Daily Topics - Thursday September 13th, 2012
By shawnt56
Catch The Thom Hartmann Program LIVE 3-6pm Eastern!
Hour One: Egypt...the revolution and the aftermath
Hour Two: Progressive transformation happens in inches
Hour Three: Media ignores Romney lies in favor of politicization - Tommy Christopher, Mediaite / Plus, democracy under fire in Michigan - Pastor D. Alexander Bullock, Rainbow Push-Detroit
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#2
Having now seen footage of Mitt Romney's convention speech, I noticed that every time he finished a sentence, he had a condescending look on his face like he was about to say, "I mean, come on." Despite how uninspirational that is, he's using it in his TV ads.
#3
I wonder if the gut flora thing could be used to help with hypo- and hyperthyroidism. I've known so many women with hypothyroidism that it seems like an epidemic.
#4
I caught your take on voting for the lesser of 2 evils and no matter what you believe, I could never vote for someone who approves a hit list every Tuesday.
#5
I was watching Thom the other night in a Lone Liberal Rumble and I realized that there's an argument to be used to counter (that Thom hasn't) the free-marketeers he's always running up against. Dean Baker- as well as scores of other economists, Left and Right, makes the argument that in a true free market, corporations do not exist. From a free marketeer's standpoint, a corporation is an "unnatural" creation of the government. While honest brokers are allowed to form any sort of partnership, this unnatural entity- with all of its extra rights and the ability to hide liability- is not allowed .
Given this, the next time a conservative talks about "freeing the market", Thom should come back with "Well to do that-- we should start with the destruction of the unnatural corporations that are clogging up the market..."
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Since they're disenfranchising people in Philadelphia, why don't Republicans just go melt down the Liberty Bell already?