Monday - February 26, 2007
TONIGHT ... DALLAS!  We're broadcasting from Houston, Texas today and
then taking the Somebody's Gotta Say It book tour to Dallas!
Details on tonight's book signing are below. Again ... Now that the first
week of sales are under our belt, all I can say is thanks. I know that
Somebody's Gotta Say It will debut on the New York Times bestseller's list
.... the only question is where. Better than than our debut position would
be the wonderful comments I've been receiving from people who have already
bought and read the book. Negative comments? Sure ... generally from
government school teachers who haven't read the book but who have heard that
there may be some intemperate comments about teacher's unions buried in there
somewhere.
BOOK SIGNINGS!  Ok ... here's the schedule for the rest of the week:
Monday, Dallas, Texas. Come on down to the Barnes & Noble,
7700 W. Northwest in Dallas. I'll start signing at 7pm.
Tuesday, Austin, Texas. I'll be at Barnes & Noble, 10000
Research Blvd. in Austin at 7pm. Show me Austin isn't just full of
liberals. Wednesday, College Station, Texas. I love getting
back to College Station! Drop by and say Howdy! at Hastings in
College Station at 6pm.
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More signings this week in Las Vegas and
Grand Junction, Colorado and then back to the Atlanta area early next week.
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 TODAY ON THE NEAL BOORTZ SHOW
Now the further west we get the earlier we have to get to
our studio to start the show. We're in Houston today ... so the show
starts at 7:30 on our clock. What I'm doing here is making an excuse for
the paucity of program notes. Book signings at night .. show in the
morning ... travel in the afternoon .. you get the picture. Having said
that, there are some interesting things to cover today.  Fair Tax! Yesterday afternoon I had a
meeting with the new executive director of
Americans for Fair Taxation and his
staff. There have been a lot of changes in the organization that developed
and is promoting the FairTax .. and I have a lot of very encouraging information
to share with you today. Last night I had dinner with Leo Linbeck and Bob
McNair, two Houston businessmen who got together the funding and began the
research that led to the creation of the FairTax. I don't think I've even
been in the presence of such brainpower in my life. We'll talk about it
today with a guest from the FairTax organization.
Texas Lottery: You won't believe what the
State of Texas is doing to its citizens. They sell scratch-off lottery
tickets with big prizes. But you would think that when those prizes have
been won they would pull the lottery tickets off the market. Not so.
We'll tell you today
how Texas is scamming the poor saps who buy lottery
tickets. If any private business did this the owners and officers would be
put in jail. Teens killed in chase: This one
happened in Atlanta. You have
six teenagers in a stolen car. [bugmenot] The
police give chase. The car crashes. Two teens take the eternal
celestial dirt nap. Then, of course, we blame the police. A friend
of one of the teens gives us this "he was a good teen who fell in with a bad
crowd" crap. Horsesqueeze. Good teens don't fall in with bad crowds.
Bad teens fall in with bad crowds. Al Gore wins an Oscar: Talk about horsesqueeze. This is the Hollywood Crowd getting their licks in for their
hero, Owlgore. They're still not over the fact that he lost in 2000.
He couldn't even carry his home state.
So they give him an Oscar for his
little documentary .... Grammy awards all over again. Boo Got Shot! Yup ... you'll hear it
today. The Houston listeners have insisted. OK ... now let's see what sort of notes my staff has
put together for me today ..... 
Mike Mitchell sent this photo from one of his Marine Corp buddies. 'Nuff said.
MEXICO UPSET AT US AGAIN
Mexico's Congress (there's a Mexican Congress? Evidently yes.) Anyway, they're
upset because they say
our border fence has gone 10 yards into Mexico.
Fine...perhaps we should file a complaint because 12 million of their citizens
have gone several miles into our country? I guess that doesn't count. So what
are we going to do about this border dispute? Perhaps we should've filed a
request for an easement with the Mexican consulate ahead of time.
The alleged violation has taken place at the border with Arizona, where the
Mexicans are complaining workers and equipment have strayed into their space.
The U.S. Ambassador has released a statement saying "The US is sensitive to
Mexican concerns.....and has the deepest respect for the integrity of the
sovereignty of Mexican soil." We do? Well, we shouldn't....they have no
respect for our border, so why should we respect theirs? But fear not...there
will be high level talks soon. Condoleezza Rice will be in Canada to meet with
her Mexican counterpart to talk about border security.
It's funny how in all of Mexico's complaining about the United States, nobody
ever asks them why millions of their people flee their country every year. I
mean, really...you'd think they'd be a bit embarrassed. Evidently not. At any
rate, we should tell them to take their complaint and shove it. Besides, what
are they going to do? Nothing, of course.
THIS IS JUST TOO GOOD
 A news report today says
Al Sharpton is related to a slave once owned by Strom
Thurmond's ancestors. Obviously, Al will now have to sue for reparations. In other race
hustler news, Louis Farrakhan is calling for the impeachment of President Bush.
Evidently this was Farrakhan's last speech, due to failing health. Get well,
Calypso Louie.....where would we be without your racism? Anyway, back to Sharpton.
The link between Sharpton and Thurmond was discovered by a genealogist website.
The media is acting as if Thurmond himself held slaves...but the once champion
of segregation wasn't that old. His great, great grandfather's daughter held
Sharpton's ancestor as a slave. So what will Al Sharpton do? Well, obviously
since he's back in the headlines because of this news, he'll have to do
something about it. Time to make some hay.
You know, Virginia has recently apologized for slavery. This could be Al's
time...time to bring the issue of reparations for slavery back up. Obviously Al
is owed money...there was a slave in his family! Time to cash in. If she's
smart, Sharpton will champion the cause...and push for the reparations E.B.T.
The fact that
Strom Thurmond's name has come up...priceless.
GEARING UP TO BOMB IRAN
Iran has been naughty lately...defying the United Nations and refusing to stop
enriching uranium. According to media reports,
Israel has requested permission
from the United States to fly over Iraq on a bombing run to Tehran. We should
let them.....time to bomb the reactors and put Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in his
place. But the mere mention of bombing Iran sends the left into an absolute
panic.
Now we hear news that there are
generals at the Pentagon that will resign if we
attack Iran. Why? Will those same generals resign if Iran sells a nuclear
weapon to Al-Qaeda? What about if Iran bombs Tel Aviv? You don't hear too much
about that. The way the media positions the terrorist state, you would think we
would be bombing Canada.
And what is Iran going to do? Terrorist groups backed by Iran say that the
country is expecting to be attacked...and is going to order terrorist attacks
against Israeli and American interests. And by the way, Iran is a terrorist
state that backs terrorist groups....in case you didn't know.
Don't these people at the Pentagon watch '24?' Evidently not.
WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY ABOUT SOMEBODY'S GOTTA SAY
IT! Shirley: [Shirls@ome.com] I and so sick of hearing you run your big fat mouth on and on
about your "book"! It is sickening. It is just another scheme of
yours to make money by fleecing the pockets of your so called
disciples of the church of the painful truth. You are nothing more
than a loud mouth, no talent, bomb throwing opportunist who plays on
the emotional insecurities of a profoundly ignorant segment of the
public. The only difference between you and the equally vile
Democrats and liberals is that you operate under the cover of
Liberterianism and false conservatism. You are all enemies of what
is great about this nation. When you finally depart this earth, and
it can't come soon enough, I hope yo burn in hell. Chad: Great book. As has been all of your books. I'm not a "reader"
because most books are boring. Even Cutie Pies' books make me skip a
few pages just to get to the end and be done. Your books have always
been so damn interesting and GREAT conversation pieces.One last
thing.... I've noticed that you always give Rush tons of praise and
I understand Rush has led the way for talk radio and has done alot
for conservatives.That being said, truth is... your show is far more
entertaining. Keep it up! Ken: Just sent an e-mail, read your latest newz, if your book is
number one, that's how I will treat it....I'll do number one on it.
David: I don't always agree with you, particularly when you talk about
immigration or atheism, since I'm an atheist (and an intelligent
one) who supports open immigration. But I'm about halfway through
your new book and I think I'm in love with you.
This causes a problem for me, since I'm getting married in 2
weeks...to a woman. It wouldn't be as much of an issue if you didn't
look so damned fine in that cowboy hat on the back flap of the
cover.
Gig 'em |
REDNECK SCRAP BOOK It's good to know that you can easily get
a good cut of meat in Baton
Rouge. More in the Redneck Scrap
Book.
READING ASSIGNMENTS
Dick Cheney has made a surprise visit to Pakistan to seek Pervez Musharraf's
help with combating the Taliban and Al-Qaeda. According to media reports, he's
there to deliver the message that aid to his country could be cut if Pakistan
doesn't play ball more. Good.
The Virginia General Assembly voted to express "profound regret" for its role in
slavery. You know what this means....reparations. Their "profound regret"
is going to wind up costing them big money. Not one person living today had any
role in the slave trade. Not one.
Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign is putting her opponents on notice
that the impeachment of her husband is off-limits. She also doesn't want them
bringing up the conduct that led to the impeachment. This is going to be a fun
campaign...how long do you think it will take Obama to mention it? Oh...and
Whitewater, anyone? Travelgate?
The media loves to stoke the flames of the draft....working an ignorant public
into a frenzy about a possible military draft. Even though it will never
happen,
a recent poll did find that 3 in 4 Americans oppose the draft. Which is why
there will never be one. Ever.
Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman has written an op-ed for the Wall Street
Journal urging his colleagues in the Congress to step back from the Iraq
debate and carefully consider what to do next. Lieberman knows what's up when
it comes to terrorism...don't miss this one.
Anti-war Democrats are going to find themselves in a bit of a pickle this week,
according to Robert Novak. He says the Democrats can't expect the anti-war
Republicans to bail them out on their 2002 vote authorizing the war in Iraq.
And Democrats did vote to authorize the war, by the way.
Every so often, Professor Mike Adams publishes a list of colleges to
attend....since so many of his readers are trying to avoid the leftist
universities he writes about.
Today on his list of recommendations: Texas A&M University.
Celebrity worshiping is spinning out of control..and Brent Bozell says it's
different this time. It used to be people worshiped the characters
celebrities played...now people are just famous for being famous. Bozell notes
that there are now whole channels dedicated to celebrity worship.
So here we are, deep into the primary campaigns for the 2008 presidential
nomination.
But Michael Barone wants to know, where's the beef? A quick perusal of
campaign websites seems to show political substance is running a bit thin.
With Clint Eastwood's film "Letters From Iwo Jima" winning some Oscars last
night,
George Will examines the controversy surrounding World War II. Just how
many people were killed by the Allies in that war? Read on to find out.
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