Prager H1: Want to know why the state of California is in a freefall? Add this to the list. The legislature is anxious to pass a law mandating that students learn about the contributions of lesbian, gay, bi-sexual and transgendered Americans to US history. Great bi-sexual and transgendered Americans? Can you name any?
Prager H2: The author of the Goldstone Report, the UN report that denounced Israel for targeting civilians in its Gaza war with Hamas, now admits he might have been too hasty in drawing his conclusions. This fool now regrets trusting terrorists to tell the truth. His pathetic retraction won’t undo what he’s done. The dean of Western scholars of Islam, Bernard Lewis, offers a sober assessment of the state of the Middle East.
Prager H3: Dennis has a speech in Sacramento tonight. Unfortunately, his Southwest Airlines flight was cancelled. Now he has to drive, necessitating an early departure from the show. Southwest had an incident with one of its planes over the weekend and has subsequently cancelled hundreds of flights. We replay the first hour from today’s show, an instant Best of Prager Hour.
Prager H1: Hillary Clinton called the dictator of Syria, the murderous physician, Bashar Assad, a “reformer.” We have a very confused foreign policy. We have become a nation of takers, more and more Americans dependent on government for jobs. Can a middle-class family afford to go to a major league baseball game?
Prager H2: The Titanic sank because all the water-tight compartments were damaged and filled with water. If one or two had not been breached, the ship would have stayed afloat. To stay happy, to stay afloat, as it were, you need to compartmentalize your problems. Don’t allow problems to spill over to all aspects of your life. A Best of Prager Hour. Originally broadcast on January 09, 2009.
Prager H3: Per usual, callers set the agenda. Issues raised include: a woman has Dennis singing the happiness theme as her ringtone; possible April fool’s pranks; is torturing a known terrorist to get information in order to save lives immoral; who does Dennis trust for news on Japan’s nuclear situation; and given that “thou shall not murder,” how does Dennis view Moses killing the Egyptian?
Prager H1: Two top Libyan officials have deserted Kaddafi’s sinking ship. Dennis has ambivalence about arming the Libyan rebels, especially if we know that Al Qaeda has insinuated itself into the rebel force.Dennis talks to Nadia Al-Sakkaf, editor of the Yemen Times, and Felice Friedson, the editor of the The Media Line, a Middle East News agency about the turmoil in Yemen specifically and the Mideast generally.
Prager H2: Dennis continues his conversation with Nadia Al-Sakkaf and Felice Friedson from Hour 1 and then analyzes what it means in light of contemporary Islamic thought.
Prager H3: The unions want to reverse the new Wisconsin law restricting their bargaining rights in the courts. If they have to defame a judge to get what they want, so be it. The President gave a major energy speech. He wants to reduce our dependence on foreign energy. So, why doesn’t he push more oil development in the US?… A killer whale who killed one of his trainers returns to Sea World in Orlando. And the audience cheered the whale.
