Lou Dobbs
Born	September 24, 1945 (1945-09-24) (age 62) Childress, Texas, U.S.
Occupation	CNN News Anchor Managing editor
Website Lou Dobbs Tonight

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Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 2.1 CNN 2.2 Departure and founding of Space.com 2.3 Return to CNN 2.4 Radio 3 Political views 3.1 Illegal immigration and border security 3.2 Other views 4 Controversy 5 Awards 6 Associations 7 Family life 8 Books 9 Quotes 10 References 11 External links 11.1 Neutral links 11.2 Critical links 11.3 Supportive links

Early life

Dobbs was born in Childress, Texas, the son of Frank Dobbs, a co-owner of a propane business, and Lydia Mae Hensley, a bookkeeper. Childress (established 1887 Incorporated 1890 is a City in Childress County, Texas, United States. Propane is a three- Carbon Alkane, normally a gas but compressible to a liquid that is transportable ^[1] When Dobbs was 12, his father's propane business failed and the family moved to Rupert, Idaho. Rupert is the County seat and largest city of Minidoka County, Idaho, United States. ^[2] He attended Minico High School in Minidoka County, serving as student body president in 1963. Minico High School, also known as Minidoka County High School, is a public High school located in Minidoka County, Idaho, United States Minidoka County is a County located in the US state of Idaho. ^[3] He earned a bachelors degree in economics from Harvard University, graduating in 1967. Economics is the social science that studies the production distribution, and consumption of goods and services. ^[3]

After graduating, Dobbs worked for federal anti-poverty programs in Boston and Washington, D.C. and as a cash-management specialist for Union Bank in Los Angeles. Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D Union Bank of California is among the 25 largest banks in the United States based on assets Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West He married his high school sweetheart in 1969 and in 1970 his first son was born. Dobbs moved to Yuma, Arizona and got a job as a police and fire reporter for KBLU-AM. Yuma is a city in and the County seat of Yuma County, Arizona, United States. KBLU is a commercial Radio station in Yuma Arizona, broadcasting at 560 kHz on the AM dial. By the mid-1970s he was a television anchor and reporter in Phoenix, and he later joined Seattle's KING-TV. Phoenix (ˈfiːˌnɪks O'odham Skikik, Yavapai Wasinka, Western Apache Fiinigis, Navajo Hoozdo, KING-TV, channel 5 is a Television station in Seattle, Washington, USA. In 1979, he was contacted by a recruiter for Ted Turner, who was in the process of forming CNN. Robert Edward "Ted" Turner III (born November 19, 1938) is an American Media proprietor and philanthropist. ^[2]

Career

CNN

Dobbs joined CNN when it launched in 1980, serving as its chief economics correspondent and as host of the business news program Moneyline on CNN. Cable News Network, usually referred to by its Initialism CNN, is a major English language Television network founded in 1980 by Ted Turner Economics is the social science that studies the production distribution, and consumption of goods and services. Lou Dobbs Tonight is an editorial commentary and discussion program on CNN, anchored by journalist Lou Dobbs, who is also its managing editor Dobbs also served as a corporate executive for CNN, as its executive vice president and as a member of CNN's executive committee. He founded CNN fn (CNN financial news), serving as its president and anchoring the program Business Unusual, which examined business creativity and leadership^[4]

Departure and founding of Space. CNNfn was a US Cable television News network operated by Time Warner from December 29, 1995 to December 15 com

Dobbs repeatedly clashed with Rick Kaplan, who became president of CNN in 1997. Rick Kaplan, who served as President of CNN (1997-2000 and Senior Vice-President of ABC News (2003 was named President of MSNBC in February 2004 Dobbs said Kaplan, noted friend of then president Bill Clinton, was "clearly partisan" and "was pushing Clinton stories," while Kaplan said Dobbs was "a very difficult person to work with. William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III, August 19 1946 served as the forty-second President of the United States "^[2]

In May 1999, CNN was covering a speech by President Clinton in Littleton, Colorado, following the Columbine High School massacre. The City of Littleton is a suburb of the Denver-Aurora Metropolitan Statistical Area and a Home Rule Municipality in Arapahoe County, Jefferson The Columbine High School massacre occurred on Tuesday April 20 1999 at Columbine High School in Columbine in unincorporated Jefferson County, Dobbs ordered the producer to cut away from the speech and return to broadcast Moneyline, feeling it was a staged event and not newsworthy. ^[2] Dobbs was countermanded by Kaplan, who ordered CNN to return to the speech. Kaplan later said, "Tell me what journalistic reason there was not to cover the President at Columbine soon after the shootings? Everyone else was doing it. " Dobbs announced on the air that "CNN President Rick Kaplan wants us to return to Littleton. " A few days later, Dobbs announced that he was leaving the network to start Space.com, a website devoted to astronomical news. Spacecom is a Space and Astronomy news website Its stories are often syndicated to other media outlets including CNN, MSNBC ^[2] Dobbs was subsequently replaced as host of Moneyline by Willow Bay and Stuart Varney. Willow Bay (born December 28 1963) is an American television correspondent former model and wife of Walt Disney Company CEO Robert Iger Stuart Varney is an Economic Journalist, currently working for the Fox News Channel and the Fox Business Network. ^[5]

Return to CNN

Kaplan left CNN in August 2000, and Dobbs returned the following year at the behest of his friend and CNN founder Ted Turner, becoming host and managing editor of the new and initially more general news program Lou Dobbs Reporting, which later became CNN News Sunday Morning. Robert Edward "Ted" Turner III (born November 19, 1938) is an American Media proprietor and philanthropist. He also regained the helm of the newly renamed Lou Dobbs Moneyline (which became Lou Dobbs Tonight in June 2003). ^[6]

Dobbs also hosts a nationally syndicated radio show, The Lou Dobbs Financial Report, and he is a regular columnist in Money magazine, U.S. News & World Report and the New York Daily News. Money is a Time Inc Personal finance magazine Its first issue was published in October 1972 USNews & World Report is an influential weekly American Newsmagazine published in Washington D The Daily News of New York City is the fifth most-widely circulated daily Newspaper in the United States with a daily circulation of 703137 ^[2]

Radio

As of 2008, Dobbs currently hosts Lou Dobbs Radio on United Stations Radio Networks. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common United Stations Radio Networks is a radio network providing a wide range of programs and programming services for radio stations across the US and elsewhere The three hour daily show has been working on lining up affiliates in major markets, including Los Angeles (KGIL) and San Francisco Bay (KNEW), as well as stations such as WGNY-AM in Newburgh, New York. KGIL (1260 AM) is a Radio station located in Los Angeles California, broadcasting to the Los Angeles Metro area KNEW (910 AM, "Talk 910 KNEW" is a radio station in San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose, CA, USA. WGNY (1220 AM) is a Radio station broadcasting a Oldies format The show is guest-centered and features political discussion and listener calls. It airs from noon to 3 p. m. Pacific Time (3 to 6 p. m. Eastern), directly competing with The Sean Hannity Show and Dr. Laura. The Sean Hannity Show is an American radio show hosted by conservative commentator Sean Hannity on ABC Radio Laura Catherine Schlessinger (born January 16, 1947) is an American Radio host, Author and conservative Commentator Dobbs also hosts the financially themed Lou Dobbs Minute on the same network.

Dobbs was among the hosts who tried out for the position vacated by the cancellation of Imus in the Morning on WFAN, a position that was eventually filled by Boomer and Carton in the Morning. Imus in the Morning is an American radio show hosted by Don Imus on ABC Radio Networks and Simulcast on RFD-TV WFAN (660 AM) also known as "Sports Radio 66" or "The FAN", is a Radio station in New York City. Boomer and Carton in the Morning is a morning drive sports radio program on WFAN in New York City.

Political views

Originally fiscally conservative, Dobbs' views changed from conservative to "Independent populist," becoming a critic of the "excesses of capitalism," which he identifies as globalization, offshore outsourcing, runaway film production (the outsourcing of Hollywood jobs),^[7][8] illegal immigration, free trade deals, corporate/big business influence in government and the Bush administration's tax cuts. Fiscal conservatism (also known as economic conservatism is a political phrase term used in North America to describe advocacy of lower governmental spending practices and a Populism is a discourse which supports "the people" versus "the Elites " Populism may involve either a political philosophy urging social and political Capitalism is the Economic system in which the Means of production are owned by private Persons and operated for Profit and where Globalization (or globalisation) in its literal sense is the process of transformation of local or regional phenomena into global ones Offshore may refer to oil and Natural gas production at sea see Oil platform. A Runaway production is a term used by the Film industry to describe Motion picture productions and Television shows that are "intended for initial Illegal immigration refers to Immigration across National Borders in a way that violates the Immigration laws of the destination Country Free trade is one of the most debated topics in economics of the 20th and 21st century. Big Business or big business is a term used to describe large corporations in either an individual or collective sense The Presidency of George W Bush began on his inauguration on January 20, 2001 as the 43rd and current President of the United States of America Taxation in the United States is a complex system which may involve payment to at least four different levels of government and many methods of taxation He describes himself as an advocate of economic populism, warning that outsourcing and the U. Producerism, sometimes referred to as "producer radicalism" refers to a syncretic ideology of populist Outsourcing is Subcontracting a process such as product design or Manufacturing, to a Third-party company S. trade and budget deficits threaten the American middle class. The balance of trade (or net exports, sometimes symbolized as NX) is the difference between the monetary value of Exports and imports in an A budget deficit occurs when an Entity (often a Government) spends more Money than it takes in The American middle class is an ambiguously defined Social class in the United States. Dobbs tends to agree with economists who oppose long-run trade deficits and outsourcing for the sake of labor arbitrage to obtain cheap labor. Outsourcing is Subcontracting a process such as product design or Manufacturing, to a Third-party company In Economics and Finance, arbitrage is the practice of taking advantage of a price differential between two or more Markets striking a combination of matching

In the 2000s, Dobbs has used CNN programs and columns to express his strong personal views on several subjects. He has become particularly noted for two positions: Concerning international trade, Dobbs favors returning to balanced trade. International trade is exchange of Capital, Goods, and Services across International borders or Territories. He is particularly wary of outsourcing and off-shoring in light of the increasing U. S. trade deficit, particularly with China. On November 15, 2006, Dobbs described himself as a populist. Events 655 - Battle of Winwaed: Penda of Mercia is defeated by Oswiu of Northumbria. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ^[2][9]

Illegal immigration and border security

Dobbs is strongly opposed to illegal immigration, amnesty for illegal aliens, the H-1B visa program and guest worker programs. Illegal immigration refers to Immigration across National Borders in a way that violates the Immigration laws of the destination Country Illegal immigration to the United States refers to the act of foreign nationals voluntarily resettling in the United States in violation of U The H-1B is a non-immigrant visa in the United States under the Immigration & Nationality Act section 101(a(15(H expatriate foreign worker is a person who works in a country other than the one of which he or she is a Citizen. ^[10][11] Along with this, he has been a critic of the Mexican government's apparent lack of willingness to change its laws to help the poor and of church leaders in Mexico for not criticizing the Mexican government's policies. The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. The Roman Catholic Church in Mexico is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope and Curia in Rome

Dobbs wants more Border Patrol officers and smarter strategies to more effectively seal the border from violations by illegal aliens and drug smugglers, and from criminals in general. He is in favor of groups like the Minuteman Project, who occasionally patrol remote border areas and report violations by cell phone to the government. The Minuteman Project is an activist organization started in April 2005 by a group of private individuals in the United States to monitor the United Dobbs has said that the United States is becoming balkanized and that many immigrants are not assimilating as prior generations of immigrants did. Balkanization is a geopolitical term originally used to describe the process of fragmentation or division of a region or state into smaller regions or states that are often American immigration ( emigration to the United States of America) refers to the movement of non-residents to the United States. He opposes mainstreaming illegal aliens into US society as if they were legal immigrants. He has been critical of demonstrations which fly the flags of other nations in the United States, stating, "I don't think that we should have any flag flying in this country except the flag of the United States", and "I don't think there should be a St. Patrick's Day. Flags of the United States The Flag of the United States of America consists of 13 equal horizontal stripes of Red (top and bottom alternating Saint Patrick's Day (Lá ’le Pádraig or Lá Fhéile Pádraig) colloquially St I don't care who you are. I think we ought to be celebrating what is common about this country, what we enjoy as similarities as people. "

Lou Dobbs Tonight frequently features related issues under the themes "Exporting America," "Broken Borders," and "War on the Middle Class". Lou Dobbs Tonight is an editorial commentary and discussion program on CNN, anchored by journalist Lou Dobbs, who is also its managing editor The newscast often describes illegal immigration as an "invasion. " Dobbs dismisses concern for language seen by many as excessive or misguided "political correctness" in the segment billboarded "P. Political correctness (adjectivally politically correct; both forms commonly abbreviated to PC) is a term applied to Language, ideas policies or behavior C. Nation".

In his "Broken Borders" segments, Dobbs focuses primarily on the southern border with Mexico and the drugs and the people that cross it. The illegal drug trade or drug trafficking is a global Black market consisting of the cultivation manufacture distribution and sale of illegal Drugs As of the end of May 2006, some 829,109 illegal immigrants had been apprehended crossing from Mexico into the United States that year. Illegal immigrants apprehended crossing from Canada to the U. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page S. during that same time period are a tiny fraction of that amount – 4,066. ^[12] Dobbs also has lauded the Canadian government for cooperation in securing the border with their American counterparts. The Canada – United States border is the international Border between Canada and the United States.

In an interview with Lesley Stahl, Dobbs spoke about his meeting with the Congressional Hispanic Caucus saying they implied that he was anti-Hispanic by asking him, "if I'd ever eaten a taco before, for God's sake". Lesley Rene Stahl In 1977 Stahl married author Aaron Latham. The couple currently lives in New York. ^[13] Representative Joe Baca, chairman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, later wrote to CBS insisting that the group did not meet with Dobbs to discuss whether he'd eaten Hispanic food, "but to respectfully recommend that he cease the negative portrayal of Hispanics. This page is about Joe Baca the California Congressman For his son see former Assemblyman Joe Baca Jr . . and treat the issue of immigration in a responsible manner. "^[14]

Dobbs has criticized local officials for taking what he considered a lax approach to border security. In October 2007 he labeled New York Governor Eliot Spitzer an "idiot" for advocating the issuance of driver's licenses to illegal immigrants. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous Eliot Laurence Spitzer (born June 10, 1959) is an American lawyer and former politician of the Democratic Party. A driver's license, driver license, driver licence, or driving licence is an official document which states that a person may operate a Illegal immigration refers to Immigration across National Borders in a way that violates the Immigration laws of the destination Country ^[15]

Other views

Dobbs once described himself as a "lifelong Republican,"^[16] but has stated that he has switched to being an unaffiliated independent populist, as he no longer openly supports any party. ^[17] Though he made a donation of $1,000 to the Bush-Cheney campaign in January 2001,^[18] he often has described the administration of George W. Bush and the then Republican-controlled Congress as "disgraceful. Richard Bruce "Dick" Cheney (born January 30 1941 is the forty-sixth and current Vice President of the United States. George Walker Bush ( born July 6 1946 is the forty-third and current President of the United States. The United States Congress is the bicameral Legislature of the federal government of the United States of America, consisting of two houses " At the same time he has argued that voters have very little choice under the U. S. two-party system, as both parties are controlled by big business and corporate interests, making them almost one and the same and thus do not offer real debate or policy alternatives to ordinary Americans. A two-party system is a form of Party system where two major Political parties dominate voting in nearly all Elections at every A corporation is a separate legal entity usually used to conduct business Dobbs also faulted Bush's 2004 presidential election opponent, Democrat John Kerry, for first criticizing outsourcing and then backing off. The United States presidential election of 2004 was held on Tuesday November 2, 2004, to elect the President of the United States. } John Forbes Kerry (born December 11 1943 is an American Politician who is currently serving his fourth term as the junior United States Senator ^[19]

Dobbs is pro-choice, anti-gun control, and supports government regulations, as revealed in a 60 Minutes interview.

Dobbs' stance on trade has earned plaudits from some trade union activists on the traditional political left, while his stance on immigration tends to appeal to the right. Labor unions in the United States function as legally recognized representatives of workers in numerous industries Modern liberalism in the United States, also referred to as American liberalism, is a political ideology that seeks to use the power of the state to effect change upon society Conservatism in the United States includes a variety of political ideologies including Fiscal conservatism, Supply-side economics, Social conservatism ^[2] In an interview with Larry King, Dobbs revealed that he is now "an unaffiliated independent" due to dissatisfaction with both the Republican, and Democratic Parties. Larry King (born November 19, 1933) is an American television/radio host

Dobbs has been generally supportive of gay civil rights. The LGBT rights movement in the United States seeks to achieve equality for all Americans regardless of their Sexual orientation or Gender identity In June 2006, as the U.S. Senate debated the Federal Marriage Amendment, Dobbs was critical of the action. The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives The Federal Marriage Amendment (FMA (also referred to by proponents as the Marriage Protection Amendment) is a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution He asserted that traditional marriage was threatened more by financial crises perpetuated by Bush administration economic policy than by gay marriage. NOTICE TO WOULD-BE ROMEOS ************** Same-sex marriage (also referred to as gay marriage) is a term for a legally or Socially recognized Marriage between two people of the same ^[20]

In July 2006, Dobbs criticized U.S. foreign policy as being disproportionately supportive of Israel, pointing out the U. The foreign policy of the United States is highly influential on the world stage as it is a Superpower. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. S. 's rapid recognition of Israel in 1948, foreign aid to Israel, and other policy choices in the past and present. ^[21]

Lou Dobbs is the author of 'War on the Middle Class', which describes what he sees as failure of the two-party system, and claims that both sides are harming the middle class. In it, he comes out strongly against the Bush tax cuts, which he argues favor the wealthy, and argues for raising the U. S. minimum wage from what was then $5. A minimum wage is the lowest hourly daily or monthly Wage that employers may legally pay to employees or workers 15 an hour. ^[22]

Controversy

Dobbs' critics, including columnist James K. Glassman of the conservative American Enterprise Institute think tank, have accused him of inciting xenophobia. James K Glassman (born January 1, 1947 in Washington DC) is an American Libertarian conservative Editorialist The American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research (AEI is a conservative Think tank, founded in 1943 Xenophobia is an intense and/or irrational dislike and sometimes fear of people from other countries ^[23] Others have accused him of anti-Hispanic racism, a charge he denies^[24] and one which he has said offends him deeply, and his wife Debi is Mexican American herself. Hispanic (hispano hispánico hispânico Hispānus adjective from ''Hispānia'', the Roman name for the Iberian Peninsula) is a term that historically List of racism-related topics|Racism by country Racism, by its simplest definition is the belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that See also History of Mexican-Americans Mexican Americans are Americans of Mexican ancestry ^[25]

A CNN report, filed by CNN correspondent Christine Romans for Dobbs's April 14, 2005 program, reported on the carrying of diseases across the border by illegal immigrants. Christine Romans is a correspondent for Lou Dobbs Tonight on CNN. Events 43 BC - Battle of Forum Gallorum: Mark Antony, besieging Julius Caesar 's assassin Decimus Junius Brutus in Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Romans' report cited an article in the Spring 2005 issue of the non-indexed Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons, written by the late Madeleine Cosman, which made the statement that 7,000 cases of leprosy had emerged in the United States within the previous three years (2002-2005), an increase attributed mostly due to an influx of immigrants into the country. The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS is a politically conservative Non-profit organization of Physicians medical professionals and Madeleine Pelner Cosman (Dec 4 1937 - March 2 2006 was a scholar a policy analyst an advocate a prolific author and a faculty member at City College of New York. Leprosy (from the Greek lepi (λέπι meaning scales on a fish or Hansen's disease, is a chronic disease caused by the bacterium ^[26][27][28] Critics of the program argued that, in fact, the actual number of leprosy cases had reached 7,000 in the registry over thirty years, not the previous three years, with 137 cases reported in 2006. ^[29][30] In addressing the leprosy issue, Dobbs compared his critics from the left and right political spectrums to "commies" and "fascists. Communism is a Socioeconomic structure that promotes the establishment of an egalitarian, classless, stateless Society based Fascism is a totalitarian nationalist and corporatist ideology "^[31] On December 4, 2007, Dobbs rejected Cosman's claims as unsubstantiated, calling her "a wackjob". ^[32]

In January, 2003, Dobbs' wife Debi was arrested at Newark International Airport for carrying a loaded gun through airport security. [1]

On the May 23, 2006 edition of Lou Dobbs Tonight, Dobbs' program displayed a map of Aztlán sourced to the controversial Council of Conservative Citizens. Aztlán ( from Nahuatl Aztlān) is the Legendary ancestral home of the Nahua peoples, one of the main cultural groups in Mesoamerica The Council of Conservative Citizens ( CofCC) is an American Right-wing organization that supports a large variety of conservative causes along with CNN spokeswoman Christa Robinson apologized for the graphic's use saying: "A freelance field producer in Los Angeles searched the web for Aztlan maps and grabbed the Council of Conservative Citizens map without knowing the nature of the organization. The graphic was a late inclusion in the script and, regrettably, was missed in the vetting process. "^[33]

On the March 28, 2008 edition of the Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer, Lou, expressing sentiments following U. S. Senator Barack Obama's "A More Perfect Union" speech, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said the United States still has trouble dealing with race because of a national “birth defect” that denied black Americans the opportunities given to whites at the country’s very founding. "A More Perfect Union" Speaking before an audience at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on March 18 of that year Condoleezza Rice (born November 14 1954 is the 66th United States The video shows Lou Dobbs stating "Not a single one of these cotton. . . [stammering]. . . these just ridiculous politicians should be the moderator on the issue of race. "^[34]

He has been described by some a protectionist. For the protectionist Australian political party from the 1880s to 1909 see Protectionist Party ^[35][36]

Awards

Dobbs has won numerous major awards for his television journalism, most notably a Lifetime Achievement Emmy Award and a Cable Ace Award. He received the George Foster Peabody Award for his coverage of the 1987 stock market crash. The George Foster Peabody Awards, better known as simply the Peabody Awards, are annual international awards for excellence in Radio and Television broadcasting In financial markets Black Monday refers to Monday, October 19, 1987, when Stock markets around the world crashed, shedding a He also has received the Luminary Award of the Business Journalism Review in 1990, the Horatio Alger Association Award for Distinguished Americans in 1999 and the National Space Club Media Award in 2000. Horatio Alger Jr ( January 13, 1832 &ndash July 18, 1899) was a 19th-century American Author who wrote approximately The Wall Street Journal has named Dobbs "TV's Premier Business News Anchorman". In 2004, Dobbs was awarded the Eugene Katz Award For Excellence in the Coverage of Immigration by the Center for Immigration Studies and in 2005 he received the Alexis de Tocqueville Institution's Statesmanship Award. The Center for Immigration Studies ( CIS) is a non-profit non-partisan research organization ^[37][38] Dobbs was named "Father of the Year" by the National Father's Day Committee in 1993^[39] On March 27, 2008, he was ranked number 5 in The Boston Phoenix [2]list of "The 100 unsexiest men in the world. "

Associations

Dobbs serves or has served on the boards of the Society of Professional Journalists Foundation, the Horatio Alger Association, the National Space Foundation and the Imaginova Corporation, formerly known as Space. The Society of Professional Journalists ( SPJ) formerly known as Sigma Delta Chi, is one of the oldest organizations representing Journalists in the Horatio Alger Jr ( January 13, 1832 &ndash July 18, 1899) was a 19th-century American Author who wrote approximately Imaginova Corporation is a US digital media and commerce company based in New York City. com, in which he owns a minority stake, as he does in Integrity Bank. He is a member of the Planetary Society, the Overseas Press Club and the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. The Planetary Society is a large publicly supported non-government and not-for-profit organization that has many research projects related to Astronomy. The Overseas Press Club (also referred to by abbreviation as OPC) of America, founded in 1939 in New York City by a group of Foreign correspondents

Family life

Dobbs resides on a 300-acre horse farm in Sussex County, New Jersey. The County of Sussex (also known as Sussex County) is the northernmost county in the State of New Jersey. ^[40] He is married to his second wife, Debi Lee Segura de Dobbs, a one-time CNN sports anchor.

Books

• Lou Dobbs, Independents Day: Awakening The American Spirit (2007). ISBN 978-0-670-01836-9.
• Lou Dobbs, Exporting America: Why Corporate Greed Is Shipping American Jobs Overseas (2004). ISBN 0-446-57744-8.
• Lou Dobbs, Space: The Next Business Frontier (2005). ISBN 0-7434-2389-5
• Lou Dobbs, War on the Middle Class: How the Government, Big Business, and Special Interest Groups Are Waging War on the American Dream and How to Fight Back (2006). ISBN 0-670-03792-3.
• Ron Hira and Anil Hira, with foreword by Lou Dobbs, Outsourcing America: What's behind Our National Crisis and how we can reclaim American Jobs. (AMACOM), American Management Association, (May 2005). ISBN 0-8144-0868-0.

Quotes

• "I don't know about you, but I can't take seriously anyone who takes either the Republican Party or Democratic Party seriously — in part because neither party takes you and me seriously; in part because both are bought and paid for by corporate America and special interests. The Democratic Party is one of two major Political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. . . . Political, business and academic elites are waging an outright war on working men and women and their families, and there is no chance the American middle class will survive this assault if the dominant forces unleashed over the past five years continue unchecked. " – CNN commentary (18 OCT 2006)

• "Tonight, an amazing development in banking directly benefiting illegal aliens in this country. Bank of America is now issuing its credit cards to people with no Social Security number, who have broken the law, and who are in this country illegally. Banc of America Securities Bank of America () is the largest bank by asset and second largest commercial Bank by deposits and Market capitalization in United To Bank of America, apparently, they are simply a new market" - CNN Aired February 13, 2007

• "The idea that the pope would come here and criticize the United States this way, I think is, first of all, bad manners. Events 1258 - Baghdad falls to the Mongols, and the Abbasid Caliphate is destroyed Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. And I don't care if you're infallible or not. So that's bad manners, and No. 2, it's absolutely, out of all proportion with the world scale. This is the most welcoming nation, the most generous nation on the face of the earth and for this pope to have this attitude and to make these comments, is in my opinion, absolutely repugnant. " CNN (Aired April 17, 2008).

• "So, we should have made it a one-day visit". (referring to Pope Benedict XVI visit to the U. Pope Benedict XVI ( Latin: Benedictus PP XVI; Italian: Benedetto XVI; German: Benedikt XVI; born Joseph Alois Ratzinger S. ) CNN (Aired April 17, 2008).

References

External links

• Official website
• CNN Presents Lou Dobbs Tonight
• Lou Dobbs' campaign contributions
• Lou Dobbs at the Internet Movie Database
• "The Dobbs Report" - archive of Dobbs' columns for U.S. News & World Report, 2003–2005
• Lou Dobbs discusses "The War on the Middle Class" on 10/17/2006

Neutral links

• Lou Dobbs Turns on the CEOs (Mother Jones)
• CNN's Lou Dobbs is a man on a mission (MSNBC)
• Anchor-Advocate on Immigration Wins Viewers (NY Times) and Dobbs's Outspokenness Draws Fans and Fire (NY Times)
• Lou Dobbs is angry and he's not going to take it anymore (Salon)
• Port Security Puts CNN's Dobbs on Attack (CBS News)
• Dobbs fires away against outsourcing (USA Today)
• December 4, 2007 Lou Dobbs on Democracy Now!

Critical links

• Fact-Checking Dobbs Interview with Lou Dobbs on Democracy Now, December 4, 2007
• "Truth, Fiction and Lou Dobbs" by David Leonhardt for The New York Times, published May 30, 2007
• "Lou Dobbs Thinks You're a Fool" by Angelo Mike, published by the Ludwig von Mises Institute, December 14, 2006
• "Lou Dobbs: The Dan Rather of Financial Journalism" by Daniel Griswold, published by Tech Central Station, October 8, 2004
• "Populist demagogy and immigrant-bashing in the US: The case of Lou Dobbs" by Patrick Martin
• "Nightly Nativism" by Daphne Eviatar in a special issue of The Nation (August 28, 2006) on white nativism
• "Dobb's Choice" by Peter Hart, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, 2004
• "Lou Dobbs Takes On the World" by Daniel Henninger, March 5, 2004, Opinion Journal in The Wall Street Journal
• Broken Record - Lou Dobbs' misrepresentations at Southern Poverty Law Center
• Archive at Media Matters for America
• Mad as Hell: Lou Dobbs's populist crusade (New Yorker)

Supportive links

• Lou Dobbs, War on the Middle Class
• Illegal-alien activists target Lou Dobbs (Worldnet Daily)
• Lou Dobbs, Now More Than Ever (In These Times)
• Things We Like: Lou Dobbs (National Review)
• Pinstriped Populist
• Lou Dobbs for President
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• Interview with Lou Dobbs Chicago Life Magazine

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