OPEN LINES Thursday and yesterdays' Joe Horn interview and coverage
TODAY'S SHOW IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF HPD OFFICER GARY GRYDER.
We haven’t had our typical Friday 3-hour show in a while, and there may be things just boiling up in you. We’re off to celebrate our nation’s birthday tomorrow, so today is Open Line Thursday. If it’s on your mind, call in.
On the message board today, I’ve asked 2 questions: first, what is the most patriotic way to celebrate the Fourth of July, and second, what special or tradition does your family have to celebrate the Fourth?
Plus, a Republican state lawmaker from Pampa wants to make couples wait 2 years before they can file for divorce, unless they take a class designed to save their marriage. If this passes, the state will now be in the business of saving marriages... nanny-style governance at its best.
Also, a Houston muslim group has been leaving copies of the Koran on doorsteps of homes in some southwest Houston neighborhoods. The Book of Sign Foundation says they have distributed 30,000 copies so far. Thoughts?
If you missed our exclusive interview with Joe Horn yesterday, or you want to hear it again, you can hear 
the interview and the calls after it here. Click on the “Listen” button next to the picture of Joe Horn.
Local tv cameras were in the studio during our interview with Joe Horn. For their coverage of the interview, see:
Channel 11’s Vicente Arenas covered the story here.
Channel 11 put video of me covering the story here.
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More MLK billboards being put up by black Republicans, Isiah Carey’s Insite
Chron Editorial: license to kill, but Texans no safer, Houston Chronicle
Funeral to be held for cop killed in crash, KTRK
Northwest Harris County woman stabbed during home invasion, KHOU
Report: Austin driver worse than Houston, Houston Business Journal
FAA can’t confirm if rocket was about to strike Continental flight, KHOU
Joe Horn will be our guest today
Pasadena homeowner Joe Horn will be my guest today at 5 for the first half of the show. Tune in to hear this live interview, the first one he’s doing in Houston.
I told him I would forward all emails that we receive over to his private email, so if you have comments for Mr. Horn please send them to me. Look over to the left and click the “Email Michael Directly” button to the left to send me your email for Mr. Horn.
What would you ask Joe Horn? Post your question on our message board here.
Programing Note: Astros lose to the Dodgers last night in extra innings. Game three tonight, with the on-deck show starting at 6:05, first pitch set for 7:05 pm right here on NewsRadio 740 KTRH.
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Joe Horn in his own words, KTRK
Quanell X Evans says the jury was racist because he says so, click2houston.com
‘No surfing’ signs come down at Flagship, Galveston County Daily News
La Marque police add a seized drug dealers Lexus to its fleet, KHOU
Houston residents find the Koran at their front door, Isiah Carey’s Insite
Racial divide stirred by burial of murder victim, KTRK
Lawmaker wants to make couples wait 2 years for divorce, Austin-American Statesman Has the Joe Horn case changed how you would act in such a situation?
What would you do? Major events like the Joe Horn case give us an opportunity to evaluate how we would react if we were faced with a similar situation. Mr. Horn has been through a lot, from intense media coverage to protests in front of his home to death threats, not to mention coping with shooting and killing two men. Despite both men being thug burglars, Mr. Horn is no robot and I'm sure he feels at least a pinch of empathy for the two men. If he had it to do over again, Mr. Horn himself admits he would have stayed inside.
What about you? Knowing what Mr. Horn has been through, would you stay inside to avoid to putting yourself through what he's been through?
Astros tonight. Astros take the series opener from the Dodgers last night. Game two tonight, the on-deck show starts at 6:05 pm, with first pitch at 7:05 pm right here on NewsRadio 740 KTRH.
From ALLAHPUNDIT at Hotair.com: "Add this to the list of incidents lately in which bystanders have looked on impassively while someone lay dying: First was that video of pedestrians gawking at the old man getting run down in Hartford, then the nightmare of people pulling over to watch that monster stomp his kid to death by the side of the road in California, and now just today a new report in the Seattle Times of drivers speeding past an accident even as a state trooper was trying to flag them down to help rescue someone who was injured. ‘Mesmerized by shock,’ psychologists say of normal people thrust into a traumatic situation — which brings us to the clip, in which ‘normal people’ are replaced by trained medical professionals and the mesmerization evidently lasts for upwards of 45 minutes."
Houston reacts after grand jury clears Horn, KHOU
Obama flip-flops on welfare reform, ABC News
Plan uses sales-tax hike to pay for schools, El Paso Times
Global warming as mass neurosis, Wall Street Journal
Does Obama threaten affirmative action, MSNBC
Harris County sheriff Tommy Thompson apologizes to Muslims for offensive e-mail, Houston Chronicle
Fallen Officer Remembered by Injured Colleague, 740 KTRH
An immigration raid on Houston's east side leaves some open-ended questions about the status of pregnant illegal immigrants, 740 KTRH
Joe Horn’s attorney, Tom Lambright, receives two death threats, plus a window at his office is bashed in, Isiah Carey’s Insite
League City police shoot, kill suspect, KHOU
Texas tests 10,407 students for steroids, Houston Chronicle
Boy George Sings Yes We Can
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