Daily Topics - Wednesday May 23rd, 2012
By shawnt56
Catch The Thom Hartmann Program LIVE at our new time, 3-6pm Eastern!
Hour One: Crazy Fox News wants government run like a private equity firm
Hour Two: Would tougher regulations have prevented the JP Morgan debacle? David Harsanyi, Townhall.com
Hour Three: Will Libertarians hold their nose and vote Romney? Brian Doherty, Reason Magazine
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:
"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 Screwed:
"Thom Hartmann’s book explains in simple language and with concrete research the details of the Neo-con’s war against the American middle class. It proves what many have intuited and serves to remind us that without a healthy, employed, and vital middle class, America is no more than the richest Third World country on the planet."
From The Thom Hartmann Reader:
"Thom Hartmann is a literary descendent of Ben Franklin and Tom Paine. His unflinching observations and deep passion inspire us to explore contemporary culture, politics, and economics; challenge us to face the facts of the societies we are creating; and empower us to demand a better world for our children and grandchildren."
I have a new analogy about voter fraud.
Commiting voter fraud is like counterfiting a $1 bill. Yes it is illigal, yes if you are cought you can pay fines and go to jail, but in both cases, it is not really worth it. It takes a lot of effort to cast a few extra votes, which in the long run will not change the results.
Voter supression is the real crime. If you can't get more people to vote for your person, getting less people to vote for the other person works as well.
-Tim