Author: Ring of Fire Staff

Papantonio: God Loves American Unions

President Obama struck a deal with labor unions to exempt their insurance policies from being taxed under his healthcare plan. This has the GOP crying “favoritism”, but as Mike Papantonio points out, this is really just Obama returning to his progressive...

Read More

Papantonio: Limbaugh the Hyena

A hyena will scavenge graves for food. It is an animal that shows no respect for the dead. Instead, it merely regards the misfortune of once-living carcasses as an opportunity. In East Nigeria they have a belief that there are people who are capable of turning themselves into hyenas at will. Rush Limbaugh gave credence to that Nigerian superstition last week when he used the tragedy of 100,000 Haitian men, women, and children to promote himself as America’s number one radio thug without a conscience. (Warning: graphic...

Read More

Today on Ring of Fire! January 16, 2010

This week’s Ring of Fire, hosted by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Mike Papantonio: Saturdays at 3 o’clock Eastern, rebroadcasts Sunday nights at 8 pm Eastern David Bender will be filling in for Mike Papantonio this week. This week on Ring of Fire, Congressman Earl Blumenauer will be here to tell us how investing in green technologies will not only help reduce America’s contributions to climate change, but it will also help us rebuild our crumbling infrastructure. We’ll also hear from Congressman Barney Frank, Chair of the House Financial Services Committee, about how he is taking on Wall Street and working to protect our economy from another meltdown. We’ve also got Karl Frisch from Media Matters with us to talk about the ongoing misiniformation coming from right wing media with regards to climate change. And don’t forget to join us on Facebook. Just click on the Facebook icon on the left side of our...

Read More