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Garin’s one-hour radio show air time on WTMY 1280 am has changed. Instead of starting at 8 am, it will start 9 am EST. This Saturday’s topics will be: Should Florida adopt an immigration bill similar to Arizona’s? and What should Florida do about offshore drilling? The guests will be Democrat Keith Fitzgerald (Florida State House Rep. District 69) and his challanger this November, Republican Ray Pilon. If not in the local listening area, you can listen online at www.wtmy.com.

WTMY AM 1280 Radio - Garin Hoover on Politics & Religion - 8/7/2010

Susan McMillan with ‘Protect Our Waters’ joins Garin to talk about chemical dispersants that BP is using in the Gulf of Mexico. Are they safe?

From examiner.com:

It is a common talking point amongst Christians to attribute the horrors committed by infamous world leaders to atheism, and many times we are ill-equipped to refute those erroneous claims. In fact, last year, an Anglican Archbishop named Peter Jensen told his Australian congregation that atheism is not the rational philosophy that it claims to be. He stated, “Last century we tried godlessness on a grand scale and the effects were devastating: Nazism, Stalinism, Pol Pot-ery, mass murder, abortion and broken relationships - all promoted by state-imposed atheism…the illusion that we can build a better life without God.” He further stated, “It’s about our determination as human beings to have our own way, to make our own rules, to live our own lives, unfettered by the rule of God and the right of God to rule over us…What we’re really seeing, once more [is] an example of the contest between human beings and God over who rules the world.”

WTMY AM 1280 Radio - Garin Hoover on Politics & Religion - 7/31/2010
Author and Humanist, Jennifer Hancock; and Ruta Jouniari, member of the Islamic Society of Sarasota discuss whether or not a school textbook promotes Islam as alleged by Dr. Rich Swier, a Christian and conservative blogger. (Read more about the History book controversy here.)

WTMY AM 1280 Radio - Garin Hoover on Politics & Religion - 7/24/2010
Guest: Shirley Phelps-Roper of Westboro Baptist Church

Garin Hoover is hosting a new weekly radio show on WTMY AM 1280 starting on Saturday, July 24th at 8 am. The show is called “Garin Hoover On Politics & Religion“. His very first guest will be Shirley Phelps-Roper of Westboro Baptist Church (the church that is known for the “God Hates Fags” signs and picketing funerals).

Some video clips of Shirley Phelps:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ciee1qdWE3M
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2FN-HYawnc

Listen live on the radio or online here: http://www.livestream.com/wtmy1280am
You can call in during the show with your questions at 941-955-0022.

On Saturday, July 31st, Garin will have on author/humanist/columnist Jen Hancock and right-wing blogger Richard Swier on the show to discuss the history textbook controversy that has erupted in Sarasota (read about it here.)

From Examiner.com:

Last Sunday, June 20, 2010, the politicians in Louisiana made an official day of prayer to stop the oil from spewing out of the BP well and into the Gulf of Mexico. The prayers did not work, the deadly oil is still spewing and causing death and destruction in the Gulf which will last for at least decades.

Wishing the oil spill away? A waste of time by New Agers.

http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2010/06/jesus_christ_but_i_hate_these.php

CNN’s Anderson Cooper talks to author Ayaan Hirsi Ali about an Islamic website’s warning to the “South Park” creators.
CNN VIDEO