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Wednesday 29 December '10 show notes

Jan. 5, 2011 4:13 pm

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Dan Gainor of the Business and Media Institute. Is it true that conservatives are wired to be more fearful? (New study says yes!)
Chief Frank John King, member, Rosebud Sioux Tribe (relatives killed at Wounded Knee). How did a country founded in theft/slavery and genocide rise to become the moral leader of the world...and how do we recover that status after Bush's presidency?
Political Scientist & media critic Dr. Brendan Nyhan. Are We Too Dumb for Democracy?
Bumper Music:
- Stand Up, Jet.
- Help Me, Nick Carter.
- Not Afraid, Eminem.
- Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee, Indigo Girls.
- Indian Outlaw, Tim McGraw.
- Indian Reservation, Paul Revere & the raiders.
- Too Stupid For Democracy, Eileen McGann.
- Grand Canyon, Dmitriy Lukyanov (you need to search for it) (with additional sounds by Jacob).
- Democracy, Leonard Cohen.

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The United Nation’s Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People

Since taking office – President Obama has tried to reach out to indigenous Native Americans in a number of ways. Recently – the President announced support for the United Nation’s Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People – a document previously opposed by former President Bush. As the State Department says – the declaration is not legally binding – but it does work to, “address historical inequities faced by indigenous communities in the United States.” And – President Obama has pledged to improve access to quality health care, education, and employment. Of course – like any reasonable civil rights policy championed by the President – Conservatives are angry. The American Family Association and other right-wing groups claim that in reaching out to Native Americans President Obama is trying to hand over our nation’s sovereignty to Native Americans – including handing them all of Manhattan. Right… – this is nothing more that the politics of bigotry. And this hatred of American Indians happens to coincide with the anniversary of the massacre at Wounded Knee – which happened 120 years today. It was there – that as many as 300 Lakota Sioux Indians were killed at the hands of the US 7th Cavalry Regiment. It was a dark day in American history – and unfortunately just one of many brutal incidents and injustices that have littered the timeline of American Indians since the country was settled by European colonizers more than 500 years ago. And today’s Republican Party is perfectly happy to continue many of these injustices.

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Tonight on The Big Picture on RT TV at 9pm and 11pm... Why are we the last civilized nation in the world to get universal healthcare? (check your local listings for stations or stream at RT, and catch past shows on Youtube)

Need to Know: American housing market is indeed in the midst of a double-dip recession Roubini: 'Housing Prices Can Only Move Down'. With Dr. John Lott, economist/Fox News Contributor/author of sever books including Freedomnomics.

Screwed: Why are we the last civilized nation in the world to get universal healthcare? With Wendell Potter, corporate watchdog/senior analyst at the Center for Public Integrity, author of "Deadly Spin: An Insurance Company Insider Speaks Out on How Corporate PR Is Killing Health Care and Deceiving Americans".

Why doesn't the U.S. prosecute it's war criminals? Henry Kissinger’s Long History Of Complicity In Human Rights Abuses. With Zaid Jilani, reporter/blogger with Think Progress.org.

The Best of the Rest of the News...

Lakota deserve apology for Wounded Knee, 120 Years Ago Latest Right-Wing Freak-Out: Obama Wants To Give Manhattan Back To Native Americans. With Chief Frank John King, member, Rosebud Sioux Tribe (relatives killed at Wounded Knee)..

Green report Renewable energy. With Tom Weis, President-Climate Crisis Solutions, who rode his bike from Colorado to DC in support of renewable energy.

Top Five WTF moments.

Crazy Alert: Her again?! Woman Who Protested TSA Pat-Downs At OKC Airport Banned From Flying

The Good, The Bad, The Ugly

Daily Take: Tucker Carlson: Michael Vick 'Should Have Been Executed'.

Know what makes Thom crack up? The heartrending stories of the children arriving at the New England Salem Children's Village in New Hampshire which he and Louise founded in 1979. He'll tell a story a day on the radio show this week.

With states delaying payment for the children they entrust to the village, they need help with cash flow urgently.

And this week he is sending a signed book "Rebooting the American Dream" to anyone who donates $250 to Salem. This money goes directly to care for kids that are in long term care. They are the kids that need your help the most because when no one else can step in - we do at Salem. Go to their site and help now.

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Read Chapter Seven: Cool Our Fever today.

The Daily Stack

Quote: "Money is the great power today. Men sell their souls for it. Women sell their bodies for it. Others worship it. The money power has grown so great that the issue of all issues is whether the corporation shall rule this country or the country shall again rule the corporations." -- Joseph Pulitzer, December 1878, St. Louis Dispatch.

Hour One: Is it true that conservatives are wired to be more fearful? (New study says yes!) Thom has a rumble with Dan Gainor of the Business and Media Institute...

Article: "Study: Conservatives have larger ‘fear center’ in brain" by Daniel Tencer.

Article: "Left wing or right wing? It's written in the brain".

Book: "None Dare Call It Treason" by John A. Stormer.

Book: "The Edison Gene: ADHD and the Gift of the Hunter Child"

Book: "The Crack in the Cosmic Egg: New Constructs of Mind and Reality" by Joseph Chilton Pearce.

Book: "Evolution's End: Claiming the Potential of Our Intelligence" by Joseph Chilton Pearce.

Site: "Help the 99ers".

Site: "Nicole Sandler".

Book: "The Fourth Turning" by William Strauss, Neil Howe.

Article: "Genetics of Childhood Disorders: XXII. ADHD, Part 6: The Dopamine D4 Receptor Gene" by Cathy L. Barr, PH.D.

Cheesy news alert: "Birthers Challenge Hawaii to Produce Statehood Certificate" by Andy Borowitz.

Article: "Chinese missile shifts power in Pacific" by Kathrin Hille in Beijing .

Article: "Beijing city to raise minimum wage 21%" by Jamil Anderlini in Beijing and Rahul Jacob in Hong Kong.

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

Site: "The Equality Trust".

Movie: "The Trials of Henry Kissinger".

Hour Two: How did a country founded in theft/slavery and genocide rise to become the moral leader of the world...and how do we recover that status after Bush's presidency? With Chief Frank John King, member, Rosebud Sioux Tribe (relatives killed at Wounded Knee).

120th anniversary of the massacre at Wounded Knee.

Article: "Lakota deserve apology for Wounded Knee, 120 Years Ago" by Mark Anthony Rolo.

Article: "Latest Right-Wing Freak-Out: Obama Wants To Give Manhattan Back To Native Americans" by Jillian Rayfield.

Movie: "Hidalgo".

Book: "The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight: Revised and Updated: The Fate of the World and What We Can Do Before It's Too Late" by Thom Hartmann.

Book: "The Prophet's Way" by Thom Hartmann.

Book: "Threshold: The Progressive Plan to Pull America Back from the Brink" by Thom Hartmann - now in paperback!

Article: "China to cut exports of rare earth minerals" by Leslie Hook in Beijing.

Book: "The Conspirators Hierarchy: The Committee of Three Hundred" by John Coleman.

Book: "Unequal Protection: How Corporations Became "People" - And How You Can Fight Back" by Thom Hartmann - new updated version out now!

Book: "Clearing a Path: Theorizing the Past in Native American Studies by Nancy Shoemaker" by Nancy Shoemaker.

Book: "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West" by Dee Brown.

Transcript: "Hungry Ghosts" by Thom Hartmann.

Book: "What Would Jefferson Do?" by Thom Hartmann.

Hour Three: Are We Too Dumb for Democracy? Political Scientist & media critic Dr. Brendan Nyhan will be here to explain....

Article: "Are We Too Dumb for Democracy? The Logic Behind Self-Delusion" by Stephen Dufrechou.

Book: "Think and Grow Rich!: The Original Version, Restored and Revised" by Napoleon Hill.

Site: "New Tribes Mission".

Site: New England Salem Children’s Village (NESCV).

Book: "The Prophet's Way" by Thom Hartmann.

The good: Mike Lee. "GOP Senator-Elect Calls For Filibuster Reform On Judicial Nominees" by Ian Millhiser.

The bad: "Supported By Tea Party Polluters, Upton Flips On Threat Of Global Warming " by Brad Johnson.

The very, very ugly: "Right-Wing Groups Abandon Conservative Forum For Inviting Gay Conservatives To Participate" by Tanya Somanader.

Book: "Where White Men Fear to Tread: The Autobiography of Russell Means" by Russell Means.

Article: "First-class Forever Stamps Will Be Only First-class Stamps Soon" by Mimi Li.

Article: "The American Wikileaks Hacker" by Nathaniel Rich. ("Rep. Mike Rogers, a Republican from Michigan, said that the soldier who allegedly provided the documents to Wikileaks should be executed.")

Movie: "THX 1138".

Article: "14th Amendment".

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Hour one: "Brunch With Bernie". It's a special Thursday edition of "Brunch With Bernie"...America's Senator... Senator Bernie Sanders, (I-VT) will spend the hour talking with me about the issues of the day and he'll be answering your questions too...

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Time to Think Big

In America, we generally know non-profits and cooperatives to be small, modest operations that are fueled mainly by the passion and commitment of a core group of dedicated believers, including volunteers or underpaid staff.

Non-profits generally have a public-service mission (Of course, there’s been an explosion of sham non-profits in the USA over the past few decades; for-profit companies have moved to nonprofit status to take advantage of tax exemptions and lower postage rates, and then pay their CEOs huge salaries.)

Small community-based non-profits and health-food co-ops are the models familiar to Americans. While they have a good reputation, they are generally seen as inconsequential, economically speaking. To use the vernacular of the tech world, such co-ops are not “scalable,” and therefore will remain small in size and scope.

But Mondragon, and other large co-ops around the world like Asiapro in the Philippines, exemplify another business model. Every bit as aggressive, every bit as competitive, and every bit as successful as large for-profit corporations, the Mondragon Corporation offers a serious alternative to predatory capitalism that puts workers first, caters to the needs of customers and, perhaps more importantly, establishes a business model that is fair, humane and equitable.

Early economic models – from monarchy to hierarchy to capitalism – represent ways for the predatory and the acquisitive to rise to the top of the pile and get as much as they can. As such, they foster the human qualities of greed and aggression.

One way to consider the fundamental issue is to ask: “Is the economy here to serve workers, or are workers here to serve those who own the economy?” The answer of old-fashioned capitalism – reaching all the way back to Gilgamesh’s time in 2700 B.C. – is that workers are here to serve the economy and its owners.

But that can be changed, and is being all over the world. It is entirely possible, in 21st century America, for us to begin to use the tools of technology and finance to spawn large numbers of Mondragon-like cooperative corporations right here.

If a $24 billion cooperative venture can be successfully established in the remote Basque region of northern Spain, surely it can be done in modern day metropolises of the wealthiest nation on earth.

Learn more in chapter eleven, "In The Shadow Of The Dragon", of "Rebooting the American Dream". (On Kindle too)

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