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So sad...

Also, Air America has ended its relationship with host Jerry Springer

LOL

Also, Air America has ended its relationship with host Jerry Springer...
His last words were "Be good to yourself, and eachother. Lastly, Al Franken and Garafalo were a couple of wetspots!"

Again?

Turn out the lights, the partys over...

CHUCKLE. SNORT. CHUCKLE.

All the wingnuts are already crowing. So predictable. Well, they have to have something they can consider a victory, because victories for the Party of God are few and far between these days.

Once again, IMO this shows that the majority of moderates who lean towards the left and liberals don't need pundits to feed them talking points.

I'd like to point out one thing.

Some of the airlines are still in bankruptcy. It doesn't mean people don't like to fly.

Air America is quite popular in Chicago at least.

Al Franken rocks !!! He's spoken more truth than Bush and Co. could ever dream of.

If Clear Channel - that right wing owned company who own most of the radio stations in major markets weren't in business, thanks to Newt Gingrich pushing a bill through allowing them to own so many, Rush and Sean and those other dumb pricks would be in the same boat.

Vast right wing consipiracy.

PS 101CHAIRBORNE Don't even bother to respond. I never read your posts you narrow minded ignoramous.

I'm not so certain that this story is true. AA had announced quite some time ago some changes in the programing and there is no other article anywhere about this alleged bankruptcy filing (other than the annual or more frequent claims made by the freepers and other wingnuts).

We'll see.

Once again, IMO this shows that the majority of moderates who lean towards the left and liberals don't need pundits to feed them talking points.


Posted by taxman at 2006-09-13 02:02 PM | Reply

Please. If Err America goes under the only place the lefty loonies on this site will be able to get their material from will be The Daily Show.

Right Taxman, you seem to have gravitas.

Bwhahahaha!!!

As to my statement above: I am assuming that the bankruptcy was caused by lack of listeners.

That's a shame, AA put out some good work.

But Jeez, they really needed some better people running the back office. I mentioned this before, but here in Chicago I can only hear AA on some really crappy AM station.

Chicago, a liberal city, has to listen to AA on a station where the signal goes bad when the street lights go on or the weather bad, but we can hear far-right zealot Bill O'Reilly on a clear FM signal every night.

Definitely not a company which was looking to maximize it's audience or it's presence.

Another place they screwed up was on the internet. Since I couldn't hear their station, I listened to some of the shows on webcast. But then they started charging. For me it wouldn't be a great value, since I primarily listen to Lara Flanders, who is only on Saturday and Sunday. I was willing to overlook that just to support the station, but would everyone? Not likely.

Heck, why didn't they just get advertisers for the podcasts and run commercials, making them free to the listener?

I never read your posts you narrow minded ignoramous.

Posted by AllAmerican at 2006-09-13 02:04 PM | Reply


No, instead you created a username just like mine, posted under it, and got suspended for it. What a clown.

Personally I never watch the daily show and I have tried to listen to air america once or twice but it reminded me too much of conservative talk shows...people just talking to hear themselves talk.

I don't listen to pundits, period. That seems to be a big source of problems in this country to begin with. Punditry is simply a bias pre-filter. Either you need someone to 'splain the big words to you instead of reading the news stories for yourself, or people are just lazy. I agree, however, with Taxman, that IMHO the right-side of the isle tends to rely on the pundit-sphere more than the left. An observation more than an indictment.

"Please. If Err America goes under the only place the lefty loonies on this site will be able to get their material from will be The Daily Show."

Posted by 101Chairborne at 2006-09-13 02:06 PM

As opposed to getting all your material from the Administration Chairborne?

As to my statement above: I am assuming that the bankruptcy was caused by lack of listeners.

Posted by taxman at 2006-09-13 02:06 PM

How can lack of listeners "cause" bankruptcy? Listeners don't give money to the station.

I'm not so certain that this story is true.

? Why not? You cant believe no one wants to listen to the hot air you libs are putting out? Or are just now learning most of the country doesnt share your point of view?

Tax,
You may be a lefty, but I wasn't refering to those like you, I was refering to the lefty loonies, the true wingnuts.

More proof that those on the left DO NOT need their reasoning and interpreatations spoon fed to them.

I could care less about Air America. never listened. Watched the documentary about it's creation but never listened. While I agree with the message, I don't need anyone to reaffirm my position on anything.

People that like Rush, NEED Rush. Fans of Hannity NEED him to make sense of all the 'big words' and to spin it in their favor. They feel a need to find others out there who hate, and they need to rationalize it by saying "i'm not alone in my intolerance and hatred".

As for the party "being over", how can you dismiss the facts that in 2004 the country's vote was split dead even and now more and more people are saying that they won't voye republican and Bush's poll numbers are incredibly low?

Seems strange that the party of business would think that just becuase a company that aligns itself with a certain party goes out of business, that it's somehow a political indicator. Too funny.

Chuckle ans snort as needed.

Dont forget to call me a 'pinko commie' too.

I listen every morning to Stephanie Miller (funnier than hell) on Air America's channel but she's not even with AA -- her show just airs on their radio channel. Al Frankin is boring. I like him but he talks way too slow and whinny for talk radio.

Randi Rhodes is the best one AA has on their show and I'm sure she'll be picked up and played somewhere else.

Here's the section of this article that was "conveniently" left out of summary on the userblog:

The right wing is sure to seize on Air America's financial woes as a sign that progressive talk radio is unpopular. In fact, Air America succeeded at creating something that didn't exist: the progressive talk radio format. That format is now established and strong and will continue with or without Air America. Indeed, many of the country's most successful and widely-syndicated progressive talk hosts -- Ed Schultz and Stephanie Miller, for instance -- aren't even associated with Air America.

Taxman, I don't think of the Daily Show as punditry. It may have a slant, but the majority of the content is just clips from other shows and news stories. Stewart may guffaw, double take and otherwise react, but he doesn't seem to interpret and spin.

Please. If Err America goes under the only place the lefty loonies on this site will be able to get their material from will be The Daily Show.

Posted by 101Chairborne at 2006-09-13 02:06 PM

The Daily Show is awesome though! They cut into people left or right. It's just super duper easy to cut into this moronic admin.

Don't make plans for post war Dumsfeld and no one could have anticipated the breach of the levees Chimp.

An observation more than an indictment.

Posted by evashogouki at 2006-09-13 02:10 PM | Reply | Flag

I in no way intended to indict anyone, it is an observation that is proven through ratings. More people on the right listen to pundits than people on the left if you look at the numbers for air america as compared to O'Riely, Hannity, and king fat head.

And please don't call me a lefty, I have been right handed since the day I was born.

ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.lmao........ lmao...

These libs sure do know what sells.... lmao lmao

I can't stop lmao.

As long as no one messes with the Tappet Brothers, I'm fine.

How can lack of listeners "cause" bankruptcy? Listeners don't give money to the station.

Posted by justsomeguy at 2006-09-13 02:10 PM | Reply | Flag

To clarify, the true correlation is as follows: no listeners, then no advertisers, no advertisers, then no money, no money, then no business.

As to my statement above: I am assuming that the bankruptcy was caused by lack of listeners.

Posted by taxman at 2006-09-13 02:06 PM |

Of course not. Al just bought to much office furniture.

Air America's financial woes as a sign that progressive talk radio is unpopular.

But if it was popular, wouldnt AA still be in the black?

These libs sure do know what sells.... lmao lmao

I can't stop lmao.

Posted by dirtman580e at 2006-09-13 02:13 PM

Sex sells dirtman, would you feel better if the multi billion dollar sex industry was involved with radio, since that's what sells?

How can lack of listeners "cause" bankruptcy? Listeners don't give money to the station.

Posted by justsomeguy at 2006-09-13 02:10 PM |

Definately not the sharpest knife in the drawer.

"? Why not? You cant believe no one wants to listen to the hot air you libs are putting out? Or are just now learning most of the country doesnt share your point of view?"

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Ummm...even if there is a bankruptcy / reorganization refiling, it has nothing to do with whether or not people share a point of view or listen to the stations. Lots of people fly but many of the major airlines have filed bankruptcy. If, in fact, they are doing a reorg, then it likely has more to do with business model (acquiring entire stations rather than producing syndicated content only) that may have been premature for the growth of the business. AA has grown from zero a couple of years ago to over 80 plus owned stations plus they are now starting to do more syndication. It's amazing that they succeeded as they have, considering it was originally started by a small group of rightwingers who wanted to prove that no one would listen to "liberal" talk radio.

It's also tough to grow a network when the market is largely controlled by sponsors who are large corporations bankrolling programs that parrot the right wing corporatist propoganda, such as Limpbaugh, Hannity and the rest of that ilk.

Please. If Err America goes under the only place the lefty loonies on this site will be able to get their material from will be The Daily Show.

Posted by 101Chairborne at 2006-09-13 02:06 P

Well, it certainly beats the low IQ'd kool aid drinkers that listen to Rush and Hannity on the Republican's far-Reich "Herr America" propaganda talk shows.

There is room out there for a few big name Liberal commentators... not a whole channel of nonstop liberal talk of stolen elections and Halliburton.

My User Blog is now a front page article in big letters... I rule...

"... not a whole channel of nonstop liberal talk of stolen elections and Halliburton."

Obviously you are not a listener.

I'm disappointed about this but happy that Jerry Springer was kicked to the curb. His show was terrible, especially since he was picked for Dancing with the Stars. Three hours of self-fascination interrupted occasionally by painfully earnest liberal politics.

Well, it certainly beats the low IQ'd kool aid drinkers that listen to Rush and Hannity on the Republican's far-Reich "Herr America" propaganda talk shows.

Posted by CalifChris at 2006-09-13 02:21 PM | Reply


You literally have no idea how funny I find you.
Is there anything that you don't take to it's illogical extreme?
I can't be sure, but I'm willing to bet your clothes are wrinkled, your hair is uncombed, and you have a collection of McDonald's wrappers in your Chevette hatchback.
Am I close?

Obviously you are not a listener.

Posted by DCinMA


I was... I listened to the morning show with Mark Marin (sp?), I also occasionly caught some of Franken's show and that other guy who was on in the mid afternoon... I fogret his name (he wasn't bad).

Like I said... there is no audience for an entire channel of liberal talk. Franken and that other dude should break off and do their own thing. I think they could do well.

When a right wing company like Clear Channel (Rush, Sean, etc) buys up all the stations with powerful signals in almost every market, that sure doen't leave room for anyone else in the market does it?

Of course, that was their plan all along,

"Works the same in every country...."
Herrman Goering

Like I said... there is no audience for an entire channel of liberal talk

Libs are more free thinkers than the neo-cons, who march to the same step. This is exactly why Rush thrives and AA doesn't.

They rely on sheeple to survive and it is clear which camp has more of those. Clear as day!

Al Franken is great for entertainment value, but has no informational value. I like to listen to Hannity because I think you can actually hear his blood pressure rise when he talks. He gets so worked up about the stupidest shit, and from my experience will cut anyone off if they ever have an intellectual advantage. Rush never debates with anyone so he doesn't have to worry about anyone having an intellectual advantage. I never listen to O'Reiley because the Irish are dirty heathens. (that was a joke I am Scoth-Irish)

Libs are more free thinkers than the neo-cons, who march to the same step. This is exactly why Rush thrives and AA doesn't.

They rely on sheeple to survive and it is clear which camp has more of those. Clear as day!

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That's Bush class spin there!

Speaking of Springer is the urban legend that he was busted for solicitation of prostitution solely because he had a check bounce? Do hookers really accept checks?

Libs are more free thinkers than the neo-cons, who march to the same step. This is exactly why Rush thrives and AA doesn't.



Posted by Manypaths at 2006-09-13 02:35 PM | Reply


Yes, such free thinkers that 90% of the pant pissers on the retort all spew the same bullshit.
You could all go on vacation and I could write your posts for you, with the exception of JeffNSkidmark, Northguy, and Redneckville...I could never dumb myself down like that.

90% then you mention 3 posters. I know you did better in math than that Chair.

"buys up all the stations with powerful signals"


Thank Roland Raygunz for that.

It is the truth ButtPirate. Sucks huh?

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Then I'm sure you'll be able to quantify it with market research.

Don't worry about my math, worry about your reading.
With the EXCEPTION of...

Well that makes a lot more sense, but I guess that you are implying I parrot some Lefty talking points. I'll disagree with that.

(I was much better in math, obviously.....)

The website seems to be down... maybe it really is a scam.

Well that makes a lot more sense, but I guess that you are implying I parrot some Lefty talking points. I'll disagree with that.

(I was much better in math, obviously.....)

Posted by Manypaths at 2006-09-13 02:44 PM | Reply

I said 90% damn it! If you don't think you're part of the 90% then you are obviously not whom I was including. That leaves 10% of you "pant spotters" (not full blown pissers) that I was excluding.

Libs are more free thinkers than the neo-cons, who march to the same step. This is exactly why Rush thrives and AA doesn't.


That got a funny flag... free thinkers... yeah... gotcha.

You say you're a free thinker, but then you call Rush's crowd "sheeple." Is that your phrase? NOPE!!!! What's next call us Rightie-Tighties? Ask "Why we hate America?" Call Bush a draft dodger? SWIFTLIARS!!! DIEBOLD!!!! bush lied they died! Leftists have more catchphrases than the guys at Sportscenter...

Damn Defeatacrats! Get it? :)

There are a lot of Libs here. Anyone ever listen to AA? More than once?

Go to a Righty blog and they are all quoting Rush, daily.

Sheeple? I think so.

It still remains to be heard whether Air America will continue. America is better off with media that doesn't just repeat the talking points of the RNC. Does anyone really think it would be better to have only one point of view on the radio????

I would be bending over in front of any cowboys if I were you Rob. Watch your Baaaack!

Bankruptcy doesn't necessarily equal dissolution or liquidation. They could be reorganizing or using this as bargaining power to cancel/renegotiate contracts, financed debt or convince the investors to infuse more capital.


Considering where this entity was from a very short time ago and where it is now... Considering the barriers to entry in that business... Considering slim likelihood of success facing similar startup businesses, Air America Radio has done A LOT in a very short time. We'll see how this shakes out, but i can assure you, it isn't going away.

Then again--this could be the sign all the righties have been looking for!! The storm is over and all the republicans are in the clear!! Don't worry about the upcoming elections---its in the bag!!

If the liberals would have followed their own agenda and have the rich liberals send the poor employess the money they deserved none of this would have happened. Why do liberals hate the empployees of AA?

What concerns me is the people that were let go with no severance package! Shouldn't the we all be screaming that AA just let's it employees go with out giving them 30 years of free health care and 10X their salary for the next 5 years. Its the least they could do for the employees that have made the company so succesful.

Or do different rules apply when it involves a company that you like?

That might have been funny if I knew how to type. Damn.

Forget a possible bad marketing plan.

Forget possible poor programming.

Forget all the typical business reasons for a failing business.

It's because the left are free thinkers.

Or do different rules apply when it involves a company that you like?


Posted by WI_Hunter at 2006-09-13 02:52 PM | Reply


Yeah, come to think of it I haven't heard one liberal bitch about "The Anal Bead Company", "The Ball Gag Company", "The Leather Ass-Less Chap Company", "Depends", "Midol", or "Birkenstocks"...

No, WI Hunter, same rules apply for everyone--only the rules haven't been twisted by a partisian hack.

Isn't it Hmong season WI?

"...have the rich liberals send the poor employess the money they deserved none of this would have happened."

Thats funny.

Funny that 101 calls anyone to the left of Cheney a pants pisser considering who bases their political hopes on nothing but fear. Looks pretty obvious that Republicans are the pants pissers, they are the ones so afraid of terrorists that they are willing to allow criminals to run the country if only they can keep them safe. Steal all you want, just don't let anyone hurt me. Frightened little children.

Isn't it Hmong season WI?

Posted by Manypaths at 2006-09-13 03:04 PM | Reply

I thought the Wisconsin Hmong was the hunter rather than the hunted. It might be caucasion season up there. If so, there is some really big game in those parts.

Actually, I never really liked Air America (listened while I was in San Diego). I listen to the radio to be entertained, not to get my news and not to form my opinion. I think Stephanie Miller is hilarious. Unfortunately, I live in Sacramento so the voice on the drive home is Christine Kraft (no AA but liberal talk radio) and her voice is like nails and a chalk board and I disagree with 75% of what she says so I started listening to Michael Savage instead - who I disagree with 50% of the time but I find very entertaining. Of course, if they got a good sports talk radio show I would listen to neither.

However, this brings me to my point. People that listen to Rush and Hannity get almost 100% of their news (pre-packaged with their opinion on it) from these same jokers - which is why they can fill up 7 hours a day with thier drivel. For liberals, you need to know the news already (through internet, newspaper, etc) before you sit down to watch/listen otherwise you will not understand the jokes on the Daily Show or Colbert report. Because they don't need to inform you about the news, the shows last 30 minutes, are extremely entertaining, and the audiences are much better informed than the typical listener of Rush, Hannity, or O'Reilly. Just ask the audience members of the shows if we found WMD's in Iraq or if Saddam and Al Queda had links and you will get your answer.

I would be bending over in front of any cowboys if I were you Rob. Watch your Baaaack!

Posted by Manypaths


What does this even mean? Why am I going to be sodomized by cowboys? I'm so confused... and worried.

It's because the left are free thinkers.

Posted by Pirate



Seriously what does being a free thinker have to do with poor ratings? Free thinkers don't listen to other peoples views and opinions? I get that free thinkers don't blindly repeat them... which is why I laugh at the idea that the left are "Free thinkers" but that's for another post. In this post, I don't understand why a free thinker wouldn't listen to Al Franken, or why a free thinker wouldn't listen to Rush...

I would think a free thinker would have no problems listening to a show about viewpoints and politics and such because it would challenge them to think about what it is they believe.

Do free thinkers not watch the news? Do free thinkers not read oped columns? that's all Air America was... it was news with a left slant and left leaning opinions.

I used to listen to them... but then I found this site as a way of being interactive with liberals and I think I got turned off to both posting and listening. "Free Thinking" has nothing to do with Air America's crap performance... they're programming wasn't entertaining.

For example... Real Time with Bill Mahrer is a very popular show on HBO. He's a liberal, so does that make his audience liberal sheep? No, he's funny, entertaining and though provoking. Everything Air America wasn't.

Air America was Bankrupt before they started.

It still remains to be heard whether Air America will continue. America is better off with media that doesn't just repeat the talking points of the RNC. Does anyone really think it would be better to have only one point of view on the radio????

Posted by danni at 2006-09-13 02:48 PM |


If there's a market for it Danni it'll succeed if there isn't it won't.

Believe it or not, many of us don't believe in the " if it moves tax it, if it doesn't move subsidize it" theory.

Rob,

I was being sarcastic in my post. Saying AA is failing because the left are free thinkers is just spin.

What's worse?

To be financially bankrupt like AA, or morally bankrupt like Rush?

""Believe it or not, many of us don't believe in the " if it moves tax it, if it doesn't move subsidize it" theory.""

I am sure that, in your mind, that post related in some way to mine, but I don't think anyone else knows how except you.

What does tax and subsidize have to do with wanting a more diverse media????

Or are you such a mental midget that you actually don't want diversity???

Partisanship aside, when either side gets complete control of the media then democracy is dead....which it very nearly is.

AA had nothing to offer but more bitching and a worse signal.

Even the original article points out that progressive talk radio is popular:

The right wing is sure to seize on Air America's financial woes as a sign that progressive talk radio is unpopular. In fact, Air America succeeded at creating something that didn't exist: the progressive talk radio format. That format is now established and strong and will continue with or without Air America. Indeed, many of the country's most successful and widely-syndicated progressive talk hosts -- Ed Schultz and Stephanie Miller, for instance -- aren't even associated with Air America.

So if political talk radio is popular because it's audience needs to be spoon-fed their beliefs, what does the above paragraph say?

AAR needs cash, and fast. If you want to help, sign the petition urging Barbra Streisand to pony up some dough:

Posted by LonewackoDotCom

That's a funny

""Believe it or not, many of us don't believe in the " if it moves tax it, if it doesn't move subsidize it" theory.""

I am sure that, in your mind, that post related in some way to mine, but I don't think anyone else knows how except you.

What does tax and subsidize have to do with wanting a more diverse media????

Or are you such a mental midget that you actually don't want diversity???

Partisanship aside, when either side gets complete control of the media then democracy is dead....which it very nearly is.

Posted by danni at 2006-09-13 03:57 PM |


BS Danni, you and I both know what you were trying to get at. You've only posted your FAIR TIME bs on here hundreds of times.

Listen to NPR and be happy.

If there's a market it'll survive if there isn't it'll die.... Guess which one I'll put my money on?

I don't listen much to Rush since he usually is the one talking.

I prefer Hannity because I get to listen to him bash Republicans and he actually has some patience in letting his opposition have their say.

This is not true with just about any other talk show. Hannity is definitely a backer of the Republican party but not a Republican zealot. He has spoken out against many Republicans which is why I like him. He doesn't let them off the hook for things they do wrong.

That's my take. If you have a Democrat-sided forum where the host stomps on Democrats when their wrong, let me know - I'd like to hear someone who doesn't walk-the-line either.

The big reason I like the watch/listen to Hannity is I hear good things go on in Iraq from different people. I can't seem to hear any of this on the regular TV. The newspapers at least will print good news from Iraq, even those considered liberal. The TV stations suck - it's all bad news which isn't correct.

What is Hannity mad about: the border is definitely a hot topic for him. He claims to be a Reagan-conservative which he claims the current Repub's have abandoned. That's calling it like it is.

AA sounded like they were reaching out to far to fast. Rush and Hannity built their careers over time - it was not overnight. AA needs time, not necessarily money in large amounts. Being a celebrity doesn't guarantee success on radio.

Petrous,
From the little "Hannity" I have actually heard (while travelling) or watched (while surfing) he is by far the worst "spinner" I have ever seen or heard.
Spinning is bad, being totally obvious and over the top is worse.

I really like Glen Beck's show on CNN Jr.
My wife (lib) and I actually almost always agree with his takes and he isn't overtly political. His show is pretty light and it's a common sense approach. Check it out (7pm and 9pm I think).

Chair. You make me smile at times.

Democracy died the day Republifundies deregulated media to the point where all of them could be owned by a single company.

Cue applause from the fearful right. Propaganda forever!

What was it this time? Do you not like Glen Beck?

Partisanship aside, when either side gets complete control of the media then democracy is dead....which it very nearly is.

Posted by danni

"either side"? who are you talking about? Seriously danni, I'm not being an asshole.

This is not the Al Franken Decade.

No, I actually can stomach him. He can make me laugh. Just glad to see someone else who sees through Hannity's BS.

Wait, this isn't going in the right direction.......

What ever you said is wrong and I'm right.

There, that looks more like it.

To be financially bankrupt like AA, or morally bankrupt like Rush?




Posted by Corky

Want some cheese with that wine?

101

From the little "Hannity" I have actually heard (while travelling) or watched (while surfing)....

You've got a video attachment on the nose of your board so you can watch Hannity's show????? Figures. hahahahahahahaha

Please. If Err America goes under the only place the lefty loonies on this site will be able to get their material from will be The Daily Show.

Posted by 101Chairborne at 2006-09-13 02:06 PM | Reply | Flag:

With the HUGE difference being that the Daily Show has ALWAYS made fun of the sitting president. This show has been around since half way through Clintons time in office.

Where as that walking, talking, drug addicted, bloated nutsack known as Limpblob blamed everything on the left when there was a left leaning president and a right wing congress, and now that they control it all, STILL tries to pass the buck. Drugs will do that to the brain.....especially opiates.

Drugs will do that to the brain.....especially opiates.

Yeah those OCs are fun. All wrapped up in a nice little yellow tablet. Keep away from the children.

Where as that walking, talking, drug addicted, bloated nutsack known as Limpblob blamed everything on the left when there was a left leaning president and a right wing congress, and now that they control it all, STILL tries to pass the buck. Drugs will do that to the brain.....especially opiates.

Posted by COMMONSENSE


See my post to Corky...

To be financially bankrupt like AA, or morally bankrupt like Rush?

Posted by Corky

Want some cheese with that wine?

Posted by eberly at 2006-09-13 04:24 PM

Nah, you gotta be like Rush and George Dubai: snort a really long line of blow.

Nah, you gotta be like Rush and George Dubai: snort a really long line of blow.

Posted by justsomeguy at 2006-09-13 04:32 PM | Reply


Jealousy and fear will eat you up son.

Jealousy and fear will eat you up son.

Posted by 101Chairborne

If that is the case then that boy has been eaten and spitten out so many times you can't recognize him.

Gee wiz, Eb, how original!

I don't blame you for not wanting to defend Rush's morality, but after about 10 Billion servings, that old line is about as fresh as a Big Mac from 1953.

"This is not true with just about any other talk show. Hannity is definitely a backer of the Republican party but not a Republican zealot. He has spoken out against many Republicans which is why I like him. He doesn't let them off the hook for things they do wrong"


What I don't like about Hannity is he corners people with childish questions such as when he is talking to a Clinton supporter he says "do you think Clinton is an honest man?" over and over in an attempt to win a stupid argument with a liberal. This argument style reminds me of many libs here on the DR.....an it can get pretty childish.

You could all go on vacation and I could write your posts for you, .........

Posted by 101Chairborne at 2006-09-13 02:39 PM | Reply | Flag:

Weren't you just babbling on to some other poster about how they used a name like your to post and then got banned?

"I don't blame you for not wanting to defend Rush's morality"

that is a bold face lie Corky. You blame 20 million people for not wanting to defend it. Nice deflection though. Why do you care?

he is talking to a Clinton supporter he says "do you think Clinton is an honest man?"

I wonder if he has the balls to ask Bush Senior that question Eb.

You could all go on vacation and I could write your posts for you, .........

Posted by 101Chairborne at 2006-09-13 02:39 PM | Reply | Flag:

Weren't you just babbling on to some other poster about how they used a name like your to post and then got banned?

Posted by COMMONSENSE at 2006-09-13 04:46 PM | Reply


Copernicus,
What does one have to do with the other? Are you so desperate to "challenge" me that you grasp at shit like this?
My god man, get a grip, and then re-read what I posted and what you wrote.
I am so embarrassed for you I will agree to never bring this up again.

he is talking to a Clinton supporter he says "do you think Clinton is an honest man?"

I wonder if he has the balls to ask Bush Senior that question Eb.

Posted by Manypaths

doubtful..

Gee whillikers, Ebby!

You are the one that retorted me with that old saw about wine and cheese... and now I'm a liar?. (I think you will find that it is "bald-faced lie" by the by)

So, who twisted your panties all in a bunch, jr?

I'll miss Randi Rhoades. But there's always truthout.org, my favorite Web site, and the Drudge, another one I visit frequently. Not like some of you folks, though. I gotta work most days.

Corky,
We have had this same discussion before. You will find numerous sites claiming Bald faced and bold faced...I never thought about it until a retort arguement started over it and now I don't remember which one I even use!

101

Now I AM confused. Are you twisting Ebby's pantys again? Or mine?

"You are the one that retorted me with that old saw about wine and cheese... and now I'm a liar?. "

Yes, you are.....and very angry also...another nice delflection (actually not)

Gee Wiz and Gee Whillikers...what else you got?

Now I AM confused. Are you twisting Ebby's pantys again? Or mine?




Posted by Corky at 2006-09-13 05:02 PM | Reply


No twisting. I believe you and I have literally (along with Roma) had the "blad faced" and "bold faced" lie arguement/debate.
There are numerous sites that a) Claim one or the other or b) Claim there is often disagreement over the right one, but they are both widely used.

For once I'm being an impartial judge and not twisting man-titties.

Hmmmm... looks like they are used interchangeably. My bad.

(I think you will find that it is "bald-faced lie" by the by)

Posted by Corky at 2006-09-13 04:57 PM | Reply

that is a bold face lie Corky.

Posted by eberly at 2006-09-13 04:48 PM | Reply


I am commenting on the above...

Yes, you are.....and very angry also

OK Eb.

What, exactly, was my lie?

And, did Bill Frist teach you how to discern anger telepathically?

I guess hate and lies radio can't survive. I just hope those freaks don't end up as analysts on cable news. It is bad enough having to look at that bag of shit Ed Shultz. Or listen to that whack job Papantonio on MSNBC. Not to mention the two wicked witches Rhoads and Garafalo. I am surprised nobody from Drudge has blamed republicans.

Hello? Hello? Is this thing on?

Maybe I,m just too angry to work it! Hello?

Maybe I'm lying again. Angrily.

Hellooooo??

Corky,

"What, exactly, was my lie?"

Here it is....
"I don't blame you for not wanting to defend Rush's morality"

Rush haters actually hate Rush's listeners more than him personally. You DO blame anybody who doesn't call Limbaugh on his hypocrisy and hold him accountable for it. IMHO people should because he is a hypocrite and struggles with "moral" issues. Obviously you are a Rush hater Corky.

A Bald Faced Lie comes from someone with no facial hair......George W Bush comes to mind.

A Bold Face Lie comes from a shameless person.....George W Bush comes to mind.

That actually gets funny flag MP.

"Rush haters actually hate Rush's listeners more than him personally."

Soooo.... I DO blame you for not wanting to defend Rush's morality.

Golly gee, Eb, I didn't know that!

Thanks!

BTW- Are you familiar with the phrase, "convoluted logic"?

Just asking.

OH! And that telepathy thing? I think you really have that down pat. Keep up the good work!

On the good side, it shows liberals are less financially responsible than conservatives...something most already knew.

The downside is...I foresee the "Fairness Doctrine" will return. While I am uncertain as to how more "fair" the news could be to the libs, but I am sure some "deaniac" will be able to show them the light.

"liberals are less financially responsible than conservatives"

Another one of the many old GOP catch-phrases that will never be able to be used again after George W. Bush.

Liberal still have Keith Olberman

Like: Liberals are the party of Big Government... not after GW!

Or... Liberals are the World Policeman.... uh-uh, doesn't fly anymore.

Liberals have No Exit Strategy, damn, can't use that one!

Or the ol' switcheroo... Republicans are better at handling Wars... OOPS! There goes another one.

Cork,

I don't think any conservative here would tell you Bush is "conservative." The whole Terry Schiavo episode proved that conclusively. Beyond that, he has continued to grow government and increase government's role in the life of the private citizen.

Sorry, not a conservative, just better than any alternative offered up by the dems.

ROFLMAO!!


Sorry A, I just knew it wouldn't be long before the Leader of the Republican Party was, himself, a RINO!!

You guys kill me!

I represent an independant radio station owner in the south who has AA on three of his stations. This guy is left of Lenin, and even though he lost 80% of his listeners on one of the stations (along with most of his advertising revenue) and between 40-60% on the other two, he still believes in the need for the format.

Of course, he is a member of the "lucky sperm club" so he can afford to lose a lot of $$, but most radio stations aren't so lucky to have such a benefactor. If AA goes down (and he confirmed today that a major restructuring, but not necessarily a BK petition is in the works) then I don't know what he will do, but I can guarantee you the Trustee on Grandpa's Trust will be happy if those assets start producing positive cash flow.

"I don't need anyone to reaffirm my position on anything."

I think that's the last thing reasonable people expect out of talk radio. What is expected are fresh and interesting perspectives on current issues. Which is exactly why AA failed. I could only stomach it whenever all other stations were on commercial, but I did turn to it occasionally. In a nutshell, if there wasn't the GOP, AA would have nothing to offer. The entire show, all the time, appears to be how fucked up the Republicans are with how they handled (fill in the blank). They offered nothing. Franken, who unfortunately moved back to Minnesota, is the most pathetic commentary alive; Garafolo is completely uninformed; Miller couldn't hold a successful interview with herself; but I do love Rhoades voice.

On the flip side, I don't listen to Hannity or Rush as their both egotistical blowhards, but Bennett is good.

Well, I don't know what happened to Eb, but I'm just happy that I learned today that GW is a .... a what?

Not a conservative. Moderation doesn't really seem to be a term suited to GW....
that must mean that George Bush is a ..... LIBERAL!!

The bastard!

I mean, who knew??

Maybe the reason AA failed is:
1) not enough listeners.
2) not enough tin-hats.
3) too much hate.

I'm amazed that it lasted this long. There is only so many times the people can listen to a group of demos that can't put a rational thought together. Demos can only cry about what Bush does or doesn't do, they have no alternative ideas, no realistic strategies on how to run the government and the war on terror. They retread the old ideas from the 30s and 60s, and blame the Republicans for poverty no matter how much money is thrown at it by the demos. AA was supposed to be an alternative to Rush and Hannity. It failed, just like the demos. Demo ideology is rife with irresponsibility, we can't hold people to account for their actions. Demos love to bash religion like it is the devil incarnate. Demos see the choice of killing babies as responsible. Demos see irresponsible sex as their right, despite the consequences, aids, STDs, rampant pregnancies, increased social spending on the unmarried poor women. The irresponsible left run from their responsibilities to support the women they impregnate, so they choose to kill their babies rather than give them up for adoption. Demos make choices that are easy they don't want to do the right thing. They want what gets them out of a pickle. Demos cut and run, Iraq for example. Vietnam for example. The demo leader Clinton was irresponsible in his handling of the Lewinsky gate, if he had been honest and took responsibility it would have been over right away. So he had to lie. When he got caught, the demos had to defend a liar. The demos say what is the big deal over a BJ. It wasn't the BJ it was the irresponsibility and lies. What an example for a president. Many of the demos will point to Bush now hoping to deflect the point. But the point is Bush is responsible for the mistakes and misstatements. At least he isn't running away from his convictions. AA was a drop in the sea of liberal media, hardly notable and always wrong.

Air America was doomed from the start. There was no audience for it. Liberals and Democrats already have their views represented in the media.

The mainstream media is dominated by liberals and democrats so why listen to Air America when Libs and Dems are already getting what they need from CNN, MSNBC, and the networks.

Conservative talk-radio came about because conservatives and republicans could not find any media outlets which reflected their views, and their interests. So talk radio took off. It filled the missing niche and has been succesful ever since.

"Vietnam for example."

Nixon, for example.

"There is(sic) only so many times"

sigh

Another illiterate dittohead.

You think anybody is going to read that tiresome rant of Limbaugh talking points, Mtnew?

Maybe the reason Fox News succeeds is:
1) not enough listeners listening.
2) too many tin-hats.
3) too much hate. ;-)

Cork,

I would say W is a moderate on most issues. He is certainly not a Reagan conservative because the fact that he has been growing government. But no, despite his apparent lack of intellect...he is too smart to be a liberal. ;)

The progressive talk radio format:

I hate George Bush because ________ .

1. Fill in the blank;

2. Rant and rave on and on, et nausium, until you make a complete ass out of yourself.

Goodbye and good ridance to Airhead America and its evil minions.

BigMax

"Al Franken and Garafolo were a couple of wet spots."

The Chairpoodle. 1:55 p.m.

Kinda like you are the wet spot to Asshole Rob's chin?

Bankrupt - Morally or Financially? -(havn't read the article and with all the hate spewed I can see one as well as the other.

Kinda like you are the wet spot to Asshole Rob's chin?

Posted by itsme

A whole lot anger wrapped up in that short post. Figures. I expect libs to be especially pissed at this becaused they expected their values expressed on AA to be embraced by an actual audience. Proof once again that the opinions and values of the libs on DR aren't embraced by any real number of people.

You think anybody is going to read that tiresome rant of Limbaugh talking points, Mtnew?

Posted by Bill_OReilly

Other than the Clinton thing, I would say that most of American embraces that "rant". right or wrong.

"But no, despite his apparent lack of intellect...he is too smart to be a liberal. ;)"

Ha! According to Eb's logic, you just Dixie Chicke'ed me! ;P


I'm not sure about Moderate, AC.

Bush's admin has been Radical, from their BGR Big Government Repub policies to their appointing failed Reaganite Iran-Contra criminals who wanted to re-fight a war from 30 years ago, to positions of power.

"Conservative talk-radio came about because conservatives and republicans could not find any media outlets which reflected their views, and their interests"

Noooo. Talk radio came about because after the demise of the Fairness in Broadcasting Act, it was no longer necessary for broadcasters to even try to give the impression that they were broadcasting fair, unbiased, or, frankly, even truthful programming.

Personally, when AA started, I could listen to Al when he was being funny, but listening to people re-enforcing and justifying their listeners beliefs is way to far into the Rush Ditto-head realm.

I couldn't even stand the woman with the screeching NY voice, even if I agreed with her. And I didn't know Springer was involved. I thought he was still wrestling naked midgets or something.

Or are just now learning most of the country doesnt share your point of view?

Posted by boaz at 2006-09-13 02:10 PM | Reply | Flag

What's the approval rating of the iraq war? Stem cell research? Bush?

Try again.

"Personally, when AA started, I could listen to Al when he was being funny, but listening to people re-enforcing and justifying their listeners beliefs is way to far into the Rush Ditto-head realm"


Re-enforcing and justying people's beliefs is what Rush seemingly does. Apparently there is a market for that. Do you suppose there is a market for that with liberals?

What's the approval rating of the iraq war? Stem cell research? Bush?

Try again.

Posted by Alexandrite


Despite that Alex, AA still sucks and conservative talk radio dominates. What is your point?

Are they going under or just filing for bankruptcy protection? Most of these posts seem to assume that they are going out of business. Equating bankruptcy with a lack of interest is a pretty idiotic argument. Using this logic, since almost every US airline has now filed for bankruptcy, at least once, one must conclude that people don't fly and that there is no interest.

I am really not seeing a big story here.

"...AA still sucks and conservative talk radio dominates. What is your point?"

That some people don't need radio personalities to tell us what to think?

Apparently, some ("conservative talk radio dominates") do.

Hans

AA has shitty ratings and no revenue. There is a lack of interest. The structure and template it is presented on has proven to be successful for many many others. Just one small exception....the political leaning.

"AA has shitty ratings and no revenue"

As far as I know, they are primarily on satelite radio, which does not count in ratings. What information are your relying on?

You made several claims, where might this information be found?

Thanks Hans...actually I thought Corky would respond quicker. My point was that you want to believe that "some people" like you are just smarter than everybody else...yes, once again, the "I get it and everybody else doesn't". Keep telling yourself that.

Amazing how people who truly think they are superior to everybody else is defending inferiority and failure. You thrive on failure Hans and you are actually dumb enough to defend it.

"Amazing how people who truly think they are superior to everybody else is defending inferiority and failure. You thrive on failure Hans and you are actually dumb enough to defend it."

You are a very angry person. What makes one so amazingly angry and miserable?

I primarily listen in my car to CDs I make from Vinyl with my Studer CD mastering recorder. (GZLives out there?)

I almost never watch broadcast TV or listen to broadcast radio. It's all shit and always has been. A vast wasteland.

You made several claims, where might this information be found?

Posted by dontgetit

You are right, I made it up. The advertisers are lining up to throw money at AA because people are actually listening. Despite a lot of cash injection by contributors, they are still running in the red.

"You are right, I made it up."

I didn't say that you made it up, but now you have.

"The advertisers are lining up to throw money at AA because people are actually listening. Despite a lot of cash injection by contributors, they are still running in the red."

More hyperbole, but still no source. Why?

AA showed up on an old AM station I used to run. I listened a while, but they just bitch about the Reps, sort of Rush Limbaugh antimatter. Explaining why there is so little anti-matter and so much matter. Doesn't make Rush useful.

"Do you suppose there is a market for that with liberals?"

Apparently there's not.

Eb, we see where you've picked up on the talking point about calling liberals "angry".

But really, it's better not to overdo a good thing. Save some for later.

"AA showed up on an old AM station I used to run. I listened a while, but they just bitch about the Reps,"

I have never heard it. I never understood the appeal of talk radio. When it comes to radio, it seems to only appeal to those who require a radio to find their identity.

Nice deflection Dontgetit. you are sinking to the bottom quick. Hans plays the "I better than you so there" to deflect, like you, the fact that the vast majority of Americans can't stand people like him and you.

I don't want to be abusive so I'll stop.

"Nice deflection Dontgetit. you are sinking to the bottom quick"

You are the one who has yet to back up anything that you have stated, not me.

Please don't' take it upon yourself to decide what the majority of Americans think. It just makes you look crazy.

Be abusive, unleash that anger.

"Amazing how people who truly think they are superior to everybody else is defending inferiority and failure."

"how people ... is"


How people "is" what?

Failures?

Hell is where all your old English teachers get to beat you.

One doesn't have top be too smart to be smarter than conservatives. All it takes is living in the "reality based community".

Heaven is where you get to beat them.

"Heaven is where you get to beat them."

My 8th grade English teacher was a drunk. She kept a bottle of whiskey in her desk. I had her 8th period. She'd usually pass out and we'd just leave. Waco, Texas. Lake Air Jr High, 1964.

That some people don't need radio personalities to tell us what to think?

Okay, I missed the sarcasm in Pirates post, but here it is again.

I just don't see the only use of talk radio as telling people what to think. I don't listen to Rush... by the time I got into politics I was working and I can't listen to him at work. But I have heard him speak. He seems funny and at least has a knowledge of the day's issues. Its how he spins things that seems to piss people off (same with hannity and O'Reilley).

Although I know a lot of people just basically repeat what talk radio hosts say (from the left and right), I don't see why a "free thinker" could listen if they wanted to and form their own opinions. I think if the shows on Air America were more entertaining they would have an audience. Its their lack of solid programming, not sheep that explains their failure.

I grew up with Radio Free Europe, which was funded by the U.S government for some very grateful people who otherwise would not have had any media access. Why can't our government throw some of the billions they would otherwise waste on war and politics thank god these wackos are off the air to assure that the American public would have the ability to listen to an alternative voice?

"Please don't' take it upon yourself to decide what the majority of Americans think. It just makes you look crazy."

To you perhaps, but not to the VAST MAJORITY of Americans who see you, Hans, Corky, Data, etc as the wack job libs who hang out on the only place you are welcome. You come here to convince yourselves you aren't truly alone. There are so few of you that no radio network can reach you. Not even if every one of you lived in the same town. That still wouldn't be good enough.

I've never had an objection to Air America. In fact I hoped for it's success and still do.

"My point was that you want to believe that "some people" like you are just smarter than everybody else..."

Not at all.

Just that some people need a radio personality to tell them what to think.

Others don't.

I include myself in the latter category.

Apparently, you consider yourself in the former.

Understandable.

Hans

"...who hang out on the only place you are welcome."

On the Drudge Retort?

With you?

;0)

Hans

"Just that some people need a radio personality to tell them what to think."

I imagine a certain percentage of the listeners fall into that category. The other 90% simply agree with the same ideology.

Hans,

I we could find somebody who could spew the ideology you believe in without choking to death on their own vomit then perhaps you would listen to it also. The trouble is that there is no point in attempting to reach an audience such as yours Hans.

"The other 90% simply agree with the same ideology."

Yeah... "simply."

Simple minds need rationalizations.

Again, understandable.

Hans

"I we could find somebody who could spew the ideology you believe in without choking to death on their own vomit then perhaps you would listen to it also. The trouble is that there is no point in attempting to reach an audience such as yours Hans."

I we?

You bet.

Hans

"Simple minds need rationalizations."


And you don't think you are smarter than everybody else.

"If we"

You bet.

"And you don't think you are smarter than everybody else."

What was that again?

Oh, yeah:

The other 90% simply agree with the same ideology.

"If we"

"You bet."

Actually, it was:

"I we could find somebody ...

Okay Hans, I think we have covered this enough agreed?

My point is that AA can't find an audience that agrees with it's ideology. Most Americans don't embrace it because most Americans subscribe to a conservative ideology even if they don't agree with the hosts all the time.

"My point is that AA can't find an audience that agrees with it's ideology."

Yeah.

Some people don't need radio personalities to tell them what to think.

You're right: We've covered this.

Hans

BTW, "Desperate Housewives" has a 15.8 household rating.

ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!!!

Hans

I'm giving you a funny flag Hans for that one. BTW, what do you do for a living...are you married? Just curious...

"...are you married? Just curious..."

Affirmative.

And my wife has turned "Drudge" into an action verb:

"Hans, if you're finished Drudging we can have dinner."

"Hans, if you ever finish Drudging will you please come to bed?"

I think RCade needs to establish a Drudge widows/widowers section.

Hans

My wife thinks somebody is going to show up at our door someday.

Goodnight!

"BTW, what do you do for a living...are you married?"

Geez, Hans...first Niceville, now Eb is interested in you.

Man...what do you have that I don't??

LOL

Eb:

I would have never thought...

"Hans, if you ever finish Drudging will you please come to bed?"

Allah! We aren't married to the same woman are we Hans?!

Chairborne wrote:
Yeah, come to think of it I haven't heard one liberal bitch about "The Anal Bead Company", "The Ball Gag Company", "The Leather Ass-Less Chap Company", "Depends", "Midol", or "Birkenstocks"...

Myself, I've bever heard of most of these companies, but you seem to have a good working knowledge of them...

I listen to ed schulz. He is 10x better than randy rhodes. I basically liked one show on AA and that was majority report. But janean left so I basically tuned out.

Liberal talk radio will never work. We just don't need to be told how to think. The very concept of "dittohead" or "megadittos" implies the lack of original or independent thought. Conservatives have to tune in to be told how and what to think.

I listen to Rush on the EIB (Ego In Braodcasting network) and to Sean Vanity to try and understand that sort of deviant pathology. Why the hell should I listen to Air America and be told what I already know to be the truth. Unlike conservatives, I have a brain and a heart.

Doo-
We're a mirror image here. I would have said the same thing with the roles reversed.

FYI, dittohead doesn't mean someone agrees with all that Rush says or who is some robot waiting for marching orders. It started shortly after he went on the air and people would call in to essentially say the same thing (Rush, it's so good we have someone on the air like you. You're enumerating what we already think. This is so refreshing and uplifting. Thanks for doing what you're doing, etc.)

One day someone just said, "ditto" instead of that drawn out compliment and the term was born.

When I first saw the headline in other news sources I first wondered "intellectually" or "morally" bankrupt as well as financially. I'd just assumed more libs would jump in to save the network as had been done in the past.

Hey Corky, stealing the money from the kids and old folks seems like Air America beats Rush on the morally bankrupt position as well.

...you forgot they did that didn't you, but its okay as its a liberal cause so the means justify the ends.


Bwahahahaha! you are a hypocrite.

"...You're enumerating what we already think. "

That's just simply impossible. Had that many people spontaneously had the same thoughts, the world's head would have exploded.

I've never thought Rush was dangerous (except when he's on drugs, and then usually only when driving). Just those take him seriously.

Myself, I've bever heard of most of these companies, but you seem to have a good working knowledge of them...

Posted by SamBarber at 2006-09-13 11:13 PM | Reply


You're dad is a freak, what can I say?

Doo
There are many people who think as I do and, apparently, as Rush does as well. It's just that for years about the only outlets available were things like the National Review or parts of the Wall Street Journal.

What make us dangerous? Conversely, I could make the claim the left is dangerous. So we're at a stalemate.

He's entertaining - putting the news and analysis of the day into three fast paced hours. Is his style my style? Not exactly, but the great majority of his thought process mirrors mine... and, I suspect, many of the conservative bloggers on DR.

Unlike conservatives, I have a brain and a heart.

Posted by DooDooLemonque

Again, the "I'm smarter that conservatives" argument rather than admit that you are in the extreme minority regarding ideology.

Eb-
More of that condescending style which so endears them to you and me.

Liberal talk radio will never work. We just don't need to be told how to think. The very concept of "dittohead" or "megadittos" implies the lack of original or independent thought. Conservatives have to tune in to be told how and what to think.

----

Then how do explain this part of the article?

That format is now established and strong and will continue with or without Air America. Indeed, many of the country's most successful and widely-syndicated progressive talk hosts -- Ed Schultz and Stephanie Miller, for instance -- aren't even associated with Air America.

I checked the link again. Air America responded with the following:

UPDATE: Air America responds.

If Air America had filed for bankruptcy every time someone rumored it to be doing so, we would have ceased to exist long ago; it may be frustrating to some that this hasn't happened. No decision has been taken to make any filing of any kind, we are not sure of the source of these rumors and frankly can not respond to every rumor in the marketplace.

----

So the point of this thread is all for naught.

I've never thought Rush was dangerous (except when he's on drugs, and then usually only when driving). Just those take him seriously.

Speaking of drugs and driving, how's Senator Kennedy doing? Still making his 2AM "voting"?

Oh please, not that again.

Snopes article says it well.

So 17-year-old Laura Welch did cause the death of a friend by running a stop sign, but to see more in the story than that is to surrender oneself up to baseless imaginings. Yes, it is always easier to attribute malice to bad outcomes, but that does not mean malice is an integral component of tragedy, especially those involving people Fate later chooses to exalt.

But then again, this is Drudge!!

"Attributing malice to anything Bush!" is the motto.

"Red Meat for Yellow Dogs", is the motto, beefburger.

You're not confusing that with Laura Bush.

Hans

You're kidding? That's it? You can equate a mistake by a high schooler to an elected official made up excuse?
And it is true most people take sleeping pills BEFORE they go out behind the wheel of a car. Or was it in liquid form named Dewar's?

"Red Meat for Yellow Dogs"

Translated: We're just as partisan as those we mock!

Red Meat for Yellow Lap Dogs

Must be Bush's fault.. About time he did something right... This week...

This is too bad, if true.
As a True Republican as opposed to a neo-con like too many of my Party's current leaders are, I like to listen to all sides of an issue. Without liberal and progressive spokespersons, we are left with the rantings of Rush and wackos like Ann with no opposing views to speak of.
I have been listening to Ed Schultz lately since he is liberal (though his voice sounds spookily like ElRushBlow's) but not on the extreme Left like Randy is. I look on her as the polar opposite of ElRushBlow.
101 Chairborn, I'm surprised at your glee at the possible demise of AA. I thought you were not quite a neocon, though your posts of the past six months have been shifting further and further to the right extremist position. I had attributed it to the upcoming election and the general elevation of emotions that this causes, but now I am not so sure you haven't gone over to the side of the right wing wackos. I hope not, you were always a fairly reasonable ultra conservative in my mind. I, on the other hand, look upon my self as a moderate conservative. Our party always had room for this sort of spectrum of beliefs (after all, the most well known of the Founding Fathers of the Republican Party, Abraham Lincoln, would have been considered an Ultra Liberal if not a Left Wing Wacko in today's world - as evidenced by the core power of the modern Republican Party being in the Southern States that were the Confederacy that dispised him and ultimately assasinated him, while Lincoln and U.S. Grant were from Kentucky/Illinois and Ohio) until the Shrub and Karl KKK Rove came along.

Jealousy and fear will eat you up son.

Posted by 101Chairborne at 2006-09-13 04:34 PM

I agree. Hopefully you will talk to a professional about your problems. Personally, I find your jealousy and fear of me to be amusing.

ShyGuy,
Without looking back over what I wrote, I can't recall expressing glee over it.
If anything I was taunting the "extreme left" over the demise of their Mothership.
I have listened to the personalities while travelling, and I am shocked the station has lasted as long as it has. Franken sounds like he's broadcasting from a phone booth. His monotone delivery sucks.
Stephanie Miller and her "ya ya, what you said boss" co-host are annoying. They have 10 seconds of content bitching about Foxnews and 5 minutes of songs and audio clip intro's...It's a mess.

Mainly ball busting in this thread. If any glee was shown it was due to the extreme lefties losing their main source for Bush Bash talking points, not due to a failed business venture.

I agree. Hopefully you will talk to a professional about your problems. Personally, I find your jealousy and fear of me to be amusing.

Posted by justsomeguy at 2006-09-14 02:19 PM | Reply

Of course...I must be jealous of the single dude living in a shack who spends his nights here on the retort pretending daddy's service was his service....
Don't worry little fella, you won't be the night shift forever, eventually they'll promote you to the daytime janitor.
I must also be jealous of the fact that you can repeatedly use "republifundie" and a select few other nonsensical phrases over and over.

Again, the "I'm smarter that conservatives" argument rather than admit that you are in the extreme minority regarding ideology.

Posted by Eberly

I actually said nothing about my ideology, except that I am a liberal. But how liberal? I support the private ownership of firearms, the death penalty in many cases, and a free market system. The only reason I currently identify myself as a liberal, is the breathtakingly painful experience of witnessing the current administration destroy the basis for those beliefs...the Constitution. Anyone who thinks this is a conservative administration hasn't been paying attention and I will set myself in opposition to anyone who supports it. They are my enemies.

I may be your worst nightmare...a liberal with a gun who despises dittoheads of any stripe.

If only a Democrat would come to power...then we could force everyone to listen to air america...they would all see the light and the truth, and the world would be saved. Vote Democrat preserve your freedom to be told what to do!

Of course...I must be jealous of the single dude living in a shack who spends his nights here on the retort pretending daddy's service was his service....
Don't worry little fella, you won't be the night shift forever, eventually they'll promote you to the daytime janitor.
I must also be jealous of the fact that you can repeatedly use "republifundie" and a select few other nonsensical phrases over and over.


Posted by 101Chairborne at 2006-09-14 02:31 PM

Kind of revealing, how you keep obsessing over my family, with our long history of military service. In a way, I can't blame you for being jealous of us.

I mean, my family served, and you can only make up stories about having served. Lots of war heroes in my family: probably lots of useless drunks in yours.

Yep, sure is a lot for you to be jealous of.

As for the fear part, you're a conservative: you guys pee your pants seeing your own shadow. Being afraid of a conservative isn't really any mean feat, or anything to be proud of. Just the same, it's pretty damn funny.

Yeah, I can understand why a fearful conservative like yourself would be too afraid to serve. But really man, the whole wannabe thing, that's simply unforgivable. Say what you will about a gutless wonder like Cheney, but at least he never lied about having been in the military.

Wannabes like you are beneath contempt.

"Some people don't need radio personalities to tell them what to think."

Hans

Drudge homo sapiens Comprehension of Reality award of the nanosecond for that one.