Scott Walker on CBS Early Show said that "BarackObamaFederalEmployees" had no constitutional right to collective bargaining. Said it quick and under his breath, as one word.

The caller that talked about how the economy starts with the dirt had a great point. The stock market provides no real value. I used to work for a company with offices all over the world (they once offered me a contractor position in Iraq!). That company is still privately owned, not publicly traded on any stock market. I think we can live without Wall Street.

P.S. I like the style update on the website.

Texas Budget Bomb was planted in 2006 when tax law was changed. The Republicans in charge (including Perry) proclaimed the change was revenue nutral. However at the time the comptroller, who was running for Perry's job, stated that there would be a $23 billion shortfall within 5 years ( http://www.window.state.tx.us/comptrol/monthly/). Last year, the Dallas Morning News stated there would be a shortfall of nearly $5 billion/year (http://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/texas-legislature/headlines/2010...).

Meanwhile the governor, the Republican legislature and the Republican comptroller were doing their damnest to hide this information. Now of course the reason for the shortfall is those lazy overpaid state workers.

The problem with the war power in the Constitution is that it only has the force of defining war, not restricting actual warfare. We need a restriction of what the President can do when no declaration of war is in effect. I suggest that he not be allowed to put soldiers onto foreign land without either 1) a declaration of war against that territory's sovereign government or 2) permission from that territory's sovereign government.

The Republicans really need to destroy unions and public broadcasting, because those things are evidence that the "free" market doesn't provide everything the consumers want.

The labor bumper music has been a great feature. The Foremen have a pro-public-broadcasting song called "Privateers of the Public Airwaves".

Thom, don't forget the horrible expense of refining the nuclear material used in the rods. The only useful option is to take nuclear materials from weapons and reduce it to generate power.

The laws of thermodynamics pretty much corral us into modes of reality.

Bernie Sanders is probably a pro at speaking into microphones. I think the problem is more likely those who control the electronics. LiveStream, I believe, may be part of the problem. It is a very common occurrence to suffer having to watch video and listen to audio problems like Thom Hartmann twitching neurotically due to a video problem and to hear him stutter incessantly also due to the audio problem. The sound quality, in my opinion, suffers sometimes as well. Sometimes the audio volume, when compared to adjacent channels, is not as loud. Sometimes the video and audio just freeze up solid for a few seconds.

Obama's failure to openly speak out in support of the brave and patriotic Wisconsin workers is either an act of cowardice or an act of complicity with the right wing wealthy cockroaches who have infested America. I don't buy the argument that Thom Hartmann seems to be making...that if Obama takes sides...it will all be about him. It should be about him and what he campaigned on...all the fluffy sounding words he used to get us to vote for him. Obama deserves to lose the support of his base because he has continually shafted his base. He is either with us or he is against us and his actions have shown that he is against us and for the rich. He won't get better after a reelection...he is bought off and controlled by the rich just like most other politicians: All Republicans and many of the Democrats. We are having our own nuclear meltdown right here in America. Maybe it's time to roll out the guillotines and, figuratively, lop off a few heads of corporations and fraudsters who have committed treason and economic fraud against us. Voting won't work because our voting system is a fraud.