Daily Topics - Tuesday January 21st, 2014
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Catch The Thom Hartmann Program LIVE 3-6pm ET M-F!!
4th Anniversary of SCOTUS Citizen's United Decision
Hour One: Morality, not religion, should inform our political decisions - Dr. Alex McFarland
Hour Two: Will the Supreme Court blow up unions?
Hour Three: Amend the constitution and legalize democracy - David Cobb, Move to Amend
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
With His Holiness The Dalai Lama, at His home in Dharamsala, India (Synthesis Dialogues - made into a movie narrated by Harrison Ford)
From Unequal Protection, 2nd Edition:
"Hartmann combines a remarkable piece of historical research with a brilliant literary style to tell the grand story of corporate corruption and its consequences for society with the force and readability of a great novel."
From The Thom Hartmann Reader:
"Right through the worst of the Bush years and into the present, Thom Hartmann has been one of the very few voices constantly willing to tell the truth. Rank him up there with Jon Stewart, Bill Moyers, and Paul Krugman for having the sheer persistent courage of his convictions."
From Screwed:
"The powers that be are running roughshod over the powers that OUGHT to be. Hartmann tells us what went wrong — and what you and I can do to help set American right again."
Rising tides lifts all boats EQUALLY. When someone uses the phrase "A rising tide lifts all boats" they are thinking about all boats being lifted by the same amount. Of course a rising economy does not lift all boats by the same amount. Of course an incoming tide does not lift all beached boats equally. If your boat happens to be beached near the high tide line then you may feel a little water under your hull, or you may rise a few inches, but you are still stuck. Those lucky enough to be in pretty good water to start with will be thrilled to have enough lift so that they don't have to worry about underwater obstacles.
To be accurate the rising tide metaphor would have to be modified to include beached boats and cause boats to expand in size as they get in deeper water.