Daily Topics - Monday May 23rd, 2011
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Hour One: The "Un-Patriot" Act extension...not all conservatives support it - Dave Nalle, Republican Liberty Caucus
Hour Two: How should the U.S. respond to the real-life challenges on the ground in the Middle East and North Africa? Joel Rubin, National Security Network and Salam Al-Marayti, Muslim Public Affairs Council
Hour Three: Can religion reduce crime and delinquency? Byron Johnson, "More God, Less Crime"
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The news at the top of the hour has a bit about Roger Ailes calling Sarah Palin stupid. Then they off-handedly mention that previous Republican candidates have "consulted" with Ailes. Why isn't that second part the big headline--that Roger Ailes is somehow the "pope" who crowns the Republican candidate "kings"?
Thom's Blog Is On the Move
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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.
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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 Cracking the Code:
"No one communicates more thoughtfully or effectively on the radio airwaves than Thom Hartmann. He gets inside the arguments and helps people to think them through—to understand how to respond when they’re talking about public issues with coworkers, neighbors, and friends. This book explores some of the key perspectives behind his approach, teaching us not just how to find the facts, but to talk about what they mean in a way that people will hear."
From Unequal Protection, 2nd Edition:
"If you wonder why and when giant corporations got the power to reign supreme over us, here’s the story."
You keep talking about the "right of return" as a Palestinian position that Jews should leave Palestine and return to their ancestral home land. The "right of return" is a provision of Israeli law that allows Jews to immigrate to Israel. The Palestinian position has been that families of non-Jewish Palestinians who were forced to emigrate since 1948 be allowed to immigrate.
Please <em>stop conflating this term</em> with a position that Jews must leave Palestine. While some Palestinians still advocate that position as well, that is not the same as Palestinian "right of return."
The Israeli state has opposed Palestinian "right of return" because it puts a lie to their "democracy." It would ensure that non-Jewish Palestinians are the true majority.