Glenn Beck on the Stimulus Package

Glenn covers it well in this short video from last night's show:

Oregon Lottery Revenue Down, Ohhhh how sad...

According to the local fishwrap today, the Oregon Lottery, especially the Video Poker is way way down and it is attributed to two things: the snowy weather and the smoking ban.
My heart is breaking.
You know, when we first voted this lottery thing in back in the early 80's, I was one of the very few against it by the way, they promised that it would be money EXCLUSIVELY for schools and roads and would be in addition to normal budget money for the state.
NOW, it is over 50% of the Oregon Budget!
Can you imagine if it went away tomorrow? We would collapse as a state.
How do we as a state become COMPLETELY dependent on gamblers?
The "IDIOT TAX" as I call it, is purely voluntary that is true, but, to be so dependent on it?
And the commissioner is quoted today as saying, in relation to the down revenue: "It's been tough for everybody". UNBELIEVABLE!
Let's see commish: folks losing their jobs, folks losing their houses, folks losing their businesses and you have the nerve to say "it's been tough" for degenerate gamblers?
HO! HO!

Conservative Talk Radio is scaring Obama!

To the 58 million American voters who've refused to join Barack Obama's creepy cult, these are difficult times. With the mainstream media eagerly awaiting their Dear Leader's orders, independent-minded citizens are left with few places to turn as they race to save the country they love.

One non-believing medium their Messiah has yet to dismantle is talk radio, where Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity have been pounding away at Obama's hollow rhetoric and empty promises. During the course of the campaign, the King Of All Egos went after the FOX News Channel host by name, but now he's aiming squarely at his most outspoken foe: El Rushbo himself.
From the New York Post:

WASHINGTON -- President Obama warned Republicans on Capitol Hill today that they need to quit listening to radio king Rush Limbaugh if they want to get along with Democrats and the new administration.

"You can't just listen to Rush Limbaugh and get things done," he told top GOP leaders, whom he had invited to the White House to discuss his nearly $1 trillion stimulus package.

One White House official confirmed the comment but said he was simply trying to make a larger point about bipartisan efforts.

"There are big things that unify Republicans and Democrats," the official said. "We shouldn't let partisan politics derail what are very important things that need to get done."

That wasn't Obama's only jab at Republicans today.

In an exchange with Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.) about the proposal, the president shot back: "I won," according to aides briefed on the meeting.

"I will trump you on that."

Beyond the absurdity of a Democrat barking orders at his political opposition, he's especially foolish to air his fear of Limbaugh and talk radio in a public setting. Now, what was long suspected by conservatives has been verified by the man himself.

The timing was no coincidence: after a rocky first week in office, the Obamists are also faced with a resurgent Fox News Channel, where ratings have been climbing since the moment he took office.
And after a wildly successful fall ratings survey, talk radio is looking forward to record numbers with the installation of the Obamists.


Obama's words are also perfectly timed to meddle in another big battle underway right now: the race for leadership of the Republican Party, a fight that pits conservative grassroots supporters against traditional, elitist blueblood interests.
emember the mushy moderates who were claiming Rush was ineffective and overrated? If that were the case, then why would Obama be attacking him by name?


After a rough start for the Obamists this week, the last thing they want is a viable, effective opposition movement. Rush, Sean and others provide hope that America can be saved from this budding dictator and his cultist followers.

But as the new regime oversteps its bounds, it is far more likely to elevate talk hosts to heights they've never before seen, proving Obama is truly a rank amateur.
Here in local talk radio we are finding our listenership is increasing by huge degrees. The latest ratings show our audience has doubled since the last period. People know where they are getting the truth and they are loyal to our advertisers. We are experiencing growth in a "down" economy.
I believe much of that is due to Providence, but also to a mentality here locally and probably Nationally, of "circle the wagons". Listeners are listening, advertisers are advertising and the two are meeting like never before in my 25+ years in the business.

So take heart Conservative, unless the Messiah shuts us down with the "Fairness Doctrine", we shall be the "voice in the wilderness" for the next four years!

Top 10 Sit-Coms of all time

Well, since my top 100 movies list was so popular.....how about MY Top 10 Situation Comedy shows of all time?
Now, this list is based on QUALITY not length of run or anything but, great, enduring comedy.
So without further ado:

10. Friends (I never really liked the show, but realize it's importance to that generation)
9. The Simpsons (I know it's a cartoon, but it's cultural relevance is without question)
8. The Bob Newhart Show (The original, with Suzanne Pleshette. I mean what other show inspired a drinking game? "Hi Bob!"
7. The Mary Tyler Moore Show (The FIRST real show about a woman in charge of her own life, plus one of the greatest cast ensembles ever)
6. The Cosby Show (The one with the kids. To me first realistic Black American show)
5. Seinfeld (Not much to explain, it was just plain FUNNY)
4. Cheers (Great cast, great writing, enduring comedy)
3. M*A*S*H (What can I say? Barely edged out of #2)
2. All in the Family (This show was so far ahead of it's time that it wouldn't even be able to air in this PC day and age. Norman Lear was a genius, as was Jean Stapleton, and of course Carrol O'Connor. This show broke every rule of television and yet brought it to us with love and care. Watch Archie Bunker evolve over the years. It tackled social issues with great humor.)
and..........................
#1. The Andy Griffith Show (This show is still, by far the funniest tv show in history. I dare anyone to watch one episode and not laugh out loud, and all of it done without sex jokes, racial jokes, put down humor or any of the things that make today's programs "funny". This was one of the greatest casts of all time, most went on to great fame later. I learned many life lessons from Andy Taylor and his boy Opie. By far, it endures over all other programs!)


Well, there you go. Now it's your turn!

What the heck is Rush Limbaugh Smoking now?

First of all, though I work for a Conservative radio station, one that carries the Rush Limbaugh show, I am NOT a Rush Limbaugh fan.
Why?
1 - Since he went on the air in 1988 with his talk show (after failing as a deejay) he wound up costing a lot of my very good radio friend's jobs.
2 - He is a fat blowhard.
3 - He is a drug addict that can't admit it.
4 - I tire of his act, sort of like John Madden. Liked him the first 200 times he said the same things, but after 2,000, not so good anymore.

Now I am really, really TICKED at Rush.
Why?

On Tuesday, January 20, 2009, evidently he feels that the Presidential Inauguration is worth carrying on his radio show for the entire 3 hours with no commentary and more importantly to we, the affiliate stations, NO COMMERCIALS!
Now, if Rush, with his $48 million contract wants to abstain from playing HIS commercials, that is his own business, but to ask us, the affiliates to not play OUR commercials, from OUR local sponsors is OUTRAGEOUS!
He has gone too far this time.

This date in infamy, January 20th, will not be more than a blip on my calendar, in fact I will probably be wearing all black and fasting with ash and camel dung on my head.
Whatever, I don't think 3 hours of live coverage on a so called "conservative" radio program is legit!
This my valiant friends who believe in TRUE CONSERVATISM is another reason why we lost this election.
You might ask "WHY IS RUSH DOING THIS?"
The answer is very simple: CYA. (If you need that translated, ask someone else)
Rush is making sure that WHEN, not IF, Obama starts attacking talk radio, he can say: "Hey I was a good boy, I played your speech man!"
IF that is his reasoning, then he is a coward and a fraud.
I have emailed both Rush and his producers letting them know my feelings as well as those of our listeners, who, are loyal Rush fans.
Blast away now!

FINALLY JACK BAUER IS BACK!!

Wahoo! Jack Bauer and "24" is back this Sunday night! Finally after 2 years and one short 2 hour movie, Jack is back and guess what CTU fans? Tony Almeida is NOT DEAD!!
Watch the two videos below for a little tease:

DUCKS WIN!! HOLIDAY BOWL HIGHLIGHTS!

Yahoo! Ducks Win!
We were there, so here are some pictures from the game. Did an awesome broadcast from the parking lot as well.
Sorry to tell all of you up north but it is 72 and sunny in San Diego! I can't believe how much I missed the sun and warm weather.
I am just about ready to look at houses down here!

San Diego, Here I Come! Go Ducks!!

I am leaving for sunny San Diego Sunday to be there for the Oregon Duck's football team in the Holiday Bowl against the Oklahoma State Cowboys.
The fam and I are driving down and then I am doing a pregame show from Qualcomm Stadium, site of the Bowl at 3pm on Tuesday the 30th. Hope you will tune in if you are near Salem at 1430 AM on your dial.

GO DUCKS!!!

Barack Obama goes to Hawaii: Who's Paying?

The Obama's have flown to Hawaii, on a chartered United 767 to stay in a $7 million dollar mansion that cost about $70,000 a week to rent. Some Christmas vacation huh?
He is asking we regular folk to "tighten our belts" and be careful while he flies on a CHARTERED United 767, a plane that holds over 200 people and flies from LA to London, so not necessary for a Chicago to Honolulu flight, this man is just waving his "carbon footprint" in our faces!! The Audacity of Dope!

The Top 100 Movies of All Time

By popular demand, my Top 100 Movies of all time.

1. Citizen Kane

2. Casablanca

3. The Godfather II

4. The Godfather

5. The Searchers

6. 2001: A Space Odyssey

7. Planet of the Apes

8. Chinatown

9. Raging Bull

10. Goodfellas

11. Bonnie and Clyde

12. The Wild Bunch

13. Rocky

14. America Graffiti

15. The Gold Rush

16. The French Connection

17. The African Queen

18. The Birth of a Nation

19. Lawrence of Arabia

20. It’s A Wonderful Life

21. Sunset Boulevard

22. To Kill a Mockingbird

23. Psycho

24. Schindler’s List

25. The Maltese Falcon

26. They Made Me a Criminal

27. High Noon

28. Annie Hall

29. The Best Years of our Lives

30. Taxi Driver

31. Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

32. Unforgiven

33. The Graduate

34. Gone With The Wind

35. The Empire Strikes Back

36. The General

37. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

38. It Happened One Night

39. A Clockwork Orange

40. Network

41. Fargo

42. Singin In the Rain

43. On The Waterfront

44. City Lights

45. The Bridge on the River Kwai

46. The Grapes of Wrath

47. E.T.

48. Apocalype Now

49. Midnight Cowboy

50. Dr. Strangelove

51. Pulp Fiction

52. Rebel Without a Cause

53. The Third Man

54. The Manchurian Candidate

55. Ben Hur

56. Forrest Gump

57. Silence of the Lambs

58. The Deer Hunter

59. Duck Soup

60. Twelve Angry Men

61. True Grit

62. Blade Runner

63. Frankenstein

64. Dances With Wolves

65. Close Encounters of the Third Kind

66. Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

67. Raiders of the Lost Ark

68. North by Northwest

69. Jaws

70. Double Indemnity

71. The Wizard of Oz

72. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

73. The Pink Panther

74. West Side Story

75. Dirty Harry

76. The Sound of Music

77. Treasure of the Sierra Madre

78. Shane

79. A Streetcar Named Desire

80. Caberet

81. MASH

82. An American In Paris

83. Mutiny on the Bounty

84. Sophie’s Choice

85. The Out of Towners

86. The Odd Couple

87. Yankee Doodle Dandy

88. The Jazz Singer

89. The Last Picture Show

90. A Night at the Opera

91. Platoon

92. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

93. Spartacus

94. Stagecoach

95. Nashville

96. In The Heat of the Night

97. Breakfast at Tiffany’s

98. Casino

99. Modern Times

100. The Sixth Sense