By SueN
- Guests:
- Conservative economist Dr. John Lott.
- James Loewen, author of “Teaching What Really Happened”.
- Doug Cunningham, Producer/Reporter Worker's Independent News.
- Dudley Sharp.
- Mike Farrell, (MASH)/activist/author...his most recent book was "Of Mule and Man".
- Topics:
- Why is it so hard to start over in America?
- Is everything you learned in school a lie?
- Labor news update - why are thousands of protestors expected to descend on Chicago tomorrow? Hint..."greed & irresponsibility!"
- “Did an innocent man die in the Texas death chamber?” Is capital punishment being used for political purposes… isn’t it time we throw out the death penalty?
- Bumper Music:
- Life Is Good,LFO.
- High Cost Of Living, Jamey Johnson.
- Ghost Chickens in the Sky, Sean Morey.
- Chicago, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (video).
- Every Breath You Take, Police.
- One-Eyed One-Horned Flying Purple People Eater, Sheb Wooley (video).
- Crazy, Gnarls Barkley.
- Trouble, P!NK.
- Highway 61 Revisited, Bob Dylan.
- 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: "I know something about killing. I don't like killing. And I don't think a state honors life by turning around and sanctioning killing. Now, that's just a personal belief that I have." -- Senator John Kerry.
- "The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States; ...
To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization, and uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States;
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Article 1, Section 8, Clause 4 of the US Constitution. - Article: The Debates in the Federal Convention of 1787 by James Madison.
"The clause in the Report "To establish uniform laws on the subject of Bankruptcies" being taken up.
Mr. SHERMAN observed that Bankruptcies were in some cases punishable with death by the laws of England, & He did not chuse to grant a power by which that might be done here.
Mr. GOVr. MORRIS said this was an extensive & delicate subject. He would agree to it because he saw no danger of abuse of the power by the Legislature of the U. S."
