Thursday 29 September '11 show notes

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Thursday 29 September '11 show notes

Sep. 29, 2011 5:36 pm

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J.A. Myerson, Alternet. Occupy Wall Street movement.
Len Gilroy, Reason Foundation. Should the commons of our prisons be controlled for profit?
Jon Collins, Minnesota Independent. Private prison company’s growth went hand-in-hand with political influence.
Cliff Schecter, Libertas, LLC. Education nation or education corporation?
Bumper Music:
- The Wall Street Shuffle, 10 CC.
- Boondocks, Little Big Town.
- Wake Me Up When September Ends, Green Day.
- Locked Up, Akon.
- Folsom Prison Blues, Johnny Cash - Pete Rock Remix.
- Choir, Emma's Revolution.
- Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard, Paul Simon.
- Grand Canyon, Dmitriy Lukyanov (you need to search for it) (with additional sounds by Jacob).
- Democracy, Leonard Cohen.

Join me Oct. 3 to 5 - I'll be "live" noon-3p ET at the Take Back the American Dream conference — at the FSTV EStudio - Come say Hi!

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First it was Vermont – now it’s Montana...Single Payer Healthcare

First it was Vermont – now it’s Montana. Governor Brian Schweitzer of Montana said he plans to ask the federal government to exempt his state from requirements in the Affordable Care Act – so that he can set up a universal, single-payer system like in Canada.

Earlier this year – the state of Vermont started moving in the same direction too. Governor Schweitzer said he wants to create a system modeled after the Canadian province of Saskatchewan – where less is spent on healthcare – but there are better results and people live longer.

Today – Canada has a nationwide single-payer system – but it started with one province – Saskatchewan – and spread across the rest of the nation. Let's hope we see the same thing sweep across America.

-Thom

(Do you think your state will follow suit? Tell us here.)

Tonight on The Big Picture on RT TV at 9pm and 11pm... Show down at the health care corral? (check your local listings for stations or stream at RT, and catch past shows on Youtube)

Need to Know: Show down at the health care corral? - Dan Holler, Heritage Action for America

Vermont, Montana...48 more to go on single payer

An expanding war in Pakistan? - Former CA State Senator Tom Hayden

Screwed: Solyndra...why it doesn't matter to green energy - Anthony Holm, Republican Strategist / Attorney

Incendiary: The Todd Willingham Story - Steve Mims and Joe Bailey, Jr.

Daily Take: Astro Turf vs Grass Roots...Who's going to win the revolution?

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The Daily Stack

Quote: "Imprisonment has become the response of first resort to far too many of our social problems." -- Angela Davis.

Hour One: Occupy Wall Street movement J.A. Myerson, Alternet

Article: "Inside the Wall Street Protests: An Eyewitness Account of Police Crackdown on Peaceful Demonstrators" by J.A. Myerson.

Site: "#OCCUPYWALLSTREET".

Site: "NYC General Assembly" (#OccupyWallStreet).

Video: "Anonymous Occupy Wall Street - Call to Action".

Article: "Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer Will Seek Health Care Law Waiver To Establish Single Payer In His State" by Zaid Jilani.

Article: "Sorry, But This Trader's Banking Confession Was No Prank" by The Yes Men.

Article: "Justice Department Asks Supreme Court to Hear Affordable Care Act Case" by Jon Walker.

Article: "Obama may have more than five votes to uphold health-care law" by Eva Rodriguez.

Article: "Mitt Romney Describes Individual Mandate As ‘A Conservative Idea,’ Credits Gingrich For Supporting It" by Igor Volsky.

Article: "The Toll of the Great Recession: Childhood Poverty Among Hispanics Sets Record, Leads Nation" by Mark Hugo Lopez.

Article: "Retired Justice John Paul Stevens on His ‘Wrong’ Vote on Texas Death Penalty Case" by George Stephanopoulos.

Article: "Irony alert: Romney cites wrong Brit in defense of flip-flops" by Garrett Haake and Jo Ling Kent.

Article: "Witty quotes and insults from Winston Churchill" (look for those with "madam" in).

Article: "EU Proposes Financial-Transactions Tax to Start in 2014" by Rebecca Christie.

Bill: "H. R. 1351: `United States Postal Service Pension Obligation Recalculation and Restoration Act of 2011" (218 cosponsors needed).

Article: "Militia Acts of 1792".

Article: "News: Pres. Signs H-Care Insurance Mandate-212 Years Ago!" by CNN.

Article: "An Act for the Relief of Sick and Disabled Seamen", 1798.

Hour Two: Should the commons of our prisons be controlled for profit? Len Gilroy, Reason Foundation

Article: "Public-Private Partnerships for Corrections in California: Bridging the Gap between Crisis and Reform" by Leonard C. Gilroy, Adam B. Summers, Anthony Randazzo and Harris Kenny.

Private prison company’s growth went hand-in-hand with political influence Jon Collins, Minnesota Independent

Article: "Private prison company’s growth went hand-in-hand with political influence" by Jon Collins.

Article: "Ohio Becomes First State To Sell Off A Prison, Giving It To Prison Director's Former Private Employer" by Scott Keyes.

Article: "Private Prisons Found to Offer Little in Savings" by Richard A. Oppel Jr..

Higgins alert: "Israeli Researchers Build a Rat Cyborg With a Digital Cerebellum" by Clay Dillow.

Article: "Postal workers rally to fight layoffs" by Jennifer Liberto.

Article: "States That Cut The Most Funding Lost The Most Jobs: Analysis".

Article: "CHART: States That Cut The Most Spending Have Lost The Most Jobs" by Adam Hersh.

Article: "History of Georgia (U.S. state)".

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

Site: "Move to Amend".

Article: "Convict Lease System" by Digital History.

Movie: "I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang".

Hour Three: Education nation or education corporation? Cliff Schecter, Libertas, LLC

Article: "Education nation or education corporation?" by Cliff Schecter.

Article: "State Department Keystone XL Hearings Run By TransCanada Contractor" by Brad Johnson.

The good: Carl Hiaasen: "Columnist offers to fund drug tests for Florida lawmakers" by David Edwards.

The bad: "Anita Perry Defends Her Husband’s Job Creation Record: ‘People Are Hungry For’ Minimum Wage Jobs" by Marie Diamond.

The very, very ugly: "Allen West Attacks Wasserman Schultz Again: ‘I Need A Bucket’" by Marie Diamond.

Clip: "The Man from Abilene" - Eisenhower (you need to select it).

Article: "Preamble to the Constitution of the United States".

Article: "Waldorf education".

Site: "Project On Government Oversight (POGO)".

Site: "Bernie Sanders campaign site".

Article: "Afghanistan violence soars, U.N. says" by Habib Zohori.

Article: "House Republicans Investigate Planned Parenthood" by Meghan McCarthy.

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