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To: MinuteGal
but in one of the many political emails I open every day was a copy of Neal Boortz' commencement address to the students of Texas A & M.

I hate to break it to you but he never gave that "commencement" address at an actual college commencement. He created it as an alternative commencement for the radio when (I think I have this right) he heard that one year even Kermit the Frog was giving an address. Many years later he did give it as a speech at some Atlanta college, but it still wasn't for a commencement.

Here's a link to one of the versions of the speech: http://www.boortz.com/news/news/local-education/commencement-speech/nCG7H/

I will miss Boortz when he's gone. He could be a real jerk to some callers, but many of them more than deserved it. My only major point of disagreement with him was on abortion and his complete refusal to discuss it on the radio. Herman Cain is a nice guy, but he just doesn't have the bite to keep my interest. I might have to track down where Glenn Beck is broadcasting for my morning radio addiction.

Now I just want to find a copy of the Cat Chasing Championship hoax. He set up a radio gimmick of a sporting event with a group of parachutists and a cat. The cat was thrown out of a plane and the parachutist who came down with it was the winner. They had weeks to set it up with pre-event interviews, advertisements, sound effects of the plane, parachutists, howling cat and a chainsaw afterward. Unfortunately the rights are owned by the station he used to work for so he can't sell the recordings. Maybe once he's off the air they will let him sell them.

20 posted on 06/04/2012 6:52:59 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (You only have three billion heartbeats in a lifetime.How many does the government claim as its own?)
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To: KarlInOhio
Thanks for posting the link to the speech. It stands stricty on its merits alone as a brilliant affirmation of conservative principles.

Leni

22 posted on 06/04/2012 7:07:28 AM PDT by MinuteGal (OMG !!!.....Obama Must Go !!!)
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To: KarlInOhio

There’s that one, and the now famous “Boo got shot” by the late Royal. I chuckle every time I think about it.


52 posted on 06/04/2012 5:34:22 PM PDT by Traveler59 ( Truth is a journey, not a destination.)
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