Daily Topics - Wednesday May 8th, 2013
By shawnt56
Catch The Thom Hartmann Program LIVE 3-6pm ET M-F!
Have a question or comment for Thom? Grab your phone, hit record and send your video to YourTakeMyTake@gmail.com and we may air it on "The Big Picture."
Hour One: Would Community Policing have prevented kidnapping? / Plus, Why There Won’t Be Anything New In Today’s Benghazi Hearing - Hayes Brown, Think Progress
Hour Two: What should be done about corporate terrorists? Steve Malzberg, The Steve Malzberg Show
Hour Three: WTF-one hospital charges $8K, another $38K...?!
Comments
#2
For the folk all up in arms about Christoterrorism:
About anti-abortion terrorist attacks, Wikipedia has a good list under search term Anti-abortion_violence. Strangely, all of it seems to come out of Talabangelical Rapturian types.
Additionally, the KKK and the Concerned Citizens are Christian and quite unSmurfy.
#3
The Assault Weapons Ban was in effect from 1994 to 2004.
In 2006, NRA lobbying and GWB43 resulted in Gun Manufacturer immunity and cop-killer bullets being made lawful.
2008 . . . and 2012 . . . Golly, what happened then.
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.
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From Cracking the Code:
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"Hartmann speaks with the straight talking clarity and brilliance of a modern day Tom Paine as he exposes the intentional and systematic destruction of America’s middle class by an alliance of political con artists and outlines a program to restore it. This is Hartmann at his best. Essential reading for those interested in restoring the institution that made America the envy of the world."
From The Thom Hartmann Reader:
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A new poll by Pew Research indicates firearm homocides decreased markedly between 1993 and 2011. This runs against my preconceptions. I wonder what's up with that? I consider Pew one of our more reliable sources. The "more guns is better" crowd will no doubt pick this finding up to support their position.