The Thom Hartmann Program - May 12th 2008
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
inclusiveness
Cheney's idea of an inclusive government is to include the oil, coal, nuclear industries in deciding on energy policy. I see that the main purpose of a government in a capitalist society is to conteract the influence of the industrialists. Therefore my ideal inclusive government is one that asks for and obtains input from each of its citizens equally, where a welfare mother from Compton is listened to with the same attention as the CEO of Shell. And, because there are so many more welfare mothers than there are oil executives, meeting the needs of welfare recipients is given higher priority.
Obama has said repeatedly that he will include corporations in writing legislation. Including the CEO's in writing the legislation that will regulate them is not the kind of inclusiveness that I want.
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By JHUCMay 12, 2008 - 7:39pm