Prager H1: The President has invoked Executive Privilege for documents relating to the Fast and Furious fiasco. A story that was largely confined to the right-wing blogosphere now goes national as a result. Dennis talks to Michael Walsh, columnist for the NY Post about the Fast and Furious issue… One of seven Americans is now on Food Stamps. It started at one in fifty.
Prager H3: Everyone has irrational beliefs – both the religious and the secular.
Prager H2: Democrats believe that Republican Presidential candidates are puppets controlled by their Rasputin-like advisors. It’s laughable, but not to Chris Matthews… Novelist Alice Walker won’t allow her books to be translated into Hebrew. She thinks Israel is an apartheid state. She’s not only wrong, she’s foolish. If she ever visited Israel, she’d know how foolish.
Prager H1: Feminists are upset that Laura Bush is going to receive an award from a DC museum that honors women’s progress… Dennis talks to Neal Pollen, classic car restorer, who has created a special 4th of July celebration… Dennis talks to California Congressman, Dana Rohrabacher. He’s worried that the US government has abandoned the Pakistani doctor, now languishing in prison, who was crucial in helping us to kill Osama Bin Laden.
Prager H3: Dennis talks to Jay Cost, columnist for the Weekly Standard. His new book is Spoiled Rotten: How the Politics of Patronage Corrupted the Once Noble Democratic Party and Now Threatens the American Republic… John McCain criticizes casino magnate, Sheldon Adelson, for making big contributions to Republican SuperPacs. In doing so, the senior Senator proves, unintentionally, how his own McCain-Feingold bill has perverted campaign financing.
Prager H2: High-living banker Allen Stanford was sentenced to 100+ years in prison for running a Ponzi scheme out a bank in Antigua. Does he deserve a more severe sentence than a murderer? That’s what he received… The Greeks voted for the “Center-Right” party, a vote to stay in the Euro. But they want to stay in the union without taking any more pain. Unfortunately, this vote will not solve any long term Euro problems…
Prager H1: The President makes it easier for young illegal immigrants to stay in the U.S. This shores up his support in the Hispanic community. Over the last couple of months, he has done everything he can to court supporters in various constituencies – gays, labor, blacks, environmentalists. The man who ran as the great uniter has become the most divisive President in history… Rodney King, the speeding motorist at the source of the LA Riots twenty years ago, was found dead in his swimming pool over the weekend… Professional birth photography is the “new thing.”
Prager H3: Per usual, callers set the agenda. Issues raised include: what is Dennis’s desert island music; why do liberals use the courts to get what they want; beside the Bible, what is Dennis’s greatest source of wisdom; what is Dennis’s favorite holiday.
Prager H2: In honor of Father’s Day, Dennis asks how a father or father figure has influenced listeners’ happiness.
