Thank You Stephanie and Friends, as an American married to a Canadian, I have turn my family on to you and Progressive Radio.

As I can Vote in both countries, I was raised in rural/Phila., Penna., this election is the most historical session.

Yes, HRC really thought this was a walk in the park for her. Obviously she under estimated the American Thinking People and the Movement for real change. And, the fact that a really unknown Senator would be able to reach out and bring this Election Campaign to a higher level.

Thank you again, for a THINKERS RADIO!
From your Northern Cousins! We LOVE YOU!

Dear Hal,
Don't you think its time we get the real news instead of the corp. stuff we get now? Even on our beloved KRXA, we have to endure the smelly corprate top of the hour dribble. Check out this story that never made the big time, wonder why?

In September 2007, a Florida based Gulfstream II jet aircraft # N987SA was forced to crash land in Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula after it ran out of fuel.

After accident investigators arrived on the scene they discovered a cargo of nearly 4 tonnes of cocaine.Journalists discovered that the same Gulstream jet had been used in at least three CIA "rendition" trips to Guantanamo Bay between 2003 and 2005.

Kevin Booth’s underground hit documentary American Drug War features footage of former DEA head Robert Bonner admitting that the CIA was involved in cocaine smuggling operations.

Former DEA agent Cele Castillo, who has appeared on The Alex Jones Show many times, personally witnessed CIA drug smuggling operations funneled through terrorists that were also involved in kidnappings and the training of death squads on behalf of the U.S. government.

Investigative reporter Gary Webb was instrumental in exposing CIA cocaine trafficking operations before his alleged suicide in 2004. In the You Tube clip below, Webb traces the history of Agency involvement in drug smuggling and its links to financing wars in central America.

Hal:
Great find this morning: Robert from Monterey and the Calitics blog. He sounds knowledgable about local and state politics, and you will do well having him on the show on a regular basis.

This morning on Hal's community show, I heard Thom Hartmann disparaged.

Then I listened to Thom from 10 to 10:30 and was richly rewarded. I learned a lot about the ongoing situation and politics of Darfur, some from his first-hand information. Then he explained the import of Scott McClellan's revelations about the Bush administration, and caught Kouric's comments which I had missed. To me this was what constitutes prime-time radio. I have listened to Thom Hartmann for a long time on KRXA and I have learned a tremendous amount of news, history and background on my country and the world. I appreciate Thom a lot and certainly would not like to see his show go anywhere (though I could hear it thru his website). The only host on KRXA I really do not listen to is Lionel, because I think he is part crazy and often irrelevant to meaningful information.

A Black can't be president

A Black can't play golf
A black can't play quarterback
A black can't play tennis
A black can't head coach
A black can't be a Supreme Court Justice
A black can't perform the first FULLY successful open heart surgery
A black ex-slave can't gain access and influence our greatest President during a time of Civil War
A black can't fight as hard in times of war(Buffalo Soldiers)
A black can't sing opera(Jessye Norman)
A black poor uneducated landscaper in apartheid era South Africa can't go on to assist in the world's first open heart surgery and train future physician's of greater education and lesser skill to do the same.(Naki)

I think of everyone who for whatever reason have been told they can't do it. They're too poor, uneducated, dark, too light, too righteously indignant and I think of what people from institutionally arrested backgrounds have done and I ask - Haven't you learned your rightful place? And I say - Go and claim it.

Central Avenue Bakery

I sat down for breakfast with my fiance on Tuesday and shared a breakfast burrito and pancakes with her. Let me just tell you, the breakfast exceeded all expectations. The burrito(a customer favorite) looked almost too good to eat. The presentation was what one might expect to pay double for. Topped with delicious sliced avacados and a fresh salsa that met with the overwhelming approval of my pregnant partner's heightened senses. The pancakes were made almost like crepes and were served with bananas and the best strawberries either one of us had tasted. We both left sated and smiling. Also, my fiance's decaf coffee was brewed on request.

A very conscientious and thoughtful proprietor. Cozy, yet open and spacious setting. Impressive and modest.

I am always suspicious of folks like the poster Ann who talk about how they " marched for civil rights" ad nauseum. Apparently you weren't true to the game then and now. You have your right to support your candidate. Gee, it's nice to know that we people "of a darker blue" as Curtis Mayfield said, have been coronated of "skin color" by Ann. Just come out and say what you want to say Ann. And what pray tell, are you afraid of should Obama win the presidency? Fear of a black (brown) planet? What do these people of "skin color" say about Clinton that makes you so afraid? If by any chance you are referring to African Americans, we do know how to vote in our best interest as do all other folks. It seems that Americans of all stripes are not for Bush, Clinton, Bush, Clinton. They are as KRXA says are "thinking for themselves". Who crowned Hillary queen? Or is the so-called "feminist" leadership showing their true colors as did their 19th century predecessors? In other words: "the rest of you get to the back of the line because it is our turn to run the show". Let the people choose. We owe Hillary Clinton nothing. She has done herself in.

The neocons ran up billions of dollars in debt on war with the idea of making the cupboard bare for any progressive or Democratic social spending.

With money not backed by anything of value except the faith in the government, dollars are just little memoranda encouraging certain labors on the part of us citizens.

When the Democrats take over, with our faith in government restored, we should not be afraid to inaugurate desirable spending on infrastructure and social construction and projects.

Like Dick Cheney said, "Deficits don't matter". Have some audacity in spending!

Charles in Monterey

Hi Hal and all,

I'm just checking in offering my congratulations and support for our thriving community radio station, KRXA 540AM!

Often when I hear your morning local show come on, I want to call in and express my happiness to you for a new day with your show in it. Obviously I won't waste our time with such trivial comments.

Maybe some day there could be a KRXA 540 Chat Room, where we could put this small talk in and relate to other listeners. Maybe it could be like Karel's Chat Room.

Charles in Monterey

Hal:

I was irritated at your reference to Mary Jo Kopechne as the “girlfriend” of Senator Edward. M. Kennedy, and referred to the Wikipedia article on the “Chappaquidick Incident”.
According to the history, Ms. Kopechne was a “Boiler-Room Girl”, a veteran of RFK’s 1968 campaign, meeting for a commemorative reunion in July of 1969, ostensibly to plan EMK’s bid for the Presidency in 1972.
Senator Kennedy supposedly drove his mom’s car of that bridge, then escaped from the upside-down car, underwater, without releasing the air, such that Ms. Kopechne was found with her face toward the presumably last air bubble left in the car. Pretty miraculous, I’d say.
Then, Senator Kennedy, after recruiting the other males from the “Boiler-room” reunion, made multiple attempts to dive for the car, and eventually was driven to the ferry landing by his associates, where, there being no ferry, he SWAM 500 yards through Atlantic waters to Edgarstown. Could YOU swim 500 yards through the ocean with a major heat-on?
Senator Kennedy was elected to the Senate in 1962. In 1964, his plane crashed off Martha’s Vineayrd, killing the pilot and his aide, Ed Moss. Is there anyway the Limbaughs and the Michael Savages can spin that to fault him?
Chappaquidick crushed Senator Kennedy’s plans for a 1972 Presidential try. How different would the world be today if Teddy had been able to challenge Nixon in the infamous, “Watergate” election of 1972?

Steve Brady

Hal and Steve,

I know you hate Hillary and all her "racist" friends/supporters. No news there. For the record, I fought for civil rights beginning in the 60's and on. Although, I couldn't go march in Selma, as a Unitarian Universalist, we made sure we sent our minister on our behalf. I marched in every peace march throughout the 60's in SF. I lived in Big Sur for 13 years through the end of the 60's through the early 80's. During that time I worked for and was mentored by the most liberal, generous, caring woman in the community...considered by most to be the Mother of Big Sur then. When I moved to Marin, I was invited and served a term on the board of the Marin ACLU and was active in local politics challenging and heading an environmental lawsuit against the local political (entrenched conservatives) machine over their failure to seek environmental studies for a huge development in the downtown area where I then lived. I am hardly a conservative but because of the extreme views on either side, I am center of either one. I can't relate to what is supposed to be liberalism today. I have written many times and been published in the SF Chonicle and Marin IJ standing for Democratic principles. For Godsake I campaigned for RFK. So call me a racist if you want (such an easy dismissal) but it only points out again how wrong you'll try to make anyone who happens to disagree with you. How dare anyone to want an even, balanced discussion. You have turned off your mind and are in sheer reaction. I think you may have lost your mind.

You out and out lied about Hillary's comment. Did you even bother to pull up the entire interview? It had NOTHING, NOTHING in it about Barak Obama. It is on the internet. Watch it and correct the despicable things you have said. The point made was not about assassination. You, like the major media cut the interview off immediately after the comment about 1968 and just let it hang in the ether without any of what came after. Do you really believe that RFK, Jr. would make the comments he has for her defense it he thought there was an iota of a chance she was wishing for someone to be killed? If you do then you are certifiably insane. It's people like you who will have to answer for playing the hate card if anything should happen to her. You continually stir the pot with your hate filled vitriol.

Oh, yeah you didn't mean anything about the comparison of Hillary to a horse who ran itself to death. If I took your tact, I'd find that suspicious, expand on it and begin telling everyone that you want Hillary to die. Maybe you do. And I'd definitely leave out your explanation for your analogy. I've never heard such ugly, biased opinion. Oh, wait. Yes I have. You only have to read any ultra-so-called-liberal blog; Daily Kos or maybe the racist rants ongoing anytime Joan Walsh posts a question on Salon. The posters there (of all skin color) have made it clear they hate white women in general and Hillary in particular and we can expect a payback when they have the power. Now there's an Obama high road for you. Well, I've already paid. And paid. And paid. I don't have a bill due. Poor simpletons. You are in for such a fall. Barak is not going to make you powerful. That is developed from within ones self. Barak Obama needs to disavow all of this hate filled talk on his behalf. But you know, lately I have the feeling that he plays the "Let's you and him fight" game. He lets all of you be his storm troopers while he sits back and smiles letting you do his dirty work for him.

You make me feel as though someone has walked through my mind with their filthy feet.

Hi , I think what they call dream ticket is infact a nightmare ticket , and a recipe for disaster,......The woman is talking about assassination for more than a year, exactly since Obama started his lead. thank you;

Hal, your heart is in the right place, but you're either naive or living in a bubble when it comes to operation of the market. Huge corporations control marketing and distribution, vast resources and much of the political process. Though, higher gas prices may have some positive effects, the market is NOT the answer till we have publicly financed elections and effective anti-trust enforcement throughout our whole economy (including the various media.) I personally haven't owned a car in almost 30 years, but that's not a solution for great numbers of people until a whole lot of other things change. Please don't jump on that market is the answer bandwagon. There is a role for personal initiative and entrepreneurship, but capitalism is SICK. Corporations are not as important as people and unfortunately not anywhere near as accountable. Don't ever champion the market till corporations are held to the same standard as people and individuals can actually compete economically with corporations.

Hal & Ann:

Some things are just plain anti-human, and the foremost of these, as Holocaust survivors and African-Americans know in their hearts, is Racism. Racism is not only anti-American, it is anti-human. By definition it is idiotic. To call a racist an idiot is only calling a spade a spade.
As I've said on the air, though Billary keeps playing the "race card", I don't believe in their hearts that they're racists. This cannot be said for Hillary's supporters, who too often, at least in this area, are racist idiots.
Q.E.D.
Steve Brady

Hal, I have stopped, for the most part, listening to your station because of your bias and your consistent ranters, Dennis and Billy. Today (tuning in for Hartman), though I heard your last caller make a point about how the Rove people play you. She is so right. I don't sense that you have any ability to really listen or hear nuance at all. You seem to be black/white. Either/or. When I heard Hillary's comment about Rove's saying she was a better candidate, I laughed as I'm sure most of her supporters did. She was offering it as irony. The Rove agenda is diabolically clever and he continually is mentally three steps ahead of you. He's a genius at getting reactionaries to go just where he wants them to go. I will not follow.

However, aside from that do you think by going on Fox that any of the Democratic candidates just might win a few borderline converts? Do you think the next president should be the president for ALL the people and not just those in your bubble? And, by the way, if the DNC is so stupid to not allow a primaries in Florida and Michigan, they deserve what they get. There's a chance an actual primary in those states might go for Obama too...certainly Michigan. We'll probably never know. Have you listened to the comments of people from Oregon and Kentucky about how exciting it is for them to be able be part of the decision making process? You can thank Hillary for that. But of course you won't because we're the devil himself. How do you think MI and FL voters feel?

I'd also like you to stop making people who are different than yourself out to be idiots. Do you hear even yourself? You come across as self-righteous, sanctimonious and hypocritical. People don't fit into the same mold; on some issues (Bush, Iraq, Iran, healthcare, economic issues) we can agree, others (ILlegal immigration for one) no. We agree on more issues than we disagree actually but on delivery and tone...no. But to fit yourself into a leftist "my way or the highway" POV is the flip side of the Bush party and alienates many in the solid base of the Democratic party of FDR and JFK. It does not serve the public. And to demonize a Democratic candidate when you obviously can't stand back to see the whole picture, is where we part company. We expect better of you.

Hal:

1st, please correct Aromas Dave, the country is either "Erin" (in Gaelic) or "Ireland" (in English). Irland is not an recognized spelling.
2nd, I just unbundled the Carmel Pine Cone for our lobby, and remembered that I had read it once, determined its conservative bias, and never read it again. I have the same attitude about AM 1460 or AM 1080. I'd rather suffer through reading "Mein Kampf" or "Project for a New American Century" than expose myself to that neo-con hate speech.
I understand that you have to expose yourself to that kind of crap, in order to maintain an unbiased journalistic approach, and I thank you for your service, and pray that it does not infect you as it seems to do to others as they age.

Dear Hal,
After doing some research into Israelis influence into the USA's government I have concluded that it is a very dangerous relationship for the USA. As you say, I could be wrong but the connections of people and enities is really over the top.

To avoid any preception of racism I'm going to use a hypothetical comparision with another group of people. I will use Irland because of their non preceieved threat to the USA.
OK, here goes,,,
What would Americans think if they were told, the encription codes for our NORAD defence system and other highly secret information was owned by companies in Irland?
What would Americans think if they were told that almost every phone bill (90%) was done by an Irish co. that all the billing information was kept in Irland?
What if they were told a ex prime minister of Irland said the attack on 9/11 was good for Irland?
What would the people think if we spend 10 billion a month on a war that was precipitated by people that have high level positions in our executive's administration that hold duel citizenship with Irland?

What would Americans think if they were told the owners of building #7 made money by increases in their insurance policy just before the collapse were Irish?
What would the people think if they knew rightwing neocon Irish were trying to influence our govt. much like the neocons likes of Norman Hascoe, (now decesed) and his 'ol buddy Mark Broxmeyer over at JINS (Jewish Institute for National Security)?

What do we do Hal? Ignore it? call it rasism and not talk about it?

I had rather listen to Stephanie than the misguided Libertians, but am glad that I listened to the Morning Show this morning. Hearing "If I Had a Hammer" brought back a treasured memory from the night in 1962 that some of us students at the Language School sang with Joan Baez at a coffee shop in Monterey. Thanks for the memory!

H. Neal McKenzie, Jasper, GA

Thank you too Neal . . . I think.

my note refering readers to an article titled ----Is this how NORAD was duped- from the portland media--appeared here and now it's gone. why?

from everything i have read there is more evidence that suggest the mossad, the israelis govt. and the bush folks were behind the attack on 9/11.
these folks all had one thing is common,---motive, means, opportunity

If Hal is uncomfortable printing such work, i totally understand. no one wants the homeland security, jdl or mossad after them. its a frightening world out there.

dave, aromas

Dave - I pulled the two posts because I believe that the sites to which they link are at bottom anti-semitic. I could be wrong about that. What do listeners/readers think? Basically, they argue Israeli involvement in 9/11 without, what I consider, legitimate evidence. I have a problem with that.

Lincoln Log

My maternal great-great-great-great-great? Grandmother Sarah Shipley emigrated from North Carolina to Kentucky on the Cumberland Gap. On her way her family was attacked by Native Americans. Her mother was killed in the attack and Sarah was taken captive. She remained in captivity for five years before she was returned to her mother's sister Lucy Hanks, where she lived and took care of her younger cousin and playmate Nancy Hanks. This Nancy Hanks is Abraham Lincoln's mother. Yes, that Abraham Lincoln and yes, I am proud to say so.

When I make or hear a comparison of a person's traits to Abraham Lincoln I don't do so lightly. Nor do I believe they shouldn't be made. Lincoln was flesh and blood with a beautiful soul and mind, and was truly a man for his times. However, I believe even he would agree he could not live up to the image we've created of him.

And to those who don't see that we live in an implicit slave system, I suggest that watching your once strong and hearty mother wither and die an excrutiatingly painful and preventable death because she couldn't afford healthcare might influence you otherwise. Single payer.

I wanted to make a comment about the experience "issue" with Obama.

My question is, what kind of experience are you looking for? Someone who knows the ropes for corporate driven America? That can take money and keep special interests alive? OR someone who refuses to play the special interest game? On average Obama gets $96 per pledge. Because he will not accept money from special interests. This is the kind of new direction I am looking forward to in the white house.

As a side note, I have wondered if Hillary stays in the race because she is waiting for the power hungry to assassinate him, then she would be the clear party winner.

I think this is a real scenario to be concerned about.

Hal:

I'm surprised Dr. Rossiter didn't mention the work of Adorno regarding the dementia that we call conservatism or fascism. Were you able to administer a quicky F-scale to him, and how did he do?
(He flunked by my estimation.)
SB

Hal/listeners:

I note that Mr. Hood's ad claims he has spent a lifetime "fighting crime". Good credentials for a sheriff, but shouldn't we prefer a Judge who has spent his life fighting injustice? Or is that just me?

Steve Brady

Fox's Top Gun, Neo-Con Supreme Court Justa Antonin Scalia's fantasy man and Bane of the LA highways, repeat DUI offender Keifer Sutherland(Jack Bauer) is the grandson of Canadian Social Democrat and creator of Canada's single payer healthcare system, Tommy Douglas, who was voted as The Greatest Canadian. That apple didn't just fall from the tree, it got weed whacked...

The Jack Bauer Torture Test - Jack's been out drinking and driving all night. Reaching for his flask, he grabs his pistol instead and shoots his left knee cap. When he arrives at the hospital do you justify shooting his other knee out to protect the drivers he'll terrorize in the future, or would that be considered a punishment? Perhaps, just a bit of water for Jacky boy...

And what's up with Fox, putting filth in cartoons on Sunday of all nights. Isn't that what tobacco does?

As requested by HG; here is an address to a story about the Isralis phone billing co., AMDOCS

http://www.theage.com.au/news/Breaking/Amdocs-man-grilled-in-Israel-spy-case/
2005/06/01/1117305626373.html

From what I have read, I would have to say; Knowing who is calling who,when, makes Amdocs the greatest intel coup of all time. check it out!

It was either Peter B. or Tom H. who talked about possible conspiracy from 9/11 to now where our rights are being taken and a Fascist State rising.

Your thoughts on if this is the direction and Bush/Cheney are leaving, why would they continue this unless they were planning on staying (next year). Would they do all this just to give it up in an election ....

What do you think about this? Maybe they are chuckling that Americans THINK they are going to have an election!

The problem with any cars that run on gasoline is exactly that: they run on gasoline. I have a Prius because it does run on electricity some of the time, and I wish it ran on electricity more, but I'd have to convert it into a plug-in. Think is coming out with a similar sized all electric (the Ox), and I'm thinking I'll get one. There's no reason, with state-of-the-art batteries, that cars and trucks can't be all-electric! Rent "Who Killed the Electric Car" from a video store and get clued in if you haven't gotten a clue already! More solar and wind power takes care of that stupid question about needing more coal-fired plants or nuke power plants: a red herring if there ever was one; besides the new batteries mean just a few hours of plugging them in to recharge for a few hundred miles of range!
Check out the Tesla website: that's an electric sportscar that beats Ferraris, Corvettes, Porsches, Mustangs; everything but Lamborghinnis and Bugattis, in a quarter mile race, but it tops out at 135 mph. Unfortunately they cost $98,000. Electric motors = more torque = faster cars! I'm amazed at the acceleration of my Prius on the freeway.

Scott Dick's discussion about cars that get great gas mileage reminded me of something I read a while ago. It seems that in California (and a few other states), we can buy cars with "a six-cylinder gasoline engine that's cleaner than many hybrid systems... So, just how green is a PZEV machine? Well, if you just cut your lawn with a gas mower, congratulations, you just put out more pollution in one hour than these cars do in 2,000 miles of driving. Grill a single juicy burger, and you've cooked up the same hydrocarbon emissions as a three-hour drive in a Ford Focus PZEV. As the California Air Resources Board has noted, the tailpipe emissions of these cars can be cleaner than the outside air in smoggy cities." (http://autos.msn.com/advice/article.aspx?contentid=4024974&GT1=10365) While PZEV ("partial zero emissions vehicle") cars don't get better mileage than the standard model, although some of them get great mileage anyway, they cost only ~$100-150 more than the standard model, as opposed to the thousands more for a hybrid.

The State of California says "Californians drive 825 million miles every day - producing 5.4 million tons of smog forming pollutants daily. Since more than 50% of California's total pollution comes from motor vehicles - your car is a good place to start cleaning things up. When purchasing a new vehicle, a good rule of thumb is to make sure the emission rating is good - a PZEV or better is the cleanest buy. Here are a few different ways to go cleaner with your next new car:

You can buy a gas car with a PZEV or better emission rating - There are a lot of gas vehicles now on the market that are certified by the California Air Resources Board (ARB) as partial zero emission vehicles or PZEVs. The pollution controls are so tight and the burning of fuel is so efficient on these vehicles that they can actually be cleaner than a hybrid or alternate fuel vehicle. PZEVs and AT PZEVs meet the ARB's most stringent tailpipe emission standard (super ultra low emission vehicle), have a 15 year/150,000 mile warranty and have zero evaporative emissions. You can find out which ones are the cleanest by asking your dealer about the emission rating, and choosing a vehicle that meets a PZEV rating or better. Or, choose a vehicle from the vehicle search section on this web site - we've already done the work for you." More info at http://www.driveclean.ca.gov/en/gv/driveclean/vtype_index.asp includes a search tool. You'd be surprised at how many PZEV models there are!

re Scott Dick characterizing the occupation of Iraq colonialism 5/1/08.
Speaking of colonialism, NPR had a report this morning about this ex-military entrepreneur who is now soliciting investors to do business in Iraq, (http://www.iraqproject.com/). He states it's a golden opportunity, to strike while the iron is hot, that sort of rhetoric. He said the country is full of military age young men ready and eager to be put to work, and this is a win-win for everyone. It is just sickening rapacious opportunism.
BushCo., Paul Bremer, their corporate pals and Bushie loyalists have brought about unimaginable waste and mismanagement of the outsourced rebuilding, including writing their ruinous patented seed farm policy with Monsanto
(http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/092007N.shtml), and giving simple reconstruction jobs to overpaid contractors, instead of the angry young unemployed Iraqi citizens.

Quotes below from these blood suckers (http://www.iraqproject.com/)
Iraq is a country full of talented people, has the second oil reserves in the world, and a GDP that is forecasted to outgrow all the countries in the Middle East. This makes its economy a lucrative opportunity for investors from all over the word.

Iraq Project is non-political organization for all companies interested in the new democratic Iraq. We are dedicated to transform Iraq to an active member of the world economy.

may 1,,,,,,, thanks for having Scott this morning Hal, that was great.
to get up to speed on terror, check out,,,,,,,,, rense.com
Mossad-The Israeli Connection to 9/11 by cris Bollyn
the software capital of Israel is also Mossad HQ
great informative read....

Stephanie Miller's voice hurts my ears.

I miss Lionel.

Peter B Rocks because he will discuss the obvious- what happened on 911. As for Hal- I haven't listend to your show yet simply because I only come here to listen to Peter b- but Hal- if you are for OBAMA- God bless you for maintaining integrity- the Clintons have been lying and talking down to us ever since NAFTA and now CAFTA. They also passed the telecommunications act that got us into this Fascist State as well as the Glass-Speeigleman act. I am sure the Clintons are nice people, but is this some kind of kingdom? They had their alotted time of power and simply like in The Lord of the Rings, cannot seem to take off the ring of power. We want who we want, and if any folks are leaving you- guess where they are going? to fox news, where they belong- dummies

this business about mich and fl. voting.
this in not a govt. election, this is a party election. we all know that both states made a move that brought the rath of the central party, moving the election date. these people that claim voters are being denied a basic right are totally wrong. it has already been agreed to that by their actions that they will not be afforded delegates. to seat them now would only produce an illegal election or at the very least a tampered one.

i just read beachnan's post,,,,if i were to guess,, beachnan's favorite song is Lie to Me, by johnny lang. i figured out when hillary and bill are lying. if you notice, you'll see their lips move.

Hal,
I have left your station. I turned it on briefly today, to see if the rhetoric was the same as it was 2 months ago, and it hasn't changed. I was a listener and fan of your show for almost a year and a half. My family made fun of me, because I would take my radio with me from room to room to listen. We started the primary season with a host of great candidates. I was a John Edwards fan. After he dropped out, I had to choose between the remaining candidates. I listened to the debates, and went onto the blogs. The NH debate is what turned it for me. They were talking about likeability. The question was asked of Hillary, Barack was such a likeable guy, and how did she feel about it. She said that indeed he was likeable, but that she felt that if people got to know her, she was likeable too. The cameras panned down to Obama, and he looked up, and said (in my opinion) arrogantly, you're likeable, (pause), enough), That did it for me. I reviewed their records, what they have done, and for me, it was a no brainer, Hillary comes out on top. Instead of listening to the radio, I got involved. I go to the blogs, I contribute, and I make calls for Hillary. She speaks for me. She has been villified by the press. That was expected. But the fact that she has been villified by left wing radio too, makes me sick. I didn't leave left-wing radio-they left me. In case, you and others haven't noticed-the vote has been split 50/50. There are just as many of us, who believe that she would make a far better candidate than Obama. Here are the Democrats, who have been screaming for years to count all the votes... and yet, you and others make a mockery of those words, by saying it is okay to not count the votes of Michigan and Florida. I realize now, just how disingenuous the left can be, when they want something for their candidate. People want to blame Hillary for the break in our party, and those of us on the other side, see it a different way. The Obama campaign has divided us. Just go to the blogs, on his site, and see how negative and vile, his people are towards Hillary. Now go to Hillary's site, and see how most people don't agree with all that Obama has to say, but the tone is quite different. They make, like his policies, or believe he is the strongest candidate, but they do not say vile and nasty things about Obama. Hal, you always stated you wanted a fighter in the White House. You have right before you, and you can't even see it, because of your bias. Hillary is the only one who will fight for us. I wanted you to succeed, but now, I don't really care. You and Air America do not speak for many of us Democrats. We believe in Hillary, and we are working very hard for what we believe in.

Jack Quirk:

Billy was right. Barack is as much a Messiah as the historical Jesus of Nazareth, because the only people Jesus was Messiah to were the misbeggoten former slaves of the Roman oppression, people who had lost their culture, their language and their land when they fell under the heel of the Roman conquerors. Christianity gave them some reason to hope, that the horror of suffering under Roman rule would some day end.
Can you think of any people today who fit that description? (Clue: start with the Irish!)

Steve Brady

I was so upset with the woman who called yesterday morn. I had to respond. In the same way I saw Bush was determined to go to war despite what he was telling us, I can see that Hillary is obsessed with becoming the next President at any cost. She is damaging herself by denigrating the character of a man who I truly believe has only the best interest of this great country. Power is what she desperately wants even if it means discounting the Obama supporters until she needs them. I started voting late in life--even though I wrote about Kennedy in grammar school--with my first vote cast for Bill Clinton. I am deeply disturbed by what the Clintons are doing to the Democratic Party and will say so when I send my check to the Obama campaign during the primaries and not wait until the candidate has been chosen. I can't understand why the woman who called about the candidates was so adamantly against Obama. While I look and the candidate and their stand on the issues, my gut feeling is that Hillary has crossed the line by so harshly attacking Obama. Karl Rove was on a right wing talk show making the case for Hillary. That should tell you something! Another Republican stratigist said that because Hillary has given them the right to attack Obama on the race issue since she has already done it therefor opening the door for them.

Please don't let up on the comparison of these two candidates. My grandson's future is at stake. Hillary is in it for herself first and the American people. I know that I am sounding emotional, but my gut feelings rarely fail me. I was right on the war and I was also right on Bill Clinton so many years ago.

PS, I like the two hours of the morning show and love Randi's return.

Hal, I hope you bring Randi Rhodes back. Maybe by that time she will be back to her old self:informing us about the important political information we need to streighten out our country. I think she's been so traumatised by what air america did to her she needs a little while to calm down. Scott Dick is GREAT !! HOW ABOUT GIVING HIM 3 HOURS? I LOVE KRXA!!!!!!!

I enjoyed the intro to Scott Dick's show last night. A/C D/C is a great Australian import. Another Australian import, uh, not as entertaining- Rupert Murdoch - Cruel April Bid $560m to buy Newsday(Tribune, Zell) Murdoch, Zell Appointed to AP Board(Zell runs/owns NEWSDAY)
Looking at partnering with Yahoo(think Yahoo News Portal)
(WSJ) Wall Street Journal Editor Resigned
"the single biggest change in (WSJ)front-page coverage occurred with politics and the presidential campaign. From Dec. 13, 2007 through March 13, 2008, coverage more than tripled, jumping to 18% of the newshole compared with 5% in the four months before ownership change.(journalism.org)
the other side---
MySpace Poisons News Corp. (bloomberg.com)
Senate works to restrict media ownership(NY Times)
Murdoch Firm on Trial for Alleged Tech Sabotage(wired.com)

Peter,

I am a BIG fan of yours. I must admit I was hesitant and cautious when Christine Craft left, but I am so glad I stayed to listen to you.

You are refreshing, intelligent and help keep me sound in this caotic political environment we are dealing with.

I love your sense of humor and have learned a lot from you!

Thank you!
Happy Wednesday!

Sharon
Elk Grove, CA

CAN SOMEONE TELL ME IF THIS IS TRUE:

I just got an email sent(to a group list) with a picture of Obama, Clinton, and a previous contender with the flag in the background.He was the only one with his hand not on his heart...and it said something about in the newspaper that reported this that he refused to say the pledge of alligance and to put his hand to heart.

IS this true? I can't get a response from the sender as to what newspaper, was this made up, exaggerated, etc.

Really want to know.
Is there a site to fact-check?

Sean
Monterey

Sean - thanks for writing in. I took a day or two to respond because I wanted to be sure I got my facts straight. The picture of Obama standing with his hands clasped was taken at an Iowa Steak Fry when the national anthem was being played not the pledge of allegiance. http://blog.washingtonpost.com/fact-checker/2007/11/obama_nabbed_by_the_patriotic.html

If people take this to have been an unpatriotic act, so be it. Personally, I believe it's just another distraction from the myriad of problems caused by Republican failures facing our country.

Hal,
The reason many of us want more of Tom Hartmann and less of Randi, Stephanie or you is due to his knowledge, historical prospective, clarity, and most of all his even handed approach to the Democratic candidates. He stands almost alone among the progressive media in pointedly not taking sides. I expect that whomever wins the nomination will have his full support and he will continue outing the criminals in the Republican party. It doesn't matter whether the candidates duke it out or not. Just report it and keep your personal bias out of it. That would be truly refreshing from any of the media.

I'd appreciate it if you'd give us one hour of local reporting...preferably, the first one since you'll lose me for the 2nd. Too much Hal. And for petesake, can you manage to stop the glitches with dead air or playing commercials over the speakers?

I don't think there's anything funny about what is currently going on in politics so I don't need Randi's rant or Stephanie's mocking take on anyone with whom she happens to disagree. It's low "comedy" reporting. I've even stopped watching Jon Stewart for that reason. We need someone who will go head to head with Fox news. They spew lies with a serious overtone while our brightest lower the bar telling the truth masked as a joke.

By the way, our candidate used to be chosen at the convention. There's absolutely nothing wrong in that. It's the democratic process to fight it out until the end...separating the wheat from the chaff.

Matilda
Monterey

PS: Just a guess but I wonder whether the reason you don't have many new callers is due to your tendency to talk over anyone who doesn't hold your opinion? Pretty soon, you fellows will be talking only to the politically correct choir and that's pretty boring. Give a little respect to the other POV's...and I'm not even talking Republican.

good morning
cspan2 hours ago, was listening to senate and whitehouse budget director
go at it, the burning bush is asking for another 108 billion for his country in the middle east. emergency funds that is, everything is an emergency to burningbush, except us that is. this place could flood and burn and gee wizz, thats a state issue according to burningbush. dianna feel good says she is going to have a hard time voting for this one..... but, gee wizz, we all know lady di works hard,,,, just ask her husband.

i got a kick out of a senator explaining how a florida 22 yearold and his buddy, acting as a front for something were able to get 300 MILLION from the defense dept for ammo for afgan soliders... when the ammo got to afganistan it didn't work,,,,, the senator said the ammo was chinese from the sixties........ and to top it off he said he could name hundreds of stories like this.. enjoy, dave in aromas

I have to leave your channel when Deborah Lindsay comes on. Can't stand her voice & her show is soooo boring. You should stick her on Sun. mornings.

Thanks for playing our song on the morning show.Keep up the good work.What your doing it is important, keeping people informed on local and national issues will help to protect America from G.O.P. fascism. Thanks again from all of us in Psychos In Love

Thank you for keeping Air America on-line. I tried listening from their website and I get an echo. Here in Phoenix we are getting Randi Rhodes, I tried to listen to her again, but when she started in saying that Air America is dying because she has left, I turned her off. I stopped listening to her months ago when all she could do was rant about Senator Clinton. I want the news, not the hateful stuff. She is still playing the tape of a guy sounding like former President Clinton wondering how Randi is in bed, without any concern for the feelings of his wife and daughter. I don't know what she said but I believe Peter B. Collins when he said he was offended by what she said. She has changed and I'm not going to listen to her ever again. Rachael Maddow and Cynthia Black are the best, they give us the facts without having to use sex to get people to listen to them.

i wanted everyone to know what happen in greensburg,kansas last may, after the tornado tore the town apart. according to several witnesses the law enforcement community went wild with wide spread LOOTING while all the residence were removed by force evacuation. i found a very well documented story by promting a news search engine to search for "kanas gun confication" ----------mind blowing read

I wonder...

Why we can create functional mass transit for a couple of events at Laguna Seca and Pebble Beach but fail to do so the remainder of the year.

What if County Transit adopted the BART model substituting buses for trains.

What if taking the bus only eliminated 80% of driving to and from work.

What if businesses organized and included mass transport as a factor in deciding start/stop times.

Why all of a sudden have our two excellent candidates turned into two petty whiners?

I love most of your programs. Keep up the great job. Thanks to you I get my coffee at Coffeetopia. Please send me 2 bumper stickers one for me and one for my better half.

Jim

Randi Rhodes is no longer an employee of Air America, and is now available with Nova M in Phoenix. Could Hal or Peter B work out a deal to get her here, maybe even some parts live?
The GM in the San Francisco station gave up his own slot to get Randi, and what greater love hath any man?

Steve Brady
Watsonville

I know you're technically with Air America, but I wish you could just go ahead and put Randi back on through Nova M.

Hey Hal,
Please urge listenters to come to the April 10, 7pm, Marina Libary, Jane Parker and Bill Monning meeting sponsored by the Green Party.

These candidates have both been endorsed by the Green Party, Monterey. The library is on Reservation Road, between the Locke Paddon Duck Pond and the Holiday Inn Express.

Great Job discussing the primary with Jeff this morning, Hal!

I wish there were more stations that disected and analyzed the issues as thoroughly. Perhaps political candidates, who believe what they say, will find the wisdom to support Progressive radio and draw other media outlets to follow its lead.

Hal - Still digging KRXA! I wish I could listen all the time. Go! Go! Go!
Thanks for airing Seder on Sunday - I like his style.
As a night-shift worker, Press, Miller, and your show are all enjoyed in the morning. Also, I catch Peter B Collis over the hill on replay. Good stuff, folks.
Additions? -
I'd love to hear Rachel Maddow's program - even on delay. And though it's a little late, but when FranGela (Spelling?) filled in a few weeks ago for the Miller team, I found them refreshing and fun. I'd like to hear them on KRXA.
bests, and keep on keeping on!

I really enjoy KRXA and find the host Scott Dick to be the most refreshing and versatile host. He is funny, very knowledgeable and listens to all who call. I would also like to say that last week I heard an Air America stream with an African American host (the name escapes me know). Please continue to run this program. I am sure the program is relevant to all regardless of background. I love KRXA. Please diversify your show with progressive people of color who deserve a chance to be heard.

Renee

Renee - many thanks for writing in. I believe that the program that you heard is "Black Politics with Chris Owens." We will continue to air it at 6 pm on Saturdays. Let us know of other shows that you feel would be positive additions to our lineup.

Scott,don't blow it.
Powerful forces in this country are turning the discussion (snipers in Bosnia) away from the real story. Thanks to your military service, you're one of the few anywhere in media who can credibly compare and contrast the Democratic success running two Balkan wars with the Bush fisco in Iraq and Afghanistan.
During Bosnia and Kosovo, American (and allied)combat casualties were virtually nil, the duration was short and decisive, the financial cost was miniscule, the International community including the UN was largely supportive ... and involved. And most importantly treaties were signed, a brutal tyrant was brought to justice, 3/4 of a million refugees went home and peace still reigns. And during it all, the prestige of the US grew nearly world-wide with the possible exception of Serbia, the former USSR and China. In fact, the most serious resistance came from the right wing in our own country.

Keep up the good work Scott. I'm glad to know there's at least one vet, and a retired officer at that, who didn't buy into the conservative mindset.

Schwarzenegger Administration - Death Before Taxes

Fall 2004 proposed -

An EMERGENCY regulation to block stricter ratios of one nurse to every five patients on medical surgical units from the previous one nurse for every six patients.

An EMERGENCY regulation ending the requirement that employers provide workers with meal breaks.

Fall 2008 Issued - STATE of EMERGENCY for a moth refusing to allow five days advance notice to allow public comment (which would have been "inconsistent with the public interest") regarding the spraying of untested chemicals onto humans.

February 2008 - Faced with a budget deficit, and refusing to increase taxes or allow EMERGENCY spending, he slashes funding for payments to doctors and other health care providers who treat the poor through the state's Medi-Cal program.

Bill---since you seem overly sensitive to the Rev's comment about "God Damn America", it might be comforting to you and others who insist on bringing the supernatural and their JesusJockey mouthpieces into the mix, to realize that godfigures exist only in the minds of those who choose to believe in them, therefore, "dammning" or "saying" or anything else folks worry about a "godfigure" doing are impossibilities, and just silly, since godfigures are mere fantasy. Perhaps we could get the Jews to "disavow" the Old Testament since it advocates killing homosexuals, or, the Muslims to ban the Koran for being told to kill those who disagree with Allah, or.......on and on. How about this idea? Everytime the word "God" or any other diaphanous deity comes up during the election, how about the journalist doing the questioning say: "That's fine, but, we really do have problems in our country related to reality." Also, doesn't believing in fantasy to the extent it controls one's actions a sign of mental instability? Just wonderin'. I don't expect to hear this on the program. Reality as seen through the eyes of a non-Believer, although true, are always ignored. Let's focus on real problems and leave all this spiritual BS where it belongs. Thanks so much. Buzz

Scott has one of your best programs, and this item about GMOs is a most important issue locally. Thanks for giving him a forum. I try to never miss his words.

Hello Hal, you need to make current your host page. scott isn't on it. i was listening to scott and called in to inform him that the eisenhower carrier group is on its way to the coast of iran. he asked me where i read it , i didn't know then, but do now....i read the story in the baltimore chronicle/sentinel. after the fallon story , i find it very interesting that national neocon press hasn't uddered a word about this.
one small interjection that i'd like to make:
how would we feel if iran had nukes sitting a couple of hundred miles off the coast of the usa?----dave

Thanks Dave - I have forwarded this message to Scott so we can get his pic and bio on the host page.

Listeners:

John McCain has the “experience” of raining fiery death down on innocent women and children. Oh, oh, oh, I’m so scared! What a big, tough Man! Will he rain fiery death down on our women and children if we don’t do what we’re told? If participating in War Crimes was the main qualification for the Presidency, then we should be recruiting former Gestapo officers to run our political system, as we stole them to run our rocket program.
As for Hillary’s “experience”, the ONLY claim to liberality that woman has demonstrated is that she only had one child while married to the biggest penis-brain to have ever had sex in the Oral Office. Obviously, the woman has renounced her conservative Christian upbringing, and now espouses family planning as the great Liberator of the planet’s females. But if she is so enamored of female liberation why is she doing everything she can to get War Criminal McCain in to pick the next Supreme Court Justices? Telling us McCain is “more experienced”? Trying at every turn to sabotage the frontrunner who every poll says will beat the bejesus out of any Republican?
Hillary was raised in a Republican household, campaigned for Goldwater and Rockefeller, and it seems to me the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. Even Republican women today mouth platitudes about “women’s liberation”, and, never having had an abortion myself, they sound no different than the “moderate” Democratic women we have who can’t get enough of the Israel lobby’s money.

Steve Brady
Watsonville

Hal,

The current political atmosphere reminds me of "To Kill a Mockingbird."

Obama = Atticus Finch/Tom Robinson
The Clinton's = Bob Ewell and his clan
Stereotypical American public = Jury
Curious Americans = Scout Finch

Bob Ewell, is a man left to his own devices, much like our political system has been, because, he is dirty, cruel and immoral. He beats his daughter after catching her making advances to Tom and has Tom thrown in jail and blamed for Ewell's assault and accused of rape. The Clintons and Neocons have acted as visciously, using their strong arm tactics when in power.

Now, everyone knows it's not true. Tom's whithered left(much like our country's) arm made it impossible to cause those injuries. Yet, he is misjudged due to his skin color and Ewell's tactics. But, the jury and the Townspeople can pardon themselves by blaming the Ewells, much like we do in blaming the Bushes and the Clintons, and yet we consciously do nothing.

It seems dark, and inevitable, that they will always win. Except for this - most people are good and decent. Even when the KKK showed up at the doorsteps of the jail, they were brought from the shadows by the recognition of one child. They remembered their decency and could excuse their lack of fortitude in committing a lyching by the presence of goodness.

I could have chosen Lord of the Flies, but this one resounds because, I fear what happens if a stand is not made. If the Bob Ewells of the world are allowed to roam unchecked. Because their monstrous behavior is predictable and inevitable.

A

I found KRXA a few months ago and am a faithful listener via the web.

I read that some having difficulty with the web feed. This morning (03-11) I simply cannot connect no matter what I try (several options for me to connect). So I just thought I would let you know.

Now, as for KRXA . . .

I enjoy the "small town" and "local" flavor of KRXA. Your staff is doing a great job! The next time I am out your way I will make a point of visiting as many of your advertisers as possible. I enjoy hearing an owner promote his/her own business rather than "slick" million dollar spots from national advertisers.

Let your advertisers know their message is getting through, even out here in "fly over" country.

Mike Zulkoski, Ord Nebraska

Mike - thanks for the kind words. We truly appreciate them. We are hoping that our internet service provider will get the stream up soon (this is being typed at 1 pm (PDT) March 11.

I was not convinced that genetically-altered food was any particular danger until today's TASTY PLANET. Scott's recording of the scientist leading the battle to fight it changed my mind. Thanks to both of them for alerting me to the dangers of genetically-altered food. I sent Monsanto a pointed email telling them of my intentions to thwart their efforts to completely subjugate congress, the white house and the fda to their wishes.
I am growing my own tomatoes this year. thanks to Scott Dick i may even buy a pressure cooker. warm regards to him, Hal and all of you who work hard to bring us liberal radio.

Hal, I think you owe us (the old, the white and the women) an apology for your on-air blame game after the Tuesday vote in Texas, Ohio and Rhode Island. Whether you agree with us or not, it is not right to use your personal bias against your listeners. You sounded pretty mean-spritied. If she happened to hear it, I wonder how your own mother felt about your attack?

It's great that the youth are involved again in the political process but there's a reason that the Presidency has an age requirement (I'm not applying this toward Obama) and that is because most 20 and 30 yo people have neither the development or experience to run the country. They're still learning and getting their first big exposure to the world. When I look back to the riots at the Chicago convention in 1968, I cringe. In no way did we demonstrate that we were ready to lead the country. We were young, passionate, angry and full of energy to tell anyone over 30 just where to stick it. Gosh, (just guessing) today that would probably include you too. Fortunately, with a bit of maturity, we can be more thoughtful and do our best to change things we disagree with through the existing system. Anyone who thinks they can get anything done in DC without the help of "insiders" is destined to repeat Jimmy Carter's (bless his heart, I do love him) mistakes. That gave us the Reagan disaster and beginning of the destruction of the middle class, unions and the joke of trickle down/voo doo economics. Carter believed (and I believe Obama supporters) you can bring in your own team and hit the ground running. The Clintons tried staffing with inexperienced youth too and it was a bloody PR nightmare. I believe Hillary learned many, many valuable lessons as a result. You put out disinformation about Hillary that her only previous experience (before her 6 years in the Senate) was as First Lady forgetting that right out of law school she was bright enough to be on the legal team making the case for impeachment of Nixon. That's something the Republicans can never forgive her and I believe made her a target from the beginning. So again, how about lightening up on the nastiness and stop doing the Republican's job for them. They are in wait for whichever candidate gets the nomination and belive me, they'll throw more than the kitchen sink.

A memo from the Conservative Canadian government was "leaked" painting the Obama campaign in an unflattering light re NAFTA at a point when it's a paramount campaign issue(Ohio).

“This government doesn’t claim that kind of power,” the Canadiam prime minister(Stephen Harper)responded. (How much power does it take it call a meeting and misrepresent it in a memo and leak that memo?) “I certainly deny any allegation that this government has attempted to interfere in the American election.” (That's because it wasn't an attempt it actually WAS interference! Much like when you actually stab someone in the back it's not an "attempted" stabbing.

FYI Last week PM Stephen Harper was implicated in wrongdoing when he stated in a tape, that surfaced of an interview in 2005, that Conservative envoys offered a terminally-ill MP "financial considerations" in exchange for his vote.

Canada's interest in a Clinton or McCain(Bush Leaguer) presidency benign? Let's take a look at recent history:

Bill Clinton - Recieved $31 million for brokering a deal for a Canadian Mining co. to gut URANIUM out of Kazakhstan 11 months after Senator Clinton stated that the deal with the totalitarian regime was "unacceptable." Can. co. recently pledged $100 million to Clinton Foundation.

BUSH(I) - Authorized sale of $10,000,000,000.00 billion worth of gold laden federal property to a CANADIAN gold mining co. for $10,000.(same company was implicated by Amnesty International in burying 50 defiant miners alive in Tanzania. 2 years to the date after that massacre the Tanzanian and Kenyan U.S. Embassies were bombed. Bush joined the board of this company in 1995. (He brokered a deal with Suharto, also.)

Canada's interest in under'mining' is omnipresent.

And what's up with these Presidential "Libraries"? Hundreds of millions of dollars before their built from "PRIVATE" donors. Have we forgotten MARK RICH? $450k donation to Clinton Library and a subsequent pardon!

And what's up with this Executive Pardon Privelege? We should amend the Constitution to prohibit the executive branch from being able to pardon any member of the executive branch(Caspar Weinburger - which killed the case against Khashoggi(founded Bush's Can. mining co.) in the Iran/Arms deal) or any contributor(Mark Rich) to an executive branch member. Give Congress or the Courts that power.

Hal, Your rant this morning against women voting for Hillary was completely off the wall. It was like a tantrum by a 2 year old. Wah-Wah, I didn't get my way so I have to blame someone. You did mention that maybe some of it was your own misogyny, but you also came across as ageist and racist. How dare you say that "old white women" don't care if younger women lose their abortion rights. Huh? Get your history straight. We were the generation who secured those rights for them. If they want to keep them, they have every example set for them to do just that. I voted for John Edwards but had I known he would not be able to finish the campaign, I would have voted for Hillary because I think she is the best person (between the two now) for the job and she will fight Karl Rove's pack of dogs he will set lose on whomever the Democratic candidate is. They have all of you convinced that Hillary is the one they want to run against but just as always when they convince people that up is really down and on is really off. It is a trick. Obama has plenty of negatives on his own (who doesn't?) and Hillary is their worst nightmare. It is such a Rovian tactic, I can't believe you can't see it. You seem to take your cue from Stephanie in the hours before you come on; both of you have trashed Hillary relentlessly and yet decry the "negativity" of the campaign. That's just hypocritical. Michelle Obama has a few negatives of her own too. Her comment that her husband (trying to portray him as "everyman") is "snorey and stinky in the morning"...so Kennedyesque. I can just hear Jackie describing JFK in just that way. Crude and crass and much more telling than saying she's finally proud of her country...that at least was relevant to her experience.

Last week in the SF Chronicle Christine Craft (with whom I rarely agree) had a very lucid Op Ed piece on how the media has treated Hillary. Everytime we hear someone like you dump on women we are reminded of the time we lost the job to a 30 year old; earned less than the guy next to us; were accused of being emotional rather than simply politely assertive or have other slurs cast our way, we know Hillary personally and what's she's up against. Craft's comment at the end that Women are the new "N" word is not news to most of us.

By the way, I lived in the center of the counterculture for 15 years from the 60's to the early 80's and was radically left wing (though never a feminist) back then but frankly I don't think there's anything sadder than an old hippy. We all have to mature and grow and that's shown by our change of outlook and expansion of our world. Sorry you weren't old enough to be part of those days but I don't need to relive it. I wish you'd change your intro song. I always feel you want to glorify the past. Although it was unique, it was hardly perfect. There was a lot of damage caused by our ignorance of consequences.

Hal, thanks for having me on the air today (Tuesday, March 4) to explain why I support Clinton over Obama. My philosophy is that Obama is good, but Clinton is better. Here is why:

Obama Supporters (Not Clintons) are Threatening Democratic Unity
The caller that criticised me for saying Obama was more hype that substance reinfored my point that Obama supporters are the ones that are tearing the party apart and that Obama has not brought out the best in his supporters. Instead of criticising my ideas, he criticized me by calling me a Republican. Obama supporters denounce Clinton when she gets personal, but seem willing to go negative and get personal to defend their candidate! Can't we keep this about the issues?

Obama has been Inconsistent
If Obama is a new kind of politician how can he decalare that the people in Washington are the problem (and he HAS to be including democrats because (1) he said it during the primary where he is running only against Democrats, and (2) he clearly was leveling that as a criticism of Clinton, who isa Democrat) then turn around and accept the endorsement of many Washington Democratic insiders, including the grand puba of Washington-insiders, Ted Kennedy? Obama was willing to denounce Farrakan, with whom he disagreed, why doesn't he denounce Kennedy if he thinks Washington-insiders are really the problem?

Obama's strongest argument for his candidacy is that he made the right decision when it mattered: he was against the war. But he didn't. He wasn't in the Senate at the time and so he didn't have to make any decision at all. All he did was make a speech against the war while representing an anti-war region of Illinois. His speech against the war was admirable, but it was a political appeal to his Illinois constituency. Because it involved zero political risk, it should be afforded zero political weight.

Obama is Not Tested
There is a reason we all turn to our parents and grandparents for nuggest of advice in tough situations; because they are older and wiser than us. I think Clinton is a little older and wiser than Obama. Obama will be a good President when he has a little more experience understanding how Washington works. We've all heard the maxim, "You can't break the rules until you've learned them."

Would you buy a car or get on a airplane that you knew had never been factory tested? Of course not, that would be taking your life into your own hands. Why then would you vote for a presidential candidate who has not been tested.

Voting for the Likeable Person Will Turn Out Badly
We all know what we are getting with Clinton (the good and the bad), but we don't know what Obama will do. The last time we elected the person who was more likeable, we got Bush over Gore. I think we all know how that worked out.

Hal, PLEASE get more progressive.
Nader has important things to say and says them better than anyone else. This country does not belong to the REB-DEMS who are both owned by corporations. We desperately need voices in this presidential contest speaking of getting rid of this corporate stranglehold. If he can push the Democratic candidate to the left, that would be fabulous.
Matt Gonzales, Nader's now vp, is a true progressive and a Green. He said this am on KPFA that while he greatly admires Obama for what he has accomplished in this campaign, if you look at his voting record, the picture is not good. Many times Obama has voted with Rebpulicans for corporate interests. On Democracy Now, the advisors to the Democratic candidates were discussed, and those advisors are the old guard who think war and distablizing other countries/governments is ok.
To call Nader an egomaniac is patently untrue. Listen to him and tell me he is not an eloquent speaker devoted to the issues he and I believe in and to justice.
Next issue:
On Monday, you indicated re 9/11 that you weren't a conspiracy theorist (or something close to that). Calling those who believe the gov't story re what happened on 9/11 is a HUGE LIE "conspiracy theorists" is a way to discredit them so their point of view doesn't even have to be looked at. THIS IS NOT PROGRESSSIVE!!!!
Then, you repeated the pap that the corporate media wants us to believe, that Osama binLaden was behind it all. THERE HAS NEVER BEEN PROOF OF THIS! Even the FBI does not list the crimes of 9/11 of ObL's wanted poster, because they agree there has been no proof.
It does not take a scientist to recognize the Twin Towers and Bldng 7 were brought down by explosives. IT's OBVIOUS! So who planted those explosives?
Barbara Honegger is a brilliant and informed speaker on 9/11. It would be great if you would have her on the show to remind yourself and others of what really happened. Additionally, Richard Gage, architect and founder of ae911truth (architects and engineers), will be here speaking May 4 at 7pm at Carmel Art Association. He is a terrific and convincing speaker and it would be great if you could attend and have him on the show on the 5th if he is available.
KRXA is so valuable in giving a voice to the progressive movement and I am grateful to you for that.
At least you know I am listening.

Peggy Olsen Monterey Ca

Thanks Peggy for a passionate heartfelt comment. Barbara Honegger has been a guest on my show twice and we are making arrangements to have Richard Gage on as well. I stand by my critical remarks regarding Ralph Nader and his supporters.

Thank you for the $25 gift certificate prize to HOMESCAPES in Carmel(7th&San Carlos). While I was not surprised by the excellent quality I was shocked by the wide array of luxuriant, hand crafted, and one of a kind items to appoint one's self as well as their home. Also, their costs were reasonable and the lady who helped me was exceptionally cheerful and gladly offered to wrap my purchases. Needless to say, I happily exceeded $25 and the recipient of the gorgeous scarves, shawl, and Sari remnant purse was gracious enough to let me out of the doghouse.

Also - ANGELINA's makes the best sandwiches. If you're ever in Seaside or Sand City shopping - they are excellent. Again - cheerful and attentive.

There seem to be a lot of comments about the photos of the hosts and how pretty they look. Hal, when is some listener (preferably female) going to write in about how pretty your photo looks?
Just wondering,

Arlen

You're gonna be wondering a long time my friend.

I'm an avid listener of Stephanie Miller's every morning on my way to work. She is great and so are the guys. I want to voice my support for her program as well as the station. I'm a 46yr old probation officer and married father of one great 6yr old. I am also a proud military veteran who strongly opposes this obscene Iraq war. I just looked up your station and would like you to tell Stephanie I also see that she is hot.. Thanks for all you guys do and keep up the good work.

C

C - I have passed this message along to Stephanie. All the best.

This is my first time seeing a photo of Deb Lindsay. She has a delightfully pretty face. Matches her mellifluous voice.

Lisa Lee certainly has a pleasant, professional delivery. I hope she's a keeper.

Feminine strengths to me are those which value the life of others and see all humans as part of a family, clan, pack or tribe.

I see masculine traits as those which value your own life and are necessary to assert yourself within the family unit.

I see Obama as having a balanced and thoughtful approach to applying these two forces. To me, both in rhetoric and action, Obama has shown much deeper and many more feminine strengths and qualities than Hillary. She seems to swim in feminism's shallow ends...ie You go girl, In it to Win it, Quit Picking on Me, I said it first, my husband this, my husband that... She's always trying to prove herself instead of just be herself and it shows. She also takes the low road and it lessens her image to others.

This country is in deep need of a feminine influence as it has become corporatized(serving the self at the expense of all others)and unable to progress for lack of a healthy dialogue. I see in Obama the matured feminine strengths to negotiate the quagmires we find ourselves in and the righteous indignation of his masculine traits to drive him to open the necessary lines and topics of communication.

Hal,

I am a very faithful listener, though I do not live in the Monterey Peninsula area, I listen on the computer. I visit Monterey a few times a year, and I just visited this past week, and I want to let you know that during our visits me and my children usually have ocassion to visit a franchise pizza restuarant, but this time I made it a point to visit A Pizza Paradise, for the sole reason that it is one of your sponsors. I felt like it is the least I could do, since I listen to your station just about everyday. The service was great, and the owners treated every customer with very personal attention. I let my children know why we visited that particular pizza establishment, just to let them know to support something when you believe in it. This story might be kind of corny, but I just wanted to let everyone know, we must always support the sponsors of this station, if we believe in having KRXA around for a very long time.

P.S. Please get rid of Ed Schultz....lol

Lawrence R.
Merced, Ca

Lawrence - you are the man! Thanks so much for supporting one of our wonderful sponsors.

Hal et al.

Berkeley City Council's caving to supporting the troops reminds me that these idiots with "Support the Troops" decals are the 21st century version of the "Support your local police" decals of the Nixon years.
How about a new bumper sticker for all these idiots that reads "I support the Police State"?
Steve

Hi Thom you are my idol ..rather my mentor and I support and commend you for all you do.

Yet I have a major complaint the high rush of noise at the start of every commercial - THAT HURTS MY EARS- to the point that I have to drop whatever I'm doing to shut up that noise.
It makes my listening very disagreable no matter how much I like your show.

I'll wait for your comment.
thanks
Linda

I was so disappointed that Freedom from Religion was not on Sunday. Has the time changed or was is just not on. If not on, was that just a temporary thing?

When I got to this section, I think I saw a note about cutting the Stephanie Miller show back two more hours - I hope that is NOT true.

Beverly York, Scotts Valley, CA

Beverly - Freethought Radio is now on at 11am on Sundays. We moved it up an hour to make room for our great new show "Barbara Mossberg's Poetry Hour". We are not planning to cut back Stephanie's show.

Hi Hal,

Interesting article about 960 AM dropping 2 hours of Stephanie Miller.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/02/10/PKQ4UOIFF.DTL

Can PETER B please talk about what he thinks can be done (as a contingency plan) in the event Bush somehow has Martial Law. (Perhaps the election goes Democratic, voting issues arise, there is a protest, he calls Martial Law).

What would happen then, what does Peter think would happen to counter it? or deal with?

What could Obama or Clinton do if this were to be a reality?

What contingency plan should they have, what would it entail.

I do believe this is likely...and want everyone prepared.

If Bush has already done unbelievable things, and he is not going to be countered or impeached, he is free to do more, including mess with the election or freeze it or hold Martial Law.

Wonder what Pelosi thinks of that!

I can't seem to get on your show to ask this...so please talk about it and hopefully email.
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the results of the dem election scared the new world order folks. clinton was their party favorite, (follow the money and you'll see what i mean) a popular lower and middle class revolt could cost them plenty. looks like this business of super delegates is their way of insuring against the threat of an outsider from moving in -------sad to say but thats how i feel
corpate clinton V insane 100 years in iraq macDrain --what a pair to draw too

Spring – 1996 Sudan offered to hand over Osama Bin Laden into U.S. custody. Clinton declined the offer.(WSJ) Instead…
Summer – 1998, based on now debunked and then specious “intelligence reports” U.S. missiles are fired into Sudan destroying a pharmaceutical plant(subsequently causing the deaths of tens of thousands of civilians who required those pharmaceuticals.(CNN, NYT)
September 11, 2001

February 1996 - Clinton signs the Telecom Act , contracting media and Comm. ownership, reducing competition, increasing user rates, and giving away billions in digital airwave licenses. The very same large media outlets are owned or controlled by the likes of GE, Westinghouse, and Fidelity Investments which are making billions off of the Iraqi invasion and occupation and are thereby bound by “corporate incecntive” to continue to profit by war. Unbiased, meaningful news from the children of these parents?

August 1996 – Clinton signs a dubious welfare reform act. It does not reduce child poverty.

The Enron, WorldCom and TYCO monsters all matured under Bill Clinton’s watch and contributed heavily to his campaigns.

We have bourne the fruit of Clinton’s efforts. He laid the tracks for George W. Bush to railroad the United States into a chasm of financial and moral failure. He failed to actively support the Democratic candidates in subsequent elections. He may not be directly responsible, but his suppression of voices within the Democratic party and his inflammation of those in the Republican make most people less than wanting for a return to that chaos.

Hillary Clinton has always been a politician, or the wife thereof. Obama has been a community organizer and a college professor who worked his way up the political ladder.

Obama has not divided the Democrats so much as he has pulled back the curtains. There are those who prefer their leaders to conceal their machinations, to be the mysterious, all knowing, all powerful unquestionable deity who will give you the answers you are told you must have. However, there are those that prefer a leader who sweeps away the smoke and mirrors and tells us, we have our own heart, mind, and soul to follow. I choose the latter.

Hello,

I've been having difficulty for three days listening to you online. Can you please check the streams?

Michael

We're sorry Michael. We're doing our best. Any other listeners having the same problem. We haven't been able to replicate it here.

How quickly they forget. A few months ago polls were showing that, if able to have a 3rd term, Bill Clinton would be overwhelming re-elected. As most Americans, we prospered during the Clinton era. However, my fellow Democrats were about as vigorous in supporting and defending the Clintons as they have been representing the working class or upholding the constitution. What a bunch of wimps. Instead of shrinking in front of the neocon attacks to come, they have to be shouted down and made irrelevant. Obama will not do this.

I'm extremely disappointed in your endorsement of Obama. Do you not understand the duplicity of the Republicans? All this Republican crossing over to vote for Obama is not because they support him but because they want to run against him. Obama a uniter? Just words. He has split the party apart. If he gets the nomination, we will have a Republican president again. If you really think that the rest of this country is left of center, you are completely out of touch. For the most part they detest the Left. Frankly, Peter B belongs at Fox where he will feel at home with the other Clinton haters. If Hillary gets the nomination will you support her? Or will you all take your marbles and stay home as so many of us did in 1968? Getting mad at the establishment of the Democratic party, dropping out and turning our backs handed it over to Nixon. What a horror. Humphrey would have been infinitely better in contrast and maybe the stage would not have been set for the disaster that was Reagan. I still have regrets.

Hal, I keep hearing reruns of Randi and Ed late weekend nights that I've heard before.

Instead of this repetition, can't you run Mike Malloy in these wee hour slots, or one of Stephanie's third hours. Love Randi and Ed, but the all repetition is just not cool, in my opinion, when there are other excellent progressive voices you can make heard. Please consider this.

Thanks,

Telecom Deal

1. Amnesty is being offered to Telecoms
2. Amnesty is given only to those who have commited crimes

ergo - The Telecoms commited crimes.

1. George Bush instructed the Telecoms to spy illegally

ergo - George Bush committed crimes.

Jake, Arcata:

Excellent, succinct comparison of Hillary and Barack in re their White House potential. Could you post that on this website? Very persuasive.

Steve Brady
Watsonville

I am a regular listener to Thom Hartmann(we've traveled to San Francisco and Redwood City to attend Thom Hartmann "live" events and he is absolutely remarkable), Randi Rhodes, and Peter B. Collins and sincerely appreciate a "local" station that will carry the progressive message. Keep up the good work.

I want to thank you for your valuable phone work on the air during the storm. I had you tuned in all day, beginning with Thom Hartmann, thru Hal's and Deborah's, and for while to the next one, it must have been Peter's, according to your schedule. It was most welcome and very helpful to have the continued reports and comments thru that blustery, at times, scary day. Thank you very much for this wonderful community service. And thank you as well for putting Thom Hartmann back on the morning slot--just where he should be!

Just when I think that KRXA can't get any better you schedule Free
Thought Radio on Sundays. Thank you so much for being open-minded enough to realize you have all types of listeners. I say this whimsically--Can you get Bernie Ward to moonlight on your station? It's wonderful that PBCollins discusses what's happening to this courageous and inspiring man. Thank you again for the wonderful station you have created.

Hey Folks - Love the station! Hal in the morning - Passionate and provacative! P.M. - Scott Dick ROCKS incisively!

Obama's remarks regarding excesses and government point only to a mindset of those who voted for Reagan in 1980. Obama specifically stated the 1980 election. He is not complimenting in his tone and the only sense of respect I hear is in Reagan's ability to tap into the mood of the country in 1980 and exploiting that ability to put us on a "different path". Now, if Obama had been asked to elaborate on his own ideas about that "trajectory" and that "path" I'm sure he would have provided a clearer message on his opinion of the Reagan Administration.

RE any perceived slight to Clinton - Many might say that Clinton's relatively conservative agenda(NAFTA, welfare reform, modest attempts at Universal healthcare, and a fairly weak family leave act when Democrats held both houses of Congress and the White House) maintained the status quo and didn't act to change the path of our country as substantially as it could have.

Let's also not forget - Obama has been skewered for bringing up JFK and MLK. Since when is it a crime to look to and learn from the past. If Obama coopted all these ideas without giving credit where it was due(Biden), he'd be labeled a plagiarist...instead he's labelled a wanna be because he does credit others for their ideas. He is also a former practicing attorney and University professor and therefore, trained to think in referential and historical terms. I see this as a strength allowing him to recognize and utilize the strengths of others.

Have stumbled across your station and enjoy Peter B. and Scott often as well as AAR programs. Our local San Diego station offering more progressive or liberal viewpoints became an all-sports format in Nov. so have been searching since then online for programming I enjoy and learn from. One thing I especially appreciate is the less strident pitch/tone/timbre in your commercial times (don't change!). I like you, i realllllly like you!

Hal, Dennis, Peter V.,etc.:

Hey, let's not get carried away over Barack Obama's comments on Ronald Reagan. He was giving historical background, not praising Reagan. His remarks were presented as "people believed" " not "I believe."
Read the transcript below and I challenge you to show me where he said he believes or supports Reagan's beliefs or policies.He was presenting his view of what the American people were thinking at that time.

"I don't want to present myself as some sort of singular figure. I think part of what's different are the times. I do think that for example the 1980 was different. I think Ronald Reagan changed the trajectory of America in a way that Richard Nixon did not and in a way that Bill Clinton did not. He put us on a fundamentally different path because the country was ready for it. I think they felt like with all the excesses of the 1960s and 1970s and government had grown and grown but there wasn't much sense of accountability in terms of how it was operating. I think people, he just tapped into what people were already feeling, which was we want clarity we want optimism, we want a return to that sense of dynamism and entrepreneurship that had been missing."

Arlen
Del Rey Oaks

Hal,

If there was any further reason for me to dislike Ed Schutlz, it has come today. I have seen the man go ballistice against Air America. I have heard the way he was with other liberal talk show hosts in Seattle. But today, today, there is a posting of 'BIG' Ed on the Bill o'Reilly show on Crooks and Liars. first of all that tells you all you need to know if Ed is even invited on a FOX show, but when Billo started to argue against John Edwards assertion that there are thousands of homeless veterans, 'Big' Ed just sat there and giggled like a idiot. Oh sure he tried impotently to interject but Billo shut him down. Maybe if he imagined he was talking to Randi Rhodes or Mike Malloy, he was have puffed up like a blowfish and let loose. Ed is a phony and a Rush Limbaugh want-to-be, and the sooner you get rid of him altogether the better!

Lawrence
Merced, CA

Hal:

Your new promo describing your reach to Lucia is great, very professional.
It's so good, I'd love to hear that you'd bought time on The Competition to run it, especially during drive time. I'll need someone else to hear it for me though, since I'd rather rip my radio out of my car than to have fascist radio play in it.

Steve
Watsonville

you have 2 programs running over each other again. Can't even here stephanie miller over the other air america ads. Your line up is great, but your station sucks. Guess I'll have to go back to satelite.

Michael, Santa Cruz, CA

Wow - our station sucks! Thanks Michael.

Dear Reader,
When I found you station on my radio, it was great! I get up early and hearing Bill Press, then Stephanie Miller, was wonderful. I only wish that you go back to haveing all three hours of Stephanie Miller, when you went to only two hours you lost me for an hour. Now I turn to KPIG at 8am. Andrew

Everyone ASSUMES we will have an election. Is anyone preparing a contingency plan in the event Bush somehow doesn't step down. I think it is possible given the other things he has done that are shocking.

They'll be some attach.
Bush/Cheney will get troops out start a war.
There will be a protest.
He'll call Martial Law.
He'll 'temporarily' stop elections
..we'll have a dictatorship.

Someone ought to have a plan on how to prevent him from doing this...

Please talk about this..

Don't fret over the outages too much. I'm still here, and I'm sure the others are also. I love KRXA; it's even taken me away from KPIG. Best to you, Hal!

If you run your station through a land line your phone line is down,I can't seem to web stream you either.Mayby it's just me..Happy New Year!!! from Dirk Dastardly of PSYCHOS IN LOVE

I love your station and listen whenever I can. However I wish you'd run Ed Shultz earlier in the day. His stuff is so passionate and timely, it feels old at 8 pm and that's a tough time for most to listen to talk-radio. He deserves a better time slot. Peter Collins is okay, but too polite, not outspoken enough. Have you considered John Elliot? He is on in Santa Barbara at night and that's a great slot for him.

Are there any jobs available at your station?

Thanks,

Mac Talley
Big Sur

Many thanks Mac for your input and support. I love Big Eddie too but we don't have any day slots for him. Re: John Elliot, his show broadcasts live 9-midnight Pacific so we couldn't run him earlier.

Hal,

I just got done listening to your podcast interview with Olive North, and I was blown away with the straight forward way you handled that interview. It was great. I also have to hand it to Olly for sticking with it, but he seemed to know what he was getting into, and you did give him a chance to plug his show. That was definitely not a type of interview you would get on the 'other' side of talk radio. I remember a while back you interviewed Dana Milbank of the Washington Post, and lately with Keith Olbermann. Is there any way you can post that as a podcast? Thanks. Please keep up the good work!!

Lawrence R.
Merced, CA

Thanks Lawrence for kind words. Like you, I thought Ollie handled himself quite well. I don't remember interviewing Keith Olbermann - maybe it was Peter B. - but I probably have the Millbank segment somewhere. If I can dig it out, I'll post it. Happy New Year to you and all our wonderful listeners!

Randi at midnight, please. All the one hour shows is a little much during the day. Just when I gets into the topic it's over.

If you make any change, please consider moving Culture Shocks to 11 PM and run an extra hour of Randi during the day. It's far more relevant to these important political times than Barry Lynn's often obscure topics.

thanks,to B Conner she said it well!
of course they are guilty of treason
happy new year
hal,marie,jack,mark,spencer and deborah,peter b,scott,sheila,dennis,the great ben,butcher,millie,the sues, the eds,steve,john there's always a john,barb and all the gang who hang out at 540
have a healthy year

billy sunshine

I appreciate the words of B. Conner regarding PAUL SANFORD. I had the good fortune to meet Paul – through NationWest Radio and the Election Radio Network programs - though I did not know him well. He was a good and caring person who I liked the first time I met him. You could tell he really cared about the underdogs in our community. Paul encouraged me and helped me greatly – he made me feel important. Our prayers continue to be with his family and friends.

As much as I love Stephanie Miller, I much prefer Randi Rhodes at midnight. Stephanie Miller's last hour is the least politically relevant, whereas Randi's first hour is probaby the most politically relevant. Please keep Randi Rhodes at midnight...Merrry Christmas and Happy New Year!!

Lawrence R.
Merced, CA

I am thinking of Paul Sanford today, one of KRXA's early
"Crusaders for Justice and the Constitution". His death
one year to today, has left many of us wondering if
the question he posed to Scott McClellan in 2005 will
forever go answered. He was the first reporter to
ask McClellan whether the leaking of CIA agent Valerie
Plame's name could be an "act of treason". Paul asked,
"There has been a lot of speculation concerning the meaning of the underlying statute and the grand jury
investigation concerning Mr. Rove. The question is,
have the legal counsel to the White House or White House
staff reviewed the statute in sufficient specificity
to determine whether a violation of that statute would,
in effect, constitute treason?"
And then there was the response, for those of us who
might have forgotten McClellan's words, "those are
matters for those overseeing the investigation to decide."

My thoughts go out to Paul's family and close friends
who must still feel a sense of loss. I know I do.
For he had the courage to ask those tough questions...
and he had the courage to fight for the rights of all
of us to uphold the Constitution.

With the end of the year being a time of reflection - I am thankful for the folks at KRXA. Though I am one of the few voices who DOES NOT enjoy listening to Stephanie Miller, I do enjoy your local programming. All the best in the coming year.

As much as I love Randi, no one trumps Steph in terms of endearment. Steph at midnight!

Rich

Please play Stephanie's third hour at midnight or wherever you can fit it. Deprivation hurts!

Rich, Carmel

Okay KRXA friends, do you want Stephanie's third hour at midnight or Randi's first hour replayed then?

I'll take an honest and probing AM station hiccupping as it scrapes to get by over profit media 8 days a week.

Hal does a great job when he takes a specific issue and makes it applicable to others(ie eminent domain). He did a great job this morning on the water boarding.

I am in love with Stephanie Miller, but an hour of local is a good thing. It keeps the station connected to its people.

I think everyone would do well to witness and make unto their own Chomsky and Zinn's methods of holding the mirror up to the "powers that be" and judging these soluble powers by their own standards.

I really enjoy Scott Dick's broadcasting. A welcome addition. Interesting, insightful, articulate, engaging.

Be aware that your phone is being seriously messed. Caller receives all kinds of run arounds. I have tried several times.

D H Goggin

Thanks for the warning D.H. Could you and all others who have had a problem with our phones please send an email to hal@krxa540.com with the number, date. and time of the call which did not work properly.

Thanks

Glad to hear Stephanie on again between 8-9am!!!
Thanks, Karen

Thanks Karen for preferring Stephanie to me. That was a one-off due to the problems on Hwy 1. You're still stuck with me!

To the Hague with them all.

I appreciate the work that Hal Ginsberg is doing with his morning show; however, cutting off the last hour of Stephanie Miller is not the answer. Every morning her show is stopped prematurely at 8 AM, I feel cheated and wonder at the station's logic in making this decision. Then, I turn the radio off or to another station. The friends I have turned on to the show and the station generally have the same response. Surely, there must be another slot for Hal's show so this doesn't have to happen.

One Unhappy Listener

C'mon Hal, what kind of an answer is that? While you and your people may be fond of Al Qaeda I believe them to be a cruel, brutal and inhumane sort of human filth. The only question now is how to rid the world of them. Any ideas? Please don't pretend that you didn't know that I was referring to Al Qaeda because you know full well that I have called them "filth" for some time. It sounds like you're afraid I'll step on their toes. Hey! news flash dude. They'd like to saw your head off. As for being rich and powerful, I am neither, yet I give more to charity than Al Gore does, plus I have a much smaller carbon footprint. I note that another of your posters has called me an anti American Nazi Fascist. That's not charged rhetoric is it Hal, since it it was offered up by one of yours. The fact is that I have three immediate family members currently serving in th U.S. armed forces.

Leo Jasonpold, Truth in Magalia

Leo - you describe yourself as a caring decent person. I have no reason to doubt this. Given your concern for others and the sacrifice of your family members for our country, why do you defend the current administration? Both Bush and Cheney actively and successfully avoided service in Vietnam. Both lied us into Iraq. Both have actively worked to increase our carbon footprint. Rather than attack democrats, tell me why you support republicans.

The descent into "charged" rhetoric that uou accuse me of using was started by you you Hal. The use of terms such as "cons" and "repugs" by you is presumably meant to insult. I only used the terms "filth" and "rats" to demonstrate the type of language you seem to prefer except that now its obvious that you don't mind using it yourself, but no one else better do it. You can dish it out but you can't take it. What's a good word for someone like that?

Leo Jasonpold, Truth in Magalia

C'mon Leo, what kind of an answer is that? I may criticize political opponents and use charged language in ways to describe them in a way that you say you find offensive but I don't describe broad groups of people as filth and rats and neither do any liberals that I know. Here's the difference: cons are broadly unable to empathize with others. Poor people, oppressed people are, in the minds of the average con, deserving of their lot. Thus, cons describe victims in cruel and inhumane ways. Cons do this so they can justify an unjust political and economic system that denies billions of humans a decent life. We criticize and name call the rich and powerful who refuse to throw more than a crumb or two to the poor and downtrodden.

My wife barely tolerates my listening to KRXA when we're driving around together. But when promos overlap promos--and somtimes the program itsel--and create a confusing cocaphony of noises, she reaches over and turns the radio off. And I have to admit, I'm not sure how much I want to listen to a station that can't handle the basics of broadcasting technology and practices. Respectfully, can you guys work on that?

mike831

Mike - thanks for writing. We (hopefully) have resolved these problems. I am truly sorry that the KRXA listening experience has not been what it should be over the past week.

I am very liberal, I love talk radio, and I love KRXA but I do not understand why so many KRXA listeners seem to prefer Thom Hartmann over Ed Schultz. In my opinion, Ed is much much more interesting and informative. He has great guests and he doesn't talk over them. Plus, Ed listens to what his guests have to say. Thom talks over his (usually) boring guests and callers. Thom never fails to inject into every question a pompous remark about how he predicted this, or he wrote about that, or he had a similar experience when he was living in Germany. By contrast, when Ed brags, he clearly has his tongue-in-cheek.

Also, Thom is not more liberal than Ed. Thom refuses to endorse the 9/11 Truth Movement Ed has Cindy Sheehan on as a guest, Thom was very critical of her in today's show. Thom's treatment of the FreeThought Radio hosts was rude and ignorant - he rather absurdly argued that atheism is a religion like Christianity is. Thom Hartmann fans - what do you see in this guy?

Also, Thom has trouble sometimes getting questions or comments out. He stutters and stammers and repeats himself. By contrast, Ed has a powerful voice and a commanding talk radio demeanor. And just how many times do we have to hear what Thomas Jefferson had to say about some arcane issue?

Hal - please restore Ed to his well-deserved place as the live host between 9-noon.

Regarding new listener to KRXA, Sean of Monterey, Ca., I offer my comment to your question posted on 11/06.

First of all, congratulations for finding and listening to the wonderful programming on KRXA. May you learn as we all do from the liberal, progressive, and honorable talk show hosts and please support their sponsers.

What happened in Pakistan could happen hear if the majority of citizens continue to do nothing to protect what the lawless political prostitutes in Washington,DC have done to our Constitution, our voting rights, our civil rights, and our disregard for treaties we have signed in the past. A government which disdains the Geneva Convention, a government and military that condones torture and sexual sadism of innocent people, and now, if you investigate for yourself, the infiltration and teaching of what some call 'christo-fascism, or Christian fascism in the armed forces of the United States, which in a way is far more dangerous than the religious fanaticism of the Afghan Taliban or the fanatical Zionists in Israel. Do the research Sean.

Tyrants in all countries thrive and take power or stay in office when citizens let them. Sure, they have the military and the police behind them, but when the People organize, get informed and unite and take a stand, the crooks and despots can be overthrown. The General Strike of 'working class' people is the best example, in my opinion, to change the government and rescind all that this criminal government has passed as 'law' these past seven-plus years.

Read and listen, Mr. Sean, and like the logo on KRXA says..."think for yourself".
If you haven't seen the website "Common Dreams.ORG", I suggest you check it out. There isn't enough time in the day to read all the articles but it has links to just about every progressive websites that I could think of.

O'Reilly doesn't like DePalma's latest, without having seen it! Must be a great film!
Seems O'Reilly doesn't have the guts to express his true feelings, since he obviously believes Pvt Steven Greene was justified in murdering a 14yr old Iraqi girl and her family. O'Reilly reasons that they must have been terrorists, or else what were they doing in our Iraq?

Steve
Watsonville

Hal,
Great station, great format, great shows. I guess three is a charm!

Does anyone want to discuss "who's zooming who" in the
lbam controversy? Perhaps, if you haven't been
"zoomed" yet, you don't care. But if you live in
Monterey, Santa Cruz, and even SF areas, eventually,
whether you know it or not...you WILL get "zoomed".

What is wrong with Pelosi? Besides the spine issue, what other reasons could she have for not going for impeachment. She doesn't want it on the table seems very suspicious to me. It is so out of sync.

Politically, what could be in it for her that she doesn't go for impeachment? Has she been bought?

Could you talk about that too?

The democrats seem spineless most people agree. But why? I think they act spineless, but MAYBE they are being BOUGHT in some way. What do they gain by acting spineless, what is in it for them? Is it money, have the republicans guaranteed them re-election, are they in sync with the republicans? Something else might be going on, let's examine that and go beyond the spine.

Stan - thanks for writing. I am listening to the internet stream and it sounds fine to me. Are other listeners having the same problem?

can you do anything about the ANNOYING buzz on the internet broadcast? I've tried listening on both Real Player and Windows Media audio and the buzz is there on both.

Just thought I'd ask. LOVE your station!

I just discovered your shows