On the Program - Jan 19th 2009
Quote: "The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in momentsof comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge andcontroversy." -- MartinLuther King Jr., Strength to Love, 1963
THOM IS BROADCASTING LIVE FROM THE INAUGURAL RADIO ROW INWASHINGTON, D.C. - Guests today include:
Former DeputyCampaign Manager to the Hillary Clinton campaign, Bob Nash
Executive Directorof "Rock The Vote," Heather Smith www.rockthevote.org
President,International Machinists Union, Tom Buffenbarger www.goiam.org
On the Program - Jan 16th 2009
January 15 2009 show notes
- How many people have been killed by Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher, Milton Friedman and the whole gang?
- Guest: Douglas Schoen, co-author, "The Threat Closer to Home: Hugo Chavez and the War Against America".
- Guest: "Advertiser Success Story": Alex Eckstein, Vice President of Replace A Lens.
- Guest: Mark Green, president of Air America Radio. "Change for America: A Progressive Blueprint for the 44th President". 10 Big Goals for Obama's First 1460 Days, as Proposed by Progressive Policy Leaders.
- Geeky Science Rocks!
- Guest: Christy Harvey, Director of Strategic Communications at the Center for American Progress.
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On the Program - Jan 15th 2009
Quote: "There is no such thing as a "self-made" man. We are made up of thousands of others. Everyone who has ever done a kind deed for us, or spoken one word of encouragement to us, has entered into the make-up of our character and of our thoughts." — George Matthew Adams Hour One - The Best of the Rest of the News - Thom's take Hour Two - Douglas Schoen Topic: "The Threat Closer to Home: Hugo Chavez and the War Against America"
January 09 2009 show notes
- "Brunch with Bernie" with Senator Bernie Sanders, Independent of Vermont.
- 'Anything Goes' Friday
- Guest: "Taking Our Country Back": Tom Geoghegan, running for Congress in the Fifth District of Illinois.
- Geek science rocks.
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On the Program - Jan 14th 2009
Hour One - The Best of the Rest of the News - Thom's Take Hour Two - Richard Perle www.aei.org Topic: Is it true that you have now washed your hands of Iraq & deny being "the architect of that war? Hour Three "Everything You Know is Wrong" Jill Brooke www.firstwivesworld.com Topic: Why divorce rate spikes in January Guest: Larry Scott: www.vawatchdog.org Topic: Vets issues
January 08 2009 show notes
- Obama's economic speech today.
- The Two Santa Claus Theory - spending government money and giving away tax cuts, bankrupting the country in the process. Transcript of the whole hour.
- Guest: Tina Brown. "The Daily Beast" website.
- Guest: Former CIA strategist Retired Air Force Colonel Robert Chandle, author, "Shadow World: The Secret War Against America".
- Guest: Christy Harvey, Director of Strategic Communications at the Center for American Progress, MicCheckradio.org. "News Under the Radar".
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On the Program - Jan 13th 2009
January 07 2009 show notes
- The Best of the the Rest of the News.
- Guest: Dean Baker, Co-Director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research. Pssst, the Economy Is Collapsing -- Don't Tell Congress.
- Guest: Adam Michaelson, "The Foreclosure of America: The Inside Story of the Rise and Fall of Countrywide Home Loans, the Mortgage Crisis, and the Default of the American Dream".
- The Two Santa Claus Theory.
- Guest: "Everything You Know is Wrong": Jim Rubens, author, "OverSuccess: Healing the American Obsession with Wealth, Fame, Power, and Perfection".
- Thom's book, "Threshold: The Crisis of Western Culture", is available for pre-order. It is due to be published July 23, 2009.
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On the Program - Jan 12th 2009
Hour One - Robert Moffit www.heritage.org Topic: Thom is asking “free marketer” Robert Moffit - Why shouldn't we drive a stake through the heart of William McGuire's United Health Care? Moffit believes that public/private “competition” is unfair because it pits for-profit private insurers against a government program that need not turn a profit. The government will institute lower rates, taxpayers will assume liability, and private insurers, Moffit warns, will simply go out of business. Thom will be asking – isn’t that a good idea? Healthcare should be part of the “commons” like all other industrialized countries. In Hour Two - Carrie Lukas www.iwf.org is dropping by. Topic: Thomis asking Carrie - Why do you think cutting taxes on rich people will help the county when it never has before? Joining Thom in Hour Three – US Chamber of Commerce Spokesperson TBA Topic: Thom is asking "Why does business oppose the Employee Free Choice Act - "Democracy in the Workplace?"in the Labor Segment" Jon Youngdahl www.seiu.org is here. Topic: Change that Works Campaign and Employee Free Choice Act
Thom’s blog today…
Obama -Don’t Repeat Jerry Ford’s Big Mistake
If Barack Obama intends to prosecute crimes committed in the Bush White House, he’s probably wise to be cagey about it before his Attorney General is confirmed. On the other hand, if he’s going to follow in Bill Clinton’s footsteps and “look forward” instead of“backward” when it comes to crimes of previous administrations, he may well harm this nation far worse than Bush did by establishing Bush/Cheney/Rove as the “new normal” for future administrations.
Gerald Ford set a terrible precedent for the nation when he pardoned Richard Nixon, and Democrats went along with it when they decided not to continue their investigations into the many criminal acts committed in the Nixon White House. Similarly, Bill Clinton did our nation a terrible disservice when he and the Democrats, upon assuming control of the Justice Department in 1992, decided not to pursue criminal investigations into the entire scope of Iran-Contra, from Bill Casey’s alleged 1980 contacts with the Iranians about holding hostages to sink the Carter candidacy to running drugs and weapons years later with money from those same Iranians.
We can’t afford to let another organized crime operation run out of the White House under the cover of “official business” to go uninvestigated (at the very least) and punished (ideally).
If the incoming Congress and/or the Obama administration fail to thoroughly investigate all the crimes of the Bush administration – even if such an investigation will bring discomfort to complicit Democrats – it will certify that forty years of lawlessness in the White House has become the new norm. No matter how ethical and transparent and aboveboard the Obama administration may be, future administrations will believe they can break the law and cover it up as a normal part of presidential politics.
January 06 2009 show notes
- The economy.
- Best of the rest of the news.
- Guest: Ron Reagan, supporting chimps in spite of the fact that a chimp peed on him when he was on the Air America Cruise. "Chimp Haven".
- Guest: Russ Baker, Author of "Family of Secrets: The Bush Dynasty, the Powerful Forces That Put It in the White House, and What Their Influence Means for America".
- Guest: Bill McKibben, environmentalist, author of "Deep Economy: the Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future" explains how we have passed the safe limit of 350 ppm CO2 in the atmosphere, which means a freaking emergency.
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On the Program - Jan 9th 2009
"AnythingGoes Friday"
Hour One "BrunchWith Bernie" Senator Bernie Sanders www.sanders.senate.gov
Hour Two "TakingOur Country Back" Tom Geoghegan www.geogheganforcongress.com Topic: Running for Rahm Emanuel's House Seat (specialelection 3/3/09)
On the Program - Jan 8th 2009
January 05 2009 show notes
- Guest: Jeremy Ben-Ami, Executive Director, J Street, the political arm of the pro-Israel, pro-peace movement.
- Guest: Ray Hanania. Award winning journalist, stand up comedian & author (hosts a daily radio show on Chicago's WJJG 1530AM). A Palestinian American "Defining the moderate Palestinian Arab voice, offering reason to the American, Israeli and Arab publics. He has been a participant in peace talks in the past, meeting Yasser Arafat.
- Guest: Carrie Lukas, Vice President for Policy and Economics, Independent Women's Forum. What should be included in the '09 economic stimulus package?
- Guest: Andy Barr, Communications Director for Al Franken. Not one bit of effort was wasted, it is so close. The board will meet in hour and half, and is expected to declare Al the winner.
- Guest: Katrina vanden Heuvel, The Nation magazine. New book, "The Nation Guide to The Nation.
- Guest: Bill Samuel. AFL-CIO and the new Administration. They are launching a green jobs for America programme.
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On the Program - Jan 7th 2009
