Join a Tea Party?
By Louise
A new Rasmussen poll shows the Tea Party movement is way more popular than the Republican Party it seeks to be a part of -- if they were a political party, they would overtake the GOP on the generic Congressional ballot. The results of the poll? Democratic 36%, Tea Party 23%, Republican 18%. What this really shows is the power of populism. And the populists on the left would have a surprisingly broad range of agreements with the populatists on the right. No trust of corporate America, and their wholly-owned politicians. A visceral hatred of banks and insurance companies who have been sucking our blood for decades. A horror at the idea of corporations as persons. A mistrust of the Fed. So we populists on the left should be reaching across the aisle to the populists on the right to form a new alliance, and maybe together we can actually produce some meaningful political change in America. Remember, movement politics have always been ahead of political parties in producing major change in America, from abolition to women's suffrage to civil rights to gay rights. We all need to be showing up at the tea party meetings!
Thom's Blog Is On the Move
By webmaster
Hello All
Thom's blog in this space and moving to a new home.
Please follow us across to hartmannreport.com - this will be the only place going forward to read Thom's blog posts and articles.
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From Unequal Protection, 2nd Edition:
"If you wonder why and when giant corporations got the power to reign supreme over us, here’s the story."
From Cracking the Code:
"Thom Hartmann ought to be bronzed. His new book sets off from the same high plane as the last and offers explicit tools and how-to advice that will allow you to see, hear, and feel propaganda when it's directed at you and use the same techniques to refute it. His book would make a deaf-mute a better communicator. I want him on my reading table every day, and if you try one of his books, so will you."
From Cracking the Code:
"In Cracking the Code, Thom Hartmann, America’s most popular, informed, and articulate progressive talk show host and political analyst, tells us what makes humans vulnerable to unscrupulous propagandists and what we can do about it. It is essential reading for all Americans who are fed up with right-wing extremists manipulating our minds and politics to promote agendas contrary to our core values and interests."
