Less than 24 hours from now, yours truly will be on the air as Wideawakes Radio (WAR Radio) begins streaming.
I can’t tell you how excited I am at the possibilities this concept has for me, for my readers, and for conservatives in general. At the moment, we’re trying to iron out some bugs in the stream as well as get everything prepared for the launch. But by tomorrow morning, the 230th anniversary of our nation’s founding, WAR will be here.
The plan tomorrow is to follow a loose schedule with hosts jumping in and out all day previewing their shows and introducing themselves to listeners. I will be on from 8:30 AM to around 10:00 AM Central time. I will be reading and discussing the Declaration of Independence - what the times were like when it was written as well as some thoughts on American exceptionalism and how that idea has been disowned by the left in recent years.
Not just the left of course. The Supreme Court has made a hash of American exceptionalism by interpreting the law not so much according to the Constitution as much as how their rulings will play in the salons of Europe. This takes the Declaration’s admonition of having “a decent respect to the opinions of mankind” to its outer limits as the Court subsumes American exceptionalism in order to advance theories of government that are both foreign and unwelcome.
It should be an interesting time and I hope you join me.
On July 5, “The Rick Moran Show” will premier at its regular time of 7:00 - 9:00 AM Central. Hopefully by then, we’ll have a way for you to stream the show using Internet Explorer. At the moment, the button on the left sidebar for accessing the stream only works in Firefox.
Ain’t the internet radio business interesting?
For a full rundown on hosts and times, go to the WAR Radio site.
NOTE: THE STREAMING BUTTON DOES INDEED WORK IN INTERNET EXPLORER NOW. HOORAY!
11:49 am
I was watching a program on c-span2 last year with Justices Breyer, Scalia, and O’Connor. Don’t recall the topic but is was a sort of guided conversation among the three of them with a moderator of sorts. It aired after Roper v. Simmons (03-0633), where SCOTUS ruled that the death penalty for minors was unconstitutional [previously 16 and 17yrs was allowable]. Scalia and O’Connor were in dissent. Breyer was in support. On this program Breyer said they actually looked to the EU and their laws to determine some of their reasoning and that he found that useful at times. Scalia’s reponse to him was “that is useful when you are *writing* and constitution, but not when you are *interpreting* one.”
Hear here.
I also found it interesting how much sharper in general O’Connor and Scalia were compared to Breyer in all their responses.
1:49 pm
Best of luck Rick on your new endeavor with W.A.R.
I did several guest radio segments over the past couple of years and found the transition from writing to speaking takes a diverse talent.
I noticed from a recent post you are a long-suffering White Sox so I must assume you a native Chicagoan as I am also. We are probably the only two bloggers in the world that can make that claim Chicago and White Sox fans.
Once again Best of Luck and I will be listening.
1:56 pm
Breaking News!
Secrets the NY Times would never dare to print and my blogging brethren, FAIR and Fmragtops, won’t shut up about it. Tomorrow, July 4th aka Independence Day, will feature the start of a new WAR.
4:49 pm
Howdy, Rick…
This is Gari D. Lewis-Carpio…One of your and Terry’s fans from Austin, TX…I will be “clicking in” to hear your “broadcasts”…But, do I have to become a “member” of the Wide Awakes Radio station to listen to your show? I have no problem with that, but just want to know…I have logged in a couple of times, this afternoon, Jul. 3, w/out joining the website, itself, but I think it caused problems with the bandwith? Maybe? I am totally computer illiterate, here…
All My Best to You…
Gari
Gari D. Lewis-Carpio
Austin, TX
garidlewiscarpio@yahoo.com
5:28 pm
Congratulations and good luck!!
6:20 pm
Rick, I see that’s a javascript to open the player, it’s not RealPlayer waiting on the other side is it?
8:32 pm
Even if the worst happens, and you end up with a few moments of dead air — it will STILL be more interesting than Al Franken(stein’s) monster known as Air America. Good luck with the W.A.R.!
/Robbie
8:47 pm
I find some conservative talk shows very useful in explaining positions and fielding direct questions from listeners. In my opinion, Tony Snow’s program was exceptional in this regard. The problem is that much of this broadcasting is scheduled at times when working people, who could benefit most from listening, are occupied. As their reward, the MSM wait in ambush on their return home.
I do enjoy reading the blogs, especially this one and the accompanying comments. Heck, I even like PC.
11:16 pm
Good luck with the WAR Radio show. I’ll be checking it all out. Sounds really interesting.
Happy 4th!
8:27 pm
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