Thanks for tuning into tonight’s show. The technical difficulties almost overwhelmed (am working with a portable hard drive) us. However, I see a Mac laptop in my not too distant future so…. patience folks as you always are.

Topics covered: Camille Paglia on Sarah Palin and Barack Obama. In particular, I continue to focus on Paglia’s remarks regarding Obama’s prevarication/dissimulation, etc:

In the closing weeks of the election, however, I became increasingly disturbed by the mainstream media’s avoidance of forthright dealing with several controversies that had been dogging Obama — even as every flimsy rumor about Sarah Palin was being trumpeted as if it were engraved in stone on Mount Sinai. For example, I had thought for many months that the flap over Obama’s birth certificate was a tempest in a teapot. But simple questions about the certificate were never resolved to my satisfaction. Thanks to their own blathering, fanatical overkill, of course, the right-wing challenges to the birth certificate never gained traction.

But Obama could have ended the entire matter months ago by publicly requesting Hawaii to issue a fresh, long-form, stamped certificate and inviting a few high-profile reporters in to examine the document and photograph it. (The campaign did make the “short-form” certificate available to Factcheck.org, a project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania.) And why has Obama not made his university records or thesis work widely available? The passivity of the press toward Bush administration propaganda about weapons of mass destruction led the nation into the costly blunder of the Iraq war. We don’t need another presidency that finds it all too easy to rely on evasion or stonewalling. I deeply admire Obama, but as a voter I don’t like feeling gamed or played.

Andrew McCarthy’s assessment of the story behind Obama’s “birther” problem:

Thomas Lifson of American Thinker add his own thoughts to McCarthy’s. The bottom line here (at least part of it):”

He and I agree: the entire Kenyan birth theory is a distraction, and a useful tool in the hands of Alinskyites on the ridicule and destroy mission. But before moving on to other significant issues, McCarthy acknowledges that NRO’s editorial yesterday accidentally mischaracterized the nature of the documentation that is available from Hawaii.

Hour 1 of Patriot Games Radio features program regular Devon Tucker discussing Colin Powell, The GOP’s future, and news of the day.

Hour 2 - Duane Lester of RFC Radio and All American Blogger fame. I call Duane “Silky Voice”; tune in to see why.

Special thanks to John Ruberry of Marathon Pundit fame for his news story on Roland Burris (D,IL) and to Fausta Wertz of Fausta’s Blog fame for her news tip on Al Quaeda activity in Brazil.

As time allows, we’ll discuss North Korea and President Obama’s Supreme Court nomination.

Tonight’s lineup:

8:00 PM EDT – Introduction

8:05 PM EDT – Hour 1 guest and show regular, D.R. Tucker, propietor of Notes from D.R.

and contributor to Deval Patrick Watch and Massachusetts News Platoon. Mr. Tucker has written extensively about the difficulties facing the Conservative/Republican movement. I will ask for his thoughts on Arlen Specter’s decision to run for re-election as a Democrat.

8:57-9:00 PM EDT – Break

9:00-9:26 PM EDT – News from around the country

9:26-9:30 PM EDT – Break

9:30-9:56 PM EDT – Programming

9:56 PM EDT – Sign off.

Calls are welcome: 646-200-3682

Tuesday, April 21, 2009. Airs from 8-10 PM EDT. To listen, click here to listen.

Guests: Hour 1: Fausta Wertz of Faustas Blog, will review the latest Latin America developments, including Cuba, President Obama’s visit, and Columbia-Mexico drug interdiction.

Hour 2 : John Ruberry of Marathon Pundit fame will dish news and gossip relating to the fetid world of Chicago/Illinois politics. We were also blessed to host Kevin Jackson of the Blacksphere live and in person. Mr. Jackson is witty, funny and knowledgeable and author of the soon to be released “The Big Black Lie”.

Plus – your Tea Party stories, Jeanine Garafolo smackdown, Obama’s teleprompter addiction. Special thanks to all the Chatizens who enlivened the show.

David Paleologos of Suffolk University releases his latest BattleGround State Poll result for Colorado.

Question – Why isn’t Obama ahead by more ?

Admittedly, Senator Obama has plenty of company when it comes to economic illiteracy. However, since it is possible he will be this nation’s next President, here is an example of his illiteracy; Obama – Economic Illiterate.

The key to a sound economy; growth, wealth, entrepreneurship. Governor Palin gets it instinctively; McCain’s proposal is more weighted toward growth than not. But in general, Democrats want Americans fighting over the pieces of the economic pie. Republicans want to make the pie larger and realize that the American people are the pie-bakers.

H/T to Glenn Reynolds of Instapundit. Thanks for doing this Professor Reynolds.

Professor Ann Althouse deconstructs some anti-Palin rantings.

I am convinced Hollywood is experiencing diversity – meaning it’s anti-conservative bias is being exposed.

John Kass on Chicago’s culture of corruption – i.e. Daly, Liberal Elite, Obama, Ayers, etc. P.S. – With Daly the second, the apple didn’t fall far from the tree.

And the AP’s franchise continues to decline.

Tuesday, October 14, 2008 at 7:00 PM EST – Earl Sholley. Mr. Sholley is a candidate from Massachusetts Fourth Congressional district – a seat now held by Barney Frank.

At 8:00 PM EST – Professor Jeffrey Miron of Harvard University will discuss America’s financial woes, and responsible, Constitutional steps out of the morass.

Thursday, October 16, 2008 at 8:00 PM EST – Live from Doyle’s Cafe: Jerry Williams, Founding Father of Talk Radio. Alan Tolz and Steve Elman will discuss Jerry Williams, the subject of their book, Burning Up the Air.

First the why:

Media-inspired backlash. It goes without saying that the so-called mainstream media are actively rooting for Obama. However, this blatant cheerleading will not go unobserved by the regular “folks”. And the regular folks will go to the polls on November 4th and make their disdain for the media felt – by voting for McCain-Palin. Remember George H.W. Bush’s war cry: “Annoy the  media, vote Bush.”

Now the “how”

Attack relentlessly. Make Obama the issue; Palin is leading the way on this one. Frame the issue as follows: “Who is Barack Obama?”; “What does he stand for?”; “Why should one vote for him?”; “What does he stand for?” If Obama is the issue on November 4, 2008, he loses – just like he always does. He has never been able to seal the deal with voters because they believe he lacks the necessary qualifications to do the job.

AYERS/ACORN/Socialism, George Soros, etc. – Obama’s past is catching up to his present. Too much dirty business for voters to accept. I repeat, Barack Obama is NOT his own man. He is a cat’s paw for subversives and radicals bent on destroying this country’s traditions, institutions and foundations from WITHIN.

Hillarycrats/PUMA/Democrat defectors – are just getting their mojo.

My first introduction to Camille Paglia came via my mother, who found her radio presence appealing. That was probably 15 years ago. My next Paglia moment came at an appearance she made at Harvard University/Kennedy School. She was pithy, entertaining and informative; a tour-de-force. She still is; read her latest thoughts on Governor Sarah Palin, et al.