Re: right-wing talk

[ASchinella <ASchinella@aol.com>]

I have been an irregular listener of Chuck Harder's since 1991 (WCAP 980 AM
Lowell 2pm-5pm) when Jerry Brown did a show with him talking about his
presidential run. I wouldn't really call Harder a right-winger; Populist, yes.
Conservative, at times. But no one who attacks corporate America like he does
or has Ralph Nader on every week can really be called right-wing. Some of his
stuff is out there and when I first heard him I admit, I thought he was out
there. 
But Harder challenges his listeners to go and look up things he talks about
for themselves and I have and I have found that Harder is not only right about
things but often ahead of his time. He was talking about the dangers of radio
consolidation before anyone. A year before NAFTA, he had the documents printed
up and sold them at cost and to his credit, helped to stop the pact which has
cost our nation over a million manufacturing jobs. 

As for the transponders ("computer chips being implanted by the government to
spy
on citizens"), have you ever heard of Pet Secure or Lo-Jack? Pet Secure is a
company that injects small transponders into dogs and cats so that when they
run away, you call ADT-type outlet, they punch in the code and immediately
find your pet on an electronic map. Lo-Jack works on the same phenom; a
transponder is put into your car and when it is stolen, the cops punch in the
code and on a map, shazam, there is your car! 
CNN did a story on the Atlanta olympic games and how all olympians had
transponders in there IDs so that if they were kidnapped they could be found
in a flash; punch in the code, instant location. 
Now, not to sound too science fiction here but, do you think that if there
were a rash of children missing or heaven forbid, children killed, by satanic
rituals or something (which happens in South Fla. btw), law enforcement
wouldn't want transponders put into children so they could be traced or found?
Remember when everyone wanted kids fingerprinted and pictures taken for
safety? I can hear them now: "These transponders are the latest in child
safety technology..." I know it all sounds out there but who knows these
days... 

As for Feder, I heard his show (I called in to congratulate him) and he wasn't
that bad for his first show (Pat Buchanan was on talking about his new book on
economic nationalism, something I personally agree with him on). Feder will
only be on from 6-7pm but may extend his show if it goes over well. I have met
Feder and must agree with Donna's comments. He is quite extreme at times, but
he is intelligent and I think his show could be an asset to the airwaves that
are so lacking in good conversation. 

In a message dated 98-04-07 01:41:03 EDT, dlh@donnahalper.com writes:

<< 
 So I notice that WRPT is continuing its reputation as the home of the
 conservative right -- Chuck Harder in the afternoons, and now Boston Herald
 columnist Don Feder at night.  Actually, I am eager to hear Don do a
 talk-show. His newspaper columns are often ultra-conservative (I consider
 myself a moderate), but he is very erudite and has been a wonderful guest
 when I heard him on David Brudnoy.  As for Mr Harder and his talk about
 conspiracy theories, computer chips being implanted by the government to spy
 on citizens, listening devices in lamp-posts, the need for us to take up
 arms, etc-- well, I'm glad there is a first amendment, but I find him a bit
 goofy.  I am sure he has his fans, however.  I must admit I was surprised
 the first time I heard him on the air up here-- his callers seem mainly from
 the rural south, and I don't mean that to sound patronising.  CNN did a show
 about him last year and they observed the same thing:  he has a devoted
 following in small towns throughout the south, and his listeners believe
 everything he says... >>

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