ORLANDO TONIGHT!

As soon as today's program is wrapped up I'm hopping on AirTran to head to Orlando for tonight's 580 WDBO Meeting of the Mouths!  Sean Hannity, Neil Cavuto, James Carville, Clark Howard and myself will be at the TD Waterhouse Center before 5000+ listeners to engage in a free-wheeling exchange where (trust me) anything can happen.  Now ... I'm sure that some of you are saying "Boortz, you're such a hot-shot pilot, why aren't you flying your own airplane down there to Orlando!  Fine ... I'll tell you why.  Because the entire crew, Hannity, Carville and the rest of us, will be flying back to Atlanta after the event to do the same thing all over again tomorrow morning at 10:30 at the Cobb Civic Center!  Now ... get this!  Hannity has invited me to fly back to Atlanta with him on his private jet! (N750BJ)  Hey, I can't turn that down, so the Mooney stays in the hangar, at least until Sunday morning when it will be time for a little sightseeing in the North Georgia mountains. 

HEY!  LET'S MAKE A MOVIE!

Back to the indictment of Tom Delay for a moment.  Byron York reports in this column that Ronnie Earle, the liberal Democrat Texas prosecutor who brought the indictment seems to have Hollywood on his mind.  It seems that during the last two years Earle has given a film crew "extraordinary access" to his work on the DeLay case.  Read the column to find out more about the movie ... and ask your self whether or not you think there is something seamy about Earle actions.  You might also ask yourself what the Democrats would have done if Ken Starr had given a film crew access to his work on the Clinton investigation.  Yeah ... just imagine.

BILL BENNETT STEPS IN IT

These days, with race demagoguery the order of the day, sometimes even saying something outrageous just to make a point can cause quite a stir.  Such is the case with former Education Secretary and 'Book of Virtues' author Bill Bennett.  On his radio show Wednesday, Bennett said this to a caller:

"If you wanted to reduce crime, you could -- if that were your sole purpose -- you could abort every black baby in this country and your crime rate would go down."

Now, this is the statement that has quite a few Democrats and their counterparts in the race-baiting business in an uproar.  How could anyone say such a thing?  A bit insensitive, isn't it? By itself, the statement crosses the line.  But what is needed here is context. If you look at what Bennett said right after he made the remarks in question, the game changes a bit:

"That would be an impossibly ridiculous and morally reprehensible thing to do, but your crime rate would go down."  So how did it all come up?  Bennett was taking issue with the hypothesis of a recent book that concluded that crime was down because abortion was up. 

In other words, those complaining the loudest actually agree with Bennett.  Of course, that hasn't stopped Teddy Kennedy, Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi and others from showing their ignorance and complaining about his remarks. Bennett struck back last night with the best quote of the day:

"I'll not take instruction from Teddy Kennedy. A young woman likely drowned because of his negligence."  Good one!  Thank God there's someone out there who has the guts to bring that up.  I wonder if the Edgartown police department has spent all of the payoff money they received yet. 

RACE WARLORDS KEEPING BUSY

With the controversy swirling over Bill Bennett's remarks on his radio show, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Alphonso Jackson stepped in it himself yesterday over some supposedly racially insensitive remarks.  What was the secretary's crime?  Here's what he said, regarding the rebuilding of New Orleans, while visiting with some victims of Hurricane Katrina:

He said New Orleans would not reach it's former population of "500,000 people for a long time," and then he said "it's not going to be as black as it was for a long time, if ever again." Oops.  Oh, and by the way, Mr. Jackson is black.  That didn't matter...all that matters is he is a Republican member of the hated Bush administration.  The response was swift from Democrats who complained about the secretary's remarks.

This one won't go away either.  We've yet to hear from Calypso Louie Farrakhan at the Nation of Islam.  Remember, Louie says the neocons in the Bush administration blew the levees with explosives in order to flood the black part of the city.  Now the HUD secretary says the city won't be as black....the conspiracy has been confirmed!

A race hustler's work is never done.

JUDITH MILLER RELEASED

An interesting little tidbit made the news yesterday.....New York Times reporter Judith Miller was released from prison.  She's been sitting in the can for months for refusing to testify in the Valerie Plame leak case. The official line is that she was released from her obligation by her confidential source, and so now she'll testify.  So who was she protecting?  According to the New York Times, it's Vice President Cheney's Chief of Staff I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby. 

But why did Miller sit in jail for so long? According to Libby's lawyer, Miller had a waiver of the confidentiality agreement with Libby a year ago.  Looks like Judith Miller sat in prison for no reason.  Must have been fun!

So what's next?  Surely it won't be long before Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald announces his indictment...if there's even one.  Oh, and by the way, does anybody know if Valerie Plame was even a covert agent at the time she was outed?

Imagine if Fitzgerald announces no charges are being filed.....think how hysterical Democrats will become. This is a story to watch.

Poor, poor grieving Cindy Sheehan

KEEP AIR AMERICA ALIVE!

Well ... when you have to actually pay radio stations to carry your show (instead of them running your spots or paying you) it can get expensive.  So, it's no wonder that Air America is in dire financial straits.  Trust me --- if Air America fails the talk shows you actually want to listen to will be threatened.  Liberals will immediately start a campaign to have the rest of the talk radio universe -- that being conservative and libertarian  talk show hosts -- either taken off the air or severely restricted.  So --- here's your link to donate a few bucks to keep Air America going.  I'm not asking you to do anything I haven't done.  I contributed $100.  I just can't wait for my stylish tote.  Also --- your contributions could keep the Air America people from raiding the coffers of another Boys and Girls Club.

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READING ASSIGNMENTS

Looks like New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin and Nation of Islam Leader Louis Farrakhan have a history of cozying up to each other.  You may remember Nagin hired a Nation of Islam official to conduct sensitivity training in his police department.

Your tax dollars at work: FEMA signed a $236 million deal with Carnival Cruise Lines to provide ships to house Katrina victims...and now they sit empty.  Oh, and by the way, Greece offered ships for free.

Stanley Crouch says it's time to call street culture what it is: not authentic, but destructive.  He also says people should listen to Bill Cosby.  Good plan.

So what will the big issue be in the 2008 presidential campaign?  Taxes?  The deficit?  James Pinkerton says polls are starting to show illegal immigration rising to the top of people's lists. The GOP doesn't look too good on this one.

These should be good times for the Democrats....what with George Bush's perceived mishandling of Katrina, high gas prices, the Iraq war and so on. So why is the left so demoralized?  Howard Fineman explains.

As predicted, the media is ignoring the political partisanship of Texas DA Ronnie Earle in the Tom DeLay indictment.  The Media Research Center reports on CBS' reporting.

The anti-war movement is not well served by its leadership, beginning with Cindy Sheehan.  Charles Krauthammer says mothers of fallen soldiers who support the war also deserve the same standing and coverage.

President Bush has yet to veto a single spending bill, and is on track to become the highest-spending president in history. Tony Snow breaks down the second Bush term.

With low poll numbers and multiple controversies, George W. Bush seems to be a bit on the ropes.  But David Limbaugh says he may be down, but he's not out.  After all, he did get re-elected to a second term.

Speaking of government overspending, Mona Charen details a case where 700 firefighters trying to volunteer for Katrina relief sat  in an Atlanta hotel room for days getting sexual harassment training from FEMA.  That's just the tip of the iceberg.

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President Bush's nicknames for people.

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