The Silver State Chronicles

Live from Washington, DC

Courtesy of The Savage Nation, June 23, 2009.

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Two of my heroes together again!

Back when I was a kid collecting Marvel Comic books, one of my favorite devices emplyed by the comics company was for two heroes from different comics to meet and team up to battle a foe.  Often, they would fight each other first before realizing that they should fight together against a common enemy.

Well, two of my real-life heroes met on the airwaves on The Michael Medved Show on May 27, 2009.  Radio host Dennis Prager visited radio host Michael Medved for a great hour of discussion.  No, they didn’t fight first, they got along nicely!

Enjoy!

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The Great One!

The Great One Mark Levin

He calls the resort where the AFL-CIO leaders are partying with the union worker’s money and dues. Can he get through to the expensive poolside cabanas?  Do the shi-shi restaurants at the resort have crabs?  Will the Democrats in Congress condemn these union bosses? Listen and find out!

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Is the honeymoon over?

After going to bat for GOP support in the House for the Democrat Stimulus Bill, and striking out, are people starting to think that Barry is a bit overrated?  After only about two weeks in office?

Obama Ring-a-ding-ding

Some more evidence that the bloom is off the rose already.  Read all about it at The Washington Post…

Liberal Flameout

President Obama may be riding high in Washington, but OBAMA 1260 is not.

The area’s only progressive talk station is changing formats, dropping such syndicated liberal hosts as Ed Schultz, Stephanie Miller and Bill Press in favor of financial news, starting next week.

The move by Redskins owner Dan Snyder, who purchased the station, WWRC, and others in Washington last summer, leaves the city without a liberal radio outlet. Program Director Greg Tantum says he thought the station could work because of enthusiasm over Obama, but that ratings collapsed to a level that could not be measured after the election.

But ratings nearly doubled, he says, at Snyder’s conservative station, WTNT, which features Laura Ingraham and Bill Bennett. Tantum said he will move Schultz to WTNT to give him another shot.

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A meeting of the great minds!

I was pleased this morning as I sat down at the desk of the Silver State Chronicles with my cup of morning java.  I tuned into my favorite morning radio show, The Dennis Prager Show, to learn that the guest in his first hour was the legendary Dr. Thomas Sowell, one of my favorite economists and thinkers!

Please enjoy the interview!

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A Two Hour Expanded Conversation with VDH!

Well, those that know me know that I am a huge fan of classicist Victor Davis Hanson, one of the genuinely brightest minds of our time!  He visits The Hugh Hewitt Show now and thenand his insights are always appreciated!  Well, Hugh talked him into an expanded interview on Wednesday, October 8, 2008, and it was fascinating!

Hugh’s conversation with Mr. Hanson covers the state of the 2008 campaign, the state of the world, the state of the war against radical Islam, and the state of the culture war here in America.  It took up 2 hours of radio time but the commercials have been removed so each part runs about 35 minutes, for a toal of 70 minutes of Hanson wisdom!

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Wisdom From The Bench
Newstalk radio host Laura Ingraham interviewed her former boss at the US Supreme Court, Justice Clarence Thomasm on October 4th, 2007. Sit back and enjoy!

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Old Man Can’t is Dead

Our friends at 60 Minutes did a great extended interview with Justice Clarence Thomas this past Sunday. I missed it as my Tivo was recording PBS’s ‘The War,’ but luckily the video is available at the link above.

He is the court’s only African American, and it’s most conservative member. He is arguably the most influential black man in the country, yet he is reviled by many in his own race for his opposition to government programs intended to help minorities.

Most people know very little about him, their opinions shaped by his bitter confirmation battle in which he was accused of sexually harassing a former employee named Anita Hill. Now, 16 years later, he has written a memoir called “My Grandfather’s Son,” which lays bare a remarkable life and the events that shaped it.

Watch the interview – you’ll be glad you did!

Thomas is an impressive gentleman, and the 60 Minutes interview makes that very clear. He is often belittled in legal circles because he is notorious for not asking any questions during oral argument, which some legal eagles see as evidence of a lesser intellect. Of course, that’s a dubious conclusion, but when the liberal elite gets an idea in their fertile minds, they tend to not have the adaptive skills to modify it.

Funny how liberal types tend to consider themselves very caring about the poor and underprivileged, but when a poor and underprivileged guy like Thomas becomes a success, they just can’t stand him.

Of course, they have no sincere affection for people in power who dare to disagree with them, or who have a different world view. It has nothing to do with being poor – if you sign on to their agenda, you’re ok. If you don’t, they belittle you at best and try to destroy you at worst.

I don’t really mind that so much. but I’d rather they were just honest about it. Reminds me of people you encounter in life who insist that they are independent and don’t care what anyone else thinks, but when they run into a genuine independent person who really doesn’t care what people think, they tend to hate him or her.

Fakes, phonies, & frauds, as Mr. Bob Grant would say!

By the way, radio host Laura Ingraham interviewed Clarence Thomas on her radio show this week. Check it out here in its entirety!

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