RadioFR TONIGHT 6/9pm! Ted Hayes, PLUS FReeper/Author Mike Zak, Grover Norquist and John Hager!

Radio Free Republic ^ | 2-20-03 | Bob J

[Bob J]

Tonight, Doug from Upland interviews Ted Hayes at 7pm, and starting at 6pm we have CPAC interviews with Grover Norquist (Americans for Tax Reform), John Hagar - Head of State Preparedness for Virginia Governor Mark Warner, AND A SPECIAL INTERVIEW WITH MICHAEL ZAK, author of Back to Basics for the Republican Party! Mike is a long time FReeper and goes by the screen name GRAND OLD PARTISAN! If you see him around, thank him for his contribution to the conservative cause!

[doug from upland]

Bumping......Ted is ready to go

[doug from upland]

Hi, Fred.

[doug from upland]

Hey, TLB. Will the Burger King pervert and the teaching Moron be listening tonight???

[TLBSHOW]

he was just on tv slamming frank I hear he sounds like a liberal rat

[TLBSHOW]

he is speaking at albany university tonight they slammed him on wgy

[Bob J]

Doug, has Ted called into ag?

[Bob J]

Never mind...

[doug from upland]

Okay, I'll nevermind.

[Fred Mertz]

I tuned in too late. I thought it was at 9 pm local. I don't think you should call Norquist a traitor. I think "useful idiot" or "Islam dupe" would be more accurate.

[doug from upland]

Who will be Moron of the Month???

[TLBSHOW]

ok Islam dupe sounds good!

[doug from upland]

Osama, kiss my royal Irish ass.

[TLBSHOW]

I just played that today!

[doug from upland]

All right. Let's get in the mood for some ass-kicking.

[CounterCounterCulture]

DOUG is IN DA HOUSE!

[TLBSHOW]

Mike Moran bump

[Ligeia]

John Hager (JH): I have the role as the link between the national Homeland Security office and the Virginia group in the governor's office. I link between command and control military in the state including the US Navy in Norfolk, police, defense industry contractors, over 50% of the world's internet traffic, health groups and citizens panels and organizations. [for a Richmonder, he sure does talk fast and I'm having trouble keeping up]

Department is off and running; good relationship with Ridge State's perspective: Ability to plug in one place to track federal funds and intelligence information.

FR: What about stepping on individual rights and liberties?

JH: We know about that line and are concerned about it. Only those skirting the law should be nervous. We must keep control of our security and safety by following the law.

FR: Sniper shootings?

JH: Never defined as terrorism but was concern and speculation, then everyone got involved because they are the same people who handle such events. There was cross-jurisdictional cooperation: federal, state and local -- great test of system.

We did many things right and we worked together better than we would have before 911. Learned a lot and will be better prepared for future events like tracking. Mohammed and Malvo were stopped in all 3 jurisdictions in Virginia where there was a killing and slipped through.

FR: How can FRs learn about the office?

JH: The office has gotten bigger every day in past year. Advice to help: Stay alert, involved, study, communicate. It's a challenge to plug in each individual who want to go to the defense of their country.

[This is so cool! It looks like a militia, a good one] Virginia Defense Force backs up the National Guard. Huge percentage of NG is called up, Virginia Defense Force is a valuable help for natural disasters, health and medical teams community level... especially around hospitals to help with widespread dissemination of smallpox vaccine. People with skills are needed! Commonwealth Preparedness

FR: It's been a pleasure, thank you for coming to CPAC.

JH: My pleasure. Thank you for being concerned about homeland security.

This is all paraphrase and should not be considered a transcript! Please feel free to add/correct anything I misrepresented.

[TLBSHOW]

Ed is a good choice!

[Fred Mertz]

Nice typing. Thanks!

[Ligeia]

I enjoyed listening to your interview. Your book sounds very interesting.

Republican Basics
I'm surprised you don't join in some of the historical debates here at FR. The history of the birth of the Republican party and what it initially stood for are often the topic of much discussion, but you may know that and purposefully decline!