January 22, 2008

Some thoughts on today's guests

Yes, David is on AM NewsTalk 1360 today in place of Lynn Cullen (stream live here) and my thought on his guests are as follows:
  • Chris Potter, Editor of the City Paper: Did I ever mention how much I liked this cover (Luke's thought bubbles) of your paper? No, I don't think I did.

  • Dan Onorato, Allegheny County Executive: Any worries on Our county's electronic voting machines considering this article and this article?

  • John McIntire, Off-Q panelist, City Paper columnist, Blogger: Please, someone, give this man another show!
    • UPDATE: Call in at 412-333-1360!
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    14 comments:

    1. Sherry PasquarelloJanuary 22, 2008 at 9:50 AM

      hi maria. yep, i'm listening.

      cleaning the house and listening!

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    2. MariaJanuary 22, 2008 at 9:52 AM

      I think that I'll be out shoveling the walk and spreading salt at the top of the hour!

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    3. Sherry PasquarelloJanuary 22, 2008 at 9:52 AM

      and yes, please someone give john another show. i keep missing him on his guest appearances on 13!

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    4. Sherry PasquarelloJanuary 22, 2008 at 9:53 AM

      i thought the snow wasn't supposed to show til 1 p.m???

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    5. Mark RauterkusJanuary 22, 2008 at 9:55 AM

      Yes, Maria is right. Jump on Onorato about the voting machines. The machines we have in Allegheny County, from ES&S, have be 'uncertified' in many other places in the county. They have been known to not count the votes with any amount of trust.

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    6. Sherry PasquarelloJanuary 22, 2008 at 9:55 AM

      last time i called in, i giggled because of nerves and i'm still trying to live that down!

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    7. Sherry PasquarelloJanuary 22, 2008 at 9:56 AM

      yes, the voting machines, please, someone?????

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    8. Mark RauterkusJanuary 22, 2008 at 9:59 AM

      Calls can't be placed to the studio phone, 412 333-1360. All circuits are busy. Not sure what's up.

      tried at 9:50

      You might want to call out to Onorato to get him on the line...???

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    9. Mark RauterkusJanuary 22, 2008 at 10:01 AM

      Ask Dan if Luke and his wife have ever been out of the country before.

      Dan has been to China on a junket. The windfalls of that trip should be bearing fruit now -- right???

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    10. Mark RauterkusJanuary 22, 2008 at 10:09 AM

      I don't want our parks to be made into public-private places. We don't want Elsie Hillman telling us, again, what public swim pools we can open and what hours they should be and what needs to be closed.

      Let's for a public park district, using the model that is deployed in Illinois.

      We should mege Parks in the County with Citiparks and school district (afterschools) -- into a new entity, a Pgh Park District. And, that should take parks OFF of GRANT STREET.

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    11. Mark RauterkusJanuary 22, 2008 at 10:22 AM

      The ES&S machines are decertified by many regions.

      The ES&S staffers slip USB drives in and out of the machines as votes were counted.

      We don't want a consultant to verify. We want open source machines.

      Dan should have NOT purchased those machines.

      The FEDS don't have voter machine authority. Onorato was a wimp. The law of the land is on the side of local control.

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    12. AnonymousJanuary 22, 2008 at 10:27 AM

      http://carbolicsmokeblog.blogspot.com/2008/01/onorato-wasting-away-restaurants-refuse.html

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    13. Mark RauterkusJanuary 22, 2008 at 10:37 AM

      Machine in Allegheny County is used in 17 counties. Yes, the PA vote is something to worry about.

      It is a bad machine. It was a bad decision.

      Onorato is with comfort -- and he is wrong.

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    14. GaryJanuary 23, 2008 at 7:10 PM

      Why do you keep whoring for McIntire? This is a guy who wrote on his blog that he couldn't wait to bang Betty Ford now that Gerald was dead. He's like a 12-year-old who just learned dirty words. No wonder he can't keep a job.

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