Norman Goldman Tweets of the Week

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This is from the crazy extreme National Review: "It is simply a fact that our social problems are increasingly... http://fb.me/PVcLOtdm

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On the show: 8/25/2011 - Today, justice is served on the political process! I have two stories for you that contras... ow.ly/1epmzc

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On the show: 8/25/2011 - Today, justice is served on the political process! I have two stories for you that contras... ow.ly/1epmzb

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Here is the link to public option health insurance story on the front page of the SF Chronicle today - with our... fb.me/JFvQzXFB

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Also on the radio today, there is bad economic news and forecasts that things will not get better soon. Perhaps... fb.me/12qHbeMdO

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Today on the radio, justice is served on the political process! I have two stories for you that contrast - one... fb.me/16ZVaXlSV

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Here is a group worthy of our attention and support PEOPLE WITH GUTS WHO WANT TO TAKE ACTION!!!... fb.me/XxHyergy

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Check THIS out!! It is Point #3 of the 4 Point Plan To Rescue America and it made the front page of the SF... fb.me/1dwze9p7C

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We'll cover THIS story tomorrow! Talk about unethical and immoral - State Attorneys General selling out the public... fb.me/QmMWn9hE

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Here is the link for the Green Scissors report we spoke with Steve Ellis about on the show today!... fb.me/tsv0pBl9

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What do you think of this???? To me, very interesting and insightful!! Sent by a listener, during the show today!... fb.me/1aB2h2Du3

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On the show: 8/24/2011 - Today, justice is served on liars and other unethical conduct! We had a guy call in yester... ow.ly/1eomA5

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On the show: 8/24/2011 - Today, justice is served on liars and other unethical conduct! We had a guy call in yester... ow.ly/1eomA4

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Also on the radio today, and, in a note related to the federal budget and spending, the Congressional Budget... fb.me/KQiYomXA

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Today on the radio, justice is served on liars and other unethical conduct! We had a guy call in yesterday and... fb.me/1ccbW9Zr4

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This is our Beyond The Norm topic tonight - it's what we eat, not what we DON'T eat that counts for cholesterol... fb.me/13JHOiiNI

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Want to reduce government spending, the SMART way, help the environment and end corporate welfare? Start here:... fb.me/15jw670qL

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Your car radio is changing. twice.com/article/472711… fb.me/1cQayeI0v

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On the show: 8/23/2011 - Today, justice is served on TV and radio commentators - myself included! I will give you a... ow.ly/1enmSK

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On the show: 8/23/2011 - Today, justice is served on TV and radio commentators - myself included! I will give you a... ow.ly/1enmSJ

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This topic in 3 minutes on the radio!... fb.me/13eI1STqI

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BREAKING: Earthquake Does Less Damage to Washington than Eric Cantor

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Nate Silver is VERY smart and VERY accurate.... fb.me/1gFdAN4O2

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It's time the people spoke - even the Teabaggers should agree with much of THIS agenda - except "protect workers". october2011.org/welcome

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Randi Rhodes: WhiteWash

Randi’s on vacation this week, but our friend David Sirota from our Denver-Boulder, CO affiliate AM760 is filling in; his guests include:

Matt Taibbi on his latest Rolling Stone exposè, "Is the SEC Covering Up Wall Street Crimes?"

Gov. Brian Schwetizer (D-MT) will walk us through his NY Times piece, "Cutting Government Costs the Montana Way"

And Dr. Steve Horton & jounalist David O. Williams will discuss the evidence that shows human activity - like natural gas fracking - is causing earthquakes. Dr. Horton will be live from the epicenter of the DC-area quake.

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New GOP heartthrob Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) explains how Social Security and Medicare have 'weakened' us lazy Americans...

Thom Hartmann: Not all Billionaires are Created Equal

Maybe we should take a tip from France. The French government just introduced a new debt reduction package that includes a 3% income tax increase on people making more than $720,000 a year. But no one is screaming about class warfare in France today - that's because it was the millionaires and billionaires themselves who asked for the tax increase. In an open letter - some of the wealthiest people in France wrote, "We, the presidents and leaders of industry, businessmen and women, bankers and wealthy citizens would like the richest people to have to pay a 'special contribution'."

The letter goes on to say, "When the public finances deficit and the prospects of a worsening state debt threaten the future of France and Europe and when the government is asking everybody for solidarity, it seems necessary for us to contribute." As in - they realize there's not much quality of life in being rich while living in a poor country - a sentiment that most billionaires here in America don't appear to understand.

I guess it IS true - not all billionaires are created equal.

-Thom

(Why don't more American billionaires call for tax increases? Tell us here.)

Randi Rhodes: Blurring The Line

Randi’s on vacation this week, but our good friend Nicole Sandler is filling in; her guests include:

Jeff Sharlet, professor, writer, and author of the C Street exposé "The Family" has a new book this year, "Sweet Heaven When I Die: Faith, Faithlessness, and the Country In Between." Jeff will join Nicole to talk about his book and the continued merging of christian fundamentalism and the political right.

Richard Dreyfuss investigative journalist and contributing editor to The Nation, specializing in politics and national security. Wrote about the Fall of Qadaffi

2004 Green Party candidate for president and leader of Move To Amend, David Cobb on Mitt Romney's "corporations are people" attitude - and Move To Amend's attempt to repeal the laws that make it so.

And Amy Simon, cultural herstorian, writer and performer of her one woman comedy show "She's History" will have a preview of Friday's events planned across the county for Women's Equality Day.

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Thom Hartmann: Why did the Virginia nuke plant, built on fault line, have its quake sensors removed?

The earth is still shaking along the east coast of the United States - after a 5.8 earthquake rocked the small town of Mineral, Virginia and reverberated through the nation's capitol and several other states up and down the coast - from Georgia to New York. Today - schools and government building are closed in Washington, DC out of fear of after-shocks - and damage has been discovered at the National Cathedral and Washington Monument. It was the largest earthquake to strike Virginia in well over 100 years.

Located near the epicenter is the North Anna Nuclear Power Station - rated the seventh most likely nuclear power plant in America to receive core damage in the event of an earthquake. Due to budget cuts - the quake sensors at the plant were removed back in the 1990's. Luckily - back-up diesel generators kicked in to prevent a meltdown after the plant lost power during the earthquake.

The plant was built to withstand a 6.1 earthquake - yesterday's was a 5.8 - meaning we were that close to suffering a Fukushima-like nuclear disaster near the nation's capital. Let's hope this is a wake-up call.

-Thom

(Will this shake-up wake up the Republicans? Tell us here.)

Randi Rhodes: Cowboy Corporatist

Randi’s on vacation this week, but our good friend Nicole Sandler is filling in; her guests include:

Cliff Schecter, author of "The Real McCain" and columnist for Al Jazeera English, whose latest piece is "Beware of Rick Perry, the French Cuff Cowboy."

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) will discuss investments in infrastructure and job creation.

And Juan Cole, professor of modern Middle Eastern and South Asian history at the University of Michigan and the author of "Engaging the Muslim World." Prof. Cole's latest must-read column: "The Top Ten Myths About The Libya War."

UPDATE: Headlines on the Washington Earthquake

5.9-magnitude earthquake rattles Washington

Nuclear Plant Near Epicenter Shuts Down

National Cathedral significantly damaged in DC

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Donald Trump makes the idiotic case for stealing Libya's oil now that Gadhafi's been toppled...

Thom Hartmann: The truth about tax cuts and outsourcing corporations don't want you to know...

America's biggest transnational corporations have a secret they don't want you to know about. Arguing that they'll create jobs in the United States if they just get massive tax breaks - many transnational corporations are refusing to release just how many jobs they have ALREADY created in the United States - and how many jobs they've created overseas - over fears that if the American people saw just how much outsourcing they've been doing - then they'd miss out on their tax breaks.

When it comes time to report hiring to government statisticians - these transnational do so under anonymity - under the promise that only the aggregate amount of job creation numbers will be released - and not job creation on a company-by-company basis. That aggregate number is troubling in itself - between 2000 and 2009 - transnational corporations cut 2.9 million jobs here at home - and hired 2.4 million workers overseas. And since lawmakers can't figure out which company is ACTUALLY creating jobs here in American and which ones aren't - then it's impossible to determine which should get tax cuts.

To make matters worse - the guy heading President Obama's job creation council - GE CEO Jeffrey Immelt - is one of the biggest job outsourcers around with over half of his workforce made up of foreign workers. The real problem here is that our lawmakers for almost two decades have been drinking the so-called Free Trade kool aid - and it's destroying our economy.

-Thom

(What should be done about this? Tell us here.)

Thom Hartmann: "TARP" was just the tip of the iceberg in public funds going to the banksters

Homeowners in America are still screwed. As more records from the Federal Reserve go public - we're learning that the 2008 bailout of Wall Street - known as "TARP" - was just the tip of the iceberg in public funds going to the banksters. In December of 2008 - the Fed secretly gave more than $1.2 trillion in virtually interest-free loans to big banks like Morgan Stanley - Citigroup - and Bank of America. That's $1.2 trillion! Coincidentally - that's about how much it would cost to save 6-and-a-half million homeowners who are delinquent on their mortgages and facing foreclosure.

In other words - a clear choice was made in 2008 to help banksters or help bilked homeowners - and the Fed chose the banksters. So today - it's no wonder that banksters are seeing record profits again - while millions of Americans are still being kicked out of their homes. Yet another example of how the banksters in and out of government are taking care of their own. Given the choice between working people's homes or banksters million-dollar penthouses, the Fed chose the Banksters. Meanwhile, George Bush and Congress agreed and threw another $800 billion to the banksters.

Now Obama wants to help working people, and it's time for Republicans to drop their opposition and pass a news jobs and stimulus package ASAP.

-Thom

(Do you think they will? Tell us here.)

Randi Rhodes: War on Science

It's Friday, ya bastids!

Randi’s out today, but our good friend Nicole Sandler is filling in; her guests include:

Bill McKibben, author, journalist, and environmentalist who has written extensively on the impact of climate change will talk with Nicole about the GOP's biggest current science-denier, Rick Perry - and the Tar Sands Protest, which begins this weekend..

Lee Fang, journalist and investigative researcher for the Center for American Progress have the latest example of the revolving door between lobbyists and Congress: Rep. Darrell Issa's (R-CA) top aide on banking regulation changes used to be a vice president for Goldman Sachs, but changed his name apparently to hide from the media.

And world-famous humorist Andy Borowitz of The Borowitz Report will hit all the highlights of the week from Rick Perry's hair helmet to the Iowans who thought they were voting for Batman in the Ames Straw Poll.te.

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Robert Reich dismantles the gut-government GOP groupthink in just three minutes...

Thom Hartmann: Is the right-wing Club for Growth funding the Gang of 12?

In a few weeks - the Gang of 12 "Super Congress" will meet to figure out a way to cut $1.2 trillion out of the deficit. So to figure out who's going to win and who's going to lose in a potential deal - we should follow the money - and in that case it appears Wall Street will once again make out like bandits. Banksters have given more than $11 million in campaign contributions to members of the Gang of 12 - so we might as well take closing the capital gains loophole off the table.

To make matters worse - the organizations that's contributed the most to the Gang of 12 is the right-wing Club for Growth - a notorious anti-tax organization - headed up by Tea Party Senator Pat Toomey who someone find found a seat in the Gang of 12. So weeks before the Gang even meets - the deck is already stacked against the middle class.

Let's hope these lawmakers look at the polls showing overwhelming majorities supporting tax increases on the rich and opposing cuts to entitlements programs - and not the billionaires who are giving them money.

-Thom

(Do you think they will? Tell us here.)

Randi Rhodes: Still Not Satisfied

Who will step forward to save the Republican Party from itself? Just a few days after Rick Perry jumped into the GOP race, Republicans are already starting to beg new Republicans to enter. Perry has barely had a chance to start saying all the stupid things he has planned to say. Now Republicans are talking about getting Paul Ryan to run, or Chris Christie, or Jeb Bush. Heck, what about Jenna Bush? Or Reggie Bush? I know, Reggie isn’t one of them, but he’s got the name!

The Republicans are emptying the bench. They’re like a panicked baseball manager going through all his relief pitchers in the middle innings of an important game. They’re going to run out of righties! They’ll run out living Republicans and start suggesting names like Ronald Reagan and Barry Goldwater. OK, that could never happen. Reagan and Goldwater aren’t conservative enough to appeal to the base. Heck, Tim Pawlenty should announce that he’s considering a run for president. They’re so desperate they’re liable to forget he already tried and failed.

They keep mentioning Paul Ryan. Really? That’s the best you can do? The guy who wants to destroy Medicare and who looks like a zombie? Paul Ryan would be good for getting out the “undead” vote. Animated corpses would rise from graveyards and flood the polling places like some sick version of “Day of the Dead” narrated by Chuck Todd. Face it, Paul Ryan couldn’t look any spookier unless he had a small rivulet of fresh blood dripping from the corner of his mouth.

And Chris Christie? Chris Christie could win... a sumo wrestling match. Puh-leeze! The only time I would want Chris Christie leading my team is in a tug of war, or a hot dog eating contest. Get real. Chris Christie is not going to run. Run? The man can’t even walk 100 yards to his kid’s baseball game. President Chris Christie would be having the Marine One helicopter take him to a TGI Fridays for Buffalo wings six times a week.

Republicans should do like Tibetan Buddhists do with the Dalai Lama, and just search the land for an infant who is the reincarnation of the chosen leader of the Republican people.

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Christine "I'm Not A Witch" O'Donnell is making the rounds again pimping a book. Last night she walked out on Piers Morgan rather than discuss her views on gay rights...

Thom Hartmann: It's time to slam shut the revolving door on Capitol Hill - and bolt it closed...

Who did House Oversight Committee Chairman - and richest man in Congress Darrell Issa - hire to spearhead his efforts to block government regulations on big banks like Goldman Sachs? None other than the Vice President of Goldman Sachs! In one of the most egregious cases of the revolving door on Capitol Hill - the former Vice President of Goldman Sachs - Peter Simonyi - left his job as a bankster - then changed his name to Peter Haller - and took a job working for Republican Congressman Darrell Issa to stop new Wall Street regulations.

In July - Haller wrote a letter to government regulators urging them to drop new regulations against his old employer Goldman Sachs. As investigative reporter at ThinkProgress Lee Fang notes - it appears Issa has turned the House Oversight Committee into a bank-lobbying firm with the power to subpoena government regulators. Not only that - Back in 2005 - Haller used to work for the SEC - then he left to go work for Goldman Sachs so that he could lobby his former co-workers at the SEC to water down regulations. And now - he's back working for the government trying to get rid of regulations altogether.

It's time to slam shut the revolving door on Capitol Hill - and bolt it closed. And call out corrupt Congressmen like Issa.

-Thom

(What do you think should be done? Tell us here.)

Randi Rhodes: Dumb, Dumber, Dumbest

Here are the latest stumbles from your three Republican frontrunners:

Rick Perry is not disavowing the threat he made against Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, in which he said “we would treat him pretty ugly down in Texas.” Of course, it’s a little hard to back pedal from after making a threat. What are you going to say? I “mis-threatened”? When asked about the comments, Perry’s campaign said “The Governor was expressing his frustration with the current economic situation and the out of control spending that persists in Washington.” Maybe we need a leader who doesn’t express his frustration in such a juvenile way. I would say that this raises big questions about Rick Perry’s fitness to be President, but those big questions were all raised the second he announced. This merely reinforces them.

Don’t be cruel, Michele. Yesterday Michele Bachmann gave a big birthday shout out to Elvis Presley… on the anniversary of his death. At a rally yesterday Michele announced “Before we get started, let’s all say ‘Happy Birthday’ to Elvis Presley today.” It’s not so much that she got the wrong date, it’s that part of me suspects that she’s not aware that Elvis died. OK, it’s a simple mistake. But it’s like the 500th mistake in a row. Does Michele Bachmann ever get anything right? Somebody check to see if her name is actually Michele Bachmann. At the very least, I assume she’s been misspelling it all these years. Michele has been playing Elvis’s version of “Promised Land” at her rallies. Elvis released that song in 1975. Leave it to Michele Bachmann to pick a song by the old, fat Elvis. Really Michele, couldn’t you have chosen a more appropriate Elvis song for your rallies, like “Hard Headed Woman,” or “Devil in Disguise”?

Finally, fresh off his “Corporations are people” quote, now Mitt Romney says it’s no use raising taxes on the rich, because rich people are smarter than you. Really. You know, for a really rich guy, Mitt Romney sure says some stupid things. Romney put it this way: “The problem with rich people is that many of them are smart.” Yes. So let’s tax the middle class, because they are too dumb to figure a way around it! I have news for Mitt: the rich aren’t successful at avoiding taxes because they’re smart. They’re successful at avoiding taxes because they’re rich.

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FLASHBACK 2010: Watch Rick Perry do his George W. Bush impression while dancing around Texas's failed abstinence education policy...