Ring of Fire's Robert F. Kennedy and Sam Seder discuss how necessary it is for the federal minimum wage to be raised.
Ring of Fire's Robert F. Kennedy and Sam Seder discuss how necessary it is for the federal minimum wage to be raised.
There are two camps of climate change deniers -- the first being the ones who don't believe that climate change is even happening, in spite of the scientific consensus on the issue. And the other are the ones who say that it IS happening, but it's going to be a GOOD thing for the world. The second camp is arguably worse for the planet. Ring of Fire's Farron Cousins speaks with Desi Doyen, co-host of the Brad Cast on KPFK and the Green News Report, to explain why the right wing media is still trying to sell us on the idea that climate change is good for us.
Total duration 54 minutes:00:55 - "Bankrupting Democracy" Author and Nation Magazine Washington Correspondent John Nichols in Madison, Wisconsin talks about the Detroit bankruptcy and what it means for other cities facing similar circumstances.
14:00 - "Global Elites Terrified By Income Inequality" Attorney Howard Nations talks about the growing problem of income inequality and why it scares global elites.
27:00 - "States Take Action on Gun Laws" Attorney Seth Katz in Denver, Colorado talks about the lack of federal action on gun laws and the actions being taken by state governments to prevent another mass shooting.
34:16 - "Halliburton Attacks Investor Protections" Attorney Matthew Edling in San Francisco, California talks about Halliburton's attempts to weaken investor protections.
41:00 - "World Bank Hypocrisy on Climate Change Action" Brendan DeMelle, managing editor of DeSmogBlog.com in Seattle, Washington, talks about the World Bank's double-speak about climate change.
48:03 - "Climate Change is Good For You!" Desi Doyen, co-host of The Green News Report in Los Angeles, California, talks about the absurd right wing claim that climate change is going to be a net benefit to the United States.
Mike Papantonio and Ed Schultz talk about the wasted time and money going into the Republicans' continued search for evidence of voter fraud.
This segment originally aired on the December 15th, 2013 episode of Ring of Fire on Free Speech TV. Congress has had a full year to take action on gun control since the devastating tragedy that took place at Sandy Hook Elementary school, yet absolutely nothing was done on the federal level to help prevent future mass shootings. Luckily, states have decided to act on the issue. Ring of Fire's Farron Cousins speaks with attorney Seth Katz about what the states are doing with regards to common sense gun control.
Mike Papantonio talks with Ed Schultz about the ongoing attacks from the right on Pope Francis, and why they are completely terrified of a Pope that actually understands the message of Jesus Christ.
This segment originally aired on the December 15th, 2013 episode of Ring of Fire on Free Speech TV. Income inequality has been ranked as one of the top concerns facing the world in 2014. Wealthy elites all over the globe are worried about how dangerous the problem could become, yet they continue to do nothing about it. Ring of Fire's Farron Cousins discusses this with attorney Howard Nations.
After the stories of fraud, mismanagement, and corporate greed emerged following the economic collapse of global financial markets in 2008, it looked like we were on our way to meaningful finance reform. But the few reforms that were put in place have proven to be ineffective, and corporations are actively working to dismantle those protections. Ring of Fire's Farron Cousins talks about the latest corporate assault on investor protections with attorney Matthew Edling.
Ring of Fire's Mike Papantonio appears on the Ed Show on MSNBC to discuss the right wing defense of the bigoted Duck Dynasty star Phil Robinson.
Wall Street bankers made billions of dollars selling toxic subprime mortgages to people who had no idea what they were agreeing to, but they were sold on the idea that the bank would take care of them and they would finally be able to buy a house. After these people were duped into signing, the banks raised interest rates, forcing more mortgage defaults than you could count. But now cities across the country are fighting back against the banks. Ring of Fire's Mike Papantonio appears on The Thom Hartmann Program to discuss this.
Total duration 56 minutes:This episode of Ring of Fire includes the best of Ring of Fire Radio, which can be heard every Saturday at 3pm Eastern.
00:48 - "Right Wing Hate Will Not Go Away"
09:59 - "The Democratic Wall Street Cataclysm" with Harold Meyerson
21:36 - "Progressive Presidential Hopefuls Must Get Busy"
27:30 - "Sweatshop Capitalism Comes To America"
36:11 - "Time To Reform the Media Propaganda Machine" with Sue Wilson
44:15 - "Leave the GOP While You Can" with Charlie Crist
Ring of Fire's Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Sam Seder discuss last week's story of a U.S. federal district judge that ruled on the unconstitutionality of the NSA's data collection.
Global financial institutions recognize the threat of climate change and agree that it needs to be addressed. However, their actions contradict their talking points. Ring of Fire's Farron Cousins speaks with Brendan DeMelle, managing editor of DeSmogBlog.com, about why the rhetoric is nothing more than lip service.
Ring of Fire's Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Sam Seder discuss the further developments of Pope Francis' liberal escapades and the conservative reaction towards it.
Mike Papantonio appears on MSNBC's The Ed Show alongside Dr. Michael Eric Dyson to discuss the two America's that have become clear in the recent Duck Dynasty controversy -- The America that misinterprets the Bible in order to justify their hate, and the America that believes that all humans should be treated as equals.
Mike Papantonio talks with Ed Schultz about the train explosion in North Dakota where a tanker car filled with oil is currently polluting a small town, and how corporate greed and political deregulation helped cause the disaster.
Total duration 57 minutes:This episode of Ring of Fire features more segments from Ring of Fire Radio, which can be heard every Saturday at 3pm Eastern. Listen live here: http://www.ringoffireradio.com/listen-live/
Mike Papantonio and Ed Schultz give an update on the latest happenings with the BP oil spill litigation.
Mike Papantonio appears on The Big Picture with Thom Hartmann to discuss the ongoing saga of Edward Snowden, the whistleblower who helped expose the massive, illegal spying activities of the federal government.
Mike Papantonio talks with Thom Hartmann about the recent railway disaster in North Dakota, and how the oil industry has a proven track record of putting lives in danger in order to make a quick buck.
Mike Papantonio talks with Thom Hartmann about the revelations that have come out thanks to Edward Snowden and the possibility of the U.S. government granting him clemency.
Mike Papantonio talks with Thom Hartmann about the recent railway disaster in North Dakota and how the situation shows the dangers that oil trains pose.
Total duration 55 minutes:00:43 -- "Obama Must Be Bolder Than FDR" with columnist and activist Jim Hightower.
09:15 -- "The State of the World" with journalist Chris Hedges.
19:06 -- "Taking On the System" with Daily Kos founder Markos Moulitsas.
28:00 -- "The Solution for Whiny Republicans" with political commentator Paul Begala.
37:05 -- "H For Hunger" with musician and activist Henry Rollins.
46:07 -- "The Path to a Green Economy" with Earl Blumenauer.
Mike Papantonio talks with Ed Schultz about a newly uncovered GOP memo that attempts to explain how the Party can emulate human emotions.
Lyndon Baines Johnson understood that his war on poverty was certainly designed as a way for Americans to responsibly help the least of our society live day-to-day with some small amount of dignity.
But LBJ was also responding to the advice of talented economists and sociologists who educated him on the idea that the way to build a sustainably strong economy is to begin at the bottom and grow upward. In other words, LBJ understood that when an American lives on the margins, where that individual is struggling to provide food and shelter for his family, then every dime that he gets by way of public assistance is going to be used to buy everything from groceries to clothing for his family.
LBJ and his advisers understood that the war on poverty was also in effect a building block for economic prosperity.
When the crazy train hit Washington, mostly during the Reagan years, intellectually dishonest conservative think tanks and opportunistic politicians told America that they had a new invention. They told America that their new invention would turn old worn-out notions of economics on its head and create even greater prosperity for our economy.
The big invention: the big lie was called trickle-down economics. Small groups of billionaire inheritance babies who had never gone hungry a day in their lives convinced the American media to sell the American public on the idea that if we give seemly wealthy individuals and corporations more money then that Grey Poupon billionaire crowd would share their windfalls with America's working poor and lesson the burden on taxpayers who were paying for LBJ's war on poverty.
The truth is that the American media figured out that the trickle-down fraud did not work. And they figured that out within five years of the time that they first helped sell the lie. But by the time the billionaire scam was already in place, the billionaires began buying up the media so the trickle-down trash argument could be recycled day after day on TV, radio, and the print media.
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