Patt Morrison Weds, 7/30

PATT MORRISON SCHEDULE

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

1-3 p.m.

 

*DAVID LAZARUS GUESTS HOSTS (CONSUMER CONFIDENTIAL COLUMNIST FOR LA TIMES)

1:00 – 1:30

OPEN

 

 

 

1:30 – 2:00

Clash of the Energy Advisers

A new Wall Street Journal/NBC news poll finds that energy—including gasoline and utility costs—ranks as the economic issue that voters say affects them the most personally.  New data indicate Americas are enthusiastically and effectively conserving energy at home and driving less on the roads.  Clearly the energy policy of the United States is one of those rare issues where national foreign policy and household microeconomic realities intersect, and Americans are becoming quite educated and demanding on the country’s long-term strategy.  This is also the issue over which Senators McCain and Obama have some of their more strenuous disagreements—from offshore oil drilling to ethanol and alternative energy, senior advisers bring the fight to KPCC.

 

Guests:

Elgie Holstein, senior energy policy adviser to the Obama campaign

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• Holstein was chief of staff at the U.S. Department of Energy during the Clinton Administration, served as the Assistant Secretary of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the director for natural resources, energy and science at the White House Office of Management & Budget also under President Clinton.

 

James Woosley: senior energy advisor to the McCain campaign

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• Woolsey is a foreign policy specialist and former Director of Central Intelligence and former head of the CIA; Woolsey is known for articulating the national security argument in support of moving away from fossil fuels and towards distributed generation.

 

 

[NPR NEWS]

 

2:00 – 2:40

The Dumbest Generation? Or Not?

With the dawn of the digital age, one click brought the world to our fingertips. The Internet, e-mail, blogs, and ultra-realistic video games promised a generation of super aware, highly informed and intellectually sophisticated youths.  In “Millennial Makeover: MySpace, YouTube & the Future of American Politics,” author Mike Hais says that technology, Facebook and other social networks have cultivated a “new civic-oriented” generation responsible for the sudden transformation of America’s political landscape.  But Mark Bauerlein would beg to differ.  In his book, “The Dumbest Generation,” Bauerlein details the greatest let down of the under thirty crowd – the 50 million distracted and disinterested youth that somehow missed out on enlightenment, despite the clear advantage of technology and the “information superhighway.”  Who’s in the right over the potential of youth in America?  The two authors dish out their views on MySpace, Halo and Generation Y this afternoon.

 

Guests:

Mark Bauerlein: Author, “The Dumbest Generation: How the Digital Age Stupefies Young Americans and Jeopardizes Our Future (Or, Don't Trust Anyone Under 30)”

IN STUDIO

 

Mike Hais, author of “Millennial Makeover: MySpace, YouTube & the Future of American Politics”

IN STUDIO

 

 

 

2:40 – 3:00

Fast Cars, Budweiser Beer, Hot Babes…and Toyotas?  NASCAR’s Japanese Invasion

It still doesn’t look quite right to see a Toyota Camry whipping around the curves of the Daytona 500, and although Toyota cars came in 3^rd and 4^th at this year’s legendary NASCAR race, the foreign auto maker is dominating the stock car circuit.  This season a Toyota-driver, Kyle Busch, is leading the driver standings and Toyota is also leads Ford, Cheverolet and Dodge in the manufacturer standings.  Toyota’s success in NASCAR comes during a time that the Japanese automaker is on the ascent while Detroit’s “Big Three” have suffered devastating losses of finances, sales and resources.  Can a quintessentially American tradition like NASCAR accept a winning Japanese import?

 

Guests:

Darrell Waltrip, three-time former NASCAR Winston Cup Champion, current race commentator at Fox Sports and columnist at FoxSports.com

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• Darrell, known as DW, was a winner of the Daytona 500 in 1989; he also managed his own racing team which included Toyota trucks in the Craftsman Truck Series.
• DW’s brother Michael Waltrip currently races a Toyota on NASCAR with a few wins  under his belt as well.

 

Les Unger, National Motorsports Manger for Toyota USA

HE CALLS US:  Line #10 first, then 866