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All the best to Gabrielle Giffords

January 23, 2012 blog, Tony Katz No comments

On the day that Rep. Gabrielle Giffords got shot at an event in Tuscon, AZ, I was able to convince one of my radio stations to allow me on the air for an hour to discuss it. I knew little of Giffords, but I knew much about what could have been. This was more than a shooting, this was an attack.

Much of what came out of the aftermath of that shooting which killed six was senselessly political in nature. The Tea Party was blamed for the shooting (though it was never true), the use of “targets” on maps was considered out of bounds. There was a push for the “new tone,” which involved the new utilization of political correctness to punish us not only for our words, but how our words were delivered.

And while those on the outside hurled insults, accusation and innuendo (most recently Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz who used the same “Tea Party Did It” lie just a few weeks ago) Rep. Giffords went on the course of healing. She was shot in the head. These things take time.

No one could have been more shocked to see Rep. Giffords, with some slight assistance, walk out onto the House floor for a vote. Without being told, without being asked, without wondering about party politics, the US House of Representatives broke out into thunderous applause at the sight of Giffords. She waved back. Less than a year ago she was shot in the head. There she stood…waving.

Today, she announced that she is leaving the House. In a statement, Giffords said:

Thank you for your prayers and for giving me time to recover. I have more work to do on my recovery. So to do what’s best for Arizona, I will step down this week. I’m getting better. Every day my spirit is high. I will return, and we will work together for Arizona and this great country.

I join countless numbers of Americans in wishing Rep. Giffords the very best in her recovery, and her life. Her story is not political, it is inspirational. It is one that discusses the worst in humanity, the best in medical technology and the amazement of the human spirit. In that one hour on a Saturday in January, no one could have imagined the speed of her recovery. Undoubtedly, it will continue for years to come. But what we see inspires us. It is what we want our nation to be – strong, capable, full of faith and able to rise after we fall.

Before she goes, Giffords will attend the State of the Union. That may well be the only reason to watch. For at least, when the camera pans her way, you will be inspired.

TKRS – 1-11-12 – Three Politicians; different political parties and all wrong

January 11, 2012 podcast, Tony Katz Radio No comments

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Today, Tony takes to task the lies of Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (D-FL) on the Tea Party, the nonsense of Gov. Rick Perry (R-TX) on Capitalism and the nanny state dreams of New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg (I).

Tony Katz talks Tea Party and 2012 Race on FOX and Friends

January 7, 2012 blog, Tony Katz, video No comments

Tony Katz, host of The Tony Katz Radio show, speaks with Dave Briggs on FOX and Friends about how the Tea Party views the 2012 contenders for President. Tony talks about which candidates get Tea Party support.

TKRS – 12-29-11 – The Immigration Hotline, and Guest Evan Sayet

December 29, 2011 podcast, Tony Katz Radio No comments

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Tony talks about the illegal immigration (illegal invaders!) 800 number set up by the Obama Administration. Guest Evan Sayet talks about the liberal mindset. Then, Tony openly disagrees with Charles Krauthammer, and explains in the After Show how the Tea Party needs to think about elections.

NOTE – Some sound issues were noticed by the chatroom, and then fixed into the second segment. Other sound issues were noticed when callers appeared much louder than the host. Those are being fixed. Thanks!

TKRS – Wednesday, November 16th 2011 –

November 16, 2011 podcast, Tony Katz Radio No comments

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Dean Rod Hewlett is back to continue the conversation about Capitalism and Open Markets. Then, Rep. Tim Huelskamp (R-KS) discusses Operation Fast and Furious, and the need for Attorney General Eric Holder to resign.

Tony Katz talks OWS, Oakland and the police on RT

October 26, 2011 video No comments

Tony Katz, host of The Tony Katz Radio Show, talks with RT’s Liz Whal and fellow panelist Charlie McGrath about the clashes with police and Occupy Wall Street in Oakland. Is this good for their cause, or has their cause been co-opted by those who want the violence to happen?

Tony on TownHall.com – There is no possible comparison between the Tea Party and OWS

October 25, 2011 articles, blog, Featured No comments

Here is my latest piece on TownHall.com, discussing the inability to compare the Tea Party and OWS. One movement – the Tea Party – has a vision and values. One movement – OWS – has no vision, no values and is not a movement at all.

Tea Party and OWS — No Comparison

Steve Annear has an article on Metro.US about the new safety team circulating the Tent City Square, a.k.a. Occupy Boston, a satellite of the original Occupy Wall Street. According to Annear, a team of eight people – armed with neon vests and walkie-talkies – patrol the make-shift town to keep the “residents” safe.
Why is this necessary? According to the article:

On the heels of an incident last Sunday night, when a heroin addict allegedly pulled a knife on protesters and urinated on a tent….One guard donning a neon vest, who declined to give his name, said they are trying to keep the peace by “rounding up junkies and trying to kick them out,” adding that the so-called junkies have continually been a problem.

I have organized, hosted and spoken at Tea Party events around the country, and we never – ever! – have had to organize a safety team. Tea Party participants, who’ve gathered in cities and towns all across the country, have never had to worry about their safety from within the movement – - only from without. (see: SEIU) Never once has there been a report of a “heroin addict” urinating on tents….then again, there have been no tents! After each event, Tea Partiers return to their families, work/job search, school, etc. Heroin addicts don’t seem to be attracted to the Tea Party. And we make sure to have our rallies near public restrooms (usually associated with the properly-permitted spaces) or provide port-o-potties.

There is a difference in the participants, because there is a difference in the cause. The Tea Party is based on what I call “The Four Basics” – - The Constitution, Capitalism, Fiscal Responsibility and Smaller Government. In a broader sense, it is based on shared ideals for the country. The Tea Party advocates smaller, leaner, more pragmatic government; equality of opportunity. We do, all of us in the Tea Party, “…hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”

People are made equal. What they do with their lives is up to them! The Occupiers are promoting anti-Semitism, the return of the guillotine (while “maybe” a joke at first, many think it is a good idea, and that I should be under it!), a hodge-podge of hate, vitriol and false truths.

The people of OWS don’t look to the future, to a better America, to a free and prosperous people unencumbered by government overreach to pursue their dreams, wants and desires. OWS is long removed from its proposed (legitimate?) objective – exposing and objecting to the federal government picking winners and losers on Wall Street and the too-close relationship often engaged between – and is now focused on, well, nothing. They are promoting Communism, a failed system of failed people predicated on a impossible, inchoate proposition that all people can be forced into equality.

The Tea Party promotes a better future, based on the prodigy of our Founding Fathers. OWS promotes lies, based on the abject failure of the Marxist thesis. Their once (potentially?) worthwhile message has been, unfortunately, hijacked by proud socialists and Marxists, the Democratic party, the unions, and a smattering of Hollywood – the latter three all hoping that OWS can be the Left’s version of the Tea Party, thus giving them something positive to look to in this upcoming election season.

The article continued, with one of the “guards” explaining the situation:

“People wander in here high and drunk and try and get in tents…You’re always going to have drunk a—holes, wherever you go,” he said. “The safety team is pretty efficient. It’s not like this is a junkie haven.”

The reality is, you don’t have drunk “a—holes” wherever you go. It actually depends on where you go. The Tea Party went towards a more prosperous America, rooted in the Constitution that allows people to live to the moment of their happiness. OWS went towards “eat the rich,” urinating on tents, threatening reporters, blaming the Jews and sexual harassment.

There is no comparison.

Tony on TownHall – Occupy Wall Street gets Man Love

October 11, 2011 articles, blog, Featured, Tony Katz No comments

Tony is now a contributor to TownHall.com. This article originally posted there.

OCCUPY WALL STREET GETS “MAN” LOVE

The anti-war protests of the 60′s, which gave birth to the hippie movement, taught future generations of protesters the concept of the enemy as “The Man.” The Man, in general, is the person, group of people or entity with power – economic, political, or both. The protesters are the people, angry with the power entity for corrupt, dangerous, or disingenuous or otherwise disagreeable behavior.

So, when Occupy Wall Street – and their blind allegiance minions – took to the streets in New York, they merely filled in the blanks in the protest template. Like a game of Mad Libs, the veracity of their statements was irrelevant. They (the people) were opposed to the crooked dealings between Wall Street (banking industry) and Government (see Republicans, because when the OWS crowd realizes that Obama is just a shill for Wall Street they will crap their pants, not police cars!)

They are protesting the bailouts, the way Wall Street puts profits ahead of people (a still unprovable thesis) and how they manipulate money to keep rich people rich and poor people poor (a still unprovable thesis.)

Protesting bank bailouts is fine. It is also smart. Most Americans view bailouts in general unfavorably. Why is it that government is in the game of picking winners and losers? So-called “winners” aren’t always – or ever – the most solvent, smartest, best-for-the-people investments; just look at Solyndra! The free market should be the only factor to determine whether a business succeeds or fails – not government. Government involvement in these decisions is just wrong. This is the Tea Party thesis, and has been advocated by the millions of Tea Party members across the nation for over two years.

Who is backing Occupy Wall Street? We’ve seen the outpouring of support from Leftist Hollywood -Michael Moore , Roseanne Barr, Susan Sarandon have all shown their love for the movement. A basic Google search of “hollywood supports occupy wall street” brings an article that has even moreHollywood people – Mark Ruffalo, Tim Robbins, Yoko Ono, Penn Bagdley, Alec Baldwin and music mogul Russell Simmons – supporting the cause of viciously attacks on those who work on Wall Street (and increasingly, Main Street) by those who don’t work at all. (The very next article highlighted that George Clooney also supports OWS, just proving that there is no lack of star-power support.)

Who else supports OWS? Democrats who desperately want to be integral to the movement. Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi recently stated, “Well,I support the message to the establishment – whether it’s Wall Street or the political establishment and the rest – that change has to happen.” She also stated, “God bless them….it’s young….it’s spontaneous.” Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) supports the OWS crowd(even though he was not allowed to speak at a OWS rally in Atlanta).

The DCCC (Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee) has a petition on its website trying to get 100,000 people to agree with OWS. It has even sent out Tweets about it.

President Obama has voiced – clearly – his support for OWS, stating:

“The protesters are giving voice to a more broad-based frustration about how our financial system works…”

Support of Hollywood? Support of leaders in Washington? Support of the Democratic Party? Support of the President? That is The Man – and The Man loves Occupy Wall Street! The protesters aren’t fighting The Man (or the system,) they are legitimizing it. They are allowing themselves to be co-opted by the forces that make, in their eyes, too many decisions. The controlling forces of Hollywood and government – both of whom are financed by the banking industry! – are now working hard to control Occupy Wall Street, and OWS is more than happy to let them in (with the notable exception of Rep. Lewis….racism, anyone?)

While the protesters in Manhattan, Los Angeles and other cities may think they are fighting The Man, the truth is they are in love with The Man, and The Man is in love with them. Their protest isn’t a protest, then, but rather a needed vehicle of the Democrat party and the Progressive movement to bring some excitement to a political party and a political ideology that has been cast aside by Americans in the run up to the 2012 elections. Maybe one day they’ll realize this, and then be able to answer the question – why are you here?

Until then, the protesters and The Man are in mad crazy love. They are registered at the local Apple store, because some corporations are still ok by (most of) them. A wedding date hasn’t been confirmed.

The Rush To Race Is Ridiculous

September 27, 2011 articles, blog, Featured, Tony Katz No comments

Over the weekend, businessman and presidential candidate Herman Cain won the Florida Straw Poll with a very convincing 37% of the vote. He more than doubled his nearest challenger, Texas Gov. Rick Perry and third place finisher, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney.

Quickly, all the usual suspects weighed in on the significance of Cain’s victory. Much of the commentary focused on race. That GOP delegates in order to prove the party (and the Tea Party) isn’t racist, pushed Cain over the top.

Wrong. Is the establishment GOP really that interested in proving to a hate-filled Progressive minority that they are good people who should be liked? Are there members of the Tea Party who actually believe that Sen. Boxer, Sen. Schumer, Michael Moore, Janeane Garofalo, Rep. Frank or others will like them because they voted for a black man?

Cain’s strong win in the straw poll is not about race, it’s about Cain!

Cain offers specific solutions. His “999″ Plan has taken hold; he is serious about reducing taxes. They see this in the shadow of President Obama’s $1.5 Trillion tax increase, and his continued attacks on productive society.

People have been leery – disgusted! – with Obamacare. They have heard all the talk about the need to repeal, or at the very least, to defund Obamacare. The personal story of Cain’s fight with Stage 4 colon cancer hit home with voters. They can visualize what their lives will be like under socialized medicine. Cain is alive because of an unencumbured health care system, where patients and doctors work towards success. Cain is clear: He would be dead under Obamacare. America was listening.

There have been some who have used Cain’s victory to combat the ignorant words of actor Morgan Freeman. On Piers Morgan’s show on CNN, Morgan stated:

FREEMAN: Look at, look, the Tea Partiers…Their stated policy, publicly stated, is to do whatever it takes to see to it that Obama only serves one term. What’s, what does that, what underlines that? “Screw the country. We’re going to whatever we do to get this black man, we can, we’re going to do whatever we can to get this black man outta here”

(PIERS) MORGAN: But is that necessarily a racist thing?

FREEMAN: It is a racist thing.

Why would Republicans or members of the Tea Party think it necessary to vindicate themselves from the words of Freeman, who did nothing more than reiterate the tired Racer meme popularized by Garofalo and Keith Olbermann? When Cain was asked for his response to Freeman’s accusations, Cain pointed out the problem with Morgan’s statement:

“Most of the people that are criticizing the Tea Partiers about having a racist element, they have never been to a Tea Party…Name calling is something that is going to continue in this because they don’t know how to stop this movement and this movement is making a big difference in politics…”

Cain didn’t mention his race. He didn’t mention being black. He didn’t mention his skin color. Cain did what Cain does: He focused on the statement, gave a thoughtful, straightforward analysis and moved on.

It is this candid, direct approach that is attractive to the American people. Cain doesn’t make excuses; he proposes solutions. He admits his mistakes, talks about what he is learning and focuses on giving America a clear set of rules, policies and procedures. Cain does what Obama can not; walking the walk after talking the talk.

If there is anything to take from Cain’s impressive victory in the Florida Straw Poll, its that the mainstream media will not be deciding who the GOP candidate is. The idea that America’s choices are reduced to Mitt Romney or Rick Perry are over. Herman Cain has joined the top tier, and he got there with hard work, an engaging personality and a great message. How long he stays there is up to Cain and the voters, not the MSM.

Tony Katz Radio – Monday, September 26th 2011

September 26, 2011 podcast, Tony Katz Radio No comments

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Tony talks about Herman Cain’s victory in Florida and Obama’s Jewish/Black/Minority/American problem with Amy Laff. Then Guy Benson of TownHall.com talks about Solyndra and the whitewash of the New York Times.

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