Remember this from the 2008 general election? In all the commotion over Hillary Clinton’s long goodbye to the Democratic nomination fight, an odd moment in the Republican race got surprisingly little attention. Presumptive nominee John McCain called a Phoenix radio station last Friday and confessed to a secret passion for ABBA! Well McCain isn’t the […]
This is a really good start: Yesterday, hate radio hosts Glenn Beck and Sean Hannity had their nationally syndicated radio shows dropped from WPHT in Philadelphia, which is the second radio station to drop both of the conservative commentators. The moves werescheduled back in November 2010, and Marc Rayfield, market manager for CBS Radio in […]
And why is the administration just “considering” it: Targeting distractions behind the wheel, the Obama administration proposed Tuesday to bar truck drivers from sending text messages while hauling hazardous materials. The requirements would complement separate rules being finalized by the Transportation Department that prohibit commercial bus and truck drivers from sending text messages on the […]
This is a really, really, REALLY bad idea: To the dismay of safety advocates already worried about driver distraction, automakers and high-tech companies have found a new place to put sophisticated Internet-connected computers: the front seat. Technology giants like Intel and Google are turning their attention from the desktop to the dashboard, hoping to bring […]
The Cincinnati Enquirer got to the bottom of it: Radio talk show host Bill Cunningham told listeners today that Mike DeWine, John McCain’s Ohio campaign chairman, and county prosecutor Joe Deters asked him over lunch last week to speak at the McCain rally. They wanted him “to throw some red meat to the crowd… To […]
Remember when Howard Dean made his statement on a radio station about how we are losing the war in Iraq? The right was up in arms calling him a traitor. Pundits came out from everywhere on the right to try and discredit him. Well here is something new for them to get up in arms […]
A new sign of turmoil over the neo-con ran House is emerging. This time the moderate Republicans are showing concern over the leadership of the House and feel that the agenda being pushed by Tom Delay, Dennis Hassert and Roy Blunt does not fulfill the agenda of the entire Republican party. Five-term Republican Rep. Charles […]