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I made a mistake the other day and accidentally tuned in to KTLK and whatever right-wing boob they have on during the late morning. With a little checking after I got back to the office, I found his name is Dan Conry, and he has, like so many of his ilk, the IQ and eloquence of a doorknob…or of Katherine Kersten, whichever is higher.

For he was haranguing about Kersten’s column of Monday, in which she asserted (surprise) that the government was out to take your kids and brainwash them.

John Hines' 17 year-run with Clear Channel and what Clear Channel was before it was Clear Channel ended this morning -- a Monday, go figure -- when he was told he was being removed from his morning job at KTLK (100.3-FM). Hines was a standard at Clear Channel's country music K102 until this past March when he shifted over -- by his choice -- to add a little mainstream professional sheen to ratings-deprived KTLK, an all right-wing talk station.