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Last 20 Shows Someone You Should Know: Lance Cpl. Mina Salama Bruce McQuain from Blackfive joined us once again for Someone You Should Know, our weekly tribute to the troops. Bruce spent 28 years in the U.S. Army and he is a veteran of the Vietnam war. He brings a perspective and understanding to these stories that we could never match.
This week Bruce told us about Lance Cpl. Mina Salama. This is from Stars and Stripes,
“They told me there were people inside,” said Salama, 22, a Jersey City, N.J., native.
That was all he needed to hear. He im ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Dennis Miller on the Blame Bush strategyWhat a great time with Dennis Miller tonight. I asked him if there was an expiration data on President Obama's blame Bush strategy.
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On Boston's Talk Station WRKO since 2005, Pundit Review Radio is where the old media meets the new. Each week we give voice to the work of the most influential leaders in the new media/citizen journalist revolution. Called "groundbreaking" by Talkers Magazine, this uniq ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Dennis Miller on Pundit Review RadioProducer Rob really out did himself with this one. He landed Dennis Miller tonight and he lived up to the billing. He was hilarious. We squeezed about three Miller Times segments out of him. He was incredibly gracious, spending a full half-hour with us. We covered a ton of ground, from Scott Brown to Obama, from Bill O'Reilly to George Bush and the war on terror.
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On Boston’s Talk Station WRKO ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Discussing Tuesday's thrilling election on WRKOLast night on WRKO I started by throwing the phone lines open so people could talk about Tuesday's thrilling election. We got a lot of great calls, from Coakley and Brown supporters. A call from a young man by the name of Sean from West Roxbury was especially impressive!
I noted how impressed I was with the humility and grace that Scott Brown showed in the Wednesday morning press conference. I also mentioned the very gracious thank you note he sent me on Wednesday evening. This is one ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Someone You Should Know: Sgt. Aubrey McDade Jr.Bruce McQuain from Blackfive joined us once again for Someone You Should Know, our weekly tribute to the troops. Bruce spent 28 years in the U.S. Army and he is a veteran of the Vietnam war. He brings a perspective and understanding to these stories that we could never match.
This week Bruce told us about Marine Corps Sgt. Aubrey McDade Jr. Here is an account from Marine Corps Times,
JACKSONVILLE, N.C. — These days, drill instructor Sgt. Aubrey McDade Jr. is making Marines to win batt ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Marc Thiessen on Courting DisasterOne of the most underappreciated aspects of the Scott Brown victory in deep blue Massachusetts was his vigorous, clear, no apologies defense of some of the most controversial aspects related to how we handle the war on terror, or whatever the Obama administration is calling it this week. War on man-made disasters is sooooo 2009!
Scott Brown said quite clearly, the Christmas Eve crotch bomber was funded and trained by Al Qaeda and therefore, he should be treated as an enemy combatant withi ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Someone You Should Know: SFC Jose RodriguezBruce McQuain from Blackfive joined us once again for Someone You Should Know, our weekly tribute to the troops. Bruce spent 28 years in the U.S. Army and he is a veteran of the Vietnam war. He brings a perspective and understanding to these stories that we could never match.
This week Bruce told us about SFC Jose Rodriguez. From his Silver Star citation,
"The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star Medal to Jose R. Rodriguez, Sergeant First Class, U ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Someone You Should Know: Staff Sgt. Omar HernandezBruce McQuain from Blackfive joined us once again for Someone You Should Know, our weekly tribute to the troops. Bruce spent 28 years in the U.S. Army and he is a veteran of the Vietnam war. He brings a perspective and understanding to these stories that we could never match.
This week Bruce told us about Staff Sgt. Omar Hernandez,
"Silver Star Medal and Purple Heart recipient Staff Sgt. Omar Hernandez showed extraordinary bravery on 6 June 2007, when his team was attacked by insurgents ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Red Mass Group editor Garrett Quinn on the senate raceWe always have a good time when Red Mass Group editor Garrett Quinn joins us in studio, as he did last night. These are exciting times for political junkies like us. In our lifetimes, we may never have a greater opportunity to send a message to Washington than we do on january 19.
We talked about the campaign, the candidates and the polls, including so-called “push polls” which have started within the past day or so.
The Pundit Review Radio Podcast RSS feed can be found here. Follow ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Someone You Should Know: SSG Matthew RitenourBruce McQuain from Blackfive joined us once again for Someone You Should Know, our weekly tribute to the troops. Bruce spent 28 years in the U.S. Army and he is a veteran of the Vietnam war. He brings a perspective and understanding to these stories that we could never match.
This week Bruce told us about SSG Matthew Ritenour. From his Silver Star citation,
"The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star Medal to Matthew Ritenour, Staff Sergeant, U.S. Arm ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Michael Yon live from Hong KongTwo of our favorite and most frequent guests over the years have been independent citizen journalist Michael Yon (michaelyon-online.com) and Bruce McQuain from QandO.net and the #1 milblog Blackfive.net. He's also the man behind the Someone You Should Know series (http://www.punditreview.com/category/someone-you-should-know/).
When I have Michael on, I always invite Bruce because of his decades of experience in the Army. Tonight, when Michael made a comment about the reasons surrounding ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Chris Horner and Bruce McQuain on ClimategateWhat a pleasure this was, two of my favorite pundits on the topic of global warming alarmism, Chris Horner and Bruce McQuain.
Chris Horner is author of Red, Hot, Lies and one of my favorite and most frequent guests. Chris has been in the news recently for his Freedom of Information Act request to NASA which has been ignored for nearly two years. In the wake of Climategate, it is easy to understand why people might wonder about the motives behind the stonewalling,
Researcher: NASA hidi ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Someone You Should Know: Col. Lewis L. MillettBruce McQuain from Blackfive joined us once again for Someone You Should Know, our weekly tribute to the troops. Bruce spent 28 years in the U.S. Army and he is a veteran of the Vietnam war. He brings a perspective and understanding to these stories that we could never match.
This week Bruce told us about Col. Lewis L. Millett,
"Millet received the Medal of Honor for his actions Feb. 7, 1951. He led Company E, 27th Infantry, 25th Infantry Division, in a bayonet charge up Hill 180 near S ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Someone You Should Know: A day in the lifeBruce McQuain from Blackfive joined us once again for Someone You Should Know, our weekly tribute to the troops. Bruce spent 28 years in the U.S. Army and he is a veteran of the Vietnam war. He brings a perspective and understanding to these stories that we could never match.
This week Bruce told us about a day in the life for Marines in Iraq, through the experiences of the 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion,
" Bova and Tice say there have been tougher battles in Iraq in the last few years, an ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Timothy P. Carney on ObamanomicsTimothy P. Carney is the lobbying editor for the Washington Examiner and he joined me last night to talk about his thought provoking new book "Obamanomics".
Before talking about the book, I had to ask Tim about his amazing experience as a young journalist in Washington DC, working as a protege of the legendary reporter and columnist Robert Novak.
The book itself stands conventional wisdom on its head. Carney argues that Obamanomics is actually good for Big Business, at the expense of alm ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website This is what Christmas is all aboutMy brother-in-law is a professional cyclist and he has some custom, super high end bikes that he has accumulated over the years. He recently put one on eBay for sale for $6000. He began a correspondence with a gentlemen from San Diego who was interested in the bike. They established a nice rapport and shared stories about their love of cycling. The potential buyer was curious about the bike since it was custom made for my brother-in-law. He sent a photo along of his bike and in it, he ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Someone You Should Know: Sgt. Matthew MatlockBruce McQuain from Blackfive joined us once again for Someone You Should Know, our weekly tribute to the troops. Bruce spent 28 years in the U.S. Army and he is a veteran of the Vietnam war. He brings a perspective and understanding to these stories that we could never match.
This week Bruce told us about Sgt. Matthew Matlock, a noncommissioned officer from Company C, 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment for actions he took under fire to save Soldiers in Afghanistan.
“You never know ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Someone You Should Know: Sgt. John EadeBruce McQuain from Blackfive joined us once again for Someone You Should Know, our weekly tribute to the troops. Bruce spent 28 years in the U.S. Army and he is a veteran of the Vietnam war. He brings a perspective and understanding to these stories that we could never match.
This week Bruce told us about Vietnam veteran and Boston resident Sgt. John Eade, on the 40th anniversary of the legendary battle of Ia Drang. He used an account written by Jules Crittenden of the Boston Herald,
"A ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website James P. Othmer on ADLANDThe hit TV show Mad Men takes a look at the hip and cool world of 1960s Madison Avenue advertsing.
James P. Othmer has written a highly entertaining look back at his career in the advertising business, including a stint as Creative Director at mega firm Young & Rubicam.
James is a terrific writer, incredibly witty and funny. He tells some great stories about the creative process, clients and office dynamics. He also takes a look forward, at the future of advertsing itself. Like the ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Steven F. Hayward on The Age of ReaganWho wants to put aside for a few minutes The Age of Obama, and take a look back at The Age of Reagan instead? I thought so.
Joining me last night was Steven F. Hayward, one of the country's leading experts on the Reagan presidency, who has written an exhaustive two volume biography titled The Age Of Reagan.
With the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the timing was just right to take a look back at this great president. I also wanted to talk to Steven about how Reagan is b ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
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