Mark Carbonaro

Hope you've had a good Monday. I'm just putting a wrap on the day and getting ready for Tuesday. Tomorrow, I'm bringing the treats - and it'll be "first-come, first-serve" for my famous "Banana Chocolate Chip Bread". Very tasty, and a little gooey, so have a napkin handy and a cup of hot coffee. Here's the finished product:

One of the most depressing stories we've had to cover concerns the abortion doctor, Dr. Kermit Gosnell. He's on trial for murdering live-born fetuses and now information is coming out that what happens at Gosnell's Philadelphia practice may not be isolated incidents.

Undercover video shows that Gosnell practices are not isolated incident

A counselor at an abortion clinic gives undercover woman advice on how to end the life of her baby if survives a late-term abortion

More disturbing news is coming out of the investigation of the surviving Boston Marathon Bombing Suspect:

>>Kelly: Boston Bombing Suspects Spontaneously Decided To Attack Times Square

(New York, NY) -- New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly says Boston bombing suspects initially planned to go to New York to "party," but then spontaneously decided to attempt a bombing at Times Square.

That's a bulletin that just moved on our system at 11:02 this morning. It defies the conventional wisdom that says the bombers had no other targets in mind and we're only travelling to NYC in order to "party" and celebrate their Boston efforts.

Here's another stunner - a federal judge cut short the FBI's interrogation of the surviving bomber Monday and here's part of that story from Fox News and a link to the rest of it:

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was caught alive but wounded on Friday and charged with use of a weapon of mass destruction, for which he could get the death penalty.

The FBI filed a federal criminal complaint against the 19-year-old on Sunday, and federal District Court Judge Marianne Bowler arrived at the hospital where he is being treated to preside over his initial hearing Monday, when she read him his Miranda rights.

[FBI officials told The Associated Press Wednesday that Tsarnaev acknowledged to investigators his role in the attacks before he was advised of his constitutional rights. He reportedly said he was only recently recruited by his brother to be part of the attack.]

But Fox News' sources say there was confusion about Bowler's timing, with some voicing concerns that investigators were not given enough time to question Dzhokhar under the "public safety exception" invoked by the Justice Department.

Two officials with knowledge of the FBI briefing on Capitol Hill said the FBI was against stopping the investigators' questioning and was stunned that the judge, Justice Department prosecutors and public defenders showed up, feeling valuable intelligence may have been sacrificed as a result.

The FBI had been questioning Tsarnaev for 16 hours before the judge called a start to the court proceeding, officials familiar with the Capitol Hill briefing told Fox News. Moreover, the FBI informed lawmakers that the suspect had been providing valuable intelligence, but stopped talking once the magistrate judge read him his rights.

Hope you had a good day - just working on the laptop and putting together what I hope will be an interesting program - one things for sure, former MoCo sheriffs deputy and candidate for Sheriff in 2014, Fred Garcia will join us after 8:30. Also on the docket is a new education doctrine or indoctrination program called "Common Core" - To quote the website: Californians United Against Common Core -

The purpose of this organization is: To expose the deception, dangers, lower standards, and enormous
costs behind the Common Core State Standards Initiative; to educate and motivate the public
as to why Californians should be opposing Common Core, and why we should be exerting every
effort to stop California from going forward with the CC curriculum, standards and Assessment tests.

Orlean Koehle will join us at 8:10am to discuss why CC is so dangerous and must be eliminated from our public school system. Tune in tomorrow at 6am for the entire show.

Just finished moderating a Salinas Taxpayers Association meeting where the subject was the possible unification of the four to eight school districts in the Salinas area.

We had four speakers, each representing the school districts that would unify into one Salinas Unified School District - (Alisal, Salinas City Elementary, Salinas Union HS, & Santa Rita) - Consensus amongst the four was that unification is a train that can't be stopped - but at least four previous attempts all went down to defeat at the polls - however, unification has not been tried since the 1960's. Maybe the time is right for this change - we'll talk about this tomorrow morning and take your pulse on this issue between 6am - 9am on KION. Manana. Mark

The great sportswriter Red Smith talked about writing this way: "Writing is easy: All you do is sit staring at a blank sheet of paper until you open a vein a bleed ... It is only when you open your veins and bleed onto the page a little that you connect with the reader..."

I feel like that everytime I sit down at this keyboard to open a vein and try and come up with something meaningful and compelling. I'm not having much luck tonite and I'm on my second glass of wine. (By the way, alcohol actually doesn't help you write. You THINK it helps you write, but it just gives you something to do while you await inspiration).

I'm out of inspiration tonite. Like most people, I'm following the news of day out of Boston and the ongoing search for the suspects who blew up the marathon. I hope they are caught and I really don't much care to hear from anyone who thinks the death penalty would be "cruel and unusual" punishment for these creeps. Fry 'em and let it stand as an example to others who contemplate initiating this type of savagery against innocents.

What we have learned over time is that most serial killers, terrorists and sordid bad actors are cowardly and fear death. They don't mind maiming and killing others, but when it comes to their punishment, many of them will plead for mercy from their victims survivors and juries. I'm not interested in feeling their pain. Get rid of 'em.

That's all I've got for Thursday. Looking forward to Friday, the weekend and a better mood for tomorrow. Check back with me Friday when I've returned from the abyss.

For the Friday radio show - we're lined up with Monterey County Sheriff's candidate Fred Garcia (7:10am), Santa Cruz Warriors coach Nate Bjorkgren (7:35am) - Al Abanico with CarTalk (7:45am), Jeff Mitchell goes under the dome at City Hall (8:10am) and Open Fone Friday (8:30am) -

The FBI has identified two suspects in Monday's the Boston Marathon bombing, releasing photos and video showing them and asking the public to help locate them.

The suspects, one of whom wore a a dark baseball-style cap and the other who wore backwards white baseball-style cap, appear to be in their twenties and were captured on footage near where one of two explosions killed three and injured 176. In video that appears to be from a surveillance camera and which was shown by the FBI, both suspects are walking west on Boylston Street, near the finish line and where the explosions occurred.

Still trying to figure out what's going on in Boston when multiple news sources reported that an arrest was imminent in the Boston Marathon Bombing case.

We were told a 5pm eastern news conference would be held. That was cancelled and now an 8pm EDT newser is scheduled. I'm about to tune in and see if such actually occurs. CNN and other media retract reports of Boston Marathon suspect arrest. But not long after 1:30 PM, CNN reported that an arrest had been made in the attack. Then it was retracted. You can read more here:

Onto other stuff - our local basketball team - the Santa Cruz Warriors of the NBA D-League opens semi-final round play at 5:30pm today versus the Toros in Austin, Texas.

Good luck to the Warriors. It's a Best-of-Three game series and games two and three (if necessary) will be played in Surf City. We'll broadcast all of the games for you here on KION.

Incredible! We're just now learning that Dem minority whip Steny Hoyer (MD) is blaming the slow progress investigating the Boston terror attack from Monday on the sequester!!! "Stupified Steny" as he's known in these parts is stooping to a new political low -blaming the blood running in Boston on the sequester and by extension, the opposition party.

So much happened today - first off, my thoughts are with the families and the victims of the terrorist bombing at the Boston Marathon today. If you saw the pictures on our website, on tv or listened to our coverage, the entire thing was horrific. Over 100 injured and two killed, including an eight-year old child. The FBI has taken over the investigation and we'll have to wait and see exactly what transpired. Listening to experts who know alot about terrorism, they say that this bombing had all of the elements of a coordinated and complex attack and is definately the hallmark of a terrorist group.

Are there terrorist cells in America? You bet. To deny such would be foolhardy. Is this the beginning of a campaign of terror against the American people? I hate to think that's the case. But many people have worried for years that terrorist cells in this country would someday be given the "green light" to start a campaign of bombings and terror in American cities. This could be the beginning.

Unfortunately, we have two porous borders in this country and we make it very easy for people who want to do us harm to gain access to the interior of this country. In the ongoing debate over immigration reform in Washington, Democrats are insisting on "a path to citizenship" first and "border security" second. The Boston Marathon bombing could place a renewed emphasis on border security over all else. We will be watching and taking names and we'll report to you on who will stand for the American people and who just pays lip service.

Tuesday's program will feature conversation on these topics and more, be sure to join us on KION between 6am and 9am.

Hope you had a good Thursday. The weekend is in sight and we're looking forward to Saturday nights big playoff basketball game for the Santa Cruz Warriors. It'll be the "W's" first home playoff game and a full house is sure to greet the team. Gametime is 7pm at the K-P Arena in Surf City. We'll have the live broadcast beginning at 7pm here on KION. Speaking of KION, have you seen our new logo? It's pretty snappy and it's a bold, new vibrant look for us. You'll probably notice the look of this logo around this website. Don't worry our programming is staying the same, we're 'tweaking' our brand a little.

Don't forget, tomorrow is "Open Phone Friday" and we'll take your calls on whatever, beginning at 8:30am. Call in number is 831-633-1460.

A big "Thank You!" to everyone who is supporting Rachel Chapin Martinez in her efforts to win the title of "Mrs. California of the USA". Rachel's story is incredibly inspiring. The woman has been thru hell. Three traumatic brain injuries, a loss of cognitive abilities, a heart attack and a brain tumor. Each time she has survived and thrived. Her incredible story was detalied on our program this morning. If you would like more on Rachel, follow this link to a website that details her struggles an victories:

Sad news today - the passing of two women who were famous for different reasons - I'm talking about Britain's "Iron Lady" Margaret Thatcher and Disney mouseketter Annette Funicello.

First, Annette Funicello. She preceeded my era - but for my older sisters generation and maybe for some of you (early Baby Boomer) Annette was a role model and she was what little girls of that era (1950's) wanted to be. Later, she starred in a series of beach movies with Frankie Avalon. She was also a recording star and had several Top 10 hit records including the memorable "Pineapple Princess" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imEefjrmRN8. At the age of 45, Ms. Funicello contracted MS (Multiple Sclerosis) and spent the remainder of her life, fighting the disease and advocating for others suffering from its debilitating effects. More than her tv or movie career, this was her greatest role and her greatest contribution. Sadly Annette Funicello passed away today at the age of 70, of complications from MS.

Now onto Margaret Thatcher. Most Americans today or even during her era, have any idea at all how important Mrs. Thatcher was towards human freedom and democracy in the second half of the 20th century. During her time in office Great Britain was truly our most steadfast ally and like her political soulmate, Ronald Reagan, she believed that people had a right to live in freedom and that the common person deserved the opportunity to pursue their dreams, humble or grand. Thatcher remade Britain and took it from being the "sick man economy of Europe" to the most powerful.

A magnificent orator, Thatcher had a way with words, a turn of phrase, distinctly British that gave her the ability to speak with force and clarity to any issue facing her government. Below is a link to a story elsewhere on this website with speeches and remembrances of Mrs. Thatcher. http://www.1460kion.com/cc-common/news/sections/newsarticle.html?feed=104668&article=11162486

Darwin's Theory of natural selection at work. Did you hear about this guy in Sacramento who hung himself while trying to tag a building? The link is below - apparently this genius decided to rappel down a 24-story building and etch and tag one of the top-floor windows. Unfortunately he screwed up in designing his rope-constructed bosun's chair and when he tried to use it, the rope collapsed upwards hooking around his neck and choking him to death. Police found his glass etching tool and paint can on the ground below his body which was gently swaying in the morning breeze, 220 feet in the air.

It's sometimes hard to find sympathy for destructive taggers like this guy. RIP.

Sac firefighters retrieving body of tagger who accidently hung himself off a 24-story building in downtown Sacramento Monday.

Happy April Fool's Day - Did anyone prank you today? We took calls from listeners and guests talking about their most memorable April Fool's pranks - One guest said he pranked his dad on AFD years ago by calling him from "jail"!!! Dad was really pissed until his son told him it was a joke.

Here's my story about a great April Fool's Joke that was pulled on me when I was a mere 17-year-old kid working at an amusement park.

Below is the "infamous 5/8 Bolt Stretcher"! that I was sent to find while working as a 'greenhorn' errand boy in the facilities "tool crib" at Marriott's Great America. One of the ride mechanics came up to the counter and asked for the "5/8th's Bolt Stretcher" and I need it to fix the Tidal Wave roller coaster."

Well, I searched that tool crib high and low looking for it. All the while, the mechanic (Noel Gallardo) is pounding his fist impatiently and exhorting me to find the bolt-stretcher so he can get the ride fixed before the park opens:

"..if I don't have that tool, I can't fix the ride and it won't open today and I'll tell management it was your fault and they'll fire you!.."

Yikes! I'm frantically trying to find the "bolt-stretcher" and imploring my co-worker (an older guy named Charlie) - "Where's the bolt-stretcher???"

After a few more minutes of searching in vain (I'm prespiring profusely, worried about my employment) I keep repeating to myself ".bolt-stretcher, bolt-stretcher, where's the bolt-stretcher. Gotta find the bolt-stretcher. Bolt-stretcher??? Ooooh, that son-of-a-bitch!!!"

I finally realize I've been had and with a sheepish look on my face, I admit to my gullibility and of course, Noel, Charlie and the rest of the Facilities crew are all having a great laugh at my expense. Oh well, live and learn.

But the lesson from the story was learning to roll with a joke and not take it personally. I knew the guys meant it in fun and no harm was intended and I didn't take any offense from it. Today, I think I laugh harder about what happened than did the guys who pulled the joke on me.

I'm listening to the oral arguments of the Prop. 8 case before SCOTUS - the first part of the discussion (led by the liberal members of the court), was jurisdictional, questioning the defenders of Prop. 8 as to why they believe they have the standing to bring this matter before the court. Prop. 8's defenders labored to make the point (with constant interjection by Breyer, Kagan & Ginsburg) that state constitutional officers abrogated their constitutional duty to defend the law that was passed by the initiative process by voters.

Further, the point was made that to maintain the integrity of the initiative process, the people must be allowed to defend state constitutional amendments when the government declines to.

The city of Salinas has a new plan to lure business and visitors to our fair metropolis, it's a re-branding and re-imaging campaign that consists of a new website, new city slogan and new logo. This is all part of a new economic strategy to add a little pizazz to the city's sluggish economy.

The campaign will kick-off with a new luncheon at the Steinbeck Center and a gathering of proponents from the city council, the economic development department and third-party groups associated with the effort. I've been invited to cover the event and plan on asking about what kinds of substantive efforts will be made to cut red tape and streamline the permitting process in order to get businesses excited about coming to Salinas.

Stay tuned. We'll have a full report on Tuesday mornings program. What do you think? Is Salinas' image problems solevable with a new slogan, logo and website? Or will it take something more substantive?

Our idiot vice-president sticks in his foot in his mouth again. At a gun control newser, Joe Biden talks about how his "good friend" Gabby Giffords was "...shot and mortally wounded...." Hello? For Blowhard Biden's edification a mortal wound is fatal.

Quick! Someone get the Veep a dictionary. Gaffemaster Biden strikes again sez: Gabby Giffords was shot and mortally wounded

http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/biden-gabby-giffords-was-shot-and-mortally-wounded_708770.html

Listen in Wednesday morning when Fred Wzolesk joins us to discuss the radical nature of Obama's new Labor Secretary pick, Tomas Perez. When you hear Fred describe the radical beliefs of Perez and why he will be Obama's most dangerous cabinet secretary.

Elsewhere on our website, we have a story about how 57% of US workers have less than $25k in savings. This new survey says retirement woes loom for nation. Here's the problem. There are people in and associated with the current administration that are advocating the govt forcibly take-over all 401K and IRA accounts - they would effectively nationalize your savings, give you a small guaranteed amount and use the rest to supplement the social security checks of those who've done little saving themselves. Full on socialist redistribution of your savings. Nice huh? Watch for an evil woman named Theresa Ghilarducci of the New College (a front name for a school that sells plain old-fashioned totalitarianism) in Philly who is the chief pusher of this rancid plan.

It's been a busy week at the radio station - thanks to everyone who showed up for the 8th Annual International Flavors of Marina Food & Wine Fest last night - we had a full house and everyone seemed to really enjoy themselves. We also made a lot of money thru ticket sales and the silent auction for the Marina Chamber of Commerce. It's the chambers primary fundraiser each year and this one went exceptionally well.

On our website we have some incredible news stories you have to check out. One story in particular stands out - Michael Moore, one of the most vile people on the planet has a new cause du jour - He wants to get his fat little fingers on the death pictures of the children and adults killed in the Newtown (CT) school massacre and then use those gruesome photos to aid a campaign to repeal the 2nd Amendment.

What an absolutely hideous and evil thing to do. IMHO, this man is so incredibly dead inside and without any sense of a soul or decency that he would try and capitalize on the grief of the families and community in Newtown in order to satisfy his own selfish political agenda.

WATCH: Apache gunships capture moment terrorists blow themselves up while hiding IED

While US troops waited for a clear shot to engage, the bomb went off wounding the people planting the device in the ground

"Pink Slime" maker sues ABC, Diane Sawyer for $1.2 billion in damages (I hope the company bankrupts ABC for what the news division did to BPI).

BPI officials blame the loss of jobs and revenues on the ABC News program that popularized the term "pink slime"

Sorry to have missed everyone this morning, Sunday my lower back locked up and I couldn't move very well at all - it felt like something had glued the moveable parts of my lower back in place. As of noon Monday, I'm doing much better and am looking forward to being with you tomorrow am. Our guest lineup for Tuesday, includes a "make-good" with former US Congressman John LeBoutillier, CityWatcher Mark Dierolf on new taxes headed your way. Luis Alvarez will have a tech update for us and Mel Cutler gets us ready for tax day, April 15th. Talk with you then!

Some schools are completely out of line. Elsewhere on this website (I'll give you the link after this) a school sent home letters with students detailing their height, weight, and body fat percentage and also indicating in some instances that the school believes a student to be "obese". Gee, I thought schools had policies against "bullying". I guess it's okay for schools to bully students, but not vice-versa. LINK:http://www.1460kion.com/cc-common/news/sections/newsarticle.html?feed=104668&article=10978841

The veil comes off - the NRA got their hands on an internal, secret DOJ memo about gun control -

DOJ Memo: Outlaw and Confiscate All Guns

DOJ memo states: "Buybacks are ineffective unless massive and coupled with a ban. "The National Rifle Association has obtained a Department of Justice memo calling for national gun registration and confiscation. The nine page "cursory summary" on current gun control initiatives was not officially released by...

FEMA Deputy Administrator Rich Serino gave the keynote address at the ‘Induction Ceremony’ for the inaugural class of FEMA Corps members. According to the DHS website, ‘Corps members assist with disaster preparedness, response, and recovery activities, providing support in areas ranging from working directly with disaster survivors to supporting disaster recovering centers to sharing valuable disaster preparedness and mitigation information with the public.’

Serino describes what the first FEMA Corps class has accomplished so far, as well as where they’ll be going next:

‘Yesterday, we welcomed 231 energetic members into the first ever FEMA Corps class. The members just finished off their first month of training with our partners at the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) and are one step closer to working in the field on disaster response and recovery. They will now head to FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness to spend the next two weeks training in their FEMA position-specific roles. Once they complete both the CNCS and FEMA training, these 231 dedicated FEMA Corps members will be qualified to work in one of a variety of disaster related roles, ranging from Community Relations to Disaster Recovery Center support.’

Unlike most local disaster response teams who are volunteers, training periodically and only showing up when there’s a disaster, the FEMA Corps will be a paid, full time, standing army of government youth. FEMA Deputy Administrator Sarino goes on to explain, ‘The new members, who range in age from 18-24 years old, will contribute to a dedicated, trained, and reliable disaster workforce by working full-time for ten months on federal disaster response and recovery efforts.’

In closing his announcement of the first graduating class of FEMA Corps Youth, Sarino describes his and the agency’s vision of the future, one where ‘FEMA Corps sets the foundation for a new generation of emergency managers’.

As we detailed in the August 28 Whiteout Press article ‘History of DHS Ammunition Purchases’, federal emergency management agencies are looking more and more like a military army every day.

The federal government’s procurement website actually lists DHS’ requests for bids to supply it with ammunition and military weaponry. All of the orders listed in the above article, including the orders for hundreds of millions of rounds of ammunition, are publicly available at http://www.fbo.gov.

One look at a chart of DHS ammunition purchases over the past decade reveals a drastic spike in orders of bullets recently, totaling in the billions of rounds. Other charts available online show a similar drastic spike in the purchases of accompanying weaponry by the Department of Homeland Security.

What is the US federal government preparing for? And why does it feel it needs an army of brainwashed youth, millions of guns, thousands of armored fighting vehicles and literally billions of rounds of ammunition, just to provide relief to the American people during a natural disaster? Any historian will tell you it sounds more like the arming of the Hitler Youth than an army of first responders fighting forest fires and hurricanes.

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On the program today we featured some audio from the great Milton Friedman. The economist who did so much to explain and promote free markets and individual liberty to the world thru his teachings, writings and television appearances. Here's a link to a YouTube channel with some of Friedman's memorable, teachable moments

Thanks to KION listener Marlene in Seaside for sending me this little gem. It's called "Political Science for Dummies"

What a mess on that cruise ship Triumph - already the lawsuits are beginning and rightfully so. What I hope attorneys for the passengers will try to determine is whether or not Carnival operates their ships in a negligent manner - in other words, are maintenance standards too low, are corners being cut and is that creating a hazordous situation where engine rooms fires like the one that disabled Triumph are more likely.

According to passenger reports without forced air or air conditioning on board, the 'tween decks heat was stifling. The modern cruise ship relys almost entirely on air conditioning and electric operated fans to move fresh air about the interior of the ship. When the electricity goes out, the air stops circulating, and the temperatures rise. From a liability standpoint, Carnival Lines is fortunate this accident happened in February and not during the summer months, when the loss of a/c could've caused serious injury and even death for some passengers.

Ocean liners built before the invention of air conditioning had large ventilators on deck that drew in fresh ocean air and distributed to cabins, just by the force of the air entering the ventilators chambers. Below are pictures of the old Queen Mary (now a museum ship and hotel in Long Beach) and the Mauretania of 1907. You'll note the large fresh air intakes topside on both ships.

Below is the Mauretania - the fresh air intakes could be postioned into the wind in order to catch the air at its greatest speed, and thus distribute it more quickly thru the ships interior ventilation system. (I'll be the passengers on board the Triumph would've appreciated an old-fashioned ventilator system...)

I've taken a few cruises and always enjoyed them. However, if I ever go on another one, I'm going to make sure I'm prepared for loss of power, food, water, etc. Having a "Go-Bag" with energy bars, some extra bottled water, a flashlight (extra batteries) is probably a safe thing to do. Also, rubber low-top boots to wear in case I have to walk thru muck would not be a bad idea. But that whole thing about their being over-flowing sewage in the cabins, passageways and running down the walls of the cabins is just too gross to contemplate. On second thought, maybe I'll just avoid cruising tfn....

Just a few random thoughts - 1). Too much emphasis on Valentines Day. I know men & women who are absolutely depressed over the lack of a date for VD. Why? This must be a relatively recent phenomenon, because I do not remember this being the case in my youth. If you didn't have a date for Valentines Day, you didn't sweat it. You just went on with life. I can remember Valentines Days when I was "dateless" and actually considered it my good fortune that I was saving myself $150.00 or more (we're going back to the 80's when spending $150 bucks on a date was a big deal!).

I think alot of people see having a Valentine's date and all that it entails as evidence of their living a "perfect life". More on that below.

Too many people think their lives should be perfect - "Perfect job, perfect mate, perfect kids, perfect car, etc.." No wonder so many people are screwed up. They are setting a bar for their lives that is nearly impossible to reach. Back off and enjoy life a little more is all I can say....

Economist Ben Carden turned me onto this very funny webpage called: "Bad News Brian" - I've provided the link so that you can check it. (Warning: Not everything on this site "G"-rated - if you know what I mean). http://www.quickmeme.com/meme/3q2qee/

My cousin Donald sent this along with a note: "Mark, I think this is actually the

first original sin".... (Note: my cousin Donald is not married. Wonder why?)

First, my apologies for not communicating with you since last Tuesday. As you know I was working at the AT&T Pro-Am last week and while it's great fun, it's a real "time sink" - in other words, you have so much work to do while on-site at the tournament that it doesn't leave much time for updating the blog.

This morning I shared an email from Richard Rider in San Diego who had a letter published in the Wall Street Journal last week about California tax rates and golfer Phil Mickelson - Here's Rider's letter:

State Taxes Provide Big Incentives, One Way or Another

Regarding your editorial "The State Tax Reformers" (Jan. 30): Here's what everyone has missed concerning state income taxes. For the really rich (people with over $2 million income), in 2013 the deductibility of state and local taxes (income, property and other taxes) is 80% disallowed. The effect can be dramatic.

Consider the recent flap concerning the hapless Phil Mickelson who spoke out about the new, higher taxes. Between the 29% California income-tax increase on millionaires (to 13.3%) and the loss of the deductibility on federal returns, his 2013 net California income tax will be 12.3%. In 2011, it was 6.7%. That's an astonishing 83.6% increase.

When you make that much income and have relatively few deductions (even when deductions were allowed before 2013), you seldom if ever trigger the Alternative Minimum Tax. Mr. Mickelson earns income with relatively few deductions, tax credits, etc., so he's probably been paying the full rate for many years. It's only the returns where special income (some municipal-bond income, for instance) or massive deductions are used that the AMT is triggered—ironically, mostly for incomes below $1 million.

In 2005, the maximum California tax went up from 9.3% to 10.3% for those with over a million-dollar income. At the time, the state income tax was fully deductible. With a 35% maximum federal tax bracket, that meant that the increase cost the rich a net 0.65%.

With the changes I've discussed, the 2013 net California income-tax increase is 5.6 percentage points—8.6 times higher than the 2005 increase. Only a fool would think that such a massive increase would not motivate many of the wealthy to depart California.

"The Motor City Madman" really got into with Morgan and this was one of the best back-and-forths I've seen in this debate yet. Thanks to Glenn Beck's The Blaze for making the video available to us.

Don't know about Chuck Hagel for SecDef - I watched portions of his senate confirm hearings today and time and again I heard him apologizing for intemperate and ill-considered remarks he's made about foriegn policy issues over the years. Whether or not he'd be a good SecDef, I don't know. But I have my doubts. Why? Because anyone who has to spend so much time apologizing and explaining earlier remarks is someone who tends to shoot from the lip without first thinking through what impact his remarks will have. Hagel sounds like a guy who lacks self-control and could end up making rash decisons that would negatively impact our national security. That's a big problem. That said, I'll bet a majority of senators vote to confirm him anyway.

I'm watching the senate hearing on gun violence right now and am listening to the testimony by former congressman Giffords of Az. She's the one who was shot in the face by Jared Loughner last January in Tucson. I realize that Ms. Giffords is sincere in her beliefs but I also think that she's been put up there by her Democratic leadership as a way to elicit sympathy and possibly bring some wavering Republicans over to the side of more gun control. It was hard to listen to Ms. Giffords because I can see how transparently political her testimony was.

I was not impressed with Wayne LaPierre's defense of the 2nd Amendment. The NRA chief seemed unsure of himself and halting in his answers. Should've better prepared himself for the hostile questioning by the opposition.

Had a great talk with Fox News Channel's legal analyst Judge Andrew P.. Napolitano during the 8am hour today. The judge has just authored his latest book: "Theodore & Woodrow" about the two progressive-era presidents who destroyed the founders concept of the American republic during the early years of the 20th century. Judge Nap knows the Constitution backwards and forwards and he gave us some great insights into original intent and his view of a recent appellate court decision declaring that Obama's recess appointments of three members to the NLRB were unconstitutional.

Busy Monday - Steve Frank of CA Political News was with us and had incredible stories about malfeasance in California government - You can check out the stories on his website at: www.capoliticalnews.com

Luis Alvarez updated on a new tech app that will check your DNA for potential life-changing (and threatening) disease markers. Would you want to know if you were on the road to diabetes, heart disease or cancer? 23andMe is a personal genomics company in Silicon Valley and they will analyze your saliva sample and predict your future health trends. Interesting stuff, but still a little scary. Here's the www.23andMe.com

Former DEA undercover agent Robert Mazur joined us to talk about Drug Cartels and African Terror and the nexus between the central American drug cartels and the African drug trade. He has all of the details on his website at: www.the-inflatrator.com

Tuesday I'm looking forward to talking with Judge Andrew Napolitano, Fox News Channel's legal analyst. He'll join us to discuss his new book: "Theodore and Woodrow" - which explores how the progressive agenda of the early 20th century destroyed the American republic given to us by the founders. He'll be on during the 8am hour. I hope you can listen in. Till then, Mark

Wow! The new year seems like it's flying by already. I'm having trouble keeping up and it feels like the days are just whipping by. It's said that once we reach adulthood time starts moving quickly. I agree. It seems that it was only yesterday that I was starting my first professional radio job in this market and as I look back I realize that was 31 years ago!

Where has the time gone? It's called L-I-F-E. However, when you're younger, it seems that time drags on. I can still remember as an 8th grader (way back when) being stuck in an after-lunch algebra class (boring) and thinking that the class would never end and that I was doomed to spend eternity in Roger Nady's Intro to Algebra class. It sure felt like it.

Where am I going with this? Here. If the Republican party is going to regain relevance and start winning national elections, they have to start living in the here and now and they need to leave the past in the past.

I'm not saying that Repubs need to compromise ideals or principles, but the GOP needs to realize that they cannot continue to harken back to the days of Ronald Reagan as an inspiration to get voters to vote for Republicans.

Ronald Reagan was president 33 years ago! 33 years! Over three decades ago. I'll bet if you did a study you would find that the majority of those who voted for Reagan in 1980 are, like the 40th president, no longer with us.

You are not going to inspire younger voters or new voters to support your party when they believe that your best days are 33 years ago. Every four-year election cycle should remind us that the majority of new voters are ever more removed from our past - our past being defined as those of us who came of political age in the late 1970's and early 1980's.

To these new voters, the 80's are ancient history. And anyone who constantly reminisces about the greatness of a long dead president is seen as irrelevant and out of touch with the contemporary world.

As I wrote earlier, Republicans don't have to contradict their principles and beliefs, but they must figure out how to deliver timeless truths to a contemporary audience that is hungry for something different but may not yet know what that "different" is.

Thanks for indulging me by reading this little rant. We'll talk on the radio Monday between 6am - 9am.

One thing to credit the Dems for - they do not invoke the past at every opportunity. As great as they may believe FDR, JFK, or LBJ were, you don't hear Democrats constantly invoking their memories as a way to spur voters to support their policies.

From the "Ruin's of Detroit" - the once great city continues its downward death spiral - Here's what remains of the once-significant Pontiac Silverdome - it's where the San Francisco 49ers won their first Super Bowl, 26-21 over the Cincinnati Bengals on January 24th, 1982.

Following the opening of Ford Field, the Silverdome fell into disrepair. The harsh winters have stripped the dome of its fabric roof and the interior has been destroyed by the weather. The Detroit Lions last played here in the early 2000's and the stadium was sold for only $500,000 dollars a few years later.

The Horny Hick from Arkansas is at it again. Here's former President and lifetime letcher, Bill Clinton macking on pop singer Kelly Clarkson at Monday's inaugural.

A very hot show this morning with a number of good topics - we discussed shale oil development in California and our guest Mark Mills of the Manhatten Institute talked about the size of the Monterey Shale Oil deposit that would yield billions of dollars in new tax revenues for California politicians to spend and a trillion dollars in economic growth for the state. Attorney Ken Klukowski says the President's gun control initiatives are likely DOA with not only the congress, but the courts, too.

Jeff Mitchell from The Californian gave us the lowdown on city hall politics and we discussed public safety and the increasing level of sexual assaults against women in downtown Santa Cruz.

One thing's for sure, the magnet of free, social services offered by the City of Santa Cruz for the homeless has attracted many of those folks from around California. This is creating a real quality of life and public safety problem for the people of Santa Cruz. In spite of that, I don't know if the people there have the political will to be "less welcoming".

Throughout modern history, tyrants and dictator's have always used imagery of themselves with children as a way of selling their morally corrupt agenda to the sheeple in their populace.

Below are a few examples that may seem familiar --

Soviet leftist & Communist dictator Joseph Stalin - known as "The Butcher of Budapest" his regime killed over 30 million soviets during his pogroms in the 1930's.

Chinese leftist and Communist dictator Mao Zse Dung responsible for the deaths of over 30 million fellow Chinese during his "cultural revolution".

Leftist Socialist dictator Adolph Hitler responsible for the direct killing of over 12,000,000 people in concentration camps and another 3 million Russians starved to death by his decisions.

Leftist and North Korean Communist dictator Kim Il-Sung responsible for the deaths of 1.6 million Koreans thru imprisonment in his concentration camps and purges of those who opposed him politically.

Leftist and Socialist dictator Hugo Chavez of Venezuela is on his deathbed in a Cuban hospital. No accurate numbers yet of Venezuelans either directly killed by his administration or starved to death by his progressive policies has been determined.

Leftist and Communist dictator Fidel Castro responsible for killing more than 30,000 Cubans during his 50 year plus reign of terror in his "worker's paradise".

Thanks for stopping by. First order of business, I'll be updating this page on a daily (Mon-Fri) basis starting today. Most entries will be short and to the point and will focus on re-capping the morning show (Mornings with Mark) or will feature news oddities and links that I come across on a regular basis.

IE: we have a story link here - http://www.1460kion.com/cc-common/news/sections/newsarticle.html?feed=104668&article=10704741 concerning a junior high school science teacher in California whose been fired from her job for "moral turpitude". It seems that the teacher (Stacie Halas) had an earlier career six years ago where she used the nom de plume "Tiffany Six" as a porn "actress". Perhaps "performer" would be a more accurate description.

Ms. Halas was outed by several enteprising male students who upon hearing a rumor went web-surfing and found their 31-year-old teachers not-so-discreet past. The entire sordid story can be read on our website and further details are available via a link to The Smoking Gun.

Ms. Halas is one of many female schoolteachers over the past decade that have found themselves in hot water over indiscreet past behaviors or current criminal behaviours.

Obviously we live in a very different world from the one that many of us were raised in. But I can say with all certainty and many of you might agree - I don't remember ever having a teacher that I wanted to see nude. Most of my teachers resembled the obese union rep in the entry below.

One of the most vile individuals on this planet is Karen Lewis, the head of the Chicago Teachers Union. Ms. Lewis is now engaging in what one can only describe as: "ELIMINATIONIST RHETORIC": Teachers union leader jokes about killing the rich. But this is my favorite part:

Well, that is dangerous when you’re morbidly obese, I guess. (See photo). Plus this:

Nice to know that someone like this is playing a major role in America’s public education system.

UPDATE: In case you thought I was exaggerating with that “morbidly obese” line, check out these pics:

The controversy continues in Salinas where the Alisal Union School Board in an act that disgraces themselves and the school district decides to name their newest school after a convicted murderer and life-long criminal. The new Tiburcio Vasquez school will be located in the Monte Bella neighborhood of Salinas. In a city that is rife with gang violence and crime - that a school board would name a school after a criminal is senseless at best and stupid at worst.

The board should be recalled and the school renamed. Already local police are calling for the board to reverse their decision.

We'll take your calls about this on Friday morning (Dec. 14) at 8:35am at 831 633-1460

Whats in store for the future of Proposition 13? Read the ominous warning from the SacBee's Dan Walters -

Voter approval of sales and income taxes and the advent of Democratic supermajorities in both houses of the Legislature have generated new hope among liberals that Proposition 13, the 1978 property tax limit they consider their bête noire, might be changed.

Here's PG Mayor Bill Kampe's letter about pension reform in his city. It's followed by a response from John Moore, President of the Pacific Grove Taxpayers Association:

As a Council we recognize both the very large underfunding of the CalPERS pension fund and

the high annual cost of employer payments to CalPERS. In a prior Council meeting, we acknowledged defects in the process for adopting the 3% @50 CalPERS contract according to the three available payment options. We also determined that it is not fruitful to contest the validity of the 3%@ 50 contract for public safety employees.

• The question, then, is "what are the action alternatives for our City to address our pension liabilities?"

• Create a future agenda item to review the forward-looking action alternatives.

Measure F was viewed by many as the solution to both our City financial stresses and for

invigorating our downtown businesses. The hotel envisioned in Measure F, or a different hotel that may be proposed in follow-on discussions, can be part of stimulating our downtown business environment. Additional actions will be needed to fully

capitalize on the potential of a hotel, and are especially important without a hotel.

• Goal: Improve quality of life for our residents; improve attractiveness to visitors;

• We need to create the distinctive attraction that gives both visitors and our residents a reason to come, shop in our downtown, and stay in our City. We must compete for visitors against other regional locations with high name recognition and well-recognized characteristics.

• We need a well-thought out plan of action on multiple aspects of a healthy business environment, to be executed over many years.

• Involved parties, stakeholders: BID, Chamber, EDC, Development Coordinator, business owners, property owners, city, citizens

• Proposal: Develop an approach to engaging all key parties and gaincommitments for needed action. Set a long term plan to upgrade the attractiveness and health of our business environment.

Fiscal impact will be determined in the future by actions the Council may take on each of these

Mr. Mayor:

I have attached your Agenda Report regarding Pacific Groves "Pension Liabilities."

You say regarding 3%@50 "We also determined that it is not fruitful to contest the validity of the 3%@50 contract for public safety." Really? In fact the council decided to take no action on the matter.

The issue of the validity of the 3%@50 contract for public safety is in fact an issue in case M109123 POA et al v. City of Pacific Grove.

So you are saying that although that issue is in the lawsuit, the Council majority has decided to take a "dive" on that issue? According to the facts and the law, the adoption of 3%@50 was illegal. There is no issue about that.

The recent case of California Statewide Law Enforcement Assn. v Ca. Dept. of Personnel, 192 Cal. App. 4th 1 (2011) is directly in point. It is the ONLY case decided under Govt. code 7507. It says that the failure to provide the council with the actuarial impact upon "future annual costs" made the adoption of an attempted pension increase invalid.

You have the guts of a burglar. You voted against pension reform. You were one of the 2009 majority that refused to even look into the legality of 3%@50. You were the sole vote against creating the pension committee to look into the legality of 3%@50.

When that committee found there was no legal compliance with Govt. code 7507, you and anti-reform side kick Cohen pushed to have the report reviewed by Laredo, the Atty. in fact for police
and fire and the shredder of all pension reform enactments. Now you say that the council"determined that it was not fruitful to contest the validity of the 3%@50 contract. "

So PG is to sit by while you and the city atty. just make this "stuff" up. Don't you think it odd that Laredo never dealt with the Ca. Statewide case cited above.He ignored his duty to truthfully explain the state of the law to the council. He also never responded to the debt limitation argument that it was the lack of unappropriated funds, not the creation of unfunded
liabilities that made the adoption of the pension increase violate the debt imitation. He never even dealt with the argument because he believes that the council majority is composed of a bunch of spineless and squalid thinkers who just want to play a game of "city council."

In your report you then say: "what are the action alternatives for our City to address our pension liabilities?" Cute! The first question is are there any action alternatives that address our pension liabilities? Dr. Davis and I, and others have expended several hundred hours of research time on that issue. And the answer is that there are none. Why do you think our young budget director quit ?? Obviously if our pension plan was viable, he stood to become an actuarial millionaire.

In conclusion: If this council is truly directing the city atty. to have LCW take a "dive" on the 3%@50 issue in case M109123, then let's get it on the record. We are entitled to know who on the council feels that this city is worth fighting for, and the others like you, who do not.

And why? And don't say because we will lose!. The law and the facts are 100% the other way.Read the Pension committee report. It is crystal clear. Read the cases attached to the report. They are crystal clear. Laredos opinions are simply political opinions. Plus, he has a big worry that the delay caused by his
2009 participation in the cover-up, may expose him to significant
liability.

The above are soley the opinions of nJohn M. Moore based on the evidence, the law and hundreds of hours of research.PGTA/JMM

Sorry to be so tardy in checking back in with y'all. Finally recovered from "Turkey Day" and a nasty cold over the weekend (I still have a bothersome cough that won't abate....)

A couple of pics I ran across I thought I'd share with you - Below is a real "yuck" pic - Here's the story: a woman (unnamed) posted a video of her butt implants gone wrong. It looks like one of the implants "flipped out" and is now protruding from here derriere and it just looks horrible. Something about vanity gone wrong here...

A listener who asked to remain unnamed, submitted the following as a comment on the upcoming fiscal cliff and the president's overall performance and modus operandi

Is there a brewing quarterback controversy in San Francisco? Last night, Colin Kaepernick, starting for the injured Alex Smith threw for 243 yards and two touchdowns, leading the 49ers to a 32-7 beatdown of the Chicago Bears.

The controversy stems from the quality of Kaepernick's play - long passes that stretched the Bear defense, a scrambling ability that had Chicago gasping - the talking heads of the sports world think Niner coach Jim Harbaugh should give Alex Smith another week off and start Kaepernick this Sunday in New Orleans.

It's obvious Kaepernick has some abilities that Smith lacks, but is it time for the 49ers to bench a quarterback who has led them to the NFC Championship game (2011) and has his team in first place in the Pacific division and headed for the playoffs again?

Sports media across the country are fanning the flames of a QB controversy that 49er fans have not seen since the days of Joe Montana vs. Steve Young.

Should the 49er starting QB be Colin Kaepernick (above) or Alex Smith? (below)

Here's a link to Congressman (R-Texas) Ron Paul's farewell address to Congress. Dr. Paul made his remarks yesterday (Wednesday) and used the opportunity to warn fellow house members and the American people that the nation is headed on a path to financial and moral ruin.

I'm looking forward to hearing what the general has to say about the Benghazi attacks. Maybe we'll get some truth - but I won't hold my breath. You?

On this morning's program (Friday, Oct. 12) we played a little song about vice-president Joe Biden. Here's an mp3 version of the VEEP's "Greatest Hits".

Clayton Liotta draws the cartoons and Dick Morris distributes them - Hope you like these -

Laura sent this pic which pretty much sums up what happened in Denver in Debate #1 -

Thanks to one of our faithful listeners for sending in this comparision chart - it's a billboard in Ottawa County, Michigan.

Angelo sends this cartoon on one likely funding scheme for medicare under the ObamaCare mandate(s).

Are Race Riots News?

When I first saw a book with the title, White Girl Bleed A Lot by Colin Flaherty, I instantly knew what it was about, even though I had not seen the book reviewed anywhere, and knew nothing about the author.

That is because I had encountered that phrase before, while doing research for the four new chapters on intellectuals and race that I added to the revised edition of my own book, Intellectuals and Society, published this year.

That phrase was spoken by a member of a mob of young blacks who attacked whites at random at a Fourth of July celebration in Milwaukee last year. What I was appalled to learn, in the course of my research, was that such race riots have occurred in other cities across the United States in recent years – and that the national mainstream media usually ignore these riots.

Where the violence is too widespread and too widely known locally to be ignored, both the local media and public officials often describe what happened as unspecified "young people" attacking unspecified victims for unspecified reasons. But videos of the attacks often reveal both the racial nature of these attacks and the racial hostility expressed by the attackers.

Ignoring racial violence only guarantees that it will get worse. The Chicago Tribune has publicly rationalized its filtering out of any racial identification of attackers and their victims, even though the media do not hesitate to mention race when decrying statistical disparities in arrest or imprisonment rates.

Such mob attacks have become so frequent in Chicago that officials promoting conventions there have recently complained to the mayor that the city is going to lose business if such widespread violence is not brought under control.

But neither these officials nor the mayor nor most of the media use that four-letter word, "race." It would not be politically correct or politically convenient in an election year.

Reading Colin Flaherty's book made painfully clear to me that the magnitude of this problem is even greater than I had discovered from my own research. He documents both the race riots and the media and political evasions in dozens of cities across America.

Flaherty's previous writings have won him praise and awards, but this book has been met largely with silence or abuse. However much ignoring the ugly realities that his book reveals may serve the interests of the media or politicians, a cover-up is a huge disservice to everyone else – whether black, white or whatever.

Even the young hoodlums who launch these mass attacks on strangers would be better off to be stopped now, rather than continue on a path of escalating violence that can lead to a lifetime behind bars or to the execution chamber.

The dangers to the nation as a whole are an even bigger problem. The truth has a way of eventually coming out, in spite of media silence and politicians' spin. If the truth becomes widely known, and a white backlash follows, turning one-way race riots into two-way race riots, then a cycle of revenge and counter-revenge can spiral out of control, as has already happened in too many other countries around the world.

Most blacks and most whites in the United States today get along with each other. But what is chilling is how often in history racial or ethnic groups that co-existed peacefully for generations – often as neighbors – have suddenly turned on each other with lethal violence.

In the middle of the 20th century, Sri Lanka had a level of mutual respect and even friendship between its majority and minority communities that was rightly held up to the world as a model. Yet this situation degenerated over the years into polarization and violence that escalated into a civil war that lasted for decades, with unspeakable atrocities on both sides.

All it took were clever demagogues and gullible followers. We already have both. What it will take to nip in the bud the small but widely spreading race riots will be some serious leadership in many quarters and that rarest of all things in politics, honesty.

Race hustlers and mob inciters like Al Sharpton represent such polarizing forces in America today. Yet Sharpton has become a White House adviser, and Attorney General Eric Holder has been photographed literally embracing him.

Thomas Sowell is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. His Web site is www.tsowell.com. To find out more about Thomas Sowell and read features by other Creators Syndicate columnists and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate web page.

HERE'S A GREAT NOTE FROM D.L. JOHNSON, Band Director at North Monterey County High School in Castroville. Hi Mark,

Here is one case where "The Media" did it right. This letter is for you too.

A week-a-go something caught our community off guard in a way we had never expected or experienced in awhile. With all that has been going on in our small world, from a missing teenager girl feared gone, to a store butcher suspended for protecting a pregnant women, what happened at small high school in Castroville, California seemed to hit us all in a totally new way. Their schools band truck still loaded with instruments from the previous days parade had been stolen. 80% of North Monterey County High School's instruments were gone, both school owned and private. With it went the hopes and dreams of over 120 high school kids.

Everyone with any intelligence, knew this was not a good time for this to happen to any school band program. Almost all school districts in California are self-insured. Anyone who has ever been involved with any large high school band program, or any instrumental music program for that matter, knows it takes years to purchase a full collection of instruments even for a standard band program. In a bad economy, was this the end of a music program that has proved itself over and over for many years. Not in the least.

From the moment the band director noticed the truck had been illegally taken things started moving very quickly. Even before the Highway Patrol and Monterey County Sheriffs finished their reports, the word got out in incredible speed. By 12:00noon not only had every TV network news, along with every newspaper, in Monterey, Santa Cruz, and San Benito County's, jumped on board, but every high school and school district in the State of California was notified. Because of known recent thefts of school instruments in Southern California (being smuggled into Mexico for sell to "la banda" groups), law enforcement was notified in that area.

Within minutes of the announcement of the theft, thousands of facebook/twitter/e-mail announcements and letters went out by literally hundreds of concerned parents and citizens. Even word-of-mouth and personal phone calls were on the rise.

I know all this because I was caught in the middle of all this. My name is D.L. Johnson and I am the Band director and NMCHS. Throughout this ordeal, I heard from everybody. The first and biggest response was complete shock how quickly this all came down. How quickly a music program can be destroyed. How delicate all music programs are to the environment around them. And yet, as a band director I could tell you it is not money that destroys or saves music programs, but the attitude of the society around them that has the greatest affect. Within the schools themselves it is scheduling that can create or ruin any great music program.

I tell you all this because within 24 hours the truck was located and most all the instruments safe. We lost the truck (the thieves crashed into a tree and caused much internal damage), and a very fine baritone saxophone. Also missing was $3000 worth of hat plumes. What's with that?
Suddenly our problem had become the "Feel-Good Story Of The Week". It was at that point it all started over again, as all "The Media" called wanting interviews and comment, e-mails flooded in, and phone calls of congratulations poured in. Everyone had something to rejoice about. I was exhausted form the two day ordeal.

However, it is not I who deserves the congratulations, but our local media and community. If it wasn't for your incredible response to our situation we would probably still be looking for band instruments today.

From: The 120 Band and Color Guard members and instructors of the North Monterey County High School Band Program.

This e-mail was sent from a friend in France - Maxime Lépante, through Stuart Kaufman

Hello to my American friends,

As you know, the Socialist François Hollande won the presidential elections in France, last Sunday. It is a catastrophe for France.

Hollande was elected by the Muslims:

A survey (of 10,000 Muslims) shows that 93% of the Muslims voted for him.

As 2 million Muslims participated in this election, Hollande got 1,720,000 Muslim votes more than Sarkozy did: (0.93-0.07) x 2,000,000 = 1,720,000. But at the end, from the entire population, he got only 1,139,316 votes more than Sarkozy. So, without the Muslims' votes, Sarkozy would have been re-elected.

All the Muslim criminals feel now empowered. Criminality is already on the rise (1,700 cars were burnt in France for the first night). Muslims are screaming anti-French and anti-Jews watchwords in our streets.

Veiled women, wearing the illegal burqa, are strolling in our streets.

And, as if this wasn't enough, Hollande wants to give to all the foreigners the right to vote in our elections!!
France will face a very hard situation. We are heading for civil war in a few years.

That's the last news from occupied France.

Maxime Lépante.

I want to thank Gary in Santa Cruz for his insights and for passing along the following commentary by Joseph Farah of World Net Daily.

Media is involved in trying to incite hatred between races for violence and Martial law. The altered version by the media is designed to push for laws against the second amendment. The media is not concerned about civil rights but in the destroying the people's rights.

Just as the lying media uses pictures to distort the truth ... so do they select words to distort the truth.

Initially they used a five year old picture of Trayvon Martin and the accused in an orange jump suit.

George Zimmerman was 5 foot 8 inches attending school and working multiple jobs. The housing complex had a (break in) about every 6 weeks people were moving away out of fear.

Trayvon Martin "gangster wanta-be", was suspended from school at the time, 6 foot 3 inches (according to family not like the pictures the press used top) 160 lbs police report. We don't have a current picture but there appears to be an attitude problem and we need to wait for all the facts.

But there is no question the Newspapers are doing their part to incite violence and a racial divide, and shape the reaction to abolish the second amendment.

In the NBC version you can hear Zimmerman tell the police dispatcher that the guy (Martin) looks like he’s up to no good. You then hear Zimmerman tell the dispatcher the guy (Martin) “looks black.” But that is NOT the way the conversation went at all. In the REAL and unabridged version you can hear Zimmerman tell the dispatcher Martin looks like he’s up to no good. The police dispatcher then ask Zimmerman what color the suspicious person is. Zimmerman tells the dispatcher “He looks black.” So in REALITY Zimmerman was answering a question posed to him by the dispatcher! That puts a whole new slant on the conversation but that is NOT what NBC aired. NBC aired an “abridged” version that was a clear distortion and RACE BAITING technique!!

Earlier this week, I wrote a controversial column in which I suggested more Americans should “live like George Zimmerman,” the Sanford, Fla., man now facing second-degree murder charges for defending himself and his neighbors, who had been under siege from break-ins, home invasions and other attacks from criminals in the preceding weeks and months.

Some suggested my defense of Zimmerman was over the top in that his actions led to the tragic death of teenager Trayvon Martin.

But today, following the most comprehensive investigative report on Zimmerman’s history, his character and events leading up to the shooting of Martin, I feel more justified and convinced my gut instincts were right.

George Zimmerman has been vilified by race hustlers, his life has been threatened, and he is unlikely ever to receive a fair trial as a result of the hysterical media circus, a virtual high-tech lynching, that ensued weeks after the Feb. 26 attack on him and his defense of himself.

In 2009, a pit bull began menacing George and his wife, Shellie. He was thinking about getting pepper spray to defend himself and others from the loose dog. But, according to reports obtained by the Reuters investigation, an animal control officer suggested he get a gun.

That November, the Zimmermans completed firearms training and received concealed-carry permits.

By 2011, Zimmerman’s attention had shifted from the loose pit bull to a wave of robberies, break-in and home invasions plaguing his neighborhood.

Zimmerman, we learn, was a 28-year-old insurance-fraud investigator who came from a deeply observant Catholic family who liked helping the less fortunate. He was raised in a racially integrated home with not only Hispanic roots, but also black family members as well.

He was a criminal-justice student who aspired to become a judge. His father, a military veteran, became a magistrate in Virginia after his service. George was an altar boy who grew up bilingual and served as a translator at his school for parents who didn’t speak English.

In 2004, he opened an insurance office with a black friend. It later went bankrupt.

In 2007, he married Shellie Dean and the couple rented a townhouse in the Retreat at Twin Lakes, while he worked several jobs and attended school at night, pursuing a degree in criminal justice.

On Feb. 26, the night Trayvon Martin was shot, Zimmerman was nearing completion of his final credits on his degree.

On March 22, nearly a month after the shooting incident, facing threats on his life and calls for lynching, Seminole State College withdrew his enrollment, explaining that the institution feared for his life and the life of other students.

By the summer of 2011, Twin Lakes, a community that was 50 percent white and the balance black and Hispanic, was under siege from criminals. At least eight burglaries were reported in the 14 months leading up to the Martin incident. In July, a teenager walked up to Zimmerman’s home and stole a bicycle. A month later, there was a home invasion at a neighbor’s house. Home with her infant son, Olivia Bertalan called 911. Police arrived just as the burglars were disconnecting the television. The perpetrators fled.

After police left, Zimmernan visited Bertalan, gave her his contact numbers and invited her to visit his wife if she ever felt in danger again. He returned later and gave her a stronger lock to bolster the sliding door used to gain entry into the home.

In September, a group of neighbors approached Zimmerman to lead a new neighborhood watch program. He agreed. By that time Bertalan had moved out of the neighborhood in fear.

He visited other neighbors and gave them his contact information should they ever feel threatened.

On Feb. 2, Zimmerman placed a call to the police reporting a man peering into the windows of a neighbor’s empty home. By the time police came, the suspect had fled.

On Feb. 6, the home of another resident was burglarized. A new laptop and gold jewelry were stolen. Later police found the laptop in the backpack of 18-year-old Emmanuel Burgess.

Later that month, Zimmerman spotted Trayvon Martin in the neighborhood, acting suspiciously.

“We’ve had some break-ins in my neighborhood, and there’s a real suspicious guy,” Zimmerman told the dispatcher.

Contrary to previous reports, the dispatcher did not order Zimmerman not to follow the suspect.

But Zimmerman had seen that police response was not quick enough to prevent crimes from taking place in his neighborhood, and he was taking no chances this time.

Yes, it’s a tragedy that Trayvon Martin was killed. But George Zimmerman is not to blame. In fact, he should receive an award for good citizenship. We need more men in America taking responsibility for their families and neighbors the way Zimmerman did.

That would prevent more tragedies like the Trayvon Martin case – not increase them

It's here! The FM KION is now on the air. You'll find our new FM signal at 101.1mhz (mhz stands for "megahertz" - which are really big hertzes!!!).

The coverage map for our new FM is shown below. The FM is designed to enhance and in-fill our AM coverage in some areas of the Monterey Peninsula that due to terrain, man-made interferences and proximity to other sources of RFI (interference) have hindered reception of 1460 AM. If you live in Carmel Valley, Pebble Beach, Carmel-by-the-Sea and other areas close-by Carmel, you will now receive a full-stereo signal of KION's great talk programs. The new KION-FM is especially helpful for the morning and afternoon commute on Highway One between Carmel & Monterey where PG&E's overhead power lines cause massive interference to AM reception in car radios.

Obama has called on American senior citizens for "shared sacrifice", ie: no COLA (Cost-of-Living-Adjustments) for social security recipients for the next two years. But what about all of Obama's "special assistants" who work in the White House? Their "shared sacrifice" includes pay raises ranging from 17% to 86%. These are the people who make and recommend policies that are destroying your standard of living. Yet, they live by their own set of rules and are never affected by the policies and ideas that the rest of us must live by....

Here's a chip implant specially designed to allow terrorists to speak to God.

When properly installed, it will allow terrorists to speak to God. It comes in various sizes. Generally from .223 to .50 cal.

The exact size of the implant will be selected by a well-trained and highly skilled technician, who will make the injection. No anasthetic is required.

The implant will not be painless. Side effects, like headaches, nausea, aches and pains are extremely temporary.

Some bleeding or swelling may occur at the injection site. In most cases, you won't even notice it.

Two of these implants were recently injected in Osama bin Laden. We understand that he is now able to speak to his God with no difficulty whatsoever.

Please enjoy the security we provide for you.

Sincerely,

Seal Team 6
United States Navy

Something was not kosher about Osama bin Laden's burial at sea (Thanks to Tony2 for this contribution)

Real American patriots telling the regime in Washington how they feel -

What ObamaCare really means for your healthcare future:

Here's a great cartoon that aptly sums up the politics of the hard left in America today -

Check out this new photo gallery of editorial cartoons poking fun at the high price of gasoline: http://www.1460kion.com/cc-common/gallery/

A Nation Incarceration - Look at the shocking graphic below - the dots on the map indicate the presence of federal prisons across the USA since 1950. The growth in prisons far exceeds the rate of population growth in America. We were once a nation where the vast majority of the public voluntarily observed and respected the law. Of course, the law 60 years ago was far more simple, in most cases more just, and more coherent to the majority of the population.

Population: 1950 - 151,325,798
                   1970 - 203,211,926
                  1990 - 248,709,873
                  2010 - 308,745,538
How is that the supposedly "smartest president in a generation" cannot pronounce a simple word like Corps as in "Marine Corps" -

The statue of David is to be returned to Italy. A bit of welcome news on the cultural scene.

After a two year loan to the United States, Michaelangelo's David is being returned to Italy.

Some pictorial highlights from our live broadcasts at Pebble Beach during this years Pro-Am -

RJ Harper (L) & Neal Hotelling (R) discuss the legend & lore of Golf and Pebble Beach. Shagbagger Sam Salerno observes in the background. Pic taken inside Terrace Room at The Lodge

David Marzetti talking to Kevin Costner on Day 4 of the Pro-Am at Pebble Beach (scene - near 18th hole)

Joe Pants (Joe Pantiliano) of Sopranos fame - on The Shagbag Show with David Marzetti & Sam Salerno (Pro Shop at Pebble Beach)

Longtime broadcaster, former station owner and co-host of The Shagbag Show, Sam Salerno on the air from the Pro-Am at Pebble Beach - seated next to Sam is Carmel restraunter Rich Pepe.
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The 2011 economy is taking its toll across the land. Everywhere cities and towns are faced with having to live within their means - tax revenues are way down, retail locations are empty and creative ways of luring new businesses and new customers must be explored and exploited. Here are a couple of creative business ideas for the small peninsula city of Pacific Grove - ideas to rescusitate its moribund
business climate:

A NEW CONCEPT FOR THE HOLMAN'S BUILDING

What to do with the Old Bath House building at Lover's Point in Pacific Grove?

see more of this at www.lighthouseavenue.comHere's the opinion by federal court judge in Florida, ruling that "Obamacare" is unconstitutional - Once you read through it, please go back to our Facebook page and give your thoughts on Judge Vinson's opinion.

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