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		<title>Goodbye Tim</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 19:32:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ask any reasonable columnist and they’ll tell you, there are editors and then there are editors. Like anything else in this imperfect world, you’ve got the good, the bad, and the ugly. And despite the lack of certainty this existence unmercifully thrusts upon us, I can say with certainty that Tim West was the good. [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thefirstward.net&#038;blog=38587735&#038;post=2418&#038;subd=thefirstward&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s time to listen to Left, Right and You!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 01:37:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[And here&#8217;s today&#8217;s show:  Thanks to Red Light Doctor Barnet Fagel for calling in and providing some fresh insights into exactly how the man stacks the red light camera deck against motorists.   Then I went on to prove that Ronald Reagan was a liberal, the IRS scandal isn&#8217;t a scandal, and hypocritical Republicans are [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thefirstward.net&#038;blog=38587735&#038;post=2412&#038;subd=thefirstward&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>If it&#8217;s Thusday, It must be time for Left, Right and You!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 18:32:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Please join Allen and myself on WRMN AM1410 from 3 to 4 p.m this and every Thursday as we do our damndest to unravel the most pressing issues of the day including, but not limited to:  The IRS going after the Tea Party. It couldn&#8217;t have happened to a nicer bunch of people! Benghazi! Where [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thefirstward.net&#038;blog=38587735&#038;post=2409&#038;subd=thefirstward&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Stanton and Burns should be a comedy team!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 00:57:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When a confluence of events points to a specific and irrefutable logical conclusion, like Sherlock Holmes, I just can’t pass it up. And this one started with Geneva developer Joe Stanton showing a sudden interest in purchasing the decrepit Mill Race Inn property. After the Pure Oil building debacle – the building he swore couldn’t [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thefirstward.net&#038;blog=38587735&#038;post=2407&#038;subd=thefirstward&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Please cancel your subscription to the Kane County Chronicle</title>
		<link>http://thefirstward.net/2013/05/14/please-cancel-your-subscription-to-the-kane-county-chronicle/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 18:51:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[How did those Clapton lyrics go, &#8220;You&#8217;re fooling around, I can&#8217;t stand it!&#8221; That pretty much sums up what&#8217;s been going on at the Kane County Chronicle &#8211; fooling around. So now I have to take yet another break from my book (Chapter 2: Barack Obama is a Conservative President), to deal with yet more [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thefirstward.net&#038;blog=38587735&#038;post=2395&#038;subd=thefirstward&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The May 9th Episode of Left, Right and You is a wrap</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 23:27:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[And you can listen to it right here: Thank you to insurance expert C. Steven Tucker for calling in and not only offering reasonable alternatives to Obamacare, but debunking that whole &#8220;death panel&#8221; myth. Another tip of our hat to LR&#38;Y host emeritus Tim Elenz for also calling in and encouraging Republicans and Democrats to [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thefirstward.net&#038;blog=38587735&#038;post=2391&#038;subd=thefirstward&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>There&#8217;s a special place in hell for folks like Dr. Drew Pinsky</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 May 2013 19:37:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m going to take a break from my busy book writing schedule to put the demise of &#8220;Celebrity Rehab&#8221; into the proper perspective. Yes! After 6 years of parading irreparably damaged C list celebrity misfits in front of a television camera for fun and profit, having the temerity to claim, &#8220;I am tired of taking [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thefirstward.net&#038;blog=38587735&#038;post=2385&#038;subd=thefirstward&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s the best thing about Thursday evening?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 22:18:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You get to listen to Left, Right and You again! And you can do it right here! Thanks to tech expert Brett Haase for calling in today. While Google Glass might top my Christmas list, I certainly won&#8217;t be buying any bit coins anytime soon. Then we talked the book I&#8217;m writing, Tim Tebow, and [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thefirstward.net&#038;blog=38587735&#038;post=2380&#038;subd=thefirstward&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s almost time for Left, Right and You!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 18:34:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[First, sorry for the lack of posts here lately, but, based on my experience as a columnist and LR&#38;Y co-host, I&#8217;m actually writing a book! We&#8217;ll cover that groundbreaking news on the show. And speaking of the show, please tune in to AM1410 from 3 to 4 p.m. today to have your political socks knocked [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thefirstward.net&#038;blog=38587735&#038;post=2376&#038;subd=thefirstward&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The April (not March) 25th edition of Left, Right and You is on tap!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 23:41:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yikes! I got so involved in trying to look up a Kierkegaard quote before the show, I forgot to post the typical Thursday afternoon alert! But not to fear! If you missed the show you can listen to it right here:  Of course Allen and I want to thank IL AARP head Scott Musser for [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thefirstward.net&#038;blog=38587735&#038;post=2369&#038;subd=thefirstward&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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