July 13
GUEST: Thom Hartmann,
progressive national and internationally syndicated talk show
host, and New York Times bestselling author, talks about his
recently published book: The
Hidden History of American Democracy.
Thom Hartmann's latest book is a lot of fun to read, since he goes out of his way to expose the patriotic narrative the media gives us about our founding fathers. As it turns out, the signers of our Constitution were very much against any church involvement in our democracy. "In God We Trust" came with the last Cold War. Moreover, the founders would have been appalled at how much state money now goes to religious groups.
And the all powerful Supreme Court? Why that was never established to judge the laws that Congress passed. Such authority is nowhere in the Constitution or in the history of the 1800s. How hard would it be to restore the Supreme Court to its original purpose, that of resolving property and law enforcement disputes?
Thom's book is a call to recover our democracy by restoring the rights that the drafters of our Constitution have given us. We live in a kleptocracy because the last forty years have been dominated by the super rich, who have bent the rules to give themselves unlimited power. Surprisingly, we the people can use our founding document to roll back their obscene influence and everlasting hubris. Check out Thom's new book!
