Daily Topics - Friday March 14th, 2014
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Catch The Thom Hartmann Program LIVE 3-6pm ET M-F!!
Join Thom in our chatroom during the program today!
Anything Goes Friday
Hour One: Brunch With Bernie - Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) takes your calls
Hour Two: What is the White Man March all about? Kyle Hunt, White Man March
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.
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Mueller's favorite place to pray (written about in "Prophet's Way"), and the roof of the room where the Last Supper is reputed to have happened.
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 Screwed:
"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 Unequal Protection, 2nd Edition:
"Beneath the success and rise of American enterprise is an untold history that is antithetical to every value Americans hold dear. This is a seminal work, a godsend really, a clear message to every citizen about the need to reform our country, laws, and companies."
Bravo for the comment on "I know someone who...", Thom. I don't mean to imply anything about the caller, but I've recently come to realize how much the right-wing lie machine resembles the rumor mill of high school, something that was damaging to me personally. Rumors are a softer form of bullying, but have just as much long-term consequence on their victims.
I think there's actually a bullying instinct, one that should be suppressed in modern society. This instinct, acted out in childhood, causes individuals to place themselves automatically at either the top or bottom of the pecking order in adulthood, depending on whether they are the perpetrators or victims, respectively. From the bullies' point of view, bullying is an investment, not that it's a conscious calculation.