Thursday, May 23, 2013
As residents continue to take stock of what they've lost, President Obama will travel to Oklahoma to survey the tornado damage on Sunday. Do you think the President should visit disaster areas? A family was kicked out of a mall for wearing hats that honored their mother who recently died of cancer. The hats said “(Expletive) Cancer.” Wussification of America or coarsening of our culture? Plus, Dennis Miller.
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Thursday, May 23, 2013
As residents continue to take stock of what they've lost, President Obama will travel to Oklahoma to survey the tornado damage on Sunday. Do you think the President should visit disaster areas? A family was kicked out of a mall for wearing hats that honored their mother who recently died of cancer. The hats said “(Expletive) Cancer.” Wussification of America or coarsening of our culture? Plus, Dennis Miller.
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Thursday, May 23, 2013
James Goodale represented the New York Times in the Pentagon Papers case and the author of the new book "Fighting for the Press: The Inside Story of the Pentagon Papers & Other Battles" joined John and Amy to talk about the revelations that the Department of Justice was targeting Fox News reporter James Rosen. A bill headed to Gov. Bobby Jindal's desk would subject journalists to a $10,000 fine and up to six months in jail for publishing the names of concealed carry permit holders. Caitlin Huey-Burns the Political Reporter for Real Clear Politics joined John and Amy to talk about Lori Lerner's decision to plead the 5th in the House investigation of the IRS. Plus, some of the parents protesting the proposed school closings in Chicago may have hurt their cause.
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Thursday, May 23, 2013
Simon Owen with Fox News Radio in London joined John and Amy with the latest on the beheading of a British soldier in London by a suspected terrorist. Attorney General Eric Holder sent a letter to Congress admitting that drone strikes have killed four Americans overseas. A Utah family is forcing their child to wear clothing from a thrift store as punishment. The child had been teasing a classmate for the way they dressed. Are they the world's greatest parents or is this cruel and unusual punishment?
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Thursday, May 23, 2013
A listener emailed to say that he thinks that he was targeted by the Illinois Toll Way for traveling to see our One Night Only event just before the Presidential election. The Top 5 @ 5. A Brooklyn city councilman wants Anthony Weiner to pay the state back for the cost of the special election to replace him in Congress. Plus, some of the parents protesting the proposed school closings in Chicago may have hurt their cause.
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Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Fox News Legal Analyst Lis Wiehl joined John and Amy with reaction to the news that the Department of Justice targeted Fox reporter James Rosen in an investigation into State Department leaks. A Senate committee voted yesterday that the US should help to arm rebels in Syria. Fox Chicago Meteorologist Tammie Souza joined John and Amy to talk about where the storm in Oklahoma ranks in historic storms, and also what people should do when they find themselves in a tornado.
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Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Once again the US Court of Appeals has ruled that the Osama bin Laden death pictures ought not be released. Judicial Watch had filed a FIOA request. It’s been a while, do you need to see them? Ben Shapiro is the Editor-at-large at Breitbart.com, he joined John and Amy with reaction to Anthony Weiner making a comeback in the race for Mayor in New York. Glenn Beck joined John and Amy from Moore, Oklahoma where is broadcasting in the wake of Monday's devastating tornado. Plus, Steve Cochran joined John and Amy to talk about the Honor Flight Chicago Golf Outing June 6th at Bolingbrook Country Club.
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Wednesday, May 22, 2013
In the wake of the tornado in Oklahoma, some are calling on schools to build tornado "safe rooms." Do you think that's a good use of money considering the odds of a tornado hitting a school? His guest Mark McBride isn’t a Congressman, he’s a state representative. Colorado State Representative Bill Cadman had a run-in with the father of a victim of the Aurora theater shooting. Plus, CNN’s Chris Cuomo scolded a Congressman for people in Washington politicizing thing like disaster aid in the wake of the Oklahoma tornado.
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Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Former Republican Presidential candidate Michele Bachmann has inspired a new steamy romance novel. In it, an uptight politician is trying to “bone up” on foreign policy, and ends up stranded in the woods with an attractive stranger. The Top 5 @ 5. A Moore, Oklahoma woman who lost her house was reunited with her dog live on TV. She had been separated from the dog and call for it when she climbed out of the ruble, so she thought that it had been killed.
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Fox News Radio White House Correspondent Mike Majchrowitz joined John and Amy to talk about the Department of Justice affidavit that labeled his colleague James Rosen as a possible co-conspirator in a leak investigation. Amy thinks that there is an easy way to rescue as many kids as possible in the aftermath of the tornado in Oklahoma Send in the moms. Do you think that would help or hurt the rescue effort Reporter Jerry Bohnen joined John and Amy live from Oklahoma with the latest on Monday's tornado. Plus, CBS made a smart move on Monday night, canceling an episode of the sit-com Mike & Molly that dealt with a tornado in the wake of the storm in Oklahoma.
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Carl Cannon the Washington Editor for Real Clear Politics told John and Amy that while comparisons between the current scandals and Watergate may be far-fetched, but President Obama is beginning to look similar to Richard Nixon. The official death toll is 51, many of them children with the medical examiner’s office expecting to get about 40 more bodies after a tornado hit Moore, Oklahoma on Monday. Illinois State Senator Dan Kotowski joined John and Amy to talk about the effort to ban high-capacity magazines in Illinois in the wake of the Sandy Hook shooting. Plus, Mike North joined John and Amy to talk about the Blackhawks playoff series against the Detroit Red Wings.
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Amy thinks that there is an easy way to rescue as many kids as possible in the aftermath of the tornado in Oklahoma: Send in the moms. Do you think that would help or hurt the rescue effort? Senator Sheldon Whitehouse said that Republicans are to blame for the tornado Oklahoma because of their denial of man-made global warming. Lauren French the Tax Policy Reporter for Politico joined John and Amy to talk about the latest developments in the IRS scandal. Plus, there are some amazing stories of survival coming out of the tornado in Oklahoma.
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013
The official death toll is 51, many of them children with the medical examiner’s office expecting to get about 40 more bodies after a tornado hit Moore, OK on Monday. The Top 5 @ 5. Plus, CBS made a smart move on Monday night, canceling an episode of the sit-com Mike & Molly that dealt with a tornado in the wake of the storm in Oklahoma.
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Monday, May 20, 2013
The current version of the gambling expansion bill would give the city unparalleled control over the process. Is it a good idea to give Mayor Rahm Emanuel that kind of power? Governor Quinn signed into law Saturday new legislation that allows judges to impose harsher penalties on people who use social media or other methods of electronic communication to organize mob attacks. Former Congressman Joe Walsh the host of the Joe Walsh Show weeknights 7-9 on AM 560 The Answer joined John and Amy to talk about the investigation into the allegations against the IRS. Plus, a Northwestern University student was rejected for a “diversity and inclusion post” in student government because he is a white, heterosexual male.
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Monday, May 20, 2013
Rep. Aaron Schock from the 18th Congressional District joined John and Amy to talk about the investigation into allegations that the IRS targeted groups that opposed President Obama. Cleveland Police officers have released a video talking about their rescue of the three missing girls. A California town will go ahead with sentencing a man who has already died so that his victim could have closure. Plus, the state Senate approved the medical marijuana bill on Friday. It already passed the House last month, so now it goes to Governor Quinn. He says he’s “open minded." Do you think the state should allow it?
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Monday, May 20, 2013
Governor Quinn signed into law Saturday new legislation that allows judges to impose harsher penalties on people who use social media or other methods of electronic communication to organize mob attacks. Do you think the law will do anything to solve the problem? Fox News National Security Analyst K.T. McFarland joined John and Amy with reaction to North Korea's latest missile launches over the weekend. Plus, parents of the Sandy Hook school shooting are in Illinois advocating for limits on magazines.
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Monday, May 20, 2013
Proving that it's not just Chicago with our flash mobs violence, around 50 youths were involved in the riots early Monday in the suburb of Husby, west of Stockholm, Sweden. The Top 5 @ 5. High school students in Kentucky are outraged after some of their classmates were banned from graduation after the released crickets into their school as a prank. Plus, John thinks that White House official Dan Pfieffer may be on the "Susan Rice" career path after making the Sunday talk show rounds.
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Thursday, May 16, 2013
John and Amy talked about the latest revelations from the Cleveland kidnapper Ariel Castro through his attorney that he still loves the 6-year-old daughter that he fathered with one of his victims and wants to be able see the child again. Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart joined the show to talk about his concealed carry proposal.
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Thursday, May 16, 2013
John and Amy talked about the developing IRS scandal and the problems with political groups attaining non-profit status. Wealthy parents are now hiring the disabled to get their children to the front of the line at Disney parks. Eric Holder placed the blame on his deputy for the AP snooping scandal.
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Thursday, May 16, 2013
John and Amy talked about this email document dump from the White House late yesterday afternoon on the Benghazi scandal. They also talked about the note left by Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in the boat where we was found. They spoke with Bill Gertz about the Benghazi email dump and the Chinese anti-satellite weaponry.
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Thursday, May 16, 2013
Columbia University is attempting to alter a scholarship that can be offered only to Caucasians from Iowa. A 29-year-old mother who suffers from depression and anxiety says she placed a public ad offering to give her 3-year-old son up for adoption because she was off her meds.
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Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Alderman Bob Fioretti joined John and Amy to discuss the proposed stadium project for DePaul at McCormick Place. Cook County jail inmates will be playing chess via Skype with their Russian counterparts. Rondald Kessler, author of "Secrets of the FBI" joined the show to talk about the restrictions on the FBI to investigate the Boston bombers.
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Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Pat Camden from the Chicago Fraternal Order of Police joined John and Amy to talk about the efforts by street gangs to target law enforcement members. A white family in Baton Rogue is attacked for being in the "wrong neighborhood", but the perpetrators aren't charged with a hate crime. John and Amy talked about the NTSB recommendation to lower the threshold for blood alcohol content for prosecuting drunk driving.
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Wednesday, May 15, 2013
A deadly blast in Benghazi turns out to have been caused by fisherman's explosives, not terrorism. Students at a Missouri high school are fighting for their right to wear the confederate flag in honor of a classmate who passed away. China’s military on Monday conducted the first test of a new ground-launched anti-satellite missile that was fired into space and disguised as a space-exploration rocket
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Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Rep. Danny Davis talked to John and Amy about the upcoming committee hearings in the House Ways and Committee surrounding the IRS scandal. Julian Bond appeared on MSNBC and called the Tea Party the Taliban of American politics, Steve Cochran joined John and Amy to talk about all the scandals facing the Obama administration. A caregiver shot a intruder who forced entry into his grandmother's home in Michigan
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Tuesday, May 14, 2013
John and Amy talked about the scandal surrounding Benghazi and who should be held accountable. A woman was removed from a plane after an emergency landing because she refuse to stop singing.
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Tuesday, May 14, 2013
The IRS has revealed that it had been applying additional scrutiny to conservative groups since 2011 and the acting director of the agency knew of these actions since early 2012. Denise Cattoni, founder and co-state coordinator, joined the show to talk about how this scandal has impacted tea party groups in Illinois. The federal government has been killing bald eagles with wind turbines.
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Tuesday, May 14, 2013
The Justice Department revealed that it has been collecting the phone records of the Associated Press. John thinks it's hypocritical of the media to object to something that happens to ordinary Americans every day. Amy defends the media's right to cover the news without government intrusion. Hillary and Bill Clinton will not be supporting former Rep. Anthony Weiner in his future political career, even though his wife was an advisor to Hillary in the State Department. President Obama defended his administration's response to the Benghazi attacks during a press conference yesterday.
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Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Guy Benson, political editor of Townhall.com, joined the show to talk about the DOJ's snooping on the AP. A BBC weekend DJ had a little too much to drink on her last day on the air. Caitlin Huey-Burns of RealClearPolitics talked about the effort by Republicans in the House to once again vote to repeal Obamacare. Mike North talked about the Bulls loss to the Miami Heat and the news that Mayor Emanuel wants to build a stadium for DePaul at McCormick Place.
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Monday, May 13, 2013
Political consultant Thom Serfain talked about the search for the new chairman of the Illinois GOP. Chris Wallace had a bizarre interview with Mark Sanford on FOX News Sunday this weekend. Energy analyst Phil Flynn talked about the price of gas in Chicago and why it's so high.
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Monday, May 13, 2013
Alderman Brendan Reilly talked about his disagreement with Mayor Rahm Emmanuel over the Chicago parking meter deal. Amy talked about a Mother's Day card she received from her son that contained many grammatical errors.
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Monday, May 13, 2013
Jason Rasso, former IRS special agent, discussed the revelations that the IRS had been applying additional scrutiny to conservative groups in the application process for non-profit status. A South Carolina high school teacher removed from the classroom when he stomped on an American flag while discussing freedom is being paid $85,000 to avoid a legal challenge. Bill Kristol has criticized Karl Rove's SuperPAC for releasing an ad targeting Hillary Clinton for her involvement in the Benghazi scandal. One scientist believes that your genes, rather than upbringing, determine whether you will become a criminal.
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Monday, May 13, 2013
A Chicago police officer is being hailed as a hero for rushing into a burning building and saving a woman and her five children on Saturday morning. A Georgia student has been suspended for posting his principal's mugshot on Instagram. The brothers of accused Cleveland kidnapper Ariel Castro appeared on CNN over the weekend and threw him under the bus.
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Friday, May 10, 2013
A judge has ordered a Montana hospital to pay $60,000 to a man who was wrongly diagnosed with terminal brain cancer and told he had just a few months to live. He quit his job, pre-paid for a funeral, contemplated suicide and literally lived every day like it was going to be his last. Plus, Michael Medved joined John and Amy to talk about the House Benghazi hearing and also had a review of The Great Gatsby.
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Friday, May 10, 2013
Dustin Walker the Editor at Real Clear Defense joined John and Amy to talk about why the Pentagon to send Special Ops soldiers to Benghazi during the attack. Cleveland City Councilman Matt Zone joined John and Amy to talk about his experience meeting kidnapping victim Gina DeJesus and her family, the arraignment of Ariel Castro and the possibility that he could get the death penalty.
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Friday, May 10, 2013
Cleveland kidnapping rescuer Charles Ramsey is still all over TV coverage of the investigation. Now he says that he doesn't want the reward, and thinks it should be given to the victim. Should he be called a "hero" or did he just do the right thing? Former US Ambassador John Bolton joined John and Amy with reaction to this week's House hearing on the attack in Benghazi, Libya. Plus, a new poll says that Jimmy Carter is America's most trusted politician.
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Friday, May 10, 2013
Nearly half (49%) of U.S. parents admit they’ve taken money from their children's savings accounts, and 51% said they didn’t even feel guilty about it. The Top 5 @ 5. Authorities in Florida say that a 20-year old man was trying to run from the law only to be attacked by an alligator. He was found being treated for multiple puncture wounds to the face, arm and armpit area. Plus, Amy is upset after she was able to buy Wrigley's caffeinated gum despite the fact that they took it off of the market.
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Thursday, May 09, 2013
Boston Globe columnist Jeff Jacoby about what Dzhokhar Tsarnaev means for the debate over the death penalty in the United States. June 6th is our Honor Flight Chicago at Bolingbrook Golf Club. Ariel Castro, charged with four counts of kidnapping and three counts of rape, will be arraigned Thursday. Authorities say they have "found no facts to link" Onil and Pedro Castro to the kidnappings. Plus, Mary Pettinato joined John and Amy to talk about the work that Honor Flight Chicago does.
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Thursday, May 09, 2013
Catherine Herridge the Intelligence Correspondent for Fox News Channel joined John and Amy with reaction to the House hearings on the attacks in Benghazi, Libya last year. June 6th is our Honor Flight Chicago at Bolingbrook Golf Club. An innocent woman was killed and two officers were injured during a police chase that ended with a crash. Amy thinks that the police are to blame because of their reckless driving. Plus, Milton Schwartz is a veteran of World War II who joined John and Amy to talk about the work that Honor Flight Chicago does.
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Thursday, May 09, 2013
Cook County Commissioner Liz Gorman joined John and Amy to talk about Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart's Concealed Carry Proposal. June 6th is our Honor Flight Chicago at Bolingbrook Golf Club. ABC News Producer Don Ennis suffered from a hormone imbalance and has now become a woman, named Dawn. Plus, Ed Stangel is a veteran of World War II who joined John and Amy to talk about the work that Honor Flight Chicago does.
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Thursday, May 09, 2013
28 year old Chicago teacher Maureen Oleskiewicz died over the weekend after choking on a hot dog at Wrigley Field. The Top 5 @ 5. Ariel Castro, charged with four counts of kidnapping and three counts of rape, will be arraigned Thursday. Authorities say they have "found no facts to link" Onil and Pedro Castro to the kidnappings. Plus, Frank Bialiss is a veteran of World War II who joined John and Amy to talk about the work that Honor Flight Chicago does.
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