Canada voted "no confidence" in their government. Why can't we do the same? And who would you vote no confidence in? Lots of good discussion from callers. Overall a very good show.

Monday's show we talked about the search for a superintendent in the Lockport school district, as well as the Starpoint School Board decision to extend their superintendent's contract by two years. My favorite GWB impersonator told of the president's trip to China. Good times.

It's Christmastime all over the land. And Ron Clancy talked with me about the history of some great American Christmas songs. This podcast actually has more to it than the on-air version did cause I ran out of time on-air - where as the internet ... we have unlimited space. :)

Ron Anderluh from The Summit was in studio to talk about the past, present and future of The Summit Park Mall. It sounded a little "infomercialish" at times, but some neat details. For the record, "The Interview" is not a paid program. I have never and will never accept money for a booking. I was interested in the mall and thought you might be too - so don't worry, I'm not selling out. :)

Got an email from a guy who doesn't like the brand of show I do. I disputed his claim that he was in the majority. And a bunch of callers agreed with me. That doesn't happen often. Oh, and the "Target" caller from the other day called to say he was wrong. Good for him.

Tuesday's interview was Bernard von NotHaus, the architect behind the Liberty Dollar. I got some. You should too.

Another all over the board show. It looks like Apolito won his election and Ceretto beat Johnson. Plus in the town of Niagara, there's a TIE! Now what?

Mike Casey is the director of Campaign for a Cleaner Congress. He spend some time talking about Tom Reynolds among other things on Monday.

We talked about a little bit of everything - from local and national politics to Target and Walmart to Michael Moore and more. And Scott played lots of funnies. Overall a good show. Enjoy.

What DIDN'T we talk about on Friday. From Harry Potter and what houses George Bush and Dick Cheney would be in ... to college funding ... to waking up next to a naked guy ... to a woman comparing me to a teacher ... Friday's show was ALL OVER THE BOARD. But man, it was fun.

Dolah is a job transition expert. What with all the termoil and Delphi and job tension in WNY in general, I thought she'd make for a great guest. But for some reason, people were apprehensive to call - so she and I goofed off for an hour.

Ann Marie Linnaberi joined Melissa in studio to talk about Thanksgiving traditions and more.

Tuesday's show was with Stephen Ives on "Las Vegas: An Unconventional History," airing Nov. 14th and 15th on PBS. Quite entertaining - especially when he talked about his daughter swimming topless.

We talked about businesses that have gone out of business and what you'd like to see in some "shells," plus the tax breaks for Dave Ulrich and more. Overall a good show. Not great - I'll be honest - but good.

There was a great post to the forum at ScottLeffler.com that led to me talking about funny things men do/say/etc. Intersperced with that, people called and talked about whatever they wanted to. Much of the conversation was about pensions. Overall a fun show.

Author Allen Salkin talked about his new book, "Festivus: A Holiday for the Rest of Us." It was a great interview if I do say so myself. And yes, I really do have washer horseshoes.

Scott took the day off to recuperate from election stuff. In his absense, some of his favorite bits played ... including

• A woman complains cause Scott asks people to think for themselves
• Mighty Reynolds at the Bat
• Sunday Bloody Sunday (as sung by GWB)
• Confederate Flags
• Debate Scoring
• and more

The podcast includes a couple things that didn't air on the radio, including the end of Scott's argument with Fox News' John Gibson and "Yeah Right," the song. Enjoy.

Racin' Ray Sherman joined me as co-host to share stories of "customer service" gone awry. We started with a letter that was hilarious and then took phone calls, while sharing our own stories of getting screwed by "the man." Overall, a great episode and a good break from politics.

The day after the election, we discussed what the votes meant. Was it what you expected? Where do we go from here? Why did so many politicrats get off without opposition? More questions than answers. But overall, a good show.

Tuesday I spoke with Avi Cover from Human Rights First. We talked about the recent decision by the Supreme Court to review the military tribunal case of Salim Ahmed Hamdan.

We had an election day Open Dialog. Scott asked what everyone thought of all the commercials we've heard and the people responded. The show was heavy with Brian Grear supporters.

County legislator Glenn Aronow and School Board president Keith McNall squared off the day before the election. Each hopes to be the legislator from the 16th district, but they spent a lot of time talking about a school board race. Glenn got a phone call that he hoped would vindicate him, but the caller didn't say what Glenn was hoping for. Short due to commercials, but what is there is good.

Rachel Leon, executive director of NY Common Cause was Friday's interview to discuss, Proposition 1, which changes the state budgeting process, giving the legislature more power over the process, which she said was a good thing.

Legislative candidates in the 19th district, Mike Hill and John Villella were in studio Friday taking phone calls. One rather interesting phone call asked the candidates who they supported for sheriff. Each candidate supports the other party's candidate for sheriff. Hmm. Interesting. Short show due to lotsa commercials. Enjoy what there is, though.

County Manager Greg Lewis was in studio talking mainly about the county budget. He said it's irresponsible to ask for a zero budget increase at this late date.

5th Ward Alderman - and candidate - John Lombardi sat through the interview. We talked about youth and recreation, downtown, passing laws without doing research and more.

Wednesday's show was all over the proverbial map. We talked about politics and Delphi ... and took lotsa phone calls about the same. I appear to have had too much coffee before the show started. Bzzt.

Third Ward Common Council Candidate Flora McKenzie shared half a hour with us to talk about herself, what she stands for, and what she wants to do if elected.

Alderman at Large Joe Kibler and his opponent, Diane Tuohey were in studio on Tuesday - taking phone calls on the only city-wide race this election cycle.

Author and paranormal expert Mason Winfield offered up some delicious details on scary places in Western New York - and specifically Niagara County. Want more on Mason, click here.

So here's the dillio: I got sick of listening to the presidents same damn line of reasoning every other week about why we must "stay the course (or is that coarse) in Iraq," so I dropped the official Presidents Weekly Radio Address in favor of the hipper WeeklyRadioAddress.com. And since I was feeling comedic, I played an O'Reilly Factor parody and a song Scooter Libby sang in the shower. Plus I took phone calls, including one by that weenie Sal Paonessa. Overall, a fun show. BTW, they've been shorter than usual lately because of all the political ads. See, I take the ads out for the podcast. Just a little thing I do for ya. :)