<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?><rss xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" version="2.0"><channel><title>Dick Smyth Commentaries from AM640 Toronto Radio</title><link>http://www.640toronto.com</link><description>Legendary Broadcaster Dick Smyth spares no one in his daily commentaries on AM640 Toronto Radio.</description><itunes:image href="http://www.640toronto.com/Pics/Podcasts/1063/dick_smyth_commentaries_podcast_300x300.jpg" /><language>en-us</language><copyright>2009</copyright><itunes:author>AM640 Toronto Radio</itunes:author><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:keywords>Dick Smyth, Commentary, Commentaries, Smyth, News, News/Talk, Toronto, AM640, AM640 Toronto, AM640 Toronto Radio, Radio</itunes:keywords><webMaster>crtinteractive@corusent.com</webMaster><pubDate>21 Nov 2009 01:54:27 GMT</pubDate><lastBuildDate>21 Nov 2009 01:54:27 GMT</lastBuildDate><ttl>1</ttl><item><title>I Couldn't Be Bothered (Nov 20)</title><link>http://www.640toronto.com</link><description>Dick despises gift cards, and everything they represent.</description><pubDate>20 Nov 2009 12:12:17 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://emedia.640toronto.com/Podcasts/1063/smyth_-_i_couldn't_be_bothered.mp3" length="888338" type="audio/mpeg" /></item><item><title>Russia's Got One (Nov 19)</title><link>http://www.640toronto.com</link><description>Russia, and many other countries around the world have one of these. But Canada doesn't.</description><pubDate>19 Nov 2009 12:23:32 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://emedia.640toronto.com/Podcasts/1063/smyth_-_russia's_got_one.mp3" length="968402" type="audio/mpeg" /></item><item><title>The Big Picture (Nov 18)</title><link>http://www.640toronto.com</link><description>We need to look at the big picture when it comes to dealing with ailing TV and cable companies.</description><pubDate>18 Nov 2009 12:26:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://emedia.640toronto.com/Podcasts/1063/smyth_-_the_big_picture.mp3" length="904184" type="audio/mpeg" /></item><item><title>Airborne Pleasures (Nov 17)</title><link>http://www.640toronto.com</link><description>A look at just how simple airports and flights really are.</description><pubDate>17 Nov 2009 12:22:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://emedia.640toronto.com/Podcasts/1063/smyth_-_airborne_pleasures.mp3" length="1013021" type="audio/mpeg" /></item><item><title>Unpopular Mechanics (Nov 16)</title><link>http://www.640toronto.com</link><description>Dick was thumbing through an old edition of Popular Mechanics from the 1950's...</description><pubDate>17 Nov 2009 12:20:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://emedia.640toronto.com/Podcasts/1063/smyth_-_unpopular_mechanics5905115136.mp3" length="980078" type="audio/mpeg" /></item><item><title>First Contact (Nov 13)</title><link>http://www.640toronto.com</link><description>What would extraterrestrials hear if they listened to Earth?</description><pubDate>13 Nov 2009 12:31:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://emedia.640toronto.com/Podcasts/1063/smyth_-_first_contact.mp3" length="827039" type="audio/mpeg" /></item><item><title>Poison Ivy Logo (Nov 12)</title><link>http://www.640toronto.com</link><description>Dalton McGuinty, having solved all other problems facing Ontario, decided to horribly alter our province's logo.</description><pubDate>12 Nov 2009 12:18:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://emedia.640toronto.com/Podcasts/1063/smyth_-_poison_ivy_logo.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg" /></item><item><title>TTC Discrimination (Nov 11)</title><link>http://www.640toronto.com</link><description>The TTC Discriminates against seniors.</description><pubDate>11 Nov 2009 12:13:13 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://emedia.640toronto.com/Podcasts/1063/smyth_-_ttc_discrimination.mp3" length="930455" type="audio/mpeg" /></item><item><title>Tainted Newspapers (Nov 10)</title><link>http://www.640toronto.com</link><description>We crack down on tainted meats. Why don't we do the same for tabloids?</description><pubDate>10 Nov 2009 12:39:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://emedia.640toronto.com/Podcasts/1063/Smyth_-_tainted_newspapers.mp3" length="894593" type="audio/mpeg" /></item><item><title>Bewildering Batteries (Nov 9)</title><link>http://www.640toronto.com</link><description>There is no uniformity in rechargeable batteries and power supplies.</description><pubDate>9 Nov 2009 12:19:56 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://emedia.640toronto.com/Podcasts/1063/smyth_-_faulty_standards.mp3" length="971321" type="audio/mpeg" /></item><item><title>TV Being Misused (Nov 6)</title><link>http://www.640toronto.com</link><description>One of the greatest inventions in the world, and it's not even being used to its fullest potential!</description><pubDate>6 Nov 2009 12:19:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://emedia.640toronto.com/Podcasts/1063/smyth_-_tv_being_miused.mp3" length="922115" type="audio/mpeg" /></item><item><title>BTG Tax (Nov 5)</title><link>http://www.640toronto.com</link><description>A look at a new tax coming on the horizon.</description><pubDate>5 Nov 2009 12:19:10 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://emedia.640toronto.com/Podcasts/1063/smyth_-_btg_tax6894449664.mp3" length="900431" type="audio/mpeg" /></item><item><title>Skyrocketing Prices (Nov 4)</title><link>http://www.640toronto.com</link><description>Do-It-Yourself projects are costing more than they should.</description><pubDate>4 Nov 2009 12:25:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://emedia.640toronto.com/Podcasts/1063/smyth_-_skyrocketing_prices.mp3" length="892091" type="audio/mpeg" /></item><item><title>Briefly In Charge (Nov 3)</title><link>http://www.640toronto.com</link><description>With my wife ill in bed, I had to take charge of all of the duties around the house.</description><pubDate>3 Nov 2009 12:22:11 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://emedia.640toronto.com/Podcasts/1063/smyth_-_briefly_in_charge.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg" /></item><item><title>Couple of Joints (Nov 2)</title><link>http://www.640toronto.com</link><description>I suggested to my companion that what would make the show really great would be a couple of joints.</description><pubDate>2 Nov 2009 15:00:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://emedia.640toronto.com/Podcasts/1063/smyth_-_couple_of_joints.mp3" length="909605" type="audio/mpeg" /></item><item><title>They Won't Be Canadian (Oct 30)</title><link>http://www.640toronto.com</link><description>Halloween not the right occasion for Canadian nationalism?</description><pubDate>30 Oct 2009 11:31:01 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://emedia.640toronto.com/Podcasts/1063/Smyth_-_They_Won't_Be_Canadian.mp3" length="946718" type="audio/mpeg" /></item><item><title>More Questionable Refugees (Oct 29)</title><link>http://www.640toronto.com</link><description>There will be, indeed already is, a national wringing of hands. And bleeding of hearts</description><pubDate>29 Oct 2009 14:37:02 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://emedia.640toronto.com/Podcasts/1063/smyth_-_more_questionable_refugees.mp3" length="926285" type="audio/mpeg" /></item><item><title>Scare, Stiff &amp;amp; Screw (Oct 28)</title><link>http://www.640toronto.com</link><description>The scare ‘em, stiff’em and screw ‘em  exercise is underway,  an ancient political, stunt that we keep falling for.</description><pubDate>28 Oct 2009 11:27:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://emedia.640toronto.com/Podcasts/1063/smyth_-_scare,_stiff_And_screw.mp3" length="948803" type="audio/mpeg" /></item><item><title>Arrogant Harper (Oct 27)</title><link>http://www.640toronto.com</link><description>I quite understand why politicians dislike media.</description><pubDate>27 Oct 2009 11:25:16 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://emedia.640toronto.com/Podcasts/1063/smyth_-_arrogant_harper.mp3" length="981329" type="audio/mpeg" /></item><item><title>Our Projected Doom (Oct 26)</title><link>http://www.640toronto.com</link><description>The world is supposed to end on December 21, 2012.</description><pubDate>26 Oct 2009 11:23:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://emedia.640toronto.com/Podcasts/1063/smyth_-_our_projected_doom.mp3" length="977159" type="audio/mpeg" /></item><item><title>HOV Scofflaws (Oct 23)</title><link>http://www.640toronto.com</link><description>When you get your licence, an unwritten contract goes into effect. You agree to play by the rules...</description><pubDate>23 Oct 2009 11:20:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://emedia.640toronto.com/Podcasts/1063/smyth_-_hov_scofflaws.mp3" length="946301" type="audio/mpeg" /></item><item><title>Financial See-saw (Oct 22)</title><link>http://www.640toronto.com</link><description>It’s simply that with the sagging US economy, the Americans can’t afford our prices.</description><pubDate>22 Oct 2009 11:20:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://emedia.640toronto.com/Podcasts/1063/smyth_-_financial_see-saw.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg" /></item><item><title>Religious Pornography (Oct 21)</title><link>http://www.640toronto.com</link><description>I find more pity than hate for Raymond Lahey.</description><pubDate>21 Oct 2009 11:25:10 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://emedia.640toronto.com/Podcasts/1063/smyth_-_religious_pornography.mp3" length="925451" type="audio/mpeg" /></item><item><title>Bureaucrats Breed (Oct 20)</title><link>http://www.640toronto.com/HostsandShows/DickSmyth/Home.aspx</link><description>We can vote out politicians. Bureaucrats last forever. And they breed.</description><pubDate>20 Oct 2009 11:28:23 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://emedia.640toronto.com/Podcasts/1063/smyth_-_bureaucrats_breed.mp3" length="977159" type="audio/mpeg" /></item><item><title>Computer Zealots (Oct 19)</title><link>http://www.640toronto.com/HostsandShows/DickSmyth/Home.aspx</link><description>We have enough trouble these days with fundamentalist Christians and radical Muslims.</description><pubDate>19 Oct 2009 11:54:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://emedia.640toronto.com/Podcasts/1063/smyth_-_computer_snobs.mp3" length="987584" type="audio/mpeg" /></item><item><title>Big Picture on TV Tax (Oct 16)</title><link>http://www.640toronto.com/HostsandShows/DickSmyth/Home.aspx</link><description>The TV networks and the cable and satellite people are trying to get your attention.</description><pubDate>16 Oct 2009 11:26:31 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://emedia.640toronto.com/Podcasts/1063/smyth_-_big_picture_on_tv_tax.mp3" length="943382" type="audio/mpeg" /></item><item><title>Circle the Wagons (Oct 15)</title><link>http://www.640toronto.com/HostsandShows/DickSmyth/Home.aspx</link><description>We may have circled the wagons but there’s damned little inside the circle.</description><pubDate>15 Oct 2009 11:27:20 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://emedia.640toronto.com/Podcasts/1063/smyth_-_circle_the_wagon.mp3" length="975491" type="audio/mpeg" /></item><item><title>Big Boondoggle (Oct 14)</title><link>http://www.640toronto.com/HostsandShows/DickSmyth/Home.aspx</link><description>They’re all hypocritical, incompetent, insincere scoundrels.</description><pubDate>14 Oct 2009 11:26:38 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://emedia.640toronto.com/Podcasts/1063/smyth_-_big_boondoggle.mp3" length="972989" type="audio/mpeg" /></item><item><title>He Hasn't Done Anything (Oct 13)</title><link>http://www.640toronto.com/HostsandShows/DickSmyth/Home.aspx</link><description>It’s rather like awarding a Pulitzer for a story that hasn’t been written.</description><pubDate>13 Oct 2009 11:26:47 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://emedia.640toronto.com/Podcasts/1063/smyth_-_he_hasn't_done_anything.mp3" length="881666" type="audio/mpeg" /></item><item><title>New Political Ridings</title><link>http://www.640toronto.com/HostsandShows/DickSmyth/Home.aspx</link><description>Here’s one reason Michel Ignatief is plunging into a possible election this fall.</description><pubDate>9 Oct 2009 11:29:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://emedia.640toronto.com/Podcasts/1063/smyth_-_new_political_ridings.mp3" length="910856" type="audio/mpeg" /></item></channel></rss>