http://www.thomhartmann.com News. Opinion. Debate. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:10:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In a great Republican Irony - the Republican House Leadership would not be able to not find affordable insurance under their own proposal. The six Republican legislators have an average the age of 52 and, as a group, are more susceptible to cardiovascular disease, different cancers, high blood pressure, and ... http://www.thomhartmann.com/2009/11/06/no-insurance-for-republicans/ Guests: Conservative Craig Shirley. Topics: Is Barack Obama still the nation's Rorschach test? Straw poll. Does the election in NY’s 23rd prove the fallacy of the Republican strategy of emulating Reagan in saying one thing and doing another? Why are corporations getting free speech rights? Bumper Music: Tumbling Dice, Rolling Stones (video). For America, Jackson Browne. Riders ... http://www.thomhartmann.com/2009/11/06/november-04-2009-show-notes/ Hour One: Why did Goldman Sachs get their swine flu shots before high risk pregnant women & children? Hour Two: Is it time for Big Government? Hour Three: "Time to let gays serve openly in the military?"Thom debates "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" with former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Reagan Admin.) Frank ... http://www.thomhartmann.com/2009/11/04/thursday-november-5-2009/ Guests: Arab American writer/talk host Ray Hanania (Palestine Note). Jeremy Ben Ami of JStreet. Topics: Teabagger wars and inequality - coming to a town near you soon? Could GMOs end all life on Earth? How do we restart the Middle East peace process? Bumper Music: Wavin' Flag, k'naan. It's Only Life, Roger Glover. You can leave your hat on, Randy ... http://www.thomhartmann.com/2009/11/04/november-03-2009-show-notes/ In a republican irony of all ironies...If history had been different, Doug Holtz-Eakin would be in the White House pushing the republican domestic agenda and blocking health-care reform, at McCain's side. He was McCain's  top health-care guru. He's now unemployed -- and his COBRA health coverage is running out. But...it gets worse. ... http://www.thomhartmann.com/2009/11/03/a-republican-irony/ Guests: James Hoggan about the crusade to deny global warming. President of the award-winning PR firm Hoggan and Associates and a leading authority on public perceptions of environmental issues; Chair of the David Suzuki Foundation and the Canadian chapter of Al Gore’s The Climate Project. Rebecca Smith, spokesperson, National Employment Law Project. Newsweek's ... http://www.thomhartmann.com/2009/11/03/november-02-2009-show-notes/ Guests: The honorable Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) Jane Hamsher, Firedoglake. Congressman Earl Blumenauer (D-OR, 4th District). Congressman Alan Grayson, (D-FL, 8th District). Topics: "Brunch With Bernie," the longest running national townhall meeting (going on 6 years now!). 'Anything Goes' Friday". Health care bill, biologic drugs. 'Town Hall' Friday. Bumper Music: Monster Mash, Bobby "Boris" Pickett. Thriller, Michael Jackson. Witch Doctor, David Seville, Chipmunks ... http://www.thomhartmann.com/2009/11/03/october-30-2009-show-notes/ Guests: Libertarian Cato Foreign Policy Analyst Malou Innocent. Robert Greenwald, his brand new full length documentary "Rethink Afghanistan". The conservative founder of The Oath Keepers, Stewart Rhodes. Topics: Big picture: what's it going to take to return America to the sane, labor based economic policies that have saved Europe from the second Republican ... http://www.thomhartmann.com/2009/11/02/october-29-2009-show-notes/ Guests: Dan Gainor of the Business and Media Institute. Topics: Is Joe Lieberman A Traitor To The Democratic Party And The Average American or merely a shill for big pharma and big banking? Best of the rest of the news Will the Republicans take their party back before the right wing extremists ... http://www.thomhartmann.com/2009/11/02/october-28-2009-show-notes/ "And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years" -- Abraham Lincoln Hour One -  "Brunch With Bernie" Senator Bernie Sanders Hour Two -  Congressman Joe Sestak www.sestak.house.gov on Ft. Hood shootings plus...Andy Bichlbaum  - Member of The Yes Men group of "culture jamming" featured in the movie "The ... http://www.thomhartmann.com/2009/11/01/friday-november-6th-2009/