Jon Matthews off the air

Good grief, how in the world did I miss this?

Popular radio talk show host Jon Matthews is off the air and we’ve learned Sugar Land police are investigating him.

Houstonians have been listening to the conservative radio talk show host for more than 15 years. He’s a former Marine with loyal listeners, but on Friday those listeners didn’t hear him because his boss took him off the air.

“I think that was the best thing to do,” said KSEV General Manager Dan Patrick.

Patrick yanked Matthews off the air after learning from Eyewitness News about the investigation and then speaking to detectives.

“I just told him, ‘John, since there’s an investigation going on, it’s just not the wise thing for you to be on the air until all the facts are known’,” said Patrick.

The Sugar Land Police Department would not talk about this case on camera, but they do say on the record that they’re investigating Matthews after an allegation of indecency with a child. They are, however, reluctant to release any specifics.

Sugar Land Police Captain Mike Lund says, “We have an ongoing investigation and I’m not going to go there.”

Matthews shut the door on us when we tried to talk to him on Friday. He wouldn’t discuss the investigation. His boss hopes people will reserve judgment until the truth is determined by police or a jury.

“Let the investigation play out,” said Patrick. “Let’s see if there are any charges brought, if there are not. I don’t know what else you’d like me to say.”

Congressman John Culberson, who appears weekly on Matthews’ show says he can’t imagine the talk show host being involved in any indecency with a child. He said “I just can’t even imagine…I refuse to believe it…It must be a mistake.”

It’s important to stress that at this time, Matthews has not been arrested or charged with any crime.

Via Atrios. Finding this story explains a comment that was left yesterday on an older post of mine, one which shows the type of discourse that Jon Matthews is famous for. I’ll keep my eyes open for any updates on this.

UPDATE: Since everyone seems to be coming to this post via their Google searches, an update is posted here.

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116 Responses to Jon Matthews off the air

  1. Richard says:

    I have been a conservative talk radio fan since early 1989, when I discovered Rush by accident on KSEV while scanning for stations on a
    new car radio.

    I have also listened to Jon Matthews at times, and consider him to be our local Rush.

    I was saddened by this article:

    http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/topstory/2216672

    Ironically, I have been working in the Beaumont area (Jon’s hometown), and was not aware of this situation.

    Given Rush’s and Jon’s situations, it is a dark time for conservative radio hosts, and I’m sure the libs are licking their chops!

    Politics aside, both preached a moral message and were quick to come down on those that did what they ended up doing. These are the types
    the public most enjoys seeing fall.

    On the contrary, those that are openly less than perfect, such as Clinton, are always given more slack.

  2. Modus_Ponen says:

    On the contrary Richard
    as a “true liberal” I dont lick my chops…
    I will not judge and condemn Mr. Matthews as
    a human… I do not advocate, promote nor justify
    indecent sexual behaviour with children…
    on the contrary I feel it is one of the most pathetic states of affairs… however I, as a true liberal immediately feel sorry for Mr. Matthews as well as the child victim.

  3. Modus_Ponen says:

    In reference to comment above…
    …and likewise for Rush… I just hope both Rush and Jon learn a valuable lesson about judging others…

  4. Rod Serling says:

    I use to be a conservative et al. Republican since my young Republican college dayz. I soon discovered that the Republicans now the neo Commies just want your money for their power.
    It’s sad that I soon discovered by “Reading their lips” that they are liers. Even more so than the Democrats. “Oh the pain, the pain,” Dr. Smith (Lost in Space). Now Lost in AmeriKa…Rod.

  5. Rod Serling says:

    See what I mean???

    http://www.illinoisleader.com/news/newsview.asp?c=9714

    Commander-in-chief blasted on Rockford air waves

    Friday, November 07, 2003

    – David Hale, Rockford correspondent
    ROCKFORD — An Illinois National Guardsman at home on leave blasted the President today on a Rockford area radio show, saying the President lied about his reasons for American military going to Iraq.

    Sergeant Jessica Macek of Rockford, Illinois has been serving in Iraq for six-months with the National Guard’s 333rd MP Company, and while home on leave, during an interview on WNTA 1330 AM Radio in Rockford said she believes that President Bush lied about the reasons for going to war.

    “I believe it is in the forefront in the minds of many soldiers that we were lied to about the reasons for going to war,” Macek told the radio audience.

    The bulk of Macek’s criticism comes over what she said was a lack of evidence of weapons of mass destruction. “We have been there for six months now, and we have not found any weapons,” said Macek. “If there were weapons it seems we should have found them by now.”

    In a subsequent interview Macek said she may not have used the best wording when she offered her criticism of Bush and that she “can’t always think of the best words to use at the best times.”

    Macek was on leave for nine days and was scheduled to go back to Iraq on November 8th, where according to her she is located 80 miles south of Baghdad. She said she has seen much progress in the reconstruction of Iraq but that lately she has not seen the “smiles on the faces” of the Iraqi people.

    “There has been a change since the first time I arrived, it is just different,” said Macek. “It used to be welcoming but the attitude has changed to a more negative attitude toward American soldiers.”

    She offered no specific reason as to why there may have been a shift in their attitude but that it was just her feeling of the situation.

    Macek’s strident criticism of President Bush may have opened her up to disciplinary action according to US Central Command Spokesmen Major Pete Mitchell based at McDill Air Force Base in Tampa Florida.

    “If she has said these things about the Commander-in-Chief she has opened herself up to disciplinary action,” said Mitchell. “Just what that action is would have to be determined by her unit commander.”

    Mitchell said there is a mechanism to use for soldier’s concerns by approaching it through the soldier’s chain of command. “We don’t publicly air our differences, we have a recourse through the chain of command,” said Mitchell.

    The chain of command is chain of authority that progressively increases in military rank up to the President of the United States who is at the top of the chain as the Commander-in-Chief.

    According to Mitchell, morale among soldiers in Iraq is much different than Macek’s account. “I was on the ground in Iraq and I can tell you that the men and women there are dedicated professionals, and I heard no grumbling while I was there,” said Mitchell. “We are proud of the work they are doing in Iraq.”

    Macek said her criticism of Bush is her right as a private citizen and that she said she is happy to do her duty in Iraq. “As an American I have a right to speak out against the war if I choose,” said Macek.

    “At the moment she is not a private citizen. She is serving her country and while she wears the uniform she voluntarily agreed to curtail her behavior for the purpose of maintaining discipline and cohesion,” said Mitchell. “As a non-commissioned officer, and as a leader, she has had this explained to her at some point in her career.”

    Macek’s comments come at a time when President Bush is facing increasing pressure over what to do next in Iraq. Last week, sixteen soldiers were killed in a helicopter attack, one from Genoa, Illinois which brought out some of the worst criticism of his administration since the war began.

    http://www.IllinoisLeader.com

  6. Modus_Ponen says:

    Rod
    By Spelling “Amerika’ with a “K” is that a reference to Kafkas Amerika ? ive seen it spelled
    that way frequently in various leftist rags but always dubious about its origin ?

  7. Rod Serling says:

    Reference AmeriKa

    The ABC mini-series “AmeriKa” showing how the United States of America was taken over by Russia also known as the U.S.S.R. China place aid in this take over….

  8. Jeff Smith says:

    I don’t live in Houston anymore, but learned about the Jon Matthews investigation on the Chronicle’s website. Can someone give me a bi-partisan view of the public opinion on the matter and also is it being talked about by other stations or show hosts.

  9. Rod Serling says:

    Jon Matthews was the anchor or KSEV.
    Sociologically speaking, KSEV will decline in the ratings….

  10. Mike says:

    How old is the girl Jon exposed himself to. Why did he do this? does anyone have the real story?

  11. Modus_Ponen says:

    the media keeps saying ” she was under 17″

  12. DeLloyd says:

    Cat Daddy Jon Matthews is INNOCENT!!! He was framed by the Sugar Land Police and I think Danny Boy Patrick oughta rehire him!!! That is, when all this foolishness is over with!!! He’s SMARTER than Danny Boy or old Cornpone Mike Richards. This is the kind of thing—this vendetta, as I suspect it be—that can ruin a man’s life. It makes me wanna upchuck to think that the Sugar Land power structure would want to pin the charges of flashing against this fine upstanding old Goldwaterite from Beaumont!!! You hang in there, King Cat Daddy!!! I’m with ya!!!!

  13. Rod Serling says:

    Yes, DeLloyd, I, too, believe that Jon was framed. Someone or somebody dosen’t like him. Ya think, Dannie Scott Goeb aka Dannie Patrick and the arrogant Ed Hendee and Jon’s Republican friends would help him out instead of hanging him out in the cold. Old Gomer Mike isn’t too bright either. They are all two faced at KSEV…like George W. letting our troops out for being the target for target practice in Iraq!

  14. Mike says:

    Seems to me that being framed on that level in this day and age….not gona happen. When there is smoke there is fire. Maybe the girl came on to him and he thought…get down tonite….and then she maybe said, Jon I am under age. She might have baited him. Nothing makes a Marine feel better than killing an Iraqi or getting down with a good looking woman. I bet when we find out who she is she looks like she is 30. I had a feeling something was wrong when Jon never made any comments. What about his wife. Give us more details….Sugarland insiders…..it could be payback time. Those folks in politics, in Sugarland are loving what he is going through. I hate to see him spend time in jail, on TV he sure doesn’t look remorseful. Maybe he didn’t do nothing or he is real poor. It would have been smart to pay the girl and her family off. Is Jon wealthy?

  15. Jeff says:

    I have listned to Jon for years. I have listened to Jon when he was with Moby on 97 rock. I have also met him personlly on a number of occassions. This is totally out of his character. I support him totally and will wait to see what the jury says.

  16. Rod Serling says:

    Perhaps Jon was cutting down the Democrats too much.
    Just perhaps this was a MKULTRA project on Jon to put him away. Perhaps….
    CIA Projects:
    Project Moonstruck, 1952, CIA:
    Electronic implants in brain and teeth
    Targeting: Long range Implanted during surgery or surreptitiously
    during abduction
    Frequency range: HF – ELF transceiver implants
    Purpose: Tracking, mind and behavior control, conditioning,
    programming, covert operations Functional Basis: Electronic Stimulation of the Brain, E.S.B.

    Project MK-ULTRA, 1953, CIA:
    Drugs, electronics and electroshock
    Targeting: Short range
    Frequencies: VHF HF UHF modulated at ELF Transmission
    Reception: Local production
    Purpose: Programming behavior, creation of “cyborg” mentalities
    Effects: narcoleptic trance, programming by suggestion Subprojects: Many.
    Pseudonym: Project Artichoke
    Functional Basis: Electronic Dissolution of Memory, E.D.O.M.

    Project Orion, 1958, U.S.A.F:
    Drugs, hypnosis, and ESB
    Targeting: Short range, in person
    Frequencies: ELF Modulation Transmission and Reception: Radar, microwaves, modulated at ELF frequencies
    Purpose: Top security personnel debreifing, programming, insure security and loyalty
    Pseudonym: “Dreamland”

    MK-DELTA, 1960, CIA:
    Fine-tuned electromagnetic subliminal programming
    Targeting: Long Range
    Frequencies: VHF HF UHF Modulated at ELF Transmission and Reception:
    Television antennae, radio antennae, power lines,
    mattress spring coils, modulation on 60 Hz wiring.
    Purpose: programming behavior and attitudes in general population
    Effects: fatigue, mood swings, behavior dysfunction and social
    criminality, mood swings
    Pseudonym: “Deep Sleep”, R.H.I.C.

    PHOENIX II, 1983, U.S.A.F, NSA:
    Location: Montauk, Long Island
    (Electronic multi-directional targeting of
    select population groups)
    Targeting: Medium range
    Frequencies: Radar, microwaves. EHF UHF modulated
    Power: Gigawatt through Terawatt
    Purpose: Loading of Earth Grids, planetary sonombulescence to stave off
    geological activity, specific-point earthquake creation, population
    programming for sensitized individuals
    Pseudonym: “Rainbow”, ZAP
    [other locations on harmonic geographical regions using the earth as a
    transmitter, i.e., Pine Gap, Australia and other locations]

    TRIDENT, 1989, ONR, NSA:
    Electronic directed targeting of individuals or populations
    Targeting: Large population groups assembled
    Display: Black helicopters flying in triad formation of three
    Power: 100,000 watts
    Frequency: UHF
    Purpose: Large group management and behavior control, riot control
    Allied Agencies: FEMA
    Pseudonym: “Black Triad” A.E.M.C

    RF MEDIA, 1990, CIA:
    Electronic, multi-directional subliminal suggestion and programming
    Location: Boulder, Colorado (Location of main cell telephone node,
    national television synchronization node) [21st Frame Sync – television]
    Targeting: national population of the United States
    Frequencies: ULF VHF HF Phase modulation
    Power: Gigawatts
    Implementation: Television and radio communications, the “videodrome” signals
    Purpose: Programming and triggering behavioral desire, subversion of
    psychic abilities of population, preparatory processing for mass electromagnetic control
    Pseudonym: “Buzz Saw” E.E.M.C. [The Buzz]

    TOWER, 1990, CIA, NSA: [Telephone Cell Towers]
    Electronic cross country subliminal programming and suggestion
    Targeting: Mass population, short-range intervals, long-range cumulative
    Frequencies: Microwave, EHF SHF
    Methodology: Cellular telephone system, ELF modulation
    Purpose: Programming through neural resonance and encoded information
    Effect: Neural degeneration, DNA resonance modification, psychic suppression
    Pseudonym: “Wedding Bells”

    HAARP, 1995, CIA, NSA, ONR: [High-frequency Active Aroral Research Program]
    Electromagnetic resonant induction and mass population control
    Location: Gakona, Alaska
    Frequencies: Atmospheric phase-locked resonant UHF VHF
    Potential: DNA code alteration in population and mass behavior modification
    Power: Giga-watt to Tera-watt range Step-Down reflective frequencies:
    Approx 1.1 GHz, Human DNA resonant frequency, cellular system phase-lock

    To get to the HAARP site go to
    http://www.haarp.alaska.edu/

    PROJECT CLEAN SWEEP, 1997, 1998, CIA, NSA, ONR:
    Electromagnetic resonant induction and mass population control
    Location: Nationwide
    Frequencies: Emotional wavelengths, data gathering through helocopter
    probes following media events – rebroadcast in order to
    restimulate population emotional levels for recreation of event scenarios. Ref: LE#108, March 1998
    Potential: Mass behavior modification
    Power: Unknown. Possibly rebroadcast through GWEN network or cellular
    tower frequencies, coordinated from NBS in Colorado.

  17. Rod Serling says:

    Or perhaps Jon was the subject of Operation Midnight Climax: (?Ya think?)

    http://www.mistersf.com/notorious/index.html?notciaacid.htm

    Beginning in the mid 1950s, the house at 225 Chestnut Street on Telegraph Hill was used by the United States government to test the effects of LSD and sex. With complete cooperation from the SFPD, unwitting johns were dosed with the powerful drug before consummating business with hookers here, where they were monitored by an agent from behind two-way glass. The research known as Operation Midnight Climax was a spin-off of the CIA program MKULTRA, in which acid experiments were conducted at top universities including the Stanford Research Institute. Ken Kesey, one of the icons of psychedelic culture, took his first acid trip during a Stanford experiment. Agents also dosed themselves and others with LSD, attempting to determine the drug’s feasibility as a weapon in the spy game. The Telegraph HIll experiments were conducted on unsuspecting men from diverse ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds. After a full decade of acid sex tests, the CIA pulled the plug on Operation Midnight Climax in 1965 and admitted the project was unethical. LSD was criminalized the following year.

  18. Modus_Ponen says:

    Hey Rod
    Sounds like Politics of Ecstasy…
    Listen to what the dharma said…
    Feed your head …

  19. Rod Serling says:

    Modus
    When you think you hear the phone ring or hill those Hell’s Bells then you have “the Buzz!”
    Don’t go flashing anyone when something in your head says to do so either……Rod

  20. Mike says:

    Good Comments.
    Good Thoughts.

  21. Mike says:

    Oh one more thing.
    If the CIA is involved in this frame up of Jon, could it be because they want to hurt Congressman Delay. I think that Jon was a fan of Delay. I wonder if Jon reads this stuff. If you do Jon, HI.
    I wish you would let us know some information. I hate getting second hand info.
    You are hated by lots of folks who like to spend tax dollars. I bet you wish they will spend alot now to prove your a clean Marine. What do we do if he is found guilty. I guess we can post his pic….on the web as a child abuser. I guess then everyone will know where he lives. I wonder if the city of Sugarland will enforce the sign ordinace Jon always protested about if found guilty he is made to put a sign in his front yard. Great comments from all commentators.

  22. DeLloyd says:

    Cat Daddy Jon is innocent! I don’t like it that he resigned and that old Aryan Dan Patrick accepted his resignation off the bat. Patrick is a religious fanatic and a puritan. I’ll bet you an Indian-head nickel that that had something to do with it! Also, Matthews was critical of His Most Serene Highness Robert Eckels, who is about as much of a fiscal conservative as Joe Lieberman is a peacenick! Aryan Dan and Cornpone Mike Richards, another theocratic zealot, take their orders from Eckels and the GOP establishment. Cat Daddy Jon may be one of those folks who think that Ronnie Reagan created the universe in four days, but he’s more independent and he ain’t been dunked in Ed Young’s tank! I want Cat Daddy back on the air.

  23. TUPTI says:

    Whatever one may think of Jon Matthews, he is innocent until proven guilty. The Sugar Land Police Department, which has a checkered history, and is responsible for advancing the accusation that led to the indictment, is not what you would call a credible witness. Matthews is known to have enjoyed the company of younger women, and “Aryan Dan”, as DeLloyd calls him, was aware of this. The priggish and intolerant Patrick may well have asked for Matthews’ resignation, or Matthews anticipated Patrick’s doing so and stepped slightly ahead of the axe. If I were Patrick, I would refuse to accept Matthews’ resignation and also refuse any public comment on the affair except something like “Jon has been indicted, not convicted; and, as such, is presumed innocent until proven guilty. I have no further comment on the matter. Let’s let the truth prevail in court.” Matthews also has a right to a fair trial by a jury of his peers, a jury that would not be inclined to be biased because of Matthews’ notoriety but sworn to base its decision solely on the facts presented in court. A word about cases of men exposing their genitalia to female children: my youngest sister, when she was 12, had a man expose himself to her as she walked home from school. All that was on her mind was, first, the shock of seeing such a thing and, second, run like hell! When a police officer came minutes later to interview her, she was unable to recall his height, approxiate weight, what race he was, how long he wore his hair and what color it was, what kind of clothing he wore and so on. She only remembered that he was a young man. The policeman was very patient with her and gave her time to think, but in the end gave up because my sister just couldn’t recall. The shock was too much. No one had ever perpetrated such a stunt on her before. She remembered being afraid that he might pursue her and become assaultive, and, if so, how hard could she kick? It’s quite possible that the girl who accused Jon Matthews made an honest mistake in identifying Matthews as the man who exposed himself to her. It’s also possible that Matthews actually exposed himself as he is accused of doing. I have never thought much of Matthews, but I somehow — in my gut— feel that it is out of character for him to do such a thing. I think Patrick was wrong to accept his resignation. I agree with DeLloyd.

  24. Mike says:

    Good Comment

  25. Rod Serling says:

    Dannie Patrick is only concerned with Danie Patrick…he is running from this like a scalded dog.
    I have quit listening to KSEV. Jon Matthews is innocent.Rod…

  26. Rod Serling says:

    Dannie Patrick is only concerned with Dannie Patrick…he is running from this like a scalded dog.
    I have quit listening to KSEV. Jon Matthews is innocent.Rod…

  27. Mike says:

    Hmmmm I will think about what you said.

  28. Mike says:

    Please continue.

  29. AK says:

    I think it is unfair to kill Jon’s career until clear evidence emerges to “convict” him in media. Dan’s action in letting jon go is a precautionary business decision, it’s not enough to “convict” jon in media.

  30. Howard says:

    Jon Matthews was pulled off the air because the puritanical Dan Patrick believed in his heart of hearts that an indictment for an offense was tantamount to guilt, and because Matthews was critical of County Jedge Bob Eckels and the inept Sugar Land P.D.

  31. Rod Serling says:

    I suggest we NOT vote for Dannie “the Coward” Patrick when he runs for Congress. He’s moving to Magnolia don’t cha know? Rod

  32. Wild Bill taylor says:

    Concerning Mr. Matthews legal situation, I would like to offer the following comments. One, no one has mentioned the welfare of the child involved, which to me is a no-win situation for her. If she is telling the truth can you imagine the horror of an adult exposing themselves to her? If she is lying, which I doubt, then someone has put her up to this, someone to whom she trusts? Both can have horrible consequences for the child. Plus, since the accussed is high profile, it will be a very long time, before she will be able to forget it. I would encourage some sympathy and compassion for the CHILD, who, I’d be willing to bet, is niether a liberal or conservative, but she just wants to allowed to have a descent childhood! Now concening Mr, Matthews, I am betting he will be found not guilty–a big reason being he can afford a great defense lawyer! I reference OJ, Cullen Davis, and that creep who just got off in Galveston. Innocence or guilt had nothing to do with it, but money did–don’t you think? Finally, if Mr. Matthews is innocent, there will be some who will always admit to his guilt,which is sad, but if he is truly a pedafile, I would be willing to bet this was not the first time!

    “Wild Bill”

  33. Earl Hamner says:

    Is Dan Patrick’s real name Goeb?

    Mr. Goeb/Patrick, or whatever his name is, is clearly a bigoted, intolerant man—-thinkskinned and somewhat effeminate, prim and entitled to react rather than act. I have heard this in the way he responds to callers who seem to be adversarial. He “uses” callers as puppets in his Punch ‘n’ Judy show, as foils for his own narcissistic monologues. His running for Congress is much like Arnold Schwarzenegger’s recent misadventure (with Kennedy money) or, from an earlier time, like Jimmy Walker as Mayor of New York. (NOT the Jimmy Walker who screamed “dyn-o-MITE!”) Probably right about the semi-illiterate restauranteur Edd Hendee (hee-hee-hee!). Special Edd has money; Matthews, in all fairness, was probably not the most scintillating intellect in broadcasting (but, these days, who is), but he seemed like an honest and sincere man, not a grandstander.

  34. Rod Serling says:

    Right on Earl….may add the term “Pussy.”
    Dannie Patrick is a Pussy!
    Or how about Coward…..

  35. Rod Serling says:

    Will Conservative Talk tell you about this?
    I bet Jon Matthews would…Dannie Patrick nor Mike “Gomer” Richards nor “Tee-Hee-Hee” Edd Hendee would not!
    Tommy Franks: Martial Law Will Replace Constitution After Next Terror Attack

    http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2003/11/20/185048.shtml

    Newsmax
    Friday, Nov. 21, 2003

    Gen. Tommy Franks says that if the United States is hit with a weapon of mass destruction that inflicts large casualties, the Constitution will likely be discarded in favor of a military form of government.

    Franks, who successfully led the U.S. military operation to liberate Iraq, expressed his worries in an extensive interview he gave to the men’s lifestyle magazine Cigar Aficionado.

    In the magazine’s December edition, the former commander of the military’s Central Command warned that if terrorists succeeded in using a weapon of mass destruction (WMD) against the U.S. or one of our allies, it would likely have catastrophic consequences for our cherished republican form of government.

    Discussing the hypothetical dangers posed to the U.S. in the wake of Sept. 11, Franks said that “the worst thing that could happen” is if terrorists acquire and then use a biological, chemical or nuclear weapon that inflicts heavy casualties.

    If that happens, Franks said, “… the Western world, the free world, loses what it cherishes most, and that is freedom and liberty we’ve seen for a couple of hundred years in this grand experiment that we call democracy.”

    Franks then offered “in a practical sense” what he thinks would happen in the aftermath of such an attack.

    “It means the potential of a weapon of mass destruction and a terrorist, massive, casualty-producing event somewhere in the Western world – it may be in the United States of America – that causes our population to question our own Constitution and to begin to militarize our country in order to avoid a repeat of another mass, casualty-producing event. Which in fact, then begins to unravel the fabric of our Constitution. Two steps, very, very important.”

    Franks didn’t speculate about how soon such an event might take place.

    Already, critics of the U.S. Patriot Act, rushed through Congress in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks, have argued that the law aims to curtail civil liberties and sets a dangerous precedent.

    But Franks’ scenario goes much further. He is the first high-ranking official to openly speculate that the Constitution could be scrapped in favor of a military form of government.

    The usually camera-shy Franks retired from U.S. Central Command, known in Pentagon lingo as CentCom, in August 2003, after serving nearly four decades in the Army.

    Franks earned three Purple Hearts for combat wounds and three Bronze Stars for valor. Known as a “soldier’s general,” Franks made his mark as a top commander during the U.S.’s successful Operation Desert Storm, which liberated Kuwait in 1991. He was in charge of CentCom when Osama bin Laden’s al-Qaeda attacked the United States on Sept. 11.

    Franks said that within hours of the attacks, he was given orders to prepare to root out the Taliban in Afghanistan and to capture bin Laden.

    Franks offered his assessment on a number of topics to Cigar Aficionado, including:

    President Bush: “As I look at President Bush, I think he will ultimately be judged as a man of extremely high character. A very thoughtful man, not having been appraised properly by those who would say he’s not very smart. I find the contrary. I think he’s very, very bright. And I suspect that he’ll be judged as a man who led this country through a crease in history effectively. Probably we’ll think of him in years to come as an American hero.”

    On the motivation for the Iraq war: Contrary to claims that top Pentagon brass opposed the invasion of Iraq, Franks said he wholeheartedly agreed with the president’s decision to invade Iraq and oust Saddam Hussein.

    “I, for one, begin with intent. … There is no question that Saddam Hussein had intent to do harm to the Western alliance and to the United States of America. That intent is confirmed in a great many of his speeches, his commentary, the words that have come out of the Iraqi regime over the last dozen or so years. So we have intent.

    “If we know for sure … that a regime has intent to do harm to this country, and if we have something beyond a reasonable doubt that this particular regime may have the wherewithal with which to execute the intent, what are our actions and orders as leaders in this country?”

    The Pentagon’s deck of cards: Asked how the Pentagon decided to put its most-wanted Iraqis on a set of playing cards, Franks explained its genesis. He recalled that when his staff identified the most notorious Iraqis the U.S. wanted to capture, “it just turned out that the number happened to be about the same as a deck of cards. And so somebody said, ‘Aha, this will be the ace of spades.’”

    Capturing Saddam: Franks said he was not surprised that Saddam has not been captured or killed. But he says he will eventually be found, perhaps sooner than Osama bin laden.

    “The capture or killing of Saddam Hussein will be a near term thing. And I won’t say that’ll be within 19 or 43 days. … I believe it is inevitable.”

    Franks ended his interview with a less-than-optimistic note. “It’s not in the history of civilization for peace ever to reign. Never has in the history of man. … I doubt that we’ll ever have a time when the world will actually be at peace.”

  36. Mike says:

    Whats the latest on John?

  37. Earl Hamner says:

    Tommy Franks is among the most dangerous men in America. The others are Bill Clinton (who said, “when the guarantees of individual freedoms in our Constitution impede the ability of the government to govern the people, we should look at limiting those guarantees”), George W. Bush, Richard Bruce Cheney, Jerry Falwell, James Kennedy, John Ashcroft, Paul Wolfowitz, Condoleeza Rice, Henry Kissinger, James Carville, Donald Rumsfeld, L. Lowery Mays (Clear Channel Communications), Colin Powell’s son who is the head FCC Commissioner and a defender of Mays, Bill White, Bob Lanier, Sheila Jackson Lee, Tom Daschle, Orrin Hatch, Mary Landrieu, Chester Trent Lott, Arlen Specter, John F. Honey Fitz Kerry, Dick Gephardt, Wesley Clark (Ashley Wilkes), Rush Limbaugh (the Garret Hobart of the 21st century), John Warner, Daniel Inouye, John McCain, John Edwards, Maxine Waters, Tom DeLay, Karl Rove, Albert B. Gore, Jr., Rick Perry—-just to name a few. Lyndon Johnson was the first U.S. president in recent times who seriously aspired to be a tyrant; Richard Nixon had similar hankerings, but both men foiled themselves because of personal neuroses which made them liars of the kind whose lies were meant to be found out. Georgiekins Bush, while not being especially bright, is crafty and seemingly without the guilt complexes that lead to a master criminal’s self-destruction. Dick Cheney is the de facto president in this administration. “Mista Bush”, as the whiny-voiced Mark Knoller of CBS Gnus calls him, could be said to be both the Chester Alan Arthur and the Leonid Brezhnev of our time: he is an unabashed lackey of big business and an apostle of big government; he espouses an imperialistic foreign policy based on the expedient of conquering nations whose natural resources (spell that O-I-L) would be beneficial to the U.S. and whose links to Al Qaeda and similar terrorist organizations are at best tenuous. “Mista Bush” wishes to implement his new American fascism, taking it up where his predecessor left off, by creating an Orwellian atmosphere of continual warfare. Enough said of Mista Bush. I invite you to study LBJ’s 1967 State of the Union, in which this tender-loving Texan who was responsible for the murder of two FBI agents investigating Texas real estate fraud proposed a cabinet-level department of business affairs, which would absorb the Commerce Department, and which would oversee the nation’s economic development. There’s a name for that—-communism. Read Johnson’s speech—it’s online. As for Jon Matthews, he is going through the travail he is now going through because he rattled the Establishment’s cage. Matthews is not, as I have previously asseverated, the brightest or cleverest man alive. The electronic media do not look favorably on those who understand things or see them too clearly. Nor, for that matter, do the mass tabloids—I mean TIME and NEWSWEEK rather than the supermarket scandal sheets. The seeds of tyranny have already been planted. Remember what Ben Franklin, 81 years old, said of the Constitution he had just helped to formulate in 1787: “I do not entirely agree with all of its provisions, but it will give us good government while it lasts. It will not last forever. Its demise will come about through the corruption of the people, who will give themselves over to the rule of despots.” A dire and chilling prophecy. Wake up, America, before it’s too late!!!!

  38. Jim says:

    It’s been several weeks since Jon was put off the air after the Grand Jury issued their decision. What puzzles me is all this talk from his fans about “innocent until proven guilty.” – From all the dirt Jon used to throw at the moderates day after day, hour after hour ad nauseum, the idea of not talking about someone until all the facts are in, or until they are “proven guilty” in court, never crossed his mind. In fact, had he actually taken that approach, he wouldn’t have filled half his time. Seems to me that the whining, pontificating conservatives who are crying “not guilty until proven guilty” and criticising any speculation on the situation (the guy has been indicted by a grand jury, after all) are actually dishonoring Jon’s own philosophy and placing a cloud on the free-wheeling conversational approach he so obviously enjoyed. – In other words, I seldom heard him say that, until all the facts were known about this liberal or that liberal stumbling, etc., he was going to keep his mouth shut. – Just the opposite!

    Jim

  39. Jim Cate says:

    I recently sent a note concerning Jon Matthews. The note appeared on your ng for a day or so, and was then removed, with no explanation. – The gist of the note was that, in honor of Jon’s uninhibited and often sarcastic approach to the criticism of others on the air over the past years, we shouldn’t in effect dishonor his philosophical approach by shutting up those who want to discuss the recent events with finger pointing and cries of “innocent until proven guilty.” After all, Jon has been idicted by a Grand Jury, for gosh sakes.

    On the air, when he heard that one of his favorite liberal “targets” may have stumbled, he was all over him, up one side and down the other. I seldom heard Jon say: “Well, I hear that Mr. [liberal________] may be having some problems, but until all the facts are in, I’m going to keep my mouth shut.” – Just the opposite!

    Jim Cate

  40. I recently sent a note concerning Jon Matthews. The note appeared on your ng for a day or so, and was then removed, with no explanation.

    For the record, I have no idea what this is referring to. I have not removed any comments except for a couple of duplicates. Jim Cate’s comment of December 7 is still here, immediately above the one from today.

  41. Mike says:

    I know someone can give an update on John?

    Also, what the heck happen to Orlando, did he not get the minority vote?

    Who did finally vote for hom?

  42. Rod Serling says:

    I guess Jon Matthews just vanished without a trace….maybe it was all hype dreamed up so Jon could vanish from the air per Dannie Patrick.
    Anyway, KSEV now sucks big time. KSEV is truly the worst Radio Station in AmeriKa. We all have NO voice…Dannie said it best, “No one deserves the right to have access to the ‘Mike.'”

  43. Mike says:

    Hello Again…whats the latest on King John?

  44. nincompoop says:

    I started listening to Jon 5 years ago, mainly because I drive around a lot for my work, and was looking for something different than mass-produced force-fed commercial music crap. I was not interested in politics much at the time, didnt listen to Rush hardly at all, and didnt really know who to vote for or why. My first thoughts of Jon were, “Wow! This guy really hates Clinton!”

    I am a registered Independent, and for the first time in my life, I did something I never dreamed I would do: In the Bush-Gore election, I actually went in and pulled the Republican lever. I know that because of my constant listening to Jon, Dan, etc., I bought into what they were selling. Looking back, I feel kinda bad about that now. Not like I was brainwashed, because I do tend to agree with the right way more than the left, but I’m still disappointed with Republicans, and all politicians in general.
    I’ll probably go back to voting for Libertarians.
    But Jon was the main guy who got me interested and aware of politics to the level I am now.

    If Jon really is a horny old goat, it wouldnt surprise me. I, like everyone else, am anxiuosly awaiting more details on the situation. This is a great site, except we still do not know the details.

    Dannie does seem like a wuss to me, Jon was much more a mans-man. I couldnt listen to M.Richards, too corny (I couldnt change the station quick enough everytime he went into that “That’s the dynamic of talk radio, etc.) I enjoy O’Reilly, he’s my kinda guy, not bent to the pro-right, I feel he truly and fairly talks about both sides. And I definitely can only take the KPFT wackos in very small doses. But I’m glad KSEV is out there, doing what they do. I think they believe in doing best for America.

    I hope the best for King Cat Daddy, and I hope for the best of the girl and her family. I’m just waiting for more info.

    I’m also a huge Walton and Johnson fan.

  45. Mike says:

    Good comments….I am very interested in what happened because I enjoyed listening to him on Radio. It goes to show no one is perfect.

  46. Mike says:

    Whats the latest on King Jon

  47. Mike says:

    Anyone still interested in this subject?

  48. Mike says:

    Come on people.

  49. Fred says:

    Anyone aware of other sites discussing Jon’s case? Not much here…..what is the latest?????

  50. Mike says:

    I havent heard anything and I am interested. Let me know if you find anything out.

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