Daily Topics - Monday March 21st, 2011
By shawnt56
Truthout proudly presents Thom Hartmann's book, "Unequal Protection" Click here for the latest chapter
Hour One: Libya, another unauthorized war? / Plus, latest on the war on democracy - John Nichols, The Nation Magazine
Hour Two: What do conservatives have against Labor Unions? - Dr. John Lott / Plus, the latest news from Labor - Doug Cunningham, Workers' Independent News
Hour Three: Latest on the "Chamberleaks" scandal - Lee Fang, Think Progress / Plus, more radiation woes and more problems at the Fukushima Daiichi plant - Paul Gunter, Beyond Nuclear
Comments
#2
Geez Thom, you've had a CAT scan, went through Radioactive rain in Germany around the time Chernobyl went haywire, probably have had several dental X-Ray's like most of us, I'm beginning to wonder if you have a slight glow when all the lights are off.
I've been a bit concerned about the whole radiation plume hitting the west coast too (live in So Cal). Been having the family stay inside as much as possible, I figure better safe than sorry. I don't trust the official line that it's safe, nothing to worry about. It's more beneficial for them to lie about it then to admit that Nuclear energy is ultimately to dangerous and expensive to have present in this day and age.
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#3
Average house size may indeed be twice the size these days, but how about lot size, seems to have reduced to me. When you buy a house, you don't just by the house but the lot it sits on.
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#4
If we have to put up with the economic metaphor that a rising tide lifts all boats (which metaphor is far from true anyway), shouldn't we point out that a heavy rain will sink a shallow boat faster than a deep one?
#5
Scott Walker "Poo Flags"
I was caught on camera making a statment at the Hollywood Peace Rally.
http://www.storiestoldbythecamera.com/?p=1742
Make your own Scott Walker Poo Flags! Here's a link to the printable page I made:
#6
LifeLine Screening still advertizing
Thom, right after you talked about the radiation body scanners KTLK played an ad for LifeLine Screening. Yes, they are still operating and are still a sponsor of KTLK. Impecable timing on your part, Thom!
Thom's Blog Is On the Move
By webmaster
Hello All
Thom's blog in this space and moving to a new home.
Please follow us across to hartmannreport.com - this will be the only place going forward to read Thom's blog posts and articles.
Images of Thom
At Mondragon - both the mountain and the cooperative city - in Spain (written about in "Threshold" book)
From Cracking the Code:
"Thom Hartmann ought to be bronzed. His new book sets off from the same high plane as the last and offers explicit tools and how-to advice that will allow you to see, hear, and feel propaganda when it's directed at you and use the same techniques to refute it. His book would make a deaf-mute a better communicator. I want him on my reading table every day, and if you try one of his books, so will you."
From Unequal Protection, 2nd Edition:
"Beneath the success and rise of American enterprise is an untold history that is antithetical to every value Americans hold dear. This is a seminal work, a godsend really, a clear message to every citizen about the need to reform our country, laws, and companies."
From The Thom Hartmann Reader:
"Never one to shy away from the truth, Thom Hartmann’s collected works are inspiring, wise, and compelling. His work lights the way to a better America."
Atrocities and War go hand in hand. Mai Lai in Vietnam, Bataan Death March in WWI, the Holocaust, Armenian Genocide in Turkey WWI, German atrocities in Belgium WWI, Sherman's March through the South in the Civil War, etc, etc... These are only a mere handful of the atrocities in war that are known, and they are far outweighed by the unrecorded instances. From soldiers shooting any enemy with their hands up, or raping civilians as they pass through enemy territory. Its an unwritten rule of war, that in the war zone, there are no rules, do as you please against the enemy.
Prior to WWII we didn't have a standing army, nor the Pentagon. Since WWII we have neither declared war through congress, or removed the Pentagon or Standing Army... coincidence? We have been became a Militarized Nation in the 20th Century, there should be no surprise that we are guilty of atrocities.
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