Update 2: WLS's Don Wade Gets Chemo, Radiation After Brain Surgery

UPDATE, Dec. 14, 2012 - Sorry to see that Don Wade and Roma have decided to not return to morning drive duties at WLS-AM 890. It's understandable, though, as the stress would be difficult for Don, who is still on the mend after surgery for a brain tumor. It's the end of an era for Chicago radio.

Don and Roma (photo: allaccess.com)

Oct. 13, 2012 - WLS-AM (890) morning talk man Don Wade, 71, "will undergo chemotherapy and radiation treatments following his recent surgery to remove a growth from his brain, according to a statement released Wednesday," reports Robert Federer at TimeOut Chicago. He will get a six-week course of chemo and radiation, to begin the week of October. 14.

Previous Post, Oct. 2, 2012: 
Don Wade had "succesful" brain surgery on Thursday, Sept. 27.  The surgery reportedly went well for Don, 71 - the male half of the Don Wade and Roma show - and he is now recovering at home. He was released from the hospital on Saturday, Sept. 29. Don had a seizure on Sept. 13, and the surgery was performed to remove "a growth," possibly a brain tumor. (See previous report.)

"Don came out of it really well," said the Wade's agent Eliot Ephraim, reports Robert Feder at Time Out Chicago. The Don Wade and Roma show is broadcast live from 5-9:00 a.m., Monday-Friday. Send  get-well wishes to Don by email to getwelldon@gmail.com or by slowmail:
WLS-AM190, North State Street, 9th Floor, Chicago, Illinois 60601

WLS Morning Man Don Wade To Have Brain Surgery

Don Wade and Roma (wlsam.com)

UPDATE, OCT. 2: Don Wade is recovering at home after successful brain surgery. More...

Sept. 25, 2012 - We are praying for the speedy recovery of WLS's Don Wade, the male half of the extremely popular Don Wade & Roma Show in Chicago, to pull through his health nightmare. After suffering a seizure on Sept. 13, Don will have surgery to remove a tumor from his brain. The surgery is scheduled for this Thursday. Don Wade is 71 years old.

TrueNewsUSA noted yesterday that "Don Wade, the popular conservative Republican leaning host of the morning show on WLS AM 890, will be off the air for at least a month, to receive treatment for a growth on his brain, the station announced on its website."  Don and wife Roma have been hosting the show for more than 20 years on WLS 890 AM.

Here is an excerpt from a statement released yesterday by WLS Radio:

"Don Wade had a seizure while traveling last week. After a series of tests, doctors discovered a growth on his brain. He is having surgery this week to remove the growth. Recovery from the surgery will keep Don off the air for at least four weeks. Don and Roma remain positive and optimistic..."

Send well-wishes to Don and Roma by email to getwelldon@gmail.com or by U.S. Post to:

WLS-AM190
Get Well Don!
North State Street, 9th Floor
Chicago, Illinois 60601

While Don Wade is out on medical leave, the show will be hosted by self be-clowned Bruce Wolf and his anal retentive, pompous sidekick, "Cicero" Dan Proft. Why WLS allows its airwaves to be tainted by the likes of an oily weasel like Proft, who "allegedly" bullies women, is a mystery. Apparently, the management at WLS has no problem with those issues, or with the possible ethics problems of one of their talk show hosts "raising campaign funds for a second statewide political bid for governor while he is promoting himself on Chicago radio."

Media Ignoring Jesse Jackson Jr's Challenger Hayes

Reverend Isaac C. Hayes

As is typical of Chicago's "mainstream media," the Republican running against the Democrat gets sparse - if any - coverage. Such is the case with Rev. Isaac C. Hayes, the Republican running against Democrat Jesse Jackson, Jr., the incumbent congressman in the 2nd Congressional District of Illinois. 

Even with the stunning scandals swirling around Jackson - the blonde "social acquaintance" (ahem) and the recent allegations that Jackson micro-managed a pay-to-play attempt to bribe his way into being appointed to the U.S. Senate by Gov. Blagojevich, the local press hardly ever refers to Hayes. Even "conservative" talk radio station WLS 890 AM has hardly mentioned him, let alone had him on the air. 

Don Wade and Roma, the morning drive dynamic duo, fawn all over Jackson, but have yet to interview Hayes. To his credit, WLS host Cisco Cotto, the one-man powerhouse who follows Don and Roma from 9:00-11:00 a.m., interviewed Hayes on recently. Oddly, however, the Hayes interview audio is not posted at WLS, while the Jackson audio is.Would it kill the "conservative" Don and Roma to give a little air time to Republican Isaac Hayes? Would it? 

These are the reasons for Hayes's Sept. 22 press release. It had the header, "HAYES SAYS IT'S TIME FOR THE PRESS TO HOLD JACKSON ACCOUNTABLE." 

And by gosh, he's right. 

CHICAGO: Republican nominee for Illinois 2ndCongressional District Isaac Hayes issued the following statement regarding what he sees as a failure by the press to hold Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. accountable for recent scandals that have surfaced. "Over the course of this political season I have repeatedly heard that the Illinois 2nd Congressional seat is safe. The presumption is that Black voters don’t care about character and values. I find it quite condescending to suggest the ethical and moral disclosures that have plagued our current Representative will just be swept under the rug. "The Black community wants honest government like everyone else. We want jobs, entrepreneurship opportunities, great schools and safe communities. 

After sixteen years of Mr. Jackson we have not seen that materialize. This is why it baffles me when I read Chicagoland newspapers that suggest my opponent has done a good job. Bringing home pork may be good politics, but the people in the 9th Ward, Harvey and Dixmoor remain economically distressed. His spending spree in Washington at taxpayers’ expense has contributed to the doubling of the national debt from $7 trillion when he first entered office to $14 trillion today. "From day one, this election has been about character and values. Do we want a continuation of the three-peat of political corruption that has plagued this district for the past 30 years, or do we want to chart a new path forward. 

I find it personally offensive to Christian Democrats and moral Independents who expect their Representatives to conduct themselves with honesty and integrity. "Mr. Jackson can tout how much money he has redistributed at the expense of job creators, but the newspapers that allege he has done a good job as Congressman must face the reality of the indicators called jobs, small businesses, school performance and crime. For each of these he receives a failing grade and its time we stop the whitewashing and hold this man accountable!" This statement is from Citizens for Isaac Hayes website: http://www.isaac4honesty.com  

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Bully Dan Proft Sics His Lawyer On Me...

My May 8, 2010 post about Dan Proft has been removed involuntarily and under threat of legal action. Dan Proft did not like what I posted about him, and he had a lawyer send a letter to me demanding that I remove it (see it below).

I'll play Proft's silly little game - for now. All of the original text of that post has been removed, and the headline altered. I believe that to be in compliance with the spirit of the letter from Proft's attorney. All that remains there is a note that the post was deleted, with a link to this post. The html code for that May 8 post has been saved. So now, we watch and wait. The code is ready to be reinstalled at a moment's notice.

Ironically, the story that this deleted post is based on continues to develop, and I didn't start it. We only reported the startling claims of another person against an important Illinois political figure. Late this evening (May 10, 2010), that person (our source) said that Proft has not demanded that she remove her post from her Facebook page, which was posted before my May 8 blog post. Although the attorney's letter demanded that I remove the post right away (although you'll notice she did not give any deadline), she agreed by phone this afternoon to give me until midnight tonight. (It is now 11:58 p.m. by my clock.)

Her letter, below, is filled with bizarre assumptions and wild misinterpretations of the post. (Out of concern for my legal situation, comments will not be accepted on this post at this time.)

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Leaked Emails Show WLS Host Bullying Illinois Tea Party Leaders (Part 1) April 4, 2012 https://illinoiscitizensforethicsreform.wordpress.com/2012/04/04/leaked-emails-show-wls-host-bullying-illinois-tea-party-leaders-part-1/

Audio of Jan Schakowsky Interview, WLS 890 AM, March 17

Morning host Don Wade grilled The Schak til she was well done. Hear it here: http://www.wlsam.com/FlashPlayer/default.asp?SPID=17424&ID=1735816 Leave a Comment * Conservative T-Shirts * Follow CNB on Twitter * RSS Feed

Call Jan Schakowsky on WLS 890 AM, Wednesday, March 17

UPDATE: IF YOU MISSED THE SHOW, listen to it here: http://www.wlsam.com/FlashPlayer/default.asp?SPID=17424&ID=1735816 Call in to Don Wade and Roma on WLS 890 AM on Wednesday morning, March 17 to press Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky on health care. Call 312-591-8900 between 7:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m. Source: Joel Pollack on Twitter at 8:00 p.m., March 16. Hint: Call as soon after 7:00 a.m. as possible to get into the caller lineup. Leave a Comment * Conservative T-Shirts * Follow CNB on Twitter * RSS Feed

How Now, Mancow? WLS Cans Vulgar Talk Host

Feb. 11, 2010 - Mancow Muller was fired from Chicago's WLS 890 AM this morning, along with his dim-witted sidekick Pat Cassidy. I saw this coming... We ALL did, LOL.

Flashbacks:
WLS and Mancow: WTF???
Mancow & Cassidy, Dumb and Dumber
If True, WLS 890 AM Now SUCKS

Related:
WLS Clears air, dumps Mancow and Cassidy
Radio Karma Lives!
Will Cassidy hop along back to Newsradio 780?
Mancow Out At WLS/Chicago 

Mancow & Cassidy, Dumb and Dumber

UPDATE, FEB. 11, 2010: Pink slip for Erich 'Mancow' Muller - Chicago Tribune February 19, 2009 - Eric Mancow Muller just doesn't get it, and neither does his clueless sidekick, ex-newsman Pat Cassidy.

Before I rip into their ignorance, however, let's briefly examine the ignorance that threatens to destroy a cartoonist for the New York Post, and then I'll tie it all back to Mancow and Cassidy.

Many people are wrongly assuming that cartoonist Sean Delonas had racist intentions with his now infamous cartoon that shows two cops standing over a dead chimpanzee, as we noted here yesterday.

In the cartoon, one cop says to the other, "They'll have to find someone else to write the next stimulus bill." People rushed to judgement and assumed that the chimpanzee represented Barack Obama, because those idiots wrongly think that Obama wrote the stimulus bill. He did not.

Facts did not stop Mancow Muller and Pat Cassidy from perpetuating the ignorant slurs against Delonas this morning on WLS 890 AM, a station that used to be good but has lately lost its way. Mancow & Cassidy is a still-new morning show from 10-12, M-F.

Mancow had a sidekick named "Turd" for years on another radio station. Cassidy seems to be a good heir to "Turd." He should be called "Crap." It must be said, however, that Turd was funnier. And smarter.

Barack Obama is NOT the author of the stimulus bill. The primary author is Rep. David Obey (D-WI), a white dude. Obey did not write it alone, but with input from many other people.

Did Obama help to tweak it a bit? Maybe, but he's not credited as the author. Bottom line: millions of idiots (including Mancow Muller and Pat "Turd 2.0" Cassidy) are saying that the cartoon is racist. Cassidy, Muller's lackluster sidekick on "Mancow & Cassidy," said this morning on the air that the chimpanzee was obviously supposed to be Barack Obama, and that depicting the killing of the president is illegal. Cassidy is an idiot. (See "The Left's Shameful Slurring Of Monkey Cartoonist")

Cassidy and Mancow, like millions of others, are just plain wrong. There was nothing "obvious" about the cartoon. If "Turd" Cassidy, a former news head at WBBM 780 AM, would pick up a newspaper now, and then he would know that Barack Obama did not write the stimulus bill. Did Cassidy imagine the word "Obama" on the cartoon chimp? Did Cassidy hallucinate that the cartoon cops said anything about Obama? Effing moron.

So, the race-baiting Left - and other ignorant morons like Mancow and Cassidy - are accusing a cartoonist of racism for completely invalid reasons.

Blagojevich Interviewed on WLS 890 AM

Our friends over at Chicago Bungalow were sharp enough to snag this. Blago was interviewed live by WLS's morning hosts Don and Roma on Friday, January 23. Click over to CB for the audio links: Blagojevich Interview on the WLS Don & Roma Show. This is just the beginning: Next week, Blago will be in full media blitz mode. Subscribe to Chicago News Bench

When It Comes to Bloggers, Mancow Doesn't Get It

UPDATE, FEB. 11, 2010: Pink slip for Erich 'Mancow' Muller - Chicago Tribune I was interviewed this week by one of the newspapers here in Chicago. The topic was blogging, bloggers and their effect on local politics. This morning, I wrote the following to the reporter who interviewed me, and I wanted to share it with you. I wanted to briefly add something to what I said on the phone. I think it was Monday of this week when I heard Mancow on WLS; he dissed bloggers in a typical and unfair way. To paraphrase Mancow, he said that bloggers just copy a few lines out of newspapers' online articles and add a few snarky comments. Uh huh. Prior to that, Mancow's show was all about him making snarky comments about items in the news, on which he provided no original reporting. After his remarks about bloggers, the rest of his show was (you guessed it), more of the same snarky comments about stories in the news, all of which he learned about in precisely the same way that your average blogger does. There is the hypocrisy of so much of the criticism of bloggers: It's okay if a Mancow or a George Will make snarky remarks on current events that they learned about from news organizations, but for some reason, when a blogger does exactly the same thing, he/she is criticized for it. Furthermore, for a blogger to use information from a newspaper to base a blog story on is, in practice and effect, virtually no different from a newspaper using news wire copy [e.g., Associated Press or Reuters]. The obvious differences are these: The newspaper pays the wire service for the copy, whereas both the wire service and the paper consciously put the story on the web, where they not only know it will be picked up by bloggers, but they also hope it will be picked up by bloggers because that gives the story more eyeballs. Not only that, but the better bloggers out there are very conscientious about giving proper credit to sources and will link directly to a source, which in turn gives the newspaper's web site many more clicks (and more eyes for their advertisements) than it would get without links from the bloggers. Conversely, newspapers are frequently tipped off to news stories by reading about them on blogs, but rarely credit the blogger as the original source. The starkest example of this that I can think of is the coverage of local politics. In 2007, the Trib and the Sun-Times provided scarce and scanty reports of the aldermanic races. In many neighborhoods, that information void was filled by local bloggers. Mancow, however, either misses a crucial piece of the picture or chooses to dismiss it. That piece is the fact that virtually all of the bigger bloggers (I include myself in that, although I like to say that I'm at the bottom of the top) include significant original content on their blogs. The commentary that I might add to an article in the Chicago Trib, for example, usually adds more information to the story (often by drawing from other news orgs, but frequently from my own information or direct observation). We add to the conversation and fortify the information that's out there, while providing what amounts to an aggregation service for the readers of our web sites. Mark Josephson, CEO, Outside.in, summed it up well in a commentary he published on June 4, 2008 about hyperlocal news coverage by bloggers, (Outside.in is the organization that designated Rogers Park as the fifth bloggiest neighborhood in the U.S.) Josephson wrote: "We are huge fans of the incredible group of individuals blogging about their local communities. The quantity and quality of these hyperlocal bloggers is exploding, and their ability to cover more news and information at the hyperlocal level far outweighs that of a hand-picked, full-time “traditional” editorial team. We are tracking more than 140 discrete hyperlocal content sources in Chicago alone, for example. (Great examples of hyperlocal news coverage are here and here.)" Josephson's article is available here. Kind regards, Tom Mannis Chicago News Bench Subscribe to Chicago News Bench

Is Alderman Joe Moore a "Tool of Hamas?"

Some of the anti-Semitism sweeping Europe and North America has struck in Chicago in recent days, especially on the city's north side. In light of that, a flashback to May of 2008 seems appropriate. 50th Ward Alderman Bernard Stone (photo, right) called 49th Ward Alderman Joe Moore (photo, below left) an "ignorant cry baby" who is "a tool of Hamas." Stone made his remarks in a live telephone interview with morning hosts "Don and Roma" on WLS 890 AM (photo, below right). FLASHBACK to May 15, 2008: Alderman Bernard Stone called Alderman Joe Moore an ignorant cry baby who is a tool of Hamas. Speaking live by phone on WLS 890 AM this morning with morning hosts Don Wade and Roma about the humiliating defeat of his two-year old foie gras ban, Moore said that the Chicago City Council has "lost even the pretense of a democracy." Moore went on to embarass himself for nearly 10 minutes. Hear the full Moore interview (6.6 mb mp3 file.) IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING MOORE'S PHONE INTERVIEW, 50th Ward Alderman Bernie Stone was interviewed.Stone, on the phone, said Moore was a "cry baby" who doesn't know proper procedure for City Council meetings. Stone said that had Moore followed procedure, he could have spoken, but Daley called the vote without Moore doing what was required. But that's not all that Stone said.Moore is a "tool of Hamas," Stone said. Stone said the particular anti-war resolution that Moore was proposing would serve as a propaganda tool for Hamas, which is sworn to destroy Israel.The end result of the exchange between Moore and Don Wade, then Stone and Don Wade, is that Joe Moore was painted as a boob who does not understand City Council procedures, is a cry baby who is whining about losing a battle, and he's a useful idiot for anti-American interests. ORIGINAL POST... Subscribe to Chicago News Bench

WLS and Mancow: WTF???

UPDATE, FEB. 11, 2010: Pink slip for Erich 'Mancow' Muller - Chicago Tribune Chicago talk show host Jerry Agar no longer has his Monday-Friday gig at WLS 890 AM Chicago. That's a shame. Agar, a native of Canada, has an all-American attitude and was a welcome voice of reasoned political critique on the local airwaves. WLS, however, seemed to thing differently. Agar, a smart, decent and funny man, is being replaced by a Mancow Muller, a guy who for years had a sidekick named "Turd." Mancow debuts on Monday, Oct. 27 in the 9-11:00 a.m. slot. Let us hope that Mancow - and WLS management - will keep "Turd" off the new show. But then, a turd by any other name... ChicagoRadio&TV.com wonders what the hell the geniuses at WLS were thinking, too. They present some of the back story: It was the rumor that wouldn’t die. For over two years, the rumblings within the Chicago broadcast community had been that Mancow Muller would be resurfacing on WLS after being unceremoniously bounced from Q101. The signs all seemed to be pointing to the certainty of such a move. After all, WLS PD Kipper McGee came to WLS from Talk Radio Network, where he helped launch the national syndication of Mancow Muller. At the same time, WLS was facing the prospect of having to replace its heritage morning show of Don Wade & Roma, who have held sway in morning drive for nearly two decades. FULL ARTICLE.... RELATED: The Bench: Jerry Agar, Regular Guy

If True, WLS 890 AM Now SUCKS

UPDATE, FEB. 11, 2010: Pink slip for Erich 'Mancow' Muller - Chicago Tribune Now even conservative WLS 890 AM in Chicago is joining in the Dumbing Down of America. In a bizarre move, management of WLS has decided to replace funny, intelligent host Jerry Agar with vulgar, idiot host Mancow Muller. The Chicago Tribune reports today: Erich "Mancow" Muller, who lost his last full-time Chicago radio job 27 months ago, has agreed to host a weekday talk show for Citadel Broadcasting's WLS-AM 890.Mike Fowler, WLS-AM's president and general manager, confirmed that Muller will replace Jerry Agar in the 9-to-11 a.m. slot, beginning Monday. For his first week, he will be paired with Pat Cassidy, who joined WLS from WBBM-AM 780 this summer. Tragic. I guess I'll have to start listening to WIND 560 AM more. Sorry WLS, you've lost a lot of listeners with this stupid move. Agar has been a frequent sit-in for nationally syndicated talk show host Mark Levin. I have a feeling that we haven't heard the last of Jerry Agar. RELATED: The Bench - On the Air at WLS * Agar the Magnificent * Jerry Agar, Regular Guy

Recycled Denver Nacho Chips

Jerry Agar of WLS 890 AM found a great story about how some folks think they're being oh-so-green at the Democratic National Convention in Denver. Agar quotes Jeff Katz of WBT/Charlotte, who is in Denver covering the circus: It's absolutely hysterical to watch the greener-than-thou types stand there for ten or fifteen minutes carefully separating nacho chips from guacamole and sour cream to place each in the proper canister. Is it refuse? Compost? Recycling?...... Find out what happens to those nacho chips here... (The VIDEO is priceless!) See more fun stuff everyday at Jerry Agar's Blog, and listen to Jerry's talk show on WLS 890 AM in Chicago from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Monday throught Friday. Jerry proves that conservatives can be very entertaining. RELATED: Jeff Katz Show, WBT Charlotte

Confessions from the Liberal Media

The so-called "Mainstream Media," which are not mainstream at all but actually elite and out of touch with mainstream Americans, blew the story of the John Edwards' scandal that broke recently. Confessions from self-described liberal reporters detail the neglect of the story, the denial of the story, and the utter lack of interest in following up on the story. It reminds us of the way the media covered up for President Kennedy in the 1960's, when they all knew about his White House orgies and affairs with other women. And no, folks, it is not about the sex. Once again, it is about the lying... and the willingness of the Liberal-oriented media to swallow the lies hook, line and sinker. Tom Roeser, a man easily fooled by arch-liberals (by his own admission, more on that here) writes a brilliant piece that addresses the treatment of the Edwards scandal in a Chicago Daily Observer post today: What is important about the John Edwards story…about which we have not heard the end… is not the scandal nor the former presidential candidate lying about it. It’s how the mainstream media sought to protect Edwards by putting a gag on the story-which actually succeeded long after disclosures first came out in 2006…the gag lasting effectively until earlier this month. FULL POST at Chicago Daily Observer...

Jerry Agar, Regular Guy

A reader asks The Bench: Have you ever met Jerry Agar? I love his show, and think that it is way better than Eileen Burns', which was the show that he replaced. Yes, I met Jerry when I was in the WLS 890 AM studios [on August 5] with him as he interviewed John Powers of the Chicago Daily Observer and me [along with John Ruberry of Marathon Pundit via telephone]. Jerry is a cool guy, down to earth. He's the kind of guy anybody would be comfortable having a beer with and shooting the breeze - but you'd just want to be quiet and listen to Jerry because he's so entertaining and informative. P.S.: Unfortunately, I did not meet the lovely Maura Myles, newsgal and Agar's sidekick weekdays 9-11 a.m. Don't tell Jerry, but the only reason I accepted the invitation was my hope of meeting Maura!

The Bench - On the Air at WLS

I had the great pleasure yesterday to meet talk show host Jerry Agar at WLS 890 AM studios, high atop the Pot Belly sandwich shop at State and Lake in the Loop. Jerry interviewed John Powers of the Chicago Daily Observer and me about the impact of citizen journalists (the term "blogger" is so yesterday) and their impact on news reporting and current events. You can hear the archived interview here. Jerry is a fun guy with a passion and energy like few in the media. In fact, last night, he was the guest host for the Mark Levin Show, one of the top nationally syndicated talk shows. Check out his show on WLS 890 AM, weekdays from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. Hint: If you have trouble opening the archived interview and you have Windows Media Player, right click on the top tool bar, choose "File" then "Open URL" and paste this URL in: http://wlsam.1871dev.com/content/img/f47480/Agar__Citizen_Journalism_August_5th_10am.mp3 You'll need an Internet connection for this. It should open as an MP3 in your player. Once open, you can right click again and select File, Save As... to keep a copy. This might work in other players, too, I dunno.

The Bench on WLS 890 AM Today

Listen in as The Bench joins talk show host Jerry Agar in the studios of WLS 890 AM Chicago this morning, between 10:00 and 11:00 a.m. We will be having a discussion about citizen journalists and how they affect politics locally and nationally. RELATED: Jerry Agar Show Newsmaker Interviews (audio archives) - Today's major newsmakers join Jerry Agar to give him the Inside Story.

Obama: The Audacity of Jokes

Heard a good Barack Obama joke lately? They're out there, but mostly on the Internet. Of course, many of us consider Obama's entire campaign to be a joke. The candidate is himself a joke, the creation of the corrupt Daley-Rezko-Stroger-Chicago Democrat Machine, and he has the audacity to call himself a candidate "of change." His campaign staff seem to be hyper-sensitive about any kind of humor about the man, from the size of his ears to his actuall middle name (Hussein) to anything else. The New York Times has noticed this, and recently wrote about the dilemma Barack Obama poses for professional comedians - those who pander the to Left, anyway. Bill Carter of the NY Times wrote: When Mr. Stewart on “The Daily Show” recently tried to joke about Mr. Obama changing his position on campaign financing, for instance, he met with such obvious resistance from the audience, he said, “You know, you’re allowed to laugh at him.” Mr. Stewart said in a telephone interview on Monday, “People have a tendency to react as far as their ideology allows them." A Chicago talk show host has no reservations about mocking Barack H. Obama, however. Jerry Agar, WLS 890 AM (Chicago) will have a fun event on Monday, July 21 that will pay tribute to the old art of mocking politicians and authority figures - and poke some fun at the supposedly unfunny Obama. Friend of the blog Agar has a great morning talk show from 9:00 to 11:00, M-F. He is a sharp political observer and commentator and a very funny guy. Agar even has his own comedy troupe of sorts, called "Jerry's Kidders." Jerry's Kidders plan a special edition of their regular gathering on WLS this coming Monday [July 21]. Our position is that no presidential candidate is above the mocking criticism that has become a part of American culture and communication, going back to Mark Twain, and if the late night TV comics won't do it, we will. [WLS press release] Most big time political candidates get it: You throw yourself into the public arena, ask people to allow you to influence their lives and create laws, and you have to expect that (a) some folks will disagree with you and (b) some of those who disagree with you will criticize you, and furthermore (c) some of your critics will mock you without mercy. The WLS release continues: "...if the late night TV comics won't do it, we will. Starting at 10:00 am Monday [July 21], a Special One Hour Edition of Jerry's Kidders, Barack-no-phobia; No Kidding Aside." Little fish in small ponds often don't understand this basic fact, which has been true since just before the first tribal leader had his first open critic hacked to death. While that still happens today, most tribal leaders in 2008 are smart enough to ignore the critics. They know that the more they protest the mockery, the more encouraged their mocking critics become. Two Chicago examples: Alderman Joe Moore and Mayor Richard Daley. They love to whine about the criticism they get in the media, and the media laps it up and spits it out as more mockery. Moore, Daley and their ilk just don't understand this. Those engaged in mockery, such as I, are most grateful for that. RELATED: Jerry's Kidders Obama Releases List of Approved Jokes About Himself Want Obama in a Punch Line? First, Find a Joke Barack Obama Jokes - Late-Night Jokes about Obama The Obama joke deficit Barack Obama Jokes - Encyclopedia of Humor

ALDERMAN CALLED "TOOL OF HAMAS"

Alderman Berny Stone called Alderman Joe Moore an "ignorant cry baby" who is a "tool of Hamas." Speaking live by phone on WLS 890 AM this morning with morning hosts Don Wade and Roma about the humiliating defeat of his two-year old foie gras ban, Moore said that the Chicago City Council has "lost even the pretense of a democracy." Moore went on to embarass himself for nearly 10 minutes. Hear the full Moore interview (6.6 mb mp3 file.) IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING MOORE'S PHONE INTERVIEW, 50th Ward Alderman Bernie Stone was interviewed. Stone, on the phone, said Moore was a "cry baby" who doesn't know proper procedure for City Council meetings. Stone said that had Moore followed procedure, he could have spoken, but Daley called the vote without Moore doing what was required. But that's not all that Stone said. Moore is a "tool of Hamas," Stone said. He said the particular anti-war resolution that Moore was proposing would serve as a propaganda tool for Hamas, which is sworn to destroy Israel. The end result of the exchange between Moore and Don Wade, then Stone and Don Wade, is that Joe Moore was painted as a boob who does not understand City Council procedures, is a cry baby who is whining about losing a battle, and he's a useful idiot for anti-American interests. READ ABOUT THE CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION TO PROTECT IRAN! Wow! Local politics takes a preemptive strike against any future military actions in the Middle East. Oh my I'm so happy Chicago's City Council is taking a stand on something that they ultimately wouldn't be at the table for making a decision anyway. FULL POST at "IT'S MY MIND"...

FLASHBACK: Mayor Daley Calls Alderman Moore Incompetent