The Right Track – 1/28/2008

The first show of the new year proved to be a great one! Matt and Lydia took the airwaves for the first part of the show, detailing their goals for their last semester in office. Then I took the reigns and dissected this week’s Democratic Radio Address, as well as took a look at the past/future caucuses. We wrapped things up with Adam and Kevin and focused on the KU vs. KSU game on Wednesday and the Super Bowl this weekend.

Enjoy!

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First Show of New Year!

Tomorrow evening at 5pm, tune into The Wildcat 91.9 for the first show of 2008! No interviews are scheduled; it’s going to be one on one with you the listener…Like normal, Matt and Lydia will stop by to talk about what is going on with the new semester for K-State students, and the show will wrap up with sports with Adam and Kevin.

We’ll look at the presidential race, upcoming interviewees, the Kansas Caucus…and who knows what else will come up.

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Liberal Study Announced…

The Center for Public Integrity has released a study calculating the number of times officials of the Bush administration have lied about the war in Iraq. I need not bore you with this biased study, because it is currently the top story on www.yahoo.com, as I’m sure it is on other pages.

What I find so interesting is that Yahoo! makes such a big deal about this study…Big enough to put it as the top featured story. I never remember the search engine displaying a picture and short description for the Robb-Silberman Commission that concluded the president did not lie about the intelligence on Iraq. Or for the Senate bipartisan panel that discovered the exact same thing. I never saw a profile for David Kaye, the man who “spoke of the possibility that Saddam transferred WMD out of the country during the run up of the war. Perhaps more important, he said that no intelligence analyst – all of whom, by the way, thought Saddam had stockpiles of WMD – felt pressured to lie simply to provide a motive for Bush to go to war” (Larry Elder, The Iraq War’s Other Front).

Crazy how that works out, isn’t it? Another interesting thing about this study is that the firm who did it, the Center for Public Integrity, has always been accused as leaning to the left. In fact, it has been accused of accepting fundraising dollars from organizations who lean left or despise the right (interesting article from Instapundit.com).

I guess American citizens are only going to understand what they read on the internet or hear on the television. They’ll never hear of the studies that dismiss the lies thrown at the Bush administration…They’ll only hear the glorification of them by liberal leaning studies.

Oscars Announced

Think the strike will be over before the ceremony?

1. Best Picture: “Atonement,” “Juno,” “Michael Clayton,” “No Country for Old Men,” “There Will Be Blood.”

2. Actor: George Clooney, “Michael Clayton”; Daniel Day-Lewis, “There Will Be Blood”; Johnny Depp, “Sweeney Todd the Demon Barber of Fleet Street”; Tommy Lee Jones, “In the Valley of Elah”; Viggo Mortensen, “Eastern Promises.”

3. Actress: Cate Blanchett, “Elizabeth: The Golden Age”; Julie Christie, “Away From Her”; Marion Cotillard, “La Vie en Rose”; Laura Linney, “The Savages”; Ellen Page, “Juno.”

4. Supporting Actor: Casey Affleck, “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford”; Javier Bardem, “No Country for Old Men”; Hal Holbrook, “Into the Wild”; Philip Seymour Hoffman, “Charlie Wilson’s War”; Tom Wilkinson, “Michael Clayton.”

5. Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett, “I’m Not There”; Ruby Dee, “American Gangster”; Saoirse Ronan, “Atonement”; Amy Ryan, “Gone Baby Gone”; Tilda Swinton, “Michael Clayton.”

6. Director: Julian Schnabel, “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly”; Jason Reitman, “Juno”; Tony Gilroy, “Michael Clayton”; Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, “No Country for Old Men”; Paul Thomas Anderson, “There Will Be Blood.”

7. Foreign Film: “Beaufort,” Israel; “The Counterfeiters,” Austria; “Katyn,” Poland; “Mongol,” Kazakhstan; “12,” Russia.

8. Adapted Screenplay: Christopher Hampton, “Atonement”; Sarah Polley, “Away from Her”; Ronald Harwood, “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly”; Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, “No Country for Old Men”; Paul Thomas Anderson, “There Will Be Blood.”

9. Original Screenplay: Diablo Cody, “Juno”; Nancy Oliver, “Lars and the Real Girl”; Tony Gilroy, “Michael Clayton”; Brad Bird, Jan Pinkava and Jim Capobianco, “Ratatouille”; Tamara Jenkins, “The Savages.”

10. Animated Feature Film: “Persepolis”; “Ratatouille”; “Surf’s Up.”

11. Art Direction: “American Gangster,” “Atonement,” “The Golden Compass,” “Sweeney Todd the Demon Barber of Fleet Street,” “There Will Be Blood.”

12. Cinematography: “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford,” “Atonement,” “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly,” “No Country for Old Men,” “There Will Be Blood.”

13. Sound Mixing: “The Bourne Ultimatum,” “No Country for Old Men,” “Ratatouille,” “3:10 to Yuma,” “Transformers.”

14. Sound Editing: “The Bourne Ultimatum,” “No Country for Old Men,” “Ratatouille,” “There Will Be Blood,” “Transformers.”

15. Original Score: “Atonement,” Dario Marianelli; “The Kite Runner,” Alberto Iglesias; “Michael Clayton,” James Newton Howard; “Ratatouille,” Michael Giacchino; “3:10 to Yuma,” Marco Beltrami.

16. Original Song: “Falling Slowly” from “Once,” Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova; “Happy Working Song” from “Enchanted,” Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz; “Raise It Up” from “August Rush,” Nominees to be determined; “So Close” from “Enchanted,” Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz; “That’s How You Know” from “Enchanted,” Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz.

17. Costume: “Across the Universe,” “Atonement,” “Elizabeth: The Golden Age,” “La Vie en Rose,” “Sweeney Todd the Demon Barber of Fleet Street.”

18. Documentary Feature: “No End in Sight,” “Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience,” “Sicko,” “Taxi to the Dark Side,” “War/Dance.”

19. Documentary (short subject): “Freeheld,” “La Corona (The Crown),” “Salim Baba,” “Sari’s Mother.”

20. Film Editing: “The Bourne Ultimatum,” “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly,” “Into the Wild,” “No Country for Old Men,” “There Will Be Blood.”

21. Makeup: “La Vie en Rose,” “Norbit,” “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End.”

22. Animated Short Film: “I Met the Walrus,” “Madame Tutli-Putli,” “Meme Les Pigeons Vont au Paradis (Even Pigeons Go to Heaven),” “My Love (Moya Lyubov),” “Peter & the Wolf.”

23. Live Action Short Film: “At Night,” “Il Supplente (The Substitute),” “Le Mozart des Pickpockets (The Mozart of Pickpockets),” “Tanghi Argentini,” “The Tonto Woman.”

24. Visual Effects: “The Golden Compass,” “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End,” “Transformers.”

Taken from breitbart.com.

WABC-AM to Honor Grant…

77 WABC TALK RADIO LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

ANNOUNCED JANUARY 17, 2008 DURING SEAN HANNITY SHOW

During his radio show, Sean Hannity announced that 77WABC is proud to honor legendary radio host Bob Grant with the “Talk Radio Lifetime Achievement Award” for his significant contribution to the radio industry. Mr. Grant’s award is being presented during Talkers Magazine New Media Seminar in June, where he will be saluted for approaching 60 years in radio.

“Bob is a pioneer in talkradio and gave many of us the inspiration to get into this business,” said Hannity. “Giving him this award is a recognition of his lifetime of achievement in the industry.”

WABC Program Director and Citadel VP of News/Talk Programming Phil Boyce said “Bob’s passion, knowledge, and personality jumped out of the radio the first time I heard him. It was such an honor to be able to return him to the 77 WABC airwaves last year, and now to honor him this way is even more rewarding.”

Grant began working in radio in the 1940s and is highly recognized for “The Bob Grant Show” on 77WABC, which premiered in 1984 and consistently dominated the ratings in the highly competitive afternoon drive time slot in New York City. The gravelly-voiced Grant offered a mix of insight, opinion, controversy and historical fact. Listeners tuned into the show not only to hear Grant, but to hear unique callers that Grant would attract. In 2002, Talkers Magazine ranked Grant as the 16th greatest radio talk show host of all time. In 2007, Bob Grant was nominated for induction into the National Radio Hall of Fame.

In August of 2007, 77WABC was pleased to partner again with the ‘great pioneer of talk radio’, and bring back “The Bob Grant Show”.

Radio Legend Disrespected…

Bob Grant is a New York City radio legend who recently, after years of retirement, came back to the airwaves on WABC-AM. An industry publication, Radio & Records, decided to award Grant with a lifetime achievement award, an honor that Grant definitely deserves. The award was to be given to the talk show host in March of this year at R&R’s talk radio convention. Notice I write in the past tense. That would be because R&R has decided to rescind the honor! That’s right, Grant will no longer be receiving the lifetime achievement award. Apparently an unnamed source has pressured the publication to think twice about giving the award to Grant, who was fired in 1996 from WABC-AM for comments he made regarding Ron Brown, the Commerce Secretary for the Clinton administration. Those comments were construed as racist and insensitive, and that was enough for him to be fired from WABC-AM, after being number one in New York City for years. Well, apparently R&R has been reminded of Grant’s decade old comments, and decided that the lifetime achievement award should not be something that is given out to insensitive talk show hosts like Grant. From R&R’s website:

Award Withdrawn

Upon further review and consideration of Bob Grant’s complete body of work, Radio & Records has withdrawn its decision to present the 2008 News/ Talk/ Sports Lifetime Industry Achievement Award to Mr. Grant.

R&R is sensitive to the diversity of our community and does not want the presentation of an award to Mr. Grant to imply our endorsement of past comments by him that contradict our values and the respect we have for all members of our community.

Unbelievable. Rumors have come about claiming that Al Sharpton is behind this act of disrespect and cowardice. Those rumors have not been confirmed, but one could easily see why he is a candidate for the unnamed source…Let’s not forget about Don Imus in April.

What is sad is that Sharpton has more baggage than almost anyone in the public eye, and he is the first one to lead the campaign against white men (let’s be serious, he’s a racist). Even if he isn’t the one who is against Grant receiving the award, he is still a baggage-ridden ignoramus who’s opinion is regarded as being holy. Who pursued Imus being fired? Sharpton. Who did the media interview to see if Imus’ apology was sincere? Sharpton. Who did O’Reilly have on his television show to talk about Imus? Sharpton. Who is this man that the media just bows down to? What has he ever done to deserve such praise and worship?

Personally, I believe Sharpton is behind the Grant scandal. Grant is on the same channel as Imus…it just seems too coincidental. Plus, now Imus has ditched Grant and is not standing up for him; Sean Hannity and Mark Levin, both talk show hosts who’s nationally syndicated shows started on WABC-AM, are defending Grant and sticking up for him. Perhaps Imus is scared of what will happen if he defends an insensitive and racist white man like Grant….Anyway, we know that Sharpton is keeping a close watch on Imus.

This is disgusting if you ask me. Grant is a radio legend, one who paved the way for the talk show hosts we listen to everyday. R&R should be ashamed for being influenced to rescind a lifetime achievement award that was already announced as being awarded to Grant.

Oh well. Grant has lived through one or two incidences like this…and he survived. R&R’s cowardly action won’t keep him from expressing his opinion and standing up for what is right on his talk show…Merely, it’s given him more to talk about.

Big thanks to The Radio Equalizer for covering this story in such great depth.