By SueN
- Guests:
- Peter Lehner of the Natural Resources Defense Council and co-author of "In Deep Water: The Anatomy of a Disaster, The Fate of the Gulf and How to End Our Oil Addiction".
- Melanie Sloan, Executive Director of Citizens for Ethics and Responsibility in Washington.
- Robert Reich, former Clinton Administration Labor Secretary and author of the new book "Aftershock: The Next Economy and America's Future".
- Topics:
- As the American economy and the Gulf of Mexico die, how is China becoming the next world superpower?
- Why would tea party followers embrace a criminal?
- Wasn't the real death panel the 40 year Republican Strategy for the Middle Class?
- Corporate involvement in politics.
- Bumper Music:
- Fire and Oil, Moss Henry.
- Black Magic Woman, Santana.
- Yell Fire!, Michael Franti & Spearhead.
- Fortunate Son, Creedence Clearwater Revival.
- If You've Got the Money (I've Got the Time), Willie Nelson.
- You can leave your hat on, Randy Newman.
- Give It To Me, 3 Doors Down.
- Trucker Hat, Bowling for Soup.
- Grand Canyon, Dmitriy Lukyanov (you need to search for it) (with additional sounds by Jacob).
- I'm taking my country back, Tony Stampley, Honky Tonkers for Truth (video) (lyrics).
- 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: "One of the things I'm most proud of about my country is the fact that we did lick McCarthyism back in the fifties." -- Pete Seeger.
