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Does the So-Called Millennial Generation Have a Rendezvous with Destiny?
By Thom Hartmann A...
The Seattle Times reports Michael Dudley is the son of a preacher man. He's a born-again Christian with several family members in the military. He's voting for Obama. Many traditional younger GOP evangelicals are no longer identifying with the Republican party.
The so-called millennial generation, roughly late teens to early 30s are part of the so-called millennial generation. Bob Herbert writes in the New York Times that this is the generation that's in danger of being left out of the "American Dream." This generation is faced with doing less well than their parents and that economic uncertainty is playing a huge role in forming their views of government and politics.
In 1974 the average income for men in their 30s was $40,000 (using today's inflation-adjusted dollars) - today that amount is $35,000.
According to The Fourth Turning by William Strauss and Neil Howe first published in 1997.
On the Program - May 13th 2008
By Thom Hartmann A...
Hour One - Does this generation have a rendezvous with destiny?
Hour Two - Marc Morano www.epw.senate.gov Topic: Is God punishing Marc Morano by killing Oklahomans?
Hour Three - Arthur Brooks www.arthurbrooks.net His new book "Gross National Happiness" "Are conservatives really happier than liberals?"
Thom's Travel & Events Coming Up...
May 16th - Booksigning & Talk at Frugal Muse Books 7pm, corner of SE corner of 75th and Lemont Road in Darien.
May 17th - Chicago Green Festival - Thom will be speaking on main stage Saturday at 1pm
May 09 2008 show notes
By Thom Hartmann A...
- "Brunch with Bernie" with Senator Bernie Sanders, Independent of Vermont.
- Guest: Medea Benjamin, Code Pink, just back from Jordan and Syria where she spoke with Iraqi mothers.
- Farm subsidies. "Columbia Dies over Texas". The goddess Columbia".
- Guest: U.S. Congressman Rush Holt (D-NJ, 12th District). His recent trip to Iraq.
Topics, guests, upcoming events, quotes, links to articles, audio clips, books & bumper music.
On the Program - may 12th 2008
By Thom Hartmann A...
Hour One - David Sirota www.davidsirota.com Topic: Can Barack Obama win the presidency?
Hour Two - Carrie Lukas www.iwf.org Topic: Why are Republicans in favor of throwing people out of their homes?
Hour Three - Have we passed the point where humanity is doomed?
Guest: Karen Ackerman, Political Director, AFL-CIO www.aflcio.org Topic: AFL-CIO launches major new push to expose Sen. John McCain's economic record and disastrous health care proposals
Thom's Travel & Events This week …
May 16th Chicago - 7pm - Frugal Muse Books & WCPT 820AM present a booksigning and talk with Thom Hartmann - Cracking the Code www.frugalmusebooks.com
May 17th - Chicago Green Festival - Thom will be speaking on main stage Saturday - 1pm - Navy Pier, 600 E Grand Avenue, Chicago
May 08 2008 show notes
By Thom Hartmann A...
- Hillary Clinton's appeal.
- Slavery rant.
- Upcoming Event: May 16, Darien, Chicago, Il. 7pm. Talk and booksigning at Frugal Muse bookstore.
- Upcoming Event: May 17, Chicago, Il. Chicago Green Festival. Talk at 1pm. WCPT Booth from 11am.
- Racism, classism, other isms.
- Guest: Former Alabama governor Don Siegelman. Another hour long interview including an update on the situation and listeners' calls. Transcript.
- US Income Distribution, "The L-Curve".
- Guest: Christy Harvey, Center for American Progress, MicCheckradio.org. "News Under the Radar".
- Guest: Dr. Mark Espinoza, Central Dental Care, Phoenix, who advertises on 1480 KPHX.
Topics, guests, upcoming events, quotes, links to articles, audio clips, books & bumper music.
May 07 2008 show notes
By Thom Hartmann A...
- Happy birthday, Thom!
- Did Rush win Indiana for Hillary?
- Is Obama sure to be the nominee?
- What is the working class?
- Guest: CNS Editor-in-Chief Terence Jeffrey.
- Everything You Know Is Wrong: Guest: Barry Reid, Eden Press. "How to Disappear in America".
- Guest: Congressman Peter DeFazio. Economy, gas tax.
Topics, guests, upcoming events, quotes, links to articles, audio clips, books & bumper music.
On the Program - May 9th 2008
By Thom Hartmann A...
"Anything Goes Friday"
Hour One: Guest: U.S. Senator (I-VT) Bernie Sanders www.sanders.senate.gov
Hour Two - Code Pink Medea Benjamin (plus Iraqi refugee who's husband and 4 yr old daughter were killed by militia because he was an interpreter for the U.S.) www.codepinkalert.org Topic: Just back from Jordan and Syria where she spoke with Iraqi mothers
Hour Three - U.S. Congressman (D-NJ, 12th District) Congressman Rush Holt www.holt.house.gov Topic: His recent trip to Iraq
On the Program - May 8th 2008
By Thom Hartmann A...
Hour One - Is racism so ingrained in America - we can't get rid of it?
Hour Two - Former Gov. Don Siegelman www.donsiegelman.org Topic: Updates on his case & will take listener calls - This is the case that could land Karl Rove in jail!
Hour Three - www.lcurve.org for an economic perspective; Christy Harvey www.americanprogress.org Topic: News Under the Radar
May 06 2008 show notes
By Thom Hartmann A...
- Indiana and North Carolina are going to the polls today.
- Guest: Bev Harris, Black Box Voting. 1.1m voter registrations "cancelled" in Indiana.
- Guest: Dan Gainor, Director of the Business & Media Institute. The government's role in the ethanol-driven global food crisis.
- Guest: John Stauber, Executive Director, Center for Media and Democracy. The Pentagon pundits.
- Guest: Caroline Frederickson, American Civil Liberties Union. Don't let the Democrats cave in on FISA.
- The difference between neoconservative and neoliberal:
Topics, guests, upcoming events, quotes, links to articles, audio clips, books & bumper music.
Why Have Travel Restrictions been Placed on Governor Siegelman?
By Thom Hartmann A...
Tune in May 8th on The Thom Hartmann Program - Former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman www.donsiegelman.org is here taking your calls (866) 303-2270. Since Gov. Siegelman is not allowed to travel, we'll be checking in with him from time to time so his case continues to get national attention.
Update: Governor Don Siegelman has been out of prison on bond for over a month and has given interviews to 60 Minutes on CBS, The Verdict on MSNBC, the New York Times, the House Judiciary Committee, the Tuscaloosa News, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. on Ring of Fire and The Thom Hartmann Program. Now Travel restrictions have been imposed on him. Travel restrictions on a non-violent offender who has been deemed "not a flight risk" seems unusual.
Gov. Siegelman says, "If I'm not a flight risk, why would they be constricting my travel and making it very difficult if not impossible to leave the state?" he said. "There isn't but one conclusion, and that is that they don't want me speaking out on issues. They don't want me speaking to Congress or speaking to the media."
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