Wednesday 24 November '10 show notes

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Wednesday 24 November '10 show notes

Dec. 1, 2010 4:50 am

By SueN

A young Florida woman dies after Jeb Bush's Medicaid program outsources to private insurance...is this "compassionate" conservatism?
Dr. John Eibner, Director of Human Rights for Christian Solidarity International. Will peace ever come to Africa?
Dan Gainor of the Business and Media Institute. Where are all the jobs Reagan promised us?
Tim Cavanaugh, columnist for Reason Magazine. Are private colleges turning our kids into the next indentured servitude class?
Article: Amendment IV.

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
Bumper Music:
- The Turkey Song (A funny Thanksgiving Song), Bryan Oden.
- Turkey Blues, Jim Stafford.
- Turkey Blues, John Zarra.
- Take the Money and Run, Steve Miller Band.
- The Thanksgiving Song, Adam Sandler.
- Alice's Restaurant, Arlo Guthrie.
- < Money (That's What I Want), Barrett Strong.
- Grand Canyon, Dmitriy Lukyanov (you need to search for it) (with additional sounds by Jacob).
- Democracy, Leonard Cohen.

Crazy, Gnarls Barkley.

Thom's blog

American businesses posted the largest profits ever – and moved our jobs to China!

Between July and September this year – American businesses posted the largest profits ever – nearly 1.7 trillion dollars! Never have US companies been so profitable in the history of this country. In fact – this this is part of a steady trend that started when worker salaries began to flatten out with Reaganomics. Most recently, corporations have seen their profits steadily increase every quarter since 2009 – and then they went through the roof the last few months. Yet what have we seen in the labor market? Nothing. In fact – as businesses started making profits again last year – job losses continued. And now – even as we are seeing record-breaking CEO and stockholder profits – job growth is anemic. Why is that? Reagan told us that hiring would start when companies and their rich stockholders and CEOs started making profits again, and they used those profits to hire employees. That’s how trickle-down economics says a labor market recovers from a recession. But Reaganomics - which we're still following after thirty failed years - is a crock. What makes economies recover is when workers have money in their pockets to buy things. Combine that with trade policies that keep manufacturing here in the US, and you have an economy. People buy things, that creates demand for products, which makes factories hire, which gives workers more paychecks. But after 30 years of Reagan/Clinton/Tom Friedman trade policy insanity, that chain has been broken and the factories - and thus the jobs - are now in China. 2 years ago – we all bailed out CEOs with taxpayer money – saving their butts – now those same CEO’s are taking that money and running to China and India to build more factories. Oh – and they want a tax cut too. When are we going to realize our nation's relationship with corporate CEOs in no longer mutually beneficial? - Now it's simply parasitic.

-Thom

(When are we going to realize our nation's relationship with corporate CEOs in no longer mutually beneficial? Tell us here.)

"Mass Deception" exposes the new George W. Bush memoir

Mass Deception, the bold and critically acclaimed new book by criminologist Scott Bonn, reveals that the Bush administration lied about the threat from Iraq and committed war crimes throughout the invasion and occupation. Order it today on amazon.com. Visit and "like" the Mass Deception fan page on facebook.

Today on the Big Picture.. Is this "compassionate" conservatism? On RT TV at 9pm and 11pm... (check your local listings for stations or stream at RT, and catch past shows on Youtube)

Iraq, Afghanistan aren't enough...now conservatives want to attack N.Korea and Iran too? I'm joined in the studio by Dan Gainor from The Business and Media Institute and by blogger/activist David Swanson, his latest "War is a Lie".

Peace Activists Protest George Bush at Speaking Engagements...move his book 'Decision Points' to the Crime Section of Bookstores with Medea Benjamin, Medea Benjamin, Founder-anti war group Code Pink and the human rights organization Global Exchange.

Screwed: Will the Reagan jobs ever come home? US Corporations post the biggest profits ever....but our jobs are still in China. With Dr. John Lott, economist/Fox News Contributor/author of sever books including Freedomnomics.

"Best of the Rest" of the News... Is this "compassionate" conservatism? Florida Woman Dies After Medicaid Program Outsourced To Private Insurers Denies Her Liver Transplant With Zaid Jilani, reporter/blogger with Think Progress.org.

Secret Corporate Money in the 2010 Elections and America’s New Shadow Democracy. With Jamie Raskin, Maryland State Senator and Senior Fellow with People for the American Way.

Crazy Alert! Wild Turkeys Terrorize NYC Neighborhood...

Daily Take: Food Safety Bill.

Community Square

"TSA - Mall Cops of Freedom" by Legion Within

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"Hilarious Video Explaining Quantitative Easing 2"
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"Vegetarian Gravy Recipe"

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"'TSA Body Scans and Pat Downs!' (the new) 'What Now' Cartoon"
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The Daily Stack

Quote: "A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all other virtues" -- Marcus Tullius Cicero, Roman Statesman/Orator & Scholar (106BC - 43BC).

Hour One: A young Florida woman dies after Jeb Bush's Medicaid program outsources to private insurance...is this "compassionate" conservatism?

Article: "Florida Woman Dies After Medicaid Program Outsourced To Private Insurers Denies Her Liver Transplant" by Zaid Jilani.

Book: "Third World America: How Our Politicians Are Abandoning the Middle Class and Betraying the American Dream" by Arianna Huffington.

Plus, will peace ever come to Africa? Dr. John Eibner, Director of Human Rights for Christian Solidarity International, joins Thom.

Berlusconi alert: "Berlusconi: porn bunga bunga movie shame" by Austrian Times.

Article: "Ron Paul on ‘Opt-Out Day’: ‘If we tolerate’ the TSA, ‘there’s something wrong with us’" by Stephen C. Webster.

Article: "Michael Chertoff, Bend Over, Please" by Thom Hartmann.

Video: "Body Scanner Demonstration (German w/ English Subtitles).mp4 " (you may need to click on "CC" to see the subtitles).

Article: OPT-OUT... (via Drudge)

Article: POLL: 61% oppose new airport security measures... (via Drudge)

Article: Scanner Uproar Shadows Holiday Travel... (via Drudge)

Article: AAA Expects Record Traffic on Highways... (via Drudge)

Article: VIDEO: TSA Speedo Protester... (via Drudge)

Woman: Agents Singled Me Out For My Breasts... (via Drudge)

Guest on the Big Picture last night: Steven Horwitz, professor of economics at St. Lawrence University: TSA methods 'will kill more Americans on highway'.

Hour Two: Where are all the jobs Reagan promised us? Thom has a rumble with Dan Gainor of the Business and Media Institute.

Article: "Corporate Profits Were the Highest on Record Last Quarter" by Catherine Rampell.

Site: "The Equality Trust".

Book: "The Spirit Level: Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger" by Richard Wilkinson, Kate Pickett.

Crazy alert: "Woman fears her breasts will be re-possessed" by Reuters.

Quote: "Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." by Benjamin Franklin.

Article: "Amendment IV".

Article: "TSA Employees Move Closer To Union Representation" by Eddy Metcalf.

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Talk Radio News Segment: Ellen Ratner, Bureau Chief.

Article: "U.S. May Scrap Airport Color-Coded Terror Alerts" by Angela Greiling Keane.

Article: "North Korea's well-rehearsed performance" by Justin McCurry.

Article: "Mullen: North Korean Attack Tied to Leadership Succession".

Article: "New Home Sales Down 8.1% in October" by Daniel Indiviglio.

Article: "Unemployment claims drop sharply to 407K" by AP.

Article: "UN issues severe climate warning ahead of summit" by Michael McCarthy.

Hour Three: Are private colleges turning our kids into the next indentured servitude class? Thom debates Tim Cavanaugh, columnist for Reason Magazine.

Article: "Broken Promises: For-Profit Colleges Fail Our Students" by The Education Trust.

Article: "The New Indentured Educated Class" by Chase Cryn Johannsen.

Article: "What’s a Diploma Worth?" by Tim Cavanaugh.

Book: "Rebooting the American Dream: 11 Ways to Rebuild Our Country" by Thom Hartman.

Site: Hunter School.

Book: "Screwed: The Undeclared War Against The Middle Class" by Thom Hartmann. Get "Screwed" by Thom Hartmann!

The good: "Rush to Judgment" by Todd Lassa, Motor Trend Magazine.

The bad: "Tucker Carlson: Park51 planners are "forc[ing] the families of vicitims of 9/11 to have to relive this all"".

The very, very ugly: "Palin: Put "Christ back into Christmas" because Christians "put up with a lot" that they "don't believe in either"".

Article: "After Attacking Liberal Feminists For Being Victims, Palin Whines About Unfairness To Conservative Women " by Ellen.

Article: "A.K. Pradeep mines the brain for marketers" by Julian Guthrie.

Article: "Tim Cavanaugh Talks Higher-Ed Bubble" by Tim Cavanaugh.

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Engage other countries constructively. Three Cups of Tea.

Here’s the irony: We came to believe in the concepts of freedom, egalitarianism, justice, tolerance and democracy without being forced to do so, and yet we repeatedly try and force that on others. Our military budget today is larger than that of every other country in the world – combined. Since World War II, we’ve been stuck in a rut that two of our Presidents – Dwight D. Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy – explicitly warned us about, of relying on our military to help make the world safe for its democracies.

The saner and smarter alternative, the higher road we need to be taking, is best demonstrated by the work of a man named Greg Mortenson. After an accident climbing in northern Pakistan, he ended up in a small village, where people took him in and for months – despite a poverty so severe they couldn’t even afford to have a school in their little community – cared for his wounds, fed him, and housed him until he could return to America.

Mortenson set out to repay the debt of hospitality he’d incurred in Pakistan by building the community a school. It took some time and rather herculean efforts, but he did it, and has now raised enough money to build over 130 such small schools in remote areas of northwestern Pakistan and, most recently, Afghanistan.

These areas, with their hospitality- and obligation-based cultures, are the epicenter of the Taliban. Yet in the places where Mortenson has built schools, people are friendly to Americans and reject the virulent anti-Americanism the Taliban is promoting; five of his teachers are former Taliban members. By helping provide education, especially to girls who previously were not allowed to study, Mortenson has both elevated the quality of life (along with the status of women) and created a debt of obligation from them to us.

Mortenson wrote two bestselling books about his experiences, Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace One School At A Time (2007) and a sequel, Stones Into Schools: Promoting Peace with Books, Not Bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan (2009). In both, with vivid prose and a compelling story, he illustrates the wisdom of what can be achieved through civic, not military, engagement. Mortenson’s schools are, in fact, “promoting peace with books, not bombs.”

That is the face of America we want the world to see, the face of enlightened change for the better.

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