Refuse the Juice

Freyermuth and 1150 Scared to Death of EP Media Group's New Station

Greg Freyermuth is now using the label "talkback radio" on his show.  If you've been following the news at El Paso Media Group you'd know that they just launched a new radio station 920 Am KQBU and are calling it "Talkback Radio."  I'm in that line up along with Lisa D, the Strelz and Sito Negron. 

Freyermuth has had zero ratings.  In fact he took a time slot with ratings and then made them disappear.  Strelz was the only guy getting ratings on that station and they let him go.  Now, Strelz and I are back on the air on a different station and we are sure to start heating up the Arbitron ratings - Freyermuth can smell his death looming.

It's not that I disagree with Freyermuth's political views.  He's just a terrible on air personality.  He repeats himself constantly and over explains simple concepts like he's trying to sell you something (his formal training kicking in).  He doesn't have what it takes to talk on the radio and keep listeners.  He would make an okay caller at best.

The best part is that he hates the Strelz and accuses him of being a self-promoting, self-aggrandizing ego maniac who shakes down sponsors for free stuff.  Guess what - Greg Freyermuth is exactly that, only a republican.  Freyermuth complains that Strelz talks too much about his personal life - guess what, so does Freyermuth.  Pot calling the kettle black.

Since their station over at 1150 is falling apart around them because Freyermuth couldn't sell advertising, they are scared to death that we will be the nails in their coffin.

So why is Freyermuth saying "talkback radio?"  Because he wants to confuse listeners when they go to fill out the Arbitron ratings books.  He can't beat me.  He can't beat us with a better show, so he has to resort to trickery.  It won't work. He's a coward and doesn't know when his time is up.  It's up.

I'm flat out a better host than he his and Strelzin has already proven he can beat him.  This guy is going to be looking for a new job soon enough.  If he's lucky we'll let him ride around on a bicycle filling up the magazine stands in various buildings with the new issues of "ElPaso Magazine."

He can play his little petty games, but it's futile in the end.  I'm going to wax him.  He'll be babbling to squirrels in the park by year's end.

Life Changing Look at the Birth and Farce of "Global Warming"

Read the piece HERE.

I've been saying it all along - Global Warming is about making money and taking your rights away.  It's never been about making you anything but less free and poorer.   

Very Telling Interview With Mr. Gibbs

Watch the interview HERE.

The White House Press Secretary explicitly states that they are in fact not "creating jobs," but somehow retaining jobs already existing with this stimulus bill.  Isn't that kind of tough to rectify in your mind?  I'm having trouble understanding how job retention is job creation.

All of a sudden I think we are being lied to.  How come they don't have any idea when this package will start creating jobs?  Gibbs couldn't even get close to answering exactly when this package would create a job.

I think the most interesting part of the interview is when blabber mouth ask him about giving each American a check for $2,000 or so dollars.  Gibbs fires back that they are giving money to those who need it most!  Really?  The bulk of the stimulus bill is going to be paid out to large privately held corporations who will perform the work for which the money was intended.  The majority of this cash is technically going to rich people!  If Obama really cared about the middle class he'd just give them all the money. 

Now, I'm not advocating the money hand out anymore money to people who haven't earned it.  I have gone liberal on you.  What I am trying to point out is that Obama has a chance to fulfill a campaign promise to turn the poor into the rich and he's doing the exact opposite!  Either he was lying or he just woke up with Reaganomics planted inside his brain. 

This is all getting very good.

Stimulus Passed the House - We're not Done yet!

Remember that as you move forward.  The bill isn't written in stone.  There are a few hurdles to get over and each of those hurdles has the ability to change this bill rather drastically.

So what I'm saying is... There's hope for change.

Bewar of the Crisis Built on Bullshit!

I happened by CNN's website this morning and was reeled in by their feature story about a woman who went, "From $80,000 a your to eviction."  Times must be tough! Right? 

WRONG!  Catch the story HERE.

Turns out this woman we're supposed to not only feel sorry for, but be shocked by her circumstances is a complete and total moron.  

The initial paragraphs in the story paint a painful picture for this woman.  No job, attending job fairs... in Detroit of all places.  I'm expecting to read where she was laid off after some greedy corporation doubled their CEO's salary and laid off a bunch of staff.

That part never came.  This idiotic woman quit her $80,000 a year job to go to law school.  She spent a year at law school and decided she didn't want to go anymore.  Guess what?  When she went back to the job market, it had soured.  I don't feel sorry for her one bit!

1.  She lives in Detroit - America's urinal.  It's no secret that things have sucked in Detroit for 20 YEARS!.

2. She quit a well paying job.  She made a choice not to have that job anymore.  Our Constitution does not guarantee anyone a job that pays the same or higher after the quit their previous one.  Jobs are a precious commodity and many of us know that you shouldn't look a gift horse in the mouth.

3. She quit law school. She could have stuck it out with whatever funding she found to allow her to go in the first place.  A law degree guarantees some type of employment.  I have never met anyone with a law degree that could not get a job in the law field.  STOP! Before you even come back with your story about a friend who is a lawyer and couldn't find a job at the top law firm in the country, just shut up.  Every local, state and federal government agency has a standing job opening for lawyers.  You might have to move, but it won't be that far.  Again, nowhere in the Constitution does say that you are guaranteed a job close to where you want to live.

Once again the mainstream media is doing its best to try and make you scared, sad and hopeless when the facts of the case point to this woman deserving a smack up-side the head and not your pity.

Say What You Will About Republican's Spending...

For the democrats to beat their image as business and job killers they simply had to pass a stimulus bill that would create jobs and boost the economy.  We're less than one month into this new administration flanked by a democrat controlled House and Senate and they are already dropping the ball... right on our toes!

Read a simple breakdown of their stimulus plan HERE.

Literally billions of dollars are being given out to projects that do not create jobs or stimulate the economy.  Only a small percentage of the bill does anything to help us through tough economic times.

The democrats really don't care what you think.  They're going to do whatever they like and realize you are too stupid to know, or care. 

The bad news is that they didn't put enough money into federal low income housing for all of us.  We're going have to fight over a spot in government subsidized housing that create ethnic ghettos that breed cycles of gang and drug activity that have literally crushed three generations of Americans of color.  I can't wait for that to happen again! 

The democrats could have waited at least a year before they started acting like democrats.  Instead, they've decided to sink the ship while it's still in port. 

Calling yourself a democrat today is exactly like calling yourself "stupid."

Guess Who is Looking Out for His Constituents Again!

(Note) Update: Representatives disagrees with the facts the I have put forth.  He says that the cost is not $15,000 for the staff time.  He says it's higher than that and undefined.  He also pointed out that the county's constituency is larger than the city's so some of the tax savings would go to people who do not live in the city's boundries.

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Representative Eddie Holguin did battle with other City Council members and two County Commissioners in today's regular City Council meeting.

The battle was over a move to have "discussions" about the city and county making a management deal on two main park facilities - Ascarate and the sports park/plex in east El Paso.

The agenda item was just allowing the discussion to be had. It did not give anyone the power to take joint custody of the parks.  Does this sound familiar to you?  It should.

Holguin wanted to hash out the entire deal right then and there and admonished County Commissioners Escobar and Perez for not addressing the council with the authority to negotiate payment to the city for their efforts.  He basically told them that they didn't have their shit together.  He was wrong.

Before he berated Escobar and Perez he spent his time ignoring Deputy City Manager, Debbie Hamlin's explanations of how much studying the issue would cost.  Holguin asked how much money it would cost the city to study the issue.  Hamlin told him it wouldn't cost anything more than staff time, which was about $15,000.  Holguin then seized that number and kept repeating it saying that the city was going to incur costs related to the measure. 

Several people including the City Manager, Hamlin, Perez and Escobar tried to explain to him that the city staff costs wasn't over and above their normal pay.  They couldn't get through to the guy that the issue would be studied by people at the city whose full-time job it is to do such things - no extra costs.  I personally wanted to scream, "Hey Eddie!  They're sitting at their damn desk doing nothing right now so you might as well have them study the issue while their being paid with our tax dollars."  I refrained. 

Holguin's effort to "protect his constituents" was doing the exact opposite.  He was just arguing to argue.  The proposed plan would cost the city nothing and in fact give taxpayers a better value for their dollars passed on to the municipalities. They would no longer be paying for redundant services from both the county and the city.  Nobody could get that through Holguin's defensive position on the issue.

The bottom line is that the taxpayers could find relief at least at the county level by having them get rid of the large overhead that is their parks department.   Since county taxpayers and city taxpayers are the same people - everyone benefits.

50 States + 50 Different Emission Standards = Very Expensive Cars!

Let's get this straight right now - I'm a states' rights guy.  I believe each state should be running it's own show and only dependent on the federal government for the very limited powers they U.S. Constitution guaranteed it.

Barrack Obama opened the door today for each state to set their own emissions standards.  Great!  Except for the fact that now automotive manufacturers have to make different pieces for the same cars, which defeats the assembly line nature of the business.  The cost of a car could go way up seeing as how manufacturers now have a barrier to mass production.

Initially they could build cars to the highest current standard.  What if a state changes their standards shortly after they agree on a "50 state" legal design and they must go back to the drawing boar?  The consumer is going to pay!

Those of you familiar with the insurance business know that the insurance industry as a whole has been begging for one national set of standards.  As of right now each state has their own rules and regulations for insurance.  Major national chains like GEICO and USAA spend millions keeping up with the different laws in all 50 states.  Many times the companies have very large offices in all 50 states just to keep up with the compliance issues.  All that overhead costs a ton of money.  One set of rules set forth by the federal government would reduce the insurance companies costs by a large amount.  Those savings could be passed on to the customer.  Can you imagine paying $15 a month for car insurance?  Insurance execs with several different companies have told me that that number could be a reality given one set of rules to play by.

Of course, some states could take this emissions permission and take away restrictions on vehicle emissions.  There are two schools of thought on vehicle emissions.  Some argue that when you reduce an engine's emissions, you also reduce its efficiency.  Thus it takes a severely emissions controlled truck twice the enginework to pull the same load as a truck without the emissions control that is more efficient.  The argument is that the emissions controlled truck is actually putting out the same amount of pollution to do the job as the non-emissions controlled motor, only it costs more to buy and maintain. 

Not trying to pick a fight here, just trying to hash out the realities for everyone.

No Big Announcement Today... Sorry

The folks at El Paso Media Group were adamant last week that they'd be announcing their big news today.  Some time over the weekend they changed that plan to Tuesday for the consideration of the news cycle.

You'll have to wait one more day.

A Good Sunday Morning Cry

As you all may know, Margaret Hussman ended her battle with cancer yesterday.  The El Paso Times wrote up a story HERE.  It's a very good story.

I'm happy for her family that she was able to go her way.  It's not often that someone decides to move on from this life and has the courage to make sure they do it their way.  I hope it helps the family cope.  

I'm sad such an incredible person is gone.  She proved to be the best of what human nature has to offer and we have all lost not having her help improve our world in the future.

The strength of her parents, family and friends should not be over looked.  They celebrated the life of their loved one knowing precisely when it would end.  I can only hope to have an ounce of their strength, heart as I live my life.  I've had people in my life that could have used some of that strength as well.

Instead of giving you the same song and dance about holding loved ones a little closer and telling people how much you love them (which you should), I have different message from this story.

Do things your way.  Do your life your way.  Don't spend the precious time we have here unhappy because you are living for something, somebody else.  Be like Margaret - don't let regret get in the way of a beautiful goodbye.