tom harkin here on the news
you need to know this
so long john huntsman
the so-called moderate republican races dropping out today after disappointing
third place finish in new hampshire last week and polls show any setting for a
resounding defeat in south carolina this week
what's most interesting is that huntsman wouldn't even be in the race with his
billionaire father hadn't you citizens united loopholes
to fund his son independently via a super pack
on spends expected to endorsement romney something previously called sony re
previously called on electable
a decision won't sit too well with are great conservatives
but this weekend shows to rally behind greeks soren
syndrome
as their entire on me
be well newt gingrich is going to full attack mode agence romney
is predicting victory in south carolina despite polls showing him way behind
if the republican party hopes to find a nominee other than wall street's favor
politician colleague net probably
and they're running out of time
homeowners are screwed in twenty twelve
sway foreclosure rate sitting a four-year low in twenty eleven this here
may be a very bad story
looking at a massive backlog of on for or closures due to the ongoing mortgage
fraud scandals
york federal reserve is projecting that more than three point six million
homeowners
will be foreclosed on over the next two years
as three point six million more people will find themselves on the streets
as a result of what the bank stirs did since phil gramm deregulated them in
nineteen ninety nine
banks to suit sense been bailed out several times over
our nation is long overdue and helping homeowners who were conned into
exploding sub-prime mortgages
and just as long overdue
in throwing the banks to supervise this mess into jail
in the best for the rest of the news comedian stephen colbert stake in the
supreme court's citizens united decision
to its logical conclusion
as cold air ford so the idea of a
for president added states in south carolina
is super practice launched its first negative attack ads
going after frontrunner mit romney
toting around the police corporations or people
and romney made a living slicing up in killing off corporations holders server
back is calling romney a serial killer
pallbearers actually registering albeit in a single digits in south carolina
republican polls similar super packs are outstanding canada campaigns in south
carolina by a two-to-one margin
citizens united has made a mockery out of our democracy
even before stephen colder highlighted it
only way to prevent our democracy for meat sold to the highest
secret billionaire or corporate better
is to pass a constitutional amendment that says corporations are not people
and money is not speech
but a move to a man dot org
if the united states won't prosecute war criminals then spain will
on friday a spanish judging the good reopen an investigation into whether or
not the united states officials broke international law bike torturing
detainees at guantanamo bay prison
george w_ bush dick cheney and don rumsfeld among others are named in the
complaint of judge warned that they have not been directly connected to any
particular criminal act
president obama's promise not to look backwards investigate best were crimes
here in the united states and as you can continue the very same controversial
bush era indefinite detention programs when it comes to torture that is not
something we as americans can just forget
in moscow war criminals accountable
if we want to reclaim our soul as a nation
why is it a part of homeland security interested in the drugs report
last week d h s confirmed that it is monitoring several web sites including
popular social networking sites like twitter and facebook as well as news
anchor gator sites like often imposed and drudge report
agency claimed the purpose of the monitoring program was simply keep tabs
a major developing events like the eighty earthquake of the winter olympics
to help to be a chess command center better respond to them
they're pretty laconic privacy information center which bala for
requesting ths
monitoring program may have other motives
like monitoring political dissent online
based on newly collect the documents ths is paying millions of dollars to joel
dynamics
the survey websites and look for reports that reflect adversely and the u_s_
government
ths
or prevent protect or respond to government activities
as u_n_ the department of homeland security is reading any critical posed
to make online
now's a good time to reread george orwell's novel nineteen
on the heels of a massive european credit downgrade frances making their
banks to spare
president nicolas sarkozy announced to push forward the financial transaction
tax lefty t
banking institutions in france charging a tiny one tenth of one percent
tax
and all stock trades
only will this tax also known as the robin hood tax
because it affects all of the wealthiest people the nation
raise some much needed revenue a twelve billion euros in here
but it will also discourage high-frequency trading robots and the
success of speculation
m_f_s_ debates that a continental robin hood tax could raise fifty billion
dollars a year for europe
and to bring the robin hood tax the united states and put it in
our baxter's financially elections
crazy alert
and we'll stop turning
messages as many quite a contribution to a local animal shelter giving women the
forecasters last week
and likely answers for the last five years
finally got the point
there was no room left that is a part of the house the dozens and dozens of
answers
and there aren't many hamster wheels he had an operation
but related story rick perry's
brain jurisprudence on
that's the way it is today monday
january sixteenth twenty twelve
thom hartmann