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Good Day Wed, 22 May 2013 09:06:13 GMT
Posted 22 May 13, 05:05:13

Doug, Jennifer, Roberta and Ken talked about a story of a drunk man directing traffic, and Dr. Jack Stockwell dropped by to weigh in on it! Then, Ian Freeman joined us to talk about Robin Hooding. And Chuck Curry had movie news, including details on the next Transformers movie!
Good Day Wed, 22 May 2013 08:03:17 GMT
Posted 22 May 13, 04:05:17

Doug, Jennifer, Roberta, Rich and Ken talked about the controversy some in Congress are trying to stir up over Apple and Taxes! The Queen of Cheap is here with deals for you. We review last night's The Voice . Jennifer has news on the Dancing With The Stars finale. And Warren Eckstein stops by with tips for you and your pets!
Good Day Wed, 22 May 2013 07:05:15 GMT
Posted 22 May 13, 03:05:15

Doug, Jennifer, Rich and Ken talked about the news media's over-coverage of events like the tornado in Oklahoma. We also hear from the late night comedians. And Doug runs down a list of the Top Music DJs of all time!
Good Day Wed, 22 May 2013 06:10:19 GMT
Posted 22 May 13, 02:05:19

Doug and Ken talk about the recovery and relief efforts for Oklahoma. And some are all too eager to blame this tornado on climate change. Plus, the IRS scandal is in the focus, though it seems like a lot of Americans just don't care. And Jodi Arias says some strange things to the jury that's deciding whether she gets the death penalty!
WND:_IRS Trampled Over Rights
Posted 21 May 13, 08:05:00

Washington Rep. Dave Reichert says outgoing IRS Commissioner Steven Miller failed to honor his oath before the House Ways & Means Committee last week and that the congressional investigation into the government targeting and harassing conservative organizations is just getting started. Reichert was one of several committee members who grilled Miller on Friday and came away frustrated by Miller 19s chronic memory lapses. In one exchange, Miller could remember who he spoke with about where responsibility lies for this scandal but couldn 19t remember who that person believed was ultimately responsible for the policy. 1cI think that Mr. Miller was not abiding by the oath that he took right before his testimony began. He was asked to stand and hold his right hand in the air and testify to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth. Mr. Miller, I believe, was not true to that oath, 1d said Reichert. 1dI don 19t know if his attorneys were advising him to be vague in his answers and answer 18I don 19t know 19 because of some concern there may be some future implications legally for Mr. Miller, but that 19s my guess. 1d 1cIt was really a disservice to the American people and shows an arrogance. In fact, when I asked Mr. Miller if he felt any duty on his part to share the information he knew with Congress, he said that he saw absolutely none. He also mentioned that he really didn 19t feel any compulsion or any responsibility in going to his boss, 1d said Reichert, who says that same attitude seems to be rampant in the White House as well. 1cI think that the unfolding events of the White House timeline shows, if not deception, at least a great amount of confusion that leads one to suspect that there may be some lack of memory purposefully from some of the persons representing what the White House knew when, 1d he said. Reichert says we are just seeing the early stages of this investigation since one hasn 19t been done yet - even by the IRS. He says it 19s important to note that the IRS inspector general 19s report was not at all exhaustive. 1cThe IG has only done an audit and that audit is still in the process. The actual investigation of who knew what and when is really just beginning, 1d said Reichert. 1dThere are a number of avenues that this investigation will follow and then determining the outcome of who will lose their jobs, who may be charged with a crime, if anyone. That 19ll all come at the conclusion of these investigations. 1d In addition to getting to the bottom of the scandal, many members of Congress are urging policy changes such as stripping the IRS of Obamacare enforcement powers or reforming the tax code to minimize the role of the agency. For Reichert, the most important thing is reining in the imperial attitude of the IRS and others in government. 1cThe biggest issue for me is the arrogance of our IRS leadership, that they can do anything they want to do. The issue really boils down to our civil rights as Americans guaranteed by the Constitution. The IRS in my opinion has trampled all over those rights, 1d said Reichert.
WND:_'More and More and More'
Posted 21 May 13, 08:05:00

The IRS scandal validates the worst fears of law-abiding Americans, could trigger criminal charges and was likely known about in the White House for an extended time, according to South Carolina Rep. Tom Rice, a former tax attorney and certified public accountant. The White House has slowly admitted some there knew about the investigation but flatly denies any involvement in the decision to harass Tea Party groups and other conservative organizations that also led to targeting of donors and sharing sensitive information with rival activist groups. Rice believes the administration is much more closely connected to this scandal than it will admit. Former IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman, when he was questioned in March 2012 in Congress, said there was absolutely no targeting. Now he has said that he was aware in Spring 2012 that there was an internal list that included the term Tea Party, so if he knew about that when he testified, that's a lie. That's perjury, said Rice. We've had admissions here in the last couple of days about the fact that senior White House aides were aware of it at least as far back as a month ago. This only broke last week for goodness sake. I'm sure as this investigation continues we're going to find out more and more and more. Last Friday, the House Ways and Means Committee held the first congressional hearing into the scandal. Texas Rep. Kevin Brady told the story of a constituent who was targeted for their political donations and their business was subsequently given the third degree by the IRS, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the FBI Domestic Terrorism Unit, the Commission on Environmental Quality and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Rice says that type of government harassment goes beyond the pale. If that's true, that goes beyond the realm of unreasonable and into the criminal, said Rice. That's unconstitutional. There are criminal laws against things like that. That cannot happen and steps need to be taken to make sure it never happens again. Rice says in all of his years as a tax attorney and accountant, he never saw a client treated like the IRS dealt with these conservative organizations. A couple of times I had clients who it felt like there may have been some personal thing between the IRS agent and the client, but I've never seen an organized series of events like this where apparently people within the service and all up the administration, it looks like they targeted these specific groups, said Rice. He says the irony of this scandal is that the actions of the IRS validate the reasons for establishing these groups in the first place. Our framers established our Constitution based on the citizenry cooperating with the government. This simply undermines the trust of the citizenry in the government. Our government can't work if the citizens don't work with the government, he said. The framers of our Constitution didn't trust big government. They'd just come out of a revolution against the most powerful country on earth and they saw the dangers of big government. The tea parties sprang from a mistrust of big government. I ran my campaign on trying to limit the size of government. What you've seen here does nothing but breed further distrust. It shows that their skepticism was well-founded, said Rice.
Good Day Tue, 21 May 2013 10:05:17 GMT
Posted 21 May 13, 06:05:17

Doug, Jennifer, Roberta, Rich and Ken talked about a great story about Zach Galifinakis. Plus, we run down the Top 10 Cowbell Songs! And a restaurant in San Francisco called Bacon Bacon has closed because of complaints that it smelled like BACON!
Good Day Tue, 21 May 2013 09:05:54 GMT
Posted 21 May 13, 05:05:54

Doug, Jennifer, Roberta, Rich and Ken talked about the latest on Jodi Arias. The Moneypit's Tom Kraeutler stops by with info on Tornado Shelters. We mark the passing of the Doors' Ray Manzarek. Andrea Metcalf has tips on how to be a winner! And Chuck Curry has movie news, including details on the next Expendables' sequel!
Good Day Tue, 21 May 2013 08:03:16 GMT
Posted 21 May 13, 04:05:16

Doug, Jennifer, Roberta, Rich and Ken run down the latest out of Oklahoma, including ways that you can help! The Queen of Cheap is here with deals for you! We review a terrific bluegrass take on Lady Gaga, and tell you about Cro-nuts!
Good Day Tue, 21 May 2013 07:05:18 GMT
Posted 21 May 13, 03:05:18

Doug, Jennifer, Rich and Ken talked about the Oklahoma tornado, including a story about a woman who survived, and then found her dog in the rubble while doing an interview with a local TV station! We check in with the Late Night Comedians, and Donald Trump channels Pat Robertson. And Doug has an update on the Raw Milk trial!
Good Day Tue, 21 May 2013 06:10:16 GMT
Posted 21 May 13, 02:05:16

Doug and Ken talked about the devastating tornado in Oklahoma. Plus, a review on the IRS and other scandals. And you won't believe what Pat Robertson had to say about men who cheat!
WND:_The Untold Military Sex Scandal
Posted 20 May 13, 08:05:00

A recent military report on sexual assault in the military shocked many in Washington and around the nation, but a leading expert on military personnel says the prevalence of men assaulting other men is one of the major headlines in this study. The extended analysis of the report first appeared in Monday's edition of the The Washington Times. The Defense Department survey of sexual assault in the military during Fiscal 2012 estimated 26,000 assaults took place in the Armed Forces. Nearly three thousand of them were formally reported. Just over six percent of women reported being victims of assault and 1.2 percent of men said the same. Given the much larger number of men in the military, those numbers suggest 14,000 of the assaults in the Pentagon study happened to men. In the assaults formally reported, 88 percent came from women and 12 percent from men. The numbers are getting dramatically worse. The number of reports of sexual assaults among military personnel have actually increased by 129 percent since 2004, said Center for Military Readiness President Elaine Donnelly, who points out the number of formal reports of sexual assault jumped from 1,275 to 2,949 in just eight years. She says when factoring in civilians working for or around the military, the increase in that time is 98 percent. Women are identified as the attacker in just two percent of all assaults, meaning the vast majority of men who suffer assault are targeted by other men. So we've got a male-on-male problem here. The Department of Defense doesn't want to comment on this. They know that the numbers are there. They say that they care, but all the attention is usually given to the female members of the military who are subjected to sexual assault, said Donnelly. The Washington Times article, which also includes analysis from Aaron Belkin, who heads The Palm Center. He says the rise in male-on-male sexual assault does not reflect the increase of homosexuals in the military but rather those assaults are somewhat similar to prison rape. Well, that's a great slogan to use for recruiting young men into the military, isn't it? It's outrageous. And yet, the Department of Defense doesn't quite know what to do with these figures and so they just sort of put them in there and hope nobody notices, said Donnelly, who points out The Palm Center is a gay activist organization. While Donnelly fiercely opposed repealing the ban on gays in the military, she says we need to keep monitoring the numbers to determine how much that policy change specifically contributes to the problem. She says the increase in sexual assaults against female service members should not be diminished either. Donnelly says a lot of work lies ahead to reverse this trend but the military and the federal government are kidding themselves if they don't think some major policy decisions aren't contributing to the rise in sexual violence. I think we have to start with the basics and that means basic training. Back in 1998, unanimously, the Kassebaum-Baker Commission came out with recommendation to separate basic training for Army, Air Force and Navy trainers, (to) do it like the Marines do. The Marines train basic training separately, male and female at Parris Island. That's a good thing to do. It's a good first start, said Donnelly. Second, they should stop pretending that sexuality does not matter. You cannot solve a problem by extending it into the combat arms. The big push for women in combat, this argument that we have to have women in the infantry so they'll be respected more and they won't be assaulted, said Donnelly, who says the push for women in combat that started more than a generation ago from then-Colorado Rep. Pat Schroeder has been thoroughly discredited. Respect for women in the military today is higher than ever, but the sexual assault numbers keep climbing up. I think before we start implementing a theory that's been discredited. The members of the Pentagon and the people who make policy in Congress as well, they need to stop. They need to assess where we are, what has happened in the last two decades and they need to stop pretending that a lot of sensitivity training or highly paid consultants, that that is going to make a difference in the sex problems we're seeing right now, said Donnelly.
Good Day Mon, 20 May 2013 10:05:25 GMT
Posted 20 May 13, 06:05:25

Doug, Jennifer, Rich and Ken talked about some groups that say you should start eating bugs! Plus, an update on OJ's bid for a retrial. Kidd Rick was hilarious at Sunday's Billboard Awards! And Doug has graduation news!
Good Day Mon, 20 May 2013 09:05:59 GMT
Posted 20 May 13, 05:05:59

Doug, Jennifer, Rich and Ken talked about the IRS scandal and the ridiculous advice Pat Robertson gave out last week about husbands that cheat! Plus, the story behind the story of the Canadian jazz singer who mangled the Star Spangled Banner over the weekend. Rich tells us about the language of prairie dogs, and what they may be saying about you! Plus, Chuck Curry stops by with a look at this weekend's box office winners!
Good Day Mon, 20 May 2013 08:03:20 GMT
Posted 20 May 13, 04:05:20

Doug, Jennifer, Rich and Ken talked about an incident over the weekend at a movie theater involving a cellphone and toilet! Plus, we review last night's Billboard Music Awards, and pay tribute to Alan O'Day. Doug let's us know the most pirate-infested places in the world. And Jennifer has TV news, including details on the Celebrity Apprentice Finale!
Good Day Mon, 20 May 2013 07:05:16 GMT
Posted 20 May 13, 03:05:16

Doug, Jennifer, Rich and Ken talked about the giant Powerball drawing over the weekend. Plus, a look at the growing number of scandals out of Washington. Speaking of Washington, another group wants the Redskins to change their name. And Yahoo wants to spend a billion dollars for Tumblr!
Good Day Mon, 20 May 2013 06:10:36 GMT
Posted 20 May 13, 02:05:36

Doug, Rich and Ken talked about the IRS, the Department of Justice and the other scandals, along with what was said on the Sunday shows! Plus, someone in Florida won the Powerball!!!
WND:_'Solution in Search of A Problem'
Posted 19 May 13, 08:05:00

The Interior Department is proposing new federal rules for hydraulic fracturing that the chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee says is unnecessary and will only limit energy production and economic growth. Hydraulic fracturing, known more commonly as fracking, is an increasingly effective method by which oil and gas are extracted from rock formations. Estimates suggest the energy production potential in fracking is massive and states like North Dakota and Pennsylvania have already enjoyed significant economic benefits. And while the concept is somewhat new to many Americans, it has actually been in practice for decades. That's exactly why Washington Congressman and House Natural Resources Chairman Doc Hastings says new rules from Washington are not needed. For a long time, 60-70 years, the states have regulated hydraulic fracturing. So there hasn't been a nationwide rule. Frankly, it's for that reason that I think that this proposed regulation is a solution in search of a problem, because the states have done it very, very successfully for a number of years, said Hastings. Now, the Interior Department's proposed rule would require compliance with mandates such as requiring operators to disclose the chemicals they use in fracturing activities on public lands; improving assurances of well-bore integrity to verify that fluids used during fracturing operations are not contaminating groundwater; and confirming that oil and gas operators have a water management plan in place for handling fluids that flow back to the surface. The government would also mandate which type of tools extractors could and could not use. Hastings says these and other proposals just prove the federal government is meddling needlessly. What they're getting at is trying to, at least on federal land, have a nationwide, one-size-fits-all regulation, said Hastings. All of those three concerns are covered by states with their laws on hydraulic fracturing, so there's nothing new here. The states have been doing it. They've been doing it very well and I think we need to respect that. While noting that states already have tough environmental standards in place, Hastings says different states have slightly different regulations because the conditions in each state are different - something a sweeping federal rule fails to take into account. Not every state is exactly the same, said Hastings. All states are different as to the make-up of their geology. Each state knows their geology than other states. This is a solution looking for a problem. Hastings says the Department of the Interior has allowed states to pursue their own regulations in other areas, which makes this decision all the more confusing. But he also believes there are politics involved by some in the administration. They don't like the development of the oil and gas industry. In fact, they have said that indirectly with their promotion of green energy. I suspect that eventually this could be some sort of tool to slow the process down. It's slow enough on federal lands already. This could be a way to slow it down even more, said Hastings. If this goes into effect, I think it'll probably slow down energy development on federal lands. I can't draw any other conclusions because any time you look at other federal regulations, even in other industries, the end result tends to be a slowdown in production or a slowdown of activity with whatever those regulations are trying to regulate and I suspect that'll be the same in this, said Hastings. Hastings and other GOP members are also furious that after some three years of putting this new rule for federal lands together, the Interior Department is allowing just 30 days of comment before making a final determination on implementation. We will be asking, officially from the committee, that they extend the comment period to 120 days. I suspect there will be other groups asking for the same, because 30 days on a rule or regulation like this that's been three-some years in the making is too short of a time period. There's too much at stake with this, he said.
Good Day Fri, 17 May 2013 10:05:22 GMT
Posted 17 May 13, 06:05:22

Doug, Jennifer, Rich and Ken talked about Venezuela's latest problem - a toilet paper shortage! We pay tribute to Elton John and his important milestone today! And Chef Louie stops by with a traditional sandwich made famous from the Kentucky Derby!
Good Day Fri, 17 May 2013 09:06:06 GMT
Posted 17 May 13, 05:05:06

Doug, Jennifer, Rich and Ken talked about suspect news, from Boston to New Orleans! Plus, more American Idol from last night! And Jose joins us for his first farm report! Also, Chuck Curry stops by with a look at new movies for the weekend!