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• Guest: Congressman Peter DeFazio. The Republicans' meme of a "ban" on offshore drilling. Transcript.


• Guest: CNS Editor-in-Chief Terence Jeffrey. Drilling for oil. Transport.


• Guest: "Everything You Know is Wrong": Jessica Valenti, Executive Editor, Feministing. "He's a Stud, She's a Slut and 49 Other Double Standards Every Woman Should Know".


• Guest: Larry Scott, founder and Editor of VA Watch Dog.

Topics, guests, upcoming events, quotes, links to articles, audio clips, books & bumper music.

• Guest: Jeremy Scahill, author, "Blackwater: The Rise of the World

Interesting note - the John McCain campaign is encouraging (and paying, with "points") trolls to spam blogs!

June 23-27 2008 - The Thom Hartmann Program will be"live" from Denmark in partnership with The Danish Broadcasting Network. Politicians to students will join in as we find out...Why is Denmark the happiest place in the world? What is the secret of  this small country with dreary weather, heavy smoking and drinking, and taxes between 50-70% that keeps the Danes so happy?  

The Thom Hartmann Program - Why is Denmark the happiest place in the world?
Weekdays Noon-3p ET "live"

June 23 - 27  2008  Radio Guest Highlights for the Week - Special thanks to Lea Hjort from Danish Broadcasting Network who has been helping us with guests and will be a guest on the program next week as well. 

Monday 

Guest:  Peter Mogensen (In-Studio -Denmark), political commentator and Editor-in-chief Politiken. Peter hosts his own political debate TV show at TV2 News  Topic: How does Democratic socialism help build a middle class?

Guest: Carl Pedersen (In-Studio -Denmark), Professor, Copenhagen Business School Topic: Holding dual citizenship of both the US & Denmark - he spells out the differences and what lessons we could learn. 

Tuesday

Guest: Henrik Bindslev (In-Studio -Denmark), director of National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy at the Technical University of Denmark where Denmark has achieved a leading position within such diverse fields as design, wind energy, biotechnology, electronics and telecommunication Topic: Is Denmark's wind energy program is a leading example of how government support can make alternative energy commercially viable?

Guest: Mette Frederiksen (In-Studio -Denmark) - The Social Democratic Party's spokeswoman on social affairs. Former spokeswoman on cultural affairs and gender equality issues.

Wednesday

Guest: Terry Jeffrey  www.cnsnews.com Topic: Thom and Terry Jeffries look at the issues of the day through the lens of both conservative and liberal.  

Guest: Kaare Christensen (In-Studio -Denmark), Scientist Health Research, University of Southern Denmark - the key author/study of 60 Minute’s story on Danish Happiness (feb. 2008). Topic: Why is Denmark the happiest place in the world? What is the secret of  this small country with dreary weather, heavy smoking and drinking, and taxes between 50-70% that keeps the Danes so happy?  

Thursday 

Guest: Yaron Brook www.aynrand.org Topic:  Doesn't  the "salmonella tomato" prove that we need more regulation - not less - of our food?

Guest: Flemming Rose (In-Studio -Denmark)  Flemming is the Cultural Editor at the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten. He published the cartoons that initiated the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy. Topic: Topic: How does Denmark deal with ethnic and religious minorities and how does the cartoon controversy play into that?

Guest: Christy Harvey www.americanprogress.org Topic: News Under the Radar  

Friday - Anything Goes! Friday

Guest: Senator Bernie Sanders "Brunch with Bernie" www.sanders.senate.gov taking your calls 

• Guest: Congressman Peter DeFazio. The offshore drilling "ban".


• Thom ranted on Republicans trying to blame the Democrats for the price of oil, plus debt plus the dollar.


• Guest: CNS Editor-in-Chief Terence Jeffrey. Cooper Union and the art display; disgusting , blasphemous art involving a crucifix and a rosary. Funding.


• Guest: Congressman Robert Wexler (D - FL). Author of the forthcoming book Fire-Breathing Liberal: How I Learned to Survive (and Thrive) in the Contact Sport of Congress. Iran. Impeachment.


• Guest: "Everything You Know is Wrong": Rick Shenkman. Author, Just How Stupid Are We? Facing the Truth About the American People.


• Guest: Peter Yarrow, singer/songwriter of "Peter Paul and Mary".  How amazing Obama's nomination and Hillary's campaign were to those who marched for civil rights in the 1960s. We should not drop the ball now. Songs.

Topics, guests, upcoming events, quotes, links to articles, audio clips, books & bumper music.

Quote: Cats are smarter than dogs. You can't get eight cats to pull a sled through snow - Jeff Valdez

Hour One  -  Congressman (D-OR)  Peter DeFazio www.defazio.house.gov Topic: Gas prices and off shore drilling

Hour Two  - Terry Jeffrey  www.cnsnews.com  Topic: Are liberals trying to socialize transportation?

Hour Three  -  "Everything You Know is Wrong" Jessica Valenti  www.feministing.com  Topic: Her new book "He's a Stud, She's a Slut and 49 Other Double Standards Every Woman Should Know"

Guest: Larry Scott www.vawatchdog.org Topic: Veteran's issues

You can find the report the Rep. Peter DeFazio (OR-4) was referring to at...

http://resourcescommittee.house.gov/images/stories/Documents/truth_about_americas_energy.pdf

Watch Thom "live" noon to 3p et  www.airamerica.com/thomvision

Quote of the Day: The future is here. It's just not widely distributed yet  -  William Gibson

Hour One  -  Dozens Of Men -- Perhaps Hundreds -- Wrongfully Imprisoned By U.S.

Hour Two  -  Carrie Lukas www.iwf.org  Topic: Will deregulating the health care industry turn it into the wild, wild west?

Hour Three  - Rick Perlstein  www.rickperlstein.org   Topic: In his book Nixonland, Perlstein argues that Nixon was the "grandfather of today's politics of hate"

Guest: "Labor Segment" Tim Newman www.laborrights.org   Topic: Campaign against Bridgestone/ Firestone to end child labor practices

NEXT WEEK: June 23 - 27 - Broadcasting "live" from Denmark

• Welcome to new affiliate 92.1 The MIC, Madison.


• Guest: Reverend Dr. Jesse Lee Peterson, Brotherhood Organization of a New Destiny. What Role is Race going to play in the presidential campaign?


• Profits over Humanity - How low can we go?  (transcript)


• Guest: Frank Gaffney, Center for Security Policy. Should individuals convicted of terrorist acts against America get the death penalty?


• Guest: Rich Trumka, Secretary-Treasurer of the AFL-CIO. AFL-CIO Working Families to McCain: Actions Speak Louder than Words.

Topics, guests, upcoming events, quotes, links to articles, audio clips, books & bumper music.

To Watch Thom During the Program - http://airamerica.com/thomvision/

Hour One  - Ralph Reed, GOP consultant www.ralphreed.com  Topic: his new political thriller "Dark Horse"

Hour Two  - John F. Wasik Columnist for Bloomberg News...most recent book is called "iMoney" www.johnwasik.com  Topic: How the middle class can get ahead

"Taking Our Country Back Segment" Gary Pritchard  www.garypritchard08.com   Topic: Democratic Candidate for California State Senate from District SD33

Hour Three - Bob Barr, Libertarian nominee for President www.bobbarr2008.com   Topic: The 2008 election...who will he help or hurt...

Guest:  Christy Harvey  www.americanprogress.org  Topic: News under the Radar