Author John Stanley says businesses need to be more pro-active in helping their customers by thinking FOR them ... not LIKE them. Buy his book on Amazon.

Lockport Mayor Mike Tucker sat in studio to talk about almost everything except the city of Lockport. OJ Simpson seemed to come up a lot. And, oh yeah. Lockport women are hotter than Niagara Falls women. :)

Legislator Harry Apolito and Alderman Scott Cercone faced off live on the radio. We took a bunch of calls and each candidate did well in their own right.

Sheriff Beilein and Brian Grear did their best Wednesday to woo voters. At times it got contentious and you can tell just by listening that the tension was thick. Overall, I thought it was a good hour of radio. Download - burn to CD - pass around to friends. Have fun.

Scott talked with John Amato, the man behind Crooks and Liars. We discussed the impending indictments and his website overall. C&L is a great site and it was an honor to talk with John. Maybe we'll do it again some time.

Legislator Rick Updegrove came to studio to take your phone calls and explain why he deserves to be re-elected. Although, he oddly said he WASN'T asking for your vote. It's a new campaign strategy if ever I heard one. 17th district residents, be sure to listen to this before you vote. Rick's opponent, Joe Chiappone, was invited but declined to join.

Author Joseph Klein talked about what's wrong with the United Nations and why we should be leary of the "globalists." In the end, it's all about the "liberals." *sigh* Check out Amazon if you'd like to pre-order his book. (It's not officially on sale until Nov. 15). BTW, beginning of the show is chopped off again. Sorry.

President Bush discussed illegal aliens. So did we. I played a phone call from a Gasport man to Bill O'Reilly from last week. We also discussed the city's "free" new mobile command unit. Enjoy.

This was Sheriff Tom Beilein's first and only appearance on Dialog to date. Forgive the rustic feel.

Johanna Wagner is a woman I met at the recent media summit I went to in NYC. She's visited every major league stadium - and did all of them in one year ... a feat no other woman has done. We talked about which staduiums have the best fans ... the best food ... and are the easiest to get autographs at. Overall, a good interview, but I did miss the first minute and a half or so (sorry.)

Lockport Alderman candidate Bill Richardson took phone calls on his positions ... but a lot of people seemed interested in what community events he attends. Huh. Go figure.

We had an open Dialog on Thursday, but the phones were slow to ring ... so Scott threw together a topic real quick ... why do we have a race for sheriff? And what do the candidates stand for? Ah - that got the phones ringing.

With the poetic slice of his tongue, one Dialog listener has started a new catch-phrase across all the land. And Scott couldn't help but put it to music so you could dance to it. Yeah right.

Paul Gallagher, an economic analyst and editor for Executive Intelligence Review, joined us by phone on Wednesday to talk about the Delphi bankruptcy and what should be done with the auto industry. Some very interesting ideas that may sound far fetched at first, but make sense when you think of it. For more information, visit LaRouchePub.com.

John Hall and Melissa Dunlap were in studio Wednesday discussing the poor house and the Chataqua Movement. Calls were slow to come in, but it was an interesting topic.

Howard Blitz, president of the Freedom Library and weekly columnist for the The Yuma (Arizona) Sun was Tuesday's interview. We talked about his column on the Top 10 Ways to Reclaim Liberty.

Tuesday's show was great. It was designed to be a good old fashioned Open Dialog, but one caller - we'll call him Mr. Weasel - made it a lot more fun than I expected. Don't miss a minute. Yeah right!

Scott was at a seminar to learn how to do his job ... and while he was learning, Tom was doing. Took a phone call for Tradio. Couldn't sell that damn Villanova shirt.

Side note: It's always fun to see who calls when I'm away. It's the same phony people that are afraid to call when I'm in cause I'll call them on their lies. For example, I challenge anyone to find an instance when I bashed Clip Smith ... or allowed anyone to do so without checking their comments.

Bob Nelson, author of 1,001 Ways to Reward Employees, was our interview de jour. He proved to be worth the wait. Check out his books at Amazon. Or get more information at www.nelson-motivation.com.

LCTV talk show host and friend of mine, Tom Christy was in studio Friday to discuss our recent trip to New York City. We really just wasted an hour of our lives and if you listen, you'll be wasting an hour of yours, too. But ... have at it if you'd like. The pictures I mentioned can be viewed here.

I was done with my rants about Delphi. But the callers sure weren't. I offered "open Dialog," but I think every call was about the ongoing situation with Delphi. A couple of current Delphi employees called us and a couple of retirees did, too. Overall, a very entertaining show. One note; a caller said something about my not feeling bad for the workers. That's not true. I really do feel for them. I just don't think they are blameless in the situation. Plenty of blame to go around, unfortunately.

Bankruptcy attorney and author Stanley Kershman was Wednesday's interview - talking about the Delphi bankruptcy, the new bankruptcy bill going into effect and how both affect you. It was a good interview overall. Learn more at DebtOnADiet.com.

GOP Election Commissioner Scott Kiedrowski was in studio on Wednesday to talk about what's going on at the BOE. Of course, I've been hard on the board and I asked the questions I wanted answers to. I wasn't about the "beat him up" since he was nice enough to come in, but that didn't stop some callers from doing it. Hopefully, Scott's compadre Nancy Smith will come in studio soon as well.

Former congressional candidate Jack Davis talked about his organization SaveJobs, discussed the problems at Delphi and how to fix them (kill NAFTA, CAFTA and GATT), and discussed his political future (he's forming an exploratory committee to run for congress). Jack's always fun. Enjoy.

We continued Tuesday from where we left off Monday. I read a letter of a former Delphi employee which highlights some of the problems in the company over the years. Got several phone calls. All good. Download and enjoy.

Delphi's announced bankruptcy filing is leaving Western New York confused and reeling. We discussed that Monday morning. Plus, the president did his weekly report on what he thinks is the most important thing in the land. This week, he thought the bio of his Supreme Court Nominee was more important than anything else. Um okay. I let Ruthie do the retort for me. Took her all of 7 seconds. Good show overall, lots of voices I was unfamiliar with. Enjoy.

Monday we talked with a woman who talks with angels. She talked about the different types of angels and ... um ... yeah. It was different. At one point I said that bad angels follow me around and make me do bad things, to which she replied; "I can't confirm that."

Delphi's weekend announcement that it was filing for bankruptcy sent shockwaves through Western New York. We discussed it. Several different people called. Oh and in the beginning, we played the president's address and let Ruthie do the retort. Took all of seven seconds. Good show overall.

My planned guest for Friday had some crossed lines, so I played for you an old interview from Dialog from October 29, 2004. Scott Whiteman was a campaign adviser to presidential candidate Michael Peroutka. Personally, I felt like they relied too heavily on religion, diluting the "Constitution" part of the Constitutional Party. But others like them. I will occasionally run "reruns" of previous interviews. The scheduling folly just made for a quicker re-run than I had planned.

Friday we discussed the Council's decision to gut the city's Department of Youth and Recreation in order to save $200,000 - meanwhile, eliminating the positions of Paul Foster (who many aldermen don't like) and Tony Nemi. Scott doesn't like this. Several callers agree. Some didn't. Such is life.

County Manager Greg Lewis discusses the county budget and takes a few phone calls on county issues. One gentleman had a good idea on sharing services, but refused to say that it was a purchasing co-operative. For the record: (check the noun definition)

co·op·er·a·tive    ( P )   Pronunciation Key  (k-pr--tv, --rtv, -pr-) adj. Done in cooperation with others: a cooperative effort. Marked by willingness to cooperate; compliant: a cooperative patient. Of, relating to, or formed as an enterprise or organization jointly owned or managed by those who use its facilities or services: a cooperative department store; cooperative apartment buildings. n. An enterprise or organization that is owned or managed jointly by those who use its facilities or services. co·oper·a·tive·ly adv. co·oper·a·tive·ness n.

Kate Scaglione, director of special events and programs for Niagara USA, was on to talk about the Niagara International Kite Festival. I hope you all go and enjoy it.

Wednesday's show, we continued to talk about what a Libertarian is ... and I posed a question to the audience ... what are you? If you're a Democrat, why? If you're a Republican, what makes you so? I think a lot of people pick a major party and run with it - even if it doesn't really represent them well. I'd rather see people be true to themselves. Want to find out what you're compatable with? Take the political matchmaker quiz.

Debbie Diederich, director of 30 Hour Famine made for a great guest to talk about her organizations program to raise money to feed starving kids in third world nations. We didn't get to it in the interview (shame on me) but Debbie told me afterwards that New York is the 5th best fundraising state for their effort and there are 112 groups in Niagara, Orleans and Erie counties participating in the 30 Hour Famine.

Robert Daly from the Niagara Power Project was in studio Tuesday taking questions from Scott and phone calls from you. Lots of numbers, which really don't translate well for radio - but it was good to have Rob in. If you want more information, visit their website, Niagara.NYPA.gov. The FMY report which was discussed during the show can be found online at scottleffler.com/power.pdf.

Scott talked with childrens book author Katherine DeBrecht about her best selling book, "Help Mom! There are Liberals Under My Bed." It was a good interview. I hope you enjoy it. Click to buy the book on Amazon

Monday we talked about the weekly radio address and I made - what for me was - a major announcement. I went to the Board of Elections on Friday and switched affiliations. I am now - officially - a Libertarian. We also discussed the new Supreme Court nominee and I butted heads with a butthead. Anywho - download, enjoy, repeat.

Mayor Mike Tucker was our last guest during the 9 a.m. hour of Dialog. As of next week, she moves to 11. Tuck and I talked about the budget, Main Street, Richmond Avenue and more. Good show. Wish you coulda seen him dance.