400-408 – Charles Kesler, Director of the Salvatori Center (claremontmckenna.edu/salvatori), and Professor of Government at Claremont McKenna College, remembers William F. Buckley, Jr., who wrote over 50 books, hosted TV's Firing Line for 33 years, and founded National Review in 1955 – he was "the most important journalist of the last 75 years," and simply, "The Conservative." Kesler transcribed Buckley's final column just a few weeks ago.
• NRO Symposium, WFB: A Celebration – Remembering our friend and leader.
• Ann Coulter, William F. Buckley: R.I.P., Enfant Terrible.
• WSJ, Buckley Athwart History.
• I believe that the duel between Christianity and atheism is the most important in the world. I further believe that that the struggle between individualism and collectivism is the same struggle reproduced on another level. -- "God and Man at Yale," 1951
• At a press conference during his campaign for mayor of New York City: Do you have any chance of winning? Buckley: No. Q: Do you really want to be mayor? Buckley: I've never considered it. Q: Well, conservatively speaking, how many votes do you expect to get? Buckley: One. Q: And who would cast that vote? Buckley: My secretary.-- 1965 (When later asked what he would do if elected, he replied, "Demand a recount.")
• Henry Gibson: Mr. Buckley, I have noticed that whenever you appear on television, you're always seated. Is that because you can't think on your feet? Buckley: It's very hard to stand up carrying the weight of what I know. -- Appearance on "Laugh-In," 1970
(1:01) Here he jokes on MTP about not liking democrats and how the American voters are often smarter than our presidents.
(:34) Buckley talks about empowering voters again to vote conservative so change can happen.
413-423 – Charles Kesler. Buckley: his generosity, his grace, elegance, humor and joy, and his deep inspiration to a generation of conservatives.
428-437 – Help shape the sound of Christian Radio in Southern California! We need your input! Go to kkla.com and click on the "Your Opinion Counts" button for details! And, get details on our Alaskan cruise July 20-27 and learn how you can win a personal lunch with James Dobson, all at kkla.com!
(:52) Planned Parenthood of Central Ohio accepting a donation from UCLA law student James O'Keefe, posing as a man who wants to pay for the abortion of black children because "there's way too many black people in Ohio." The call took place on July 10, 2007.
PP: "Planned Parenthood Administration, this is Lisa."
O: "Hi. I am interested in making a donation today."
PP: "Let me put you through to Tim in our development office."
O: "Is there anyone I can speak to now?"
PP: "Me."
O: "Who am I speaking with now?"
PP: "My name is Lisa Hutton."
O: "Lisa, what is your position?"
PP: "Administrative assistant."
O: "When I underwrite an abortion, does that apply to minorities too?"
PP: "If you specifically want to underwrite it for a minority person, you can target it that way. You can specify that that's how you want it spent."
O: "Okay, yeah, because there's definitely way too may black people in Ohio. So, I'm just trying to do my part."
PP: "Hmm. Okay, whatever."
O: "Blacks especially need abortions too. So, that's what I'm trying to do."
PP: "Well, for whatever reason, we'll accept the money."
O: "Great, Thank You."
PP: "Mmmm, hmmm."
443-452 – Calls
458-508 – John Wohlstetter, senior fellow at the Discovery Institute overseeing their Technology and Democracy Project (discovery.org/technology), is out with his The Long War Ahead and the Short War Upon Us: Imperfect Civilization, Perfect Barbarism and WMD Terror. John blogs at letterfromthecapitol.com.
512-523 – Bob Palocsay, CEO of Halo Brand Coffee (halobrand.com), one of our great sponsors, shares the ministry of Halo. Talk to Bob personally at (800) 900-5282.
523 – [2:00] Don Rohde (818) 262-2092. For the past 34 years, Don has been a sales manager at Galpin, the #1 volume Ford dealer in the world for the past 18 consecutive years. Galpin has been family-owned and operated for the past 59 years, and 90% of their business is repeat or referral. Galpin offers Ford, Lincoln-Mercury, Honda, Mazda, Saturn, Volvo, Jaguar, and Aston Martin. Located in the heart of the San Fernando Valley at Roscoe and the 405.
528-539 – Dr. Bill Maier, vice president of Focus on the Family (family.org), on a new study that says that spanking your child may lead to sexual problems later in life.
• USA Today, Study: Spanking may lead to sexual problems later.
• Janice Shaw Crouse, The Incontrovertible Facts About Fathers.
539 – [1:30] The Money Guys Robert Micone/Bill O'Connor at Applied Financial, 866-SEEK-COUNSEL.
544-554 – • Fox News, Cops: Georgia Man Kills Motorcyclist Who Was Following Teen Daughters. It's not like the old days…
558-608 – Harry Jackson, (thetruthinblackandwhite.com), senior pastor of the 3,000 member Hope Christian Church in Washington, D.C., founder-chairman of the High Impact Leadership Coalition, and author of the Black Contract With America, on the congressional proposal to apologize for slavery which may lead to cash reparations paid to the ancestors of slaves.
• USA Today, Lawmakers to push for U.S. apology for slavery. Five states in the past year have passed apologies for slavery: Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, Alabama, and New Jersey. Will apologies lead to reparations?
(:52) Planned Parenthood accepting a donation from a man who wants to pay for the abortion of black children because "there's way too many black people in Ohio."
612-623 – • Fox News (2/27), Mock Gunman Drill Terrifies Students, faculty at North Carolina University. Elizabeth City State University in North Carolina ran a "test drill" with an armed intruder – but not everyone got the email and text messages sent out 5 days earlier, including the teacher whose classroom was held hostage by the gunman.
Help shape the sound of Christian Radio in Southern California! We need your input! Go to kkla.com and click on the "Your Opinion Counts" button for details! And, get details on our Alaskan cruise July 20-27 and learn how you can win a personal lunch with James Dobson, all at kkla.com!
628-639 – What happens when you didn't get the email?
644-655 – LA Councilwoman Janice Hahn (lacity.org), invites listeners to a fundraiser this Saturday for the family of slain L.A. SWAT member Randall Simmons. It will be at Niko's Pizza (nikospizzeria.com, 399 W. 6th street in San Pedro, at 6th and Mesa, (310) 241-1400), from 10am to midnight, with half of all sales going to the Simmons family.
(1:56) Engineer Annie's tribute to Barack Obama, the Candy Man.
Senator Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina and one of Mr. McCain's closest allies, said it would be incomprehensible to him if the son of a military member born in a military station could not run for president.
"He was posted there on orders from the United States government," Mr. Graham said of Mr. McCain's father. "If that becomes a problem, we need to tell every military family that your kid can't be president if they take an overseas assignment."
• Jim Kuhnhenn, Obama Fights False Links to Islam.
