Help Media Matters monitor FAIR's anti-immigration "radio rally"!
September 14, 2009 3:59 pm ET by MMFA Staff
On September 15 and 16 (Tuesday and Wednesday of this week), the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) -- an organization designated a "hate group" by the Southern Poverty Law Center -- will be holding its annual "Hold Their Feet to the Fire radio rally" in Washington, D.C. The rally will feature CNN's Lou Dobbs and dozens of other radio hosts using their radio shows to broadcast FAIR's extreme anti-immigration agenda. Participants broadcasting from past FAIR events have included prominent "birthers" and a radio host who has reportedly said of undocumented immigrants: "If you commit a crime while you're here, we should hang you and send your body back to where you came from, and your family should pay for it."
Media Matters for America will be monitoring the radio hosts broadcasting from FAIR's rally, and you can help us! If a radio host in your community is participating in the event, just listen to the show, write down anything outrageous or untrue the host says, and send it -- along with the host's name, station, and approximate time (including time zone) -- to mm-tips@mediamatters.org.
FAIR hasn't publicized the names of the participating radio hosts yet, but here's last year's list. It's a good bet that many of the names below will be participating again.
UPDATE: FAIR has posted a list of the radio hosts participating in its 2009 rally here.
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Roger Hedgecock |
KOGO-AM |
San Diego, CA |
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Lou Dobbs |
USRN/Radio Broadcast |
Nationwide |
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Les Kinsolving |
WCBM-AM |
Baltimore, MD |
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Dan Rivers |
WKBN-AM |
Youngstown, OH |
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Marc Bernier |
WNDB-AM/WFHG-AM |
Orlando, FL & TN |
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Gary Sutton |
WSBA-AM |
York, PA |
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Steve Gill |
WLAC-AM |
Nashville, TN |
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Joyce Kaufman |
WFTL-AM |
Miami/Ft. Lauderdale, FL |
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Dave Barger |
WRTA-AM |
Altoona, PA |
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Jon David Wells |
KLIF-AM |
Dallas, TX |
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Armstrong Williams |
WGVC-WPGCAM/XM Sat |
Nationwide |
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Howie Carr |
WRKO-AM |
Boston, MA |
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Edd Hendee |
KSEV-AM/KCVE-AM |
Houston & Dallas, TX |
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Michael Agnello |
WCHS-AM |
Charleston, WV |
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Phil Valentine |
Westwood/Syndicated |
Nationwide |
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Pamela Furr |
WVNN-FM |
Huntsville, AL |
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Helen Glover |
WHJJ-AM |
Providence, RI |
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Jeff Katz |
WBT-AM |
Charlotte, NC |
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Dave Elswick |
KARN-AM/FM |
Little Rock, AR |
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Doug Guetzloe |
WAMT-AM |
Orlando, FL |
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Gary Baumgarten |
News Talk Online |
Nationwide On-Line |
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Joe Thomas |
WCHV-AM |
Charlottesville, VA |
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Fred Flannigan |
WKRS-AM |
Waukegan, IL |
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Joe Madison |
WOL-AM & XM Satellite |
Nationwide |
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Lincoln Ware |
WDBZ-AM |
Cincinnati, OH |
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Greg Knapp |
Radio America/Syndicated |
Nationwide |
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Heidi Harris |
KDWN-AM |
Las Vegas, NV |
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Inga Barks |
KERN-AM/KMJ-AM |
Bakersfield & Fresno, CA |
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Doug Stephan |
Good Day Syndicated |
Nationwide |
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Bill Manders |
KKOH-AM |
Reno, NV |
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Chris Plante |
WMAL-AM |
Washington, DC |
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Leland Conway |
WLAP-AM |
Lexington, KY |
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Reid Mullins |
KTOK-AM |
Oklahoma City, OK |
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Ted Talbot |
WLOB AM/FM |
Portland, ME |
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Sandy Rios |
WYLL-AM |
Chicago, IL |
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Mark Reardon |
KMOX-AM |
St. Louis, MO |
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Greg Garrison |
WIBC-AM |
Indianapolis, IN |

















...who?
Really?
Leviticus 19:34
Is he Tupper's sister?
Lars 'putting the I in LIARS' Larson claims he's scheduled to be programming easily-impressed weak minds from there.
Add: KXL-AM Portland, OR and/or Compass Media/Syndicated.
As much as -- and that's a lot -- Every. Name. On. The. List has been programming and continues race-baiting and broadcasting subversion, insubordination, sedition, or all four combined, WHY THEN Color Of Change could be heartily supported for furthering efforts to move the SHAME of Beck SPONSORS all across the SHAME of Rightwing Defamation SPONSORS.
Please -- Link to a website with anti-American ultra Rightwing SPONSOR List of who to call/ fax/ write/ deride for funding Sicko Radio.
Move over MoveOn. Better yet: Move on.
BOYCOTT of Sponsors is the lesser worry for Sicko radio Sponsors. SPONSORS each spend Big Bucks advertising in full FOREknowledge the cash goes to programming rabid Rightwing riot. When one single mean-mouth says one single instance of 'Vote for a Candidate/Party,' or, 'Vote against a Candidate/Party,' (in verbatim or in substantially the same meaning), THEN the SPONSORS have made a partisan Political CAMPAIGN Contribution, and the F.E.C. could pounce on that -- every SPONSOR Campaign Contribution being regulated under Federal Election Commission rules.
Shoveling CASH into one-sided LOP-SIDED sicko political radio ADVERTISING, which is keeping the brain-programming in the air, is EFFECTIVELY the SAME as putting money in a campaign which takes it out to buy airtime, (cutting out the intermediary 'PAC'). THAT's a partisan Campaign Contribution from rightwing business and let's DEMAND the NAMES of the SPONSOR businesses, in order to keep wise customer money away from funding mental depravity.
It may or may not be illegal -- AD Buys being Campaign Contributions -- but it is REGULATED and the business SPONSORS can expect to be listed in the Public Record. And fined when exceeding the capped limit of contributions per 'election cycle.'
First we need to understand a few things very clearly and we need to be realistic about it.
The so called legal way to enter this country and waiting in line does not exist. If anybody differs on this please visit the USCIS website. The only people who are allowed in a relatives of US citizens (Family Class), People with high Degrees(H1), people with money (e visa , L1 visa) or finally people who have achieved a status in their life (sportsman etc etc). The other way is to arrive here and apply for asylum which again is a cumbersome and a difficult process.
having said that most Hispanics DO NOT have a legal way to come here or wait inline. Most visa categories which do allow people to come in have a waiting period of Years. Today if you want to bring your real brother from any Asian country the approx wait is 10 years.
So what options are open ??????? Not much
On the other side let me ask you another question and I hope you will look into your own soul and answer honestly.
Is it wrong to think about improving you and your families lifestyle, cause if it is than the whole outlook of this country is wrong because that is our main belief in this country (FAMILIES)
When you have no option left and your families are on the verge of starvation , would you sit tight and do nothing about it.
Very easy to point fingers at other, but these people who come to this country do so in the hope of making a difference in their families lifestyle which again is the essence of our society as well. These people are making a decision to leave their loved ones behind and at time do not even see them for years , they loose their near and dear ones to mishaps / deaths and still cannot go back .
We who live here have a support system in our families and we are there for each other in time of need , while the people who made the hard choice of crossing have nobody and they are actually all alone with no support whatsoever. By being here alone they have no roots in this country and hence are sending all that they earn back to their respective countries.
I know it for a fact that if you give these people a chance to become legal in this country , we will have such a huge big economic stimulus that it would fix our system in a short period. Can you imagine 12 million cars sold in the next few years. Cash for clunkers sold few hundred thousand cars and turned around the car industry, when we only produce a million car a year , imagine a sudden demand for 12 – 18 million cars cause this is the first thing these people will do.
Obviously when they will have their roots here they will try to build themselves here which would positively include more spending here and less remittance abroad. Quite a few of them would try to settle here and buy houses which would turn around the house market. A lot of them who at this time are living under shadows and have no priorities in life except their family back home will work towards becoming good citizens.
At this stage we could come up with legislation in which could impose a tax / fee of $1000.00 per person for the next ten years and believe me all of them would pay that for the chance to be legalized in this country. Imagine collecting 12-18 millions time $1000.00 each years.
Obviously these people would not abuse any legal system as they would want a chance to be legalized and we could make them buy car / health insurance and make this a part of their legalization process. These people would jump through hoops to be legalized and would accept all and any ways to do it.
One thing needs to be understood here that there is no way we can deport 12-18 million people. Also we need to be humane and understand that majority of these people are good hardworking people who are doing what any of us will do if we are in their show. Just because we were born US citizens does not give us a right to be inhumane.
Let welcome these people and give them a chance to stimulate our economy.