Friday 28 September '12 show notes

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Friday 28 September '12 show notes

Aug. 25, 2013 9:44 am

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Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT): "Brunch With Bernie"
Singer/Songwriter James Taylor: Election day is 5 weeks away
Anything Goes on Townhall Friday

Thom's blog

Is The GOP Gearing Up for Obama's Second Term?

Fox so-called News personality John Huckabee is sending a message to Republicans in Congress. In an interview on GOP TV – Huckabee suggested that President Obama should be impeached over his handling on the attack on the Benghazi consulate in Libya.

Huckabee said, “Richard Nixon was forced out of office because he lied. And because he covered some stuff up. I will be blunt and tell you this. Nobody died in Watergate. We have people who are dead because of this.”

With these words – Huckabee is giving Republicans their agenda should President Obama win a second term – which is too weigh down his administration with yet another nonsensical investigation, just like they did in his first term with Fast and Furious.

Unlike President Bush who was willing to blame any and everything on terrorism to keep Americans afraid – this administration has been more cautious with how it throws that word around – as they should be.

-Thom

(Do you think they will try to impeach him? Tell us here.)

Tonight on The Big Picture on RT TV at 7pm and 9pm... "American Islamophobia" (in-depth panel) (check your local listings for stations or stream at RT, and catch past shows on Youtube)

"American Islamophobia"
- Rais Bhuiyan, survivor of post 9/11 hate crime.
- Corey Saylor, Legislative Director-Counsel on American Islamic Relations (CAIR)

- Rajdeep Singh, Director of Law and Policy-American Sikh Coalition

- Dr. Michael Scheuer, Center for Peace and Security Studies / Former CIA Analyst / Author, "Imperial Hubris"

The Big Picture Rumble:
- Horace Cooper, National Center for Public Policy Research

- Sam Sacks, Progressive writer/strategist

- Michael Warren, The Weekly Standard

Daily Take: Is impeachment the new GOP game plan?

Free excerpt, read book for free at Truthout, buy the book!

Thursday's Daily Stack

Quote: "How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in your life you will have been all of these." -- George Washington Carver.

Hour One: Why isn't Anderson Cooper an enemy of the state also?

Article: "Obama may be a job creator after all" by Annalyn Censky.

Video: "Assange to UN: 'It is time for the US to cease its persecution of WikiLeaks' (VIDEO)".

Article: "First Amendment to the United States Constitution".

Article: "US brands Julian Assange and WikiLeaks ‘enemies of the state’ (VIDEO)" by RT.

Video: "WikiLeaks video: Reuters journalists and civilians gunned down by US pilots ".

Article: "Transcript of Julian Assange Address to the UN".

Does Romney want to harvest the middle class for profits?

Article: "NEW ROMNEY VIDEO: In 1985, He Said Bain Would "Harvest" Companies for Profits" by David Corn.

Book: "Psychopathia Sexualis" by Richard Von Krafft-Ebing.

Article: "Why Do So Many Smart Children With ADD Fail In Our Public Schools?" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "60 Minutes: Campaign 2012: Obama vs. Romney" by CBS.

Article: "Electoral fraud" by Wikipedia.

Book: "Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences" by Howard Gardner.

Hour Two: The GOP's "big lie" about our social safety net
- Nick Gillespie, Reason Magazine & Reason.com

Article: "Forget Romney: Should We Be Concerned That 49 Percent of Households Get Government Money?" by Nick Gillespie.

Speech: "First State of the Union Address" by George W. Bush, 2001. "Many of you have talked about the need to pay down our national debt. I listened, and I agree."

Geeky Science rocks! - can you smell the psychopath in the room???

Geeky Science alert: "" by AFP.

Book: "Thom Hartmann's Complete Guide to ADHD: Help for Your Family at Home, School and Work".

Speech: "1944 State of the Union Address". FDR's Second Bill of Rights or Economic Bill of Rights Speech, January 11, 1944. "we must be prepared to move forward, in the implementation of these rights, to new goals of human happiness and well-being... For unless there is security here at home there cannot be lasting peace in the world."

Article: "Second Bill of Rights" by Wikipedia.

Speech: "A Rendezvous With Destiny", 27 June 1936 acceptance speech by Franklin D. Roosevelt. "An old English judge once said: "Necessitous men are not free men.""

Article: "Romney-ryan campaign adviser dan senor discusses campaign strategy and foreign policy, on “CBS this morning”".

Article: "EXCLUSIVE – Romney on Debates: Obama Will ‘Say Things That Aren’t True’" by George Stephanopoulos.

Article: "I Stand With Henry" by Amy Sequenzia.

Talk Radio News Segment:
- Ellen Ratner, Bureau Chief

Site: Governor Don Siegelman.

Petition: "President Obama: Please restore justice and pardon my dad!" by Dana Siegelman.

Article: "Romney: I Want A Military So Strong, No One Wants To Test It" by Benny Martinez.

Article: "White House Press Gaggle by Jay Carney Aboard Air Force One, September 27, 2012" by ENEWSPF.

Article: "Petition delivered to debate commission urging nonpartisan ‘fact checkers’" by Daily Caller.

Article: "Watch: Protesters Arrested In Front Of Fannie Mae Headquarters" by Amy Walker.

Hour Three: Palm Beach, FL...focus of GOP voter fraud scandal?
- Brad Friedman, Brad Blog

Article: "Palm Beach Election Supervisor Says FL Sec. of State Yet to Return Call About GOP Voter Registration Fraud Scandal" by Brad Friedman.

Article: "NC GOP Joins FL in Firing RNC's Romney-Tied Voter Registration Firm Accused of Fraud" by Brad Friedman.

Article: "Video Appears to Reveal GOP Voter Registration Worker Screening Out Dems in Colorado" by Brad Friedman.

Article: "Mars rover Curiosity finds evidence of ancient fast-moving streams on surface of red planet" by Steve Connor.

Article: "Todd Akin wishes Claire McCaskill would be more 'ladylike'" by Kaili Joy Gray.

Campaign news of the day, early voting begins in Iowa & first debate next week (will Romney lie during the debates?)
- Ben LaBolt, National Campaign Press Secretary-Barack Obama 2012

Clip: Phone conversation between President Lyndon Johnson and Sen. Everett Dirksen (R) Illinois, November 2, 1968.

The good: "Bronx District Attorney Curbs Stop-and-Frisk Abuses" by Jika González, Mariana Ionova, and Jan Hendrik Hinzel.

The bad: "Wilcoxson's Ice Cream CEO Matt Schaeffer Sparks Social Media Firestorm, Claims Innocence" by Janean Chun.

The very, very ugly: "Texas Lawmaker Advocates Aggressive New Voter Purge" by Scott Keyes.

Article: "Huge: Pennsylvania Activists May Be On Verge Of Winning Voter ID Fight " by Steven Rosenfeld.

Article: "NFIB Exposed: 'Voice Of Small Business' Is A Front, Group Charges " by Dan Froomkin.

Article: "Romney’s Budget Plan Could Kill Millions Of Jobs Over The Next Two Years" by Travis Waldron.

Article: "Sheldon Adelson: Inside the mind of the mega-donor" by Mike Allen.

Article: "Sheldon Adelson: Investigation Into His Casinos By Justice Department Is Top Reason For Backing Romney" by Ryan Grim.

Article: "NFL confirms new deal between league, officials is done" by Doug Farrar.

Friday on The Thom Hartmann Program, 3-6pm ET

Hour One: If it's Friday, it's "Brunch With Bernie"... the honorable Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) will be here with all the news from our nation's capitol and as always he'll be spending the hour taking your calls and answering your questions too...

Hour Two: Anything Goes on Townhall Friday

Hour Three: Election day is 5 weeks away
- Singer/Songwriter James Taylor

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Monday on The Thom Hartmann Program, 3-6pm ET

Hour Two: Investigative Reporter and friend of the Thom Hartmann Program, Greg Palast will be in studio talking about the election and his new book, "Billionaires & Ballot Bandits"...

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