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**Jimaz** · August-19-13, 01:53 PM

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The Endless List of BP Crimes

This segment originally aired on the August 18th, 2013 episode of Ring of Fire on Free Speech TV. The corporate-controlled media has let BP off the hook, not just for their crimes in the Gulf of Mexico, but for their crimes all over the country. But we aren't willing to give the company a free pass for killing Americans and destroying the environment. Ring of Fire guest host Farron Cousins from The Trial Lawyer Magazine speaks with investigative journalist Rick Outzen about the criminal history of BP.

**Jimaz** · August-20-13, 09:13 AM

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The Republican Circular Firing Squad

This segment originally aired on the August 18th, 2013 episode of Ring of Fire on Free Speech TV. The Republican Party is suffering from a severe identity crisis but rather than trying to solve their problems, they've decided to attack members of their own party. Ring of Fire guest host Farron Cousins talks about the GOP's circular firing squad with attorney Mike Burg.

**Jimaz** · August-20-13, 03:11 PM

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Your Mortgage Documents Are Fake!

This interview is a sneak peak of this weekend's Ring of Fire on Free Speech TV. New evidence has emerged that shows that some of the nation's largest banks actually falsified documents in order to illegally foreclose homes. Ring of Fire host Mike Papantonio talks about this scam with investigative journalist David Dayen.

**Jimaz** · August-21-13, 11:55 AM

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Payday Lenders -- A Tax On The Poor

This segment originally aired on the August 18th, 2013 episode of Ring of Fire on Free Speech TV. The Payday lending industry has emerged as one of the biggest scams in America, preying on the poor and the young. Ring of Fire guest host Farron Cousins from The Trial Lawyer Magazine talks about the payday lending scams, and why nothing is being done about the problem, with attorney Howard Nations.

**Jimaz** · August-21-13, 01:39 PM

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Cash Hoarders Devastate Economy

The wealthiest Americans are sitting on trillions of dollars in cash. They aren't reinvesting, they aren't giving workers a raise, and they aren't spending. Ring of Fire host Mike Papantonio talks about how this affects our economy with Richard Eskow, a senior fellow at the Campaign for America's Future.

**Jimaz** · August-21-13, 05:26 PM

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The Republican Disease Weakens Critical Thinking

Somewhere in the last four or five decades, Republican politicians got the idea in their head that the "R" that was there to identify their party affiliation actually stood for "R" Regressive or "R" Reactionary Rube. I mean, why is it that every time you hear the loudest, buffoonish diatribe about issues like climate change, stem cell research, education, or religion or damn near anything that demands rational analysis -- the buffoon delivering that regressive diatribe is a Republican. Is it a chicken or an egg analysis that we should apply when we are listening to one more Republican Regressive Rube leaving us dumbfounded with airhead quality opinions about damn near anything that actually requires rational reflection or mature understanding?

Name it -- science or basic narratives about social issues, cultural issues -- why is that character with the big Republican "R" behind their name always the one who leaves us almost breathless as we try to grasp their dullard insight on the topic in question? This past week, for example, one of those Regressive throwback politicians with a big "R" after his name told us that Obama was subverting the will of the American people by trying to expand high speed Internet into every classroom in America.

Michael Grimm, a big "R" Republican from New York was able to lift himself from his knuckles into a fully erect standing position to tell us that the high speed Internet, I suppose, is not good for American students. Seems pretty non-controversial to those of us who stand erect everyday, but genuinely very controversial for a predictable "R" regressive thinker, who again is predictably a Republican leader. I mean, if I had given you those facts and then asked you to guess the political affiliation of the person who made such a remarkable dullard statement, you would have guessed Republican almost 100% of the time without even needing more facts.

Chris Mooney is a hugely talented writer tried to understand that buffoonish big "R" Republican regressive quality. His book, The Republican Brain, questioned why the vast, almost overwhelming, majority of Republicans struggle with issues like Darwin's theory of evolution or global climate change or even Einstein's theory of relativity.

Mooney dug through the Conservapedia, which is the right wing's equivalent of Wikipedia. The creator of Conservapedia is one of Phyllis Schlafly's intellectually and socially disadvantaged home schooled children. The young bone head Schlafly tells the world in his site [[for unstable conservatives) that he has proof that abortion causes breast cancer; Einstein was a fraud because his relativity theory questions religion; homosexuality is a depraved mental disorder; Darwin fabricated his research; global climate change is part of the ruse to create a new world order. And it goes pretty much downhill from there.

There was a time when the homeschooled Schlafly dimwit would be summarily dismissed by virtually everyone including Goldwater Republicans as a clownish psycho needing heavy medication. But you know what? Today that crazy crackpot is a respected, even admired Republican spokesperson just like his lunatic mother who is always at the podium in front of massive Republican audiences.

This new Frankenstein mutation of crackpot thinking is who you are if you call yourself a Republican today. It is your brand. It is a contagious infection that chronically weakens progress in science, economics, social or cultural improvement -- It eats away at our ability to even properly educate our children.

It creates a diseased waste around our ability to ever become our best selves. And you need to know if you are one of those Schlafly-quality crackpots still carrying around one of the cards with a big "R" printed somewhere on it -- you help further that disease.

The Republican Brain: The Science of Why They Deny Science--and Reality

**Jimaz** · August-22-13, 12:38 PM

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Exposing The Patent Trolls

This segment originally aired on the August 18th, 2013 episode of Ring of Fire on Free Speech TV. Innovation is what helps drive the US economy and keep American businesses competitive both at home and on the global market. So what happens when patents for new products are snatched up by the patent trolls? Ring of Fire guest host Farron Cousins speaks with attorney Ara Jabagchourian to help answer that question.

**Jimaz** · August-22-13, 12:57 PM

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Stand Up For Your Voting Rights NOW

Earlier this summer the U.S. Supreme Court gutted the voting rights act and that has given oppressive state legislatures the green light to restrict voting access for millions of eligible voters -- most of whom are minorities. Ring of Fire host Mike Papantonio talks about the fight to preserve our right to vote with Ari Berman, author of the book Herding Donkeys.

Herding Donkeys: The Fight to Rebuild the Democratic Party and Reshape American Politics

**Jimaz** · August-22-13, 06:28 PM

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Texas Fracked To Hell and Back

Mike Papantonio appears on The Thom Hartmann Program to discuss the water shortage in Texas that is being spurred on by the natural gas industry's quest for profits from fracking.

**Jimaz** · August-22-13, 08:22 PM

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Take Away Church Tax Breaks

Mike Papantonio talks with Thom Hartmann on The Big Picture about the recent lawsuit against the IRS for failing to enforce federal laws that prohibit religious institutions from engaging in political activities.

**Jimaz** · August-23-13, 12:26 PM

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March For Your Voting Rights This Saturday

Mike Papantonio appears on the Ed Shultz show to discuss the march in Washington occurring on August 24th and how it can and will help the fight for voting rights in America.

**Jimaz** · August-23-13, 12:49 PM

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Texas -- A Fracking Dustbowl

Mike Papantonio appears on The Big Picture with Thom Hartmann to discuss the effects of climate change on the state of Texas and how the natural gas industry is making the situation worse by fracking away all of the state's fresh water.

**Jimaz** · August-23-13, 06:12 PM

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College Students Are Financially Screwed

Ring of Fire hosts Mike Papantonio and Sam Seder discuss how states have been gradually cutting back funds for college education, which has caused a massive increase in college tuition over the past decade.

**Jimaz** · August-23-13, 06:20 PM

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America's Water Problem

Ring of Fire hosts Mike Papantonio and Sam Seder discuss the tremendous dearth of water that is becoming apparent in the country, including the story of a massive NSA center in Utah that will require two million gallons of water a day to keep their massive, personal data-filled computers cool.

**Jimaz** · August-24-13, 07:20 AM

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Ring of Fire's Weekly Rewind

Ring of Fire's top videos from August Week 3!

**Jimaz** · August-24-13, 03:14 PM

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More NSA Revelations Emerging

Ring of Fire hosts Mike Papantonio and Sam Seder discuss more NSA revelations that have recently emerged.

**Jimaz** · August-25-13, 12:00 PM

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The Demonization of Edward Snowden

Ring of Fire hosts Mike Papantonio and Sam Seder discuss how Edward Snowden is being demonized by some mainstream media outlets, even though his actions are initiating important discussion for the reform of spying surveillance.

**Jimaz** · August-26-13, 09:09 AM

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Big Pharma's War on Women

This interview originally aired on the August 25th, 2013 episode of Ring of Fire on Free Speech TV. When it comes to dangerous drugs and medical devices, the majority of the negative side effects are harming female consumers. Ring of Fire host Mike Papantonio talks about Big Pharma's war on women with Linda Lipsen from the American Association for Justice.

**Jimaz** · August-26-13, 12:28 PM

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Texas Fracked Into An Even Deeper Drought

The state of Texas has been experienced one of the worst droughts in the state's history and fresh water is becoming more and more scarce. But that hasn't stopped the natural gas industry from snatching up as much water as possible for their fracking operations and that's leaving residents with no water. Ring of Fire host Mike Papantonio talks about this with Gaius Publius, contributing editor for America Blog.

**Jimaz** · August-26-13, 08:22 PM

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Lessons Not Learned From Economic Meltdown

It's now been five years since our banking industry completely collapsed, leading to the financial crisis that sunk our economy into a deep recession. And even though President Obama promised to change the way we do business on Wall Street, very little has changed since the meltdown. Ring of Fire host Mike Papantonio talks to Harper's Magazine contributing editor Thomas Frank about what's happened to the banking industry.

Pity The Billionaire

**Jimaz** · August-27-13, 09:32 AM

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Labor Unions Help Save Lives

This interview originally aired on the August 25th, 2013 episode of Ring of Fire on Free Speech TV. Labor unions have been excluded from every major trade agreement and the lack of strong labor protections is becoming more and more apparent. Ring of Fire host Mike Papantonio speaks with attorneys Howard Nations and Mike Burg about how labor unions could have prevented worker deaths and other atrocities all over the world.

**Jimaz** · August-27-13, 02:33 PM

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The Battle To Protect Domestic Workers

While American workers fight for an increase in the federal minimum wage, one sector of the labor force has been consistently overlooked. Domestic workers are not protected by traditional labor agreements and are often paid lower wages and work in conditions that most of us can't even imagine. Ring of Fire host Mike Papantonio talks about the battle to protect the rights of domestic workers with journalist Josh Eidelson.

**Jimaz** · August-27-13, 03:57 PM

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Wall Street Starving Capitalism On Purpose

FDR had a clear vision about how capitalism was seriously threatened by a small group of wildly wealthy elite he referred to as "economic royalists." FDR grew up in the homes and the schools in the opulent country clubs of this crowd he referred to as economic royalists, so it was abundantly clear that FDR understood every nuance about their pedigree.

There was no guess work that went into his warning that if the economic royalists, the oligarchs, were not adequately controlled, then our system of capitalism would mutate into an economic system [...] less humane, no less destructive and malevolent than fascism. No less of a pathetic failure than Stalin-esque Communism. FDR was genuinely fearful of the powerfully destructive capacity of an unchecked oligarch elite.

What he feared is relatively easy to understand: Healthy capitalism requires that money, whether it comes from government or whether it comes from the private sector, has got to move from the bottom up. If that money that is supposed to fuel the capitalist machine moves to the top without a specific mechanism or infrastructure to move it first to the middle of the economic ladder and also to the very bottom of that economic class ladder, then that money stagnates; it becomes useless to the machine of capitalism because it can't fuel the machine.

The money doesn't fuel the system so people at the middle of that economic ladder can buy homes. So home sales don't generate more money to fuel the machine.

People at the bottom of that economic ladder don't buy new televisions or new cars, so that money is not available to fuel the machine.

The wealth remains at the top -- the top of that machine we call capitalism gags itself on too much wealth. That heavy top-loaded machine begins to atrophy at the middle and the bottom. And here is what FDR's advisors told him, and maybe this is what scared the hell out of FDR: When that machine that started out as pure, clean, unequivocal capitalism begins to sputter and stall, when it chokes itself at the very top because it has gagged itself with too much at the top; when it is too big at the top and atrophied at the bottom, the system begins to morph into something that has a single purpose of preserving, protecting, and guarding only the interests of those oligarchs, those economic royalists who control all that cash at the top.

Historically, that morphing process takes on the qualities of rank fascism.

Thom Hartmann has written a powerful booked titled The Crash of 2016. It is a roadmap that will leave you mad as hell about what has happened to capitalism and democracy in America. If you are rational along with being solidly angry, the word "terrified" might pop into your head. But then, like virtually every book Hartmann has ever written, he will show you the way out of the spooky dark forest with simple, practical ideas about how we can avoid disaster.

Hartmann says there is no need for another 1929 or 1770, or 1856 kind of economic burndown. Think of Hartmann's Crash of 2016 as a How-To book. A how-to about saving ourselves, you are foolish not to buy this book.

The Crash of 2016: The Plot to Destroy America--and What We Can Do to Stop It

**Jimaz** · August-28-13, 11:54 AM

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Senior Citizens At Risk

This interview originally aired on the August 25th, 2013 episode of Ring of Fire on Free Speech TV. Elderly Americans are facing a serious threat in the form of abuse at nursing homes. The epidemic has been steadily growing in recent years. Ring of Fire host Mike Papantonio speaks with attorney Charles Meltmar, who has handled litigation against abusive nursing homes.

**Jimaz** · August-28-13, 03:14 PM

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Green Jobs -- Where Have They Gone?

The Obama administration made green jobs a top priority when they first came into office, but thanks to Republican obstruction and industry backlash, those green job plans have barely gotten off the ground. Ring of Fire host Mike Papantonio discusses the hurdles facing the green jobs initiative with author and Mother Jones contributor Chris Mooney.

The Republican Brain: The Science of Why They Deny Science- and Reality

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The Endless List of BP Crimes

The Republican Circular Firing Squad

Your Mortgage Documents Are Fake!

Payday Lenders -- A Tax On The Poor

Cash Hoarders Devastate Economy

The Republican Disease Weakens Critical Thinking

Exposing The Patent Trolls

Stand Up For Your Voting Rights NOW

Texas Fracked To Hell and Back

Take Away Church Tax Breaks

March For Your Voting Rights This Saturday

Texas -- A Fracking Dustbowl

College Students Are Financially Screwed

America's Water Problem

Ring of Fire's Weekly Rewind

More NSA Revelations Emerging

The Demonization of Edward Snowden

Big Pharma's War on Women

Texas Fracked Into An Even Deeper Drought

Lessons Not Learned From Economic Meltdown

Labor Unions Help Save Lives

The Battle To Protect Domestic Workers

Wall Street Starving Capitalism On Purpose

Senior Citizens At Risk

Green Jobs -- Where Have They Gone?

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