03/10/4th-annual-progressive-media-summit-photos-from-thoms-iphone/ Hour One - Ira Lechner: www.clw.org Reducing the threat of/from nuclear weapons...SALT Treaty is up for renewal this year Ira will be speaking on Wednesday night (3/10) in Seattle at 8pm at Mulleady's Pub, 3055 21st Avenue West in Seattle, WA and Thursday in Portland, OR at 6:30 pm at Davis Street Tavern ... http://www.thomhartmann.com/2010/03/10/daily-topics-tuesday-march-10th-2010/ The International Brotherhood of Electric Workers has filed a lawsuit against Bankster Goldman Sachs for overpaying its top executives. The lawsuit “seeks to stop Goldman from allocating roughly 47 percent of 2009 net revenue as compensation, saying such allocations ‘vastly overcompensate management and constitute corporate waste.’”  Apparently the IBEW and their electrician workers ... http://www.thomhartmann.com/2010/03/10/compassion-for-ceos/ Quote: “Tariff: a scale of taxes on imports, designed to protect the domestic producer against the greed of his consumer.” -- Ambrose Bierce Hour One - When will the United States stop our insane trade policies and bring our jobs home? Katherine Mangu-Ward www.reason.org Hour Two - Does freedom of religion mean freedom to smoke ... http://www.thomhartmann.com/2010/03/09/daily-topics-tuesday-march-9th-2010/ Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick (D-AZ) introduced a bill last week to slash pay for members of Congress 5% or $8,700 a year — and freeze their automatic cost-of-living increase. With Congress’ approval ratings “spiraling downward,”  Kirkpatrick said, “Families across the country are getting by on lower wages…so why shouldn’t senators and representatives have to ... http://www.thomhartmann.com/2010/03/09/pay-cuts-for-congress-big-governments-republicans-mandating-marriage/ Guests: Tad DeHaven, budget analyst at the Cato Institute and co-editor of downsizinggovernment.org. Doug Cunningham, Reporter/Producer Workers Independent News Libertarian Wayne Root, 2008 Libertarian Party Vice Presidential nominee, front-runner for Libertarian presidential nominee in 2012; author of 7 books including his latest “The Conscience of a Libertarian". Topics: Big bank oversight to stay with Fed. Privatize ... http://www.thomhartmann.com/2010/03/08/monday-08-march-10-show-notes/ Quote of the Day:  Debt is the fatal disease of republics, the first thing and the mightiest to undermine governments and corrupt the people. -- Wendell Phillips Welcome to our newest stations, CTV North Suburbs in Roseville, MN and Salem Access Television in Salem, MA Hour One - Financial reform...get ready for another meltdown... Hour ... http://www.thomhartmann.com/2010/03/08/daily-topics-monday-march-8th-2010/