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Dale Robertson said on your show that we should have a national co-op for health care, owned by the American people.
Doesn't this guy get that our government is owned by the American people? Why reinvent the concept of government? Isn't a national not-for-profit co-op just like an opt-in public option, except for the fact that we don't get to boot out the people that run the co-op on election day?
How do we get these people to think of government as a possession, that you can own and oversee and shepherd, rather than an external entity that you have no control over?
I found your (Thom Hartman) program before the Presidential elections when I figured at the age of 57 I had better know more than just the surface of politics. I want to thank you very, very much for the education into the history and current topics of today’s politics. I was a very enthusiastic supporter of Obama with a great sense of anticipation for ‘change I can believe in’. Now if you think I, and many others I know, are going to reward the current Democratic incumbents with our votes for sitting on their asses when all they have accomplished is to alienate people like me with governing incompetence and initiation of a round of reactionary price hikes by the health insurance industry, you also are clueless to public sentiment. Let me put it into perspective…How many people have DIED, dead, you know, killed by the lack of Democratic intestinal fortitude to do what is right? I put their deaths on the Democratic Party because they were sent their as our representatives, our knights, to fight for us and, now, for those who have died. Our founding fathers set up a balance of power because they knew the ruthlessness of political battle. The Democratic Party has gotten lost in some mental web of political correctness. They don’t deserve to be called my champions in Washington. Let the Republicans take over Washington in 2012 and maybe from the ashes of the Democratic Party a new concept of political responsibility will emerge. Again, let’s regain the perspective…..how many people have died because of lack of Democrat action just while reading this post?!
I second preznit and bagel, where is the first hour podcast?
Yeah, it looks like the first hour podcast is missing. Any chance that could be added to the podcast page?
Thom,
I just listened to your interview with Brian Lamb. It was wonderful. You are such a bright light in the world. Bless you for being part of our lives. Thank you and Louise for sharing so much with us.
where's the 1st hour podacst?
Zero G.
Agreed.
Nels,
Maybe, but I think that many, if not a majority of Americans have strong feelings about issues, even if they are motivated by Faux News. I think the meme of "tired of partisan politics" is just repeated ad infinitum until some dull wits believe it.
Zero G.,
Perhaps the Senator is correct about how Americans feel about partisan politics, but a lot of Americans like to watch reality TV, Fox News and don't care about the lack of civics education in our public schools. So perhaps using the excuse about what Americans want is just what you called him out on, an excuse for him to do nothing.
Sometimes doing the right thing, displeases the majority, but it's still the right thing to do.
@zero g...thanx a lot! Don't know why I got the error message.
@Brian a hayes: I checked Siegelman's web-site recently, didn't see anything new. Bolden probably has a web presence, as well.
harry ashburn,
Try http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/291774-1
Thanks for the book Thom. That's one I don't have.
Hmmm..I tried to watch Thom on C-SPAN, but kept getting a "file not found" message.
"Time's fun when you're having flies!" - anon
Nels,
I once recieved an email from one of my senators with the phrase, "Americans are tired of partisan politics" in the body of the email.
I called the senator's office and told the staff member that answered the phone that partisan politics is the only method that civilized society has devised to settle differences without violence. Did the senator prefer a resort to violence?
Much sputtering ensued.
How clever-- have the teabaggers kill Medicare and Soc. Sec., then they all die off without it.
Corporatists' problems solved!
I always think it's great when my AP iPhone app sends me an alert because I know ten seconds later I will hear Thom's phone get the same alert.
Thom,
Actually, Robert M. ("Fighting Bob") La Follette, Sr. was from Wisconsin (along with Sen. Wm. Proxmire, with his "Golden Turkey Awards"):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_M._La_Follette,_Sr.
Minnesota has its heros with Hubert Humphrey, Walter Mondale and Paul Wellstone, to name a few.
@Zero G. war is "merely the continuation of politics by other means." -Clauswitz
I thought you might find this quote interesting.
Meanwhile..............on the other side of the galaxy.......
Big Six banks urge Ottawa to tighten mortgage rules
Top bankers IN CANADA pushing government to clamp down on market to avoid any chance of U.S.-style collapse
http://www.onepennysheet.com./2010/02/big-six-banks-urge-ottawa-to-tight...
On Frank Luntz (his latest) and Lee Atwater,
Frank Luntz, has completed another assignment for:
1) The dead head Republicans in Congress, who have yet to come up with an original thought of their own. Remember, the (R's), are lower level authoritarians, who do what they are told by their masters, NO THINKING ALLOWED!
2)The Fascist Multinational Corporations and Banksters, aka "the masters"!
3)The "Devil", you know, the one the Haitians sold their souls too, according to Pat Robertson!
Frank Luntz has completed talking points, buzz words, and strategies to fight re-regulating the banking and financial services "industries". Note: Real "industries" actually produce something of tangible value, a more apt term would be "rackets"!
More messaging benefiting the "haves" at the expense of the "have nots", who are the targets of the messaging. l can hardly wait for Fox to start the spewing the rhetoric, and the Sunday morning talk shows enabling the message, as the "hosts" sit there like bumps on a log, watching the parade go by.
I just had a thought. Maybe we could fit these "hosts" with a backpack and ear piece, kind of like the one Bush used in the '04 debate with John Kerry, and we could feed them questions to ask. Oh, that's right, they already have such a hookup with their producers. The producer is just saying, "straighten your tie, keep your mouth shut, sit up straight, and you will be back in your chair with a fat paycheck, next week, OK!". I guess you can't blame the "hosts", for they are just "tools", for the consolidated media who owns them! Thanks again, Pres. Bill Clinton, for that one, among many others!
Franks' plan is designed to defeat needed change. I wonder, does Frank Luntz have a moral, ethical bone in his body? Has all the money flying around Mr. Luntz's head blinded him to all of the damage that has occurred in this country and around the world?
If the effort to rein in these "racketeers" fails, where will the NEXT bottom be, and will there be anyone be around to see it? I wonder!
Frank Luntz, I have a challenge for you: Write a book on ethics and morality, it must explain how they are intertwined and go hand in hand! You are a very smart and talented individual, are you up to the challenge? Is it within you, could you possibly find the words?
I mentioned Lee Atwater, in the title. I did so, wondering if Frank Luntz will wait until he is on his death bed, to have a Lee Atwater "moment", or if he even has it in him! Time will tell......
Actually, I would hope that Mr. Luntz would would have his "Atwater moment", soon, before America is on her "economic death bed"!
Here's wishing you, Mr Luntz, a long, healthy, and ethically driven life!
Regarding Bachman's plan...
Let’s first wean the war profiteers of their high overhead, which sucks more $ from the government than any other area. Then we will wean the corporations off their 30 years of tax breaks. Then we will wean the top 2% of earners of their tax breaks. then we will wean those who sit by the pool collecting there capitol gains off their low taxes.
Then we can reassess our financial situation as see who we next have to wean off the government…
Killing Hope: US Military and CIA
Interventions Since World War II.
by William Blum
http://killinghope.org/
It seems I forgot a couple.
@Nels,
It was referred to as "The Arsenal of Democracy." Now, with the U.S. wishing to sell weapons to Taiwan, the People's Republic is threatening to impose sanctions on Raytheon, Northrup Grumman, etc.
Your point on logistics is spot on. As one who has personally bribed a Russian border guard on the Tajik-Afghan border in order to get a truck full of humanitarian supplies across, I full well echo your point. We are now bribing the Pashtun Taliban in order to insure the supply lines from Pakistan into the Afghan theatre of operations. Wonder what will happen to that supply line when the latest operation in Helmand provence gets underway.
Taliban defiant as Afghans flee ahead of assault
By Nasrat Shoib (AFP) – 10 hours ago
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5j7mBQKvo45FJa5kgpMjI6...
Great article on Globalism
HEre is another I read last evening Articles on Globalization
Richard Vogel
http://axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/Article_58411.shtml
The fellow show cases Toyota in Texas Case Study.
He concludes there are winners and losers in globalism.