The Thom Hartmann Program - July 22 2008
“Unless our conception of patriotism is progressive,it cannot hope to embody the real affection and the real interest of thenation” - Jane Addams
Hour One - StephenZarlenga www.monetary.org Topic: Should we nationalize money?
Hour Two -Seton Motley www.mediaresearch.org Topic: Are Republicans right…that weshould bring back the fairness doctrine?
Hour Three - Michael Waldman www.brennancenter.orgTopic: His Book "A Return toCommon Sense"
Name the Kitten contest update:
Best namesso far: Magnum PI, Chewbacca and Fang
Funniestname! Thom – asina - Remember the Disney Movie! Sorry Ain’thappening.
Not goingto happen names – Rumsfeld, Rush or Hannity. Who would do that to akitten! Even if he does attack everything in sight.
Kitten Contest
Governator -- because it will rule!
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By nmwebmamaJuly 22, 2008 - 11:40amKitten Contest
Spike!
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By Jeffrey0700July 22, 2008 - 12:21pmThom - this looks like you could've written it
Found this in the LA Times:
Historian Rick Perlstein, author of "Nixonland," calls it "E. coli conservatism" -- government shrinks and shrinks until people get sick.
"Government is not the solution to our problem," President Reagan famously declared in his inaugural address in 1981. "Government is the problem."
Many conservatives have gone far beyond that. Their traditional embrace of small government has been replaced with outright disdain for it. Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform, doesn't just want to shrink government. To use his words, he wants government "down to the size where we can drown it in the bathtub."
Once in power, E. coli conservatives shrink government by hamstringing it. They weaken rules that protect people, slash the budgets of consumer agencies and appoint industry friends to oversight commissions. The result: Some government regulatory agencies that we trust to protect us have shrunk to insignificance or serve private industry rather than consumers.
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/sunday/commentary/la-op-lotke20-2008...
Looks like the author of that has been listening to Thom Hartmann. And I like the new phrase "E. coli conservatives." Gotta start using that.
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By OrangeCloudsJuly 22, 2008 - 1:02pmKitten Contest
Jefferson, he's mad because he wants his country back!
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By TWindelbornJuly 22, 2008 - 1:14pmNo oil spills from Katrina
Hannity and McCain aren't the only Republicans spreading this story that Katrina caused no oil spills. There are a bunch of them. http://www.ravensblog.net/#katrina-oil
It drives me nuts that no one is picking up on Norm Coleman being one of these Republicans. He said it on audio (not video --- maybe that's why no one notices) during a press availability. He threw it in during the last minute with no prompting from reporters, so obviously a planned talking point.
http://blogs.twincities.com/politics/upload/2008/06/franken_and_coleman_...
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By ericfJuly 22, 2008 - 4:41pmI always wanted to name a cat
Chairman Mao as a bad Chinese pun because Mao (2nd tone) is the real Mao Zedong but Mao (1st tone) is cat. My cats are all girls though. The most recent kitty is from TX and she's getting fixed tomorrow. Here's her doing her "Hey Baby" look. I named her for my favorite Texan, Molly Ivins. I was happy to be able to say that to one of Molly Ivins friends this weekend at Netroots Nation.
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By OrangeCloudsJuly 22, 2008 - 8:57pmcat contest
phurba. means - is a ritual dagger not meant to hurt in anyway a sentient living being. used against evil spirits. Cris
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By cris roederJuly 23, 2008 - 12:14pmKitten Contest
Al Quitty
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By phhawkJuly 23, 2008 - 5:59pm