Category Archives: American Politics

Harrison Bergeron

Posted on July 3, 2010 by Art Stone

One of the reasons I do the polls is sometimes people add answers that I would not have known about. Someone answered “Harrison Bergeron” to the poll about the movie that resembles the Obama Administration’s policies. Wikipedia IMDb It is … Continue reading →

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Census jobs and Unemployment

Posted on June 30, 2010 by Art Stone

How many times can economic experts say “unexpected” and retain any credibility? Temporary census jobs are ending. That will start to show up on Friday. While the AP was glad to ignore Census jobs as the reason unemployment went down, … Continue reading →

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Radio stocks the past few days…

Posted on June 30, 2010 by Art Stone

I don’t follow stocks day to day, but noticed odd things the past few days. There were huge spikes in volume last Friday on several of the stocks. I think stock options unwind on the 3rd Friday of the month, … Continue reading →

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Driving off a Cliff

Posted on June 30, 2010 by Art Stone

This morning, I bumped into a show by accident doing testing – it wasn’t on the station schedule. It was a program hosted by Ron Insana called IQ Radio. Ron was having a love-in with a former President of the … Continue reading →

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Supreme Court and Sarbanes-Oxley

Posted on June 29, 2010 by Art Stone

Somewhat obscured by the Chicago gun ban case was the Supreme Court also struck down a part of the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002. If you’ve ventured at all into the “Who owns Big Radio” part of the web site, … Continue reading →

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Supreme Court – media bias

Posted on June 29, 2010 by Art Stone

So the Supreme Court ruled 5 to 4 that the 2nd amendment applies by “incorporation” – that states and local governments cannot prevent their citizens from owning guns – a right enumerated in the 2nd amendment in the Federal Constitution. … Continue reading →

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The Judge unleashed

Posted on June 24, 2010 by Art Stone

Judge Andrew Napolitano (of Fox News and until recently co-host of the Brian and the Judge radio show) was on the Alex Jones show today, starting near the end of the first hour. Without Fox News overlords to worry about, … Continue reading →

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How to get yourself out of Afghanistan

Posted on June 22, 2010 by Art Stone

Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal is the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan – at least for a few more hours. One way to get yourself out of a job is to badmouth your boss to Rolling Stone magazine. General McChrystal was … Continue reading →

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The New Crossfire

Posted on June 22, 2010 by Art Stone

Ariana Huffington (of Huffington Post) and Mary Matalin are starting a new syndicated radio show. Mary jokes that she remembers when Ariana was a Conservative and Mary was a moderate. I remember when Mary ran George H.W. Bush’s campaign in … Continue reading →

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Today’s pop quiz – other than ratings, …

Posted on June 17, 2010 by Art Stone

Today’s pop quiz – other than ratings, what motivation would “conservative” Fox News have for exaggerating the environmental damage from the BP well blowout? Hint: Fox News is part of News Corp Hint #2: Fox News did the same thing … Continue reading →

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Melvin Greene was not the only surprise …

Posted on June 15, 2010 by Art Stone

Melvin Greene was not the only surprise in SC – the Republican winner in the Governor primary was Nikki Haley, and she has a big polling lead at the moment. Her Americanized name masks her origins – she is an … Continue reading →

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The Rand Paul “board certified” contro…

Posted on June 15, 2010 by Art Stone

The Rand Paul “board certified” controversy. Did you know that only about 20% of active doctors support the AMA? If you listened to John Batchelor’s anti Paul and anti Palin diatribe, you didn’t hear that. Mr Paul was upset that … Continue reading →

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Alvin Greene – the ticking bomb inside t…

Posted on June 10, 2010 by Art Stone

Alvin Greene – the ticking bomb inside the Democratic party if anyone pays attention. Mr Greene is an African American who won the South Carolina Senate primary on Tuesday. Other than the filing fee, he spent less than $2000 and … Continue reading →

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Looking for the tipping point? Here is o…

Posted on June 9, 2010 by Art Stone

Looking for the tipping point? Here is one to think about. One of the first things President Obama did after taking office was returning a statue of Winston Churchill to England. Part of the explanation is his anger at the … Continue reading →

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“Limiting gold shops” – WSTP-AM in Ste…

Posted on June 2, 2010 by Art Stone

“Limiting gold shops” – WSTP-AM in Stephen’s Point, Wisconsin just had an interesting news item. The City Council is concerned about the proliferation of stores buying gold and wants to create an ordinance to “control” the businesses engaging in trading … Continue reading →

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