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"Greed is Bad, Americans Must Learn to Spread the Wealth"

...Was the message put forth by the President before embarking upon his celebrity fund raising tour in Las Vegas and Hollywood:

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White House Scapegoating GM Bondholders

While it is one thing to have the Gov't bailout GM..it is entirely something different for the White House to put forth a legal strategy designed to keep the individual bondholders off balance and unable to have their FAIR day in court.

The consequences for the corporate debt market and faith in the U.S. financial markets (as well as individual property rights issues) go far beyond this one instance.

Take a listen to my interview with Washington Times Economic reporter Patrice Hill:

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First Jihadi Cell Busted in the United States: What Does It Mean?

Global Security Expert (and Cruise For America speaker www.CruiseForAmerica.com) DR. WHALID PHARES writes that:

Today’s announcement of the foiled terror plot is a stark reminder that we are still under attack — eight years after the September 11 massacres. And if we are under attack, it means that we are still at war, a real one, not a “man-made disaster.”

Is full commentary here:

http://foxforum.blogs.foxnews.com/2009/05/21/phares_terror_plot/
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My Op Ed In Today's Wash Times: America's Story of Ingratitude

My Op-ed in today's Washington Times. An important story unknown to most Americans, untold by the media and ignored by Congress:

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/may/20/shameful-story-of-ingratitude/
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My Take of Sheriff's Race Today on 'Good Morning San Diego

This morning I had the opportunity to discuss the San Diego County Sheriff's Race...plus...a couple of other newsworthy items on KUSI TV.

http://www.kusi.com/news/goodmorning/45316207.html?video=YHI&t=a

Today on KUSI TV's 'Good Morning San Diego'
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Welcome To ObamaLand

This weeks lineup features:

MONDAY: BERNARD KERIK, former NYC Police Commissioner joins us live at 9PM to give his views and opinion on several key security issues.

KUSI TV Meatorologist Joe Lizura also joins me to discuss 'earthquake preparedness' in light of yesterdays' LA quake.

TUESDAY: British journalist JAMES DELINGPOLE joins me live from London in the 10:00 hour to talk about his new book:

'Welcome To ObamaLand: I Have Seen Your Future and It Doesn't Work'

your Phone Calls Toll Free at 888.344.1170


Keep checking back for more updates!

The Rick Amato Show, 9p-11p on 1170 KCBQ San Diego online at AmatoTalk.com
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Chalk One Up For Local Talk Radio?

For several weeks we have been calling on the SD County Board of Supervisors to do the right thing and select an interim Sheriff who is NOT a candidate for the position in the 2010 election.

In fact we have "literally" been calling, as we have placed phone messages "live on the air" to each supervisor inviting them to come on the show and explain their position...and our listening audience placed a flood of phone calls to their offices with the same message.

Today it is being reported that the Board of supervisors will indeed do the right thing and go through a selection process instead of just appointing Asst. Sheriff Bill Gore to serve the retiring Kolender's remaining term.

Bravo for local talk radio...Bravo to our loyal audience...Bravo to the Board of supervisors..and .may the best candidate be selected June 23rd!

We would like to thank both Barry Jantz for bringing the situation to our attention initially and Anthony Porrello for providing us with 'behind the scenes' info.


http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2009/05/14/news/sandiego/z2663b0248aa8a363882575b5005c53c1.txt
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Bernard Kerik Headlines Week


Bernard Kerik Headlines Week
 

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In studioGreetings Friends,

 News, views and updates...

 




Bernard Kerik Joins Me Live Monday Night

                             
Former NYC Police Commissioner BERNARD KERIK joins me live on the show Monday night.  Among the topics: Kerik's opinion on  comments made by  Dick Cheyney regarding the Obama administration making America "less safe" and having a "pre-9/11 mindset" ...plus ...the proposed closing of GITMO and others.

We will take your phone calls 'live' for Bernard Kerik at 888.344.1170





National Spokesman For AmericanBullion.com

 
AmericanBullion.com has tapped me to become their new national spokesman.

CEO Brian Ozkhan had this to say,

"Rick Amato spent over 15 years on Wall Street advising clients on investment choices. Each night on the radio he now covers the key political stories and top current events impacting Americans. He has a great working relationship with The Washington Times, one of the nations top political newspapers. Politics, the economy and current events are the things which effect investments, including GOLD. We see this as a natural fit".

AmericanBullion.com with offices in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles has impressed me with their ethical, experienced and highly knowledgeable staff.

CLICK HERE to receive your FREE GOLD GUIDE!




Media Hypocrisy

Money For Nothing.  In mid-March The Chicago Tribune lambasted AIG in their editorial pages for paying-out hefty executive bonuses.

Last week-
the Tribune Co. - which owns the Chicago Tribune, the Los Angeles Times, the Baltimore Sun, the Hartford Courant and other dailies - received permission from a Delaware bankruptcy judge to pay out $13.3 million in bonuses to their executives.

Their rationale? The VERY SAME reasoning which they criticized AIG

for using.

Jennifer Harper of The Washington Times has the story here.




Michelle Obama and Aunt Esther

    

                                      Aunt Esther, Sanford & Son

Apparently there is no limit to the gushing love affair between pop culture institutions and their liberal agenda.
 
It wasn't until People Magazine named several members of the Obama administration to its' "100 Most Beautiful People" list- including the First Lady- that we thought we would share what has been on our mind for quite some time.

I'm not saying they are a spittin' image of each other- there is an obvious age difference-... but.... family resemblance, aunt/niece, mother/daughter
?

You decide.




A Victory For Local Talk Radio?

For several weeks we have been calling on the SD County Board of Supervisors to do the right thing and select an interim Sheriff who is NOT a candidate for the position in the 2010 election.

In fact we have "literally" been calling, as we have placed phone messages "live on the air" to each supervisor inviting them to come on the show and explain their position...and our listening audience placed a flood of phone calls to their offices with the same message.

  It is now being reported that the Board of supervisors will APPARENTLY  do the right thing and go through a selection process instead of just appointing Asst. Sheriff Bill Gore to serve the retiring Kolender's remaining term.

We will continue to watch and monitor.



You can catch me this Monday around 8:00-ish on 'Good Morning San Diego' on KUSI TV.

Topics: The San Diego Sheriff's Race, and 'Who benefit's when local newspapers, like the San Diego U-T, decline in size and influence?





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Mike Whitmarsh Memorial Golf Tournament

My good friend Cindy Whitmarsh has organized the 1st Annual 'Mike Whitmarsh Memorial Golf Tournament' in memory of her loving husband.

Mike Whitmarsh of course is the former Silver Medalist in Olympic beach volleyball and 15 year veteran on the pro beach volleyball tour. Tragically Mike passed away recently at the age of 46.

The tournament is in San Clemente with a dinner to follow. Several Padres and Dodger players are expected to be present as well as Mike Dodd, Mike Whitmarsh's former teammate.

Proceeds will go to help various causes in need.

For sign up information, click below:

http://www.evite.com/pages/invite/viewInvite.jsp?inviteId=WFHKGLJZLHEBJXAMUSIE&li=iq&src=email
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Next Year's Headliner at the White House Correspondents Dinner: Rick Amato

Hey, stranger things have happened and anything's possible! But you don't have to wait for this booking to enjoy what Rick has to say. Just tune in nightly from 9 to 11 p.m. on "The Rick Amato Show" on KCBQ AM 1170. This week's lineup:

Monday: Chuck DeVore, California State Assemblyman from Orange County and United States Senate candidate talks about being sued by singer Don Henley. for his parody of Henley's song "The Boys of Summer."

Tuesday: Cindy Whitmarsh previews the First Annual Mike Whitmarsh Memorial Golf Tournament. Mike ws a fomer Olympic silver medalist in   beach volleyball and spent 15 years on the professional circuit. He passed away unexpectedly at age 46. Also on the Tuesday show, Sunday host Bob Siegel talks about his upcoming debate with an atheist at a local church on Thursday night.

Wednesday:  Tireless advocate Angie Pietrolungo Robert talks about the upcoming Arthritis Walk fundraiser... plus the latest edition of "The Editor's Buzz" with Washington Times Executive Editor John Solomon.

Thursday: Guest host Gayle Falkenthal says anything goes this week, so you better tune in and find out what she's got in store.

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Pop Culture Wars


Pop Culture Wars
 

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In studioGreetings Friends,

From Hollywood to the mainstream media- from college campuses to the public school system-liberals have effectively infiltrated and influenced America's pop culture.

 For recent evidence of their success (as if one is needed) look no further than the Rasmussen Poll which indicated that among people under 30, Americans are split about 50/50 on whether or not Socialism or Capitalism is the best system for America.  Or Miss California Carrie Prejean, who has been labeled as "the hateful face of bigotry" merely for having a difference of opinion or belief on the gay marriage issue.

On The Rick Amato Show we are exposing examples of hypocrisy and intimidation by the left in pop culture, whenever presented with an opportunity.

Recommended Website: Andrew Breitbart's BIG HOLLYWOOD.


Don Henley v. Chuck DeVore

DeVore     Obma As Boys of summer  Henley

California State Assemblyman, and candidate for U.S Senator against Barbara Boxer, Chuck DeVore is being sued by politically liberal Don Henley of The Eagles.

Henley has a long history of using his music to promote his political agenda and the former hit The Boys of Summer is no different.

Henley says that the second verse of the song-the one with the line about seeing "a Dead Head sticker on a Cadillac"-was about the essential failure of Sixties' politics: "I don't think we changed a damn thing, frankly.  After all our marching and shouting and screaming didn't work, we withdrew and became yuppies and got into the Me Decade."

DeVore has written a celever parody of "The Boys of Summer" which turns the song upside down.  It substitutes Barack Obama for the singers' love interest and has Henley (and other outspoken celebrity liberals) dreaming wistfully of the time before President Obama's election.  (Click here to read the words).

The song asks whether the partys' naïve love affair can survive the circumstances since,  President Obama's broken promises and failure to deliver on the promised "hope"
.

Henly is suing DeVore for copyright infringement. DeVore counters that this is a first amendment issue.

Chuck DeVore joins me tonight (Monday, May 11) as my guest to discuss the Henley lawsuit and his candidacy for U.S. Senator.

For the record, Don Henley has contributed $9,000- to Barbara Boxer, DeVore's upcoming opponent.

Listen in 9pm-11pm on 1170 KCBQ in San Diego or online at AmatoTalk.com.



Barack Obama: Jokes About the President Are 'Off Limits'

Evan

While late night TV talk show hosts and others have a long standing tradition of making U.S. Presidents the butt of jokes and humor, this President is apparently 'off limits'.

The current talking points are that there is nothing funny to write. That this president is simply "too cool, too sophisticated to write anything that will deliver a laugh".

"It's not true and it's all a bunch of crap designed to promote their own personal liberal agenda", says a recent guest on the show Evan Sayet.

Sayet- who is a former writer for Bill Maher, Arcenio Hall and Ben Stein- says "Barack Obama provides plenty of humorous material from his what he says and what he does".

Sayet is a liberal turned conservative  and is now a stand up comic, instead of writing lines for others. He often performs at The Laugh Factory in Hollywood.

Sayet- who delivered what has been called
"one of the five most important conservative speeches to The Heritage Fdtn"- says that he does not believe that Bill Maher is nearly as liberal as the chracter he plays on his HBO TV show.

Interestingly, Andrew Breitbart said the same thing of Arianna Huffington, whom he helped launch The Huffington Post.

I HIGHLY RECOMMEND YOU LISTEN TO THE EVAN SAYET INTERVIEW (Wed. May 6th).  He is a true original thinker and provides thought provoking insight of his journey from liberal to conservative. TRUST ME.  IT IS WORTH THE LISTEN.


Elsewhere....

Mike Whitmarsh Memorial

             
Good friend Cindy Whitmarsh joins the show Tuesday May 12th
to talk about the upcoming 1st Annual Mike Whitmarsh Memorial Golf Tournament.

Mike Whitmarsh of course is the former Silver Medalist in Olympic beach volleyball and 15 year veteran on the pro beach volleyball tour.

Mike passed away unexpectedly recently at the age of 46.  Cindy has organized the tournament in memory of her husband.



Hot Jazz Talent in San Diego

San Diego is home to one of the exciting new jazz talents who is making her name big on the international scene,  Sacha Boutros.  Sacha also joins us Tuesday evening to give us a behind the scenes look at her rise to stardom.


Michael Steele:  Self-Inflicted Wounds Fatal?

Two weeks ago RNC Chair Michael Steele defiantly told his would-be party detractors that he was in charge and any notion to the contrary was foolhardy.  Last week he conceded power to the very same people.

What in the devil is going on and will he survive?  According to National Correspondent for The Washington Times Ralph Hallow- and as close as any journalist there is to the inside story- Michael Steele's behavior has even his closest allies and staunchest supporters puzzled and concerned.

Odds of Survival:
Hallow believes Steele will survive "because a term is only two years and the RNC doesn't need a messy change at this point".

John Solomon, Executive Editor of The Washington Times also believes Steele will survive, but for differant reasons: "With the current state of the republican party there is aren't any strong powers above him to force a downward change".

TO HEAR THIS EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH RALPH HALLOW ON MICHAEL STEELE, CLICK HERE.



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                             The Rick Amato Show
                      
1170
                          From the edge of America
                           Weeknights 9pm-11pm


               
Washington Times Radio
On the WSradio network, the Apple iPhone, WashingtonTimes.com and    AmatoTalk.com
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Michael Steele Self-Imploding, US-Israeli Nuke Accord In Jeopardy: Podcast Now Up!

I caught up today with RALPH HALLOW, Senior Correspondent for The Washington Times who has been following the MICHAEL STEELE saga and also with ELI LAKE National Security reporter for TWT on two EXCLUSIVE stories.

Listen On Demand 24/7:

http://www.wsradio.com/internet-talk-radio.cfm/shows/Washington-Times-Inside-the-Story-Radio.html
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It's Positively Contagious - The Rick Amato Show

Talk about viral marketing! No masks called for when listening to "The Rick Amato Show." This is the kind of talk radio program we want to spread far and wide... no antidote needed! So spread... the word.

Coming up this week on the show:

Monday: Rick makes a brief appearance, and then he'll hand off to guest host Richard Rider. He talks with former San Diego City Councilmember and Libertarian activist Fred Schnaubelt. A long time Realtor, Fred has a strong free market viewpoint, and it showed during his tour of duty at City Hall.  He periodically writes columns for the San Diego Daily Transcript.  In the second hour, Richard will discuss education issues including PC, bias, school choice, affirmative action -- "no child left behind" -- you name it.

Tuesday: Rick's back in action with guest Mark Meckler, coordinator for all of California's Tea Parties, and the national coordinator and founder of the Sacramento Tea Party. Meckler talks about the California Tea Party's move to unite with the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association to put some bite behind the bark.

Wednesday: Joining Rick is former writer for Bill Maher and liberal turned conservative stand up comic Evan Sayet. He explains: "Why It's Cool To Be Conservative." Plus the latest from the nation's capitol with Washington Times Executive Editor John Solomon on "The Editor's Buzz."

Thursday: Guest host Gayle Falkenthal is joined by Casey Gwinn, CEO of the YWCA of San Diego. While everyone is obsessing over a single swine flu death in the last 52 days in the U.S., no one's managed to notice that 68 people died due to domestic violence. Plus we'll preview the landmark HBO series "The Alzheimer's Project" airing over three nights starting Sunday, May 10. Learn more here... and be sure to tune in. HBO is free to all cable subscribers the nights this series airs.

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