Today's Nuze: August 12, 2004

By Neal Boortz

Thursday, August 12, 2004

A FEW RANDOM THOUGHTS TO CHUM THE TALK RADIO WATERS

The Kerry campaign is accusing Bush of "looking back," focusing on the past. This from the campaign based on nothing but four short months from a calendar page thirty years old.

If the election were held in Israel Bush would win by a landslide, yet Jews in America will probably vote Democratic, as they usually do. Could someone explain this to me?

I know there are some of you out there who would like to see me try to fly my Mooney back to Atlanta from Orlando on Saturday morning ... right in the middle of that weather. Sorry, but I think I'm going to disappoint you.

I'm getting a lot of emails from people who are tired of my insensitive and intemperate comments about fat folks. In answer to your question: Yes, I have to constantly watch my weight. Here's a hint: I'm not your problem. You are.

Wait until you hear the "Morning Sickness" on today's Neal Boortz Show. This one truly is sick.

For those of you who enjoyed the "Blondestar" bit on my show yesterday, there's more at http://www.smartelic.com>

Why hasn't there been any defense of Dr. Louis Letson in the mainstream media? Why do people like Bill O'Reilly and Alan Colmes still refuse to recognize that he was, in fact, a real honest-to-goodness physician when he put that band aid on Kerry's first Purple Heart wound? Why aren't other talk show hosts coming to his defense? Just curious.

Do you want a few examples of some recent hate mail? Here you go! Message: you are as stupid as a carpet bag if you had a brain you'd actually use it o and why don't you get a life while your at it. Pretty good, don't you think?

FRANCE TROUBLE FOR LANCE

We learn this morning of troubles for six-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong. It seems the French are preparing an announcement that Armstrong will be stripped of his 6th title due to negative results from a random check for contraband. Residues of three substances banned by the French have been found in tests; toothpaste, deodorant and soap.

THERE TRULY ARE IDIOTS OUT THERE

I've included bits from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution's "Vent" before. The "Vent" features quick statements called in by readers. Here's what one reader has to say in today's edition:

"I want a president who can better relate to the struggle of everyday people like myself. One of the best questions ever asked of a presidential candidate was, "What's the price of a gallon of milk?" Needless to say, that candidate didn't know."

Now here is a person who is going to base a vote on whether or not a candidate knows the price of a gallon of milk. As I've said before, our problem isn't that enough people don't vote. Our problem is that we have too many idiots who are allowed to vote.

THE POODLE'S LUCKY HAT

Not actual lucky hat

The Kerry campaign will not respond to the allegation by the Swift Boat Veterans that he did not spend any time in Cambodia during his tour of duty in Vietnam. The Poodle says he did, and has repeated the story on several occasions, including a speech in 1986 on the Senate floor, which went like this: "I remember Christmas of 1968 sitting in a gunboat in Cambodia. I remember what it was like to be shot at by Vietnamese and Khmer Rouge and Cambodians, and have the president of the United States tell the American people I was not there' the troops were not in Cambodia." Nice little speech. The only problem say the Swiftees, is that Kerry was never there. Ever. They say that during Christmas of 1968, The Poodle was more than 50 miles away from Cambodia. They assert that he was never ordered there, and had he gone, he would have been court-martialed. All of the surviving officers in his chain of command say he was never sent there. So who's lying? This is starting to get really interesting. These are not just situations where people are recalling the same events differently. Somebody is lying outright...who is it? There are apparently a number of other allegations made in the 'Unfit for Command' book that The Poodle is lying about his service in Vietnam. Are all of the Swift Boat Vets liars and is John Kerry the one telling the truth? The Poodle also has talked about carrying a "lucky hat" given to him by a CIA guy when they supposedly ran missions to Cambodia. He talked about it in a Washington Post interview over a year ago. Is he carrying a fictitious lucky hat? Could it be that John Kerry has not only distorted his Vietnam service, but just made stuff up? Is he just a serial liar? It's sure looking that way. Since he has made his service in Vietnam one of his #1 campaign themes, doesn't the public have a right to know the facts about his four months there? More on this to come, for sure.

BUSH CALLS SALES TAX "INTERESTING"

It looks like all might not be lost when it comes to the idea of replacing the federal income tax with a national sales tax (the Fair tax plan.) The idea was floated recently by Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert while he was promoting his new book and he intimated that the Bush administration might be open to such a plan, getting people's hopes up that something might actually get done on the issue. Unfortunately, he came out later and clarified his comments, saying that he supported the idea, but didn't know of a plan by the Bush administration to take up the proposal in a second term. Oh well. But now there seems to be a slight glimmer of hope, even thought it's not much - it's still something. Campaigning in Florida at an "Ask President Bush" forum, somebody asked the president about the idea of a national sales tax. Bush said "It's an interesting idea. You know, I'm not exactly sure how big the national sales tax is going to have to be, but it's the kind of interesting idea that we ought to explore seriously." Two things here: one, he said going to be...not might be. That's encouraging. The other is he said it ought to be explored seriously. There's still hope to abolish the IRS and end the confiscation of income once and for all.

KOBE CRIMINAL CASE DEAD

As predicted, prosecutors threw in the towel in the criminal prosecution of Kobe Bryant yesterday. In a court filing made public yesterday, the prosecutor said the recent release of closed-door testimony hurt the chances of getting a fair jury. Yeah...whatever. Now onto the real reason: The Accuser ain't gonna testify. Oh ... they might call her to the stand, but she's not going to cooperate. She doesn't want to have to get up there and explain her apparent penchant for multiple sexual partners over a period of hours. So, no Accuser on the stand, no conviction. On top of that, if the judge were to allow her mental health and medical history into evidence, their case would be sunk even further. You can stick a fork in this one. So, that leaves us with the civil case! What fun! Kobe Bryant will not go to jail, he's just going to be pressured to cough up some money ... money to this young lady who was so distraught after her vicious rape by Kobe that she immediately got it on with somebody else right away. So now the ball is in Kobe's court. Does he move forward with the civil trial and make The Accuser testify on the stand? Or will he just pay her to go away...which is what she is hoping for, and wanted all along.

I'm repeating myself here ... but I want the "I told you so" credit when this becomes a reality. Kobe is going to be under relentless pressure to settle up and pay some big bucks to Blondie. If he doesn't capitulate rather quickly her attorneys and PR flacks will start dropping dark hints that Kobe's refusal to "do what's right" is nothing less than a continued assault on this poor young innocent flower of Colorado womanhood. This one is all-too-easy to plot.

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READING ASSIGNMENTS

I've told you before about the website bugmenot.com. This website will provide you with phony user names and passwords to get into news websites that require registration. Now bugmenot.com has a registration process of their own, but only for those who are part of the "register to log on" crowd. It's priceless. Take a look.

More bad news for The Poodle: an online AOL poll is forecasting a Bush landslide, with 58% of the vote. Kerry wins 2 states. Wouldn't that be something? sKerry says a million black voters were disenfranchised in the 2000 presidential election. It didn't happen, and Larry Elder has an interview with someone who knows. Democrats are doing everything they can to keep people from reading 'Unfit for Command.' Ann Coulter tells us why in her usual way.

Here are some random thoughts from Thomas Sowell which, from anyone else, would just be random thoughts, but in this case it is reading that is not to be missed.

Professor Mike Adams has a column about a university that wants to ban free speech it doesn't like. The McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform legislation restricts free speech and in a case George Will points out, is giving government more control over who can say what in elections.

The Poodle says that even knowing everything we know now, he would have still been in favor of the war in Iraq. William F. Buckley finds this interesting, because the majority of the Democrats are against the war.

'Unfit for Command' is either a pack of lies by a bunch of politically motivated swift boat vets or is an account of John Kerry's reckless actions in Vietnam. Which is it? Tony Blankley has read the book, and has some observations.

Did The Poodle serve in Cambodia? He says he did, other's say he didn't....who cares, right? Well, we should care writes Zev Chafets.

This is entertaining.....The Kerry campaign is accusing President Bush of looking backwards with some political ads that talk about 9/11....yet The Poodle can't stop looking backwards at his service in Vietnam 30 years ago.

People who believe the terrorism warnings are being used for partisan purposes are way off the mark and are not helping America, writes Dick Morris.

Too bad the presidential election isn't being held in Israel....Bush is winning almost 3 to 1.

The mother of all morning sickness stories: woman dies on couch.

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