Daily Topics - Tuesday November 9th, 2010
By shawnt56
Quote of the Day: Liberalism, above all, means emancipation - emancipation from one's fears, his inadequacies, from prejudice, from discrimination, from poverty. ~ Hubert H. Humphrey
Hour One: "W's" new book...truth or spin? Politicial commentator and fellow talk show host Bill Press, host of The Bill Press Show and author of the new book "Toxic Talk" will be here www.billpressshow.com
Hour Two: Will the Republicans kill health care? Health Insurance industry whistle blower, Wendell Potter, author of the new book "Deadly Spin" will here www.wendellpotter.com
Hour Three: Have we witnessed the 'Death of the Liberal Class'? Thom challenges Reporter/Author and fellow liberal Chris Hedges about his new book www.nationbooks.org/book/217/Death of the Liberal Class
Comments
#2
chuckle8, 1930's Germany and USSR thought so.
N
#3
#4
Keylogging software... indeed an odious scourge. I often wonder how long it will be before it taken for granted that it is installed on you office workstation. That whatever you do on your computer, even during your break, is freely reviewed by your supervisor and may become yet another reason to be fired.
#5
Just because parents can easily spy on their kids, doesn't mean they should. If you can't raise you're kids without spying on them perhaps that says more about your parental skills than it does anything else.
#6
I read a story about a Mom who let her 9 year old son take the NY subway home. People freaked out, like she was the worst mother in the world. This is a different world then 10, 20 or 30+ years ago.
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/23935873
-Tim
#7
Rootkit detectors do a fine job at finding keyloggers Thom. Look into it if you're concerned about it... I don't know if their are verisions made for phones, but I'd be surprised if there wasn't something.
N
#8
Privacy as we know it ended when the Patriot Act was passed. Let me restate that, when the Patriot Act was passed to make legal the spying that was already taking place.
#9
A serious long-term problem!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/11/09/paul-volcker-unemployment-short-term_n_780787.html
#10
Does this article speak volumes that there is a conservative with a brain?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/11/09/prominent-conservative-sc_n_780861.html
#11
@ Gerald -
I won't jump on the Kevin A. Hassett bandwagon with you. Seems the HP blogger didn't get much farther than the title and first paragraph. Hassett maintains his capitalist cred by calling for a cut to the corporate tax rate. He also suggests addressing (capping/eliminiating) special giveaways (that would be deductions and credits) that would permit rates to be lowered. Sounds like the same ole borrow and spend conservative policies to me.
#12
Chris Hedges is really enlightening. I can't get enough of his insights.
#13
Chris + Thom = BINGO
#14
( the above link to Chris's book seems to need reapair)
#15
repair
#16
Thom's three hour show had three great guests - Bill Press, Wendell Potter, and Chris Hedges. With great guests Thom should have the guests on for three or four segments. These three guests brought back some sanity in our lives.
Thom, I have been reading from various computer websites that Portland, Oregon and the twin cities in Minnesota are great places to live.
#17
@cmoore68, I do not trust conservatives but when Hassett and Stockman seem critical of the tax cuts people perk up. We need a strong president who will stand up for average Americans. Obama's economic team has elitists and they have too much influence on our weak president. Business will work with the Republicans to defeat Obama. Obama is a failed Grand Experiment.
#18
I loved the conversation with Chris Hedges, I just caught the last 45 minutes or so on Free Speech TV. I've been reading Hedges' articles on Truthdig, and I think he's spot on.
Of course that doesn't bode well for America. When the fascist movements grew in Europe, America represented the counterbalance. But what scares me as we see similar circumstances develop in 21st century America, I don't see where the beacon of freedom in the world is. Certainly not China. Europe seems to be headed the same direction we are.
Where is the hope in the world?
#19
Thom, Will you ask Wendell Potter what he thinks about the idea of having employers give us the choice to reroute our insurance premiums into Medicare? We would be funding it ourselves, save the 30% administrative costs of the insurance companies and if the business eventually has too many people opting into Medicare, the whole company would transfer to Medicare ... and away we go! One way to get the Rebs on board would be to also offer people their own premium to invest in a HSA for their healthcare expenses, but it would have to be required.
#20
Don't call them Rebs. They will like it.
#21
Bush screws up again!! The title of his book should've been, "Decider Points".
#22
A cruel and inhumane ?!
http://original.antiwar.com/mcgovern/2010/11/09/bush-boasts-about-waterboarding/
#23
With ninety-five percent of the media being conservative the odds are excellent for reinvention.
http://original.antiwar.com/eland/2010/11/09/can-w-reinvent-his-presidency/
#24
See George Write!
http://www.opednews.com/articles/See-George-Write-by-Cindy-Sheehan-101108-339.html
An article from one of my favorite persons!!!
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