A NEW AMERICAN TEA PARTY By John M. O'Hara

A NEW AMERICAN TEA PARTYThe Counterrevolution Against Bailouts, Handouts,
Reckless Spending, And More Taxes

By John M. O'Hara
Foreword by Michelle Malkin

According to a recent WSJ/NBC News poll, the tea party movement currently boasts higher favorability ratings than either the Democratic or Republican Parties. Could this be true? Yes, in fact the "tea party movement" is one of the biggest news stories of 2009 and may be one of the most significant political movements of our time.

Since February 2009, hundreds of thousands of Americans have taken the initiative to organize in towns and cities across the nation in protest of the swift, radical expansions of the size and scope of government. These protests of government intervention and intrusion have been met with great controversy.

Counterrevolutionary and author of the new book A NEW AMERICAN TEA PARTY, John M. O'Hara was there at the beginning of the movement helping to sow the seeds of this popular uprising. O'Hara is one of millions of Americans that have helped shape and permanently change the political landscape of this country.

"Like our republic, this movement's power is derived from the people and its momentum is carried by the people, by individual Americans concerned with the future of our nation." - John M. O'Hara

Watch John O'Hara on FNC - Your World w/Neil Cavuto - 1-20-10

A NEW AMERICAN TEA PARTY is an insider's account on the history of the modern day tax tea parties, the principles they are grounded in, and their future agenda. A young rising star in the center-right movement, O'Hara brings a fresh, witty perspective on the principles behind the tea parties and the steps that lay ahead to bring those principles to bear in the political process.

In light of continuing, high-profile legislative battles over the economy, universal health care, cap and trade and forthcoming "bell weather" mid-term elections, this book couldn't be timelier. A NEW AMERICAN TEA PARTY ties together the underlying principles of the tea party movement, the policy battles they are in large part a reaction to, and the road ahead. Giving concise, organized explanations, this book:

• Chronicles what sparked the protests, why they were necessary, and makes the case for why the movement can and will continue to be a formidable political force;
• Details the often malicious media and political backlash to the movement;
• Paints a vivid picture of the vastly differing principles and approaches of activism on the Left and the Right;
• Discusses timely issues including the heated national health care debate, "cap and trade," unions, ACORN, and more; and
• Presents a call to action and discusses a road to victory for the movement and the principles it espouses.

The tea party protestors have been maligned by everyone from major news commentators to senior White House officials. They've been called fringe and "unhealthy." These widely popular protests have been written off as mere conservative tantrums following the election of Barack Obama. However, as O'Hara explains, the protests are non-partisan, highly principled, healthy exercises of First Amendment speech. They represent a gut reaction upon which the Framers counted in times of dramatic, inappropriate, and even unconstitutional government expansion. In A NEW AMERICAN TEA PARTY, O'Hara provides a steppingstone for anyone wanting to better understand the movement and those seeking to rally to support the cause.

About the Author: John M. O'Hara is Assistant Director of Communications at The Heartland Institute. Previously, he worked in the U.S. Department of Labor for Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao. John graduated from Kenyon College where he studied philosophy and political science and was managing editor of The Kenyon Observer. He is a contributor to BigGovernment.com and has appeared as a commentator on a number of local and national radio and television programs. Visit his Web site at http://www.johnmohara.com/.

Fred Honsberger... A Pittsburgh Voice, Silenced

The calls poured in during KDKA-AM talk host Fred Honsberger's air shift yesterday. One after another, listeners paid their respects to a silenced Pittsburgh voice during a program that became a three-hour tribute -- to its host.

Mr. Honsberger died yesterday morning at his home in Monroeville, following a long battle with various health issues. He was 58.

One of the city's longest-running talk show hosts, he could be combative and opinionated, but colleagues, guests and callers recall qualities that set him apart from the typical image of the talk host who shouts down listeners when they disagree.

Mr. Honsberger hosted a popular afternoon drive talk show on KDKA since the George H.W. Bush administration. In January, he moved to the noon-to-3 p.m. shift -- opposite syndicated conservative talker Rush Limbaugh, but continued to hold court and engage listeners on both local and national issues. [more...]

SandyPR.com sends condolences to family, friends and the radio listeners... We booked our pundits and guests on Fred's show many times over the years and I'm sure he'll be sorely missed!

Remembering George Putnam

On a gorgeous Southern California Saturday afternoon in La Canada, friends, family and colleagues met on the lawn of the Jeffers Estate to pay tribute to the bigger-than-life presence of L.A.’s own news personality, George Putnam. George died September 12 at the age of 94.

Against a patriotic backdrop, the American Legion started the event with a presentation of colors. George’s last media outlet before he died was on Cable Radio Network (CRN). Mike Horn, the president and ceo of CRN, introduced George’s theme music, Harry Nilsson’s Everybody’s Talking. “We enjoy Vin Scully, we listen to the Dodgers,” said Horn, “but part of our Southern California fabric is the man we’re honoring today – George Putnam. Wherever George was – Channels 11, 5, KIEV or CRN – it was appointment radio or appointment tv. You had to be there when George was on the air. To this day there’s no one in broadcasting who can claim appointment radio. He was part of our Southern California and there for us at all times. No matter where George was, we were there.”

Chuck Wilder was George’s producer for the past 26 years. “We were partners in crime,” Chuck said in addressing the crowd. “I don’t think anyone enjoyed being on the air as much as George. When he broke his neck tripping over ‘Wally George’ [all of George’s dogs were named after famous people] he wanted to be on the air while he was in the hospital. He would get the engineers upset when he would say, ‘You can send a man to the moon but we can’t get these telephones to work.’ He wanted to get a broadcast line into the hospital.”

Wilder shared a story of when they were broadcasting from the underground shopping center of the ARCO Plaza Twin Towers. They were waiting for two special guests to arrive. Ten minutes before broadcast time, there was a bomb scare. “George said he was staying put. The Arco building management and security couldn’t get George to leave. Then here comes this very petite woman in a LAPD uniform. George had great charm with woman. He looked at her and said, ‘everything’s okay. We’re staying here.’ She said, ‘No you’re leaving.’ They went back and forth and his charm wasn’t working. All of a sudden this little LAPD lady puts her hand on her gun and George gets up and says, ‘We’re leaving.’ When they were leaving the studio, I swear he was trying to get an interview with her.” Chuck said it turned out to be a good decision to leave because police found 100 sticks of dynamite not too far away.

Ray Briem, former KABC and KIEV talk show host, told the crowd he wanted to give thanks to George Putnam. “The icon I saw on television, which was a new medium then , was George Putnam and I would watch George every single day. He became the man I wanted to be,” said Ray. After Ray left all-nights at KABC, George was very instrumental in Ray going to KIEV. “We had something in common– we both supported Proposition 13,” the Howard Jarvis proposition that limited property taxes to 1% of evaluation. “Howard Jarvis said in his book if it weren’t for George and Ray there would have been no Proposition 13.”

Briem concluded his remarks: “I thank George for inspiration. I was always in his shadow and I was always learning from him.

When KABC morning man Doug McIntyre was asked to speak at Putnam’s Celebration of Life, he couldn’t say yes fast enough. Doug was a big fan. “One day my call screener says George Putnam is on the phone and wants to go on the air. I had heard that George listened every day. Well, that’s not right. It should be the other way around and it was the other way around, believe me.”

McIntyre talked about George’s ideals. “George understood that excessive partisanship turns people into robots. Remember that George went to his grave as a Democrat. The Democrats may have given up on what George believed but he never gave up on them. He never gave up on community. He was the one who introduced the illegal immigration issue 45 years ago and maybe some day the LA Times will even cover it. He was way, way ahead of his time on that. This was a guy who understood that America was a special gift to the world and it needed to be preserved and needed to be taught and passed along to the next generation.”

“At 94, George was still on the air, still vital, still valid, still preaching the gospel of America’s uniqueness so perhaps the next generation of Americans will be inculcated with the greatness of this country so they can pass it along to the next generation of Americans,” said McIntyre. “When we stop caring about this country enough to teach it to the next generation of Americans, we’ll cease being a country.”

Former KABC talk show host Bruce Herschenson said that listening to George Putnam was “contagious.” Bruce said that George invented the idea of separating news from opinion. “He ended up his newscasts with ‘one reporter’s opinion.’ And then he would show the American flag flying over a different location every day. I felt sorry for the cameramen who had to find these flags.”

“I was in an election and lost,” Bruce continued. “The phone rang and it was George Putnam and he offered a forum or podium. He said his microphone was mine. He had a habit of being there when you needed him, not when he needed you. I learned a lot from that guy. For almost a century, George Putnam didn’t just live in this country, he made it better.”

Michael Medved at the Book Revue

Michael Medved spoke to a group at The Book Revue in Huntington, NY tonight about his new book, THE 5 BIG LIES ABOUT AMERICAN BUSINESS: Combating Smears Against the Free-Market Economy. The Q&A was fascinating and the audience learned so much from Michael's great wisdom.

Michael Medved's daily three-hour radio program, The Michael Medved Show, reaches more than two million listeners coast to coast. He is the author of nine other books, including the bestsellers Hollywood vs. America and What Really Happened to the Class of '65?, and is a member of USA Today's board of contributors. For more than a decade he cohosted Sneak Previews, PBS's weekly movie review show. Watch Michael on MSNBC's "The Ed Show."

The 5 Big Lies By Michael Medved

From the host of one of the top-five radio talk shows in the nation, with 5 million weekly listeners in more than 200 markets, and the author of the New York Times bestseller The 10 Big Lies About America, comes a timely and forceful defense of America's economic system:

THE 5 BIG LIES ABOUT
AMERICAN BUSINESS
COMBATING SMEARS AGAINST THE FREE-MARKET ECONOMY

BY MICHAEL MEDVED

Why is it commonplace for people to place a higher value on government and nonprofit work than on starting a successful business in the private sector? That's because they've been spoon-fed myths about capitalism - our country's lifeblood - for years.

In THE 5 BIG LIES ABOUT AMERICAN BUSINESS: Combating Smears Against the Free-Market Economy, one of the nation's most controversial and popular talk-radio hosts, Michael Medved, boldly tackles the smears and deceptions that underlie the public's bitter, resentful attitude toward capitalism and confirms that our unique corporate system has always benefited, and will continue to energize, our economy and this great country.

Medved takes each lie, dissects it, and provides startling, documented evidence to the contrary. Medved, known as "the smartest guy on radio," does not shy away from controversy and argues passionately to defend the truth. He challenges the five biggest lies told about our economic system:

• LIE #1: The current economy proves that capitalism is evil and in its final death throes
  
• LIE #2: When the rich get richer, the poor get poorer
  
• LIE #3: Corporate bosses are overpaid and corrupt
  
• LIE #4: Small business is more ethical and more responsible than big business
  
• LIE #5: Government is more fair and reliable than business, and citizens should trust government bureaucrats more than they trust for-profit corporations

With the current economic crisis bringing new attention to these old but fiercely promoted myths, THE 5 BIG LIES ABOUT AMERICAN BUSINESS sets the record straight.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Michael Medved is the host of a daily, three-hour radio program that is syndicated coast to coast, reaching more than 5 million listeners in more than 200 markets every week, making it the #5 radio program in the country. He is also the bestselling author of eleven previous books, including The 10 Big Lies About America, Right Turns, Hollywood vs. America, and What Really Happened to the Class of '65? He is a member of USA Today's board of contributors and also writes a weekly column for Townhall.com, America's leading conservative news and opinion website. For more than a decade Medved served as cohost of Sneak Previews, PBS's weekly movie review show, and for five years he was chief film critic for the New York Post.

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Bill Gertz's "Failure Factory" Tour

Bill Gertz's best-seller, The Failure Factory: How Unelected Bureaucrats, Liberal Democrats, and Big Government Republicans Are Undermining America's Security and Leading Us to War is making its rounds again with the release of the paperback edition on Mon. Nov. 16th. Call now to schedule interviews with Bill. Read "Inside the Ring" - The Hasan Connection here.


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Coming in December: The 5 Big Lies About American Business: Combating Smears Against the Free-Market Economy By Michael Medved

Coming in January: A New American Tea Party: The Counterrevolution against Bailouts, Handouts, Reckless Spending, and More Taxes By John M. O'Hara

Bill Gertz's Best-Selling Book, "The Failure Factory"

THE NEXT MAJOR TERRORIST ATTACK
HOW THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION IS JEOPARDIZING AMERICA'S SAFETY

In THE FAILURE FACTORY: How Unelected Bureaucrats Are Undermining U.S. Security, longtime Pentagon insider and reporter BILL GERTZ lays out in no uncertain terms how an out-of-control U.S. government bureaucracy is threatening our national security.

Call Sandy NOW for interviews with Bill Gertz - 516-735-5468.

The Failure Factory gives a full account of some of the worst excesses of bloated government and bureaucratic infighting, including the Bush administration’s cozying up to Wahhabi-dominated Saudi Arabia and so-called “outreach” efforts by the Pentagon and Justice Department to radical Muslim pressure groups such as CAIR. Since the election of President Barack Obama, government bureaucracy has continued to promote the "blame America first" policies - viewing the United States as the main cause of the world's ills, as opposed to Islamist extremists or other adversaries.

Gertz reveals:

• How Obama's disastrous national security policies - and his stable of advisers - have put America at risk


• A politicized 2007 National Intelligence Estimate judged that Tehran had halted its nuclear weapons program. Yet Iran continues covert uranium enrichment that is universally viewed as geared toward building nuclear weapons, especially missile warheads. The shockingly false 2007 report was followed by an equally suspect NIE on Iran's nuclear program produced in May 2009 that was the basis for President Obama abandoning a controversial missile-defense system in Eastern Europe.


• Flagrant cases of sabotage by top State Department officials that have emboldened states such as Iran, North Korea, Russia, and Communist China


• Stunning new intelligence failures, including one that may have allowed a terrorist group to penetrate the FBI and CIA


• How Democrats are exploiting the antiwar movement for political gain, with little regard for the potentially devastating circumstances

The book's predictions about the Obama administration are coming true, including:

• An emphasis on diplomacy and arms control over concrete defenses


• How China is continuing to build up its military forces in utmost secrecy while rebuffing U.S. efforts to set up talks and exchanges on military and strategic nuclear issues

"The current out-of-control federal bureaucracy is not just an inefficient nuisance to the effective functioning of government," Gertz argues, "it is a danger to our national security because entrenched bureaucrats are ignoring the threats to America at a time when those dangers are growing."

About the Author: Bill Gertz is a defense and national-security reporter for The Washington Times and the author of five books. He writes a weekly column called “Inside the Ring,” a chronicle about the ups and downs of the U.S. national-security policy. He is also the author of Enemies: How America's Foes Steal Our Vital Secrets - And How We Let It Happen, a critical look at recent spy cases and counterintelligence failures.