Mon. Show Prep – Dystopian Future Edition

SNL had a peak into Newt Gingrich’s Moon colony. President Obama’s socialist policies, and nuclear war with the Norks and Iranians have destroyed the Earth, but that’s ok because Callista is willing to try an open marriage so that Newt can do his part to re-populate the human race.

Moment of Racial Insensitivity: Arizona state rep. Cecil Ash is wondering why there are no holidays for white people. He wants to state to match its Latin American Day with a “Caucasian Day.”

George Will says that Mitt Romney has already wrapped up the GOP Presidential nomination. He says that the lack of debates in the near future will make it difficult for Newt Gingirch to turn the tide.

Awkward Media Moment: During their coverage of the Nevada caucuses John King on CNN called Mitt Romney “Governor Mormon.” At least he wasn’t drunk… this time.

Newt Gingrich has continued his trend of not calling Mitt Romney to congratulate him. He told Wolf Blitzer on CNN that Romney outspend him 5-1 so he doesn’t deserve congratulations.

A new Facebook/Politico poll says that Donald Trump’s endorsement of Mitt Romney may have actually hurt him a little. Forty-one percent of those surveyed said Trump’s endorsement gave them a more negative view of Romney, compared with just 10 percent who said they now view him more positively. Forty-nine percent said the endorsement had no effect. I didn’t seem to hurt Romney in Nevada.

Knoxville has decided to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Titanic disaster with an ice carving competition. Too soon?

Let the record show that the first War on Christmas story appeared in… February: Remember the Massachusetts school district that wouldn’t let the firemen visit class dressed as Santa? The school board has changed their mind.

The Keith & Katie Show – 2/4/12 – The Truth Is Out There

On this week’s thrilling edition of the show, Katie Lee and I talk about Donald Trump’s endorsement of Mitt Romney, President Obama’s “One Voter At A Time” Initiative, and Katie’s close encounter of the blue-flamey kind.

Remember, you can catch the show live on AM 560 WIND Saturday mornings at 4am (MORNING DRIVE BABY!)

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Fri. Show Prep – Completely Pointless Endorsement Edition

Donald Trump endorsed Mitt Romney at an event in Las Vegas. Shepard Smith was less then impressed, saying that next we’ll get endorsements from Shakira and Big Bird.

A reporter asked Callista Gingrich if she is currently in an open marriage. She seemed shocked by the question, but Newt who was nearby said no. So Newt has apparently abandoned the American dream of having your cake and eating it too.

Awkward Media Moment: Michelle Obama’s media tour continues, now she did push-ups with Ellen DeGeneres.

A Minnesota school immediately banned a game played by a handful of fifth-graders called “rape tag.”  A parent alerted the school’s principal about the game after seeing it in Facebook postings. The game is like freeze tag, but in order to free someone, a player needs to thrust their hips at them, the station reported.

A group of California college students want to get rid of all college tuition. Instead the student would pay 5% of their income to the college for 20 years after graduating and entering the workforce. Is that fair? The college could potentially get more money, but they wouldn’t get paid at unless you find a job. Which basically means they would do everything they could to talk you out of being a philosophy major.

Scare in the Air: The US government’s “No Fly” list has more than doubled in the last year.

Geeky Space Story of the Day: NASA has found another planet smack dab in the middle of the habitable zone of a star. It’s a “Super-Earth” about 4.5 times the size of this here planet, and it’s about 22 light years away in the constellation Scorpio.

Thurs. Show Prep – St. Valentines Day Massacre Edition

A school in Massachusetts has banned Valentine’s Day candy, and the principal is suggesting that kids hand out some nice origami instead. They say students were inundated with candy last year and they would really like them to eat healthier anyway. No candy on Valentines Day? That’s just about the end of society as we know it.

Error in Judgement: Mitt Romney told Soledad O’Brien on CNN that he’s not “concerned about the super poor.” Obviously people are jumping all over him for that one. The full quote actually says that there are already programs in place to deal with the “super poor” but he is more concerned with the middle class, who don’t have a safety net. Verbal gaffe or just another demonstration of how out of touch The Mittster is.

Romney did successfully navigate a glitterbomb. A protester glittered Romney at an event in Minnesota. While most of the other candidates have ignored such incidents, Romney laughed off the incident… saying “that’s not all that’s in there, I glue it on every morning, whether I need to or not.” Reagan-esque comeback by Romney.

The “engineers wife” President Obama’s Google chat was on CNN. She says that they are life-long Republicans and still may not vote for Obama. Ouch.

From the “Money Well Spent” File: Anthony Weiner spent $13,000 in campaign money to convince people that the pictures of his junk weren’t pictures of his junk.

Early one morning last week, a woman in Massachusetts discovered that the FBI was sawing through her front door with a chainsaw. It turned out they were raiding the wrong house. Would you sue the FBI or just be thankful that you weren’t actually living through a slasher movie?

Wed. Show Prep – Desperate Robocall Edition

Desperation: In a robocall to Florida voters, the Gingrich campaign said that because of Mitt Romney’s actions as governor of Massachusetts, “Holocaust survivors” were “forced to eat non-kosher” food. The Romney campaign said that the former governor had to slash hundreds of programs during a time of financial crisis, but eventually restored funding for the kosher meals.

House GOPers are moving forward with bill which would punish states who dont prevent welfare recipients from “accessing their funds” at casinos, liquor stores or strip clubs. Once again, if you’re footing the bill, do you have a right to tell people what to spend it on?

Awkward Media Moment: 114 year old MSNBC wonker Andrea Mitchell said “Fo Shizzle” live on the air. She was talking about Snoop Dogg’s endorsement of Ron Paul.

It’s not all good news for Mitt Romney. A report says that Seamus, the dog Romney famously put on the roof of the car when the family drove to Canada in 1983,  may have actually run away once the Romneys reached the Great White North.

Stephen Colbert’s Super PAC, Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow, took in more than $1 million as of Jan. 30, 2012. Ok it’s a funny bit and all but seriously, who is actually donating to that?

Remember when Chicago went an entire day without a murder? Ancient history. Homicides in Chicago have risen sharply so far in January compared with a year ago. Maybe it’s the freakishly warm weather?

Tues. Show Prep – Smear Job Edition

Coarsening of our Culture: An Indiana principal is in deep sh!t after she said sh!t in front of her elementary school students. Someone had apparently smeared fecal matter on a bathroom stall, and she held an assembly to address said smearing and used the colorful metaphor to describe the fecal matter. How upset would you be if your little 3-5th grader’s principal used that kind of language around them? Would you be leading a pitchfork and torch carpool?

A lawmaker in Florida has proposed a bill to block food stamp recipients from using the stamps to pay for “junk food.” This satisfies the right-wingers who don’t want the poor to get government assistance, and the nanny-staters who don’t want anyone to eat food of which they disapprove. Win-win? If they are footing the bill can they say what you can and cannot eat? Is buying junk food the same as going to a strip club?

Good news: Sen. Mark Kirk has been upgraded from serious to fair condition. Kirk is alert, talking and responding to questions.

Endorsements are flying fast and furious ahead of the Florida primary. Newt Gingrich may have picked up Herman Cain’s endorsement, but Ron Paul has the backing of Snoop Dogg. Mr. Dogg likes Paul’s stance on legalizing marijuana.

A CBO study finds federal workers earn an average of about 16% more than comparable positions in the private sector. Pensions and benefits packages for federal workers are astronaumically more for those who work for government than in the private sector.

A new study suggests a disturbing number of Americans squat and surf. 63% of Americans admit they have answered their cellphone while in the bathroom at work. 41% admit to actually making a call while in the bathroom. 67% admit to reading a text and 39% have surfed the net. Does this show just how much our society has declined, or is it just the inevitable result of the proliferation of technology?

Sources in the White House are now saying publicly for the first time that the President will not be in the Oval Office a year from now. They are planning a renovation, so whoever ends up being the President, they’ll have to move for a while.

Mon. Show Prep – Disaster Preparedness Edition

National Geographic has a new show called “Doomsday Preppers” that follows people who are preparing for the end of the world. Good fashioned horrifying entertainment like “Hoarders” or viciously mocking the only brave people who are planning for the inevitable collapse of western society/zombie apocalypse?

Big John and Amy Hero: Chicago’s Linette Kossow chased a man for more than a mile after he stole her wallet. She cornered the punk in an alley, then gave him a nice lecture on why stealing is wrong before the police arrived to arrest him.

Sad News: Casino collapse in Cincinnati injured more than a dozen. Awesome News: A tour bus hit a television station’s van live on TV during a news conference about the collapse. Big John and Amy Caliber-news: The bus driver interrupted the news conference again, yelling at the entire press conference for being in her way.

Joe Biden told a group in Maryland that he told President Obama not to go through with the bin Laden raid. Luckily no one listens to Joe Biden.

A six year old in California has been charged with sexual assault over game of tag. School officials say the kid got a little too handsy. While playing tag. Even if that were the case, wouldn’t there have to be some intent in order for it to be assault?

Todd Starnes Story of the Day: Atheists in Minnesota are trying a new ad campaign to convince people to ditch religion: Billboards with babies on them. Saying things like “Please don’t indoctrinate me with religion. Teach me to think for myself,” and “We are all born without belief in gods. Learn how to be a born-again atheist.”

A new Gallup poll of swing states has Mitt Romney leading President Obama 48-47%. Meanwhile Newt Gingrich trails by 15. The Poll was focused on Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Michigan, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Wisconsin.

Shocking study of the day: A new study says that people don’t like the TSA and they don’t think it makes flying safer. Someone actually paid money for that. I should have been a pollster.

Keith Conrad

Radio producer, Cubs fan, space geek, and a lonely beacon of restraint and self-sacrifice in a squall of car-crazies. Opinions expressed are my own.

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