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Links for our 8/6 guests include www.aifl.org for Ambassador Uri Bar-Ner, http://climatesci.atmos.colostate.edu for Roger Pielke Sr., and www.freepeoplefreemarkets.org for Paul Prentice. The Colorado corporate campaign against TABOR nationally is linked here.
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How is the morale in Tel Aviv as the war enters its fourth week? Will the Turks contribute peacekeepers in Lebanon after Israel’s drive against Hezbollah is over? What does Turkey’s success as a secular Muslim state tell us about a possible better future for Islam as a whole?

Ambassador Uri Bar-Ner, former Israeli envoy to Turkey and my friend from a 2004 Mideast trip, checks in live from Tel Aviv by satellite phone for our August 6 show. We’ll ask him these questions and more. (more…)

By Dave Petteys (dpetteys@comcast.net)

The New York Times’ definition of “Honest Broker” is to hold a gun to Israel’s head and force them to negotiate with Hezbollah as to which Israeli arm or leg they get to cut off next.

I recall clearly prior to the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, the Islamic apologists assured the world that the move would “benefit” Israel, and would give them a chance for real peace. The reality, of course, was that Hamas and Al Qaeda gloated “the Jew has been driven from Gaza with his tail between his legs” and moved their rocket positions that much closer.

To use the Churchillian metaphor, our liberal elite prefers to feed America’s friends bite by bite to the Islamic alligator, hoping it will eat us last. (more…)

By Krista Kafer (krista555@msn.com)

Last night the Denver City Council approved asking voters to increase taxes for the next ten years to fund preschool programs for all four-year-olds. So the proposal will now go to the ballot in November, where it may pass — or go down in flames as Prop 82 did in California, despite Hollywood Rob Reiner’s support. (more…)