Let Lubbock Vote Website

If you have been looking for a way to get involved with the Let Lubbock Vote PAC, here’s your chance. Let Lubbock Vote now has a website www.letlubbockvote.org. On the site you can donate money and volunteer your time with the petition drive.

Lubbock Music Festival May Disappear

In today’s AJ we got to read that the Lubbock Music Festival may disappear after this year because the City Council didn’t budget money for the festival in next years budget. What does the City Council have to do with the festival? Well for 4 years they have been giving Don Caldwell and company $175,000 a year for the LMF. In other words the City of Lubbock has been in the festival business for 4 years and Don Caldwell was in charge.

Well now that money is gone. It’s been 4 years and the festival still hasn’t made any money and it can’t stand on it’s own. Paul Beane and Mayor Martin have taken the attitude of sink or swim for the festival and I can’t say I disagree with them.

In the paper Jim Douglass, who is in a battle with static in the morning to see who can get the lowest ratings, blames the City Council for LMF not getting top headliners. Really Jim? The City Council is at fault? What about the dopes that put the Lubbock Music Festival on the same 2 nights of one other festival? I understand why Douglass, Caldwell and the rest of the party planning committee forgot about that other festival since it’s pretty new and small. Yes, Austin City Limits kicks off on the 26th and goes until the 28th. Oh and ACL is just one of the largest music festivals in the nation and attracts the big name headliners. Here is the lineup for ACL. And since there is no Tech game this weekend…where do you think all the LIVE music fans will be..esp. those who are college students. Oops! Oh, and for families and those college students who can hear Wade Bowen at Wild West once a month, the South Plains Fair is also going this weekend.

The 2 big acts this year for the LMF, K.C. and the Sunshine Band AND Wade Bowen. Wow. Go Lubbock! The Lubbock Music Festival could have been held at some other time, but they chose this weekend when all the good acts are in Austin. Maybe they should have rethought that. After 4 years it’s time for the Lubbock Music Festival to sink or swim. I love live music, but at some point your either successful or not. If LMF fails…something will take it’s place. I’m still all for a music festival, but only if it’s done right.

*LINK to the AJ story*

Podcasts Posted, Why Do Conservatives Dominate Talk Radio?

If you missed tonight’s show or just want to hear it again, it’s been posted on our podcast site just go to: http://chadhastyshow.podomatic.com/. Tonight we talked about the Lubbock Party Patrol, Dungeons and Dragons, Texas Tech, and Trevor White’s article in the Daily Toreador regarding why conservatives dominate talk radio.

Speaking of that article… click the link to see the whole article: LINK

And here’s part of the article:

I believe that the success that conservatives experience is because people who listen to the radio for news and commentary are more educated people who have a well developed BS detector. Radio listeners can sense when talk jocks are bending the truth or avoiding a certain perspective that makes more sense. This means when a host presents his opinion he must back it up with either facts and logic, or just be so outrageously humorous that the listener doesn’t care if he is wrong.

This is the downfall of liberal beliefs, actual logic. You see, for the most part, at the fundamental level liberal thoughts are actually not thoughts at all, they are inclinations based on feelings: Feel sorry for the poor; be scared of guns; want equally distributed income so we can all be happy.

So why do you think conservatives dominate talk radio?

Podcasting

Just a reminder that you can download and listen to full 2 hours of The Chad Hasty Show on our new podcast site. You can also hear select clips from Lubbock’s First News AND The Williams and Hyatt Show. Just visit the podcast site and listen/download today. You can also subscribe to the podcast via iTunes, just search for Chad Hasty.

Lubbock Flooding

FOR THE LATEST CLOSINGS AND DELAYS GO TO KFYO.COM, TUNE INTO LUBBOCK’S FIRST NEWS TOMORROW MORNING STARTING AT 6 AND GOING UNTIL A SPECIAL TIME OF 11 FOR THE LATEST

** TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY- NO CLASSES ON FRIDAY**

**UPDATE** 9:07pm: LISD, Lubbock Cooper ISD and Frenship ISD are cancelled for Friday.

**Lubbock Mayor Tom Martin has declared a State of Emergency in Lubbock.

**WOLFFORTH WILL BE OPENING A SHELTER FOR EVACUEES. WILL NOTIFY OF
LOCATION OF SHELTER, WHEN THE INFORMATION IS RECEIVED.

Road Closures UPDATED @ 9:50pm:

APART FROM DIRT ROADS THESE WILL BE IMPASSABLE:

HWY 62/82 EAST BOUND AT MAIN STREET IN WOLFFORTH.

ACUFF ROAD FROM IDALOU HWY

62/82 AND 1585

98TH AND HWY 87 SB ACCESS – WOODROW FD AND TX DOT

I-27 NB EXT 6 NORTH LOOP

FM 1585 AND UNIVERSITY BY THE STOCKYARD – WOODROW FD BARRICADE

8500 BLK OF HWY 87 ACCESS ROAD SB

MLK AND IDALOU ROAD NEAR THE SHAMROCK

7700 BLK OF CR 6100

N CR 1540 – LOOP 388 TO FM 1294

98TH AND INDIANA

UNIVERSITY BETWEEN 146TH WOODROW ROAD

FM 2641 AND FM 179

19TH STREET TO REESE FROM THE LOOP

1300 BETWEEN 34TH AND 50TH

FM 179 BETWEEN 4TH AND HWY 84

148TH AND FRANKFORD

This is the latest from the City of Lubbock:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CITY OF LUBBOCK
September 11, 2008

The City is activating its plan to help Lubbock citizens deal with
flooding or the possibility of flooding.  The National Weather Service
is predicting continued showers throughout the night.

The City is keeping an eye on all parts of town, but right now is
particularly watching the area around 66th Street and Avenue W.
Tonight, the City will use its public safety callback system to notify
people in that area about the possibility of homes flooding.

Right now the City is working to fill 5,000 sandbags that will be
delivered to areas of town facing severe flooding.

The City is asking Lubbock citizens to watch out for rising water near
and around their home, and to consider finding an alternate place to
stay.

Please call the Lubbock Police Department at 775-2865 if you need
assistance or are concerned about flooding in your area.  Please only
call 9-1-1 in the case of an actual emergency.

Aaron Rodgers…

…is no Brett Farve. I don’t care how much the Monday Night Football crew tries to convince us by saying how “that’s a Farve pass” or “that’s something Farve would do”. Just saying. He did look good tonight but not any better than Farve.

Hurricane Ike- Lubbock County A Disaster Area?

The Texas coast is in danger and the counties near the coast, and I get that. Why did Lubbock County make the list? Link

From the Governor himself:

Governor Declares Disaster in preparation for Hurricane Ike
September 08, 2008
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TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME:

I, RICK PERRY, Governor of Texas, do hereby certify that Hurricane Ike poses a threat of imminent disaster along the Texas Coast and in the counties of Anderson, Angelina, Aransas, Archer, Austin, Bee, Bell, Bexar, Bowie, Brazoria, Brazos, Brooks, Calhoun, Cameron, Cass, Chambers, Cherokee, Collin, Colorado, Comal, Dallas, Denton, DeWitt, Ellis, El Paso, Fort Bend, Franklin, Galveston, Goliad, Grayson, Gregg, Hardin, Harris, Harrison, Henderson, Hidalgo, Hill, Hopkins, Hunt, Jackson, Jasper, Jefferson, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, Kaufman, Kenedy, Kleberg, Lamar, Lavaca, Liberty, Lubbock, Matagorda, McLennan, Montgomery, Nacogdoches, Navarro, Newton, Nueces, Orange, Panola, Parker, Polk, Potter, Randall, Refugio, Sabine, San Augustine, San Jacinto, San Patricio, Shelby, Smith, Starr, Tarrant, Titus, Tom Green, Travis, Trinity, Tyler, Van Zandt, Victoria, Waller, Walker, Webb, Wharton, Willacy, Williamson, Wise and Wood beginning September 7, 2008 and continuing.

THEREFORE, in accordance with the authority vested in me by Section 418.014 of the Texas Government Code, I do hereby declare a state of disaster based on the existence of such threat and direct that all necessary measures both public and private as authorized under Section 418.017 of the code be implemented to meet that threat.

As provided in Section 418.016, all rules and regulations that may inhibit or prevent prompt response to this threat are suspended for the duration of the state of disaster.

In accordance with the statutory requirements, copies of this proclamation shall be filed with the applicable authorities.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto signed my name and have officially caused the Seal of State to be affixed at my Office in the City of Austin, Texas, this the 8th day of September, 2008.

RICK PERRY
Governor

Attested by:
ESPERANZA “HOPE” ANDRADE
Secretary of State

Hello Sarah Palin

Gov. Sarah Palin just finished giving her acceptance speech for the VP slot and she was very impressive. We will be breaking this down tomorrow on LFN from 6-9am on 790 KFYO, but I’d like to know what you thought tonight.

Everyone will be saying this tomorrow, but tonight a star was born in the Republican party. She is the GOP’s answer to Barack Obama and that’s exactly what they need. McCain can’t compete with Obama’s star power or his speeches, but as we saw tonight Sarah Palin can.

Palin hit a homerun tonight…a big homerun. She related to the everyday person and she seemed like the mom next door. Even when Palin went on the attack against Obama, she seemed funny and sweet yet strong. Hillary Clinton was attacked many times for being too mean. That won’t happen to Palin. When she attacked Obama, she had a great smile and did it with humor. You didn’t see the attack coming, but what she said still hit home…and I bet it hit the Obama camp.

I did find it interesting that Palin didn’t mention Obama by name tonight at all, she only referred to him as “our opponent”. I guess they didn’t want to give him free mentions. I’m sure we will see a bounce tomorrow for McCain, but unfortunatly McCain speaks tomorrow and we all know that he isn’t the best. I’d rather have Palin speak again.

At the end of the day I still think all Palin does is energize the Conservative base which is important, but I’m not sure she will be able to pick up too many independents. And yes when people vote I do think they will be deciding between McCain and Obama. However, it seems as though the McCain camp wouldn’t mind seeing Palin mix it up with Obama more than McCain.

One last thing before tomorrow. Does anyone else think that McCain and Palin look a bit uncomfortable together on stage? It’s like McCain doesn’t want to get too close.

It wasn’t looking like a great race between Obama and McCain, but now with Palin in the mix…Game on!

Palins Daughter Is Pregnant

So it’s come out today that Palin’s 17 year old daughter is about 5 months pregnant. No, she isn’t married but she does plan to marry the father of the child which is nice I guess. The article doesn’t say whether the young couple is in love, but hey I guess that doesn’t matter right? My favorite part of this article is this quote:

“Our beautiful daughter Bristol came to us with news that as parents we knew would make her grow up faster than we had ever planned. As Bristol faces the responsibilities of adulthood, she knows she has our unconditional love and support,” the Palins said.

For some reason I just don’t believe that the Palins were as excited and sweet in the privacy of their own home about their daughter getting knocked up. Which is what happened. I guess that whole abstinence education failed again.

So, does this change any feelings towards Palin and family values? We’ve seen families and the kids looked down upon by society when the teenage daughter gets knocked up. Will the people hold this against McCain and Palin? Does it change your feelings?

Full article HERE