Elimination of the Snakes

A little Wisconsin in January weather banter. First 6 people that ask get a free copy of "Freedom to Fascism" DVD. Mail Bag: Two from Becca this week-One on 911 conspiracy theories, the other her opinion on entrapment(pro-active protection), state lottery money and some thoughts on conspiracies. Mike with one on a JetBlue airline passenger forced to cover Arabic T-shirt receiving $240,000 compensa...

We open this weeks show with a Wisconsin winter adventure story. Mail Bag: Allen from New Jersey sends one in this week - trivial pursuit. Denny on a driving dilemma. The Rest of the Show: 1) Are internet stings legal? Entrapment legal? 2) Caroline Kennedy was spared financial disclosure as a top aide at New York City schools. 3) Congestion Pricing and San Francisco. 4) The legacy of the Bush Admi...

Mail Bag: Two from Mike this week: 1) CNN pole says 75% of the people are glad to see Bush go. 2) The Hillary vacancy needs to be filled - Caroline Kennedy? One from Becca on WISC-TV Meteorologist charged with incest. The Rest of the Show: 1) Idaho Mayor apologizes after flak from children's "Assassinate Obama" chant. 2) EOTS is investigating numbersusa.com to see if it is a site we can endorse. 3...

Mail Bag: Mike sends a couple this week. 1) Divorced Jacksonville woman says church threatening to make sins public. 2) Little "Adolf Hitler" denied birthday cake at New Jersey grocery store. Mike B. sends one on body statistics. The Rest of the Show: 1) William Mark Felt Sr, Deep throat, died last week. 2) Police Officer seen shoving bicyclist on YouTube indicted. 3) UW Madison employee caught in...

Mail Bag: 1) Peter sends one on "An eye for an eye" – Iran hands out gruesome punishment. 2) Denny sends one on a noise complaint at Luke Air Force Base in Arizona. 3) Mike sends in 2; Hollywood film The Wrestler "insults Iran" and Murder charge in Vancouver office party shooting. 4) Dan's daughter holds Dad's feet to the fire. The Rest of the Show: 1) Governor Rod R. Blagojevich; Selling the Obam...

Earl joins Dan and John Tonight. Mail Bag: Patrick sends in 2 this week - Our spam filter seems to be blocking Pat and a comment on some possible conspiracy theories to look into. Earl has an opinion on the separation of Church and State. The Rest of the Show: 1) Dan was thinking the other day......."Public service announcements from the public"......Hmmmmmm?   2) Technology in politics. 3) Bush's...

Mail Bag: 1) Comment on checking ID's, not using the word orgasm on the show, a yes vote for conspiracy theories on the show and more from Dan's daughter. 2) Jeff sends in some comic relief. 3) Earl sends in an article from Time magazine "Bush's Last Days: The Lamest Duck". The Rest of the Show: 1) Russian analyst predicts decline and breakup of USA. 2) Sarah Palin watch. 3) Wisconsin Dells police...

Mail Bag: One from Mike this week - Madison's Overture Center laying off workers by year's end. The Rest of the Show: 1) Battered Citigroup slashes 52,000 jobs. 2) Lori Drew cyber-bullying trial begins - a past Snake of the Week. 3) Screen Actors Guild to seek strike authorization. 4) Catholic leaders congratulate Obama, offer prayers for administration. 5) Dan gets a letter wanting him to help st...

Mail Bag: Earl comments on Joe Lieberman being a political transvestite. Than apologizes to transvestites everywhere. Denny sends in some banking humor. The Rest of the Show: 1) The new James Bond movie. 2) President elect Obama's (BHO) Secretary Of State? Hillary Clinton? 3) Threat of terrorism high during transition. 4) Pledge of allegiance in Vermont. 5) Illegal immigrants freed from Texas jail...

Patrick joins in for awhile, after we lose him Chris joins us and Earl is with us this week. Dan is a little under the weather so he may be a little less talkative than normal. Mail Bag: No mail bag this week. The Rest of the Show: 1) Post election analysis. 2) The Republican party's future. 3) Are pardons on the way? 4) Have we heard the last of Sarah Palin? 5) Obama's cabinet. 6) Joe Lieberman....

Pre-election roundtable with Chris, Earl, and Patrick joining Dan and John this week. Show opens with the Sarah Palin prank and comments about it. Mail Bag: One from Rebecca commenting on last weeks story "Al-Qeada would like McCain to win." The Rest of the Show: 1) Joe the plumber. 2) Does Sarah Palin believe she is qualified? 3) Ted Stevens. 4) Three reporters booted off Obama's campaign plane....

Elimination of the Snakes - Show #127 A discussion of the upcoming election before the mail bag. Mail Bag: Peter sends in 2 this week. One on Republican Barbara Lorman supporting Obama and one on John McCain standing up for Sarah Palin's qualifications. The Rest of the Show: 1) Cindy McCain lashes out at media viciousness. 2) Al-Qeada would like McCain to win. 3) Republican attacks show fear and d...

Mail Bag: One from Patrick this week - FEMA official's arrest won't hurt Galveston aid. Two from Denny - A California telephone poll and CDC Alert (Centers for Disease Control). The Rest of the Show: 1) Colin Powell endorses Obama. 2) The final Presidential Debate. 3) McCain likes to be the underdog. 4) Are the Republicans trying to lose? 5) Inside Account of U.S. Eavesdropping on Americans. 6) Cl...

Mail Bag: One from Senator Herb Kohl. One from Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin. One from Peter U.S debt overpowers the National Debt Clock. Two from Earl: Author rips into political "Wrecking Crew". Some thoughts from Earl. The Rest of the Show: 1) With caution we say it's looking good for Obama. Hooray! 2) Feds investigating sheriff after "Hussein" remark. 3) Presidential debates. 4) 2008 Presidentia...

Dan is on vacation this week. Earl and Patrick are the guest hosts. No Mail Bag this week. The Rest of the Show: 1) More on the Bail Out. 2) Presidential Debate. 3) The Bush Doctrine. 4) The Vice Presidential Debate. 5) Chaney's act of treason. 6) Patrick joins in late and throws his thoughts in the mix. 7) Help America Vote. 8) Baseball Playoffs. 9) Interesting facts about McCain. 10) Is John McC...

Dan will be on vacation next week. Earl and Patrick will be guest hosting. A little on the debate before the Mail Bag. Mail Bag: Email to and from a few chosen representatives. 1) Russ Feingold 2) Tammy Baldwin 3) Herb Kolh 4) Nancy Pelosi Two from Mike this week: 1) Letterman vs. McCain 2) An 11 year old loses 1st Amendment rights. The Rest of the Show: 1) Bail out, Schmail out. 2) Sarah Palin Wa...

Dan's adventure in driveway resurfacing. Mail Bag: Mike sends one in from Fatimah Ali: 'Race war' in America . One from Patrick on things Jay Leno supposedly said.( Urban Legends Reference Pages ) The Rest of the Show: 1) Teen plays football With prosthetic legs. 2) Sarah Palin Watch. 3) Palin's Yahoo email account hacked. 4) McCain's mailer creates controversy. 5) More on the coalition air strike...

Mail Bag: Earl sends in a couple this week. 1) Bailing out Fanny Mae and Freddie Mac. 2) The Wedge Strategy - Center for Renewal of Science and Culture. The Rest of the Show: 1) More on a story about a Nigerian immigrant. 2) Sarah Palin watch. 3) The world's largest particle collider in Switzerland. 4) Boy is suspended for using a broken pencil sharpener. Snakes of the Week - Hilton Head Island In...

Mail Bag: Peter sends in a couple this week: 1) Mom indicted in deadly MySpace hoax. 2) CNN's Jack Cafferty on Sarah Palin. The Rest of the Show: 1) Washington Post's view of Sarah Palin. 2) Sarah Palin's and John McCain's speeches. 3) More entrapment in Madison. Dad comments on Capital Times website. 4) A letter to Dan from John McCain. 5) Pakistan protests coalition air strike.

Mail Bag: Earl sends in on the White House run being tied. (Earl has become a fan of Leo Laporte. ) Patrick - President C. D. Mote Jr. (University of Maryland) and the Amethyst Initiative. The Rest of the Show: 1) Obama's acceptance speech, awesome. 2) McCain's chose for Vice President, WTF. 3) Debra Bartoshevich ex-democratic delegate to do ads for McCain. 4) Putin accuses U. S. of orchestrating...

Mail Bag: Peter sends in one from Jack Cafferty - "In the 21st century. nations don't invade other nations." Mike sends in 2 this week. 1) Political author's name matches name on terrorist watch list. (James Moore) Dan goes off on a tangent between Mike's emails. 2) Name on government watch list threatens pilot's career. The Rest of the Show: 1) Joseph Biden, Hillary and the Democrats. 2) Georgia...

Mail Bag: Mike sends one in on Bill Cosby throwing his hat in the ring? The Rest of the Show: 1) A federal judge says University of California can deny religious course credits. 2) Middleton, WI school pool snafu settled. 3) Russia invades Georgia / U.S. invades Iraq........What's the difference? 4) The Beijing Olympics, so what! 5) Maureen Dowd says "Yes, she can". 6) Amy Goodman: Threats, lies a...

Earl joins Dan and John this week. Mail Bag: Mike sends in 2 this week 1) Woman thrown on live commuter rail for asking youths to stop smoking. 2) Continental flight attendant sues Pastor Joel Osteen's wife. The Rest of the Show: 1) Russia invades Georgia. 2) White House orders a forgery. 3) Ozone Hole. 4) Extraterrestrial life.

Mail Bag: Just one this week from Earl - Now the sky is falling; Sunscreen for fruits and vegetables. The Rest of the Show: 1) Follow up from show 102 on a Priest's publicity stunt gone very bad. Dan apologizes for his inappropriate laughing jag. 2) German court overthrows a smoking ban. 3) White supremacist's wife, Chloe Black employed by the Glades Academy. 4) Roberto Gonzales and his cohorts in...

Mail Bag: Patrick on Jesse Jackson in the news and an article by Shelby Steele. The Rest of the Show: 1) Follow up on a story from show #111 - A Democratic Delegate being ousted over McCain support. 2) Entrapment in Dane County. 3) Court tosses "Wardrobe Malfunction" fine. 4) Bush on the economy. 5) The news media teaching us lessons. 6) Ex cop may be charged in a case of man tazered to death. Sna...