By SueN
- Guests:
- Senator Bernie Sanders, (I-VT).
- Todd Tucker, research director for Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch and a co-author of the report; also co-author of the book "The Rise and Fall of Fast Track Trade Authority".
- David Sirota, Journalist, nationally syndicated weekly newspaper columnist, host of the David Sirota Show 7-10am weekdays on Colorado's Progressive Talk - AM 760 and bestselling author, currently working on his 3rd book, his most recent "The Uprising".
- Topics:
- "Brunch With Bernie"
- "Lies, Damn Lies, and Export Statistics: How Corporate Lobbyists Distort the Record of Flawed Trade Deals"
- Election 2010
- Bumper Music:
- Smile, Uncle Kracker.
- Hello, Beyoncé.
- Anything Goes, Tony Bennett.
- Who Do You Love? George Thorogood and the Destroyers.
- You're the Voice, Heart (video).
- Anything Goes (Chinese), from Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.
- Crazy, Gnarls Barkley.
- What a Wonderful World, Louis Armstrong.
- 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: "You can only govern men by serving them." -- Victor Cousin, French philosopher (1792-1867).
- Dwight Eisenhower letter to Edgar Newton Eisenhower, November 8, 1954.
"But to attain any success it is quite clear that the Federal government cannot avoid or escape responsibilities which the mass of the people firmly believe should be undertaken by it. The political processes of our country are such that if a rule of reason is not applied in this effort, we will lose everything--even to a possible and drastic change in the Constitution. This is what I mean by my constant insistence upon "moderation" in government. Should any political party attempt to abolish social security, unemployment insurance, and eliminate labor laws and farm programs, you would not hear of that party again in our political history. There is a tiny splinter group, of course, that believes you can do these things. Among them are H. L. Hunt (you possibly know his background), a few other Texas oil millionaires, and an occasional politician or business man from other areas. Their number is negligible and they are stupid. ..."
