Daily Topics - Thursday September 16th, 2010
By shawnt56
Quote of the Day: Bad administration, to be sure, can destroy good policy; but good administration can never save bad policy. — Adlai Stevenson
Please welcome KUDO's Shannyn Moore in for Thom today!
Hour One: Elizabeth Warren gets the job...will she have the power? Christopher Hayes, DC Editor of The Nation will be here www.thenation.com
Hour Two: The GOP...the gift that keeps on giving this election season?! Markos Moulitsas, founder/publisher of DailyKos and author of the new book "American Taliban" will be here www.dailykos.com
Hour Three: BP manufactures new "Gulf Syndrome"...corexit poisoning - Independent investigative reporter Dahr Jamail will be here http://dahr.org
Comments
#2
Golly, short memories on both side of the aisle . . . Senator Dodd was screwed by the DLC White House when he was asked to be point man on TRAP add-in legislation. Dodd was ratted out by the White House THEN the Progressives moved to run a candidate to his Left. Dodd announced his retirement rather than become a total lame-duck because of the battle for the seat.
Dodd has spent the last 18 months looking to ensure that he will be able to feed his young re-tread wife and two young kids by pandering to business . . .
#3
Texas Board of Education considers Islam in Textbooks
Yup, the crazies in Texas are at it again: http://www.statesman.com/news/texas/state-board-of-ed-considers-islam-in...
I miss Molly Ivans. She would have had so much fun with this stuff.
#4
Shannyn, what a breath of fresh northern air today, great choice as guest host, look forward to hearing this talented PROGRESSIVE host again soon.
#5
I would like to register my vote for Shannyn Moore to be the only substitute that Thom uses. This is the first time that one of Thom's guest hosts has been able to keep my attention. Kudos (no pun intended) to Shannyn! She had good guests and thoughtful discussions. It's better than listening to Thom take on right-wing callers and/or pour over the minutia of the Birthers. Like the show earlier in the week.
#7
Have you seen or heard anything about voter caging plans in Wisconsin?
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.
Images of Thom
Mueller's favorite place to pray (written about in "Prophet's Way"), and the roof of the room where the Last Supper is reputed to have happened.
Thom & Louise at a "private audience" with His Holiness Pope John Paul II at his summer palace, Castle Gandolfo, Italy
From The Thom Hartmann Reader:
"Thom Hartmann seeks out interesting subjects from such disparate outposts of curiosity that you have to wonder whether or not he uncovered them or they selected him."
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."
From Screwed:
"The powers that be are running roughshod over the powers that OUGHT to be. Hartmann tells us what went wrong — and what you and I can do to help set American right again."
I have concern over the giddiness being expressed by many on the left regarding the "tea party" primary victories. The big money on the right is supporting these candidates. Come the election this fall, when we voters are complaining about incumbents, the Republicans can portray themselves as a new party--taken over by the will of the people. They will tell voters that the choice is between the same old Democrats, or the new Republican party.
Rove is laughing as he criticizes Christine O'Donnell.