Archive for October, 2008

The Joe Crummey Show–Thursday, October 30, 2008

Isn’t Obama smooth, with his little joke about sharing his PB & J back in school?  Too bad the analogy is entirely faulty.  Sharing his little brown-bag lunch was charity, while his plan to spread the wealth around is highway robbery.

Exxon shows record profits again, fueling the popular hatred of oil companies and other successful corporations.  “Fueling” pun not intended, by the way.  You have to remember, companies have to spend a ton of money to make a ton of money.

It’s been seventy years since the first hair-raising broadcast of H.G. Wells’ War of the Worlds.  My mom was actually one of the people who believed Martians had invaded!

Celebs are running away from home again.  They’ll do it, they swear.  Heidi Klum, Michael Stipe and the whole liberal bunch are saying they’ll leave the country if McCain is elected.  I want them to put it in writing!

I’ll also bring you some terrifying, true tales of stupid voters and potential voters tonight.  Wait till you hear my idea to keep them from messing things up for the rest of us.

 
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The Joe Crummey Show–Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Barack Obama’s half hour special airs tonight and that has MSNBC’s Chris Matthews making ridiculous comments about where Obama is coming from as a black man. A lot of people are wondering if the special itself just goes too far.

The World Series is over and it’s taught us something about politics.  When Obama told Phillies fans he wasn’t going to pander to them, what he really meant was, “Here comes the pandering!”  It’s always easy to figure this guy out.  Whoever he’s talking to, that’s whose side he’s on.

Protesters took to the streets against Prop 102 tonight.  102 is the one that limits marriage to men and women only.  Our own Jon Zimney checked out the scene and he’ll fill us in on just what went on.

McCain says he’ll never delay a World Series game for an infomercial but, of course, he would in a heartbeat if he had the money!

You’re sure to be interested in what early voters in Florida are telling the pollsters.

You’ll hear all of this and more on tonight’s Joe Crummey Show.

 
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The Joe Crummey Show–Tuesday, October 28, 2008

A lot of voters are infatuated with Obama.  In fact, I think infatuation is a good word for it, because he’s certainly more of an emotional choice than an intellectual one.

Want to learn about another of Obama’s highly questionable associates?  Rashid Khalidi was close to P.L.O. leader Yasser Arafat and hates Jews like Arafat did—but he’s got Obama’s back all the way!

A lot of Big O’s supporters are young people and that has me wondering.  Are 18-year-olds really up to the task of voting?  We’ll find out what you think about that as well.

The class size for ASU’s lecture courses may jump to about a thousand students!  That amounts to a sea of tuition money.  They could produce high quality video courses for less than that.

We’ll have more about the wardrobe choices of the candidates.  Turns out I was a little off target regarding Michelle Obama last night, but why does anyone care who’s dressed in haute couture anyway?

A judge in Ohio says the homeless must be allowed to vote, but I say, “Ha!”  They don’t have a stake in the game if you ask me.

If one good thing could come from the economic slowdown, it’s the lesson about gas prices, which are falling at the moment.  We don’t pay high prices because of collusion between oil men and elected officials; it’s just supply and demand.

Some wonder if Barack Obama is dying his hair.  Does everyone have to steal Reagan’s ideas?

 
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The Joe Crummey Show–Monday, October 27, 2008

We’ll talk about the propositions you can weigh in on when election day gets here.  Obama could actually limit your health care choices.

Michelle Obama went on The Tonight Show and made a big deal about the thrift of her clothing budget, but give me a break.  She and her family aren’t exactly wearing hand-me-downs and eating ramen.

Maybe Barack Obama will be tested shortly after he takes office, but what about the way a Florida television station tested Biden?  The anchorwoman tried to pin Biden down on whether the Obama ticket smiles on Marxism.

Phoenix Police Officer Shane Figueroa died tragically after an illegal immigrant plowed into his patrol vehicle.  The officer leaves behind a wife and infant daughter and we’re going to discuss crime statistics surrounding illegals.

We’ll also consider situations in which you might need to use a gun to defend yourself.  We’ll talk about the strictest gun laws in the nation, as well as the celebrity tragedy that left a 7-year-old boy dead in Chicago.

 
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The Joe Crummey Show–Friday, October 24, 2008

Are we driving off a cliff if we elect Obama?  He talks of using methods like the ones that led up to the Great Depression.  You should be worried about that.

Twenty-four percent of cell phone users answer their phones while using the little boys’ or little girls’ room.  That’s just one very good example of how unhealthy the attachment to cell phones is.

In the news tonight, tragedy hits the family of Oscar winner and American Idol veteran Jennifer Hudson.  Plus, the attack on a McCain campaign worker was, indeed, a hoax.

Research says the media shows McCain in a mostly negative light.  I agree wholeheartedly!  It’s an egregious, ongoing bias.

 
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The Joe Crummey Show–Thursday, October 23, 2008

When you’re done checking the box beside your presidential pick this November 4th, you’ll notice there are a lot more boxes left to check.  I’m not sure the average voter has a great enough understanding of lawyer-ese to be deciding on all those propositions.  If changes are needed, let the legislature enact them.

A McCain campaign worker says an attacker cut a “B” into her face after noticing her McCain bumpersticker, but some are taking her story with a grain of salt.

Dog lovers are going to get upset with me tonight.  There is no sign on my lawn that says “Canine Toilet,”  but somehow, a lot of doggy business is getting done there anyway.

If you think payday loan centers are a racket and should go away, think again.  They charge high interest rates because the people who use the service are a big risk.  In that respect, they’re actually a lot smarter than the banking system!

The fear of riots after a possible Obama loss isn’t about Obama.  It’s about the guys like Jesse Jackson and Jeremiah Wright—the guys who like to stir up righteous anger.

By the way, is Obama getting enough chicken soup?


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The Joe Crummey Show–Wednesday, October 22, 2008

On the web, al-Qaida says they’d love to see John McCain leading the U.S., but they’re employing reverse psychology.  They tried to influence our last presidential election by way of threats, but it didn’t work, so they’re trying a slicker approach to put Obama in the White House.

Democratic Senator Jeff Bingaman says he’d like to bring back the Fairness Doctrine next year.  I hope that doesn’t happen because it would kill The Joe Crummey Show.

When David Wilsey found himself face to face with devotees of “white power,” he told them he was proud to be Latino.  His new acquaintances then attacked him.  So, was his expression of racial pride worth it?  If I run into a bunch of toughs on a dark street, I’m not throwing any disagreement their way because I want to get home alive.

Will there be riots if Obama doesn’t win?  Like with the soccer hooligans across the pond?

Sarah Palin is under fire for wearing expensive designer clothes.  Hey, it doesn’t mean she’s not for the little guy.  The candidates have to wear something.  She’s certainly no more a big spender than Obama.

 
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The Joe Crummey Show–Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Tonight, we’ll talk more about Joe Biden’s prediction that Obama will be tested early by an international crisis.  Let’s think about Obama’s willingness to sit down with Ahmadinejad in comparison with the famous difficulties of the Kennedy and Carter administrations.  I think you’ll see why Obama is cause for concern.

Those payday loan centers could be going away by the the year 2010, but I say, let’s keep ‘em.  There’s a reason for those places.  There are people out there who can’t get credit any other way.

People are voting already.  The campaign’s not even over yet—in spite of what some say—and early votes are being cast all over the place.  Why not do away with the stupid early voting alltogether?  Why not vote online?

I went to see Oliver Stone’s film W, in which our president is portrayed as a blithering idiot.  We get it:  liberals like to paint Republicans as stupid.  Oh, or, as Nazis—that one crops up too.

In San Francisco, they’ll be voting on a proposition to legalize prostitution.  This is a prop they couldn’t even pass in Berkeley.

Barney Frank says our government can spend a ton of money and then, later, recover it from “a lot of very rich people” in taxes.  As we close up shop tonight, I’ll tell you why it’s not a good thing to always take from the rich.

 
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The Joe Crummey Show–Monday, October 20, 2008

People are so surprised at Colin Powell’s “across-the-aisle” endorsement of Barack Obama, but they really shouldn’t be.  Powell may be a Republican, but he’s a liberal one.

You can’t take the polls all that seriously either.  Especially this year.

Officials say the state of Arizona is working to cut costs by such methods as changing the sleep settings on their computer monitors.  It’s a drop in the bucket if you ask me.

Joe Biden says Obama will be tested by an international crisis in the first six months of his presidency.  Way to point out his weakness on foreign policy, J.B.!

Sarah Palin was on SNL over the weekend but, with the show’s take on Palin, doesn’t the appearance take away from her credibility?

Fox’s animated series Family Guy likened the McCain campaign to the Nazis last night.  I usually get a big kick out of the show, but they’ve gone too far here.

 
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The Joe Crummey Show–Friday, October 17, 2008

I’ll bet Joe the Plumber never thought he’d be at the center of this year’s election news.  He has us talking about who earns the most—and the least.  Don’t freak out when you hear the liberals say that a tiny minority earns the majority of the wealth in the U.S.  The rest are paying almost nothing in taxes.

There’s a connection—believe it or not—between the economic crisis and a wedding I was invited to.

A Valley pizza delivery guy was shot twice in the line of duty last night and then drove himself to a convenience store to call for help.  Can you imagine what it would be like to be shot?  One listener is kind enough to call and tell us.

Meghan McCain says she’ll get a tattoo if her dad wins the presidency.  I’m not convinced he’ll win, but I hope the candidate’s daughter has really thought this out.  Guys get certain ideas about girls who get tats.

I’m afraid David Letterman has turned into an angry guy.  It’s weird how, now that he’s older, he thinks he has to weigh in on politics.  People used to really like Dave, the comedian.

A guy who calls himself the Human Speedbump tried to break the record for being run over by the most trucks at the Arizona State Fair.  KTAR reporter Colton Shone will tell us what went wrong.

 
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