The United Warrior Survivor Foundation announced that Rick Amato has been named to Co-Chair their annual fundraising event.

UWSF provides Survivor Transition Assistance to surviving spouses of Special Operations personnel from the Navy, Army, Air Force and Marine Corps killed in the line of duty since 9/11/2001.

UWSF provides needed financial assistance, financial guidance and planning support along with college scholarship grants, educational counseling, professional bereavement counseling, and peer-to-peer mentorship to the spouses, based on need.
UWSF has also been instrumental in effecting legislation in Washington as it relates to surviving spouses.

UWSF was founded by Navy SEAL Nick Rocha on the belief that:

"Should the surviving spouse of a fallen Special Operations member choose to stay at home and raise her family, she should have the right to do so, since she has paid steep enough of a price."

To learn more about UWSF click here.

Past Co-Chairs have included nationally syndicated radio talk show host Hugh Hewitt of the Salem Radio Network.

A new song titled 'Let's Get Real' has been written to raise awareness of the harrowing story of PFC Corey Clagett and other soldiers like him.

The song also includes emotional excerpts from The Rick Amato Show of Clagett's mother telling her story.

'Let's Get Real' is written and performed by Michael Britton, who previously wrote 'Ramos and Compeon' which raised awareness of the plight of the imprisoned Border Patrol Agents.

TO LISTEN to 'Let's Get Real' , COPY AND PASTE:
http://www.amatotalk.com/news/2007/06/new_song_features_story_of_pfc.html

A special show dedicated to helping Clagett's mother raise money for an outside attorney has been scheduled by The Rick Amato Show for Wednesday, June 13th  9pm-11pm PST.

Listeners can listen on demand or on the internet at www.amatotalk.com




Based in San Diego, California, The Rick Amato Show broadcasts from The Edge of America™. The Show exposes issues, raises awareness and often makes a difference in the lives of people during times of injustice. Tune in and get the edge.

It just occured to me...

...It just seems no matter which way a guy turns these days there is always someone with a red hot poker stick looking to stick it right up...well... you know where!

Take gas prices for example. It is bad enough that we here in San Diego pay prices well above the national average of $3.20 a gallon. But now we come to find out one of the very reasons prices you and I are paying these prices is because of the government's attempt to lower prices.

Here's what I mean... With the trendy push to grow alternative fuel supplies such as corn ethanol and sugar cane- being all the rage- oil companies have decided to cut their supply output in order to prepare now, for any potential decrease in business which may or may not ever occur.

Problem is by them cutting their supply now, and without any real alternative fuel choices being firmly available...then you and I pay higher gas price and have no other fuel choice in the matter. But hey that's our problem not theirs.

...And speaking of red hot poker sticks...It is no different from the wizards in Washington, in this case those elitist handful who met in the middle of the night...behind closed doors...to try an sneak an immigration bill down our throats- one which is neither representative of the wishes or beneficial to the needs of the American middle class.

Let's not forget what the noted economist Milton Friedman once said: "There is no such thing as a free lunch". The consumer (read: you and I) ALWAYS pays at the end of the day. Either in the form of higher prices, or in the form of higher taxes.

... And just when you thought it was safe to go in to the water, along comes this latest doozy of a report out of Washington:

A powerful think tank chaired by Sam Nunn and Henry Kissinger is in the final stages of preparing a report for the White House on the benefits of integrating the US, MX and Canada into one political, economic and security bloc.

That's right you read it correctly. This thing will go down with the American people about as pleasant as cod liver oil.

Now, Henry Kissinger he's an interesting duck. They say if you want to know the reason behind something "follow the money". But in Henry's case, his agenda in this report might be more about self-importance and being relevant again more than anything else. Why?

Well...Because he is the same guy who- years ago when he actually was relevant- according to an interview given by his ex-girlfriend Eva Gabor:

Henry would curl up on the couch lie there naked and ask Eva: "If I were just a lowly Harvard professor, would you still love me?"...uhhh Henry. Henry!

You have got to watch what you say to girlfriends, especially bimbo girlfriends who become ex-girlfriends. Keep that guard up Henry.





Based in San Diego, California, The Rick Amato Show broadcasts from The Edge of America™. The Show exposes issues, raises awareness and often makes a difference in the lives of people during times of injustice. Tune in and get the edge.

It just occured to me...

...It just seems no matter which way a guy turns these days there is always someone with a red hot poker stick looking to stick it right up...well... you know where!

Take gas prices for example. It is bad enough that we here in San Diego pay prices well above the national average of $3.20 a gallon. But now we come to find out one of the very reasons prices you and I are paying these prices is because of the government's attempt to lower prices.

Here's what I mean... With the trendy push to grow alternative fuel supplies such as corn ethanol and sugar cane- being all the rage- oil companies have decided to cut their supply output in order to prepare now, for any potential decrease in business which may or may not ever occur.

Problem is by them cutting their supply now, and without any real alternative fuel choices being firmly available...then you and I pay higher gas price and have no other fuel choice in the matter. But hey that's our problem not theirs.

...And speaking of red hot poker sticks...It is no different from the wizards in Washington, in this case those elitist handful who met in the middle of the night...behind closed doors...to try an sneak an immigration bill down our throats- one which is neither representative of the wishes or beneficial to the needs of the American middle class.

Let's not forget what the noted economist Milton Friedman once said: "There is no such thing as a free lunch". The consumer (read: you and I) ALWAYS pays at the end of the day. Either in the form of higher prices, or in the form of higher taxes.

... And just when you thought it was safe to go in to the water, along comes this latest doozy of a report out of Washington:

A powerful think tank chaired by Sam Nunn and Henry Kissinger is in the final stages of preparing a report for the White House on the benefits of integrating the US, MX and Canada into one political, economic and security bloc.

That's right you read it correctly. This thing will go down with the American people about as pleasant as cod liver oil.

Now, Henry Kissinger he's an interesting duck. They say if you want to know the reason behind something "follow the money". But in Henry's case, his agenda in this report might be more about self-importance and being relevant again more than anything else. Why?

Well...Because he is the same guy who- years ago when he actually was relevant- according to an interview given by his ex-girlfriend Eva Gabor:

Henry would curl up on the couch lie there naked and ask Eva: "If I were just a lowly Harvard professor, would you still love me?"...uhhh Henry. Henry!

You have got to watch what you say to girlfriends, especially bimbo girlfriends who become ex-girlfriends. Keep that guard up Henry.





Based in San Diego, California, The Rick Amato Show broadcasts from The Edge of America™. The Show exposes issues, raises awareness and often makes a difference in the lives of people during times of injustice. Tune in and get the edge.

Wow!  Hold on to your burka...Just at a time when so many people here in San Diego and elsewhere across the country are up in arms over whether or not our  immigration policy is going to turn our country in to Mehico de Norte...or at least in to one vast sovereignless conglomerate uniting Canada, the United States and Mexico...along comes this Pew Research Poll conducted last week among Muslims living here in the U.S.

The poll concluded that majority of American Muslims are "largely assimilated, happy with their lives and moderate with respect to many of the issues that have divided Muslims and Westerners around the world".

...Ahhh but as that quirky character w/ the big ears- Ross Perot- once said: "the devil is in the details".

...Because the report does not stop there. The details when on to say:  "25 percent of Muslims under 30 years of age- living in America- think that suicide bombing can be justified".

Are you kidding me? A report that starts out with the words "largely assimilated and happy"...and ends with the words..."think that suicide bombings can be justified".  Sounds like a bad punchline to a good news/bad news joke.

This thing really also shows how much life in America has changed.  It used to be parents had to worry about warning their kids "not to play in the street"...
...Now parents apparently have to also worry about warning their kids about "not to play in the street with anyone named Abdul who looks disenchanted".

On a feel good note the report says...on balance...it is believed that Muslims coming to the United States will adopt American customs, rather than trying to remain distinct. And that Muslims immigrating to the US are even more inclined than other Americans to say that people who want to get ahead can make it in the United States if they work hard; 71 percent of U.S. Muslims agreed with that statement, compared to 64 percent of the general public, an optimism not shared by Muslims living in Europe..

But it is the use of the words..."On balance"...and  "25% under the age of 30 believe suicide bombings can be justified"  that really stick out- not like a sore thumb- but more like a Saudi national going for a leisurely stroll thru the streets of downtown Tel Aviv.

But one thing is certain.  The results of this poll make the argument over whether or not California schools should be English only or Spanish and English, seem like an innocent, quaint squabble among sibblings in comparison.



Based in San Diego, California, The Rick Amato Show broadcasts from The Edge of America™. The Show exposes issues, raises awareness and often makes a difference in the lives of people during times of injustice. Tune in and get the edge.