March 13 2008 show notes
- Thom Hartmann is traveling in Darfur, Laura Flanders was guest host today.
- Event: Winter Soldier: Iraq & Afghanistan.
- Have we lost our empathy? What do you do to keep your empathy muscles working?
- Guest: Phyllis Bennis, "Challenging Empire: How People, Governments, and the UN Defy US Power".
- Guest: Elliot Adams, Veterans for Peace.
- Guest: Geoff Millard, Iraq Veterans Against the War.
- Guest: Christy Harvey, Center for American Progress.
- Thom Hartmann called from Juba, South Sudan.
- Guest: Norman Solomon, author of War Made Easy. Movie event.
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March 12 2008 show notes
- Thom Hartmann is traveling to Darfur, Laura Flanders was guest host today.
- New York Governor Eliot Spitzer is resigning effective from Monday 17 March.
- Guest: Richard Kim, The Nation.
- Guest: Lori Price, manager, Citizens For Legitimate Government.
- The resignation of Admiral Fallon as CENTCOM commander.
- Guest: Congressman Steve Cohen, Tennessee.
- Guest: Richard Belzer.
- Guest: Representative Henry Waxman.
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March 11 2008 show notes
- Thom Hartmann is traveling to Darfur, Sam Seder was guest host today.
- Eliot Spitzer prostitute connection. Did they investigate the person rather than the crime?
- Guest: John Gorenfeld, "Bad Moon Rising: How Reverend Moon Created the Washington Times, Seduced the Religious Right and Built an American Kingdom".
- Guest: Scott Horton. Don Siegelman, Eliot Spitzer.
- John McCain and torture.
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March 10 2008 show notes
- Thom Hartmann is traveling to Darfur, setting off straight after today's show.
- Guest: Brink Lindsey, Cato Institute, "The Age of Abundance: How Prosperity Transformed America’s Politics and Culture".
- "China admits effect of pressure over Darfur".
- Economy rant.
- Bill Foster won Denny Hastert's seat.
- Fix FISA.
- Guest: Al Parienello, "How the Democrats created poverty in America and are hell-bent on keeping us poor!"
- Guest: Robert Creamer. "Listen to Your Mother: Stand Up Straight: How Progressives Can Win".
- Guest: Terry O'Sullivan, Laborers' International Union of North America.
- Eliot Spitzer Is Linked to a Prostitution Ring.
- Guests hosts while Thom is away.
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On the Program - This week and next - March 11-March 18
Tuesday March 11 - Air America's Sam Seder filling in for Thom
Wed & Thur March 12 & 13 - Air America's Laura Flanders filling in for Thom
Friday March 14 - Thom is live by Satellite from Darfur
Monday and Tuesday March 17 & 18 - Peter B Collins will be live from the Take Back America Conference filling in for Thom
On the Program - March 10 2008
Hour One: Brink Lindsey www.cato.org Topic: Thom will be challenging Brink - Why do Conservatives and libertarians want to throw away the abundance that FDR's liberal economic policies brought us?
Hour Two: Al Parienello www.preservetheamericandream.com Topic: Thom will confront Al on his article - "How the Democrats created poverty in America and are hell-bent on keeping us poor!
Hour Three: Robert Creamer www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-creamer Topic: Stand Up Straight: How Progressives can Win
March 07 2008 show notes
- "Brunch with Bernie" with Senator Bernie Sanders, Independent of Vermont.
- Guest: Ravi Batra, professor of economics, author of "Greenspan's Fraud".
- What might have actually happened in Ohio and Texas? Tin foil hat required?
- Guest: Nicholas Kristof. Columnist, The New York Times. Darfur.
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March 06 2008 show notes
- Guest: Congressman Donald Payne (D-NJ), just back from Darfur.
- Guest: Dr. Ha-Joon Chang, "Bad Samaritans: The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism".
- Why, or why not, should Hillary and Obama embrace each other as running mates?
- Relationship counseling / couples therapy.
- Taking My Country Back: Guest: Bill Foster. Candidate for Congress in the Illinois 14th district.
- Progressive advertising segment: Guest: Dean Cycon, Dean's Beans.
- Guest: Veteran CIA counterterrorism officer Michael Scheuer, "Marching Toward Hell: America and Islam After Iraq".
- Guest: Christy Harvey, Center for American Progress.
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On the Program - March 7th 2008
Hour One - Guest: "Brunch With Bernie" Senator Bernie Sanders http://sanders.senate.gov
Hour Two - Guest: Professor of economics - Dr. Ravi Batra http://www.ravibatra.com Topic: The state of our economy...recession or slowdown?
Hour Three - Guest: Nicolas Kristof - Columnist, The New York Times http://kristof.blogs.nytimes.com Topic: Darfur
March 05 2008 show notes
- The election last night.
- Republicans who followed Rush's suggestion to vote for Hillary lost out.
- Guest: David Sirota. Free trade.
- Guest: DNC Vice Chair Susan Turnbull.
- United Technologies, Diebold, lobbyist.
- Guest: Mia Farrow. Darfur.
- Brattleboro and Marlboro voted to arrest Bush and Cheney.
- Guest: Larry Scott, founder and Editor of VA Watch Dog. Vote Smart - Vote Vet.
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On the Program - March 6th 2008
Hour One
Guest: Congressman Donald Payne (D-NJ, 10th District)www.house.gov/payne Topic: Darfur trip - "Africa expert" in CongressGuest: Ha-Joon Chang http://www.econ.cam.ac.uk/faculty/chang/index.htm Topic: "Bad Samaritans: The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism"
Hour Two
Guest: Bill Foster - Candidate for Congress in the Illinois 14th district http://www.foster08.com Topic: The special general election is this Saturday…the first opportunity in 2008 for Democrats to flip a congressional seat (Dennis Hastert’s)Hour Three
Guest: Veteran CIA counterterrorism officer Michael Scheuer www.simonsays.com Topic: His experiences as the first Chief of the U.S. Rendition program, his latest book "Marching Toward Hell: America and Islam After Iraq"It's Rush Wot Won ItMarch 04 2008 show notes
- Elections today.
- "Bad Samaritans: The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism" by Ha-Joon Chang.
- The economy. OPEC meeting tomorrow.
- Guest: Chris Hedges, "I Don't Believe in Atheists".
- Consciousness. Connectedness.
- Guest: Willie L. Brown, former mayor of San Francisco.
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On the Program - March 5th 2008
Hour One
Guest: David Sirota http://www.davidsirota.com/ Topic: Thom and David will talk about Election Primaries & Caucus ResultsHour Two
Guest: Vice Chair DNC Susan Turnbull www.democrats.org Topic: Shouldn't the Michigan and Florida Delegates be decided on quickly (before PA) by the Democrats?Mia Farrow was on about her recent trips to Darfur. You can see the photos on the link in the upper right corner of her website at www.miafarrow.org
Hour Three
Guest: Larry Scott Founder & Editor VA Watchdog.org www.vawatchdog.orgHas the Clinton campaign "darkened" video of Obama, like Newsweek did with OJ?
Mentioned yesterday and today on the show briefly. From Daily Kos with additional postings here and here. You can see the actual ad on the http://www.hillaryclinton.com/video/145.aspx website. Is this an accident? An idiot working in the campaign or ad agency? Will Senator Clinton disavow it? Click "read more" to see the graphics below:Update - now there's a Daily Kos diarist saying this is a tempest in a teapot and those of us "startled by this" are essentially just technically dumb. This diarist may well be right:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/3/6/02123/27986/649/470232
March 03 2008 show notes
- Capitalism.
- Is economics a science?
- Guest: Joe Madison - The Black Eagle. Next week he and Thom and others are on a trip to Darfur.
- Guest: Christopher Coyne. After War: The Political Economy of Exporting Democracy.
- Guest: Dr. Lewis Mehl Madrona. "Narrative Medicine". Health care.
- Guest: Karen Ackerman, ACLU.
- Guest: Terry McAuliffe, super delegate, ex DNC chairman, chairman of Hillary's campaign.
- Tomorrow's primaries, caucuses.
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On the Program - March 4th 2008
Hour One - Election news and Economic Meltdown - will Banks fail?
Hour Two - Guest: Chris Hedges Topic - His new book - I Don't Believe in Atheists
Hour Three - Guest: Former S.F. Mayor Willie Brown Topic: His brand new autobiography Basic Brown: My Life and Our Times
Joe Conservative - by request
Original Joe Republican: http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/latestnews/index.php?id=144
New Joe Conservative: http://denver.craigslist.org/pol/544684131.html
On the Program - March 3 2008
Guest: Christopher Coyne www.ccoyne.com Topic: After War: The Political Economy of Exporting Democracy - Does exporting democracy hurt more than it helps?
Guest: Karen Ackerman www.aflcio.org Topic: Election...candidates' records on economic issues.
Guest: Joe Madison Host of "Madison - The Black Eagle" Topic: Next week Darfur trip with Thom
February 29 2008 show notes
- Ralph Nader has announced his VP; Matt Gonzalez who ran for San Francisco mayor.
- Book: The Three Trillion Dollar War: The True Cost of the Iraq Conflict , Joseph Stiglitz.
- Guest: Joshua Holland, AlterNet.
- Guest: Ralph Nader and his new running mate, Matt Gonzalez.
- Guest: Clara Jeffery, Editor, Mother Jones. Torture hits home.
- Guest: Patrick Cockburn, Middle East correspondent for the Financial Times and The Independent, author.
- Guest: Brett Morgen, director, "Chicago Ten".
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February 28 2008 show notes
- Laura Flanders was guest hosting as Thom was participating in the Air America Cruise.
- Guest: Lou Dubose, former editor of the Texas Observer, co author with Molly Ivins of "Bushwhacked".
- Guest: Jonathan Steele, Guardian, author of "Defeat: Why They Lost Iraq".
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February 27 2008 show notes
- Laura Flanders was guest hosting as Thom was participating in the Air America Cruise.
- Last night's Democratic presidential candidate debate.
- Guest: Dr. Erika Falk, Women for President: Media Bias in Eight Campaigns.
- Guest: ACLU attorney Ben Wizner. Guantanamo.
- Guest: Susan Griffin, "Wrestling with the Angel of Democracy: On Being an American Citizen".
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