Yearly Archives: 2007

Are you the victim of a conspiracy?

Today’s Downsizer Dispatch . . .::::::Please share with concerned friends . . .::::::Subject: A bill to repeal the online gambling ban::::::Pressure on Congress works. People all over the Internet, including DC Downsizers, have been pressuring Congress to repeal the ban on transferring money to online gambling sites.::::::We’re starting to see a response.

What year is this?

Why Respond At All?

This is the legislation Congress passed for April 16 to 21, 2007.

Boy, this show was “smoking hot.” Four callers. Nine emailers. And the messages kept coming even after the show was over (nearly a half-dozen more). And, I’ve received additional messages asking if there was somewhere to listen. Well, you can. “Attached” to this blog post is an mp3 of this episode. ::::::What was all the fuss about? I previewed the show in our Sunday morning Downsizer-Dispatch. ::::::My monologue was, if I may say so, powerful and spot-on. :::My guest, Jack Mullen, gave great insight into life with a schizophrenic. :::”Captain Phil” was an All-Star caller, with insight on how to deal with a Virginia Tech/Columbine style crisis if you’re in the room with the shooter. :::Chuck from Georgia had the email of the day with the three questions the media should have (but didn’t) ask all of the survivors. ::::::What a wonderful coincidence that Gun Owners of America is also a sponsor of this program. ::::::Oh, and if you’re interested in reading the entire Butler Schaffer article I quoted, you’ll find “The Control Cult,” here.

A few weeks ago, I was chastised in messages from Downsizer-Dispatch subscribers for writing that there were 535 miscreants on Capitol Hill. The complainants suggested that either there was at least one good person up there — and generally they named their favorites — or that this was unprofessional ad hominem. ::::::My first instinct was to

Perry Willis guest-hosted for me. This episode previewed and described here. ::::::You can listen by downloading the mp3 “attached” to this blog post. ::::::The Downsize DC Conference Call is also sponsored by Gun Owners of America.

:::The Virginia Tech shooting is already starting to fade from the news as we get back to real life — you know, the real news like, “Does Don Imus think that Alec Baldwin would be a good daddy for Anna Nicole Smith’s daughter?”
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:::Well, on today’s Downsize DC Conference Call radio show, we’re going to talk about the Virginia Tech shooting, and specifically, what wasn’t being discussed by the media — what they got wrong.
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:::I think the mainstream press coverage missed three crucial points.
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:::I’ll be joined by a guest with relevant, very moving, testimony to share. I’m not going to tell you who he is, but

Today’s Downsizer Dispatch . . .::::::Please share with concerned friends . . .::::::In this issue:::::::* Protecting your right to freely organize to petition Congress:::* Another reason we need the “Read the Bills Act”:::* Brief progress report