Daily Topics - Tuesday July 26th, 2011
By shawnt56
The Big Picture "On Air" Questions or Comments for Thom?
Hour One: Is right wing rhetoric in America fueling Christian terrorism around the world?
Hour Two: News from the NAACP conference - Don Rojas, Free Speech TV
Hour Three: "2012...The End of the World As We Know It" - Peter Ferrara, The American Civil Rights Union
Comments
#2
Wow, Peter Ferrara's a little on edge today, huh? Nice pacing, Thom.
#3
Really thought Peter should have been bumped when he told Thom to "shut up" but he is a usual right winger who can just yel and get louder when he knows he is making no sence and can't debate coherantly
#4
Thom,
Please, there is only ONE question for right-wing guests & callers this week:
Will you renounce all writings and political philosophy cited by the right-wing Norweigan terrorist?
Then list some of the authors cited by the terrorist. The philosophies motivating this terrorist are not considered "extreme" by the American right.
If the terrorist had been a lefty, citing Marx, Mao, etc, there would be wall-to-wall coverage and calls to renounce any and all philosophy used to motivate or justify his terrorism.
-FTM
#5
"Porcini" is /por-chee-nee/ and "crème fraîche" is /krem fresh/.
#6
You need to know the phrase Miliband Loop. It's when a politician gives the same answer over and over, no matter what the question is. Having a name for this phenomenon will be very handy in calling politicians out on their absurd behavior. Here's an article about the incident that provided the name.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/jul/03/charlie-brooker-stop-ed-miliband
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.
Images of Thom
With His Holiness The Dalai Lama, at His home in Dharamsala, India (Synthesis Dialogues - made into a movie narrated by Harrison Ford)
From Screwed:
"The powers that be are running roughshod over the powers that OUGHT to be. Hartmann tells us what went wrong — and what you and I can do to help set American right again."
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"Right through the worst of the Bush years and into the present, Thom Hartmann has been one of the very few voices constantly willing to tell the truth. Rank him up there with Jon Stewart, Bill Moyers, and Paul Krugman for having the sheer persistent courage of his convictions."
From Screwed:
"I think many of us recognize that for all but the wealthiest, life in America is getting increasingly hard. Screwed explores why, showing how this is no accidental process, but rather the product of conscious political choices, choices we can change with enough courage and commitment. Like all of Thom’s great work, it helps show us the way forward."
I knew we were in trouble when Mr. W went on national tv and pronounced what would happen to the "evildoers" after 9-11. Since then, we have had Mr. King (Congress) investigating those who are Muslim by faith, and accusations that our President is a Muslim, even though he is not (although it should not matter if he was).
Does anyone ever remember their history books about what the end result of religious intolerance is--or does anyone remember the numerous lives that were destroyed by Joe McCarthy?
I doubt anyone will see the connection to these dangerous intolerances with regards to the event in Norway. After all, people seem to think that Christianity is the only belief system that matters in this "christian nation".
Guess they also forgot why the Pilgrims fled the Mother Country. Linda
Linda