The Thom Hartmann Program Blog

The Thom Hartmann Program - Nov 14th 2008

Louise Hartmann — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 10:30:55 -0500

Quote: "Too often we enjoy the comfort of our opinions without the discomfort of thought" - John F Kennedy

Hour One "Brunch With Bernie" Senator Bernie Sanders www.sanders.senate.gov

Hour Two "Economics Guru" Dr. Ravi Batra www.ravibatra.com

Guest: Al Franken www.alfranken.com Topic: What’s up with his senate race vs Norm Coleman in Minnesota

Hour Three - Lamar Waldron www.legacyofsecrecy.com Topic: The new book "Legacy of Secrecy" by Lamar & Thom

The Thom Hartmann Program - Nov 13th 2008

Louise Hartmann — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:38:31 -0500

Quote: "A people's memory sets the measure of its political freedom" - Wilson Carey McWilliams

Hour One - How can we reinvent the car industry and also bust up Al Qaeda?

Guest: Jim Martin www.martinforsenate.com Topic: Special run off election against Saxby Chambliss on December 2nd - in GA

Hour Two - Alan Jablonski www.mortgage-maze.net Topic: Successfully Navigating The Mortgage Maze

Hour Three - Professor Harvey Kaye www.uwgb.edu/SCD/KAYE.HTM Topic: "To be Franklin"...what made FDR great...and Obama's potential to be a great president

The Thom Hartmann Program - Nov 11th 2008

Louise Hartmann — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 09:14:47 -0500

Quote: "The government is us; we are the government, you and I." Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919)

Hour One - Roni Deutch www.ronideutch.com Topic: Investment losses in this economic crisis...what can you do?

Hour Two - Robert J. Samuelson www.newsweek.com Topic: The Great Inflation and its Aftermath: The Past and Future of American Affluence"

Hour Three - Dr. John Lott www.johnrlott.blogspot.com Topic: Do you support The Brady Campaign's Child Access Prevention Laws?

The Thom Hartmann Program - Nov 10th 2008

Louise Hartmann — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 21:02:08 -0500

Quote: "A little matter will move a party, but it must be something great that moves a nation" --Thomas Paine

Hour One - Max Blumenthal www.thenation.com Topic: The case for not appointing Lawrence Summers as Treasury Secretary

Hour Two - Carrie Lukas www.iwf.org Topic: Economic mess...what should President-elect Obama do to fix the problems

Hour Three - Mike Stathis www.amazon.com Topic: America's Financial Apocalypse – How to Profit From the Next Great Depression

The Thom Hartmann Program - Nov 7th 2008

Louise Hartmann — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 11:47:32 -0500

Anything Goes! Friday

U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders "Brunch with Bernie" www.sanders.senate.gov

The Thom Hartmann Program - Nov 6th 2008

Louise Hartmann — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 11:24:59 -0500

Hour One - Stephen Moore www.opinionjournal.com Topic: Thom is challenging Moore on his book "THE END OF PROSPERITY: How Higher Taxes Will Doom The Economy – If We Let It Happen"

Hour Two – It’s the Economy!

Guest: "Advertiser of the Week" Joe Romano www.greenstarcoop.com

Hour Three - Michael Harrison Founder/Publisher Talkers Magazine www.talkers.com Topic: "the significance of the election of Obama for the nation, the world, the media, and pop culture."

Guest: Christy Harvey www.americanprogress.org Topic: News Under the Radar

The Thom Hartmann Program - Nov 5th 2008

Louise Hartmann — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 11:18:45 -0500

Obama Wins!

America Wins!

Join Thom today as he talks about Election results - The work begins.

If I Can't Be President

Thom Hartmann — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 12:29:26 -0500

Thirty years after the Civil War ended, former Colonel Alexander K. McClure began compiling sayings of the man he believed was a great national healer, Abraham Lincoln. His book, “Lincoln’s Yarns and Stories,” first published in 1901, has been in print as recently as 1976, and listener Roger Kluck was kind enough to help me discover it.

The Thom Hartmann Program - Nov 4th 2008

Louise Hartmann — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 10:42:08 -0500

Hour One - If I’m not the President...

Hour Two - John Dean www.findlaw.com Topic: It Is Now Absolutely Crystal Clear That Republican Rule Is Dangerous and Authoritarian

Guest: "Taking Our Country Back" Al Franken www.alfranken.com Topic: His senate campaign against republican incumbent Norm Coleman in Minnesota

Hour Three - Katrina Vanden Huevel www.thenation.com Topic: The election

Your Choice: Scrooge or Obama?

Thom Hartmann — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 13:23:12 -0500

Getting Barack Obama elected is only the beginning. Every year, millions of Americans revisit Charles Dickens "A Christmas Carol" about Ebenezer Scrooge and Bob (and Tiny Tim) Cratchit.

The Thom Hartmann Program - Nov 3 2008

Louise Hartmann — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 11:14:33 -0500

Quote: Restlessness and discontent are the first necessities of progress. - Thomas A. Edison

Hour One - Why would anyone join the Republican party?

Guest: Rachel Maddow, MSNBC and The Rachel Maddow Show www.airamerica.com

Guest: Dan Pfeiffer Obama Campaign Communications Director: www.barackobama.com

Hour Two - Ron Reagan The Ron Reagan Show, Air America Radio www.airamerica.com Topic: What will be the big issues in the next 4 years

Hour Three - Larisa Alexandrovna www.rawstory.com Topic: Documents reveal Ohio routed votes in 2004

Guest: "Labor Segment" Thea Lee www.aflcio.org Topic: election issues

Guest: Rep. Dennis Kucinich www.kucinich.house.gov Topic: How do we develop a progressive governing coalition?

Guest: Jeff Merkley www.jeffmerkley.com Topic: Home stretch in the fight to take Republican Gordon Smith's senate seat in Oregon

One-Party Rule? (Don't Buy It.)

Thom Hartmann — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 11:43:53 -0400

"Sending Jeff Merkley to the U.S. Senate could give one party a blank check … again," says an announcer in an ad for Sen. Gordon Smith of Oregon, a Republican in a close race with Merkley, a Democrat.

The Thom Hartmann Program - Oct 31 2008

Louise Hartmann — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 10:16:31 -0400

Anything Goes – Halloween!

"Brunch With Bernie" Senator Bernie Sanders

The Thom Hartmann Program - Oct 30 2008

Louise Hartmann — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 11:09:51 -0400

Quote: "The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living, and the get-rich-quick theory of life."
Theodore Roosevelt

Hour One - Dick Patten www.NoDeathTax.org Topic: The Estate Tax and Joe The Plumber

Hour Two – Economic Meltdown….

Guest: Brad Friedman www.bradblog.com Topic: Electile Dysfunction

Guest: "Advertiser of the week" Gary Ptak, Gary Ptak, LLC - fine jewelry manufacturing and custom design www.garyptak.com Topic: Success story advertising with progressive radio...1480 KPHX and NovaM

Hour Three - David Horowitz www.horowitzfreedomcenter.org Topic: McCain can still win...

Guest: Christy Harvey www.americanprogress.org Topic: News Under the Radar

The Thom Hartmann Program - Oct 29th 2008

Louise Hartmann — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:49:20 -0400

Quote: Freedom is participation in power – Cicero

Hour One -Tara Ross www.taraross.com Topic: Is the electoral college obsolete?

Hour Two - Dan Gainor www.businessandmedia.org Topic: Thom and Dan debate Obama's "radical constitutional and redistributionist views"

Hour Three - "Everything You Know is Wrong" Dr. Ken Olson www.trafford.com Halloween! "An Expose of Satan’s Schemes"

Guest: "Taking Our Country Back" Russ Warner www.warnerforcongress.com Topic: Running for Congress in California's 26th district...against incumbent Republican David Dreier, who has held this post for 28 years

The Thom Hartmann Program - Oct 28 2008

Louise Hartmann — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 23:37:41 -0400

Quote: All those who seek to destroy the liberties of a democratic nation ought to know that war is the surest and shortest means to accomplish it. - Alexis de Tocqueville

Hour One - Dr. Yaron Brook www.aynrand.org Topic: Thom and Yaron debate the economic and coming food shortage – and what should be done.

Hour Two - How do liberals and progressives “control” America?

Hour Three - Barry Steinhardt www.aclu.org Topic: Homeland Security Assuming Broad Powers, Turning Vast Swaths of U.S. into "Constitution-Free Zone"...do you live in one?

Guest: Whistleblower/former Diebold contractor Chris Hood www.iyetek.com

Fox News Diaries

Thom Hartmann — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 12:59:39 -0400

The producer from Fox News, a genuinely nice guy, calls Sunday afternoon and asks if I want to be on a show Monday morning at 9:15 am EDT to talk with Bill and Megyn and another talk-show host about Joe (Biden) the "Socialist."

The Thom Hartmann Program - Oct 27 2008

Louise Hartmann — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 21:29:21 -0400

Thom on Fox News Today – American Newsroom with Megyn Kelly and Bill Hemmer 930am et Monday (Oct 27th) The Debate – Is the Obama/Biden Ticket Marxist, Socialists or Neither?

Hour One - Brad O'Leary www.barackobamatest.com Topic: Thom and Brad the debate Employee Free Choice Act...Is a Union Democracy in the workplace?

Hour Two - Carrie Lukas www.iwf.org Topic: Size matters! Thom & Carrie mix it up over the size of government and who benefits...is bigger better?

Hour Three - Ralph Nader www.votenader.org Topic: Ralph Nader Successfully Attempts Guinness World Record

The Thom Hartmann Program - Weekly Report Oct 27 - 31 2008

Louise Hartmann — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 18:06:55 -0400

October 27-31 2008 Radio Guest Highlights for the Week

The Thom Hartmann Program - Oct 24th 2008

Louise Hartmann — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 11:31:46 -0400

Quote "The first panacea for a mismanaged nation is inflation of the currency; the second is war. Both bring a temporary prosperity; both bring a permanent ruin. But both are the refuge of political and economic opportunists." --Ernest Hemingway

Anything Goes Friday!

Hour One - U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders "Brunch With Bernie" www.sanders.senate.gov

Hour Two - Dr. Ravi Batra www.ravibatra.com Topic: Economy...Wall Street down, could be another black Friday?

The Thom Hartmann Program - Oct 23 2008

Louise Hartmann — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 11:16:03 -0400

Quote: "What you won't hear from this campaign or this party is the kind of politics that uses religion as a wedge, and patriotism as a bludgeon -- that sees our opponents not as competitors to challenge, but enemies to demonize." – Barack Obama, June 3, 2008

Hour One - Dan Gainor www.businessandmedia.org Topic: Does anyone really believe you can win a Nobel prize just for "Bush bashing?"

Hour Two - Madeleine Albright Topic: Memo to the President Elect: How We Can Restore America's Reputation and Leadership"

Guest: Brad Friedman www.bradblog.com Topic: Electile Dysfunction

Hour Three - Christy Harvey www.americanprogress.org Topic: News under the radar

What Does Anti-American Mean?

Thom Hartmann — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 11:52:36 -0400

CHRIS MATTHEWS: So you believe that Barack Obama may have anti-American views?

BACHMANN: Absolutely. I’m very concerned he may have anti-American views. Also, in her Hardball appearance, Bachmann said, “The news media should do a penetrating exposé” into the “views of the people in Congress and find out if they’re pro-America or anti-America.”

I’ve often felt, in a glib moment, that Bush and Cheney are "anti-American" because their policies have been so hurtful to this nation. But the more I consider it, the more I know it’s not true. They’re Americans and we all must--if we are to have a nation that doesn’t descend into fear and hate--assume first that they love their nation. They may be bad actors, their behavior may be destructive, but that doesn’t make them anti-American.

We are not a pro- or anti-American nation. Other than a few nut cases, we all love our country, our families, our friends, and our communities. What we are dealing with here are different visions of America. Some are inclusive; some are exclusive. Malcolm X has a different view of America than Pat Buchanan; both want and love this country. William Ayers loved this country; it’s why he did what he did – to improve it. Bush loves America, but he sees it as a country of wealth and privilege. McCain loves this country and Ralph Nader loves this country. Al Gore loves this country, as did Tim McVeigh.

The Thom Hartmann Program - Oct 22 2008

Louise Hartmann — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 11:41:17 -0400

Hour One – What Does Anti-American Mean?

Hour Two - Terry Jeffrey www.cnsnews.com Topic: Economy, nationalizing banks, IRS back door that helps illegal immigrants get credit/home loans, Obama's opposition to the Born-Alive Infant Protection Act

Hour Three "Everything You Know is Wrong" Holly Hughes www.frommers.com Topic: Frommer's "500 Places to See Before They Disappear"

Guest: John Dean www.writ.news.findlaw.com/dean Topic: his new book "Broken Government: How Republican Rule Destroyed the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Branches."

The Thom Hartmann Program - Oct 21th 2008

Louise Hartmann — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 11:37:20 -0400

Quote: It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their own selfish purposes. - Andrew Jackson

Hour One -Tara Ross www.taraross.com Topic: "Enlightened Democracy: The Case for the Electoral College"

Guest: James "Jim" Hoffa www.teamsters.org Topic: The race to the bottom- he’ll be at the location of a former Mr.Coffee plant that shut down 10 years ago and moved to Mexico then after 3 years in Mexico and moved to China.

Hour Two -"The Postman" www.ChooseForeclosure.com Topic: why walking away from foreclosure might be the best action "Choose Foreclosure: The Case For Walking Away"

Hour Three -"Taking Our Country Back" Elwyn Tinklenberg www.tinklenberg08.com Topic: Running for Congress in Minnesota's 6th District against Republican incumbent Michelle Bachman

The Thom Hartmann Program - Oct 20th 2008

Louise Hartmann — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 00:21:19 -0400

Quote: "Nobody can acquire honor by doing what is wrong." - Thomas Jefferson

Hour One - Congressman Bob Barr Libertarian Party Presidential Candidate www.bobbar2008.com Topic: Libertarian party platform...how is Bob different from John McCain?

Hour Two - Carrie Lukas www.iwf.org Topic: Do Joe and Jane "the plumber"...really face potential tax increases under Obama or is it more scare tactics from the McCain campaign?

Hour Three - Al Franken www.alfranken.com Topic: His senate campaign against republican incumbent Norm Coleman