Daily Topics - Wednesday September 26th, 2012
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Catch The Thom Hartmann Program LIVE 3-6pm Eastern!
Hour One: How can you plan a revolution when Big Brother is watching? / Plus, critical campaigns that need your help - Stephanie Schriock, Emily's List
Hour Two: Why does Drudge always have different polling than everyone else? / Plus, "Taking Our Country Back" - Kristin Cabral (D-VA, 10th district) running for Congress against a 16 term Republican incumbent
Hour Three: Thom talks trade, taxes & Citizens United with Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH)
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
Thom & Louise at a "private audience" with His Holiness Pope John Paul II at his summer palace, Castle Gandolfo, Italy
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."
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."
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."
The burden of proof of voter challenges should be on the challenger. There should be "probable cause", there should be safeguards against shot-gun tactics (such as ignoring a source that has "cried wolf" too often, as well as being suspicious of large numbers of challenges) and there should be sanctions against abusers. If there can be punishment for voter registrars, there should be punishment for challengers.