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A Culture of Cooperation
About a decade ago I was in the far, far north of Eastern Australia, at a remote public school serving the Aboriginal village of Lockhart River. All the students were black/Aboriginal and all but one of the teachers was white, all from other parts of Australia. I interviewed several of them, and one made the most interesting observation.
"These kids are from a cooperator culture, not a competitor culture," he said, pointing out that cooperation was what kept Aboriginal society intact and functioning for tens of thousands of years. "When we taught them to play soccer, they changed the rules so that they play until both teams have the same score. That is when they end the game."
We need more cooperation in the world. Consider this example (with special thanks to my old friend and editor Dave deBronkart for the tip on this):
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May 21 2008 show notes
- Guest: Kari Chisholm, Blue Oregon. Does Oregon Put Obama's White Working Class Problem To Rest? Transcript.
- Guest: Fred Lucas, staff writer, Cybercast News Service. Election results through the lens of both conservative and liberal.
- Guest: Dr. Stephen Frye, author, "Twenty-Five Reasons to Legalize Drugs - We Really Lost This War".
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May 20 2008 show notes
- How long has the government been lying to us in order to impoverish the middle class?
- Kentucky and Oregon voting today.
- Guest: Hank Stern, managing news editor, Willamette Week. Oregon is one of the most normal states.
- Guest: Mark Dice, founder of the Christian Group "The Resistance". Why is he boycotting the Starbucks' logo... does it really offend him or is he just looking for attention?
- Guest: Jeff Sharlet, the Revealer, author of "The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power".
- "Full Monty Alert": Guest: Jennifer Moss. Naked activism.
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Obama vs. Hillary: Punishment or Healing?
Last Sunday I wrote a short blog suggesting that Obama should consider Hillary Clinton as his VP www.dailykos.com/story/2008/5/22/8163/74523/400/520298.
What has startled me even more than the roughly 30/70 "good idea"/"are you nuts?" emails I've gotten in response is the ten percent or so (on both sides, but mostly the latter) who expressed concern that with Clinton (or any "establishment/machine" candidate) on the ticket (a'la LBJ) that Barack Obama would face a fate identical to that of JFK.
On the Program - May 23 2008
On the Program - May 22 2008
Obama - Is Oregon the Bellwether for the Nation or just a Bunch of Latte Liberals?
By Thom Hartmann
Last night I found myself screaming at the television. What the commentators seemed to be saying was "Well, yeah, those folks out in
Not true.
I wanted to do a reality check. So, I checked in with Kari Chisholm of www.BlueOregon.com, which is the premier political blog in this state, the state of Oregon.
Obama - ask Hillary first
by Thom Hartmann
The issue at hand for the Democratic Party for winning in ‘08 is not losing to McCain but losing to a divided Democratic party. The first thing Obama should do if nominated is put Hillary on the ticket. Will the Republicans have a field day with her on the ticket? Yes! Is their some bad blood in the water due to some negative campaign strategies on the part of the Clintons? Probably. Can Hillary be a tough fighter able to play tough allowing Obama to stay higher above the fray? Yes!
On the Program - May 21 2008
Hour One - Kari Chisomm www.blueoregon.com Topic: Does Oregon Put Obama's White Working Class Problem To Rest?
Hour Two - Fred Lucas www.cnsnews.com Topic: Election results through the lens of both conservative and liberal ...now what?
Hour Three "Everything You Know is Wrong" Dr. Stephen Frye www.25reasons.org Topic:"Twenty-Five Reasons to Legalize Drugs - We Really Lost This War"
May 19 2008 show notes
- Jus cogens - no exceptional circumstances whatsoever may be invoked as a justification for torture.
- Guest: Professor Ward Churchill. Academic Freedom - Should John Yoo be fired, prosecuted or both?
- Should Hillary be vice president?
- Guest: Carrie Lukas, Independent Women's Forum. School choice, voucher program and should we stop subsidizing colleges?
- Guest: Cliff Schecter. "The Real McCain: Why Conservatives Don't Trust Him and Why Independents Shouldn't".
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