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Re: talk radio death spiral in Dallas

Lauren — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 15:05:06 -0000

Laura Ingraham is still on the air in Dallas. She can be heard Monday-Friday morning from 5-7:30am on 1190AM along with the Scott Wilder Show from from 9-11am and Michael Savage from 6-9pm. Dallas/Fort Worth's 1190AM is making an attempt to pull out of the death spiral.

Re: talk radio death spiral in Dallas

Djp1215 — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 21:32:13 -0000

I don't like it at all. Loved Mark Davis and Laura Ingraham. You get what you pay for. Kris must be cheap.

Re: talk radio death spiral in Dallas

Chuck Thompson — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 05:50:10 -0000

I tried listening to Krok last night. I couldn't bear more than about 10 minutes. Thank you for posting.

Re: talk radio death spiral in Dallas

Chuck Thompson — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 05:48:23 -0000

Wow. That is some damning audio. Thanks for posting the link.

Re: talk radio death spiral in Dallas

I Don't Like It Either — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 23:11:25 -0000

Here is what is crazy - my understanding is that Laura Ingram cost them very little as her program is made available to stations on a barter basis. In other words, the station gets the programing in exchange for a certain amount of time reserved for the Ingram people to sell advertising.

Krok, on the other hand, is on payroll. And his program is worse than horrible. Krok was a creep long before he came to Dallas. For an example see: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...

Re: talk radio death spiral in Dallas

Criss K. — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 13:39:56 -0000

I fully agree and miss my morning KLIF talk show. I won't be on that channel again. I hate that it was filled with JUST ANOTHER NEWS STATION; like we need one more... Where is Jeff Bolton???

Re: talk radio death spiral in Dallas

Gaynonna — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 12:24:25 -0000

No Mark Davis, no Laura Ingraham, therefore I will no longer listen to WBAP. This is a sad. sad day for me

Re: Coverage of Trayvon

Your Neighbor — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 16:42:35 -0000

Here's my take.

Zimmerman is not mentally well (evidenced by the plethora of calls he regularly makes to 911, his self-appointed neighborhood watch status, etc). He see's someone he suspects. He is genuinely concerned, but again, he's not mentally well. He calls 911, reports, and follows. He ignores 911 and proper protocol. Trayvon notices someone is following him, feels scared (= angry), and tries running. But he is pursued. When he see's its someone he doesn't feel threatened by, he channels his fear into rage, begins to assault Zimmerman, who then fears for his life and shoots Trayvon. The media (because they have 24 hours to fill and are competing against other networks) tired of reporting on the comedy that is our national politics, the atrocity that is our foreign engagement in Afghanistan, and the usual doom&gloom things happening in the rest of the world, do their normal sensationalizing, bullshitting, and mis-information spreading, resulting in the spectacle we currently have.Moral of the story: It's a tragic accident that could have been avoided at several turns. Because Zimmerman's pursuit lead to Trayvon's death, Zimmerman should be arrested and receive a minimal sentence with an emphasis on mental rehab. I'd love to get into the antecedent social issues for this accident, but that'd take a lot longer and is more radical.

Re: Stop worrying about illegal immigration

Goozzie1 — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 21:20:46 -0000

Please let know how OBAMA treats US CITIZENS that worked their whole life in the USA and lost their jobs???? Now over the age of 55... Where do they find a job?? Not at MICKEY D'S...
Give me a break today... Why are they asking jobs bi-linqual?????? Sorry but I'm tired of repeating myself because someone does not understand ENGLISH

Re: Are McDonald’s hiring practices discriminatory?

Tccoins4me — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 10:24:16 -0000

Thank-you for your comments!!!! My husband and I went to a McDonalds in Malibu yesterday. We should have walked out. If McDonalds cant find 1 english speaking employee to take an Americans order then why do I continue to bother going there? The McDonalds and every other fast food in my area is all nonenglish speaking employees. (Pomona). The good news is my health will be much better without all of them!!

Re: Lynn Rosenthal – domestic violence czar

Jim — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 02:06:28 -0000

A much needed appointment! If she is just for domestic violence against women then we also need one to help combat family violence against children.
It is too bad that Congress is blocking all of President Obama's appointments to the agencies that are already in place. But the czar idea is working almost as good for him. AND FOR US WHO NEED THE HELP IT CAN PROVIDE!!!
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Re: Herb Allison – tarp czar

Nothanks — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 08:15:06 -0000

He ruined our economy. Why not let him try to fix it. He's crazier than Obama.

Re: Are McDonald’s hiring practices discriminatory?

Bob the ethics professor — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 00:07:19 -0000

I grew up in Reading, Massachusetts where the population is overwhelmingly white and English Speaking.
Mostly people of various British and other European descent. When I was growing up in the 70's, it was all English speaking. Now when I go to fast food restaurants as well as to many area suburban towns North of Boston with similar demographics I find almost everyone working there is of hispanic background of some kind and very much spanish speaking.
They're usually pleasant enough but they get things wrong a lot on orders because of limited Knowledge of English and often because they don't get what they're hearing through those lousy drivethrough speakers which a native English speaker could decipher better!! My question is why are hispanic workers so disproportionately represented in the staff of these area restaurants where the general population is still mostly non-hispanic? Secondly what has made the traditionally non-hispanic/native English speaking workers less attractive to hire than they used to be??

Re: Should the FED be setting salaries for corporations?

Salaries In Dubai — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:45:03 -0000

Depends. If its based on agreement, then yes. Otherwise, it's a big NO.

Re: Should the FED be setting salaries for corporations?

Salaries In Dubai — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:43:52 -0000

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Re: Are McDonald’s hiring practices discriminatory?

Diann — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 08:29:24 -0000

In case you haven't noticed sir,it is happening everywhere. Instead of this being the Great USA..it is now becoming the new MEXICO etc.. All white people and black people step aside because our country is now becoming United States of Foreigners..instead of all speaking,writing and learning our language..we will soon be learning a different one,just to do business to even buy grocerys or a Big Mac. I see the signs everywhere I go. I am a truck driver and travel to many parts and we are being invaded and taken over from the inside of our boundrys and yet the Goverment or ourselves,we are doing nothing to stop it. We will not have to worry about whats outside our country attacking us. They are already here and doing it. That's my opinion. Thank You, Diann

Re: Are McDonald’s hiring practices discriminatory?

Chuck Thompson — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 04:50:38 -0000

Thank you for your comments Fernando. Now that you mention it, the employees at my neighborhood McDonald's do appear to have an excellent work ethic. They are always busy, working hard to maintain the atmosphere there and to keep the restaurant clean. I'll take it a step further, since you brought it up, and say that generally speaking, the Latinos I see working are always working hard and do not seem to resent hard work. It's a very good point and I appreciate you making it.

However, you addressed neither of my major points: the rudeness of speaking a foreign language in the workplace and the difficulty of working and training in such an environment. You've given a very good reason why an employer would want to hire a Latino, but you haven't explained why the employer does not require English to be spoken any time a non-English speaker is present. Thank you again for your comments.

Re: Are McDonald’s hiring practices discriminatory?

Fernando Luciano — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 23:48:45 -0000

Hello Mr. Chuck Thompson,

I just finished reading your thoughts on the possible discriminatory hiring practices of the McDonalds in your neighborhood. But I am willing to offer you a different vantage point. I have worked in the food industry since I turned 16 I am now 23. I have done everything from sit down restaurants to fast food; my focus here will be my fast food experience.

I worked for Wendy’s in Richardson for just about 3 year’s maybe a little less. There are a few key points in your thoughts that struck me, not only because I have had the same train of thought, only with a few differences.

You basically described the Wendy’s I worked for; as a matter of fact it’s the training store for all other managers that are to be sent to manage other Wendy’s in the surrounding areas. It’s my opinion that the reason it’s all Spanish behind the counter is because of the work ethic. It’s not that the hiring practices are unfair, rather simple work ethic. I saw many “Non-Hispanics” hired and fired. You see, in my time as an employee for Wendy’s, we hired several non-Hispanic personnel, but their work ethic was as good as a boat in a desert.

Management was always great; they would bend over backwards for any employee, but some how it was never enough for certain people. Now your rhetorical question actually does have an answer!

“Why would anyone even apply for a job in an environment which conducts business in a language an employee didn’t understand?”

Easily answered, to give them an opportunity to prove their work ethic, the current employees English is not in question since they have understood your order for the past 10 years, and you “Rarely order anything in the standard configuration”. Of course anyone can flourish in any environment as long as their work ethic deems them so.

There was a running joke while I worked for Wendy’s and I’m sure it’s still in place, anyone that lasted 6 months would last forever, and were made “An honorary Mexican” . And I can recall a few good non-Hispanics, that were employed that were not lazy, did not feel they were owed days off, who actually provided a clean, well managed, and welcoming environment that keeps patrons like you happy for 10 years and hopefully several more to come!

I thoroughly enjoyed your thoughts, and welcome a response from you!

Have a great day!

-Fernando

Re: what to do? what to do?

Chuck Thompson — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 05:47:48 -0000

What specifically is it you want to find out about?

Re: what to do? what to do?

medical_malpractice_lawyer — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 04:46:23 -0000

I wanna find more info about this, anybody could?

Re: blowoutcongress.com

Clay Meyers — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 12:55:57 -0000

If they're good then let them reapply for their position. You dislike Charlie Rangel...well, maybe there are a few that like him....obviously he's been in since 1971. Just like how you state that you like your congressman. What Jeff has started is a great movement for us to try and take our country back. There's another movement called goooh.com (Get Out of Our House) ...do you feel the same way about them or is it just that you're against Jeff and his blowoutcongress.com site????

Re: blowoutcongress.com

Chuck Thompson — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 11:29:06 -0000

"Jeff isnt advocating just replacing the congressmen with any old soul that happens up to DC. We will replace them with people who are intelligent and not out for themselves." I understand that. If I thought it was otherwise, my article would have been much different. And I agree that many congresspeople have been in office much too long and should be replaced.

My issue is about "throwing the baby out with the bath water". Surely you don't believe that there are absolutely no good congresspeople. There must be at least a few. Why do they have to get fired? Why not focus on the radicals, corrupt, brain-dead ones instead of firing them all? And, you really don't know that the replacements will be any better - they could be worse. And, that doesn't even address committee appointments which are handed out based on seniority. With Jeff's plan the replacements would be junior and might have replaced a good guy with committee experience. We are at a critical juncture here - we're only a few steps away from socialism.

Its easy to get worked up and easier to advocate firing everyone, but it's not practical or, in my view, smart. What is practical, is to focus on the bad ones. Cast the light of truth on their misdeeds, expose them for the crooks they are and influence their departure. My favorite choice today would be Charlie Rangel. Apply the same exposure to his many misdeeds as has been applied to ACORN and his rat friends will bail on him. If he didn't have the influence he has he wouldn't be able to get the earmarks he gets and without the earmarks he wouldn't be nearly as popular where he comes from - his constituents vote for him because, in effect, he buys their votes with earmarks. Get it?

Re: blowoutcongress.com

Shane M — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 10:22:52 -0000

You keep pointing to Obama being a symptom of people voting on an "anything would be better approach." I say we got Obama simply because the general public are foolish, generally uneducated (politically speaking) sheep. I voted based on who I thought would best uphold our Constitutional Republic based on my independent research, and he was neither a democrat nor republican.

Only a few of the people I have spoken to indicated that they voted based on your emotional premise. Most of the people I have talked with voted based on their ignorance and lack of knowledge of the system and the person for whom they voted. Most people believe that the mainstream media tells the truth and is not agenda driven, which is far from the actual truth of the matter. When the majority of people allow themselves to be led like sheep by the controlled mainstream media, we get presidents such as Obama and Bush.

Change comes from the education of people. Jeff is making the attempt to educate the people in opposition to the controlled mainstream media sources. Yes, let's vote out all of the incumbents and send the message that we will not tolerate their tyrannical policies. Let's also stray from the democrat/republican two headed serpent system and vote in independent and third party candidates. Then lets blow them out when they screw the pooch, until We the People send a clear message to our public servants - Don't Tread on Me!

I hold no hope that congress will get blown out. There are too many Americans that are just to comfortable to care about the country they live in, the freedoms they are giving up, and the political system they refuse to take and active roll in. America will soon fall with a whimper and applause into a full blow oligarchy, and when it is too late to do anything about it, people will finally be asking the questions they should have been asking 108 years ago when the first progressive socialists took office in this country.

Re: blowoutcongress.com

Carol Peacock — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 10:22:24 -0000

I understand your concern, but Jeff isnt advocating just replacing the congressmen with any old soul that happens up to DC. We will replace them with people who are intelligent and not out for themselves. And if we get hoodwinked again, we will vote that one out too. But keeping the same old people there just because you recognize the name on the ballot is bad politics and is what has led to some reps and senators being there 40 years. Also, we know they have a staggered election cycle so ony about a third are replaced at a time. Only a few of them will be there who look like a calf looking at a new gate. You underestimate the American people. there are plenty of qualified people who would get in there and stop the frickin pork and tax hikes etc. It's not rocket science... and now Jeff has started a new website about improving congress, I dont remember the name right now, but its focus is to build up congress. Maybe that is the name...oh well. As for Jeff running for office, you are probably right, he should step down from KLIF if he is campaigning.

Re: blowoutcongress.com

Chuck Thompson — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 09:45:30 -0000

I agree that our leadership is foundering, corrupt and self-serving as a whole. "shake up the system and return power to the voters". The power is already in the hands of the voters. The voters elected those in congress now. The problem is the voters wanted change for the sake of change with no consideration for ability, honesty, etc. And it is that very "change for the sake of change" approach in Jeff's plan which I dispute.

Start a blowoutradicals.com or blowoutrsocialists.com or blowoutliberals.com or blowoutthieves.com and I'll be all over it.