Daily Topics - Tuesday July 15th, 2014
By shawnt56
Catch The Thom Hartmann Program LIVE noon-3pm ET!! Remember to join Thom in our chatroom during the program today!
Hour One: Net Neutrality Faces Backlash! James Gattuso, Heritage Foundation
Hour Two: Euthanasia should be legally painless
Hour Three: Media should give no credibility to gun nuts - Alexander Zaitchik, Rolling Stone Magazine / The American Independent
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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Many of our current problems stem from our inability/unwillingness to do a simple extrapolation of trends. Three examples: We have pursued two recent wars which produced greater numbers and more severely injured survivors due to improved transportation and medical technologies. Nothing was done to prepare the VA for this predictable onslaught of highly compromised patients. Next, use of antibiotics in inappropriate ways has resulted in strains of resistant organisms. Little has been done to prepare for the predictable consequences just over the horizon. Finally, climate change. This last non-linear process has, I think, already passed a point of no return. Interesting that our species, while intelligent, wasn't smart enough to prevent our own extinction.